Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-07-21
THE GRlrF


',.,,,b,ut Richmond brief, may it now be in
.,9 |, has annoyed City for two or
ssss-On one occasion, affecting nearly 100
" y, NE Of the Tobacco Factories, AT one time II
.',,,sl the colored people more than the whites
.,d - sometimes SIX or eight servants IN
I :. s,,lv. Il occasionally attacks the same pa
l T.. q, three times. The following seric-comco
.s, Of It's symptoms, from the pen OF one OF
,so. who treats with mingled philosophy and
an. o.. those distressing enemies, who are not 10
.,.: a nor despsed, appears ia the National In
IA GRIPPE IN RICHMOND.
.. NJ Letter from a Gentleman an E'ehmo@d
r,h, IN lpashtngton, dated Jaiy 10, lS43.
.,. Jloms Deoarlmen. of the National Intel
VI. has not advised distant readers OF the appear
[. ;. the influenza, or Grippe, among you, pre-
,,l hardly know what II iS. have got u IN
Election, and will try TO give you an 'oea OF
-, as If had been beaten all over. The beau
4 he epidemic, are cold, cough, sneez'ng, and
.--at the eyes, and parts jacent-iever, win
|, ~. dry skin-acute pains from front 10 rear,
4, ne body, and dagonally-indeed, 1t does mol
aaicular where i, hurts. The whole articular
s1ents are IN a state of arrangement. Though
.t,5. day, | am buttoned TO the throat, and slept
.,ao blankets last highland what with pam, ner
.,..,. and fever, and sleepessness, was fam to
IT, es
-.ag.e night From depletion and medicine, for
,,..: hours, have hardly energy or strength to
NJ osn Shakespeare comforts me, as he has
la joae before
'.Thrre is some soul Of good IN things evil,
Wrad men observingly dlsii! IT OUT
I'd val, to see what practical benefi, will accrue |
+, x,,nr. because | am tired of lying down and OF
ss, g,-ot trying TO read and trying to sleep.
If resume that IN only few extreme cases is there
:, i.atst in La Grippe; but it is assuredly highly
a,y44ole companion, and no sympathy. What's
h -,..sf asks friend, seeing my ank jaws and
-..as3 eyes Grippe 'Ah : and ne walks on
s.aa, Ia avoid inac,ing my woes on my &C.
i.saaees hare give you the full benefit OF my m
s,' tie subject; so don't deserve any creelt Tor
g,.g- az 1t gives me relief by dverting my atten.
+. rom ny sufferiugs ! am free to confess, that
id oaoose had Prince Hassan's fairy ca1peV just
.r 10 drop down on YOU and listen 10 your chat all
j. no.ao- a, vour work, while | reclined quietly,
ned rom consciousness of my own pains
q ~. lrayersed along the sea board and we find,
al hs following article in the Courier OF The l2lb,
az -. among the reported drrsuatS IN New Orleans
Tau l<FLuExzA.-This troublesome disease is ra-
,oieadng among or population. There is scarce
aoC.e IN the whole city where some of the inmates
rot conhaed to their beds by IT. 1t is of the nature
c7ld w,h cough, and slight fever, and is easily
aal liable By the remedies usually resored TO in such
.,rttrs U.hsr than this malady, there are no dis
asses prevalent except two three cases of yellow
v-f Hs issr the excessively hot weather, combined
l5 che az fell Of the river, will render this disease
,.4enca at some future part oil the season. At pre-
n. strangers may frequent our city without danger,
,os.os: they guard against imprudent exposure.
\ Correspondent, of 'sThe Troy Daily Wing" has
enough 10 trace the history of the lnflu
~ 70: century past-and particularly marked its
.'elq1os in 1850, l743 1862, l775, 1855, in 1890
:'ac'erzed, Ike most cpidemcs, by its onward
-eh tom the East 10 the West, and is preceded BY
egs'.sia.ons of atmospheric temperature. lis DIFF
..1 usually very widely spread, and its duration
=. II seldom proves destructive 10 life, unless ct
sang PERSONS suffering from illness, and especially
s' Connected with disease OF the lungs
.0c'eig TOO years ago, VIZ IN 1143, sit invaded
rs's .'oa:ry in Europe, and Sin many districts not
'';- hmIy escaped its seizure II appeared in
u ,rt passed off the June following. The disease
",'n p;oved fatal except among old people, and
a;' sao were Suffering under pulmonary disease. II
accustomed at this time LA Grippe by the French,
30 Polish word chrypka, which signifies hourse
rs The Italians called it 'ma del castrone, and
'sala, The latter appellation is taken from the
SD influence of the stars on lis orr gin and diff
s'a In this epidemic, severe and obstinate head.
Ta' one Of its most peculiar symptoms. The
oFr' was an affair rather of diet and regimen, than
o.: 'fcult medication.
We have hard the following prescription recon-.
'i'd' and seen II efiectually tried, in two cases.
~ 'oF own rye--vz Calomel at night, succeeded
, 2.'o' OIL n the morning, where there was fever
y 'a" casfs, i've or SIX grains Of calomel, mixed
spoonful! Of castor OIL, have been prescribed,
" l''i Sometimes sedtz powders have been sue
',..a; ,fsd One gentleman, of greater energy
Ia al
y l'a~laken long walks in the sun-thrown him
l.o P'o'ase preparation, and subdued the Monster,
= 1T' hs as power. But, whether the remedy is not
~. "aa Tie disease, is question of taste, much
Ie "'s' have called il The "Tyer Grippe" and,
h.. Lille Magician has not escaped it, they say
p' Yer mas gripped Mr.. Van Buren-but the
: may be uuer in physics than it is in politics