Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-09-01

frequently befofe, tnat tne administration Par
ty are excellent friends Of the poor. was al
the post Office and large bundle Of papers
came in the mail from Columbus, called the
Extra Ohio Statesman for gratuitons dlstri-
button among the poor. This is the most
democratic paper going, and we poor folks can
get just as many on 'em as we want, free gra,
lis, for nothing, aoithout costing cent. When
ever we get whig papers, we have to pay for
'em This shows which party has the best
feelings towards the poor. TAG RAG.
I BILIOUS FEvERs,--The following hints for
obviating and preventing Bilious Fevers are
from the pen of the celebrated Doctor Rush,
and are worthy of the attentive consideration Of
every person in this section ofthe country. We
commend them to our readers for careful Pc
rusal, assuring them that they were written by
man who recommended nothing without a
reason. ..... .s.4,s.. 4. ....,..
Since the above was in type we have receiv-
ed the following from correspondent:
Since DR.. Rush wrote, the knowledge of bill
lious fevers has greatly advanced, but there is
nothing contained in the following to whchin-
telligent Physicians Of the present time will not
subscribe. 1t has long been settled point that
the malaria or vegetable poison, which, taken
into the human system, occasions bilious dis
orders al,oays connects Itself soih moisture in
some shape, mostly in dews and fogs, but also
in rain made of new country evaporation. tits
also settled that the human system during
sleep is more liable to be acted on by this poi
son than when awake. Hence the vital impor
tance of keeping the deus and Jogs from the
rooms in ,chich ioe sleep. To prevent the dews
from entering sleeping rooms, the windowsan
| all communication with the external air must be
closed about half an hour before sun down, and
in rooms containing the sick small fire should
be built about the same time. Set down that
doctor as ignorant of the nature of bilious fe-
vers who allows air charged with moisture to
enter the sleeping apartments of his patients.
uo e- SALUS.
come now to suggest few hints for obvl-
ating and preventing fevers, and for rem
dering our country again healthy. For this
purpose beg leave to recommend in the first
place, the planting of trees around all our mill
ponds, (besides cleaning them occasionally in
order to prevent the diseases that have been
Justly ascribed to them. Let the trees be
planted IN the greatest number, and closest to-
gether, to leeward Of the ordinary current of
the summer and autunnal winds. have
known several instances of families being pre-.
served from fevers by an accidental copse of
wood standing between mil-pond and dwell,
ling house, and that in cases too where the
house derived no advantage from On high sit
uation. The trees around, or near anil pond,
act perhaps in small degree Mechanically
By shetering the pond from the action of the
sun, they lessen exhalation, as well as obstruct
the passage Of the vapours that are raised to /
the adjacent parts. But they act likewise
chemically. It has been demonstrated that +
trees absorb unhealthy ar, and discharge it in
a highly purified state inthe form Of what is |
now called 'defogistcatef air. The willow
tree, according to Mr.. Ingenhousz, has been
found topurify air the most rapidly of any tree
that he subjected to his experiments. The ra
pidty Of its growth, its early verdure and the
late fall Of its leaf all seem to mark it likewise
as tree highly proper for this purpose. G59
A second method Of preventing fevers, is TO
let the cultivation always keep pace with the /
clearing Of our lands. Nature has in this infu-
ence connected our duty, interest, and health
together. Let every spot covered with mois-
ture from which the wood has bcenc cut be care
fully drained, and afterwards ploughed and SOW
ed with grass seed; let weeds of all kinds be de-
stroyed, and let the waters be SO directed as to