Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-02

a representative OF THIS paper interview
ed Warden Brown, Assistant Warden
wi 3, Hospital Stewart Kenny, and also the
Penitentiary Hospital, yesterday, relative
to the p evziling disease at the Penitentia-
~, and with the most satisfactory and en-
courazing results.
Our reporter vas first shown in.o
THE HOSPITAL
where he found sixty-one cOnvicts, white
and black, stretched upon army cots, with
attendants moving about among them at
tending to their wants. The large room
was in excellent condition, and ali the pa.
tients seemed TO be doing as well as could he
expected. Adjoining this room was a smaller
apartment fitted up as dispensary, and in
charge of Mr. James Kenney, who, 81
though young man, has the reputation OF
being one Of the best prescriptionists in the
State, a thorough chem st.
The following questions were propounded
by the reporter aud answered by Mr.. Ken
ney:
"HoT many cases Of cholera have you in
the hospital here"
six -one here, but at least two hundred
under Treatment. In fact every prisoner
and every officer about the place has had
the preInoDftory symptoms"
How many cases have you lost ?"
"Sevcn cases, but all of these had been
sick for some time. We have had at least
fifty cases Of cholera Just
ON TIE POINT OF COLLAPSE.
Six ought to have died last night. They
might as well bave died as not, but they
didn't, and now we'll bring them out all
rights
"They are getting better?"
eyes sir. 1t is simply remarkable-the
suct ess which has attended the course of
treatment established here by DR.. Henry,
the physician in charge, and kept up by DR..
Menees, who has been called in TO assist
him. DR.. Menees says there is nothing
like it in the history of medicite. Just as
soon as a man complains, or shows that he
has the premonitOIy symptoms, we put him
in the hospital right off, where be
can be properly attended to. My opinion
about this cholera is that you can cure it
as easily as cold, If you take it in time.
There was darkey up here last week who
had been unwell for several days; he was
about sixty years old, and dreaded the hos
pitAL l told him TO 60 in and 60 to bed,
but he started TO run out at the door there,
when | caught him and had him put to
bed. In five hours from that time
LIE WAS DEAD.
al see you use disinfectants here very
extensively"
"Yes, sir. We use chloride of lime, COD.
p?ras water and brown chl3raism. The
last | consider splendid thing, and there
is no bad smell about it wbsteVer, and that
is a great recommendation"
"YOu are provided with all the medi-
cines you need, l SUPPOSE"
"Oh, yes. The lessees have been verv
liberal. The hospital building we found
TO be altogether too small, and they gave
us the large room we are now using, aud
which used TO be the paint shop.
IL we had been compelled to STAY
in the old hospital we would have
LOST SEVENTY FIVE CASES
at least. We have had All excellaut diet
furnished Us, consisting of broiled chicken,
chicken soup, rice, light bread, crackers
broiled bresafast bacon for those who are
convalesCent, and tea ard coffee. We have
also been furnished Lebegs extract OF beef,
which is splendid thing in hospital. We
have hosts Of attendants, and everything
that could be done by the lessees of the
prison 10 sid us, they have done cheerfully,
and think that in sholt time, we will
have all our patients going about again."
80 much for cholera at the State prison.