The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-11-24

TREATMENT OF THE CHOLERA IN M.
EAST. letter by Rev. H. G. o. Dwight. d,.
ted CONSTANT nople, Aug. 9th, 1913, to the N
Observer, in relation to the cholera, gives tba
following mode of treatment as the result of ri.
practice and observation
Whenever the cholera is prevailing in am,
place, it should be rule in everv insjanoo
stop even the slightest diarrhea immediatelT
For this we have remedy always at hand
Opium, in some form other, must be used i'm
mediately, and without fear. In the form Of
laudanum, perhaps it may be used most conven'
ienty. AT such times 1t should be topnd i
every house; and the master OF the family sborlJ
give the strlctest injunction to every inmate "i
his house, to give immediate notice, if ATTACKED
with diarrhea. In mild cases six drops OF Iaua.-
mum tor adult will be sufficient to ebeck ~
disease The dose should be repeated eye,v finn
hours, until the diarrhea is stopped This il
most important direction. In severe cases ~ AZ
arrh@a larger dose must be used, and the dosa
may be increased indefinitely without the least
injury, so long as the effect of checking the diar.
rhea is not produced. / have been called n
prescribe III great multitude of cases of cholera
in thus inciPient stage, and | have found every
one of them to yield to this medicine. The nre.
seripuon is one which our good brother Dr.
Smith, lett with his brethren in Turkey. in an.
uclpauon oil the cholera when he was retnrning
TO America; and by the blessing OF God do be.
heye II has saved thousands OF lives Onr native
brethren i'll Nicomedia and Broosa having been
instructed on the subject by DR.. Smith, have
been exceedingly useful as insruments ofcheek
Tag the disease in great multitude of Cases
Many even OF their worst enemies among the
Armenians have hocked to them for this medi.
cine, and having proved its virtues have become
their best friends.
have used with the best effects, in manv So.
we're cases, when there was much pain. and ten.
dency to cramps, and GOODNESS in the extremities
amixture OF equal parts OF laudanum, tincture Of
rhubarb and tincture OF can,phor. OF this. eiob.
Teen drops may be given for an adult at a dose IN
milo cases, to be increased according TO circum.
stances. Ol all epidemic or contagious diseases
none excltes more general alarm, than the ma
hgnant cholera, and yet | know of none that
gives such timely premonitions OF its approach.
ana mat Is SO perfectly under human control. $50
10 speak, as this is, in this early stage.
vi course, when there is a tendency TO diar
l"oa In cholera times, the strictest attention
shouiG De PAID to diet, and fruits and crude yege
'aoies should be carefully avoided. Wherever
the CHOLERA prevails, il has been found that mos,
people are easily inclined to bowel complaints
and this is an indication that the diet Of neonIo
generally should be regulated accordlppIv
sudden change from generous to low diet IL
such circumstances has been found quite ininri.
GUS person who is well should continne %
eat very much as he has been accustomed n -
cept that most people eat too much, as a general
RUE, ana except that fruits and certain veoefa.
pies Whicn at other times would be harmless m
yer 'he ehoiera atmosphere apt 10 produce
diarrhea. f''uuee