The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-12-27
From the TuseaTawas Advocate.
The Cholera as it Appeared in
Harrison County,

harrison Couuty,
Mr.. PArRTCK: Dear Sir.-I propose CIV
ing you brief account of that terrible
scourge, the cholera, az it presented itself
In this place the past summer. In the sum-
mer OF 1882, it prevailed here carrying off
about ten of the population. amongst whom
was DR., Evans, most reputable physician
of this place. About the first of July las
| am informed by my friend Dr. earns. }
there was an unusual tendency to derange-
ment Of the bowels among our people--a
large portion of whom took digrhea.-
On the morning of the 8th Miss Toland
who bad had diarrhea for several days,
took the cholera, aud almost simultaneous
with her attack daughter Of Mr. Beck, on
the opposite side OF the street was taken.
These persons had both partaken freely OF
unripe fruit few days previous-these
cases both terminated fatally in less than 8
hours, On the following day family OF
negroes in the same vicinity took the disease
three of whom died. On the third day two
little boys. sons of l. Leeeh, Esq. took the
disease and died. About this time four
younger children of Mr.. Beck, where one
of the first cases occurred took the disease,
and after laying in collapse for several
hours took on consecutive fever, and after
lingering between life and death for several
days, all recovered. Thus, out of the first
eleven cases there were seven deaths an
four recoyeries. About one month after
this time the disease again made its appear
ance, carrying off Mrs. Anderson and
daughter, a boy, son Of Mr.. Mowder, and
a Mrs. White. On the day of Mrs. White IS
death her husband, Mr.. White, took the
disease, but under the dilligent application
Of remdies he recovered, making four deaths
and one recovery. or eleven deaths and
FIVE recoveries out Of sixteen cases.
In all the foregoing cases the premoni.
tory diarrh@a was present for several hours
but was invariably neglected till profuse
exosmoses or oozing forth of serum or the
watery part of the blood which was forcibly
elected from the stomach and bowels, an
nounced an attack of genuine cholera. In
majority ofcases this pouring forth Of the
serum of the blood WAS accompanied by
l
most excruciating spasms, rendering the
shrieks and means of the patient most ter.
rife. The eyes were sunk far back in theil
orbits, the surface was livid and coruga
ted, the countcnance cadaver c, the breath
became cold, the vomiting, purging and
cramps subsiled. and an oozing of serum
takes place from the surface of the body;
and young Flethoric persons are SO far re-
duced in three or four hours as TO have the
shriveled and shrunken appearance Of age,
THE patient now becomes easy & the friend,
congratulate him on the prospect ofa speedy
recovery. But Dr. earns says this Is hu
the prelude to dissolution he becomes
restless, the pulse is gone at the wrist, aut
the patient expires, presenting the same
phenomena as persons dying from hemor
hage or loss of blood. A majority of the
eases were treated by Drs. earns and Will
kin, assisted by the counsel of DR.. Uple
graft of Mt. Pleasant, in one case.
The remedies brought into requisitior
were calomel. opium, camphor, sulphur
ic ether, cayene pepper, external warmth
in several cases, frictions, mustered to the
surface, blood letting in one case, kino, sug
ar of lead, and creasote, with bandage
extremely tight around the bowels. The
case treated by the means last mentioned
recovered; but the medical men here re
gard themselves as completely foiled il
every attempt, and as possessing no rem
edy worthy trial in cholera. While the
prcmonitory diarrhes was easily controll
ed with vegetable and mineral astringents
recumbent posture and swathing the abdo
men. DR.. Cams considers the disease
highly contagious, and hence advised th'
people to fee for their lives.
During the prevalence Of the disease
there seemed to be deficiency of oxy-
gen in the atm ,,phere; this was first no
ticed from the imperfect manner in whicl
candles would burn being with q pal
sickly fame. such As you may have no
ticed in crowded assembly, and so soor
pas the epile mic disappeared acandle woul'
burn with its u!aal brilGancy. The wan
tcf oxygen or excess OF carbon, was motto
ed by Professor Judkins, during the pre-
valence Of cholera at Cincinnati. and ais
! by DR.. Prout in the city Of Lmiou.
Harrisviilc, O. E H. Mccoy.
g7-The General Missionary Commit
of the Methodist Episcopal Church North
! has appropriated S26o,oOo for The Mission
ary service during the year 1885; for Fur
eign Missions S75 9o7 and domestic. 1884,
I. 093 OF the domestic fund SAG. 200 is f
n German Missions; $l7.851 for missions
the other foreign population; and 70 the nF
- A..