Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-12
THE REPORTED CHoLEkA spRc,r1c

- NIi oN Eli CHOLEkA SPECIFIC
Inc sulphur remedy may be valuable, bu, VIZ
recommend 10 others what we should practice
ourselves 10 caseut an attack, 10 call in rhe scr
wees OF a competent physician, in whom conn
uehce IS Ieposed, and follow his directions i'm
phcny. we doubt not that the suggestions .
.'ie ieilei VIII claim The early and impartial a.
!ehIion OF the medi al fraternity in this civ am
u lhey are indeed of value, will be promn,I,
recommended Tor general adoption In the mean
.,ihe u would, in our Judgment be errine on n,
o.heI side 10 withhold any further Information
n,ch we may receive on The subject. We there
, ,oie suoloin the following extract from The But
'a'o Courier Of Monday:-N Y COMMERCIAL
avs having reference 10 this discovery viii
so lar'ner with an inlellieen. public than an,
uihS else The press can Law before il and ~,
give rom an informant, whom we know In he !
peIsoh q character and good judgment the toI
| lowing Statement VIC ioi
-, our informant was by chance in chica 90
FRIDAY, May 18th, when DR.. Bird FIRST admins
.eieu MS remedy 10 persons attacked with The
d. ihese cases were persons living twelve
m.e' W. u inc ci.y, Irish laboIers on The Chi
nsJ dno uaiena rall road. In company with
ed ~ ana three other physicians he visit.
60 them TOR The purpose OF seeing The effect n The
experiment. oS' " 'ne
On arriving at the station. il wa, found H.,
one OF The five patients was already dsad '', ~
those living, one was man. two war -, W
a a9o 'he remaining ono child four or FIVE wears
" ago Inc man was pronounced BY the pby
s, TO be IN collapsed state Whether
.he remainder were or were not our informant,
-, = MOI positive. In the language of physicians,
.ne man had " no pulse that is 10 say, hi.
Pus. was nardiy perceptble The women were
vomiting and pureiDg excessively.
" BRO Immediately administered the pills.
~ Tue course oil len minutes he gave one of the
women three oil them. The limited time at.
iordeu 10 the visiters prevented fair obserya-
uoh Oh Inc effects of the medicine. Their stay
was united 10 three quarters Of an hour, the
ume oeing tho afternoon. Upon the arrival of
.ne cars IN Chicago the next morning the pa.
eenls were all reported doing we'll. with the
iairest prospect Of recovery.
Inc next day, the remedy was tried upon two
cases 10 Chicago, and both recovered from The
attack. VIC
On Sunday or Monday Geographic despatch
was transmitted 10 New Orleans advising OF The
na'u,e VI me remedy, and requesting that il
S.oulu DC Hieu upon some Of The cases in that
Guy, winch were in the most advanced stages OF
The disease "
a reply was received the neYtd ay. 10 the effect
that II mad been tried, as our informant under
ssoou upon persons in The collapsed slate, and
thal the treatment "had The desired effect"
Inc opinion or recommendation Of DR.. Bird
Is, lha' IN any locality where the disease is pre-.
Vdieh', " is proper precau,ion 10 lake one OF The
Piiis IN Inc morning, and for those attacked, 10
lake one every Two hours until relief i, found.
we annex material portion OF communi.
cation from an anonymous correspondent. COM
menllng upon The alleged discovery. We should
attach more value 10 his remarks had he com.
his name, or given book and paoe
that We might have verified The correctness Of his
extract:
u wa reminded Of some remarks lately met
with in work Of the celebrated DIR. DEVICES
touching lis efficacy in the case OF epidemic dis
eases. II all epidemcs are attributable 10 The
presence, IN excess, o! ozone in The atmosphere,
The iacls which quote below will afford sll far
lher testimony in favor Of The theory advanced by
The Chicago physicians.
- All. = or .
There is a curious circumstance mentioned
BY DR.. Tounual, a Dutch physician, which, u
proved 10 be a taci, will BE- highly Interesting IN
he history and treatment OF measles. de states
hat a, period when measles were epidemic, all
The children who were under treatment with sui
phur Tor itch, ped The disease: and that those
who were .akins sui hur Tor The whoopng cough
enjoyed The same immunity Also, he says that
many children who were taxing mixture oil
sulphur and camphor, and TO whom those med'-
camen;s were applied by lrctons, were not al
lacked by measles, while those whc were mol
subjected TO this medicine were affected" M.
New York June 6, lS49