Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-06
Fall Fevers, and how to Avoid Them.

| The season has come when fevers prevail
fever taken in the fall, moreover, is more
| apt to be stubborn than one caught in the
spring. Under these circumstances a few hints,
with regard to autumnal fevcrs may do good
Most fcyerS are the result of careIessness i
OF course We speak of fever in its ordinary
form, and not Of it when epidemic. The pre-
vailing fever of the fall season is the intcrmit-
tent commonly known as the agie, in which
the fever goes off for time, or intcrmits, max
ing way for an access of cold, which, in severe
eases, rises to a chill that shakes the whole
person. This fever, once taken, is frequently
not got rid of till the following spring, and
often haiigs about the victim for long time,
continually recurring. A drink of iced lemon
ade, or noFtheasterly wind, has been knownto
bring back this fever, long after the individual
had supposed himself cured Of it, Not unfre-
qucntly it is present when least suspected y
y nervous lrritability, q slight disposition to
chllncSS, and a feeling of indescrbabIe wretch
edness, often attend persons, who are yet tln-
able to tell what is the matter with them
They really suffer from Intermittent fever In
fact, it prevails, under this low type to
Ear greater degree thauis generally imagined.
Exposure to the night air, at this season.
clothes on, are the most ordinary EXAMPLES OF
the caFelessness through which this fever is
caught. Citizens who are visiting in tie
country, or who 1--we in suburban cottages. arc
particularly liable TO intermittent for they sit
out in the moonlight, without their heads being
covered, just as they woull in towa, and the
consequence is a fit Of the chils Others. for
getting that country houses are damper than
city ones, neglect to make fires, morning and
evening, thing almost indispensable for health,
for~thouglf farmers do not do this, it is because
they sit in their kitchens, where there are such
fires, and therefore do not fell the need of it.
Physicians attribute these fevcrs to the miasm
in the atmosphere, caused by the decay of
of vegetable matter in damp localities. Inter
mittentS always prevail most, where, after
heavy rains in June and July, the sun comes
out hot in August and September To live
near a tract of land actually buried under
water, IS not, therefore, as unhealthy as to re-
side near half drained meadow or swamp
High lands generally, though not invariably,
are exempt. \ wood or hin slelterng house
from the winds that blow from noXious locality,
frequently protects the inmates from taking the
disease
Care in avoiding an intermittent, is the more
necessary, because the fever sometimes, though
not often, runs into severe types Next in
danger to intermittent is the remittent, in
which the fever subsidies for while, but after
wards returns with its old violence The
ordinary bilious fever is of this character
The continued fevers are the most dangerous
of all. When yellow fever prevails epidemi-
caly, fevers of less virulence, aud OF all type,
rage in the same region, attacking those, who
escape the pestience and some physicians say
that hey also exists, to greater degree than
usual, for year or two preceding the epidemic,
thus giving warning of its approach. But this
opinion IS not universally held. A careful
collection anl an analysis of facts, derived from
the late experience of New Orleans, Savannah
and Norfolk, might, however, definitiyely de-
termine this question. @ .s
Exhaustation of the physical powers, either
by excess, fatigue, or protracted grief, renders
the individual peculiarly liable to fall fever
The surest way to avoid them is to live moier-
ately, eating nourishing food, taking daily
exercise, and euitivating cheerfuness of mind
An q an ounce of preventive" remember, is
worth always pound of cure"