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gnesls; the well wafer was used in teg2. and +
believed tmuch Of ~ to Be cutie calcarenus. II
addition to othcr tad quaIics;' IDr. r. c
Jackson which will account for The prevslepc,
OF cho'eru there, although il was far from as
suming rs usual malignant character. DR.
Ware says, Boston Med. Mag. Vol. IL "near
" all the subjects complained ofcramps, or had
been afflicted when first seized, sill nv few
were seen Iaboriug under them 50 severely a,
TO occasion any marked external demonstration
OF suffering. ln nothing did the cholera 10 New
York dihar more from the most common De.
scuPuon, Than IN the absence Ofany indication,
OF great distress"
Boston has 6raniie foundation; few cases oi
cholera occurred there. "In a fortnight after
It's appearance il had numbered bot four victims
and but about forty cases altogether occurred, -
i Boston Med. Mag. Vol. !.
! An epidemic so malignant must be expected
to take effect, in a degree, in seaporls, by i'm.
porlaIlon from pors where il prevails, and where
cacareous water is used, the same being pro.
vlded for ships use: it is then reduced to mere
ch0teriRe; thus, at the State Prison near Boston.
out Of one hundred aud eighteen cases, moi one
death occurred!-[ Encyc. Amer.
at sweptrhs secondary and tertiary districts
OF this country, as we'll as those of Europe, and
/ II passed around the Al ps as il did around The
/ primary districts Of New England generally.
without producing more than mere cholera
/ tendency, very few fatal cases occurring here
! (Boston) or in any part Of New England. -
Extract Of leIer from DR.. c. 7. Jackson 10
the writer, Feb %, I84o.
The rvar Ct autvop On .,,,,,
rock, and Montreal is seated on slurian lime.
stone, and there were more deaths there than
in New York, although it numbered about one.
tenth Of the population.
The disease does not attack every calcareous
region, for it is q remarkable facts that il passed
around all the Cliff Limestone districts that
have heard from; thus at Springfield, as miles
nonh.) and Xenia (55 miles north both on the
Cliff Limestone, there was no Cholera; while al
Lebanon 90 miles soulh of XeDia) on the Blue
Limestone, ii ragged with extreme violence
Water passing through different strata of the
Cliff Limestone, will be found 10 vary greatly
in lis properties and il may, therefore, in some
regions, prove an active agent in producing this
disease. The elements Of the Silurans like.
wise vary considerably. The deleterious eG
lects of The carbonales Of lime and nagnesa
may be neuratized by other mineral substances
held ip solution in the water passing through
the Cliff formation. This is a question for me.
dical men to investigate and determine.
Several families in this city during the preva.
lence in the Epidemic in 1928, boiled all the
water that they used; whereby the carbonales of
lime and magnesa (perhaps other mauer!) were
preclpaed. Not member of either of those
families was attacked by Cholera. Ii was OBJ.
served in Paris and London, that no persons
who were in the habitual use of beer died of the
Cholera; the brewing process precipilated the
calbonates.
Itis said that doses of magnesia were usually
attended with fatal results in this disease, and
At New Orleans" "a dose of magnesa is dea,h,"
was common remark in 1889.
Many persons are strongly predispossd 10
'hOiera m0rbuS and diGrrhRa; such will consult
heir safety by removing, in time, TO a granite
or sandstone region. We hear Of cases both
lere and elsewhere of cholera morbus almos,
Is malignant as cholera asphyxia, although that
much dreaded Epidemic has not yet reached the
western portion of Europe.
1t has been remarked that New Orleans is
situated on aIuvion, and no limestone within
hundreds Of miles, yet the cholera attacked thai {
lily with severity; in answer 10 which it may
'e said, that the water Of the Mississippi is cal
areons; the city is supplied with river water, i
ravellers going from regions of primary or san.
y formations, usually find their boweis effected
y Mississippi water. The Delta of the Nile +
nd that OF the former river, much resemble a.,
ach other in some respects; both passing over q
reat extent Of alIuYlal country before thew =
each the sea. The water of the Nile is prob |
bly, highly caIcareous, as the mud of that river i
) found on analysis, TO consist Of
One-haIf argaceous earth;
One-fourth carbonate OF lime;
One-tenth carbon, besides silica, oxide of i.
On and carbonate of magneSia. 7
Egypt is supposed 10 have lost so 900 Inhab- a
ants by the cholera in 1881. have not been q
Bile TO obtain an analysis Of the icaterS ofeilher
those great rivers. : :
These facts numerous others might be addu- i
ed) show that there is something in calcareous "
atel mParting activity 10 the malignant prin. :"
pie inherent in Epidemic Cholera, and which y
'ery one inspires during its prevalence around -
EN-; II is therefore prOTimate cause Of that .
sease. d.
| have not yet found an instance OF its pre-. 81 81
'iIlng over the primary or arenaceous forma- ~ ~
no calcareous water was used Ut
cePt in the modified degree before alluded TO, S@e @
ID that IL a0iH not prevaiI Orer such regions s1 se
ay be assumed as iaW BY Which 1t is govern. VI u
The use of water free from all mineral impu. y
les was, no doubt, the prophyla@ic which p
aDged the course of the destroyer, in the pri. .e
ary and arenaceous regions all over the Union, g. e
d saved those who dwelI therein from disease 10
d death. JOHN LEA. IN
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