Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-09

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--latest intelligence from Europe announces
the startling information of the advance Of
this fatal disease to the west of Europe hav-
ing already seated itself at Paris France, and
crossed the British channel to England, where
it RACES with much violence. ;' '.. y" '.'s ~
It is apprehended and we fear with much
that the Atlantic Ocean will not
long interpose as d barrier to its advance to
the American Continent, and that we fear its
unwclcomc visitation, will be. seriously. felt
this entire Continent, both in our
cities and highways by land and by water,
until it shall become exhausted for want Of
material on which to. operate, as was the case
some years since rpup.l 1ot ~, hoa9"
We are indebted to the special London cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette for the
following ~. '.V am az.
at is yet,a race, between the cholera and
the frost, and thus far the cholera keeps
ahead In Paris there were lately one hum
dred cases in one day. In Southampton the
cases are but few as yet, but the plague has
made a virplent attack upon the village of
Theydon, skirting Epping Forest and close
to London. ! ! suppose there never was a
stranger case of fatality than that which de-
scendcd upon family i" this village. a Mr.
Groombridge, n farmer, bad been to Wey
mouth, and while there he had q severe at
tack Of illness. He, however, got better, and
returned to his home on Sunday, September
24 On Tuesday, the 10Th, Mrs. Groombridge
was attacked, but recovered, although left in
a very delicate state. On Saturday, the Both,
a. little daughter of Mr. Groombrilge's was
attacked and died in about eight hours. The
same night a boy who used to sleep in room
in one Of the outbuildings was taken ILL., but
has recovered These patients had been at
tended, by Dr. McNab, sem, Dr. McNab, jr.,
and DR.. Clegg. On Monday Dr. McNab, sellI,
was seized, and died on Tuesday morning,
about ten hours after he was first attacked. -
On Tuesday another daughter of Mr.. Groom
bridge was taken i'll, but has recovered 1.-The
next day the houscmaid was attacked, but has
also got over it. The disease, however, had
not left the house; for on Friday last MIR.
Groombridge was again attacked by it, and
died after an illness Of ten hours, A man
named Riley, q farm laborer, at work on the
premises, was attacked by it on Friday night,
and died early on Saturday morning. The
mother of Mrs. Groombridge, n lady eighty
seven years of age, also caught the disease
on the same day, but is at present alive
Mrs Groombridge had got over the attack of
cholera, and was doing very well, until she
heard that her husband was dead, and then
she said she had nothing more to live for.---
She refused to take food or anything that was
for her in her state of health, and the
consequence was that she soon sank and died.
The next victim is Mrs. Saville, u poor wo-
man who went to lay Riley out She was at
tucked n day or two after, and died on Ines-
day., the 10th The cases amount to twelve
in number, and have resulted in five deaths.
A Government commission has been appoint
ed to make inquiry into the nature of the dis
case There is great alarm in Theydon, and
it lis feared that the disease may rush with
panicstricken villagers into London. 9t, Iib.
Tn this connection VIC further append the
following interesting account ofthe treatment
of this loathsome disease by practitioners in
England, 1.-The, publication of which at the
present time weIlook upon as quite appro-
priate:: r',@Hs iea.; .'l,' W snt1t a.}t''
TnE IcE-BA REaBpY-In letter to the
London Times, Drs. John Chapman gives an
interesting account Of the result of his treat
ment of cholera patients at Southampton by
the application Of ice.bags to the spine, al
ready noticed in our London correspondence.
He states the points Of his theory as follows: !:
That the nausea vomiting, copions dis
charge Of the we'll known "rice water" stools,
cold sweat and peculiar odor from the body,
are due to the combined action OF the hype-
ramic spinal Cord and Sympathetic nervous
centers, in the same manner as they induce
phenocmena enc Of the like kind, though less in
degree, in cases Of summer diarrheay and Of
sea sicknsss when il is accompanied led wit with
idiarrhea. ,,l,G,,, t.1... d; F.,I,,,l''II
That cholera is neither contagious nor in
fections in any sense whatever, except through
the depressing Influence of fear .,,. s,,
That cholera may be, completely averted,
and when developed, cured BY modifying the
temperature of the spinal region. s.
/. After detailing the symptoms OF two cases
of cholera which fell under his observation,
DR.. Chapman offers the following suggestions
for the use of the ice-bag; T.
"a l., The cold must be applied along only q
narrow strip-not more than four inches
broad in the pdult-down the very centre Of
the back a,I. s,ltif u, k,tssS .5',5,.t s;
q The cold must be dry, not wet cold,
g. The ice-bag should be continued along
the whole spine only until the cramps and al-
glide symptoms have been subdued,l !. "a
a. Tho ioe.bao rhon1d he continual tn he