Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-31
Prof. Bowling on Cholera.

Prof. Bowling on Cholera
/ =. The hlIee1 aYpbjoined article is not 10
cal, in aistriot sense, bnt we, viii
/ so oconsider it during these times
when so few places seem . to be
exempt from cholera, It is cop
led ed. iY from q pamphlet BY Prof
Bowling, Of Nashville, upon the
several visitations Of cholera in
I1S46-50-54and 1866. 10 The erepu-
tationdf Prof Bowling as a prac-
titionerr, and medical authority
|, with the rpT0Eession entities his
opinionsho, theGrhighest respect,
and we ofaep almost inclined to
cease iinduIgi1g in a moderate. use
Of the tEa mary vegetables withWhieh
our, garden ron Depot street 4 a.
bounds-O DR.. Bowling says: 10 .
lgn9iWe have tbattled with every
epidemic cholera, from the first
to!the last day, IN our region of
operaiiony which has visited this
country, and we affirm, without
the fear Of Successful contradiction,
the following truths Of this pesti-
lencecghich walketh in darkness
and destruction, ,and which vast
ethJas) noon!day. 9r. ''iG HHi bio
dt Il. That pradenco In the use Of.
all tWng8 dpertaihihgatoi man as
an animal, is of the first imt6r-
taneeI .bs..e. aa 7l"f7.1
I5uG"2.9Rhat this apruderce, in
9aanyi things. is imperfect, and
therefore useless, short of positive
interdietioll-total abstinence.
80. That among the'interdicted
is,every description of fruit, non
cereal, vegetable, and animal pro-
ducts, as milk and eggs. We say
non-cereal, so as to admit bread
stufs, which the goodness of God
has stamped with Innocence even
here, for He has declared them
the staff of life.
"We do, not regard fruit and
vegetables an e.cciting cause Of
cholera, and we would not be un-
derstood as 50 teaching. BIT If
the ship be orertaken 5y the
storm Of cholera wRiye laden
aeiH vegetables, IT SINKS. This
is what we teach. But il so over
taken without vegetables on board,
she weathers the storm and enters
port unimpaired. Those during
the cholera who eat fruit and vege-
tables, are no more liable to be
assailed than those who abstain;
but If they are assaiZed hegdieiI i
This is the rule-the recoveries
under such circumstances eonsti !
tute the exceptions When nom
vegetable and non, fruit. eater is
assailed with cholera, his system
responds instantly to medicine. |
while the system of the fruit and |
vegetable eater will frequently not
respond at all, and his physician |
will find the result the same,
whether he put the medicine in
the patients boot or stomach. 4
"Neither in 1850 nor 1854
have we found a single instance
in which non-vegetable and non
fruit-eater died of cholera, save
we count a few cases of children I
with summer complaint diving
with symptoms of cholera super
added, while all the deaths occur
among those who indulge in these
Uery innocent LatgUT'es. In
conflict with cholera, the bullets
of the enemy, from a masked bat
terry, are flying in every direction
and any one is liable to be hit;
but woe to the soldier who is cut
down with fruits or vegetables in
his stomach. for his wound is i'm. {
medicable. He may recover, but
he cannot be cured land the ,
chances are many against bis re.
cOvery. We have more than1l
once 7een fruit or vegetables eject {
ed or voided in the death strug-
gle, when reaction would immedi-
ately begin, and recovery result"
A father in Massachusetts,, who |