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The Daily Dispatch: October 2, 1861., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
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Army Diseases. We are permitted by Mr. De Bow to print the following extract from a letter received by him from Col. Mounsel White, of Louisiana, one of the largest planters of that State. It contains matter which may prove valuable to the army. Col. White is one of the few survivors of the battle of New Orleans, and long enjoyed the confidence and friendship of Gen. Jackson. He is one of the truest and most zealous of our patriots: Deer Range, Plaquimines Parish, La., September Col. White is one of the few survivors of the battle of New Orleans, and long enjoyed the confidence and friendship of Gen. Jackson. He is one of the truest and most zealous of our patriots: Deer Range, Plaquimines Parish, La., September 20, 1861. "Since I wrote to you on the 17th, I have been reflecting on the use which might be made of the extract of pepper, which you wrote to me about, and it occurred to me that great good might be effected, as well perhaps as the saving of many lives of our noble soldiers that would otherwise be cut off by the various diseases of the bowels, such as diarrhœa, dysentery, cholera, and cholic. My own experience, as well as that of Drs. Carthwright, Fenner, and others of New Orleans, had