The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-22
CHOLERA AT JACKSONVILLE.

CHOLERA AT JACKSONVILLE.
The following letter from Madisonville is
in reply to one we addressed to q gentleman
OF that town last week, requesting state
ment Of the number of cases of cholera that
had occurred there, deaths, DC. 1t will be
! seen that the disease was not near as malig-
nant and fatal as the grossly exaggerated re-
ports had led many to believe, and that the
town is now entirely healthy, fact that
gives us great pleasure to record:
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. l6, 1854.
MIR. 5. L. WINS: In order to reply in re-
liable manner to your letter of enquiry, as to
the extent to which cholera had prevailed in
and around jacksonville, have conversed
with our physicians, who have been on the
ground actively engaged during the prevalence
OF the disease, and shall give you the sub
stance of their views.
They think there have been, in Madison
vile, upwards of thirty cases more or less
distinguished by cholera symptoms, of which,
| seven proved fatal; but that Of this
number only two deaths can be attributed
exclusively to cholera. The other five who
died were either very aged or feeble from 9TH
err disease, and were less violently attacked
than others who recovered.
The disease manifested itself in Madison
vile about the middle of August, and al
though the first cases had decidedly the APP
pearance of cholera, yet they were not posi-
tively pronounced such, till after their sue
cessful treatment.
The following are the persons who haye
died in Madisonville, whose disease had more
or less of the symptoms Of cholera.
Mrs. Sarah Bayess, aged about 100 years,
| together with female servant, also very aged;
Mrs. Celia A. Ouson, whose sickness was
protracted and complicated; Mrs. Emily Ste
phens, who was in feeble health; John Ag-
new, who had suffered long from chronic d.
arrhea.
The deaths of James Payne, aged about II
years, and James Peace, aged about 10, are
attributed, by our physicians, exclusively to
are.
During the prevalence of the disease, there
were four deaths, from three to five miles in
the country, attributed to cholera, viz: Peter,
an aged and in6rm man of color, David Star
rift, DR.. VIM. Glass and -- Parigen.-
The last case manifesting cholera symptoms,
was A. X. Cheynie, who was aged and very
infrm; and though the disease appeared to
be overcome, there was not constitutional
stamina left to effect his recovery.
The foregoing, however far below the gen.
eral rumor, is faithful statement of the full
extent of the ravages of this terrible disease
in our midst.
Meantime, however, we have not been ex-
empt from other diseases, to which are attrib-
uted the deaths of James p. MINIS, child
of Mr.. Cuson's, child of Mr. Payne's and a
servant girl of Mr.. Joseph Johnston, in town,
and Of Mrs. Louisa Bayless, in the vicinity.
Perhaps no village is more favored than
Madisonville with skilful and courteous med
ical practitioners; yet at the onset of this dis
ease they were more than usually absent, en-
gagged in distant practice. DR.. Cooke was
absent from our county at least week, at
tending on sick relations, unapprsed of the
disease prevailing at home. DR.. Bicknell was
engaged in practice on the Tennessee, and
DR.. Young on the Tellico rivers. For the
first few days more labor devolved on DR..
Upton, who happened to be most on the
ground, than he could well perform, though
he spared himself neither night nor day. The
impossibiity, on the first appearance of chol-
cih, VI procuring ouHlCleIJ Hieulcal dtle0uOH,
no doubt greatly increased the alarm and ex-
citement in our community.
That our physicians, who, after the first
few days, were all actively engaged, have been
signally successful, the great comparative
number of recoveries amply attests; especial
ly when it is universally conceded that many
of those who recovered were violently at
tackled with unmistakable cholera.
Nla,o =, .t,a4., Il
ment among our physicians as to the charac-
ter of the epidemic, nor as to its most sue
cessful mode of treatment The chief reli-
ance is on calomel and opium; and believe
the general sentiment is, that, in no case, has
too much of the former been administered
l am glad to be able to say that the health
of our village is entirely restored.
Trusting that the foregoing statement may
do something towards correcting public opin-
ion-so grossly misled-as to the extent of
cholera in our midst, am very respectfully,
Your friend, J. A. c.