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VI SuienB Flds tees Cyclupedia.
~ the year Of 1890, Doctor Adam Kuhn,
professor OF the Theory and practice of phy.
sS IN the medical school Of Philadelphia,
whose knowledge Of Cholera had been ina
proved oy residence in tropical countries.
ac'anced an original opinion. that the cause
u u, oho'era was an ocid acting on the bile.--.
'nas disease, which proved in his hands. and
since, completely successful, viz; The exbi
bitIon Of vegetable alkali.
during practice of forty years. do not
recotiect single case Of the disease which
could not be treated to predominant acid
and which had been recent, taken into The
stomach In several cases. the disease oc
| CURED soon after my patients had eaten, in
addition to more esceptionable articles. some
inconsistencies. (Bacce Vaccinii, these
AFFORD the medical test OF vegetable puppies,
changed to bright red. evincing the presence
OF ACID ~ the stomach; the next vomiting
alter taking the alkaline remedy, exhibited
PROOF OF the predcminence ofslkali: the co
Tor was changed to a dark green, and The
excitement ceased
physiological consideration Of the func.
tiohs OF small intesiines shows that they are
oesuhed 10 convey bland, nutricious SUBJ
stahce, terinined Chyme, not, hswever, as a
common thoroughlare, but that they are en-.
dowed with sensibility, and even discrimina
t'on: thus, II cruditory food, duly claborat
Gu IN the stomach: II jsiap, senua or Other
uhhutrit'ous or stImulant substances, are
PASSED into them, their powers are exerted
10 EJECT such intrnders--a still more despe
rate struggle would be excited against the
more noMous acrmany constituting the
cause OF Cholera, VAIN and disastrous .trug-
gle! without some foreign aid, their exer
tons would but accelerate their overthrow
Ihe Cholera is not to he attributed 10 any
rake or caprice in the small intesiines the
seat and throne oil the disorder, but to the
effect OF some unnatural slimulant obtruded
into them This accrimony may not be par
hcularly a poison, capable oil acting analo
goasly to vinegar on the sensibity Of the
eye.
Before giving my recipe. would premise,
that The disease in lis nature is unique
the cause invariably acidity the time is
precious, and the remedy safe and cffcacious.
1t may be taken at any stage, in the COM
mencement of even apprehension of AN at
tack oil The disease; u is as follows.
REcIrE
Super Carbonate of Potas, three drains,
tqua Fonlan, four ounces,
Tincture Opli vel Laudanum, one dram,
Nj. +. Mixture, TO be prepared in quantity
and kept as an ofiicnai
Half an ounce oil the mixture in half gill
Of water TO be taken every 10 or fifteen mi
nues until relief is obtained--in mild cases
every hour-from two or three doses to the
whole quantity ma, be requisite.
The chrysta!lized super Carbonate Of Po-
fash, or the Sal Seratus, should be preferred,
as inilder or less cadstic. but substitute may
be found in suca Donate OF Potash, Pear
lash,) the carbonate Of Soda or more hum
ble one of infusion oi wood ashes The 9th
er alkdies, Ammodia. Lime and Masnesia
are unsuitable
"Anodynss, on account Of their liability
to be thrown up should be administered in
small doses at a time," as 10 the abovere
ceipt, about 10 drops of laudnum TO each
dose, they are not only motoring auxia-
rics. but highly essential Infusion Of Co.
iumbo may be useful, but this and other
drinks should he restricted to the smallest
quantity, that all inordinatc movement of the
stomach and bowels may be quoted as soon
as possible.
The above reasoning and remedies ap
ply TO sporadic or common Cholera. Hy
pothesis must supply the place of facts and
obse ovation in the Indian or epidemic disease;
and is i, not reasonable supposit0n, that
| greater intensity In the acrimonious cause,
! should occasion, instead OF Increased peristal
| tic motion, a spasmodIc construction OF the
duedenum; thereby closing The regular open
| ing OF the bile duct, hence the rice water
| excavations instead OF bilious
| No greater difficulty can arise here IN at
tributing Cholera to atmospheric than the
| disease oil influenza; IN both diseases, an al
teration In the mucous secretIons, most
probably takes place in the latter, by in
halllng the influence, the mucous membran
ces lining the nose and bronchia sccrete a
sharp rheum occasoning cough and sneez-
ing: in the former, the Inlasm may deeend
with the food oil saliva. and be applied to the
mucous membrane Of the stomach. whose
secretions always acid, may have that quail
+, increased, and although not more chang
| ed than in the before mentioned secretlons,
tyet sufficient to induce disease. and that by
acid acrimony: further, the altered secre-
ton, in influenza, although il should be evi
dent 10 the senses, and ascertaIRed by chem
| zeal analysis, is still beyond the reach of a
direct corrective not so a change IN the Sc
GREETED or other contents OF the stomach and
intestines; remeday may be applied d
rectly and prove antidotal.
RI add to Hypothesis, a truism, that " sam'
effects produced nom the similar causes eve
nv where, and at all times "
As the two varieties of the disease bea
the same name and family resemblance,
shall clair for them the same origin Q
' cause, and would recommend with conf