Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-06-21

approved remedies for their relief.
There is one fact in regard to this
disease that must not be forgotten, which
is, that delay is absolutely fatal-not one
i'm hundred having been restored as(er
the disease has passed fairly into the
confirmed stage.
When, therefore, the premonit6ry
symptoms make their appearance, it is
advisable to procure medical aid imme-
diateiy, if it can be had, but if it so hap
pens that it cannot be procured, then it
has been recommended to administer
three, four or five drops Of oil of pepper
mint on sugar, to put the patient to bed,
let him be well covered, apply warm
bags Of oats, ashes or bran to the abdo-
men, frequently changing them and at
the same time giving warm teas, such as
balm, wormwood, sage, pennyroyal,
peppermint, or even common tea, il no
other can be had, until free perspira-
tion is produced, which if it can be eflcc-
ted, not uncommonly checks the disease
at once, and very seldom fails to alle-
vate it. Sometimes warm brandy and
water, essence Of peppermint, with
spirits, warm water and sugar, (pepper-
mint sling,> together with camphor,
opium, or volatile spirits, warm aro-
omatic tinctures, as those of rhubarb,
cinnamon and cardamums, to which
spirits of lavender or laudanum or both
may be added, have been found useful
Doth in promoting perspiration and in al
laying lnordmate actions Of the stomach
and bowels. Such are few of the
remedies that have been found servcea-
bic in Europe, but a difference in con-
stltutions and circumstances demands Il
careful modification of the treatment,
and it not unirequently happens that an
almost opposite mode of managing the
disease is absolutely called for even in
cases occurring in the same district or
neighbourhood. To make these dstinc-
tions judiciously, can only be expected
from the intelligent ply ysician, and hence
the Importance of immediate application
for his advice whenever it can be com
manded.
Whether the remedies that have sue
ceeded (but too rarely) on the other side
of the Atlantic, will prove equally effic-
lent here, (Which even then could entitlo
them to but poor praise) remains yet to
be seen,-it will undoubtedly be the du-
ty of American physicians to try them,
and should they fail they will of course
be thrown upon their own resources and
be obliged to deduce suitable mode Of
treatment from their general knowledge
of pathology and the phenomena pre-
sented to them in this particular CASE
1t is not unlikely that the disease will re-
quire depletory remedies, especially
bleeding more frequently than it has
done in many parts Of Europe, but this too
remains to be tested by experience
certain it is, however, that in very many
cases, diseases of similar character re-
quire much more prompt and energet-
ic treatment in this country than they
seem to have caRc in France, Germany
'or Great Britain. 1t would be useless
perhaps to extend mere newspaper
communication farther, what has been
already said is sufficient to arrest the at
tention Of all that would be likely TO take
notice of a more extended article, and
should 1t contribute to retard the appear
ance, check the progress, or mitigate
the suffering incident to the disease Of
which it treats by melting our citizens to
avoid carefully its predisposing causes,
and make suitable preparations for the
comfort Of the sufferers if it appear
amongst us, then will the object Of the
writer be fully attained. Nj.
N. u. The essential cause of this dis
ease, like those of others attributed to
masmatc influences is wholly unknown.
The remedies mentioned i'm the above
article are only to be resorted to by the
friends Of the afflicted when suitable
medical attendance cannot be procured.
aThe report that the cholera had
reached Albany, I am happy to state, is
without foundation; but from the fact of
its having appeared at Whitehall and
Fort Miller, we have too much reason to
lear that its progress southwark will be
rapid and inevitable. Let our citizens
throughout the country be vigilant, let
them abstain from excuses of all kinds,
take substantial and easily digestblo
nourishment and stick to personal clean
illness and to their fannels, or other
clothing that will effectually keep up n
perspirablc state Of the skin and prevent
in special manner a sudden suppress
sion ofthis highly salutary operation.
THE CHOyERA