Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-03-20
NO. "a.

9oaekeFy, cannot be syaded by saying. that
awe rated the pnpula'Ion too high Rt one period
ana too low at ano'her. The population IN 1880
vas N"o"n 70 be 27S0. The number Of deaths
"h'ca occurred IA that year Is Ikewl.e known Ia
DE which would make The average ior that
year Only IA 3As 10. The population ia 1897
amounted TO 6i60. The number Of death, which
occurred ~ nine months OF that wear. omit,ips
entusl, The deaths which occurred dnri,g The ma.
rod oil tho epidemic IN kIsu.i, september md
October, amounts TO lS6 this would ,,v. ao
average mortality of | IN 24.5- 10 per annum
Hut u the population sluSe The empire, havs
been permitted To practise medicine IN Ns,ch,z.
be put at the highest enumeration, and a, ths
lowest enumeration previously TO their ntroduc.
ton, sail i would be found that the mprtalny Of
the c,,y, since The Introduction OF quackerv, has
increased IN manner Sufficient 10 demonstrate
that the CITY has gained nelh,ng by the pretended
reformation In medicine, but has lost much 1
do not say, nor d. believe, that the empr,e.
have actually carried sufficient number of IA.
uenis through IHll course OF steam and No. 6,
TO account tor the great increase OF mortality: but
| do say, and believe, tha, the war they have wa
gcd agans, the knoWn and we'll uied remedies of
the Nlaltna MedIcs, and the measures they have
taken to destroy public confidence IN the medic
al profession, are nearly sufficient Of themselves
u account io' the increased mortality, without
| taking into the estimate those Who died under
,heIT scadmg treatment
| owe to The empires, ca masss a public expo
>iuon ol my opinions m regard To the ,.reCo,,ned
system iol having wautunly and walfully sprs nd
lar aud wide, report which was most mdusirl.
] nusly circulated that ! had, IN good drctcc, be-
| come convert To lhclt d crimes This. like ma.
ny other reports, viewed as tuck IN their trade
OF decewing the public Il j. true have u,ed
ed pepper and lohelli ~ NV l"arrrce, but have
! used these ARTICLES OF the Ma'cra Medca IN nv
! practice before | ever heard of steam doctors or
botanical reIotnsls. II the fanatic 1hompsoa
had taken fancy 30 calomel aud the lancet, IN
stead Of red pepper aud Iobeta, should not havs
| brown ASIDE calnme aud the lance, tor l.ar ol
eng eh1scd among h. Disciples by employing.
he remedies which he aud they abused
| The emplrlc is known by his nostruus and Sc.
,ret combinations, and by bus guorant aud lndi.
crim,natc Use and application Of the known and
established articles Of the Malerll Medica. ltls
not the medicine, but the man, Who iguurantlv
uses the medicine which Constitutes emnircism
No one medicine can be proper in all cases of
disease The empire treats all cases, however
different, very nearly alike, with the same articles
whether vegetable OF mineral substances, ~heth-
cr caIomcl OF red pepper and lobela but the ply
s,cjan draws his remedial agents from the animal.
vegetable aud mineral kngdams, he knows. or
should know,.th the properties and virtues Of all; -
consequently IN the treatment Of the various d5-
casts' he makes such selections Of medicinal A.
gents, for every individual case, Us the lights Of
sc;tnco, conIolHed Nth his own aud the expert
once OF former ag,s and other countries, NAV, in
his judgment, alter a careful examination Of the
case seem to be the most appropriate.
la the collection and publication OF the medic.
al statistics of 'his city, my first object was to
bring about some action, at home. which might
prevent any further aud unnecessary sacrifice Of
human HE among my nelghbots and feIIow.cltI-
zcns But have supposed that full and free
inquiry IN regald 10 lhls nportsn, matter by The
profession m other quarters, might be attended
with happy results, and trust that my essay will
be followed by other expos,lIons on the same sub.
jet, which vii al Icugh open the eyes Of tho
community to the extent and ,norlni,y Of thus
evil. II may not be IN the power Of the profes-
sion to induce legislatures 10 enact laws for the
suppression Of emprcsmi but 1t is Their duty TO
inform The public as 10 The evils of qusckery.-
These statistics, II IS not N the power Of einplf.
| lc1, or OF those Who cUunlenanc" them, 10 gam
say or resist; and II lhey be extended by phys.
cans IN other places "hete the "r.torming sys.
tem" has been ~ operation, "A mass OF testimony
will be collected Wh,ch III the end, must exercise
a controlling Influence upon public sentiment. -
II is by The exhibition ol such facts IA have been
presented N 'h's paper, that the judgments Of men
are to DO convinced.