The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-06
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The NdziOne of Florence publishes tie fol.
lowing cOnmunit ton from DIR. Gaihgo. di.
rector OF the medical l. LnpaHzid.e, ou the
serious epidemic now prevalent III Russia
/" We have received from Dir. / lien, physician
to the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, who
has just arrived from ST. Petersburg, sumo
important details respecting the disease how
raging in'that capital. Ibis malady ap: ears
to be neither a fever of anibtermtieni or con-
tinuous nature, nor yet 4 simple /, phuid fever
but il certainly is very viruleut anu dangerous
According to the opinions of the Russian
physicians, it is the same fever that WIS ob-
served tor the first time In Scotland in the
year 1919, aud denominated IN that country
the intermittent fever, Tom the length OF the
lntermissions ami In prolonged attacks. ] his
Fever Is ushered by c.'ld shiIrIIng, "a teruat-
ing with remarkable heat (irom ~ deg. IL 4
deg. centigrade, or loo deg t,.hlei;.eiL) tie
pulse beating l3j. Great prost.a,i Il an
disorder are observable III the uervo; etin, s.
although the state OF the mental faculties =
mars unaltered frequent paius icit in
TIE cad and limbs, great paIu L. also e in
tn 1t -hypochoiuriac region. and n cXani-
natio.I oi the paip.t-, tlUn and percussion
proves tin splice. 10 save iniiuense,y d, creas
ed In Ulu Tie sAin - yellow In c0.ur,
owing to the liver being likewise affected br
the maiady. he InIilatcrv attack vi Il Z
fever lasts from seven 10 eigLt days and te.-
mIna.eS ~Ith i, very c"pIOGs persl .IratIuu.-
Alter t:-e frst pIroAysId, an Interval occurs
OF seven OF eight days, 6ur,ig which the pa
tieut appears almost well ever, bat a.
the eApI.Iriou oi that peri u seuo..d AL .ack
Inauiies.s it.eii lIAe the n 81. bdt accompanied
with still create prJsra TO-. This Continues
also about seven G,,vs. terminating, iike ,he
other, with pru.use e :, ira Ion. Sometimes
tHlrd paroxysm declares .Isei "a. ter :, it.riher
Iatervii OF even days, one Ut the symptoms
being a burning thirst AID com plete aleGri,ui.
auI the patient s.nks Into tIt most prO.o-nd
state oI pro,iration. The rate OF mortality
II per cent-, aui lne victims OF inns maiidT
die during the second att@ck, usually .rJm a.
general para! yaI-. t!.rUu:h serious :era nge-
rnents uf the nervous organs, win re dc
composition OF the blood ana al cnUEinoLs
increase in the spleei.. The liver aisJ be-
comes greatly enlarged, but the in'esl.rses, o,,.
the other b md, are either touBd healthy or
else hardly congesred Lv-rytsin; his h:t'!-
erio failed To shorten the GUr.tlJ.i Of he ieb-
riie attacks salts q! 9UiiIIne, gigei II. itr-e
and small doses. have been quite inrif-ctu
to overcome tie ATTACKS cn;-rac .crisrIc Ot thls
IN ,lady. in the second paTUXs sIsm In which
tn re Is increased prO,iration VI the former,
the most powerfu! slim ,aHjs have to be adj
m,Iistered- "a moss VINE, aIct.h"l, ether
c:mphor. &c; but thy produce .itlie or no
effect. The cn!cf cause OF this disease sup
posed to he the arrival in 81. Petersburg ui
an immense number OF wUrkmen from the
neighboririg provinces. and even from the
most distant towns. 1t is said there are Just
now in the capital 43, $50 worknen more than
the usual uumber. The consequence Dt this
is that they Cannot find work and are obliged
TO 1--we la the unhealthy localities. and 10 live
upon black bread which contains this year
much nor. horned rye than in previous Years.
1t has been discovered by chemical ANA yss
this bread contains one per cent. OF horued
rye in flour with which it is made Thus
every wol king man living on the same NAV
be calcuiat TO eat 100 grains OF horned rye
per diem Besides this the oxen, cows, and
other animals being no longer s aughtered ia
ST. Petersburg, but at Moscow, whence the
meat Is dispatched ready prepared, the heads,
hoois, feet, and intestIses of the animals,
which previously formed one OF the staple
articles OF susrenance of the poorer glasses,
on account oi their cheapns',, no longer
70 he had at St. Petersburg, aud the poor sre
now conipeliedto live almost exclusively upon
the above me 1tioned bread which cont ms in
furious sub, tances, parity contributing to pro-
duc- the disease i'll qu, sion. he nialad, is
ex :lusively confined to the poor classes"