The weekly independent. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss) 1848-1853, 1848-12-30
THE CHOLERA

uCrCuff u iho SSu cHuult'oltS II iHteT-
ments in cemeteries the day previous,
where fhe deaths had been of Asiaric
Cholera. At the Charity Ho.nira there
were 81 deaths byit official = reported on
the goth and 2ist. The Telegraphic
reports ofthe 23d, and letters Of thar date
speak Off as having extended most alarm.
ingly.
There was none of it in Mobile up to
The 25th, except few cases which had
originated in New Orleans.
Is it not due TO proper precauton both for
the authorizes and the citizens to attend
to the condition of the streets. the yards,
the oulhouses and low places in our town.
Dampness and filth appear to be two
great adjuvatives to this disease. Lei
then every care be taken to have The hou.
SEES and grounds clean and dry as far as
practicable and free from Impurities.
No man does his duty to his family, nor
master to his slaves, who does not imme.
diately and in person attend tot t.
Above all we would say be no, foolishly
afraid oft. Weakness of mind invests
it with grea,erterror, and unnerves the
body to resist and endure il. We trust
that we nay be spared the visitation, but
iii come, let us do all we can to subdue
is ravages. to avert its desolation and
trust the resi- to its and our Great Master
and Ruler.
The following is from the Picavune:
But admitting that Asiatic cholera is here
and Chs is yielding morct Than we would
if we app cached tins subject ina contro7
versial spin. or insisted upon our own
opinions admitting, we repeat it, that
Asiatic cholera is here, wherefore The
excitemenr and alarm which some mani
fest? 10 come as a sceurge who can
escape M Where shal. we flee? 10 is
disease which visits alike tie city and
the country. lttops the lofiiest mountain
in its flight; it leaps the ocean at bound.
1t traverses condiments with unweared
step, and is alike found in regions ofper-
petua snow and the latitude of perennial
flowers. ID wades through marshes and
rests IN dry places Where is it notl
Il is in vain we seek safety in hight; 10
is faster than we. If we hide in the nouns
.tains, it is there; if we walk NTH ecentre o
the vast plains ofthe west, 10 is with US.
IL travels on the "sightless couriers of the
wind" and is approach is unseenof mar.
|. Why then run from 10? or wherefore
fear it? We are born live and grow old
surrounded by thousand dangers as
fatal as this one, which, If now in our
midst, is less dangerous than the revels
of the season, and is harmless in compar-
son wide tho guilty pleasures in which
il seeks its victims. A sober, upri Oh and
cheerful life is shield against 10. If 10
come Of hself 10 will go away, like an
nnbden gnest, when il is no longea dreadh
ed, if it is sent upon, we should rely with
aesi gnation and confidence upon the
mercy Of him who seln L.. Nothing
comes thence that is noe for our good.
CHOLERA TREATMENT.
Letter fiom The Hon K j. Walker,
on tie 1reatment Of Ch0lera
WAsHINGTov ID. c., Dec. 5, lS4S.
Dear Sir-Yolr lerter of yesterday has
been received referlng to the possible
approach Of che era Ia this country, and
requesting a statement of the practice IN
Mississippi and Louisiana under my OBJ
servatlon in 1892, which proved 30 sue.
cesstul in those States. The practice to
which you refer was that OF Dr.. Samuel A
Cartwright, a most 'minen' and success
fll physician. Of Na,chez, Mss and was
as fol'ows:--l, To watch the first syinp
toms Of the disease and administer the
proper remedies without moments delay:
2. To administer forthwith af,er The first
symptoms dose composed of ten grains
OF camphor, twenty grams of red sepp err,
and twenty grams Of caIomel to be taken
in powders, if praclicable; It not, in pills
As soon as the dose was swallowed ia
strip the patient and rub him gently bu,
effectually with some stimulating ointment
by as many hands as could have conven.
lent access, the 'ubbing to be continued
so as not to occasion fatigue until
the medicine produced its proper effect
The cure was chiefly effected bv the
operation of the calome upon the livor
in changing the rice water secretions tt
those usually produced by caIomel, which
generally trok place, according 10 my
recollection, in from one TO two hours al
tie the dose was administered. The alb.
jet ofthe camphor aud red pepper was to
accelerate the sction nf the caIomel. al
well as 10 use the energies OF the system
The purpose of the stimulating oiutmen
was 10 maintain warmth al the surface
10 arrest the GOODNESS of the skin, which
is so marked symptom of the disease, tc
keep mp the cIrculation o4 the blood, ano
to pseyent that settling of the blood upor
the central organs. and its coagulation
causing lis resemblance To a larry sub
stance, whnh is so marked an accompa
!. nmen, of the disease,
Generally, the calomel, aided and &C
celebrated in its action by these auxilliaries
produces the proper effect upon the live
in from one to Two hours. and when thl
takes place the cure may be considered