The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-27
OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
ABOUT 4'HE CHOLERA.

US---POWcr of the Mind Over the
BOIily COnNitlOM--!Thc Medicine To
he Used nt the First Symptom OF
ChOlera--ImpOrtant Information for
the PcOple.--Cut these Articles out
and Preserve them.
! (FTom The Cincinnati Ga=ettc-A COn,nllrnictt-
tiOn.)
When God sends pestilence into the
world He sends no Information as to
the mode of curing il. AT least such is
the course of history. But He has
pointed out the ways i'll which knowl-
edge is to be acquired and calamity
avoided. 1t is therefore right for us to
look into the causes Of evil, and if pos
Sible to avoid them. We have Ventured
in two former articles to suggest the
proximate cause of cholera, and the
mode in which it is transmitted.
Few intelligent persons now doubt
that the animalcula theory of cholera
is correct. But what do we gain by
knowledge? In regard TO cure, abso-
lutely nothing. IL satisfies our minds
upon several apparently mysterious
phenomena. We see now how it will
another near by. We sec how, when it
gets into the human system, it will be
Carried about i'll it. We see how, with
out the human body, it may be carried
about on lines of transportation. This
clears up II good deal of mystery, but
it leaves the important questions un-
solved. Whence come the animalcula?
How do they originate? How do they
grow? What will kill or stop them?
We might rs well ask what are the
ultimate causes of anything i'll the ma
terial universe. Modern chemistry has
disclosed some extraordinary facts,
which should suggest much thought to
IA
dred years ago chemistry was little
known. 1t is not half known now.
There were certain bodies supposed to
be simple bodies, but after Il while the
chemist unnlyZed them, and he was as
tonished to find they were not simple,
but compound. He found there were
two elements in them, He called one a
base and the other an acid. Here, he
thought, was the end. But within II
few years he finds the base is II COM
pound. And now he is not sure that
anything is n simple, pure substance.
| But all these elements are united or
fixed principles, and within that vast
outside world, whose wonderful mech
anism astonishes him at every look he
takes, he beholds world within world,
| till, ulyZinE element after element
and atom after atom, he finds infinite
atoms, still capable of infinite division.
What is the result? That God has put
this world together rs he pleases, and
| he will take it to pieces as he
pleases. God is infinite, therefore the
| things we analyze, though matter, are
| capable of infinite division. Hence it
| is that the human body is full of para
sites. While they keep their places
there is no harm in them. But some
times they don't keep their places.
What then? There is a distuI Dances,
| disease, and perhaps this disease will
20 round the world. Would men avoid
It if they knew the cause? Ask wheth-
er they avoid The diseases they do kaOlU
the cause Of.
But let us state some facts it may be
useful to know:
l, Although dirt-filth-is the cause
of some diseases, and the assistant of
nearly all, vet the cholera has not al
ways gone into filthy places only. 1t
sometimes varies from that rule mater
tally. But this fact is suggestive of q
question. If cholera be an animal, a
parasite of the human body, may it not
have, like all other animals, particu-
lar kind, of food? Suppose it does pre-
fer filth, may it not be animal Jitth /?
The miasm which arises from decayed
vegetation is supposed to cause inter-
mittent fevers. But does it therefore
follow that it would cause or aid chol-
era? We know not; but enough is
known to cause q WlOSt thorough clean
sing from all animal JJth Gnd decay
1ChUtcUcr.
2. The mind governs the body, and
therefore the condition of the mind has
a good deal to do with the health of the
body. The Bible says to the true Chris
tan, ssRejoice always" and John
Adams, who lived to near ninety, said
this was the sum of his religion. 1t is
not all, nor the largest part of true re-
ligion; but it is an Important element
in the character of a true Christian. 1t
is as valuable asitis important. In the
language of merchandise, cheerfulness
pays. 1t pays by largely strengthen
ing and aiding the vital and recupera-
tive powers of body and mind. We
often see persons who are in1irm, in.
valid or dyspeptic who live beyond
those who are in full health, and do
much work. Men say such man
would have died or failed long ago but
for the energy of his character. But
what is energy? When we analyze it,
like the chemist, we find thnt much of
it arises from cheerfulness of DISPOSE
ton, bright and clear views of the fu-
ture This cheerfulneSs won't prevent
him from having the yellow fever if he
is in the way of it, but it will Keep him
from being unnerved and predisposed
toward it. Therefore we should DC as
cheerful as possible 2tndeT all cGLdnttieS.
8. We have read something, and talk
ed with able physicians about the chol-
era, and in the words OF distinguished
doctor, "cholera yields as readily toTehe-
cclieS when applied to The first symptoms
Immediately as any disease whatever.
Here comes in the first and great max
i'm of prudence-GpPIyyom remedies to
the first symptoms. What are your rem
edies? ..
d. Here, most fortunately, there is
very little doubt. The best physicians,
the greatest experience and common
sense all agree. Meet the FIRST syntl0-
toms Just as they are by well, known
means. What are they?
Let us begin nearly two hundred
years ago. Sydenham, one of the
greatest physicians of England, says
that in 1876 the cholera morbus was ep-
idemic in England; that it was attend-
ed with commissions, which seized both
bowels and the muscles of arms and
legs. He says the disease did not re-
u1ire u new method Of cure, but strong
e.. anodyncS; that there was cold
sweat, and the pulse scarcely felt; and
that he gave Twenty-Five drops Of LG"d9-
mum IN strong. cinnamon mater; for, said
he: it is plain, by experience, that these
SYMPTOMS indicate OptltUl, and the dose
G1ld reDetiti0n must be regulated 6y The
area t,tcSS of the ,Sy1nptOlllS.s This was
nearly two hundred years ago. Now
let us hear DIR. Hamlin,. the American
missionary in Asia. No men have bet
ter means of knowing the cholera than
the American missionaries in Asia. DIR.
Hamlin says: t!No disease may be
avoided with so much certainty as the
cholera, !" but of hundred cases he per-
sonaIly examined, "three-fourthsco could
be traced directly to improper. dlet or
Intoxicating dTinkS.' But we shall not
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