The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-07

PI-GenerQt RetdttOn 0ettDet't Vte Ittneoe W r rs
Carolina and the Diseases TO tohtch II IS Suo'
ject
Much might be said upon this suo)ect, cai.
culated II properly considered, TO remove many
unfounded and long cherished preluuices
South Carolina being IN Ivers Say WITH Wide extent
of swamp and low land, eltneE partia,y SUI, nas
| merged or saturated with suosoN moisture, mas
incurred the stigma onG appea 70 oh s To-
health. This is far from being true 10 lhe eA.sn.
generally supposed. 1t cannot be denled that
many portions of the lower part OF tne t oIate
where extensive swampS anu slagnanl i, wasei as,a
abound, are more or less amenaoie 10 tnls gene
raj prejudice; but nearly the wnole extent VI ,!,e
middle and up.country, as well as some parts u
stll, nearer the coast, will compare lavoraoy, a
sanitary point Of ylew Win moss aegtUS a. oTe
| Even the rice fields OF the low country-.ie
swamps and the low Landslide cnoReH up
streams and stagnant pooism onUrUaehy oud I,c
divested OF the bad reputation long asLaSleu 70
them, and thus converted into fruitIul heIds, anu
safe and cheerful homes for the lndusIrlous pIo-
prletors-thus returning abundant reward vitn iur
Skill and labor expended, anu associa'ine "itn
them plenty and opuence. c,,,,
The diseases most commonly pfcValentln III oou,n
Carolina are not peculiar to It's territory, nof ~
they differ in form or gravity from tne sn.aI d..
fectons prevalent In other sections OF the haDlta
BILE globe. In many respects indeed, however
paradoxlcal the assertion may seeHl omins W W
the mlldneSS or the Climate, tlley ale, tiianJ
them, less numerous and most ef them more nu
and tractabe than the corresponding alseases
which prevail in many parts OF the unlted Sla1es,
possessing as very enormously supposed, d
much more favorable reputation for health Sick-
ness and death are the common heritage OF MAN
! everyWhere-no region or race or natlon eau es
cape this common lot; but 1t may WIN lruin pe
affirmed, that In our bright and sunny cillle'
man, by instituting proper amelloratlng precau-
| tions, may live as healthfully and US long as hs
can in other sections.
At the head of the acute diseases most preVa-
lent In this State must be placed the com h3n on
nl0aari0us levers OF the country, anu u may oe
proper to remark here that 1t Is NANNY III reier'
ence to these that very erroneous impression
has gone abroad, and led those WHO are not con.
versans with the facts TO suppose tnat tAe WH0ie
OF the State Is inImlca to health When 10 lrut tis
allegation can only apply TO the low nat county
abounling with swamps and stagnanL wafer,
particularly the broad area appropriated W rice
culture, in which that CROP during the sreater
part or the growing season, Is kept suoInergea oy
impure water, either let in from tues, OF ae'
rived from the reserves formed from ule
adjacent swamps and sluggish streams; M aIsU.
in the course OF the principa! streams and tlieif G
associated swampy borders, Where Rater ~ al a.
lowed to accumulate and become putrld nnaer
the high temperature OF the summer sun, lnter-
mittent and remittent ferers OF various degrees
OF violence not unfrequently prevail. but, as pre-
yiousy inimated, this liability IS not peCuiiar "
Carolina or the other Southern states, puI eNui-
bitsissef over great portion OF the naoitaoie
GLOBE wherever pent up water and decaylng or,
ganic matter are allowed to accumllate, e4posea