The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-10
T'he Uholera .t QLu.rantine,

The Oholera ~ Quarantine.
~ the report Of the Health Ofncer, IL viii be seen
that there but Of cholera, within tn
twenty.fou hours preceding the noon Of yesterday
The report 10 ~ fellows -
QUARANTINE, Dec. Q, 1sis
There has been one new case aud three Deaths from
eholera, since my report Of Yesterday.
ALEX B. %SMiTINo, Health omo.r
The following Is the report Of the Ssnatory Commit
tee Of ths Board Of Health -
The committee have the pleasure of assuring their
fellow cisens that Of cholera exists within the
city limits and from the evidence before them, the
disease Is confined Its present locality, and abst
w +. HAVEMEYER Mayor
THEO. r. DE FOREST,
MEL GRAY,
GARRISON CROLIUS.
Thus, IL will be SEEM that II the proper measures be
At once taken city the Of the
fatal malady during the winter. The last which
in all probsbii - the Epidemic may BE- entirely srsS
Gated the measures adopted by the Mayor carried
out That offcer yesterday directed q communication
to the CommRpdsnt at Bedlows Island, accepting the
Use OF the Island and tending 1t to the Com misoners
OF Emigration, for the accommodation of all those
emigrsnts who may arrive, from disease wsH
fer those now at Quarantine, who have escaped the
malsdy
1t determined in the Board Of Health to potify
the contractors for aiming the Streets that upon
notice OF twenty four hours they must begin the work
Of cleaning the streets. that the of
etreets oeempOwered employ sufficient force
the psy which the Comptroller would be
to deduct from the amount due the contractors This
Of course, the only way to have the work DONE and
could easily have been accomplished before after
cholera reached the port Should this resolution
tie carried into effect, the city WILL in few days
sumo very different appearance and present air of
heslthfulnets to which, for long time it has been
utter stranger II is gratifying to that with
In the past hours the disease has dimnih
ed teyenty five per cent, and there Is hope that IL
may be entirely removed However, it is best to
every preoartion and not action because more
Of the unparalleled warm weather for the season the
disease may break out with more violence and
malignity.
1t is an astonishing fact that in the year 1882 the
cholera broke out board the packet ship Henry in
lat 43 deg 80 mn and in l8a5 board the packet ship
New York. in about the same latitude and longitude,
there probably being not single degree difference in
either This may afford matter Of speculation for the
curious and toienti6c It may possibly be the chang
ing of the current of air which produces diseases If
that be the why has not the cholera
shiPbosrd at that point since 1882? To that cause
1t has been alleged but the idea rdicuous yet
1t is strange that after period of sixteen years. the
cholera should appear in the same place There
an apparent cause for its breaking out board the
hrst named packet ship A large hallibut had been
taken the most of which served to the steerage
passengers One of the passe ate heartily of the
fish in the morning, and at O'Clock in the evening
he corpse from cholera The disease discovered,
hing not absolutely necessary the
removed nd the whole including the bsrths thorough
y whitewashed and the passengers kept deck when
the ather would permit. Before arriving at Quaran
tine there were ten not of which proved
mel Was used freely and constant friction with wool.
len cloths saturated in brandy and camphor with bot
ties Of warm water kept to the feet of the patient.
After the action Of the caomel upon the system,
strong decocon of bark and Port wine, which proved
eectual in every case after the first. This many
other remedies Is undoubtedly good, but there is
thing like prevention. Keep the city clean, remove
all the garbage, and impose fine upon every who
throws decomposing matter in the streets and 1t will
prove Of more benefit than all the medicnes In chris
tendon. Monday will perhaps present more street
scrapers and breoms than have been brought into
the filth will be removed, and allowed to remain
thrown into heaps as s now the in every part
Of the city.
Letter from Hon. N. j. Walker on tho
Treatment of Cholera.
WARRINGTON, D. c., Dec. s, 1s4S.
Dear SrYour letter of yesterday has been received
country and requesting statement of the practic n
mississippi and Louisiana under my observation in
1907 winch proved go successful in those States The
practice to which you refer that OF Dr. Samuel A.
.sht most eminent and successful physician,
at Na;eh.z, Miss, and was follows IL. To watch
the first ymptom. Of the disease and administs the
proper remedies without q moment delay 2 To ad-
minister forthwith after the first symptoms dose
composed of ten grains of campher twenty grains Of
In POWDER practicable; not in pills s. AS soon az
the dose swallowed, to strip the patient and rub
hin gently but eectually with some Stimulating ONT
ment, by many hands could have conve nent ac-
Gees the rubbing to be continued not occasion
fatigue until the dicne produced its proper effect
The cure chiefly effected by the operation of the
calomel upon the liver in changing the rice water se
cretons to those ueuslly produced by calome which
generally took place, according to my recollection, in
from one to two hours after the dose
The object Of the esmphor and red pepper was to ac
celerae the action of the caome as we'll as to rouse
the energies Of the system The purpose the stimu
iatipg ointment was to maintain warmth at the sur
face to arrest the codness of the skin which is so
marked aymptom Of the disease to keep up the cir
ouaton Of the blood and to prevent settling of
the blood upon the central organs and it's coaguation
causing its to tarry substance which is
60 marked an accom- pa niment of the disease
Generally, the CalOmel. aided and in
action by there auxisries produces the proper effect
upon the liver in from one to two hours, and when
TINS takes place the cure may be considered effected
When, however the proper action is not produced by
this dote In from to two hours after It is admins
another similar dose must be taken, which very
rarely 1as TO produce the proper effect This Is the
main treatment Of the disease but for the farther par
ticulars have written to DR.. Cartwright this day.
The euccees CT this treatment by ysslf aud
many Others, and was most wonderful DR.. Cart
wright Is one Of the most able and scien.inc ply.
sicans in the Unien and according to my recollec-
ton, he received from his friends near Natchez
silver pitcher, as memorial Of his success in this
disease, ON which, think, engraved the number
OF cholera cares and the number Of by him The
number Of deaths which do not recoect, was re-
marksbly small / saw this treatment myself per-
IN several hundred eases, and administered
the Iemedy with my OWL hand.
AT the time Of the first appearance of the disease,
was at New Orleans and being compelled to stay there
lev days saw the commencement Of that terrible
epidemic as also In the boat ascending the river The
hrst treatment observed by me cslomel, with
opium. II not tuccessful, and in my opinion the
the liver must be made to act in the shortest possible
time, and the rice water secretons must be changed
by the action of the caomel The heat be main
tanned at the surface the settling of the blood on
the central organs and coagulation must be arrested
or death IL certain.
In cholera, opium, In my judgment and from my oh.
fervation fails to the system or to accelerate
the action Of the caomel On the contrary, judging
Fl om the cases by it appears to retard that
action. This is my opinion formed from the several
cares which came under my observation, treated In
this way, and In large majority Of which death en-
here Of INV vxn nerie
leaving the medical faculty, who are much more
c compete mt, to decide THE question.
AS to DR.. Cartwright's treatme MT, observed its
effects under the following circumstances =: In 1882
the cholera ragged with great mortality In the low
swamp grounds of Lousisna opposite Natchez, where
are the great cotton plantations 1t appeared first
think, upon those Of Messrs Lapice, Davis Chotard
where there probably about six hundred slaves
According to my recollection it appeared next upon
the adjscent plantation Of widowed sister OF mine
on " hose place there were think about hundred
and nifty slaves When the disease commenced upon |
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