The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-13 00:00:00

TREATMENT ON CHOLERA BY ICE.

Dr. John Chapman sends to the Times an
seccant of the treatment of six cholera patients at Beath-
amptoo,who wore pieced ender his are, last week, for treat-
ment by what is well knows as his curative preens, by means
of the application of ice to the spine. In one con a woolso,
the keeper of me of the most disreputable houses in the
town, and living in a filthy den. was greatly relisved, but
she was • habitual drunkard, and is eceasquenee
of her sarseptitiomly having recourse to gin, the treat.
meat was suspended, and she died. The cow aircersbe.
lees tally attests, Dr. Chapman maintains, the remark-
able power of ins when applied to the spine in
subduing completely each symptom characteristic of
chokes, and thus confirms his theory as to the essential
nature of the disease. In twee 2, a delicate woman aged
29, the symptom' were overcome very speedily, end on the
9th she was convalescent. With another woman, a very
bad case, the treatment was similarly Nuoriesfal, though tie
violent nature of the disease left her very feeble. A girl
of fifteen, attacked on the 6th and treated by Dr. Chap-
man, was woriderfully bettor on the 9th, sod
the report of another woman, aged 42, Is that
she Is likely to recover completely. In the sixth ease the
patient was 73 yam of age, and ins was not applied till the
day after she was attacked, sad bar aged frame was la
mach shakes that she sank. Its latest report of another
case treated by Dr. Buller on the same plinoiple is fa' our.
able. Dr. Cbspmaa, in concluding his account, often the
followles suggestions to those phydoians who may bans or
' elision to treat cholera by modifying the temperature of the

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L The cold most be applied along only a narrow strip (rot
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sere than four inches broad in the adult) down the very
centre of the back.
2. The cold suit be dry, not wet, mid.
3. The leo-bag should be continued along the whole spins
ouly =Si the cramps and algid* symptoms have been sub-
dued.
4. The ke-bag should continue to be applied to the loose
half of the spine until vositleg and pargieg OM"
5. The patient 'honk% be assiduously watched to guard,
in the stage of section. against cerebral or Puligalma7 00o-
gestions, the development of which will be facilitated by
continuing the lee too long io the cervical sat dorsal

reg.
If ons.
6 each congestion' should occur they be denoted
by Merinos, incoherency, modeling. sad by laborious
breathing ; sod may be sublued by app v 1 the double-
column water-bag, at a terapaistnro at 120 deg., chug the
lower part of the neck and between the scapula.
7. If it be itscotory to inclose Amp, this may be dons by
the same big applied in the same way.

The Cattle Plague Commissioners met yesterday,
at 2, Victoria-street. Present—Earl Spencer, Lord
Cranborne, Mr. Lowe, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Mr.
Read, Dr. Quoin, Mr. Spooner, and the Secretary.
The first of the series of lectures arranged, under
the authority of the War Departmeot, to be delivered to
the of and men of the Royal Engicests at brad.
quarters, Chatham, during the ensniog winter, was given
at the Royal Engineer Imitate-room, Brampton barracks, on
Tuesday evening, by Lieut.-Colonel if. Y. D. Scott, Royal
flagitious, the subject being "Limes and Cement," the
mooed lecture ou the same topic being delivered by Uent.-
Colonel Stott this evening.
The police of the town of Dorchester made a
raid on the butchers' shops last week, and seized 64Ubs. of
meat from seven of the butchers there, which was pro-
m:owed unfit for human food.
Joseph Everett, Esq., who expired last weak at
Greenbill, died worth a quarter of a taloa of money. Mr.
Everest, who was formerly a beaker at Warminster, bad
made no will.—Devizes Gazette.
A POOR RATS Coumcron TOIL TRIG GUARDIAN 11,-.
The Poor-law Board have jest Ismail an order to all the
unions in England and Wales empowering the retardant,
" when they shall see ceaseirin to do so, to appoint fit
and proper person to collect the moneys due and psyable
to such guardians to be termed collector of the guar-
dians." The order defines the qaalifisations sod the
duties of oellector—etates that the terms of remuneration
are to be such as the Poor-law Board shall from time to
time approve—provides for the security to be gives by the
collector, Rod for the steps to be. taken to supply 'mea-
nies on the death or removal of such officer. Several' arge
parishes and townships are within the scope of the order,
mous others Leeds, Manchester, To:kith-perk, and Stake-
upon-Treat. The order, it will be seen, is not imperative,
but the board "anticipate that after the complete esta-
blishment of scion chargeability, the demands for snob as
oaten will isersese."
Tees Munnia 07 • O•DIRKREPER.—The inquest
on %heti* of William gararkmper, *he was killed
by a pug of poachers at *ickersley, near Rotherham'
under absumetanees reported yesterday, was opened rre.
terday by Mr. Webster, coroner. The only ones taken
was aa to the identity of the dimmed : and the iatlairY
was adjourned until the 25th lust. lacideetslly, however,
it transpired that the deceased sad bitfellow keepers kad
gone out armed to the teeth, as though they had bees
about to *mounter a company of toidifw• Use had
pistols, some of them double-tarrelled and loaded ,
to the mauls. An biwnatary of the weapons with whieh
es leitmotivs
the demand was armed will be motivs se
it Is startling. In Use first Plsas, be bad • doable'
barrelled pistol, with a revolving beadle, width wield
made both beards to be fired almost es MOW as
those of aa ordinary revolver. Next was orp 4f thew:
formidable inanimate brows so keasku•dsdsee,„
(artificial testicles, at brew, with a sesseive napped**
the palm), which ere nasally found is the pewerics tat)
desperate burglars ; sod last—though certainly sot leash....
was ••• San," that loot loog bard wood with p MOOT
woadee ball depending from a strip of sutra •et go,
sad. It wee Temarked at the *met that Asa'
WM Use streakwicsides, he mom have or_
seriously womsded muse of the peathers. A it ;
moody at Rotherham. A reward Is offered fer evldereNg
aad the Seerstary of State wl/1 te staked to offer as
Wesel reward sad a fres puke M ea Wormer
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