Fatal disease.
--A fatal disease has appeared in and around Rome, Ga. Within three weeks twenty persons have died of it, including thirteen of the Cherokee Legion encamped near by. The Rome Courier says:‘ The physicians call it Menengetis, and say its pathology. Is an inflammation of the base of the brain and the spinal nerves. The patient is attacked with a chill accompanied with a severe pain in the head, particularly in the back part, and in the spine. The head becomes drawn back and the patient experiences pain in the neck, similar in kind to lockjaw, and generally becomes deranged in mind. The disease generally proves fatal in from twelve to thirty-six hours. The disease is not considered contagious, though it may possibly prove epidemical.
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