The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-27

REMEDIES AGAINST THE CHOLERA.-Th gen.
tlemen (says the London Lancet, from which we
borrow the folowing) appointed by the Poor Law
Commissioners to examine the condition of the
London poor houses, have made the following sug-
gestions in reference to the anticipated arrival of
the cholera. |. We would urge the necessity, in
all cases Of cholera Of instant TO medi
cal aid, and also under every form and variety Of
indisposition; for during the prevalence of this
epidemic all disorders are found TO merge in the
dominant disease. 2. Let immediate relief be
sought under disorder of the bowels especially,
however slight The invasion Of cholera may thus
be readily and at once prevented. 3. Let every
impurity, animal and vegetable, be quickly re-
moved 10 a distance from the habitatiOns such as
slaughter houses, pgstyes, cess pools necessares,
and all other domestic nulsances. A. Let all I'M
covered drains be carefully and frequently eleansed.
5. Let the grounds in and around the habitations
be drained, effectually to carry off moisture
of every kind g. Let all partitions be removed
from within and without habitatiOns, which unne-
cessarily impede ventilation. 7. Let every room
be daily thrown open for the admission Of fresh air
and this should be done about noon, when the at
mosphere is most likely to be dry. s. Let dry
scrubbing be used in domestic cleansing, in place
Of water cleansing. 9. Let excessive fatigue and
exposure TO damp and cold, especially during the
night, be avoided. 10. Let the use Of cold drinks
and acid liquors, especially under fatigue, be
avoided, or when the body is heated. III. Let the
use of cold acid fruits and vegetables be avoided.
r. Let excess in the use of ardent and femenied
liquors and tobacco be avoided. 13 Let poor
and insufficient diet, and the use Of impure water
for culinary purposes for drink, be avoided IA.
Let the wearing Of wet and insufficient clothing be
avoided. l5 Let flannel or wooden belt be worn
round the belly. CThis has been nnd serviceable
in checking the tendency to bowel complaint, so
common during the prevalence of cholera. The
disease has, in this country, been always found TO
commence with lOoseness III the bowels, and in
this stage is very tractable, 1t should, however,
be noticed that the looseness is frequently unat-
tended by pain or uneaslness, and fatal delay has
often occurred from the notion that cholera must b9
attended with cramps. In the earlier stage here
ferred to- there is often no gripping or cramp and it
is at this period that the disease can be most easily
arrested 16. Let personal cleanliness be carefully
observed. II. Let every cause tending to depress
the moral and physical energies be carefully avoid
ed let exposure to extremes of heat and COLI be
avoided. Is. Let crOwding of persons within
houses and apartments be avoided. 49, Let sleep
ing in low or damp rooms be avoided. 20. Let
fires be kept up during the night in sleeping or adj
joining apartments the nights being the period of
most danger from attack, especially under exposure
to cold or damp. 81. Let all bedding and clothing
be daily exposed during the winter and spring to
the fire. and in summer TO the heat of the sun. %.
Let the dead be buried in places remote from the
habitation of the living. BY the timely adoption
of simple means such as these, cholera any other
epidemic will be made TO lose its venom; so true is
it, that internal sanitary arrangements, and not
quarantine and sanitary lines, are the guards of
nations" These simple measures are worth all
the nostrums or specifics which have ever been
Wanted for the cure Of Asiatic cholera