The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-11-02

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NOrel treatment Of a bad case of aboH-
ti0nism.-That aboli,ionism is disease re-
quiring the most active and energetic treat
ment for its cure there can be no kind of
question. Several methods have been re-
sorted to with various degrees of success
such as foggng, pclting with brick bats,
tar and featherlng, &c; but the plan pur-
sued by the Inhabitants of Mansfield, Mass,
in recent case, strikes us as being dcci-
dedly the best. The case was as follows
An abolition lecturer undertook to cxpound
to the inhabitants of that town the mysteries
of amalgamaton. lie proposed to make
fool of himself and to insult his hearers, by
dilating upon the beauties of his peculiar
creed, whereupon the inhabitants of the
town provided themselves with n variety of
musical instruments and formed themselves
into n band worthy ofthe occasion. When
the lecturer commenced speaking the band
commenced playing AN accompaniment,
which proved rather too strong for the speak
cr's lungs. The performance of the band
upon this occasion is spoken of as very
effective, and athoug h we can hardly ex-
pect that single application will effect n
permanent cure in the case, we are assured
that it completely succeeded in subduing
the paroxysm for the time being. We have
before heard of the efficacy of music in the
cases of patients bitten by the tarantnla, but
we had no idea of its power in what may
be called the black pest. We hope that the
success of the present cure will lead to its
administration upon nll similar occasions
Warm Clothing VS.. Cromp.-Eberc in
in his excellent work on the diseases Of
children, says the mode of clothing infants
with their nccks and upper part of the
breast bare, cannot fail to render them more
subject to the in 1uence of cold, and its dan
gerous consequences. In this country, es-
pecially among the Germans, who are in
the habit of clothing their children in such n
manner as to leave no part of the breas,
and lower portions of the neck exposed,
Group is an exceeding rare disease. Where
as in cities, or among people who adopt the
mode of dress common in cities, this fright
ful disease is, in proportion to the popula-
tion, vastly more frequent. During prac-
tice Of six years among the Pennsylvania
Dutch,' he met with but single case of
this affection; and this case occurred in
family, who had adopted the present mode
of suffering the neck and superior part of
the breast to remain uncovered.
Cure for ChoIerd.-New experiments
lltely made in France for the cure of cho-
lera, have been successful in cases consider
cd incurable. The remidy is very simple
it consists in putting the sick person into
a warm bath Of very salt water. Bodies
already much discoulered, have been left
three hours in bath of that kind kepLcon
stantly very warm; /; the progress to return
to life was very astonishing. the colour
changing every half hour till they had re-
sumed their former whiteness. The physc-
ian can easily judge of the length of time
that the bath is required. The cuuses of
the change are these: warmth opens the
pores of the skin, and as the salt has the
property of liquifying the coadulated blood,
it causes the blood CONCEALED in the veins
to resume its ordinary course towards the
heart, and thus prevents death. ~ Y.
american,
Origin of the Day and Martins Black
ing.-Mr. Day was a hair desser in a hum.
BILE way, and was then as he now is, bene-
bcent and charabIe in the extreme. One
day soldier entered his shop and stated |
shat he had just landed from an expedition,
ann had long march before him, to reach