Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-07-17

food. but, more especially, indigestible
articles, such as hot and unfermented
bread, new potatoes, unripe fruit, cucum-
bers, green corn, and such like articles.
1t is not, however, advisable to reduce the
amount of diet, much below the ordinary
quantity of each individual, nor is it ne
cessary to refrain entirely from fruit-the
rule should be TO have it ripe, and eat il
| in reduced quantites.-As to drinks, ND
one should begin for the first time to take
ardent spirits of any kind, with view to
prevent the dieoase, should any habi
tual drinker increase, but rather diminish
the quantity which he takes daily, and on
no account indulge himself to intoxication
Morning btters will be improper for thoss
who are unaccustomed to them. Malt Il
lquors, when not sour, may be drank il
moderation.
| Fourthly. Laboring men should not
work in the rain or in the water; norI
make violent and long continued exertion
in the hot sun; nor sit long when sweaty
in current of air; nor lie on the ground
nor sit out in the night air, and all should
avoid sleeping under windows, or with
too little covering for the latter part of
the night.
Filthy. No one in health, should resort
TO medicines as a means of prevention, ex-
|cept to remove a costIve habit; for which
purpose grain or two of calomel should
be taken at night and little rhubarb,
castor oil or EPSON salts early in the
morning.
Sixthly. The first symptoms of Cholera
are, in some cases, diarrhea or lax,
slight sickness of stomach, weakness of the
limbs and dizzyness.-These symptoms, at
the present time, should by no means be
neglected, even in parts of the country
the most exempt from the epidemic, for as
the cause which produces it, is likely to
spread over all this region, he who has any
of these symptoms may at any moment
fall into fatal condition. Of all The di
rections that could be given againa the cpl
demic, none is so important as to attend al
once to these earIu Symptoms.
SEVENTH. They are best removed by
Ia~ ssrly dose of calomel consisting of ten
uaI have fainS pain tH % or IS cnly, or the
lax is profusc, grain of opium, with or
without couple of grains Of red or black
pepper or camphor, should be added
The dose may be repeated every :, 4 or
6 hours, during which the patient should
take little other drink than warm ley of
common wood ashes. All who are sud
denly or violently attacked with these
symptoms, OF have fever, should be bled,
and if their feet are cold, resort to a bath
of hot salt water. They should likewise
lie down, as nothing is so apt to convert
mild into a fatal case, as going about, Fl
nally, all who may be affected, even in the
slightest degree, should refrain entirely
from solid food, and take cruel or weak
broth.
In conclusion ! would repeat, that the
people of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentuc-
ky, and Tennessee, should expect both in
the smaller towns and country, to expert
ence visitation of the epidemic in the
course Of the present summer and autumn,
and be prepared to meet it with all the
means of prevention and cure which ex-
perience has shown to be efficacious.
DANIEL DRAKE, M. d.
Cincinnati, Jure 18th, 1888.
MURDER AND KOBBERY.-On w euneo-
day morning last, the body of German
by the name of Philip Hartman, was dis
covered in we'll in the South Ward of
this city, into which it had been thrown by
another German, named James Hubbard,
after his life had been taken by poison. A
large stone was fastened to the neck, to
sink the body beneath the water. From
the testimony upon the inquest, and before
the magistrates, it appears, that Hartman
had in his possession about eighteen hun
dred dollars in money, which he intended
to employ in the purchase of lands. Hub
bard was his companion and room mate,
and deliberately planned the murder
Some days previous, he procured Prussic
acid, which on the night he contrived to
administer to the deceased. and then drag
ged his body to the well and threw it in.
He Immediately took possession of the sum
of money named, and Of the cloths, watch,
and several rings upon the deceased, and
early in the morning moved his effects to
another quarter of the city. Suspicion
was thus directed towards him as the muir.
derer; and he was apprehended in the
course of the day. Nearly the whole a.