Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-21
CHOLERA NOTES.

F. K. Bailey, Health Officer Of Knoxville
issues circular saying: s'Some tins age
it was considered heath measure to pro-
hibit the sale of watermelons, and for 8
| while but few were brought to the city.
Lately, we are informed, every effort posi-
| BILE has been made to evade the regulation
! The melons have been smuggled in, and
many Of our citizens appear TO have en-
coursged the traffic. Last week We were
visited by another touch Of cholerRic dis
ease. The physicians in attendance have
ascertained that the commencement could
be traced to the eating of wstermelons. II
the ill-effects of over eating could be co.,
fined to those who thus imprudently &C ,
comparatively little injury would ensue,
but one case leads to another" Dr.. Bailev
states that, including all the cases which
have been considered as cholera, the death
rate is less than in the year 1872. l-
From the Knoxville Chronicle, Aug 10.
There have been two deaths in our city
sincs our last report, both on Sabbath, and
from cholera. A man named Defriese, liz
ing in North Knoxville, was taken on Sat-
urday, and died IN Sabbath morning; aud
little child of colored woman named
Harris, living on Clinch street, near Second
crees, was taken during Saturday night, and
died Sunday morning. This child before
retiring to bed was apparently well and
full of mischief, and when the mother
awcke in the night she foundit almost pulse
less and in collapsed state. We have no
new cases to report for yesterday, and DIR.
Bailey the Health Officer, informs US that
all the old cases ara eonvalescent.
From the Knoxville Press and Herald, Aug 10.
OF the thirteen cases with cholera symp-
toms which we're developed in this city from
Friday noon to Saturday night, nine Of them
were directly trace bic to the eating Of wa
termelons.
We learned from passenger on The noon
train yesterday from Chattanooga, that on
Sund AZ night there were several deaths from
cholera in that place. One or two deaths,
every day in that city--are traceable, more
or less, to gross imprudence, either In eat
ing or drinking. A negro died Of the
cholera on Lookout mountain, Sunday
morning. r. g.. ~, -
Along the Line ofrailrosd In either direc-
ton from our city, we understand occasion
al deaths from this disease occur. The
disease, however, is not generally marked
by the fearful virulence which character
lied earlier stages Of its visitation.
From the Memphis Register, Aug. 10.
DR.. Thomas F. Peyton furnishes the fol-
lowing account of the recent reappearance
of cholera on Big creek, near Memphis:
"When the family Of Mrs. Hill was at
tackled, was sent for, and arrived st her
house before daybreak on the morning of
the 9Th inst. l found one of the family
dead, and in fifteen minutes after my ar
rival another died. These were the child
rem of Mrs. Clements. At 8 clock on the
same morning another child died, and that
evening Mrs. Clements died, after an i'll
less of few hours. The next morning
Miss Sophis Hill, Mr. Clements and the son
morning, Mr.. j. H. Jones' son died. ALI
type of cholera, and the collapse state set
In on an average of from twenty min
u es to two hours after the attack COM
menced. l began to look about me
TO see If there existed any local csuse for
the water of Mrs. Hills well, l found It
had an offensive odor, which caused me to
examine the well, and | found that the
CuICluS vi OilO Sllo was IOGbcDJ oIu tuo
top earth had sunk down so that the sur
face water, whenever it rained, would run
into the well. Upon inquiry discovered
that all the persons who had been attacked
with the fatal disease had been drinking
from this well. The school children from
q schoolhouse near by also used it, and /
some of them, as above named, died from
drinking it. l cut the well rope and
stopped the further use of the well water,
moved the families out of their houses into
other houses, or into tents, and siIcs these
precautions were taken there have been no
rev cases in the neighborhood. There is
no doubt in my mind but the drinking OF
the water from that well caused the disease
in the neighborhood. It was the most VIC
lent type Of Asiatic cholera that have
ever seen, but from present prospects there
will be no more of it unless some one uses
water from the same well.