The North-Carolinian., 1856-05-10
! VOLUME XVIII-NO. So7.
Cause Of Epjdemics.


MEsSRs. EnIroRs:- G Gentlemen-As there is
much speculation in regard to yellow fever,
and as much as has been snd, aud much more
will be said, we may venture to state the cause
aud its remedies. The cause Of yellow, broken
bone. bilious intermittent, and the congestivc
fcvcr>, nearly akin. only of different types,
brought about by the same general cause
Fevcrs in general arc caused by congestion or
stOppage of the various secrctions of the human
system When the vessels, absorbcnts capil-
larry or symphetic, become filled with foreign
matter, the healthy organization cannot be
carried in the human physical system A
congestion of the liver will derangc the whole
economy of the system, and produce similar
effect upon the other organs, which will be
shown in natural chemical action. scal.ed
fever. The different types depend upon the
amount Of the absorbent Of foreign matter the
system has taken up. 1t may be that all vege-
table life is connected with animal life, as when
vegetables arc decomposed in water it will yield
large amount of animalcule. 1t may be that
the yellow fever originates from the reception
OF anlnlalcues into the human system, and the
various secretioms are stopped, or cloggcd, by
this foreign matter; after which action takes
place of chemical character-an acton upon
the part Of the system to throw off the foreign
matter, and this is styled the fever from the
heat and frequent beating Of the pulse. When
vegetable matter is put into water, such
roses in bloom, or lilies, or any other flowers,
it produces in twelve TO twcnty-four hours III
the summer season animacules will be
by a microscope of $500 to 5000 diameter.
These anmalculcs be taken into the system
in three ways: by changing the vcnons into
arterial blood, by the absorbent vessels of the
skin, and with the food we take into the
system
Many animals live npon the small insects Of
the atmosphcrc,-the martin, swallow, fern,
OWL whippcrwill and host of others live
upon the wing. They get their food from the
air. These insects are too small for us to see,
only when we examine their stomachs or craws
with microscope. have seen rivulet a
fly lowering over the water, within one inch,
for what purpose, but to catch the animalcuies
that issues from the water;-it cannot be for
pleasure only, but to feed. which is pleasure.
In the simmer season. when we have such q
large amount of vegetable matter, and when it
des omposcs especially, it e YES ont animalcules.
This is brought about certainly 10y being inn
merSed in WHITEWATER having its parts (S)
eight oxygen, and CD one hydrogcn-the at
mosphcrc which We breathe being different (5)
five of oxygen and (2O) twenty of nitrogen gas.
This matter has been neatly and closely deter
mined by the French Academy of Science.
Although with some it may be thought other
compounds exist in the two prominent gases of
the ain q.nr~~ with "s"se, is certain. as fr"eti
cally demonstrated every day. When decom-
position goes ir the vegetable kingdom, III
the summer season, the air becomes filed with
innumerablc quantity of matter which is called
malara but by the specuator Of physical science
animalcn!cS. These animalcules take into
the human system, hence the disorgaIiZat!On
and its cOnse equcnccs.
query mic Int be made, that assertions
are thing and the proof is another. This
we will have to do Alphabetically. A person
dying with yellow fever bilious fever and
having died in June to November hcrmc tjcally
sealed, in tin other metal, after remaining III
the coffin fourteen days, when open it will he
found to contain millions Of larv;e-but if the
patient should die in climate in November
to March, by examining in fourteen days it
will be found only to be returning to its native
elements The germ of the existence Of the
animal in the first case must have been there,
and brought about by deposition of ova by
ani,nalcule, hence in the future decomposition
Of the body the existence of the larva. AS you
have the diagnosis, as given you, we will now
give Tie prognosis, and its remedies: The
atmosphere sutfused with these small animal
cules, what will drive them away or kill them,
or change the tenor of the atmospheric air? In
whatever Infected district they may appear by
persons taking the fever, let pitch, tar rosin,
or any other matter, be burnt night and morn
ing The fire that it will require to keep il
alive, onc-ffth portion of the air, oxygen and
it will necessarily bring down the pure air from
the surrounding neighborhood. Also, in the
infected districts cover the ground with chloride
of lime which will have the tendency of de-
! stroying them. In this way n large amount
may be got rid Of Internally, the use of the
usual remedies that have been given, calomel
to poison the animacules and a perspiration
to be kept up on the skin to throw the
matter off AS to the sanitary measures that
should be used, they should be stringent; all
vegetable matter that may be III the streets
should be removed: committees should he APP
pointed in each ward to visit the premises Of al;
property in the city; and if the offal he taker
some two three miles from the city, nec,.
not fear Of having the yellow fever, notwt!
standing the predictions OF wise and learnel,
men, "A stitch in time saves nine. ."-Eair
more American.
LIFE IN New MExICo.-A military subscriber
in New Mexico in the course of a recent letter,
oft f,ir there follOwS