Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-08

inc OF tho Dog Days foe the persons whoee duty
have at length avoured Us with batch in Conn
c which are directed TO that end For the last four
mat = 70 say, from the year ists until the present
nne-ths business has Jagged In hand In the imncdi-
ate presence OF the cholers the best resolutions wcro
made upon this upon q good many other subjects:
eut as soon a. the DEADLY panic subsidized tho good
iuions lost something OF their frat impetuosiy In
low months they ceased 10 DO resolons M Ill ,n
the question VI metropolitan inernents took rank with
tna. .; the supply OF pure London or Of an cf
syessm OF sswsge ]. was said that serious obsta.
ee y IN the way Of providing proper places extra
mural ntsrmcnt The cemetery compaies-foro oven the
miserable spo Is Of humanity sre regarded
V .J'n,s'ock point oil v,ew-coald not be brought
70 .erns was not possible to organize the system Of
transport without long and attentive consideration Ex-
essnt excuses all bur whom read the report Of the
last year 70 this effect, Che thought would
o,car OF the late Duke OF welngtons avourt. MAXIM
to<t mAn who wAs good at making excuses was seldom
sood Tor anything else Whatever the diicultes w,r
'sy appear ~ have been fairly overcome Tho wonder
nen sn.in that what has been done year was not
ions last year. or the year before when tho matter In
Au wAs oil such vital Importance health aud safe
OIL population Of s,sOv,ooO persons. We are per
sciy aware OF the difficulties ineepsr,be from
arrangements Of this kiud but 10 clear enough th,, un.
'ertsSss OF equal magnitude success u, aud rapid.
carried out by private individuals private companies
iake the case oi the Crysal Palace. What contrast
e~een tns rsPdty with which that wonderful structure
Vas called into existence sek and ia, ihcient
nihner OF the proceedings connected with tho establish
aent OF extram IrAl inter uient Aud Vet II Il inps,lb.
oeese thai the d'h :ues which the tors OF the
|ystA' faiace had 10 overcome and did overcome In the
lAce oi lew short months did exceed those with
Snien the Health Of rouns Commissioners called
pom 70 Contend However tins may be the Obstacles
ave at e"gth disappeared and may at length
airy congratulate our metropolitan readers upon The
o.mAts Cessation VI OF the greatest pusances OF
.oderp times.
wneaever the history Of Englsnd during the middle of
oe hineteenth century cotnes be written il viii %.
euit "a persuade Pos,en that when capita, Ut the
ha attained such Dimensions that no les.
Ian two aud half millions of human beings were cl,y
aeked together within lis limits, prsctce of buryr
he dead IN the Very nds; OF this living was sI
'crnitted TO endure. We do much regard the
act IN connection With cholera any other u Len or
olent cpd mc. IL Il true enough that the pollution OF
lie air consequent upon the decay OF
many corpses must nave added intensity TO the opera
on oi any such calamity; out after ALL but a pass.
NJ Briet Thousa ads OF valuable lives D., sIcced
al innuncraole families plunged for tn. IN ,ment in So
u" anu RESTITUTION; bur- the worlds is the living
dsn IN 10 taSe the place Of h, dead II blow be ,t
30 Often repeated-f the epidemic our shores but
Siee or thrice in century-the thing can be borne
odrnu rs the results may be- they nothing TO the
'eeky and daily drain upol life aud health cousso
P'n defective sanitary arrangements Perennial typhus
"a lar more deadly enemy than occasional cholera
ssSe IN oce or other of its dsmal shapes has hernia
iniy established itself within the metropolitan districts
~ not week passes outit carries of its regular tale of
ctns Nor must il be supposed that the rayaes of tho
disease are confined alone to the quarters Inhabited by
he poorer classes although that would be moor aryu
eis HdeSu IN favor o! passive acqaiesencc Crosyrnor
lare aud Shorediich closely connected to.-,r for
all purposes o: life sai death. Toe squ.d centres of in
;on spread tue ba!eul poison around them In every d.
ection The death sigh which was uttered In so,oc
iseFaoie garnet OF some blind alley in part of the
'wn unknown 20 all Vi m immediate inhabitants
and the police, il echoed back from the more splenJd
lHSis ana sIaishiWdy, as the Court ncws,nau
VIII phrase IL; twenty noble families are plunged IN
SnL We say this, not because think that the nubc
ofinion OF he age is wanting in charity, but because the
seq which threatens mans home will in all prob
y, arouse keeneT approximations and suc ,est greater
''th which the wealthy aud fortunate suppose themselves
nave ort hitle In common. As the whole aspect OF
eiety changed, ourremedsl and precautionary inca.
snoui also De changed TO the exigencics OF the
se FROM the late report of the Census Commissioners
appeared that, OF the 2l,oOO,OUO or $4,000 OCo
lnna6ltng the Island OF Great Britain about
iiA dwell IN towns the other half In the country The
ior1nous increase since the beginning of this COUNTRY
ne enormous increase since the beginning OF this century
AK IN place princip lily among the urbsn popua;ion
'nd, consequently al the efforts Of sanitary science hond
directed TO the publication of the air in these vast
aFee OF human beings, aud rendering them icerabe
Iaees OF abode. Whatever may be the Inconvenience
nHteVeF me sanitary DEFICIENCIES in the cottage of the
ue-A' any rate for sixteen hours OF the twenty.
'ur ne breathing pure air. and getting nd OF the poison
may have imbibei during sleep. Not SO with ;b.
NHsmin The pollution follows him about in his daily
unns what with stencil and sewage aud the ell iva
reekng corpses, his days only continue the mschiei
men MS nights had begun, and during every moment OF
V e he rapidly aecgmulaes In his ir the causes of
uestTucuon Am ing these noxious influences prJha
y the most misct evOus that which resulted from III
'e graTeyanis OF tn, opoi. with th-ir iayers OF
eau concealed fro public sight, rather than buried un-
r. lev inches Of rank loan. This NUISANCE A. least
M now be aoated Ia very considerable degree by the
cent ordere IN Council, aid least one mos: deadly pol
ION be Withdrawn from the atmo.nhere of LONDON
WHAT IS HYDRoPuoBIA "A Cincinnati p,p.r In. I,t.
been discussing the of hydrphoba and with
view to allIyinS peoples fears presume has advoca
the idea that the disease does arise from poison
ApSrted BY the bite but is species Of tetanus ock:sw
nervous spasui.
We arc that this theory has been hroached bv
e'iea winters and some Of them Of Observation
aJs. and rigid honesty. We are aware also that ,lar
e some pecu:ritss attending hvlrophob. which give
hor TO The notion that t s but vi lockiaS For
HamPr, moro perso' after having been bitten by mad
gs have eseaped by drophohis, than have become it,
ctims For example also persons have freoneny die,
ny roPiooia, who have bitten by dogs never SUI
cted 10 be mad SOmetimes moreover; the disease an
Immediately alter the bite, at other times I'LL
"ek ana At other times not till months subsequently
gam th're are but four animals said 70 be capahe Of
'mmuucating hydrophobia, the dog the wolf the fox
nd the cat and all these have teeth similar in character
eth that make deeply puncturei wound. For these
asons, Is argued by medical writer's and nv our
'ncinnau Contemporary that bydrophobiA s only spe.
of teHdtss ~
The verdict upon this question is that Of m
c"tch Jury, mot proven" That persons take the
set-e, an not Others does establish that hyJropo
ia not communicated by the poison Of the infected dog
only thS II there is poison in the case some persons
an immunity from u, fact applicable TO most IL
lot all other poisons The assertion that persons huy.
lied OF hydropnoba, who had been bitten by dogs NOT
o~n 10 be mad, Is inconcusve because the dogs NAV
AVE been mad nevertheless in order TO make this atpn
nj worth anything, it would have to be established that
ne dog lived and free from the disease yet no such
tse has been recorded The peculiarly that the ise,se
eaks out, sometimes at once sometimes till after
1g PerioJ proves o. much against the ockir theory "a
tHinst the common one In word, the idea Of these
ihy,eans and OF contemporary like 'the haseless
c Of vision; il has nst foundation; IL ia deduced
rom partial not from comprch .nsve array Of fsct.-
world IL being noyed continually gith sp,iI, c,,
ihes IN speculation Novelty, now.a-dIys frequently
iisse' Tor reform To say thing often quite suf
ient 70 via t supporters few facs skfIy arranged
nay 0e mlde % impose the popular mind almos, any
'nsnidty, and 10 almost any pcicr~e
Taxing ust aud therefore thorough view Of the oues
on, Ne canno; but think this theory not only .uot
oVen, but wanting utterly in real support That nv
iophooa Is species Of disorder no one familiar
WITH the disease think will deny b., when ~e come
70 docde whether the disease originates from the peculiar
eetr Of the wound or the infusion Of subtle poison
20 It, there can be little doubt that tho probabilities are
altogether ia favor Of the latter. Aher all hydrophobis
rather horrible than dangerous disease NJ taken
n IL he entirely Il IL