Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-15
WEIGHT AGAIN.
$. gEedfcfs- AusEered-The 81 MOFbus I"
Part Thoroughly RevieWed-NO
Cholera in Memphis.
Tho Dtcta Of one Medical Man must not
u.. aHOwed 10 outweigh the OPin-
ion Of Hundreds.

FpTTORs APPEAL-In your issue OF
FfTua 18th. I see an article headed ''An
4 -7sV-ar 10 n. r. Wright" The author
SONS himself 'fNIedicis." didn't know
+5at NV article required an answer, and
Iourt know that "MedicisD has
answered or refuted anything / said in
nv article. am sure that no harm
can result from anything ] said. But
aETedirisu felt himself called upon to
take issue with me in regard to cholera
or no cholera in Memphis, ] asserting
We have no cholera in Memphis, he as
serffus' We have, killing OF our people
by the score. totally annihilaung whole
families taking the last member, laying
low in death twenty or more IN the dls-
rarca Of p s0uare snd a half, and still at
work in the same locality, seeking
whom il NAV destroy; that if 1 could
Ea naid 10 90 the rounds with some of
the doctors for q few hours, he thinks
would snatch my bundle and leave The
CITY In great haste. He says We send
thirty or forty funerals to Elmwood
daily. conveying the idea that they all
died Of cholera, for he declares, over ana
over, that cholera-morbu never Killed
amy oue-such a death was an almost
uuheard Of thing. Now, Messrs. Editors,
the above Is a frightful and appalling
picture Of Memphis by Mr.. "Medicis, F"
arNd. If true, why don't you compel your
rfv r reporter 70 report the hundreds of
dead and dying put of the numerous
l,s-s fhat Isnd at our wharf? for you
know " hen cholera is in the country II
mas u .ysvs been worse on the rlvers |
tban on the land; yet you have
f.iTa8 10 report one death or one
case on the boats landing here. is IL
because none have occurred? NochOlera
i'm Memphis. But your" Medicis 'yaunt-
frrlv asks me where got my lnIorma-
ton. what right / hGTe to assert We nave
no cholera in Memphis? The above is
the substance Of his question. answer,
not from "Medicis, ''bUt from some OF the
Oldest and most respectable physicians
In Memphis, men Of long anu extensive
T.-artice. who said few days ago, when
iirra-,-ieyyeI bv 3 reporter Tor one of cur
daiIv Dapers, they did not believe we
rad one case of Asiatic chol era on the
continent of America. This same re-
uortcr interviewed some twen'y OF our
doctors the sRme day. Some thougnI
we had cholera, some based their
opinions on the opinions Of other
doctors. some said il was ch olera-
moraus with con gestiOn. So, you see,
the doctors differ rs widely AS IN edi-
risr and mvself. lSut he is very kind.
He assures me I know nothing OF the
subject Of which ] wIte, and challenges
me To show, ia any medical Work, OK
anywhere else, that cholera-mor6us ever
killed any person. He says I'VE VIII
nor quarrel except over the 'morpus'
uart:" that he knows cho lera- -morDus
never kills, and this point he VIII not
give up. Well Mr.. "Medicis, Tor your
information on this subject. i r,'ier you
10 the doctors above alluded tC'. lou
will find that deaths from choiera -InoI-
bus are reported in our city. refer Youi
also, 10 the boards Of health through OUT
the world. In those reports you WI
find deaths from cbolera-morbus. BuI
If "Medicisn had not been too
bashui TO give Us his true name, /,
aud his experience in cholera-mOrbus |
an cholera, the public would have been
better able 10 Judge Of the issues between
ms and the public could better determine |
which TO believe, the doctors that say |
We nave no cholera, or "Medicis," that |
bss given US q picture Of its ravages in
our city sufficient to frighten whole |
tribe Of Comanche Indians; and had he |
Given rs the benefit of his great name |
and experience in cholera -mOrbus, We |
-,rld better determine which to believe, |
:, iu1 or the hundreds of boards of health,
-, rgposed of the finest medical tai
~, in the world, who report thousands OF
- tbs every wear from chOlera-mOrbus.
"a here / viii inform "Medicisn that /
-, ,, OF doctor, know nothing about
,--.,,- roedicine, and never want 20 know;
:, frr Il feel alarmed from what write,
aIa tbink l want to steal your trade.
.HTa5irf-' tb inks / am greatly at fault ~
tl,a -vuptoms 1 gave of cholera. he
,s4ys II he Is not much mistaken, cnoleIa
,Iras NOT show itself in the ends OF the
SINGERS and toes. de then enters INTO
.Iogg description of tiNe symptoms; Nnefe
l,,s cot the symptoms a am unable pos
He, ,aight have learned ihe symptoms
Inv whiting the forty persons mat ne says
are alling victims daily 40 choleIa IN
NTg.51,F. Is. but il strikes me : have read
his account Of the symptoms ia SOME
Ioos-s lie says the fingers and toes
Ioc9,ne blue aud cold and look Like
,,,1-ler,Foman' thumbs. said so lnmy
arficIa that be complains OF, that persons
ottsczed with cholera commence 10
lie al the ends of the fingers and toes.
80 uoq-. Mr. "Medicis," II cholera
80 Fl, ,-e times as bad in the city as you
ssv Il is, though think you have MADE
81 es lad as il ought to De, ask you,
- the readers Of the APPEAL, and
fbev are legion, what possible good 70
rbe reople can result from your article!
II if produces no good, it viii produce q
.-,,eat deal of harm 10 many, and you
SEdI nave lost your toll 2nd laDof
ia Draparing it. If you are thel
knowing one you would have us
believe YOU are, you know IN cnOleIs
time. people are easily frightened, ane
this frequently brings on sickness. Mhat
advice have you given the people IN
--our long-winded article, or told the
>, opIe where 10 go TO save their lives
! your dreadful cholera that you say
-, - ing low in death whole squares OF
- III you know we have cholera
k,e't'1To -. 1his perhaps you can tell US
~, ~ ~ - i not. Tell us this, and such
We i'a'.;a,i ~ "a there would be has never
- = i, Zen .ls in temphis: So wags the
y, "a y Gresf ,, zen viii make them
Gives heard and felt = ',le l'1S.1,n
fall. -
Nolierels EcoBe des Fem 'es mas % Deen en-
nrodnced at the Comedie-El. %hSAis .l N
Paris this play, it has been notices. va va
-,rodnced In the year of the poets l. asI- ar
Ir;ace 166Il. "Yes,n says critic, ''the
,,1sSTriare mar occurred on the twentieth OF
FebruaFy: and the piece was produced
or tbe twentv-sixth OF December; ana
= 49,, 80, r.oonfhe Arnande BOiart had