Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-11-03

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ia two hours afterwards, take the medicine
In tho following prescription, which, from
us adaptation to the cholera, may be term
ed
The anhi-chohra potcder.
Take prepared chalk, | ounce.
Aromatic coufection, /! dachm.
Powder of gum Arabic, . drachms-
Take a tea spoonful for a dose, in a wine-
glass full OF milk and water, TO which add a
tea spoonful of compound tincture OF rhubarb,
and ten drops Of laudanum. THIS dose
should be repeated every time the bowels
act.
Ia the case Of children, the quantity should
be- reduced, and the lauddnunI omitted.
The patient should lie down IN bed, and
avoid %exerlion as much as possible.
Care should be taken to keep The feet
warm, by a plentiful supply of warm hinnels,
and by bottles Of hot water.
An embrocstion Of heated spirits Of wine
should be rubbed over the feet and legs, aud
large mustard p%oultices placed on the eton-
ach and bowels.
There is no necessity 10 deny the use Of
cold water, for which there will be IA violent
thirst indeed, some recoveties are said 10
have followed simply from drinking cold wat
er.
Should the patient advance to the blue
stage, the most powerful means must be EN-
ployed but, lrom their character, they can be
safely used only by a properly qualified me-
0ical practitioner. The design Of these de
REGIONS is not 10 intrIst the life of the sui-
ferer to unskiliul hands; aud they are given
in the firm conviction that, If carefully fol-
lowed, they will assist to save great numbers
from the advanced and more dangerous stages
Of the disease.
| may be thought very p%resumptuous in
addressing you on a subject which properly
belongs TO The profession Of which you are a
member; and if had so far forgotten myself
as to intrude into your proper department, ]
should deserve 10 be censured for my ieineri.
ty. My oajec, has been, simply, that you
might have in your columns a sort Of resume
Of the various suggestions which have been
given by our most eminent men-the princi-
pal portion Of these instructions being the re-
suit ot extensive examination Of most cOmpe-
tent Witnesses. | have done so to-day, as we
are not likely to have another opportunity Of
devoting space 10 the subject.
A writer in one of the English papers thus
remarks upon the same subject:
The proximity Of this fearful visitation TO
our doors forbids even the hope that we shall
altogether escape it. At the same time, it
cannot be too widely known that destructive
as is this terrible disease, 1t is entirely under
the control OF human agency. 1t has been
the habit Of plous Ignorance, In a spiTit which
we have no desire 10 condemn, 10 attribute
such vlsitations 10 an everything Providence,
whose fiat we could not control, and to whose
power we must submit with humility. But
man has been rewarded for his laborious
search after truth in this as in so many other
cases and W. now know not only what are
the conditions under which epidemic cholera
is developed, but that these conditions are
avuidabie by means of art. We do not say
that it is an easy thing 10 remove the condi-
tions which favor the Development Of chole-
ra in larger communicable that they are
removable. and we would add, much more
so than is generally supposed. In the whole
history Of the disease it has been clearly pro-
we'd that where persons are exposed TO a
damp atmosphere charged with animal and
vegetable eiiluvia, there cholera has been
most destructive of life. Just in proportion
as cities, villages, houses, or even single
rooms have been exposed to such an innu-
ence have their inhabitants suffered from this
disease. The question, then, OF questions
one on which the lives, be it remembered OF
thousands of our fellow creatures are hanging
/, is how to get rid of moisture and ANNA
and vegetable exhalations The answer is
plain-drainage, cleanliness, ventilation.-
j, These must be the watch-words Of those who
would avert the visits OF the great enemy
I Drainage TO secure the carrying away of all
, superfluous surface Observation-Disclosures IN re.
moving from the skin, from the clothes, from
r the house, from the neighborhood every par
ticle Of ANNA and vegetable matter in a de-
composing INSTRUMENTATION for securing thu
immediate exit from the dwelling places o
human beings Of a tainted or impure atmos
phere of any kind, and the free entrance Of
an abundant supply of pure, fresh air from
without. No effort should be spared to Sc
cure these conditions for every living human
a being who would escape the cholera. Blu
we fear our best efforts at prevention will b
in vain. The ignorance of some, the preju
dices of others, and the selfshness Of all
will bstruct-and the enemy will be at ou
doors. What, then, is to be done! TAX
mineral tar, says one carbonic acid, say
IA another-assafetida, black pepper and opiur
are the remedies, cries a third-cold waite
AZ says a fourth. We shall not presume to o
fer a remedy and would merely remark o
the lamentable want Of judgment displaye
at by so large a portion of the newspaper pres
in printing the communication of the igno
or ant or interested parties who lay claim
IL have discovered remedies for cholera. Thel
Il, are few intelligent medical men Of The pre-
i, sent day who believe in specifics for any di
'Ie ease. The most enlightened practiiione
treat diseases on general principles-and
q all diseases cholera appears to be one whic
ne is thus most satisfactorily treated. Fac
Wanted remedy has successfully fallen in
disuse-and a treatment founded upon Il
symptoms of the disease and its analogy wi
IN other forms of aiIment has every where bee
the most successful. We say this in ord.
that persons may be prevented from playir