New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-04

r1rs n P-rr-~on a1d csrs u Cls'sra at Saturday
evcuag - Clinton Hal Tie assembly "a the occasou
although not iarg- Gay respectable sni .ntel
cent The ihnncs. u the sttrndarcc BY th, wsy wss
very happily siverfei % BY lecturer proof
4 the fool hardness 80 o. spssk-,f The American
public With regard 70 the prospective spprosch 1f Iris
fearful scourse - or shores The lecture Itself
rchy stored uith Interesting AMI astTuctvr sr.s
n resuon % The causes of Chocrs. Ec a. strongly
supported Arguments closely bearing On ts escctus
prevention. and admirably exeupyns he truth ~ To-
oii maxim, sn ounce oi prevention q worth pound
Of cure TIE tus occupied Ia 70 delivery nearly
A. hour and hsf during which perod ihe lecturer o.
cared ant retained The close s;i;errcn of biz bearers
from hrst O. lsst-sn8 tbs aotsihsisnins be- spoke
exiemporaneossly and O. extent IN co.ioqeisi
manner-csreiuiiy RETAINING from technical terms and
sbstruse points Of professional earning
We present our readers vsih ful snd clear N So
.,rsct % Dr. shew 3 lecture our space vii admit
s,ll 10 .s imperfect and such by iheby 10 onr con.
ciolsness OF the value q me materials elaborated In
this lectureto which can terc only barely advert
that trgst lis slth1r viii consent On prepare he
whole ~ his course ior speedy and complete pul.ca
ton. Inc following. s. nearly ~ could cstch BE-
was the course q be argument "a Saturday evening
suppose said the lccturerl that this sresi Cify ~
New FORK spread over Ten tmes iis present arcs
or say for instance over the whole OF Nanhar.n
Island and that every house h.. definite snnouni of
area shout Tor gardens. walks etc o. that good air
clrcula;es everywhere There Is no five Points here
no slaughter houses. with their aBcesn and residential
emanaton, drinking saloons Of either iow or hlsh
degree no dens Of niamy the mos heili'h curses oi
Chrslondom, whether OF ancient modern date The
people AZ temperate in al things, Industrious and
verify but al perform some kind Of honest toll The
poor are not over ta.Eed the rich lsbor 20 insure
health The people do NJ, turn day into night night
into day-for such practice never be- consistent
with health. CLEANLINESS. b. considered next 90 Godit
ness-not les. in physical than moral sense Now
have drawn this ,ture to showyou something Of wha,
would be the condition Of people living according TO
the rule. Of the Water Cure. o. called snd % show
you that the system Is not d" = one remedy many
suppose The Germans have a name for everything - |
Ia the method Water u the gres medicinal agent
but set the system includes the particulars &C Air Es
ercise, Clothing Ventilation Cleanliness Bathing 10 all
is forms Food Drnk-in short All the natural means
OF preserving. terrifying and nvisoratins the general
health
Now in regard 10 the eholera lay down this axiom |
rhalerer icHds any dg ftsrrGc ~ gcasrdi hcli
Hecess1rily rsHdsr ne sysfcr 1be m atlas
and growing out Of this j. another axiom rtlferv |
feHis % s'f5iish re RsHcrii hfalh 10 raf 1rff
~fGra Or FfrfniiNN 81 are sell FflIf NJ
sud cannot be- too well remembered or acted upon /
not only with reference O. Cholera bat every possible
malady. This being promised. ] will now proceed /
briefly 10 explain some Of the more prominent causes
Of epidemic disease
PEAR Is one Of the gres;cst OF s cause. n epidemic
diseases Ills old saying that fear kills more than
the plague. When pcsulcncc Ike the Cholera or the
Yellow Fever. comes among any people the utmost I
CONSERVATION prevails kNsggerations are multiplied ]
on every hand The laws OF health, not being by the /
many ~ al studied OF understood and there being /
Il ~. -. HNN
Gods sending and that IL has reference To- the
voluntary habits NJ mankind fear and fear only can b.
the legitimate result am acquainted with sn Intelligent
clergyman. who. In so WAS upon steamboat passing
from Quebec 10 Montreal. when the FIRST case Of Cho
era happened they came the latter city. The /
alarm was given forth that ne Cholera had orls The
death took place M The nighttime and Ia the morning |
and throu ghout the day numbers OF occurred
and soon none but fis n 6hay could be found
willing fulh the divine command Of healing the scs
No doubt now in this City the Cholera might be- caused
any day provided the people could be made % believe
that the disease actually raging with al ~ terrible
in very midst Ia the spotted fever or cold
plague that spread itself considerable part Of
New England about forty years ago u was found that
robust men aud even physicians "a well - delicate
females often fell PROSTATE with What appeared 10 br
genuine attack OF the disease and yet aiterwsrd,
such persons confessed that the symptoms erose wholly
from lear And what adds gresiy 90 the mischief ~
such people resort 10 great variety OF destuc
tive compounds In the way Of specifies eiXirs etc put
forth as spcculsti0ns By the vlanOus quscks Suca |
old and foolish belief that disease Is hxed s0n,hHs
within the body which medicine may be- taken 10 ,H
repeat. one u ne most proc Of al eaa'ss o. sp,temE
dsfase 10 FEkR fable should teach wisdom In this
matter Pilgrim meeting the Plague going into -myr
ma asked, What are you going for To All three
thousand people" answered the Representation
after they met again. But you killed thirty thousand
people said the Pilgrim No. answered the Plague
" Killed but three thousand Il was Fsdr killed the
rest" Were II right ever 10 this world y ialsy. u
would be, when the ChOars makes rs appearance 10
eli In
existence
ANeEA s doubles. sufficient in some cases TO cause
epidemic disease Anger We know causes mos, NO
lent it's of the spAsmOdic cole, and sometimes spo
oleNy Ia al raging diseases individuals cannot be too
careful ia maintaining equsbleness Of temper feelings
and disposition, in all respects.
EXCESSIVE sRIEF has often powerful effect 10 cans
Ing disease Every one who has lost wife husband,
parent child or bosom friend by death well knows the
effect which grief has had upon them AZ inc
time Especially when the disease y Of sudden dan
gerous snd terrific character grief u found 20 90 IL
most fearful work goes % rest AZ night cheer
fully with bis family all apparently IN good health long
before the shines out upon nim IN the morning IN
the dark his wife, with al the agOnes OF Cholera
becomes a corpse Ia his arms and Ia few hours more
his only child Is any wonder that under such cir
curn.,ances h. too should be- struck down with the
same dsease From all the facts that can be gathered
on the subject II Is very evident that grief acted Ia
many instances. powerfully as proxmate cause Of ths
Cholera.
mental DISTRESS. arising from deshtution and want
Is very unfavorable In regard health There are ms
ny poor people, Ia our American cities-the best
and happest in the world husband aud isiher poor
and penness has buried the mother Of his children
a widow with her children about her, toilns Win
anxious sociiude by day and BY night that she may
keep them under her paterual root, rather than
leave them 10 be provided FOR BY the cold charities Of
the world snxious BY pa~ning her articles OF dress
she DAYS her last for exOrOtan rent beng not
able 20 imagine what mercitul dispsnsaton Of Proyi
ience can provide her for the next quarter'dsy or
wen with ae bread she IL ~ eat such things need
not repeat occur every day IN our American cities
nor need De said that mental distress, arising rom
such desution and want causing depression Of spirits
anxiousne.s for the futlre-yes Tor the bare ofesd
one Is 20 eat will act in many case As powerful
cause Of the Cholera should that dread Pestience
. gsin appear our shores
What may be calea SfMFArHE Ia the human consul.
tuition should throw light the causes Of Cholera and
other epidemic diseases Al the venerable Cathedral
Of E0rs DANE in Paris u was found necessary u allow
no person 10 70 upon ~ towers alone every one must
have companion because IL became generally under
stood that people were very apt % thro" them
selves Of so too, over the top OF the Fire Monument
In London there put an Iron rackwork, 80 tns,
people could prscptste themselves from that night
In some hospitals hystenc nis have caused the same
IN others Indeed we see this tnins ofsn
KEN oiifed You have heard Of the account OF tn-
Poor House Tor children a. Harlem, Heland, wnen
fall LsiOls kuf ef