Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-05
6eneral Sntellietnte.
THE CHOLERA.


The following important paper upon the
causes and treatment of cholera has been
forwarded to the board of health Of New
. York, by ]. w. Carle, of Aspinwall
.sAsPINwALL, June 29, 1S69-To the Me-
tropolitan Board of Health, New York In
the summer of 1860 transmitted to your
board the following communication:
'' Nos. AZ AND 40. LIBERTY STREET, NEW
YORK, August, 1866 -To-dsy's papers con-
ta.a the remedy yor recommend for ne
cure Of Asiatic choleiL During the pre- a
lence Of that disease in the West Indies in
the years 1S50'5i, the same remedy was
successfully applied in several cases of
cholera, which came under my personal OBJ
seryation; however, there is still needed
something more-a preventive-in order
to enable the people to combat successful
ly that terrible disease; therefore, with this
view. allow me to call your attention to the
following: Five to ten drops spirits of
camphor mixed in water, and taken morn
ing and night, Will be found to be an in
valuable preventive This / tested, with
others, and, although the disease carried
of a large number of the inhabitants OF
the island where we resided, all who made
use of the above preventive were not even
troubled with the premonitory symptoms
of the disease. j. w. CARIF.'
''Your board indorsed the suggestions
contained IN the above communication and
gave IL to the press of the country for gem
eIal publicity. 1t is n well known fact
that the rayages of the cholera in its late
visit to northern parts of our continent
were harmless, when compared with the
former periods of its terrible yisitations,
and, to whatever cause this fact may be
assigned, be il to the use of effective re-
medies or to that of judiciously selected
prev Sntives, IT is nevertheless consoling to
know that the Asiatic cholera, that once
formidable securge of mankind, is now di-
vested of its terrors.
"A close examination of the water oi
various localities the writer has visited re-
vealed the fact that . it obtained more OF
less animulcule, imperceptible to the ma
ked eye. In countries, where endemical
diseases Of dangerous character exist the
animulcnle appear more numerous, larger
and apparently of a fiercer nature. When
ever an epidemical disease, such as ctol-
era. sweeps over the place the local ami.
mulcule appear to be reinforced by Others
OF different appearance, that appear and
disappear, with the disease, adding to
water few drops of spirits camphor seems
to benumb and render them harmless
1.-The object of the present communica-
ton is 10 call the attention of the board TO
other facts elected by recent experiment.
The boiling OF the water found in the most
unhealthy localities, using ii afterward with
or without ice, divests il of all the injurious
properties, renders it perfectly healthy, and
very often imparts to 1t medicinal proper
ties. The endemical diseases prevailing on
this coast are various and tenacious; when
formerly resident ON this place the writer
was contin aally troubled with fevers and iii
a<hoea; IL ~ nov nine months since his
return, during the whole time he has used
no other but water well boiled, and has en-
joyed the best of health. Others residing
here have adopted the same beverage; they
all find themselves in the enjoyment of the
best of health. although previously they
10 pounds in weight since his departure
from New York fifteen months ago.
s'These are facts, and every fact possesse.
its philosophy. 1t seems to be the destiny
of the human mind to control nearl,
everything within its reach; many of the
most powerful forces of nature are made
subservient to it's laws; the influence tha
has chained the lightning, rendering il th,
seryiie conductor of the behests of man
may yet be able to conquer the deadly eli
matte influences which render some of tn,
fairest portions of our globe the grave.
instead of the cheerful habitations of man
1t may be that the great secret of preserv
ing the health, and perhaps even that o
prolonging human life, are intimately ant
indissolubly connected with the knowledg,
of knowing how to detect and destroy the
seeds of disease and death found in the
water we drink This is subject worthy
of serious inquiry, and of great interest t.
all; for disease, with its sad train of grief
mourning aud woe, revels as unrestrainet
and unchecked on the shores of the Hudson
as on those of the Rio Chagre.
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