Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-09-13
/, CHOLERA AND ClyaPHOR.

| following from the New York Courier
I and Enquirer, into our columns. Al.
though as will be seen, Doctor Claiming
did mo- originally intend to publish the
annexed communication, still he ha!
thought proper for the reasons which he
statcs-and after having most conclusive
ly established the inlallibility of camphol
in cholera-to lay it before the public
that every person may be in the p" ;ses-
sion of a remedy that far surpasses all
others in this dreadful complaint. From
actual know edge, we are satisfied that
minute doses of camphor, as prescribed d
by DR.. c. will readily and ef'hctually
check the most obstinate diarrhma and
vomiting. Doctor Channing in this can
did and undsgused exposition of the
camphor treatment in cholera, has done
in our humble opinion, a most valuable
service to the world at large, and one in
which lie will be recognized as among
the greatest philanthropsts Of the pres
cnt age. Ed. Her.
To the Editor Of the ". y Co,r. s. Enquirer.
SiR:-rhc enclosed paper, written some time
since not originally designed for the press, but
through manuscript copies, to meet the acquisitions
Of those who are seeking information in regard to
its subec, matter. But, as the applications have
now become too numerous thus TO be answered,
and as imperfect and false ideas prevail, and are
extensively circulating through public and private
channels, cannot but feel it Il duty, both to the
treatment have advocated, and 10 the cause Of
humanity, SO deeply interested in its correct pub
cation, to submit it, with little alteration for in
sertion in your columns Yours, SC. w. {.
GERMAN OR CAMPHOR TREATMENT OF
CHOLERA AsPHYXIA.
The following comprehensive direc
tions, Intended to meet, in some degree,
matiul relative to the use Of Camphor in
the treatment Of Cholera, are essentially
a summary of the practice of several
physicians of New York, and now sane
toned by their experience in more than
six hundred cases, many of them of the
most malignant character. lfthey shall
prove instrumental in lcssening the de-
struction attending the pestilence now
ravaging our country, the writer's design
will have been answered
1t is necessary to premise, that in
specifying measures generally eDlcac'ous
in cases as they have arisen, it is hardly
possible in single sheet, even to touch
upon the principles upon which the prac-
tce is founded; and still less to enume :
rate the various circumstances Of age,
sex, constitution, &c. Of the patient, and
the diversified phenomena ofthe disease,
that, as in other diseases, require cores
pondent notifications of the treatment
notifications which it is manifest, must
be left to the professional tact of the in
telligent physician.
Another remark too important to be
overlooked is, that there have already
been observed no less than six different
forms of epidemic cholera, each having
its characteristic features, and each its
appropriate treatment. Several of these
may prevail, according to laws not as
certained, during the same season, III
different countries or districts, as noted
in Europe in its late desolating progress.
1t must therefore be explicitly under
stood that the practice here set forth is
desi gned only for an epidemic exhibiting
The same distinctive features as have
marked the footsteps Of cholera in this
city; and that, ia such an epidemic, ca
ses may be expected in which the literal
udherdice to directions necessarily gene
raj, may prove pernicious and even fatal.
il must be constantly borne in
mind, that, throughout the several sta
ges Of this disease, from the first pre-
monitory symptoms to confirmed con-
it is essential to the success
Of the camphor treatment, that the patient
be free from The counter influence Of other
medicinal agents.. and that, Of all others,
none is so utterly opposed to its efficacy,
none so fatal to every hope of iavora-
Die issue, as Opium in ereryJ form in which
il is administered.
To avoid repetition, it is thought expe-
dent to present the treatment ofthe sew
eral stages Of cholera in reversed or
der, commencing with that in which its
appalling symptoms arc most striklngly
developed. 1
The Stage Of .4sphyrid. |
In this stage, ifthe collapse shall have
ong existed, or If the march OF the DIS
ease shall have been unusually rapid, the
evacuations so excessive that the patient
appears nearly exsanguinated, the pull,
saiions Of the carotIds and OF the heaH
feeble and the respiration