Show heath health communication do DOCTOR TOR RICHARDS by your request I 1 present you my views on the causes and diversified appearances of that disease known kno wn among us as the erysipelas and also the method I 1 should generally p pursue arsue in in the treat treatment anent of the same if th they ey meet bour your a approbation they are at your disposal for the pubic public good 1st the causes of erysipelas in in this and all ather climates is is that peculiar state of the system engendered by obstructed perspiration rs p ration 2nd and the divers diversified Wd forms under which the erysipelas appears arises from the simple or complicated I 1 and active excitement the system was placed in in previous to this obstructed perspiration taking place and also from the peculiar state of the fluids favorable to some form ot of disease previous to the time the system hecei received ved the last impulse that overcame the principles principles of vitality and produced a balance in in fa v or of disease 3rd ard the locality of the disease will be upon those organs and parts pai ts of the body that became the most exposed and excited hence the most debilitated when an obstruction took place consequently the erysipelas w would appear and partake more or less of that form and character that the state of the system was most favorable to previous to the attack ath by way of illustration as to locality an individual exorcism his lungs and throat excessively an immediate cold colt would produce a local attack upon those organs and so with any other other part of the body proportionally debilitated 1 by exercise over other portions portion of the physical system jtb again by way of illustration repeated mild or simple obstructions of the fluids of the perspiration throws the them orbed matter which ought to continue to pass off through the pores of the skin ed back into the absorbent absorb ent vessels which is is immediately earned carried into the circulate circulating ng fluid or blood also to the nervous fluid to be i re e absorbed and disposed of by a secondary process but by these repeated colds cold te nature neure is is unable to dispose of it either by the first or secondary process hence the blood becomes corrupted and as the bile is is secreted by tb the e liver from the blood it is also corrupt and unhealthy this produces thick viscid bile which overloads and dera deranges the bili organs consequently all the fluids become disposed lari to fermentation and then to putrefaction possessing an acrid and corradin cor corroding rodin nature or principle pro producing ducin mel in the system that state of corroding corradin cor rodin of the mucus membranes ranes known and designated as canker hence the more frequent these obstructions have been the more of this peculiar principle exists in the system and system become sufficiently corbul corrupted with this the fluids are all of them in a vitia vitiated state ready to partake or change into some other more serious serious form of disease and then receive a fresh obstruction or cold nature reacts and throws it surface hence the he above described state of the fluids produces in proportion to the amount of the cause and the aen length th of time it has been accumulating either a ing mild or more mal malignant i nant forms of erysipelas combined with canker sa salt it rheum tetter or ve vey in in fine partaking in its nature of 0 that form of disease d with which it is assimilated ath this character of erysipelas is distinguished from other forms of the disease and known by in fla mation in blotches blotcher blot ches sometimes diffused all over a limb or the surface of various p arts terminating in I 1 sores of wa an eating or itching Ch and located as before observed ob serveT I 1 upon those parts parta that have been most actively em employed I 1 ed hence the most debilitated and obstructed from am the fact that there was a more active circulation 0 of f blood in those parts at that time of excia excitement or use iise and consequently a greater deposit of morbid i eni and viscid matter upon those parts or parts contiguous thereto I 1 fth now in proportion to the active circulation of the blood and profuse perspiration er and therefore the often and repeated obstructions that will take place lace heat up to 96 by courting the cool breeze from gom time to time fame together with a dirty skin will be in proportion to the former described state of disease as one to eight producing with other excesses such a corrupt state of the fluid and bilious secretions as to engender scrofula combined with lung lang affections and also that state of fluid peculiar to biles which is a local deposit of morbid matter producing a local and aggravating inflammation and sympathetic fever al also in other cases es a greater ca ei de deposit called carben cles whick which is of its itself a boil as large e as a tea saucer with the cap cup thrown in cha changing i ng its name in in proportion to its size and locality to distinguish it from boils S e at the same time it is of the same principle and also so under other similar states there is still eater deposit about the points of a nature S ow when these ese are lurking in the system and the fluids receive an impulse from the causes before adore ew aerated me rated producing a more vitiated state of the blood this excites all the energies of the system to diffuse it to the surface in the form ot of erysipelas the result is a monster onster iri is brought forth hence we draw the conclusion cl that erysipelas is connected with whatever peculiar culiar condition the system is in prior to the attack ao to illustrate if the individual is predisposed to art an affection of the lungs it would be attended with A cough and local swelling of some part contiguous to the lungs and erysipelas or pneumonia W i I 1 if disposed lo fo rheumatism a swelling of them wo woud d bethe be the result attended with severe pain rendering te tle e limbs useless immediately and if not speedily arrest arrested t passing rig rapidly to a crisis which i is quite te different PI fluma from 0 M rheumatism and where the fluids of the system are favorable to boils they and it would appear greatly aggravated and it would be called pahleg ahle MOT mor ac I 1 have seen it in the states connected with scarlet fever chicken pox simple and inflammatory soye sore throat venereal disease also immediately af after tar co confinement attacking those cases locally and universo universally the local fever or inflammation is high and the general state approximating Z to typhoid where ta the fluids are most corrupt and the system the most at debilitated the greater and more rapid the tend tendency effey to putrefaction in this state the fever is typhoid and in the opposite inflammatory in proportion to the the amount of morbid and active reaction tins this also is the furmen 1 dative state and the typhoid is the putrid state M fine whatever disease is linking in the system whatever state the fluids are in to favor any one d disease excessive excessive active exercise produces ex excessive cessie perspiration this attended with a sudden check and repeated often produces as a secondary result iri an active local or universal determination to the akini any of these determinations is called erysipelas coupled with the name of whatever vei disease it is connected with hence it follows that wherever th ereis a determination to the skin in blotches blotcher blot ches or more 11 I 1 universally I 1 IL ver sally of this poisonous viscid corroding matter ma I 1 it must necessarily produce a destruction of the I 1 s seii k 1 J I in in i proportion to its character in order to pass off I 1 i is is the only eff effort ort that the deac reacting ti ing principle rin ciple of ri rial a re ire I 1 unassisted can make to dispose ol 01 of it it sometime ornet ime e is tz so active and limpid as to produce a perfect blis I 1 ii se er or otherwise assuming some of the fu first st cl character lar acter d s bribed the fact is these vessels that receive receive e yie J ie deposit of this poison are compelled until assist to I 1 carry off by abrasion or destruction of the skin the whole morbid matter in the system this is a forced outlets outlet from the fact that all the other all over the system are closed this shows the necessity of active pes perspiration ration to dilute it and carry it off as quick as possie possible through every pore before it becomes located on some internal organ again where this acrid poison becomes located in large masses the natural result is large and iia indolent dolent swellings from the fact that the concentration of morbid matter is so ao great and thick that it cannot come to a head or to the surface to be discharged like the former hence these long continued principal swellings continue until suppuration takes place i or nature is able to dilute and modify tills this and carry it off through every pore hence it is readily discovered that without profuse suppuration and perspiration these few vessels could not carry off and perform the work of the whole surface of of t the he body consequently in case of a failure not pursuing active treatment at the onset death must be the result therefore I 1 shall close the subject by asking the question erysipelas what is ila it and answering the same in my way and then give the means of prevention and cure erysipelas what is it it if is one of the most filthy con corrupt apt state of the fluids that flesh is heir to composed of worn vorn out poisonous acrid matter and it is that d degree agree or peculiar state of fluids to which any orall or all morbid matter by receiving the right impulse may inay pass to corruption and putrefaction and when it passes to that state simply it has but one name but many localities but when it falls in in company with other it must share its own and their stigma in this way it frequently saves the pa tient for if the whole of these corrupt fluids should become changed to the putrid form death in one of its most filthy forms would be the result prevention to this and all other diseases is cleanliness let every individual as they value life and health wash themselves from head to foot at af least weekly I 1 att daily would be proportionally better I 1 live on vegetables 1 and not ggorge yourselves to death ac earty ty meats retard all the fhe healthy functions tams and produce corrupt fluids fluid suse use cold or cool drinks entirely this course together with small doses of salts and cream tartar daily in hot weather will purge the system from the corruptions corrupt ions we have brought burfe here ere with us also avoid these sudden contractions traci tr ions of heat beat and cold this course will not only benefit ourselves but entail a lasting blessing upon our posterity and by their continuing in the same course they will hand down to the generation yet unborn constitutions unimpaired by hereditary disease capable of attaining to great longevity I 1 I 1 would bere say to mothers wash your children daily and eiten anen they are old enough t i to do it see that it is attended to this will inculcate t e the principle of cleanliness in them which as a general thing they will continue to practice the peculiarity of ta th e climate burning sun cold chilly breezes are favorable to this disease and to few very few of any other character observe the above directions and 1 t few years you may turn avei every y physician out ip fo cultivating the earth and give the physic to dogs at arp let the sisters sister sr among us attend to their duties as 4 hebrew women kofold this people the favored 4 god ought to be without any exceptions a clears tidy and healthy people and la lay hold of and use thos bless blessings in s which they atey live have become heir to in ence to gentile gentie customs and remedies I 1 J D DUNYON I 1 i if any of our physicians will give us a better theory on erysipelas than the above we would like lo fo see it to the prevention we demur in part i e if you use salts follow the oppe ration of the same wi wife cayenne pepper sufficient to retain the natalia warmth of your boas bodies internally if you do not na you run a ri risk sk of doing more hurt than good the extracts of butternut bark white ash bark or the te red osier or Kinna kinic are either of them a sr sar a and n d better anacle for cleansing the blood partick bartic barly 1 a aly in hot weather than halts salts make a tea and dzuik k freely I 1 |