The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-06-23

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I INTERESTING NARRATIVE ~ on,
EDWARDS,
Wo Gnd in lha Richmond MIR very Ia
trfehttiis letter from d.. lhof. o. Edward
who Nus member Of lhe inrl Congrors from
Ohio, and acquired such mor,'rd distinction
hy hls luhors 40 chairman Of committee 10
regard % foreign drugs,
+ This prullrmUu,luViug ,inled q large por'
ZION at iho rouuiy iu winch Cholera WUH
more ar lees prs,nlrui,uud seen % great muny
cuscs, hia observations 1rr worthy Of counid
omuon.-Wo cory the mnin 'pouiun Oft the
hotter
Tho epidemic dllira bat lulo from llW
/ Of l-'i2 and 1853, u,rrp 90 heiUg lgsH uulig-
npni, in iU primary ulHgrs uurr lrnciah"nrd
/ he trudrpcy 10 collapse uud tpuru, cNropt
. iu coriniu lOculticf, lrss decided
/ embarked from Louisville on honrl the
Mcloll f0rSt, Lour, with q lufgo coucutftc
/ Of pas.pusru officers Of the Army, srvornl
gentlemen from tho Eusi, and many cmi-
uanm bound for Oregon nud California.
/ W. ran over the Rails, mud hhd not been ON
one hour before I uHccrhiurd tlip llincss of
i unl ulihl pilots, lis cast WIS mld, and
. Welded io treatment lulso usrerluiued llmt
I -,,,i, d,atl,s lad occurred FROM chulvfn ou
RELIED by o. sruHr of common danger, tie
Ip -rnecrs aud crew very willingly con-cul-
. rd tu report ihr Gru iulirbtuu- ~ illuchs,
aud few cases - uuW4uaEoth'c dt1uhu
aud cholera murhtH occurred uutIl 80 reach.
cd Cairo, NJ the mouth of lhr bluu,f Indeed
viii tlr rhc u5Ui ~ u1tr-ir', tir'- t'-,.gsi b.
lrily and scutr ct security ! have never
seen o. huppr.pJ "a Jolcr -ct Of passengers
81 boat
We reached Cairo luc iu the evening Iu-'
. CO., the american from NrN btl,aua was ltaN-
ier the ~ h1ri. ami there n-rttlniurd TINT she
hHd buried 'l2 Other passengers from chol.
ara on the tfr IIlt tlIr Captain was taken
/ ashore iu dying condition, aud Tint one pms
rcugrr, under tie sulleriugs of chocrn, bod
/ bumped overheard Bul WAS drowned. The
riirc, e ll,i- Ut,lhgchcc Was highly driri-
mental Go Our crew. Faces an hour ago JOY
aus aud happy wcto nov elongated. Eurhcr
aud Wlis,-.u ialilr at which, were pluyiu the
eternal pohtr Of thc Mississippi. we're all de.
. serted. nud eight gentlemen hHd attacks tlut
night Of d,rihichl'tlu- without uuusru, it'll
out dluuhun, without -pn-ms, aud but very
slight IL any niojiicuuor's Of the pul-n co. au-
iiual iompouturr These imaginary eases
were relieved hy brandy tuddy md were
e lowed 10y confessions IN thc morning Of
sudden and remarkable doyClnpCmct,rs at
memory of prayers long forgotten, pud henr-
Is promises Of moral amendment. have
urycr seen 30 decided manifestations OF the
moral nud physical Geprcs-ions oticnr.
Ms roommate, Ser, Wilder; from Nl-lSs.
President of a Cuiilorula.o migrant purity was
'Brtdcsvr ~ urJu u'rturk NJ night, e',@-tt"Hs
p. two attacks olrytch,ug and vomiting, and one
discharge i,om tie bowels, all occurring in
tbiriy minutes, was Frustrated and GOLD with
great suffering mud sinking. sinnpism
.ptomptly aud thoroughly applied over thc
abdomen; the rcCumhent position, mud, after
tine 'upr"ss of the unpisu, sixty drops Of
hultuun,, followed ia twenty minutes by half
grain mprphluc, and email pieces of ice,
uHuqullilcd every OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES morn
ing thereafter lac was in usual health. | fear
yuu thiul, me pruliS; but take this form Of
uarraing circumstances to illustrate TWO ini-
poriant points.
lsG The influence or fear ! doubt not
that. of all the known exciting causes Of
cholera, It ranks predominant. a calm, sell,
T---r---'--l iIa.l LAXG The chnlerni an cN-
cited aud nervous one can scarcely uyold II,
when It is epidemic. A reliance upon that
Being who duoih all things WE'LL aud faith
hl Performance of those duties which intel
Agrui hcinRs ONO their God, docs more Ia
thrifty tho syStoln Than amy or nll means Of
prevention. 2d; To ask confidence IN the
now universally entertained opinion of med
lCN men, lilhl HCfc arc ilD lHtNONNOIY SyUlp-
toms that IL, lhr diurrhu,n, stomach aud bow
81 irritation, now 80 rife, are all cholera, aud
, should ho designated the curative cholera, IN
contradistinciion from that collapse which
supervcncs from one hour to ten days upon
tho mild or curative form. have sect nc
case, have couvcrSed with no physician who
had seen case that was mol, ~ It's inception
curative; and fear the premonitory symp
toms has done much to divert the public at
; tcniion from the proper time of medical in
reference. | shall consider myself most Tor
tuunto hy this communication, if can ai,
in the propagation Of tho opinion Of medlcn
men, that the heretofore called pTcmOniio1
symptoms are Ae disease iiSolG and that cholcri
III that state ts- I.a4enaLlG-ln prnper -mcdl
cations; whilst ncgcci,by proper trcstmea
III which diet aud rest are largely included,o
tliarrheea~0nd untscn may and will ultmutt
in collapse MS ucurablc MS death.
You mention the sudden death Of hack
, man in your city, from cholera. Similar WA
y the newspaper announcement of tie lines
aud death ofthe lumeutcd Worth; yet a irienC
! present ns his death, assured me that mn in
= disposition of ten days proceeded his fatal III
= ness, during four of which, diurrhUn, lCem
! ed by himself not dangerous, prevailed.
- wonld ndvise every family and travclle
: to obtain spirits cumphor tine. opii. cnnlph
), and tine "0pii. aud mustard. In simple nall
y sea, teOspoonlul ofspiris of cumphor, Civ
, en- in cold water, and repeated twenty drop
every fifteen minutes until the symptoms sub
i eide. II nausea bG connected with diarrhu
> without pain. the same quantity ofparagori