Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-22
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.
DR.. Reese, 10 his new publication. gives the
following directions for preventing or aleviating
visitation of the maIady:
lst. That as the remote causeexhibited itself in
filthy neighborhoods. the corporations should.
before the 0arm weafher commences. see that
our streets, lanes. alleys, yards, aud houses, are
thoroughly cleansed and ventilated, and that all
our docks, slips, wharves. and sewers, be care.
fully purified, and kept 80 By the vigilant Inspec-
ton and authority Of officers appointed for that
purpose.
Secondly. They should also see that all mar
shes, pools, or ponds OF standing water should
be drained and filled up early in the spring and
wherever there are filthy stables, whether for
horses or cows, or pens in which swine are kept,
they should be removed from the city, unless
their filihiness can be prevented
Thirdly. Let our constituted authorities ab.
soluteiy prohibit the traffic in ardent spirits. by
wholesale or retail. in any population. great or
small, when the approach Of cholera IS threaten.
ell. II this cannot be done in anticipation, 1t
should by all means be enforced on the first ap-
pearance of the disease in any city, town or vii.
lage.
or other crowded apartments, as those Of the poor
especially. be daily subjected to inspection.
cleansing and ventilation. aud let special atten-
ton be paid to the quality Of the meat and other
articles Of provision.
Filthy. Let physicians be appointed and sta.
toned day and night. in every neighborhood, on
the first appearance Of the epidemic, to be acces.
sibe at all times by the poor, for the treatment of
III. MT nd Iat fhp nj nj
treatment be agreed on by the Medical Depart
ment Of the Board of Health. requiring uniform
and discreet depletion, and absolutely forbiddng
the use Of opium or ardent spirits, either as
preventive or cure, except under such restrictions
as said department might accurately define.
Six,hly. Let clean hospital buildings be pro.
vided convenient to every section, to which those
who by neg lect of the pr enonitory symptoms, or
mismanaseme or imprudeDce any kind, shall
suffer an attack, may be promptly sent, and let
the plan Of treatment be defined aud enforced;
and on any extensive fatality occurring in any
one Of these, let there be an immediate change in
the professional head Of the Medical Department.
Seven,hiy. Let measures be taken to enlight
en- the people generally in the nature Of the dis
ease, its causes aud durable character. and espe-
cialiy its contaeiousness. and this may be done
by the Gil Cuia,ion OF handbls aud tracts.
Eighthly. Let system OF diet and regimen
be promulgated according to the dictates OF en-.
Iishten.d science. and let this system be Iecom.
mrnded through the olergymen of every congre.
CATION, esp 'cialy insisting upon to'al abstinence
from all stimulating or a>tringent drinks.
II these, or equivalent means be employed in
anticipation, or on the first appear ance Of the cpl
demic in any place. its prevalence will be short,
and the terror o,casioned by its fatality will BE-
greatly diminished. if not entirely removed But
il our municipal authorities will neglect their du
ty until the fifth Of our streets. wharves, and
other public places. becomes proverblal. as dur
ing the past summer. and only begin their ac'i-
witty and zeal when the miasna has been general
ed, The mischief will be to great extent irrepa-
rable, and the very process Of cleaning to which
they NAV afterwards resort, too often uil be
found only to aggravate the rage of the epidemic