The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-06-21
NUMBER 81.
Communication.
FOR TIKI CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.

ar Ld'for: Is The season approaches
al which various sections OF the country
must again be waited By that scourca OF The
human race, Endemic fever, D. oppose TO
offer 70" observations upon he cause Of
aud The best means Of avoiding, those ter.
tibe diseases.
Ioesery one iDhibliing section Of coun-
try usually visited by The common sumner
aud au'umual fesefs, this 10 sui iect of
vital importance, as his security from Gu
attack must depend-at least in some ...sa.
suTe-upon the Observance Of certain pro.
phylacilc and lily gienic rules; end ye, i, -
one upon which the popular mind has
yet been enlightened by su' few feeble
and glimuering rays, penetrating
the gloom Of darkness and superstition IN
which it is shiouded have shed here aud
there benign and saving il ffIence.
need no, fer any apology for appearing
before the public as The advocate Of rigid
adherence 10 certain precautionary meas
ures having for their oil ject the prevention
of disease. The mission OF the physician
is q ministry IF good TO his fellow men, his
business "the csfs of lives" An office in
the weight Of its neutrality-suspicious.
second 10 no other, but the duties OF that OF.
flee are far from being confined 10 the mere
administration Of remedies for the cure Of
diseases. To prerent is better than 10 cure,
and he who neg ec,s TO labor for the accom-
plshment Of The first of these objects will
neglect field Of usefu ness end means OF
benefi'ng his fellow men, for which all his
efforts for the cure Of dissase--however
well direc,ed-can never compensate.
propose in this and The following nun.
bers to enter upon the investigation, first.
of :hs nature of the cause producing ths
diseases alluded 10. Secondly, Of the man.
ner in which it produces its deliterieus ef-
lects. Aud thirdly. Of the best means Of
avolci3g those maladles 20 which It gives
Use.
The fairest portions Of our Globe have
been for ages afflicted with certain diseas.
es shich-from The great similarity they
bear 10 each other in many prominent fea.
lures as we'll as the facility with which they
may be made 10 yield 10 the same remedies,
the most sceptical can hardly fail to at
tribute 10 one aud the same cause. This
cause we shall designate by the term nal.
aria derived from two Greek words signl.
tying bad air.
The mos, prominent Of the diseases 10
which we allude and to which We purpose
TO confine our remarks are chilis and fever
or lever end sgue, bilious femiI,ent fever.
and congesii'e, or perncious Iemiitent and
intermittent. These are the usual summer
and au'umnal levers Of temperate ATTITUDES,
attributable 10 the same cause, modified in
its action either by the state Of the syslem
OF other causes lnanpreclabs 10 the present
state OF medical science.
The potency or mal'gnancy Of the cause
producing these ua!adies is very different
IN different situations. In many parts of
our own country, particularly those border.
ing upon the mountains, it shows itself on.
Iy IN mild form Of chill and foyer, almost
invariably amenabie 10 proper ,reatmen.
and giving rise TO but limited fatality,
while IN others i, exhibits fearful maligni.
ty spreading devastation end death in every
stage OF It's march, and almost dcpopua.ing
many OF the ialrest portions Of the Globe.
Such examples are 10 be found in the cou1.
tries bordering on the Nile and The N,gee
IN Africa, the Pc in Italy, the Gaudiana 10
Spain, and the Delaware, Schuykill. Mis-.
souri, and Mississippi, in our own country.
Even the imperial city, Rome Itself, from
lis vicinity TO The Pon,ne Marshes has not
been one Of the iighlest sufferers from this
terrible pest. In speaking Of Italy late
writer observes: 1.-THE fairies, portions Of
this fair land are prey to this invisible en-.
:, envy, lis fragrant breeLes are poison. the
! M, W W. ,->e- evenings are death.
Is The banks OF the refreshing s,resms II,
q rich and iowery meadows, the puruur. ur
y lis CLASSY lakes, the luxuriant plains Of ito
! Overlooking agriculture, the valley where
K It's aromatic shrubs regas the eye and per.
tune the air; these are the chosen seats Of
:, this plague, the throne Of Malaria. Death
here walks hand in hand with the sources
OF life, sparlng none the laborsr reaps his
harvest but to die, or he wauders amongst
e the luxurIance Of vegetation the ghoa, Of .
d man, sufferer from his cradle 10 his i'm.
T. pending grave"
+ Is no, this eloquent description but too
o applicable TO some portions Of our own
J. country. Many of the rich and fertile
X plains bordering upon our great Southern
: and Western rivers, where the greatest
II luxuriance Of the prooIc!s Of the coil COM
$ bines with suprior advantages Of climate to
e render them the choices, abodes Of content.
y ment and huppiness-many such are the
e "chosen seats" Of this fell destroyer, dis.
dainlng as i, were the more elevated aud
sterile portions Of the country he descend.
upon the fruitful plains and there unseen
/. and unknown Except by his devastations)
!, pours on, the full walls Of his virulence upon
h his hap.ess victims.
r. In the next number | shall enter upon