Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-03-13

mopg from i've bundled to thousand negroes
annually dr1JSA, % this city tar sale ptiar Co The
total Introduction Of The trade by the legislature ct
Mississippi ia SIS. Tbs would give a les,
mortality ;ban tbat Of Naples, Nisupa, Rome,
Amsterdam, Ed,nbufg, Dublin, and al leaS, three
fourth. of London and Pans, aud considerably
less llan tia, pant Of PHILADELPHIA inhabited hy
negroes
Bul how happens 4 ,hal the aylrage mortality
ol Natchez, during period Of ten Years, La tsel
so sunl, How happens ID, tan, aa1e IN At 9th
Fl places from / IL 2t to m - Of The nhati
nnts haze died annually in Na'chez ouy IN
OIL OF her citizens, to, ten years IN succes. sion, $780,
has persisted Annually, aud only Ia 300 mclu.
ding Strangers and boa'meu Of which she has al.
ways had such great nlmbeysl These asonish-
lng results are not owing TO any mistake All
the deaths which occur are faithfully registered
by the sexton aud reported to the city council -
The sexton is bound, under penalty OF City
dollars Tor every case of omission, to register aud
report every death, Tho population is not est.
mated Too high, because in the year 1897 When
the census was taken, by comparing the bills Of
mortality OF that year with the exact population
returns, the average mortality is found to be Cou
sde'ahly less Than the computed average for ten
years The people at distance hearing Of SO
many cftdemlcs in Nuchez, naturally supposed
that the mortality must be very great, aud that hu.
maa !lie was less Secure than IA almost any 9TH
e. place. But facts OF the most iudispulab.e
kind Prove that Nalchcz, IN ten years, under the
most dscouRglng and dlsadyanmgeous clrcum.
stances, lost fewer number Of her citizens by
death, III proportion 10 her population, than al.
most any other town OF city IN the civilized world.
The fcaso.n at SO gratifying result is as PLAN as
the MONDAY sun Nach,2. during nv ,rn $50
mentioned, proiectd and encouraged science,
aud science protected and guarded htI citizens
The citizens of Nachez, during these ten years,
were protected by strict laws agaIst muderou,
quacks and emprcsm OF all kinds. The whole
population had confidence in the medical proles.
SION, aud owing 10 this confidence, made timely
application Tor medical assistance, whenever they
| ionnd themselves afflicted with any malady
whatever. Other towns and cites may have had
as good physicians but he influence OF empires,
the ignorance OF the people, and their want 81
confidence in the healing ant besides tho great
numbers IN Europe, who perish for The rant Of
bread and the comforts and necessaries Of hlc
have co.operated to make the healing power aad
beneficial influences OF the medical profession less
dtilsed felt, and appreciated, But Ia Natol..,
situated IN tno most favored spot 0t the most IA
vored land, wheto plenty and abundance abound,
Hhcic every uhnattau, bond o, free, Ich 81 poet
! young OF old, la, all the solid comforts and ne
cessarIc' Of life at ali ltmes at command the bey.
ets and blessings Of the science Of modcInv
were dispersed md fused through u, her whole
/ ~. an Il
srgul1g emnncs and Pretend, relofncrs, ImpaIr
ea the confidence Of tho public N the regular ne'
deal Profession. Leaning with confidence on
the arm Of science, the czcns of Nachez pass
ed through two ycllo" levers, an epidemic ohoIo'
"a, who0png cuVgh, measles, scarlet fever dud
small poN, besides hc Olhef diseases incident 10
lie climate, aud IA ton years a fewer number OF
hem peIshyd, ~ proportion 10 The population,
than ~ any other town ar clty from winch We
have auy authentic results The good effects Of
confidence 70 toe medical profession, aud the ben
eff, 10 be derived iom timely application ior
medical aIyice, were clearly demonstrated DUNG
the epidemic cholera wAlch visited this city ~
May aud June OF 1898 While IN Palis, aud
many obcr cities, the ignorant inhabitants goad
ed and worked upon by designing empnlcs, aud
/
crcl medicines, were accusing the physicians Of
having poisoned thcm, consequently refusing aud
dtsdAutur medical AID and dying by thousands,
the good people Of Nachez were every where
seeking tmeIy n cdIca assistance Tic conse'
qaence was, that the cpldemci ou oI ne "hoie
population OF NatChez III two months, May aud
June, including strangers aud negroes, brought
here for sale only carried off forty three irdydu'
ais. Whereas nearly this number died 10 SIN
Gle day 10 many via rs aud towns OF no greater
! population wherever the inhabitants abandoned
! then pspslclans and looked to emplrlcIsm aud 70
noslrums Tor safety.
! have thus attempted to show Naichez trust
/ ne IN aud wisely protecting science DUNG the
| long period Of len years. Trough all tbs tons
\ lapse of years science beng Triumphant, amidst
/ circumstances calculated 10 dofolae and drpop'
uate ANY other cly. ButHs now my task 70
review the pntle and to exhibit No,chez during
! a period of ouf years aud nlns nlonlbs-a PERIOD
! win the exception Of three months N lsdf' re-
maikable for It's health aud entire exemption nom
! epidemic dlseases wl present her to the fca'
der--nol leaning upon the arm Of science --ho'
coniding exclusively to lt-not trusting III i1-ho'
protecting Il by wise legislation, but ie'uns CO.
! 10 follow after gnorant, presumIng aud iandIic"
/ empires, aud seeking safety IN the patent noe
| truns Of ignorance aud fraud, Belole the term
nation OF 1898 the laws OF Mississippi, which
protected the science OF medicne aud guarded
| the people against ignorant pesumrfs ana pre-
tended refolmers, were virtually anhuled' ny
the first Of January 1884 a host oil empires nao
made their way into our CITY, and commenced N
good earnest, what they called a reformation III
medicine. They first began their operations oy
using every anifce 10 destroy the confidence O
the public, IN the virtue oil those remedies ana
means, which the accumulated expernce OF ages,
has found 10 bo The most eifeciua IN the teaI'
ment OF largo class Of diseases--parnculariy
such al occur N warm climates. They used great
aud unweafied exertious, not only to prejudice
| u .a.,,,..i ,nr,at nc Inc tnndirInra winch