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Neff reports that there has been a great scourge in Cincinnati and the deaths and suffering have been alarming. People in apparent good health have fallen in the streets and cannot rise. Opium, calomel, camphor, hot tea, mustard plasters, and turpentine have been administered. Many doctors have fallen from fatigue and exhaustion. 10,000 have left the city. Neff and his family have survived and he hopes conditions will improve. Abstract Number - 132
Abstract Number
132
Publication Date
10-19-1832
City
Cincinnati
Keywords
Cincinnati Epidemic; Cincinnati; General Ministry; Health; Cholera
Recommended Citation
Neff, William, "Letter from William Neff to James B. Finley" (1832). Finley Letters. 131.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/131