Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-08-22
aio'a " From the New York Daily Times. .
CiaOlcra---E'rccautiOm Against It SEc.l

As'cholea'has appeared Gguin' fn1this City,
any addition to the prcsen, soci, Of cEnowl.;
edge concerning It's prevention. and cure,
you will doubt not. cheerlully- lend your
columns to promulgate.
Asto Diet: There appears 10 be an error
which is, almost universal in relation 10 this
subject, and it is not entirely confined to the
non-prolessional parl Of Community; the err
ror consists in the idea that, should any dis.
ease prevail epidomically, we must, Of ne
cessity make an entire change in our diet,
wlhouta much regard 10 our previous or.
present state of heal,h,, or the effects of the
dielic system we are pursipg. Every phys.
|iologis, knows, that sudden changes Of long.
continued habits are always injurious. A
practical application of this fact would ma.
,erially lessen The bills Of mortality. But
one asks me, what is The proper course to
pursue under such crcums,ancesi lans-
lwax. pursue .ha. course, both in assssfssssad
9Th DO ahad1usysg -mave found from LONG!
sIh ..sace aSce,-ih The bes, for your heath. In
fl849 more Than one medical man, with
whom / was personally acquainted, ID Ibis
Icily, fella sacra6ce, because4of non confor-
nifty TO this wellknow physiological law.
] Cold predisposes The system 10 cholera;
Therefore warm clothing, is nlmos, indspcn.
Isible, particularly FOR those who, from their
Occupation, are subjected 10 sudden al.era-
lions OF temperature. .a.., ~.
| Fear Is one Of the most powerful pre-.
disposing agents we have-,bovsands have
died from Cholera which has been pro.
duced by fear Cast away fear, thcn; do
your usual work and fear not. The false
docitine Of con,agion has produced such
fear in the minds Of many as TO induce them
10 sbahdon their sick friends, and allow them
10 sink inio the grave, when, by proper care,
their lives mitgh, hive been spared. IL is
doing more 10 populate our grave yards than
| all other causes scornbined.iG1i asS5 ayad ai1
|, There has been great change in medical
opinion on this subject Those etwho are &C..
quainled with the views Of medical men in
European countries as well as our own, must
i know that twenty yeas ago nearly, ailwere
coniagionsls; bu, now after years of patient
Investigation, il is seldom that we find o
medical man who advocates The doctrine Of
pconlagion, , .,.-to "A ,a,a 10 5r.
! In support Of the doctrine Of non. conta-
gion, lcanno. do better Than by referring TO
my remarks in communication published
in tho Times Of May, 1851. | then said
'Ithat "from The uniyersal testimony Of nearly
Ievcry writer upon The subject those who
iEhave seen most Of il thai physicians, nurses,
/, and those in consan, attendance upon the
sick, do not conlrac, the disease more read:
lily than others, affirm that cholera is moi
contagious Qudran,ine regulations, which
a. first in Europe were supposed 10 be sufii.
cient toarres. lt,have'been abandoned as en-.
iirety useless, ARD they do notappear 10 have
been of any service whatever, in,this coun.
lryy which they mosp surely would have
been. bad the disease beenicontagious. Such
nIies,imonyas the above, lthink, ought TO be
!, suHieientlo bury the doctrine ofFco oh,agion
so deep thai lis resurreclionawould moi again
Ibe mentioned in The ca,alOugaeOfr possbili-
tes.o 54ssal Jrl5ss5 has gaed4sisa e7sw
i u J.lSAGE eKIDBURNE, M. D., tie
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