The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-14
National Hotel Disease.

TO TIM EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Having been strongly and repeatedly urged by lady
sufferer the National Hotel about the middle OF March
and who came under my during . relapse in New
York about the first Of May, publish my views OF Tho
rAlady have thought might be OF some service pos
sfby So have been in position 70 obtain nfor'
nation not only from facts coming under my own obser-
vascn, but from scientific men on the spot who were
personally familiar with the whole history OF things from
he beginning Up TO the present time.
Having In the midst OF the most maaria' districts
Or south for great portion Of my e OPPORTUNITIES
have afforded for becoming familiar with diseases OF
tha, nature and their various symptoms My opinion rs,
that bad viii account for all the pnenenena
observed, and that no other supposion can.
Some i've Fix years since diarrhoa was very preva
lent al that hotel
one gentleman seized a, the National Lac, october
An eminent ply sicAn OF Washington says "Ihe nrst
Of the diarrhoa met with 81 The Nauonai WAS In
the IA ter part Of January"
canno be denied several persons who never ate
IN, thing 9, that house were attacked by The disease
Lhsre many who took all their meals there through
the whole season and remained we'll
that there were any cases IN the neigh
borhood. wide street bounds the house on three sides
ladies' who spent all their time In the baildng suffered
loss ,han who were absent good part OF The umo,
thus eating a, the house less often lhaa the women.
There every grade OF intensity in The symptoms In
Tho symp,or,s themselves were much varied. The
tsots usually early In the morning and suddenly
With cojioas and repeated discharge from The oose OF
eh cooed froby soursh uid, Of custard con stency
without pain, gpibg, strainns, tenderness chness or
fever. 4,
In moet cases inc stomnoh wa no, aeo'eu " a ia ''
ptmhiht Me wy affSs'e -, e. as r. s,or,och Ia
ue usosso ss"s y" W. 80, uay -. 80 =, ~
eaue ~ 49,, "a -. 5000 a., a,as1,s ~,
elsliy me oo'es haa ocon oo"OAeu y! oi'"'es ""'
Aosmk.ne. - ,o,,r, rain, yro,,a IA ssb 4, tia no u
someames very Noen. i vii s 49, oo ''' ~ '' w"
en- etemnev auo !" 49, -. ~ s.snss, ,,nao,,oss
AZ ia'.r p e,oo, s ssp,, .,n to- 90 an,.,i,e
sre~. ,hirsi and in vs.y few cases S s, n.pe
ncre were few, n any, cases OF bloody or mucous
s~rs. ..s,,,. reos,,uv ,olorea Tho use Of abso,
Inc W. ,sa.,s e.ach =. oh.rcoaI and rnaynesis
~ r., a., secrned 40 be rice f.rna Starch and the
,na WV -
u,et and confinement were less beneficial than c,ura-
Su',s ss a,, and shnn,
kps,.,es nos, femen,y occurred from imprudence in
ne,siaen .Ias.I,v r I' ~
s,,oarscb Ia oniv saconaarfv effected and some.
.,saS nv, as ali wy
,.ouid m, ain ge meal In The house ieave A.
,sn s,cl and remain 40 for weoks another woald eat
"a us in tho house for sys and weeks and escape alto
~ssh.r
s.vsraI nersous who remained in the house and pro.
cured their own food and water did escape
Many parts of the house were oiled with a most often
.,,a oaaof some par,s were comrarauvely exempt.
~, nr,r,,cai chemist has crtticaiiy examined a
noS. ac.d from The National Hotel disease and
SscI,,ed under his own name that there was any
$50 az ro,neral r,son Examinations Of the dead body
go n..r cy,,sav made without the discovery of arse
s 80 oh., vrner.i ROBSON "A in the case OF Nr
~. ~ ~ ~ ~ tarishnrg ia In endemic, from bad air
~, go 49, ,nclains ,n,asma that Ia decay,ng vegetation
~ Iii 40 malaria M general such A. chill and fever
s.na aasrrhms s,scn,c,v cholera yellow fever and
,hs nss half he people escape altogether II miner