Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-09-13
WHOLE NO. 1913.


ia. In case the attack be of milder
nature, warm perspiraton will speedily
appear and the symptoms vanish under
treatment less active.
The Premontory Stage.
1t is generally indicated by ono or more
of the following symptoms---lassitude,
ringing in the ears, chiIliness, ,une asiness
or soreness in the regi ion of the stomach,
nausea, occasional vomitings, costive-
ness, diarrhea, pain in the bowels, slight
cramps particularly in the fingers and
toes, SC. Unless severe in the outset
or too long neglected, the patient will
rarely find it necessary to leave his or
dinary avoc alton, tho in cool or damp
weather he may require an extra gar
ment. To obviate costiv eness, q mild
inie ction, daily if required, is the safest
means to be used when the bowels are
so easily irritated into violent diarrhea
rs during the prevalence Of cholera. Ia
anu laraiipe be taken, castor oil, in tho
dose Of tea spoonful, with three drops
of camphor spirits, repeate d in an hour
or two if it fail to operate, IS 10 be pre-
ferred. In reference to the other symP-
toms Of this stage, the same dose OF CAM
phor, repea eated if requisite in n hour, or
if they be urgent in half an hour, or q
quarter even, will almost invariably ar
rest any and all OF them. Should they
however obstinately persist the patient
mast submit to the inconvenience OF a
free perspiration in bed for few hoUsa.
The Importance ofprompi!y applying the
remedy for the symptoms Of this stage
and thus nipping the disease in its bud,
canno, be too strcnuously urged Npon
every individual exposed TO this epidcm-
ic.
, The practice above designated, can
hardly be more at variance with any OF
the prevailing views ofmedical men, than
with those entertained, but brief pc
riod since, by the writer himself. In this
age of generalizing, he had been led to-
doubt the existence Of q specific for any
disease. Experience, the only unerrmg
guide, has convinced him Of an errUr
that has bn. too many adherents, and to
propagate its correction is but Justly duo
TO the interests Of sound philosophical
medicine.
To have imagined that the introduce
ton of camphor as specific for dis
ease SO formidable as cholera, would es-
cape an opposition as violent, if not SO
formidable, had argued gross ignorance
Of the history of Improvement in every
department Of human knowledge. He
who is aware that in enlightened Europe
the virtues Of Ipecacuanha and Peru
Wan Bark remain untested, and the IN
equallcd blessings of the potato unappre-
ciated, until the stamp Of royal patron
age opened the eyes of the blind, can
scarcely feel surprise at what he wit
ne sses in the present instance.S
But facts are daily accumulating,
which, as they become known, must
carry conviction to every understanding
accessible to truth. To such-to such
alone, the writer would appeal for an i'm
partial trial of the practice he would pro-
mulga ate. And he makes this appeal
with the most unwaveripg confidence, "a
confidence resting upon an extensive
knowledge Of facts in private and in pub
lie Practice that such trial cannot fail
to demonstrate the pre-eninent simpllci-
ty, safety, and certainty of the eamphor
tire atlnent Of Cholera Asphyrid, as wen
as the acurnen Of German research
which first devised it.
WILLIAM CLAIMING, M. ID.
New-York, Aug. 80, 1882.
As an appendix to this publication, the
writer deems il an act of justice to state
that while most Of the indic ations above
specified have been the result Of exper-
iencc here, yet the use of camphor, as a
remedy for cholera, with the general
principles Of its exhibition, originated in
Germany, and for its promulgation the
Anne rican public are principally indebt-
I'd to his friend DR.. Ii. B. Gram, ofthrs
city.
sThis remark requires the qualification thas
here are cases Of occasional occurrences, IN which