The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-09

MrLosa. VEGETABLE AND UHAINk
Faurra ~ City Council W1scalled tngether -
Monday asternouu. q the request Of three usmbers
70 take into consideration the proprissy 9. pssss
cucumbers, cahbesG green corn and uurpefrahs'
M. Scott gSvc 8 reason for calling the nseetink
ma hs hsd been ffequently impc!tuned " cn11sns
Ito have an ordnance paesed prohibiting ne ssls o.
unsssisby and dangerous 4 Dis psricuisr peficd
W;shinc 10 act uu5erssandingly In the matter he
had invited several physicisns to appear before the
Council, and seeing Dfs John Dove and minor pre-
sent. he hoped they would be permitted to give
their opinions a. to the effect OF the articles emu
On motion made and seconded, these two gentle
men were permitted to address the Council during
which they expressed substantially, me following
Dr. Dove believed the articles mentioned very
AZ food at this time, and thought their
use should be prohibited He was perfectly salts
IN HE own mind tina. .nose ~no nov sie sssn
three cases of cholera that afternoon, all OF which
couh be readily traced to the use OF water melons
He Thought large portion OF the deaths that bad
occurred. might De readily Traced % .ne wsor 9.
nursing and suitable nourishmenf, as well 90 medt
cine--snd would therefore advise the establish
ment Of hospitals in various parts of the city.
| Dr. Minor thought that fresh vegetables, when
uroneriylcooked, aud lripe fruits were not unheal
Inv. The abuse aud not the use, of these articles
were to be avoided. ;. sssss.rse.est Is,
DR. Snead was opposed to the passage Of any or.
diuance prohibiting the use OF melons, vegetables
and fruits and referred to the action Of the Coun-
ell in 1892 when cholera prevailed here in its most
malignant FORM showing that the prohibition OF ve-
eetablee ETC. did not check the disease but on the
contrary 40 he believed, increasedfs He used mel
ons aud vegetables In his family, at this time, JUST
| as he had always been in the habit of doing His
family ate them every day, and there mad been no
cholera among them. If melons produced cholera,
as some suppose, why is it that we learn Of only
eight or ten cases day, when there at least TO-
600 persons in the city who them freely, on all
occasionsf He had seen but one case OF cholera,
where the patient had eaten melons, but had seen
others where persons had lived entirely upon
bread and meat. Shall we prohibit the use OF ba-
articles alone had died OF cholera2
The ordinance asked for, was very Questionable
to him; but if the Council would 20 to the root OF
the evil and prohibit the sale of "rotgut whiskey"
and other liquors, he would vote for it. lntempe
rance was the great originator of cholera Let the
| sale of bad liquors cease, and the cholera would
soon disappear. If he believed that the proper use
of melons and vegetables were the cause Of chole.
he should readily vote to prohibit their inroduc
ton into the city; but entertaining different opin
sn and believing that the use Of ripe fruits and We
getabes were healthy in their season, he would not
by his vote deprive the people OF what was essen
| tial to health and comfort.
| Dr. Mills concurred entirely with DR.. Snead in
his opinion to the effect OF bad liquor, and the
necessity for using vegetables in proper manner
He knew persons who could not live without them.
IF melons are driven from the city, they would be
sold on the suburbs to all who wished them, that
| the ordinance could have good effect In the
frozen climate of Siberia, where neither fruits
vegetables could be had, the cholera was more fs-
tai than anywhere else. The best thing the Council
could do would be to advise the public to call in
medical aid in the nrst appearance of the disease
and there would then be but little if any danger.
Mr.. Hill thought the articles enumerated should
be prohibited because they were now 30 cheap that
negroes could get any quantity of them, and would
| therefore, use them improperly
Dr. Mills could not consent to prohibit white per.
sons from using what they wanted because negroes
| would use them improperly. Owners of slaves
should see that their servants eat proper fovd al
proper times If negroes would use sour cabbage
at night and thereby produce disease, he did moi
believe that suitable reason for preventing white
persons from having what they needed and wanted
After two hours spent in discussing the merits oil
the ordinance published by us yesterdays vote
/ was had on motion to suspend the rule for iti
passage, and lost, there being only six in favor
Messrs. Haskins, Hill, Scott Sheppard, Butler and
Paine; and four in observation-disclosures Talbot
| Richards, Mills and Snead.