The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-21
The Cholera Excitement I'm. Tennes.
,see-Isems from Nashville and other
Pofzats by MALTA Physicinn,n state.

2. Total, 81. =
z. Total, 81. '>''S = ,
OF the forty-eight Deaths, eighteen were
whites aud thirty colored. 1t will be seen
srom the above that the cholera deaths of
last Sunday exceeded those Of any other day
since the appearance of the disease in Nash.
vile. 'FtrIr 80
There is a good deal of sickness in the
neighborhooa Of Pearl street, and near the
treStle. hut the disease is well dispersed over
the different parts OF the city. Ewing avenue.
south Spruce street, and Wilson Spring
Branch have been the worst localities.
On account Of the prevailing diseasc,''
the Nashville Library election has been post
poned to July ].
Mrs. Brooks. wife of The late Christopher
Brooks. died at Nashville on Monday night
of cholera. She was in the 9th year Of her
age, and her residence dates back to the early
history of the city.
The following notice is posted on the
door of the tax commissioner:
"JuSg II. 1878.
This office closed until Saturday for
want Of business. Not excited, but some
what aSitated. i. W. CALDWELL, :,
Commissioner"
The NaSuFllle banner vi tut 1'Ih eono
rally discusses the situation:
"Our mortuary figures for Sunday ana
Monday, published elsewhere, do not fur-
nish an encouraging exhibit. The prevailing
disease, or whatever ii may be called, shows
no signs of abatipg, but rather the reverse.
As some of our best physicians insist there
is no cholera here, the eating Of staleand
unwholesome vegetables must prevail to
very considerable extent. The seven or
eight thousand people who have fed from
the city wisely betook themselves to the
country, where vegetables are unknown.
When doctors differ SO radically as they do
in Nashville rs to what disease the people
are dying of, OF course it would be pre-
s,imptuous for the Banner to undertake to
decide, and so. as a convenient compromise,
we throw the unus on the nasty vegetables.
The latter can be relied on for efficient duty,
be the malady cholera, cholera-mOrbuS, sum-
msr complaint, or ''the prevailing disease"
OTHER POINTS.
A colorcd woman named Rody Allison
died Of cholera ut Edgcield junction, Ten
ncS>cc. ON Saturday last.
Six deaths from cholera have occurred in
GalIatin. Tennessee. The latest reported
case is that of Mrs. ISs. The merchants are
closing their stores and the citizens fleeing
to the country. -
Lebanon, Tennessee, has had two cholera
eases.
The Fayetteville Female Academy has
been closed. The cholera scare was the
cause.
Among the cholera deaths in Louisville
was that of q conductor from the Louisville
and Nashville railroad
PHYSICIANS STATEMENT.
The following is a copy of a letter sent on
the 10th instant by a prominent physician OF
Nashville, Tenn, TO a brother in Louisville,
and relates to the type Of cholera existing in
the former city:
"WC have Il malignant form of cholera
morhus in our city, 4 species of cholera
equally us violent and uncomfortable us if
imported from Asia. The disease made'its
appearance without any previous warning
in the old locality known as the Wilson
Spring ncighborhood, hot-bed for all cpl
denies that reach Nashville. As yet it is not
epidemic. Our city is IL good condition
to dtluse the malaria, but it is mainly
confined to the southern portion. Violent
vomiting is generally its commencement,
soon followed by copious liquid eyacuationS.
III the first cases that appeared the matter
thrown up contained bile, as also the first
and second excavations, but it soon changes
to q colorless ricc-watery discharge, and after
two or three evacuations the patient col.
laI>es aud is urged rapidly to dissolution.
In what we call the collapsed state 1t might
be termed Il congestiVe state. There Is not
sbru,nken skin, the general blueness, nor the
extremely emaciated form of the cholera SUBJ
jcct of 1866. ] have not witnessed in the
present malignant form Of cholera that Ca
d.verouS. that pinched.up appearance of an
Asiaslic cholera corpse. In almost ull of the
fatal cases to the 7th instant the exciting
cause OF the same was traceable to hearty
meal of this years vegetables. In a meet
ing we compared notes, and almost every
fatal case was traced back to imprudencc OF
our new vegetables.
Hence still hold out that we have a sc.
we're malignant form of cholera morbus in
our midst. | will here state that, when the
patient is reached in time, the disease yields
to medical treatment, ut least most OF the
cases terminate iuvorably when taken in
time, and the sequel of the present form OF
cholera promises quicker reaction and fewer
relayscs | am confident that vegetable pro-
visions this year are the cause Of the early
breaking out of the cholera. l certainly
looked for it this year after the dispersion of
the masses from the Vienna Exposition, but
we have Il very severe prelude here now.
Our CITY TO the day of the onset OF this ter.
rible scourge was extremely healthy, but eX-
cessively filthy. From late developments we
may look for epidemic dysentery to follow
the track Of the present cholera"
Iuu,cp .Nrs ARRly1NG,- Vir-