Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-03-20
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uoN come 40 Apply statistical medicine GO /
that portion OF time Nh,h has elapsed, since hIit
a d 'zen Or more empu,c, have located lhemscl,cs
IN Natcaez 10 cary out, What they cali 'aroiOtn
IN medicine" In other words, am now about
| 10 test the pretended reformation m medicine by
the uuerrlas result, ct time and truth.
ButhJst propose to follow up he practice ri
[ the regular physicians. 4 considerable pant OF
the population, generally embracing the more m
telhscut clIl1enS, we're not Srduced 10y the emPu-
/ cS, but cuutNucd To employ a> formerly, the reg
uhr ply sc,ans. Durug Toe las, four years and
| nine months, omltIng the deaths which occurred
during the pefiud OF the epidemic oi 1897, the ie'
/ gular physicians lost 523 patients. Admitting
| that the population Of Natchez, since the 1t ol
January 1884, has been double what II vas dur
! ING the ten years preceding 1884, the number ol
patients which have died uudtt the care Of phyNi'
cIans during period OF our ears and six mulh-,
would, 1t the population has tually doubled it,
self, be 500; PROVIDED lhew practice va, neither
more nor less successful han the practice OF the
physicians Of the tea years preceding 1884. Il
the epidemic be excluded, lever persons have d.
ed since the lst Of January 1894, under the trca,
ment Of regular physicians, lhdu did previously
kul Il the epidemic OF 1897 be included IN tie
estimate, 81 more persons haze drsd uudel the
regular physicians, N tue last four years aud ulnc
months, than the proportional number OF deah,
which occurred "a the pracuce OF lht physicians
who preceded them. Illus, # the ph, ,icmus du.
ring peuod OF ten sears n population OF 1000,
lost Gal patients, how many M til, sane RATIO,
would die N population OF 5000 in four yeats
and nine mouth>i The relative proportion would
be 600. But COB is The number r ported. Bur
in the ten years from 1923 To 1894, besides the
GAL patients reported by physicians, there orc
337 umepored cases, OF cases reported by per.
sous not brIo g,ng 10 the profession. These
337 unreporlcd cases were partly composed o
! strangers brought here ~ dying state ltom \ 4.
Orleans; putty ct accIdeula death par " OF
suI born children, partly OF incorporate aud
> bouseIess strangers; partly Of perscus whoteuscd
medical advice, aud patty Of omissions N the at.
tending pes slciuns 10 rerort all the death. winch
occurred IN their practice. II population OF,
1900, IN ten ycaIs, 331 unreporlcd cases, how
many unrcpolted cases would population Of
600 eve il four years aud nlue months, The
number would be 30. But the actual number
OF unIeporjed cases al the last four yeats aud
! ume months, as proved by the -cNiou's books Is
022. Il 800 be taken from b4I tnuDo vii 10.
! man BOP, Therefore, 3J2 nd, ldua, II the
last toury years and uue months, have tlher been
i directly ~acDlIccd ca the suokm. AFFAIRS 81 steam
ur bad Their conhdtnce 10 the mtdcai profession
50 much impaired BY designing empn,cs a, to
lOrcgO tina advantages OF science, aud die u re.
nedlabe dt,ca, cs. Lest 1t be supposed that the
great sAcess Of unreporDcd cas,s occurred DUNG
the epidemic of 1881 have Consulted the t..
CUSTER kept by the sexton, aud fad that The 0holo
uunbcr OF uurcpurcd deaths, durns august Sep
TENDER and October 1887, embracing the whole
period OF the t ldem.c, Is only ~. Dy deduct
. M 10 from 3J2 there remain 232 more uure-
! ported deaths IN four yeats aud six months,
, omljiug three months TO, tie epdeuuc than oc
4 cured dung the whole pcuod ct TIE preceding
. ten years. he total number OF deaths, when
occurred III ten ytars, from 5z3 10 1884, - 91s.
: Ii therefore a population ol 1900, n tan years
lose 97s, how many deaths would occur in pop
. uauon Of 600 ~ toGr years aud une months
he total number should be 929, But the actu
al number OF deaths recorded 10 the sexlons
books, the last four wears and ulnc months, SINCE
the pretended reformation III medicine common
. O., !. 1873 Tho reformation, therefore, has
Il reformed IN four yeary and alnC months, 10 les,
j than $50 individuals oul OF existence. But to
;, put lhe matter IN palmer Ii.hi--lhc average an.
:, nua mortality Of Natchcz SINCE empire, have
. divided he practice ot regular physJcl us, Is nc
esS than one tenth per aunum N every 2l7.lt
If the inhabitants; but to estimate the mortality
on the actual population ol 1887, wben Nachez
= contained lts highest population, COCO, II would
- be, IN 22.2; but IN the tea ytas preceding The
:. mixture Of emplrlcism with the Iuor IIacuct
u only one IN every 30,6lU died pen anuuw. Dur
II ing these len years tho number who died uude
. the care Of physician, was about IN ~ per an
. nun, and the Gu3bar G.. uuleputted deaths dLrms
- The same period vas n 50 pen anuum Eu
- during the la, four years aHd uIue months, n
- GLIDING The late epidemic, AID including all %,
=, cases from tie Natch,z hospital, Dhe physIclu
, lost ! IN Al per annum whereas the unrcpor,,
deaths of the same period we're | III 45.7.lO pc
y annun; nearly double the uurepored case, ol h'
=, former penod, uud exceeding The Whole mortality
- occurring IN the practice Of the physicians duuu!
- ten wears. Bot II may be ,dpposed, that he ~
a. creased mortality OF tue last four year. and Mint
." mcnihs, may be 0 ny IN part to he,greaer mum
Der OF persons "h0 have settled IN Naichez, unt
= who have had to undergo that peculiar chang
- called acciinallon. II may also be supposed
that the comparatively small mortality Of the te
preceding years might be owing to greater pro
NJ portlunal number Of cIzcus leaving 'oau, darn
|. the slcky months in the first period Of ten year.
Is thau N he second period Of four years aud un
months. Plausible as these .uppus tons may b
OF 70 account Tor The great diIrence Of nohaltl
~ duuug The two periods voice from the cent &
~ ~ pioelaHns, that such not the true tcasOu.-
re- II Is well known, that the fever Of acclnanon,
ne the strangers fever Il - some times cbIle'
nd never occurs IN the winter or spring. It's Ill,
ms wise known, that 40 person fl from town IN o
nj, der 10 avoid sickness il January, February al
he March Bur what does the voice FROM The bus
ON al ground say! Il says, thai the total number
cut dead bodies conveyed there d,mug period
ten leaf. from 1873 70 Is34. m lie mOnlhs