Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE E.YOUIRER

".
''NATcuEz Oct. 2lst 1884.
AS the cholera evailing in some parts OF Virginia.
herewith send you DR. Cartwright prescription for
disease You might confer great favor your sub
scrbers by publishing the entire pamphlet your paper
DR. e. never sold speculatcd the pamphlet in any
wayn fact, he paid the printer for the first edition.
my knowledge AS DIR. G. has advised remedy which
Inns not heretofore been used by regular physicians but
very generally used bv set of uac6s caed Robcycl or
Steam Doctors you your readers might suppose that lac
belonged TO that tribe of ignorant impostors and consc-
quentIy pay no attention to his adj vice bis would he do
ing him grcatnustice The conclusion that he quack
because he prescrbes red pepper be very easily dis
proved: The library of any Physician in your City will
prove that DR. Cartwright Eoprc In the 18th
volume of the New England Journal of Medicine and
Surgery. published in 1921, page 445, you will perceive
that the Medical Committee of Harvard University con-
crrcd him gold medal of $50 value for an Essay on
suspended animation. In the 18th volume the same
work. page 49, you will perceive that another medal by
the same University conferred on him In the lCth
volume of the Medical Recorder published in Philadel
pha, page l33 the same individual awarded the pre-
mlum "a SILVER pitcher OF 500 vauc) by the Medical
and Chrugicai Faculty of Maryland. for Essay on
Cholera Inianum liz volume antcccdeat to this Won
VIII perceive that society of Physicians i'll Philadelphia
awarded him handsome premium in books for an Essay
on Yellow Fever bhc statements made in the Essay MS
regards of fact having been denied at uagc t
vol nth, Of the Medical Recorder You will find q letter
81 tic City Coa'cH and Board Of Heath Of Iutchcz rs
"a nLsHINo THE FACTS set forth by DR. Cartwright and
attcsting to his respectabty and vcracity In The Nat
chez Courier of May 9TH 1884 you will perceive that the
citizens among whom he practices rendered him casc
% Sr hundred dollars r0ie testimony of their graft
tudc for the advantages they derived his prcscrip-
ton for the cholera, when that disease epidemic
has
used with the most unparalleled in Louisiana and
Mississippi
=" 1t is no dsparagcment to DR.. c. to inform you that
he was born and bred Virginian, and bore
ranks OF her soldiers during the late In Assssinp
he is leader of the Democratic Party His speech against
NnIication and Federalism and in support OF the pre-
sent Administration, recently published in the Mississippi
plan, at jackson, you have Froba1y noticed and can
Judge of its merits His practice as Physician in and
abont Naclcz has been ten years very extern
syc and lucrative probably much as any other Phy-
stefan IN the United States amounting creditabiy
goV1 doll
clear OF expenses and bad debts Lest the discovery Of
such an individual be partially lost it very important
that the public at distance should know what confidence
to attach to his medical advice"
Some additional observations relatiue the Cholera anil
prescription for The Treatment Of Mat disease all its
stages; by Sa,Rstd n. CdrtsrigM NJ u.
few months SINCE after repeated solicitations on the
subject, published small tract the Cholera con
tanning the substance of what conceived be the most
useful information the subject Since its publication
have had considerable experience with the disease and
am induced believe that its character has changed ma
teriay, that the treatment recommended by the Phy-
sclas oil the Northern States we'll those of Asia
and Europe, is far from being the best the disease admits
OF The treatment am aboet TO recommend is applca-
pie 10 inc Cholera as now exists plantations in the
vicinity of Natchez. 1t may may be applicable in
other places, or in the places in different season.
ORR another visitation part of the mem
toned at the 9th page Of the pamphlet as haynp becn
sgnaly successful in New Orleans during the terrible
epidemic of last autumn At the time the pamYhet was
written had only tried it in case and was pleased
with it,
must confess that the remedies have found by cx-
such as comported with my pre-conceivcd opinions.
could not believe that large doses of Cayenne Pep
per, combined with Caionel and Caphor would quench
Ist ease PAM relax aans, and arrest rice water dis
charges lncredulous myself, until convinced by re-
peatcd experience expect SIMILAR ncreduIity i'm Others
particularly physicians.
In publishing methods Of crre Il know that am do.
ing what many Physicians wa; condemn as some of
them consccntously believe, That if the remedies adj
vIsed were good in themselves the public would
DO mischiefn administering them. Dr. Rush. however
believed that the treatment of all MALIGNANT epJonics
iu a man faLo
out of the hands of the physicians.
No man was more opposed to cmpiricsm than he; no
man exered himself more and with greater success in
eicvaing the character of his profession Following his
example, shall endeavor 10 put the treatment Of the
ev may result from it, firmly believe will be more than
compensated by tcRold good Impressed with this be-
ei, stop not to calculate consequences or TO consider
whom II may please or dspleasc owe too much
people around to let selfish motives or fear of cen
sure, rdicue or misrepresentation, deter from max
ing some efforts; Uowcycr inefficient they may be to
mitigate the evils Of the pesence now soreadno over
this portion Of the Southern States
PRESCRIPTION FOR CHOLERA, AND ITS PREMosIroRY
SYMPTOMS.
Take drachms Calomel, 9 drachms Red Pepper and
drachm OF Gum Camphor rub together in q mortar
P0tcders.
Make the above quantities Ento 40 pills with nucilaee
OF Cum Arabic or slippery Elm wafer mark themyYeg
P"fgattoc atus'e)ose 2, and keep tsean.in a vial.
Again-Iake Calomel, Aloes 4ilubarb and Rcd Pen
per- OF each drachm, and pulvcrsed Gum Carnphar
half drachm--dvidc into six equal parts labelIAy0a-
Eeo Pooders.
AS soon as any pain in the bowels is complained Of or
any bowel complaint or vomiting, one OF tlc Non4Pur.
gative Powders, or Of the pills should be pivcn with
out loss OF time and the patient ordered to bed Half
powder or or Of the pills should b. given after eve
y spell OF vomiting, and after every thin or whitsb one
ration After the pain has been relieved and the voit
ing and Purging arrested by the Non Pugave medicine
one OF the purgaye powders should be given every
or hours until bilious excavations produced known
~ thei black green or deep yellow color. In the mean
mc, MINT or ChoInome tea should be talcP warm and
IN small quantities, frequently repeated. After bilious
operations II the patient be not restored 10 health Gin.
ger and Virginia Snake Root tea with or without Sen
ma, according to the state Of The bowels should be taken
occasionally. ~
the FIRST dose Of non pur0dve medicine does not pro
ducc preparation in about two hours il will e necee.
sary 70 repeat IT, and il The pain darr0a or VOMITING
continues moderate quantity Of blood should be drawn
bleeding should be resorted to once IT. there be ric
pam 49, ue mead In violent cases the medicine sI,o0ld
&c assisted by mustard plaster over the stomach rnb
ping the exremtes with mustard or hot uuresntire and
he application Of hot Turpentine to the spine When
e nee water purgng continues acr the vomiting has
sJ"eo, nave gwen teaspoon full Of red pepper in
Alum water as an injection, with rood effect