Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-05
Tie ntlaols Of galeratus.

To Tie Editor Of a. y Tribune
S,a, In former number OF this paper niluue"
IN tbe t,se Of Saotatus in modetn cookery. Ilaye
mi besated 10 nionounce Il al flIclent agent ~
he nroIuclion or That inosi alarming ihtan1lle
mortality which prevails. Your teaaeis wow,
nerhups thu, lose about 3Oo,VOy l"haol.an,s
Of The United States every year nnleE yen years
Of age; and some Of them Know y uey nI;o
read oil that has been SAID on thls SURE, M" "h,
lave survived hid Il mol been fuI The e!!ect' o.
Some individuals have doubted tho truth o. ny
suggestions. Theyh1ye seriously questioned WIe'I'
er S,ler,tus isrealy POISONOUS. Suell lhu''iuua's
may be Interested il the following statement anu
had been lec,urns IN North Adams, Mass" on
| Diet and Regimen. Al the close VI NE lecture
The Rev. f,obu. Crawford come 10 me anu i',qah'
ed whether was not fonl OF co|IecI'NS laeIsi
and when teplled IN the alHtEnahve, ne gave me
particular account OF an lnclden. ~ "H'Ioms
town, which Is only lour mics 'tonl ,ha' pace.
lie itous Of trans 10 earn an honest livelihood for
! herself and her family by keeping btaIdtts, rent
ed house IN WlIIians.own anl took about fifteen
| Loardets. They were chiefly, II not wholly, young
men who were attending The college al that place.
The housckcvper was ignoEant Of The Gshion
able mode OF cookery, though she knew that rrh
food was generally preferred. She heard Of Sale
ratus, and that by nAuy cooks il was freely used
Accordingly, she procured quantity and ltvely
usedl, The waln buiscutS were so full Of IL O.;
moi Only 10 give them yellow OF burnt nppeet.
snCe, but also 10 rendtt them bitter OF nauseous
10 the taste. Many other articles wele Tiled with
It in like manner, IN enleayOthg 10 make light
pudding. however, she used 81 much Of the article
IL wps said, IS 10 render hem as heavy, almost so,
as leal. The students called these buildings "
The name Of "tpst,fe grapity," so that whenever
they wished fot slice, they would ask to be helped
10 some Of Tue "Sperifc CAVITY"
After The lapse Of few months dIse1Se broke
out among these StuJeniS-So severe that many
believed i 10 be contiguous. OF the whole nun.
bsr, lhtteen were confined for long time, and
fourteenth was slightly affected for lew dils.-
The house became known as tie pest house. Two
OF The patients died; an0theI batcy escaped dta'h
and eleven finally recOyered.
The individual who escaped the disease wholly
was Prof. latlock, now Of the WilliamSlown Col
lrlc, Tie one who was only slightly effected
was The Rev. Mr., Crawford, my informant. The
Iattet had no lOnbt-neyet had aHy-that Il e dis
ease was caused so ely by The slIefatus. saw
PtOf ratUck subsequently, Who confined the
statement OF Nj. Crawford. Il appeats that he
like Mt. Ca%IOll, ale very little Of the food
which was 50 filled With saefAtu, and The biscuits
they seldom tasted.
| also saw andlconyetSel freely with Dr.. SIbn.
one OF The two principal physlciIns who attended
q, the "pest house" during tue cknesS Aforesaid,
and who Is still pfac .IcIns phIscianlm il!ia'ns'
town. liz. told me that 10 The preSent da', neIlh
It W not his associate, d.. Smith, had ever enter
iulGei nolnentatr dbubt that tho mho'e lIUuU!e
Was CAUSED by Sae,atuS,
Tie nature Of tile disease wOS some wtoi necu
liar; but IN every parIEular gave indication that
The citadel Of lie had been atacked by no lnesn
or p,w:t IS enemy. The TO els |, ST their tone,
ani !ler= was gell muscular pEJStra ion. u istetS
applied ~ almost any part u the system, wtEe
Su;e to he followed by almost immediate nloiiIflca.
ton Of the pIn. In short, The disease was one OF
HE mos. Seytre eyet known II HAT region.
but, il the more .ertssnre use Of This Initiating
substance is liable 10 poiuce such terrible etlecs,
can the less tktessipe use NJ u, which almost
ever "a rt prevails, be entilely innOcnOus!
Many I'LL US that Hey 10 no. use It 10 excess,
though they ale well awate that many o.hefS do
Isl. But 81 il is with almost ever, abuse have
seitoM II ever met with PefsIn, who would
conf s. the error Of tight Meing- though | have
met with thousands shO knew that such an abuse
prevailed all around them.
was recently taken 10 TASK BY venerable
house keeper Of his CotnmUnm cath, (Ot saying
,ha, the use Of len or twelve pounds Of Saetntus
in family, was By no means uncommon. why
Sari snv. = 10 .m"' "sV !, much as this in my
( eat flmily.' 'ilow large is your n.y. 1iaGHmt.
inQn red. 1T consists Of ten prrSOnS, An!
how inucI! salafaius DO yuu USE weekll" "a pon' d
Slll last me three weeks 'Well Madam that IS
between sev, nteen ard eighteen pounds year.
SHE va, surprised, and said she did no, use so
much; pound, she said, would last her nearly
fur weeks But this, TO her suPrse, was thirteen
pounds yeat
'rnrte can he no 'lonb. TIM, the snb.mhamma.
ton Of the alunsntaty canal, which The hsbitua
use OF this alkal induces, both Oh chl!iFen anu
adults, is one cause Of thai dreal mortality which
prevails among tie former; but which in SUMMER
and autumn, when o,Ler causes CO 'OpeEatt, ptoves
peculiarly alarming, For my own part, ca"
hardly teSist the full correction that OF the SO"'
800 above mentioned, who died pEsma'nEeIY, al
least 100000 might survive, but tOr the ELECTS ol
sslerntns. VIZ. a. ALcoTr, VI. d.
Auburn Dale, Mass, Dec. 20iL, 1851.