Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-07-11

VpihloiSI may 10 no BOOU anu may C.
ven deserve smlle--his neucr can be
considered ridiculous. G.
CHOLERA IN LEXINGTON, Ky.
The disease has subsidized in Lexing-
ton, and the living have counted the
dead. There are asccrtained to be Of
whites 1SS-Blacks lGS-Lunatics 25
total 3Sl-in a population reduced
by flight to less than 5000, and in "a
bout 10 days. Many supposed not coun-
ted.
Professor Dudley of Pennsylvania
Ga high name) has written the following
letter on the treatment of Cholera.
Dear Sir-I have been written to by
a number Of our friends, all embracing
the topic of your letter, the prevailing
epidemic of this place. The opinions
of medical men upon this, us upon most
other professional subjects, are not
found to correspond.
have no pride of opinion upon it
myself, having long since been taught
TO place an humble estimate upon that
ephemeral eclat, which arises out of
an excited state Of public feeling, ami
which is forgotten SO soon as the causes
which produced it have passed away. |
But, while there is considerable variety |
OF opinion about the remedies to be |
used, there can be no difference amoDo
medical men, about the necessity Of
correcting the morbid watery dischar.
ges, and OF establishing thick or con-
sstent excavations from the bowels off
every patient, the subject of cholera.
Every physician and nurse concurs in
that upon the accomplish.
ment of this subject, depends the i'm.
mediate safety, and the ultimate recov.
cry of the sick; while it is admitted by
all, that death must supervene where
this is not effected.
The suspension Of the healthy action
Of the stomach, liver and kidneys. in
cholera, is Familiarity known TO every
observer: nor is the pale, shrunken and
cold state of the surface, with a con.
'equent accumulation ofblood in the in.
ernal organs less satisfactorily under
tood. Wltbthese facts before him, re-
corded in the books, and made mani
est In the appearance Of the cholera |
'atient, the practitioner is required to |
race out the general principles by |
which he is to be governed in the ad- |
of medicine. Cases very
analogous to epidemic cholera occur. |
red in my practice early last year, from
which my pupils, andtwo resident ply
sicians, both former pupils, inferred my |
practice should cholera appear among us
Whatever the cause of the epidemic
may be, the principle force oft is spent
upon the digestive organs, and especi.
ally the stomach and bowels; while it
IS upon the same organs that medical
impression is made with view to cure.
So far then as the cause of cholera NAV
be conceived to be located in the stom.
ach, emetlcs are suggested to the mind
with a view to its removal, just as
person who had swallowed a dose of
arsenic would expect relief from the
same remedies. have long been in
The habit of using active emetics sue.
eesstully, in the conclusive forms oil
'ysterla, proceeding from arrangement
If the digestive organs; and in cholera
If the spasmodic form, have not been
ess pleased with their effects; since
hey invariably mitigate, and generally ,
'ubdue the disposition to cramps alto. !
3ether. By the mechanical agitation
If the internal organs from free vomit.
ng, or high efforts to vomit, the blood |