Smyrna times., 1856-09-03
Communications.
COMMUNICATED.
How to Guard against Chills and Fever

We have been forcby struck with several
ot the facts. in this connection mentioned in
Mr.. Morris pamphlet on PaschalPs Mixture.
Science Is peculiarly active in its highest
mundane mission in this present age, the pro- |
motion OF human health and comfort, by the |
diffusion of scientific knowledge among the
masses. Every one knows that certain mystic
rous effiuvia from decomposng vegetable mat
ter called by the learned MiGSnS" are the
cause of that pest, of new and moist Districts
of country, chlls and fever, but few are aware
that these masms are capable OF being absor-
ded by rain and dew, and that their action Is
comparatively harmless, when the air and the
surface of the earth are dry. The dews of the
morning and evening which render the lower
air moist, favor the taking of masmatic fevers
while in the middle of the day, or even IN md
die of the night, exposure is comparatively IT not
entirely safe. A scientific friend informs us
that health may be generally preserved, even
in very sickly districts, by keeping housed until
' ten O clock in the morning, remaining within
E doors from four to nine or ten in the evening,
and having sufficient fire in the apartment to
keep the air dry, at all times when the wea-
ther is moist, however hot it may be. But as
few persons in active business, can afford these
l. precautions preventive remedy must be In
q valuable. The disposition to relapse in inter
is well known to many. Indeed there can bC
: no positive security for a cure of chills anC
fever if the patient neglect to guard agains
such accidents by taking an appropriate tonic
l. the day before, and on the day of these weekl
n periods. But in the joy of seeming we'll mos
! patients forget to note these precise days, an
)" then attribute the result of their own careless
he ness to a deficiency of the means which PrOvi
IN dence has provided for the preservation {
no health. Unfortunately the remedies for chill
l and fevers in general use, lose their peculla
effect in great degree, by being used for an
considerable length of time. The evidenC
~. goes TO show that Paschal's Fever and Agu
= Mixture, is exempt from this objection: and
nc its greatest recommendation, because it rel
m ders it preventive as loeH as remedy, an
he all readers will subscribe to the truth of the o
law, an ounce of preventive is worth pour
of cure"
1t should never be forgotten that medicin
of any kind should be taken cnly when occ
OF sion really requires them, for "the machi
wn that is oftenest mended is the first to 90
ex- pieces" yet any accidental exposure, TO t
cause of intermittent fever, even when the pC
son exposed is in actual health, is one Gnol
the occasions for the use Of safe mediciI
preventive, provided it be of a nature harml'
mas to the constitution. We would advise the pI
ap- lie generally TO cast their eyes over the lit
pamphlet OF MIR. Morris, even though they N
rest under no fear of the chills, for it cOnta
an. much really valuable information, in very SIN
> space, and is obtainable without cost. Ma
hla' persons labor under periodical headaches n
erly ralgas, paroxysms of deFressions of mental
bodily energy, or more permanent liver CT
plants, dyspepsia, &C., &C., really tracea
,inc to masmatic poisons, tho yh the true source
the evil in such cases, may rarely be susp
"' ted. 1t is evident that the writer of the p
d al phlet is deeply and practically, as well as tn
reticaIy acquainted with his subject, and {
ing, capable OF making his knowledge clearly
ver. telllgible to all readers.