Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-17
Our General Health.

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In reading tho Liberty (pckcns) CORES
| pondenco Of "Piedmont" in the Columbia
Register, ono Would think tho up country
was becoming siokly and that Walhalla, 70,
this season at least was not tho place tc
rotain, much loss regain, good health. The
writer says: "During q residence of abou,
seven years in this scctioh Of the State, have
never before known SO much sickness as we
have had 80 far this season. Diarrhma and
bilious fever have been tho prevailing dis
cases, the latter in somo instances running
into typhoid fever. Thoso complaints have
prevailed to an unusual extent throughout
this whole region, and in and about Walhalla,
place heretofore famous for its hcalthincss
IN summer and exemption from diseases of
this kind, they have been uncommonly severe,
and there were up to tho first of the present
month several deaths in that town." The
came writer speaking generally Of tho
up country says that "malarial diseases arc
steadily on tho increase in this uppor portion
OF South Carolina, being found now at the
very loot OF tho mountains, whore but fow
years ago they wcro entirely unknown" )"
Tho writer then proceeds to assign several
supposed causes for this increase Of sickness,
among which are the presence and uso Of
commercial fertilizers and increased cntiyas
ton Of cotton, the filling and overlowing Of
streams; while others Of II more scientific
mind attribute it to the masm waited hther
from more malarial regions, the Mississippi
Valley for instance, by the winds of summer
Without expressing any opinion as to tho
value OF the several reasons assigned BY this
correspondent for an alleged condition Of
disease, We propose to inquire rs to tho fact
itself. Thorc is On old story of query
which, for long time. puzzled wise heads:
" by tub Of water with fish in it would
woigh no moro than when the fish was not in
the tub. 1t was solved by tho question, is
the proposition fact. and on examination it
was found not to be n fact. Now tho qucs-
ton is, have VIC becn suffering from unusual
sickncsscs or malarial affections in Walhala
this season, and have we had several deaths
prior to July lst, 1892 The COURIER rarely
ta'!s to mention tho death of any citizen in
our town. and prior to July lst wo do not
remember to have recorded tho death Of any
white adult since summer sct in, nor in fnct
do we remember any death among our white
adult population up to that time, except that
OF Mr. Stiles Strbling, which occurred on
Sunday. the 2oth ultimo. from typhoid foyer.
We will further stnto that up to thnt date wo
had heard Of but three bilious attacks j. our
town, Qimitcd to two houses.) ono of which
was that of Mr.. Striblng. which run into
typhoid fcvcr and terminated fatally. 10
this writing we hayo heard of bnt two deaths
among the colorcd adults of our town, in ono
OF which cases tho pnrty came to town sick
from tho Air Limo Railroad We heard a
physician say last Saturday that l,o had not
seen and hadnot known of u case Of typhoid
fever in or aboat town, during tho season,
unless it was tho case Of Mr.. Stribling, which
from reported Symphonic, lio thought was this
fever. AS to any increase Of sickness in our
community this year over previous years VIC
cannot SEQ it. Within our recollection, and
nearly thirty years ago, typhoid fever pre.
vailed to un alarming extent in our county
carrying of q number Of our bost citizens
Again about twenty-five years ago dyscntery
or bloody hux prevailed largely in Cheohce
and moro or less ovor tho county, resulting
often fatally. Even within five years, ant
while Newberry College was in operation
here, there were five cases of foyer to on,
during this summer. and during that year
commencement one the graduating speaker
Twas dangerously i'll. While that college wa
lIero We had occasional oascs Of chils an,
fever among the students, who camo from
below, and whose systcms had been imprcg.
mated before coming here. Instead If pro
pagatihg it, our climate in few seasons la
always eradicatcd tho disease, no cases n r.
poaring among. tho residents. Typhoi,
fever knows and respects no individual nm,
no locality and tbcro'is not epot on tn
continent but is subject to occasional cas cs
but wc can say Of our town and county tha
thero is as few serious cases f sickness her
this summer as known for any summer an,
| as few deaths among the whites This is th