Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-01-18

choIera, appears to indicate the true ma. 'S
sures Of precaution and prevention a. .;sa.
a pestilence, which after an abs.rs.' A'.
sixteen years, and at season when -, u
formidable epidemic diseases are non..' .',F
ly prevalent and deadly, menace, ,t:.,
visitalion; and The General Board Of H...e1
would appeal to all classes for the;, sau
dial cooperation in carrying into .s 80.
| the measures which careful conx;d..eu
has led them to recommend. in n. , sm
conviction that the powers given i ~, ~.
legislature for this purpose, tho,oh !. 'ns
may not be fully adequate, and ,honah -" 3
time to use them may be short, cann y" cut .as
with such cooperation, to be attends ~. ..,'
highly beneficial results. WIN
Great benefit having been derived
the cleansings that were resorted ia - =.
former visitation Of cholera, and .,n.. .s
ence having shown that preventive -.
sures against cholera are also prey.,,; ;s.
against typhus and other epidemic ~ :.
demic diseases, the boards Of op,rJ;s sl-
should carry into immediate effect All -.
teal measures Of external and inter-,
cleansing Of dwellings in the i'll cond;;a.
ed districts. '''n'
The chief predisposing causes Of .v..-
epidemic, and especially Of choler. :!
damp, moisture, filth, animal and ves. ~
bic matters in state Of decouno.s;a.
and in general, whatever produce. AIM. '
| pheric impuriiy; all Of which have II.
effect of lowering the health and wipe, 4
the system, and Of increasing The s,I,e.r.
tibility to disease, particularly auoDo K.
young, the aged. and the feeble.
The attacks Of cholera are upiforn,,
found to be most frequent and virulent !.
low lying districts, on the banks Of river,
in the neighborhood of sewer mouths, ana
wherever there are large collection, =
refuse, particularly amidst human dwell.
lings. In recent proclamation. issued
for the protection of the population Of tbs
Russian empire, the important influence
Of these and similar causes has been recoo.
Missed. and the practical recommendation.
founded thereon are "to keep the person
and dweIling-place clean, to allow Of no
sinks close 10 the house, 10 admit Of no
poultry or animals within the house. ID
keep every apartment as airy as possible
by ventilation. and TO prevent crowdine
wherever there are sick"
Housekeepers of all classes should ba
warned that their first means Of safety lie,
in the removal Of dung heaps, and solid
and liquid filth Of every description, from
beneath or about their houses. Though
persons long fa,niliarized 10 the presence
OF such refuse may MT perceive lis often
siveness nor believe in IFS noxious pror.
critics, yet all who desire 10 secure them.
selves from danger, should labor for the
entire removal Of filth. and the thorough
cleansing of their premises which also
the law will require Of each person for The
protection Of his neighbors, as well as fa1
his own safety.
Next to the perfect cleansing Of lie
premises, dryness ought TO be carefully
promoted, which will OF course require the
keeping up Of sufficient fires, particularly
in the damp and unhealthy districts, where
this means should be resorted 10 fof The
sake Of ventilation as well as Of warmth
and dryness.
From information recently obtained from
Russia, il appears that in some barracks,
and other places in which large numbers
OF people are congregated, where these
conditions have been attended to in man,
ner shat may be equally praetised in pin
va'e houses, there has been comparative
immunity from the prevailing epidemic,
exactly as in this country, where in pub
lie institutions, though a. yet by no means
perfect in the means of ventilation, thers
has been an almost entire exemption from
epidemics which have ra,aged private
honses in the very same districts.
If, notwithstanding every precautionary
measure which can be taken, this disease
should nnhappily break out in any district,
then it will he essential 20 the safety Of
the inhabitants that they should be fully
with the importance Of paying
instant attention to the premonitory symp.
tom that announces the commencement Il
the attack.
This premonitory symptom is looseness
of the bowels, which there is reason 10
regard as universally preceding the setting
in Of the more dangerous stage of the dis
ease. Sometimes, indeed, under the sir.
already described, namely,
where the poison exists in unusual inten-
sity, or the constitutional predisposiiionb
unusually great, the first stage may appear
TO be suppressed, as occasionally happens
in violent attacks Of other diseases: butm
cholera this event is so rare as TO be prac.
tically of no account and in all countries,
and under all varieties Of conditions in
which this disease has been epidemic, the
experience as to this point uniformly agrees
with what is observed at the present mo
ment at Hamburg.
''ln most cases." writes the British Con.
sui respecting the epidemic, which has Just
broken out in that city, "the disease has
first manifested itself in slight relaxation
Of the bowels, from which, il properly a..
tended to, the patient generally receivers
but If the symptoms are neglected, spas
modic attacks ensue, and death follows
mostly in from four to six hours"
This looseness of the bowels may %
accompanied with some degree Of pam,
which, however, is generally slight; bu.
in many cases pain is wholly absent, ana
for some hours, and even days, this bowel
complaint may be SO slight as 10 appear
trifling; SO that without previous knog...