Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-03-20

H. therefore, The ru,rodGcuun ct emprlc,sm, and
laIeu, medicines INTO y tich,z had add,d uothlas
10 the mortality OF the place, the aggregate mum
Der o. deaths wh.ch otcurtd during the first
quart OF each Of the last siN wears, should no,
have ,Ncteds tae aggregate number OF death,
"uCh occurred duuas tbe first quarter of each 1t
tHs tea preceding years. But They d. exceed
/ them, as iiy AZ z39 exceed l59. The t,tlueucr
bgt@eeu these lNp numbers, gives the precise IA.
crease ct mortality during the months ui Jlnua-
/ ~, February and March, suce halt a dozen OF
mHfe d,'udyd rtnruc, made tbs oity htir place
| oiftstdcuce aud commenced, What they called, a
tti1tmnuon "a mcd,,uc. The average annual
| mortality, taxing these months as TIE standard,
during ten years, was only IN AZ. But no soon.
~ did dhlrRr mouultbdnks make a ludsmtut 10
| Natrhcz, lh,n the moitalry ol January, FEBRUARY
aud March increase to m 3I.4-lO pei aunum.
la the month Of Apnl, dunns the ten years be-
tween S23 aud 1884 the physicians lost 80 pa
ueut-, and duuag the same time | / death were
uHreppttrd. The Whole morality for ten Apnls
"a succession was only 90. But ,iuce quackery
has been let loose upon HE people OF Na,catz,
| - pct,uUs have dDrJ duung the last i've Apus-
beng SO more lhan the proportional number ot
deaths that occurred before the empires proiitr-
ed their services to the good people Of this
city.
| In other words, making Apul the standard, tie
uyetage mortality would be ouh N VI per an
num OF the hIal population, including strangers,
dung period oIltny years. Dej SINCE Match
- has bcea oycItun 10y empltucs the mortality ot
the last tive Apu, has INCREASED 10 | IA 29.4 10
per duuuu. The mortality winch occurred M
tne practice ct the ply s,caus IA each mooh Of
Apul ior ten ycars, between 1928 and 1894, la,
been at the rate Of IN 6I,2lU, The mortality
mhIeh has occurred m the practice Of he ph,s.
cians OF the last five hpns has bern at the rate
oI IA 651.lG-- nearly equal rs Tar ~ the pin,
slclans are concerned ~ both pcuudS. luIn the
Inst peuod Of ten years ony ~ 50 died, but a.
soon us quackory was introduced, | N 2J4.lC
died. II Is worthy ol particular rrmnlk, that the
number OF deaths reported by the physicians H.
buah periods not only ~ The mouth OF Apui, hut
every other mon Of the year, - relatively very
nrall} ,he same. Thus, - death. we've report.
ed Ay physicians IN he ten Apul, OF III, inst pc.
nod, aud 50 "a he 1--we Apuls Of the second pc.
! rod. But "hlte the untepored deaths OF the
inst period we're ouly /, the unrepoued deaths
ut HE second period amount to Al, Again, du
} fng the FIRST tea OF The last fifteen Mays, Match
az lost III AL - Individuals; 40 report, by ply
scans aud IS uutepu,ied cases. Ban during ihc
last five Mays, she has lost 80 individuals, SO 10.
ported by physicians aud 66 unrepo,lcd cases. oI
cases icponod by persons who are not reguat
J physicians. Dung he last period tho unrepor
I'd deaths, ol lno,C when have been reported by
persons uot belonging 10 The medical profession
double the number OF deaths reported by ph,s
u cmus; WheteaS before lie muuductul OF quaeke
= ", II large majority o. all The deaths uete report
Il ed by lue physicians 10 sum up the matte,
b lHercorc--m Januafy, February, March, Apt
and hlay oi the ten years preceding 1884, ~,
PERSONS died II Natchcz; while N tho sam,
: months Tor he last five years, 42l have died 49,
Ia hlIi The tunr, and tnlcr the populations, tht
number should have been the same. No ie,,
therefore, than | 2S individuals have unnccessati
~ persisted, OF have been wanlonly -acniCed
since the inst ol january 1891, dHlng the liv,
most healthy month, "a the year. Taking these
> i've healthy moHh4, "a, bcug tie months best cal.
Cnialtd 10 tr,l To- success Of the empirical ptaC.
tee, rs the monlhs when emprci-m is most pop
i uar (dl.ea,e beng the mdest aud the principle
Of itr the slfougcs',) l2S individuals have died,
over and above the number which did die ~ twice
he time and bdl lie population, before the EN-
prlca practice was ufoduced aud before public
Confidence as shaken II the medical profession
, II these healthy month. were made the standard
E Of comparison, Na.chez would lose 33l mdnldu.
a- ~ i've year, Oyrf and above the number sh,
; lost IN lco years and bali the population, audel
: HE regular exercise Oh the medical profession
D unmNed ~uh quackety. The emplucs viii No
doLbt uy to eyade the issue by dlso~ulng the uu.
{ reported cases, OF may even lay them TO thc
O change ot tie physicians. But the main aud ts
V srnhal fact, ma the mortality Of NatCheZ ha'
J greatly increased since they came to town an
= commenced pretended reformation IN medicine
VII ~ldI stand ~ boId reltl against Them II the,
Is could prove that the physicians neglected to re
e pot all the deaths which occurred In their prac
r tee, the phy-cia r, on their part. could prove tina
= many u the cases they did report, had prevuusl
J. been subjected to steam or that he sick ha'
= ekcd out The fret perod Of Their disease IN lh
Al u-e Of uos'rums aud quAck medicines. be ne
Y deal statistics Of Nuchez prove N the cleare-
~ and most und, Nab manner, that previously Il
- tho introduction Of quuchey the annual aVerag
mur'alHy lrr ten ytaf- III .uCrrssIon, cnIbf- 7ni
- a vciy ,lcIly reuod 10 with epidemic diseases
" much hes, or at least very flle, ans gteal
y ct, han the average mortality Of most other town
x aud cllIes N the world which are rtpui'd h'aiby
y But since the introduction Of quacktry, The annu
ie al average mortality has greatly creased u
n charge the increased mortality to the present reg
d uiar physicians would avail tmpmcl-m nothing
e unless It could blot out from the records OF tn
d, city the diminished mortality under the regnli
70 physicians, before ii was permitted to ohlfud' II
o. self among them. The present phy'lcmns' an
y those Of former day drank at the sam. wei q
5, science When he empires came to Ndlcht
ne the annual average morality, ineind ~ strangers
be sul born children, and tho dfahs occurring a
~ morg toe utetoc. brought brre tor sale was onl
e. l IA 3OG-and had been NJ this rate for the te
- nrecrdlnr Aaar. nLLle he lnOfahly amnng u