Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-02-23
From the Philadelphia Inquirer Feb. 2

/ From the Philadelphia Inquirer Feb ?.
J The acknowledgements and Remedy.
This great sconrre o. mank ind is moving for
ward with fatal strides, and sweeping away its
thousands Of victims. We perceive that the au-
thorties of several Of the leading towns Of Eng
land and Franc. have already adopted such pre-
ventive measures have bee n suggested by past
experience and the advice OF the most eminent
medical men. Thus far the Anne ican public and
au tn critics have done nothing The scourge 10
vet remote; and but little alarm has been excl
ted. Sooner or later, however. we may an,ici
pate its arrival on our shores. What the n should
be done in the meanwhiIel Would it not be
wise in the nation at large, through its represen-
,atives. to appoint a medical commission Of the
highest character, with the object of visiting the
scenes of the disease, asce raining the best pre-
ventives as wei! as remedies, and of returnin.
home at the earliest moment, for the purpose of
disseminating among the people 1t large. the in
formation that may thus be collected! In rance,
Commissioners have already been sent to exam
inc the nature Of the disease. the best mode Of
treatment, &c. We believe also, that during
the last visit Of cholera the American CONT
| nent, medical commissioners were appointed by
several Of our leading cities, and their labors
were attic nded with the most beneficial results -
The present, therefore, is the time to act A cor
respondent Of the London Times, who says that
during the visitation of this dreadful malady in
l 32, he paid great attention to the cause, mode
Of propagation and check of the pestilence, gives
these his conclusions
! l. That the of cholera is putrd ami
NAL poison, capable of being recognized by the
N tng nd PnIIpf NJ mo-
dead living cholera subject articles of cloth
ing.
,. That it is not sulpheretted hydrogen.
hydro sui phuret of ammonia as It does not de-
compose salts of lead or link, and when passed
through nitrate of silver, it only forms red
solution when exposed to light.
| 3. That it is only received into the living body
through the lungs. and cannot be propagated by
inoc ulation.
/ 4. That infection can be conveyed by articles
of clothing, bedding, SC; and that washe rwomen
more subject to infection than ordinary per-
sons, from that cause.
). That all persons are not equally liable to
infection from exposure. and even the same in
dividual becomes more sensitive under certain
circumstances.
6. That the poison is destroyed by chlorine
gas. and heat Of 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
! He says further that the only chemica al pre-
ventive which he depended upon in his numerous
exposures to the virus, was chlorine gas, aud
this he believes to be perfect one. when the
fumigation is complete. He says
| 81 invariably passed through "a atmosphere of
it on my return home, and kept il escaping in my
| residence during the continuance of the disease
in the city. also placed large quantities Of the
substance necessary for the evolution of this <
in the hands of Bristol druggist who was kind
enough to distribute 1900 quantities Oft gratui.-
ously to applicants during three days, with in-
structions for the use-and am happy say, that
during that time the deaths fell from ten TO one
per day and have but little doubt that if every
ship arriving III England from an infected place,
should be exposed to a perfect fumgation with
chlorine, we shall be preserved from the Infec-
ton. Ii the disease should pass this Gordon. by
any accident, then every house in the infected
district should be simultaneously fumig gated with
it-say three times d dav. Unless done ir all
houses at the same time it would be useless, or
nearly SO; and to do it effectuaIy, mixture Of
three parts Of common salt, and of black oxide
of manganese, should be placed just inside the
outer street door Of the dwelling house. and a
little common vitriol poured upon it. The in
ward current of air will convey the chlorine gas
to every part Of the interior; and wherever it
be smelt. the effect is produced-the miasm is
destroyed. If articles Of clothing are infected,
and the colors likely to be injured by the gas,
they may be heated, in oven a kiln, to
$50 or 300 degrees. (above the heat of baking
bread,> when they might be handled or used with
perfect impunity.'
We may add that the writer is William Hera-
path, celebrated chemist Of Bristol. England.
DR.. Dickson. in his work entitled the "Prnci-
pies Of the Chron othermal System Of Medicine
argues that Cholera will be found to partake Of
the Same universal type of disease, the ague.-
While in India, he had ample opportunities OF
discovering this. Cholera, he thinkr. is an ex-
treme Of the cold stage Of ague, and with regard
to remedies, he says
"Attention to temperature comprehends every
thing that has either failed succeeded. Were
l myself to become the subject of il, l should
feel inclined to trust more to a bottle of brandy
than anything contained in the Materia M,dica.
While serving in the East Indies, saw many
hundred cases Of the disorder, but never could
convince myself Of the superiority of any ono
kind of active medical treatment over another
In my work upon the Diseases Of India. l have
proved that death, in the great majority OF the
instances Of cholera, takes place from palsy OF
the pneumo gastric nerves,-those nerves that
influence the functions of the lungs and stomach
II you divide these nerves in the dog. you have
the essential symptoms Of cholera, viz: loss OF
voice, vomiting, and difficult breathing al'cays-
cramps and fatulence frequently; and the animal
seldom surviving the third day. On dissection
You find the vessels of the head, lungs, and in
tes,nes, filled with black blood. That is exactly
what you find on opening the bodies OF persons
who have died of cholera
A writer in the Boston Atlas translates an ar
ticle from French paper, in the course Of which
the following counsels and directions are given
Should the cholera appear, do not be afrad-live
comfortably, cultivate literature and the fine arts,
avoid tiresome people, beware of all sorts OF
contradiction and irritation, amuse Yourself as
much as possible, beware of extraordinary ex-
citement-in brief, keep as cool, as calm, and
selfpossessed you
From the National Intelligencer.
Mr.. GaIlatim ON War expenses.
A new tract has just issued from the pen Of the
. venerable Sage Of the JeAe rsonian Administra-
ton who has happily survived all his compeers-
unless Mr.. ADAMS, vet several years his Junior.
be considered an excepton-for the purpose. il
would seem, Of shedding the halowed light oi