The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-05-12
MegrO-PhObfa,O or .'Nigger on the
Rrafn.''
For the State Sentinel.

1t hrst made Its appearance on this con-
tinent among the descendants of the Puri-
tans, who inhabit q region of country
known as New England
The disease is very insidious in its char
acter and dangerous in its tendency. 1t
affects in most wonderful manner the
ina agination and every function of the
body
The symptoms of this disease are various
and alternative, as the sequel will show.
The patient has great intolerance to light.
and has very imperfect vision-not being
able to distinguish black from white. The
sense of smell is also much impaired-thc
patient not being able to distinguish the
difference between the smell of the ottar of
roses and that of q polecat The voice Of
the patient is very imperfect-generally of
a whining and nasal twang.
This disease has ragged with great viru-
lence Of late years in the Northern Dor
tions of the United States, and especially
among educated unconverted preachers
and school teachers of New England and
African descent.
1t attacks the high and the low, but
more especially those who have an itching
and intcrmedling disposition; who believe
it IS their province to attend to other pco-
ple's affairs, and who are possessed with
the strange hallucination that they have a
divine right to do all the thinking for the
rest Of mankind
Persons laboring under this disease are
never sensible Of their insanity or true
mental condition. They think all persons
fools who will not believe as they do, in
witches and witchcraft, Mllerism, spiritual
rappings, free love, &c, and that the negro
is The highest type Of man
In religion, as in politics, they are IA
natics, denying the divine origin of the
Bible as written by Moses and the Proph-
cts, they take their own declarations as
their rule Of faith, fearing neither God nor
man.
The patient has generally an indescri-
liable feeling that something is soon to
happen and is cons family looking out for
the millennium.
The tongue of the patient is furred, dry
and scaley, tinged with black, and uncon-
trolable
The eyes of the patient are dilated and
glaring, resembling very much those of an
angry serpent.
The respirations are irregular, wheeling
and convul.ve.
The patient is excessively irritable and
cannot bear to be contradieted and is sub
;ect to fits of frenzy and helpless impotent
rage.
His mind is constantly filed with tu
multi of conflicting emotions.
This disease is CONTAGIOUS; and especial
ly 50 among persons of urclcan habits.
Patients affected with "nigger on the-
brain are usually troubled with ascaries
vermicularies, as an accompanying disease.
The treatment cf this disease is very
difficult SO many Indications arc presen-
ted it is almost impossible to prescribe
course OF treatment which will effect per-
manent cure. Antiphlogistic treatment is
best. Blood letting and low diet are high
" recommended also, antkelminlic medi-
cines, followed ty drastic purgatiyes Of
colocynth and croton oil, combined with a
little asalptida, should be administered.
Excitement, incident to battle, has also
had a most happy effect on patients afflicted
with this terrible malady. On such occa-
sions patients have been brought to their
senses, to the extent at least Of looking out
for their personal safety, as was evidenced
on IA certain memorable occasion. when a
patient, who had been long suffering from
a chronic attack of this lolthsome disease,
made his exit from the field of battle BY
holding on to the tail of demoralizod OK.
Lucrative Offices and fat Government
contracts are very pernicious and greatly
impede the patients recovery
Active military service in the front
rank, with drastic purgatives and low diet,
furnish the only hope of cure.
1t is to be hoped that the medical world
will investigate the subject, and, ifpossible,
come TO thorough knowledge of the path
ology, symptomology and treatment of this
rlalady, which commenced its ravages
when the patients were first seer on the
shores Of New England holding blue lights
in order to help the enemy Of the Union to
butcher men ana women. c.
What fine speculation for the country
If Massachusetts, could be bought for her