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Medical.
The following observations, upon a ter
iliftlreasinir maladT. whkli seems, to prevail
' almst crcry where at this season of thcyeai:.
amone yong cbiMren ; wero;uLMli uj4 fa
- of tbeikedtj residing in thi yv V p
. incompetent to projiounce eifhcr upon ,(he eCr'
firary o jdiQncy,xTa(I(pfs the racthod
of trenttfieht the rein recommended : buan it
is at variance with the more popular mode of
practice among physicians, we have thought
it advisable to annex the opinion of Dr.
Caldwell, an eminent practitioner in Phila
delphia, upon the same disease, with hi plan
or treating it . rersons will tnen oe cnaoie
to judge which -of the two systems are best
entitled to regard. Ctn. Inquisitor.
OBSERVATIONS
ON THE CHOLERA INFANTUM.
t fyinmei CAinplaini of Children.' Promp
ted by a desire to lessen the distresses of th hu
man family.; I proceed to consider tue disease
in question, the ravages of which on this in
teresting part of the community, demand our
serious attention. ?
This disease generally commences with a
diarrhoea vhirh continues one, two or three
days : and generally produces considerable dc
biiity, befure it attracts moch attention. In a
sfioit time the patient is attacked with sickness
and vomiting the diarrhoea and debility in
creasing. A fever and great, thirst are con;
stant attendants through the course of the dis
, ease. In this fever, the head in particular, is
very unusually "warm, the palms of the hands
and soles of the feet, exhibit a dry and husky
appearance. These symptdms continuing a
fe w days, if relief is not obtained, the abdomen
swells, the countenance is ghastlv, the child
sleeps with its eyesjiidl jftrau ihehody wattea
a,way, and convulsions frequently close the
scene.
. In the treatment of this disease, the common
and least successful mode is to give gentle
emetics and cathartics, with a view to cleanse
th body, and dislodge the offending cause.
This plan of procedure, though apparently pro
per, yet; experience generally proves inade
quate to the task of curing the disease, and the
only consolation left is the impotence of medi
cine to effect the parpnse ; and this gloomy
consolation must exist while absurd theory u
surps the superiority over absolute knowledge
obtainedhy facts, and supported by experience
in the treatment of diseases, it is not a matter
of importance t what order, class, or genius
they belong, but that the remedies, employ fed
be promtly applied to quell the most ureent
symptoms, and restore the healthy actiorr; of
inc system. Debility is th-? prominent feature
in Cholera infantum ; the first cause producing
the symptoms, by which we recognize the dis
ease, rests in obscurity, nor is it necessary for
medical men to lose hundreds of patients while
they are forming conjectures concerning its o-
1 5 leijncm uirect their- attention to the
symptoms as they appear, and leave the hone
less examination of causes to those who have
twunng more important to attract their atten
tion. - r ,
.....j uiciurr, ueiiis me most (lantrcroui
'rT1 Prn" on me exsmiuaUoa
nerftnbed, the plan of trcatmsnt that woulo
natural!, be aujgeated by Uin commou eue,
... oei adapted in the cure of
the eomplaint j that is, to increase the eene
rI trength by every rational meaus. This
end w-ill be accomplished best by the tonie arid
-."u.am pian. wn tne verj first attack of this
inarrlicea a little Marntsiamieht he nrmlontlv
adiniru,tered, bat after the disease is fairly
,tabl,sheil in the system, it would not oaly be
oieas.Dui nurtrvl.
After tbe mora aiafMiog eyssptonse qut-j
: etedthe PerOtiad Bark, ebalj beat pt epara
t J tiona - and every other remedy ealeulated t" '
tiongiuru f general tjiien Yonaiu pe cm-
ployed frequent exeursioas ta the otihtrj
and tbe cold bath every morning, are aNn
aaaagtns oast remedies bo til rar preventing
the disease, and keeping up a general healthy
aelieri. Care it also necessary to adapt the
dress of children to the change of air, avoid
ing the extreme immoderate eo'd, as well a
sneomfortahle heat. 1 have only to add . that
this olan of treatment, has nothinir to reeom-
jnead itte the publie, but the stubborn fact,
that it will generally core th complaint, and
those of. my fellow citizen who givs it a, fair
and impartint trini, '.:H be the most corape
tent judges nf its cii-riiey. :
- The Kpoxville, (Ten.) Gazette, of Jnly to give thent the needful instructions for pur
rtb, atites that Pr. Jones, from- Raleigh suading the people, find pointing out to them
fyortb Ijarolina, a few days ago, at Jonesburg the advantage they will derive from throwing
in Ibis 'state, restored vision to Mr. John: off the European yoke. He will make them
iken, formerly a printer of Philadelphia,' observe that large sums will remain and cir-
wn irau oeen many years onnu, oy coucning cuiaic in uio. American provinces oy suspouu
the cataracts in his eyes f and also intirpated
a cancerous eye of Mr. Jonathan Young.
Veterinary.
t llOM CALDWELL S CULLEJI. a
Chofcra Tnf0ntuvi.-Th is- e disease, pt the
summer easotr, nun is prooieure oi grea
innrtaittir. n uce'ifs niMin
ies : and 1 most troutilcfomK
' . ... r-
of the seound year of lh'ir
thetOj oorRsirtnulIy, atn later period ; hot not
with such violence, nor in so uangeruus form.
The predisposing a(iit- of Cholera Infan
tum, is the . wamih and impurity of ihe air of
a larg'Pkriiy, during ti:t' summer months ; the
ehief exciling cause.t, improprieties in articles
ofrloihing and food, uddcn change iu the
atmosphere, from heat tj eoid, and from dry-j
ness to humidity, are aso calculated to bring
it into aetion.
The frnits of the. season lire a nost prolific
ing the profuse remittances which are contin
ually making, to Spain ; and that their com
merce will he increased, and their ports be
open to all foreign nations. Hewilldwi ll on
the advaulage to be Cerived from the free
dom .'of agriculture; jand the cultivation of
tiose articles at present prohibited by the
Spanish government; for instance, that of saf
fron, hemp,-,, flax, olires, vines, r 6ic ; the be
ncSt that vi ill accrue to them for the esta
blishniciit of wairufactiires of every sort 5 tue
great satisfactibn and advantages of ab-disb-ihj
the mon-opolies -of tohjicco,. gun powder,
iffaoipH, &c.v Toohtain these points with some
ease, jn con sentience of tlie greater part of the
people being uittivilfoe& the agents ought tj
be solicitous to. i chiloi lliemeelvcs acceptable
to the governors, intendants, curates; and
glVt'U ttlCSC medicines quit tlieirinpplatea. TliV W ill snarn mi cmfnc,.. iw
places, and their suc cessors omit to continue any ther means of gaining their good will,
these medinwes tltc 'couscquenoe is-thel especially that of the ecclesiastic s on whom
horse falls f, looses his appetite, and nothing; they are to" prevail, that y should urge and
can restore him his former state of health, j pursuatle'peniteiits when they come to con-
Me will appear.iike a erson tliat lias been in.fess. tuat thev stand in need of an indenen-
- - '
BllOM THE NATIONAL A&VofcATE.
J caution to gentlemen and others lohoart own
ers of valuable Horses.
, It isa well known fact, that many coachmen,
ant) grooms, who have the charge or care of
horses committed t them, are continually ad-
miiii'-iniiJi K-rniuiiiu!T (irugt or iiivumnLM, or,
!h 'S'Hn.h'trwfi- whkh haintcn
driicyvto inflaritht Uaf, mhI ijltimately-tles-feev
tlie"coVstitui1on of t lie h'jfsc. This tiat-
ipatly p 'Urge c)4)ieiit ;wittfaiise"hem fr a tlijj?, to grow fat,
tm iii fUireo from ftnake theiii high-spirited, atulj he coat to loot
abaut the liflh or sixth t(fiiil the.'chi3erfine, bat it oflcli h;;nncns. tliat the servants
It Ml trti'ks I vvtirt hav p-iv-n tlii'SA mrHiriniu mi! l.it.
the habit cf dnukiiig ai dent spirits.
AV'hen a veter inary surgeon is called on to
attend a horse in this situation, it baffl s all
his experience to find out the horse's disorder,
and the person who administered those medi
source of thfs disease. Children under their cines takes care to conceal from the farrier the
third yeur, should never he suffered . 10 taccb cause of the complaint. A large portion of
em' , , ' . ' these drugs have lately been found concealed
i i u jMipiuui uc.in,.i.v ...c ..... o.0 ,u-iin t!ie stable ot a gentleman ot thiscilv. Ma-
so.no think salutary. l.bis i an or- ny of the harknev masters' hnrn snffi rerl
v Iietlier ripe or 1... .i x , ,
tSrainly productive ofthe eomplaiat ' YatJ -f n lVn particular, who gave
uderin. me the liberty of using his name. The late
,; "."u" ""oreinevigoroftheconstilu
in those wbearejuffering from the cVm
i.j 1.1 . laKe 6rand.v 008 Pn cinnamon
y.T eacn iwo drachms, simmer them a
irlwT r Ute8 Vtt: the ,iM ' he "length, be
?rwa from tha t 1 : ,.s
lula . i:,,i L ,MI "5ieins, men oi-
idp. j V . WBier ano weeten with loaf
th . '!85"?D,U- "vy w aceording to
..." o"tiepdtKnu and violence of th
n n tb-,,V'e'lhP.irti nutritive nnd strength
fififr ,,"-U'.h " leeak, han. or salt
nhj2 k?,H ,r ,ie. "PP fruit; and when
wVeli? ent desire for eold wa
"oe f2? -"5-S i'T ink f Huch water
MaVi1- "if -at ,cast df 8od wiB i Jo t-
Hreia,,?. ''th'1 lheptieat take laudanum or
;1;!,V,tt,nnt to oniet tbc stomaeh and
Vrfv 1 r,.1 . rroP,p dose of laudanum.
lati . . ue m,W3-itty inoso famines
1 ) toJ their childreu'bv this re-
hexinedical Profession;
uocent
rOrfiaosht with niischitT.
crecu u.llioush most so in toe latuT
they are e
OS'A a sn AAMiJiilapi r
fit UiV V'lUSluslllV , 1 a t .1 a .
Cholera Infantum is most obstinate and f.-i or I'emoroKe wno was me admirer and Io
ta! during dention ; hy which, it therefore, ap-i ver. r 'e 0,se ar'd stdid the consti
pearssio hn aggravated. jtution and economy of that noble animal, re
in a large city, the most eflieacioHs mode of marked, that " any' gentleman who permit led
treating this disease, is to :ad the subjects of his groom to give his horse any thing but gin
it to reside in the pure, air of tbe country, el and masher would soon find himself on foot."
where they speedily recover, irthis measure Itis transportation in England, for any man
be adopted early in the complaint, the ure u to administer spice to a iKirse beloiigiiis to an
certain : and it often succeeds, even where up- other ' person. ' ' '"
pcarances are a.moit Irdpeless. I Jt bas ,n mtCntion for some time nast
Jn eases where a removal to the country, u v,.:fntMmMf.0.A tl.;-u..Kl0l.nt.1.
jn impracticable, u highly 'laeanvco.cn. .he. &f , fc j
rrrSoSi cUCem3y bc VaataThepubScandmyfellowcitiZe,.3alaigcmay
Evacuate completelv the alimontarv canal, aiuucumiis.
of all its offensive aud irritating contents. p arc suoocrn tilings.
fliis may be best effected by ipeckeuaiiua, as WlLLlA.Vl UAUVER, Farrier.
an emetic, nod calomel or castor oil as a pur- t-u ... ,,gi
g&tivc. " If the pulse, be active and strong, as is 1 OlltlCitl.
sometimes the case, a few ounces of blood may, - rr
be drawn with advantages - j from Vie nammtonVxhfUa'zcUe.
1 licse ltnc2s bem done, ttt irritation lie; 1 he following is a copy ol the plan formed
calmed hy means of opiates ; and if no feunk- y - Joseph loilaiRirte " for exciting a revolu-
- ' a . . " . .
xymptoms loruia, tone restorea to tne stomaeiHtion in South America.
and bowels, by a dcoclian 01 eoininbo, quas-, nnrtc's cmissaiios
sia, or eentturr. 1 tie nrst of these rcai'-Jics i..lf ,.0i nlnil.,.. in i.ia
having
Napoleon Bona-
tail. 1 to bring
. . . . t . . :nuuui u jtiiimuii 1113 mi uilivr
veiBHiK entiueo to a pretercnee. ! Tiscnh fflok sr n tu hand in icirl.)llv with
lbe most suitable articles oi met, are liquid .. n,..,. (h0 .'f; r' i...;...r....:u
fsrmaceous preparations : suclf ns rice or bar-) , , , ,!, . ,. .
lev water, gruel, made of oai-niciil tuueh-d. ' - v
panado. prepared from well-baked biscuit, a. l.;nd. l t " t , -ai-1 , njwr: the Penmsma.
row-root r topioeo. Thse prcj)aratioa8I lestiihan ninety ' n,niH;Mt -dollars are.
should be sweetened with loaf sugar : and -pro- "id to Have been tia.Hiiiiiivd for this service
vided no febrile symptoms rxisl, a small quan-,in the tou-se of the i wo--years previous to
tity of some grateful aromatic may be alvan- 1810, hy the roy..t inhabitants of the ' Spanisl)
tageously. added to them. :pr vinces. A .copy ot this di.curacnt was
Incase the poking ' eon'tiuu" obstinate, ex- found in the j'.rchievcs of the supreme junta at
lermal applications boeome 'indispensable., Carracca., ami may be-. considered as genu
Grcen peppermint, stewed in brandy, appli-iine. It wifl be seen that the plan of revolution
ed to the wrists and stomach, ,nd frequently ;'wa8 got tip with as . much ease as a panto-
rengivea, is highly useful. . ho areplasters otjrainc ; the wires were to be drawn with .much
verace ireacie, or ot soap,nd powaera eioree,.(jeXer2tyt and, t ensure success .'.every thing
apuiieu (U iuiD puns. . was arranged to flatter the prejutUct-s of the
recourse must he bad to blisters; wbiclt are at
so to be applied to the stomach and wrists.
A pIpttKunt and itfeful diitiW, uuder these cir
eiimstai!ce!;is an iufiision of the- dried leaves
of peppermint, or weak brandvattd water.srt tet-
ened with loaf sugar. - Care, should, lio-.tvcr.
been otherwise ordered
people.
1 1-has, however
by
tiucd to be. achieved by their own hands.
No friendly ally seems -willing to step into
tfctif afsisfnncr ; they are seconded only by
dent government; that they must not lose so
favorable an opportunity as that which now
presents itself, and. which the emperor Nappi
leon affords them, who, they are to make the
people believe, is sent by God to chastise the
pride and ty ranny of monarch J and that
it is n mortal sinVmitting of no pardon, to
resist God's wifl. "lliey will on every occa
sion, call to their minds the opposition they
experience from the Europeans, the vile man.
ner in which they are treated by theirt, anil the
contempt to which they are exposed. They
will also remind the Indians circumstantially,
of the cruelties of the Spanirds in conquest,
and of their infamous treatment of their, legit,
imate sovereigns, in dethrohjiig them, infak
ing away their lives, or enslaving them. They
will describe the acts of injustice which they
daily experience wien applying for places,
which arc bestowed by the viceroys and gover
nors on worthless persons,-to the exclusion qf
the meritorious. -They will direct the people's
attention to the superior talents of the many
neglected Creoles laid pcojile of merit contrast
ed with the" European public officers and ec
clesiastics, 'which- will make apparent the hard
ships they suffer and will enable them to draw
a parrallel between the talents and merits of
the Creoles and those of the European ofiiccrs'
riiey will represent to them the difference be
tween the United States and Spanish Amer
ica, the comforts which those Amcriois en
joy, and-their, advancement in commerce. ag
. .' . . . I J n Tl i
rieiiuiircTrnmi navigation ana tirj pleasure of
being free from the European yoke, and being
left solely to their own patriotic and elective
'government. T.iey will assure them, ihat A
met ica once disengaged lroin Spain, will be
come the legisiatrix ot Europe. All agents,
both principal and subordinate, are t specify
the names of those vwlio declare themselves
friends and votaries of liberty j and the sub.
a!te n agents arc to transmit the list to the prim
cipals, who will make their reports td my en-
voys in the United States, -for my information
aud that they may duly reward every individ
ual. My agents wilt refrain from declaiming
against the iuqut$iton of the church, and, in
their conversations, rather insist upon the ne
cessity of th at liuJjLU-ih'Jna), and on tlie useful
ness of 'the clergy. -Upon tlie insurrectional
standards or banners is to be inscribed, tlio
motto Long 'live the caiholic, apslolic, and
Itoinan religion, and perish the bad govern
ment." They will besides, make the Midians
be tokenrthat too much drink be u.t swallowed i the funds ot individuals and their own deter-
at a titn;; ijih.crwise the stsinulou of diiltnsioulmincd bravery .
Wilfpnv(f iiijuriou?. jj0SKrHs B0NAPAlTHS PLS.N FOB. REVOLUTlOM
Anodyne injections, riidiciuutily administered ' . iSg sooth ameuica.
ant serviceable.
W hi-n the stomach .becun e tetentivc, and
nothing Ijiita troublesome diarnhoRa remains, as
tringent preparations may be tried with advan
tage. Of these, a decoction of cinnamon, of
logwood, of the root of the dew berry briar, and
nf pomcgraote peel, are among the most use
ful. :" ! : ' '
Saccharum Saturni, combined with opium,
may be also advantageously employed.
In the treatment of children, it is highly im
portant, td render siedicines, as far as practi
cable, agreeable to the palate. AVhen in the
disease, we are considering sweetening is used
for this purpose, it should be of the bestrenned
loaf sasar. . .T'v.
- To relieve gripihg, and determine to the skin
i he war ni bath, may at timer, he usefully em
ployed 'This is moro especially the Gas's, when
the eomplaiat immediately saceeeds the disap
pearance of a cutaneous eruption. The eflpiea
eyofAliewarm bath is increased,; by' impregna
ting the water with tho muriate of soda. ,
If there be a coldness and torpor of tbe skin,
warm spirituous fomentations to the abdomen
prove somewhat advantageous. The patient
s b on Id j , iff I h s. eaotimc, be c lothel in Han-
nS1
Providence, and their indejicndence is d4tyece once more "masters of their countrv. '
anil fi'cWdm the tyrannical tribute which they
pay io a foreign mooarch $ and, lastly, they
will tell the people that their said monarch does ,
not so much as exist in his own government,
hut is, in the power of the restorer of liberty, ..
and the universal legislator, Napoleon. In
short, these agents must, hy all possible means
endeavor to show the "people the utility which
will arise to them from the government in
question. 1 he revolution having' been thus
prepared, and all the-, principal members who
are to take a share in it, every city and pro
vince, having been gained over, it: will be-fur.
the chief, as well as the subordinate agents,
to accelerate the insurrection, in order that the
revolt may take place at the different points
agreed upon, on the same day and at the same
hour ; this being a material point , which will
greatly facilitate the enterprise. Tbe princi
pal agents in every province of their depart
ment, and the subalterns ia.the posts, assigned
them will win over tr.e domestics of governors,
intendants, and other persons in powerj and
oy meaus oi uiem win jjoiboh inose 01 mis ciaia
whom they c6nsider,as hostile to the aaderta
king, an operation to precede the revolution, in
order to remove all obstacles, lbe first thing
to be considered will be, bow to stop the re
mittances of treasure to the peninsula, which
may easily be effected by having good agent
at Vera Croz, where all the Teasels, arriving
from Europe will be received, and -their offi
cers and crews immediately confined in the for
Fvom an Outline of the Revolution S. America.
Instructions given by "Joseph" Napoleon, on
the commissary or principal agent appoint-
ed by him at Baltimoie, M. Desmolard,
and the others who, furnished with his or
ders have gone to Spanish America for the
purpose of exciting a revolution there :
The object which these agents are to aim
at for the present, is only to declare to the
Creoles of Spanish America, and to persuade
them that his imperial and royal majesty has
fcolely in view to give liberty to Spanish Ame
rica whose inhabitants have been enslaved for
so many years : and the only return expect-
red- for .so great a. boon, is the friendship of
the natives, anq commerce with the harbors
of both Americans. .That, to render Spanish
America free and independent of Europe, his
said majesty offers all the necessary assist
ance ox troops and warlike stores, he having
agreed wn tlie niteu States of North Ame
ricato accommodate hira therewith. -Every
commissary or agent in chief, being acquaint
ed with the district U which he is deputed, and
also wiui, tnc character of its inhabitants, wul
have no difllculty in selecting proper persons treases,r until every thing shall have laeeeenV