New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-10

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Haa II AE pIpasifog Who shall decide when
dqetors dlsagfae d NOW 1enderea thus who
shall deciaasH ben doesota are Id donbts There
seems to DO wide difference of opinion among.
the medical practitioAefs 0 this etF whether Asi
ATTIC chofera this has been ID al
demies and, according to the uapers even our
medical and 'saFg ical Hercules DE- Ya7rengfnph
declined when tie sub lat vas nader eonsiiera.
ton @Gf6Ee the Board of ,.eonltlittins lpas
self III dsfainidg The word sepidsini6.s Had he
undertaken The Job Of defining this NJ ord he would
soon hare found himself inthe same dilemma thaS
anef ON egiaogfap iters have been in when they
struck this anag They have aIEbeen brought up
rita round turn, and finding themselves unable
10 extricate themselves satisfactorily, have made
VI show Of learning ana passed on to the next
word, alphabetically arranged, much to thei'
relei.
Webster in his sgreat unabridged, (what a
pity it y not abridged y defines the word "epi,
demic, thus
Ist Common o. affecting whole people
Or a great number in a community; prevalent
general.
2d-Generally prevailing affecting great nrm.
bsFa aadpI denic rage ideniic' evil
All these definitions stand, the whole matter
tuFns on the word great Now what consti
tatps great number The word great, as here
Used smtst certainly comparative, for d number
shat would be considered great in village Of
small town would be considered small III a large
aisy. The truth +, this, word, like many others
aitflilar il character, cannot Be defined With ahy
great degree 81 accuracy y 0,ss Z!
Taking the above as d correct definition, the
cholefa bay not certainly prevailed as an epidemic
id this city this season to date for it has neitilel
fA5,SY4 Y,s
people, It has, With d few exceptions, been con.
fined to the nnwasled Soap and water when i'll id.
dieiQualg used have kept it.at bay in nearly every
5nstanee. Consequently ii has not generally
preyailed'1ia opi, midst. N. In I
Another reason, and an important one, why
cholera has not prevailed in an epidemic form, is
because at the very outset James CONCEAL, whole
sale druggist. st, Charles street, knocked it on
fhe bead with his Cholera Specific and Hnhbie;s
Cabinet Brandy, for which he Is sole agent. For
further paEtieaiars see his in another
column, and reflect 3as lgoa read s,;..
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Cook YUoR FOOD FRoPERr.Y Reader. have
you been al 19G Camp street To he the petroleum
vapor stoYe2 H not, you should do So without
delay, forit i certainly one of the greatest in
Tentions Of the age. There is no hunbug about
II that to hey, the proprietors ana agents of
this invention claim no more for 1T than thew afe
prepared to prove to all who viii give the matter
rigid test
Itsis 50 constructed that when used for cooking
II throws OF little, if any, outward heat. II
makes smoke, SCOT, dust Or ashes and emits 10
unpIeasants odor II is.ss simple in its eonAtrue-
7ion that child ten years old can rnanage IT,
THESE stoves are of various sizes, ranging in
size, SO That 0ne burner on SIX can be used. The
smallest stoYe will do the cooking fors 1--WE per-
sons and the largestfof twenty and even twenty
ave.
Rhe price Of these stoves brings them within
the reach ne all They consume M coal or wood
PIT petroleum enly, the cost Of which, for all
practical purposes,is ~ least one.tbifd cheaper
5han coal They can BE heated for use ii half the
tine Eeqnlred other stoves They generate their
o1gn gas ~ one fth the pense charged BY gas
companies. one dollars worthsof the cheap pro
duets If petrale produces as much ljght as one
thousand feet Of gas. 80
These are but few Of the advantages attained
Dy this invention. Those who desire further in
formation should cali and see it in operation, 1T
VIZ Fta9 during business hours, !