The State guard., 1847-08-03
AGRIC UL. T u RAJ.
From the Southern Cuifivator. Farm M anagement-.-Di Diseases or ves---T'reatmemt.

To a Young Friend Duty, interest, and humanity require that you should make yourself acouainted with the diseases that prevail among your slaves, and as l have had much practice with them for the last seventeen years, permit me to give you some advice. During the sum- mer and fall most of the diseas> es are of the remittant and inter- mittent form of fever. The in- termittant fever, or the ague and fever, as it is called, is so well known that it hardly needs a description. It commences with a chill; when this is off, fever comes on, and this goes off with sweat. The patient then IS al- most well until the next attack, which comes on with great reg ularity the same time next day, or every other day, according to the type. I will tell you how l treat this disease, by giving you afew cases
 Davy, a boy lSyears old, had a chill at II o'clock he came to me at l2 with high fever !; pulse full; skin hot and dry i; head ache; tongue clean, he had a passage from his bowels tbis morning. Directed him to go to his room, apply a cloth wet in cold water to his head. lay quiet, and keep cool. His fever went off in a few hours. At night cool, and complains of no pain. Give him five grains of quinine, to be washed down with a cup of warm sage tea. Next day ordered him to lay in bed and take five grains of quinine in a cup of warm sage tea every two hours until 10 o'clock. At this time he was in gentle perspi- ration, and complained of ring ing in the ears. He had no chill or fever to-day. Next day gave him two doses of quinine, one at g, the other at 10. No chill or fever to-day. He is cured.
 Monk, a boy l5, had chill to-day at l2 o'clock. At night he is cool and comfortahle.- Give him five grains of quinine. Next day made him stay in bed, und at 7 gave him five grains of quiuine in sage tea. Repeated it every two hours until l o'clk; at 12 he had some ague, a high fever succeeded, with a distress ing headache; bathcd his head freely with cold water until the fever suhsided; at night he was cool, complaining but little. He has had no passage to day; tongue slightly coated; gave him calo- mel twenty-five grains. Calomel operated well in the night; he is clear of fever, and at z to-day commenced with quinine again in the same doses, at the same hours of yesterday. He had no chill or fever to-day, and after this he required no more medi- cine, except a dose of quinine about II o'clock the next day.
 Remiucnt Ferer.-This com mences like the intermittent, generally with chill or slight ri- gors. It is almost exactly like the intermittent fever, only the fever does not go entirely off. It subsidies and then rises again, without the patient being entire Iy free from fever at any time. l treat it almost exactly like in- termittent fever. I will give a case.
 James, young man, 20 years old, was taken lJune 20th) with a slight chill, the chill did not continue very long, he had high fever which lasted until evening it then subsided very much, but did not go off. l directed five grains of quinine to be given every two hours until the return of the next paroxysm. Fist, fe- yer came on today without any perceptible chill, but is much siighter; in the morning it is al most entirely off. Gave at niuht