The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-03
LATEST MAIL Ne WIS.
progress of the Fever in Norfolk ana
Portsmouth.

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D,,crs1tion Of .jaleppi Hospitai-ScsHes o. hF'e
tion Physicians Dora-Father o'Keefe s'cs
,xs,rar Items Latest Deaths RE-. 7f0''%
Grackas Joaes.
NORFOLK, Aug 3lst. 5 Z. NJ.
,Iuleppi Hospital, selected by the posauu
Heath as Mace of refuge for the aes'au : !
.;nk il nIeasantly situated on the Ei."o e'i,
80, ,ro miles from the city ana ia iu,'
' e f,.s,ev Island james river ano
nmem po,ds. The locality IS one every
na"pt"G; .ble-fanued by the breezes tna'
way srass the broad expanse OF contlgu,
49, ..ars having pure atmosphere, and
IA ;eotlv far from the infected districts
yet convenient for the purposes designed, II
nresented the best spot to be found IN our
Vicinity for q wholesome, safe and comtorta
bic retreat. Formerly race course, it was
semi. annually the resort OF the lovers OF the
turf and numerous well contested "heats"
have been run over its wide and level track.
Those of your readers who may have visited
!. on such occasions will recollect the Club
House, handsomely situated about two hun
dred yards from the rivers bank. Here
cheerfulness and hilarity-the excitement of
bigb plav-and the retort of wit andrepartee,
called forth by the gsssy qualities of spark
ling champagne was wont to prevail, and
.sset the table in q roar"-now, alasi what
asad change has come DER the spirit of the
scene: where mirrh and festivity resounded,
and the loud bugie called the .iovisl multi
tude TO the stand" to witness the days
performance of "blooded nags"-the gloom
of sickness hovers, and the shrek of suffer
ing, and wall of sorrow, dies in the moaning
echoes away, and falls upon the ear in tones
of tremulous sadness!
10 this club house the quarters for the
sick are principally located. 1t is long
building, some hundred and more feet, by
thirty wide, divided into two apartments-an
upper and a Understanding the whole
Length of the house. The upper story is de
voted entirely to the accommodation of fe-
males, having long rows of cots extending
through the whole room, in parallel lines to
each other, with sufficient passage ways be.
tween each to admit without inconvenience
the nurses and attendants. The whole is
kept scrupulously clean and neat, and every
thing through the management of the kind
Sisters of Charity" goes ON with the regu
larity of clock work. In the lower story the
male patients are lodged in the same manner,
and with the same cleanliness and order -
The ALLY House." and stables, have also
been fitted up for the sick, and are made as
far AS possible, comfortable and pleasant
4hC QUAIL O~ uSAT DH Is apDIO-
prisled to the use of the nurses, Sisters of
Charity, and the resident Physicians. DR..
VIM. Wilson, assisted by DIR. Muller of Bal
timore, are the resident Physicians, and have
gained for themselves much credit for their
successful trea ment of the patients under
their charge. Very few have died when
compared to the mortality in Norfolk; but
whether this is owing to the superior purity
of the Juleppi air, or the superior medical
skill of the Juleppi doctors, we can't pretend
to say; but we are rather inclined TO put our
faith in the former, with all due Difference to
the experience and tact of the LITTER. DIR.
Robt II Gordon is the visiting Physician;
he is ably assisted by DR.. George Upshur,
who has passed through the 'thick" of the
epidemic, from its commencement, with an
uatirng frame and an unfiinching heart and
calm and cheerful countenance Long
may he flourish!
There are at present about fifty fever ca.
ses under treatment, with sixty or seventy
convalescent. The mode of treatment is the
same pretty much as 10 the city, varying I'm.
der different circumstances, and peculiar
phases OF the disease No one treatment can
be relied on in yellow fever cases the fem.
permanent of the patient, the state of his sys
TEN, may call for different modes at different
times. Generally, however, in common Ca
Ses, the course pursued is very simple. As
soon as the patient is attacked, he is given a
purgstive either of calomel or castor oil.
ana placed as soon as possible in strong
mustard bath, with two or three handfuls Of
salt sprinkled in it. Here he remains for
some time, and is then placed in bed on
one or two blankets, and covered with two
Or three more. If he complains of great
pain in the head and back, (which nearly all
to,) mustard plasters are placed TO each, and
hot bricks 10 his feet. The object now is to
drive out the perspiration, which, if not
stubborn case, will shortly follow, and the
patient will be in profuse and fever destroy
ing sweat. He will now be much relieved,
and great caution must be taken to preclude
b return of the attack. Now, careful and at
tentive nursing is of great Importance; for
the slightest imprudence or indiscretion, will
bring on 3 return, and most generally prove
fatal to the sufferer. Of course, this is but
a simple treatment of mild form of the dis
sass. There are other cases of a more ma.
llgnant nature, which require stronger RENE
dies and more skilful exertions, to check the
fearful rom,t0, and save the patient. Indeed,
there are numbers of cases in which the skill
OF science and medicine prove utterly vain
TO arrest the progress OF the disease and bring
1t to favorable termination. Such was the
case of poor Captain Halsey-he was pros
trated at once; and blood, black and oozy.
issued from his ears, nOstrils and mouth, un.
I'll merciful death put an end to bis sufferings
so with DIR. Thomas &. Constable, whose
death We reported yesterday-no medicine
could check his incessant vomiting: uptiI at
last hemorrhage supervened. and he yom.
tied blood until he expired.
We have said in one of our letters tba.
yellow fever was strange disease-aye. il
IS passing strange" No man can tell how
q case will end, under six days; the patient
VIII apparently be free from fever-from
paln-trom danger-when sudden and nm.
looked for change will tax place or the fifth
or sixth day, and he will rapidly sink and 90
Oh IN comstose or lethargic slumber!-
truly, indeed, it is strange disease, often
bathing the skill of the most experienced
and skillful. Instances of most distressing
occur daily, in which three, four
ana sometimes an entire family are broken
up or swept from the face of the earth by
tne remorseless and direful scourge. The
Shfistian family lost three brothers within
lew days OF each other; the LIE Pages two
interesting daughters; Whites two sons are
now sick. Passed Midshipman Walter +
zones died, and his mother soon after sicken-
Gu and followed him to the grave yesterday
eeVening. The widow of the late John j
lamp has been bereaved of all her children,
Two daughters and highly esteemed and
Poulsing SON But the most dire affection
VI all occurred in the family of MIR. Thomas
4|e"ls, merchant, Main street-two weeks