Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-15

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horses I've on vegetable food. II Is for
this reason that stables for cows and horses
do not become insolcrabIc nuIsances We
do not believe that there h doctor IN
Richmond who would he willing to live
"next door" TO hog-pcn.
We pick up Dunglison's Medical Die
tionsry, and We read under the head OF
i" Trichina Spiraiis":
alt would appear. however, that they
ftrichinac spira'esl may be TIE cause OF tne
morbid phenomena produced BY eating tue
flesh OF animals In which they existed. ana
likewise Of rausaze poisoning, and OF tne
poisoning resulting from edf'n9 pore a'@
ham,"
What sort Of "pork and ham,! We
take II that 1t IL the kind made from hogs
| that have been kept in pen. Qtoad hoe,
thought we are sJew. And as we cannot
IL would seem, successfully oppose hog
pens without giving the hog lick, we
| touch both.
The people OF this city are expecting, or
fearing, that the CHOLERA will visit them next
year. Read. then. the following;
II Is stated that the Jews In Toulon and
Marscilles have scarcely been afi ected by
| The cholera. The Jewish Journals attribute
this immunity 10 the dietary and bygienic
laws OF Judaism. and this claim II unques-
tionably justified by fact and experience.
For history shows that in all cpidemics the
Jews have suffered far lcss than their neigh
bors, and when their dietary laws are care
h., nf fbfS " N i'm
bt comes apparent. In the last issue OF
the Portability Rcview a somewhat
remarkable article by Luclcn Wolf,
entitled What Is Judaism "A Question
OF To-Day" discusses the status OF the
jew in the modern world, and while ma
king for him some claims which Chrlsten-
dom will certainly be slow 10 admit, dclib-
erately ascrIbes the material success OF Ju.
daism, and the sustained yigor OF the race,
10 resolute maintenance OF the Mosaic law.
That observance OF this law respecting
diet does give immunity from many, and
especially zymotic, diseases Is abDndantly
proved. Thus DIR. Behrend says: 81 am
myself decidedly OF opinion that the care
bestowed upon the examination of meat for
the use OF the Jewish commuDityis an I'M
portant factor In the longevity OF the race
which Is at present attracting so much at
iention. and In its comparative immunity
from scrofula and tubercIe." SO also DIR.
Carpenter has said: coincidence to the SAN
itary laws laid down by Moses Is neces-
sary condition to perfect health and to
state which shall give us power TO stamp
out zymotic diseases. III these laws were
observed by all classes the zym0tic death
rate would not be IN appreciable quantity
in our mortality list. "-Nep York Tribune.
Read again what the Rev. DR.. BETTEL-
BEIN, once resident OF this city, says on
the same subject. We quote:
"Turn to the eleventh chapter Of the
book OF Leviticus, and there you will find
the flesh, fish, and fowl that Is forbidden us
10 eat. This il still our ruling guide. and
its orders are followed in all true Jewish
homes. A grand old law-giver was Moses,
even IL he did not invariably give bis rea-
sons for his decisions. The fact, however,
remains that no jew has yet been known to
suffer from trichiniasis and other diseases
which are derived from swine or hare"
"The last report received in this city
from Grand Rabbi NJ. Well, OF Marseiles,
states that only out Of a population OF
1000 Jews died. whilst over 1900 OF
Christian population Of 100000 succumbed
10 the cholera"
"while Christians may enjoy the flavor
OF loDg-hung Southdown mutton. 'gamey
birds and tasteful venison, we regard
them as being practically in 4 process OF
decay, and consequently prohibited"
But ii is to hog-pens that we object.
There ought not to be one allowed within
the limits Of the corporation. The swinish
scayepger, confined, degenerates into
swinish nuisance or keeper of pest-house.
THE health Of the people is the first thing
70 be considered by the city fathers.