Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-06

From tie baltimore American.
Epideuics
" hat vast numbers of oar ruee have fallen vic
tim to cpdemicsl Coula the millions that hav,
been thus swept away be summoned from then
DIT, chamber, and mar> halcd into view, what an
a5-rmbagc Of humanity "opld meet our vision,
/ A thousand baitauu- mum priug each It million
saul-, would scarcely embrace the grand total,
+ Oath is indeed nj CITY cauU EVERY tlIr-
tY.lbrec ycar~ adds word 10 his truPhic,.-
Death delight, in humbliue thap pride Of mau.#-
When hi, terrible agents - iulth with se}thes
that poison a. they cat and inst the very ar
that we breathe. what thtn becomes of earthly
grandeur aud human greatness Then the hcaIt
is sch and life becomes terror. lle,who upon
h. .uAuriou> couch swept the .iHr-' IN h< lst-
Is aspirations, grert- the mora.ng sun with -
CLASSY eye a. his carcass Tots niau the threshold
ON gorgcj charnel house. Tl,e-o fearful VII
lars may he intended for VIE purpose, they
certainly act an important part IN "',r economy,
and cNhbt by thin movement mon 81 method
thau IF mlaHf~--
.Io.uo-t iuJrihlc -eourer uf the m0jlle 49,
wa ''t. Black Death 1t Is competed ih8t
th> .hty reoper gathered lis "hmsr-f bonc''
/ twenty five millions If people unr fooJtasf The
then population Of Iuopo. line di-,a-. G.st
madoit appearance ia he king loul ii Z tIha,. IL
jhcr1f1a oil China, in the yea. 1888. Ia l3l2 il
visited France aud England, and sob>eq u.ay
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hungry 5...##,lrr. Ot iussians md NorwevJaaf.
two thirds srr' dc,trycl. 'lhe disease j. d
scrb,d hv.li'ckcrn- "A spocics II Oriental plugu0
exhibiting lt.rif in iuAmmators bo.Is and iunu-
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9''"'Nr "''@ ",e'''y MA "''aln TWO 81 'hi''
''9 - '"' ~ s"'l''''" aPi'"'@' ,'". III "'a5H
'"s'S WIZ '''n t'''' ,"'H'" S'''' l""AR ~ 3
Sa"f t.. "t"',5 y" so,"' t''a''.'s' a. =. e
ms, lows anu '.',I "n'aia'' were aHeSt'a ny
,ht ms''Se. hua alra III gIea' numbers IN Ea#
'aH4 WE 'o''""t" py IAN, u1''3n 'h'hE me
t.1'' '''as''"ioG &r'al advance III tae Fiie'
u .'e.
pen t"e h'eis 'i lhls black hneht II -
AMY ,H'. '''l' I'"'N.hE hi, h'''.'' we IA
eng iaI''.'' OF ""illNhha II MA ra,'d ]" i'''
> '.a'" "'S att, 'hnt@d +" tn "te eta ground
'''s i@Ian'u'a' he 9ts''~e' II Is mil
',e -" "a f''5'' ulF"'a9''y movement
- ,'' X 'o' PaN sis'lnS o' 'h'
'u''o'oEo7 /" daa'e Gntli lhrE ten exhausted. u
'.''''o' ""o'' SoW'h'nceahH hture 'nf' his
N'pR"'a' P'eA''Pu"h was 81 much rehed on'that
music WA everywhere nrafidri and aWH e"mro
SEQ 10 hWH me win me peculmnIies oi tn" dame
u. 'h',' l1to"e 'A"e IONS seem to nave had the
erect oil Pfepogaing the epidemic. la short
INN h"'uIa''Y enough Ia DC sure All Germany
va IA motion, he naion ca iaaSSt took {"
aii'ihS' ah'll lne 'ialhrf land become Nh-t
9ai room ma the anti chamber To the VALLEY O..
df"a mere circles "efe formed IN the chUrsH
es' "'oic buildings and the streets, presrntu-
sP''tae"s singular beyond description. JOINED
hand III hahd' ana alproang To have lost all Ell
if"' oyer thfnselNrN,thrA continued dancing. &c.
! gatieSS IT The hystandcl-, for hours together J..
wld deuinm until HEY fell 10 tie ground ~
hau''ed. HE doneng mania, however, scenr,
Ia ron ITS course more rapidly IN Germany THAI
IN oIher places. II prevailed IN Italy as late a.
the ,eventeenth century.
We have hlSlo1cal accounts oi two other SIN
! ealnf elldemcs, the biting mnnla and the N"
! 'ag nnnla. The former beran II Is sud, wit
nun N "a German nannety' Who showed gf'a
! propensity to bite her compnnI"ns which spr'n'
10 many other honerIeS Inc moving ms"
war also nunnery disease; the victims OF Till
! disease would spend several l1nts IN the day a.
initiating the moving OF cat Both these epI
DENIES occurred IN the hite'h'h' century vine
nervous diseases appear 10 nave been "husua'.
Pfh7leht III Europe.
=, re sweating sickness another terf'oie "n
ioyn"5' nlau' IT'S Hiieorane' IN roe'"a IN 20