Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-05-11

tendency TO cramps, and GOODNESS in the ex-
tremites, mixture OF equal parts of LaudG-
mum. Tfncture Of Rhubarb and Iincture OF lam
phor OF this eighteen drops may be given for
an adult at a dose in mild cases, to be increas-
ed according to circumstances. Ofall cpl
demic or contagious diseases, none exctes
more general alarm, than the malignant chole-
IA, and yet know of none that gives more
timely premonitions of its approach, ard that
is so perfectly under human control, $50 to
speak, as this is in its early stage.
Of course, when there Is tendency to d.
arrhea in cholera times, the strictest attention
should be paid to Diet and fruits and crude
vegetables should be avoided. Wherever the
cholera prevails, it has been found that most
people are easily inclined to bowel complaints,
and this is an indication that the diet Of peo-
pie generally should be regulated accordingly.
sudden change from generous to a low di-
ct in such circumstances has been found quite
injurious. A person who is well should con-
tinue to eat very much as he has been accus-
toned to. except that most people eat too much,
as general rule, and except that fruits and
certain vegetables which at other times would
be harmless, under the cholera atmosphere are
apt to produce diarrhea.
l will close my communication by giving
some particulars of two or three cases, of many
that have come under my own observation, TO
illustrate what have said above. / was AVA
kened one night about midnight by two OF my
own children-one Is and the other l3 years
of age. They had both been suddenly attack
ed with diarrhea and vomiting, accompanied
with the severest pains, amounting almost to
cramps in the stomach. The cholera was pre-
vailing around, and, of course, had the great
/ est reason for apprehension that 1t was snd
den attack of this disease. | administered
Immediately full doses of the mixture mention
/ Cd abova raDaatipor If eyprv two bourS 9c lOpc
as the symptoms continued urgent. | gave
also the oil of peppermint, and repeatedly aP-
piled the spirits Of Camphor. with friction. to
The region of the stomach. The neXtday they
were both well again, excepting of course
some debility from the preceding nights at
tack. They had both eaten freely the day pc
fore of dish of stringed beans, and remark
ed that each upward evacuation fthe stomach,
brought with it some of these beans, in pre-
cisely the same state as they had been eaten
twelve hours before.
| A European merchant of my acquaintance
residing in Galta, rose one morning, and took
a sea bath, as he was accustomed to do. He
then attended to various matters of business,
which required him to walk several miles back
and forth in this city. He returned to his
! lodgings quite i'll sometime in the forenoon,
and before night the same day was corpse,
| having died of a most violent attack of the
ClOIeTd MS case W do I6pOlI6O a. OIlt VI
death almost on the very first attack, but
Iascertained on enquiry, that this Individual
had been suffering with diarrhea for eight OF
ten days previous!
A Protestant American was very violently
attacked one night, with what his physician
called ''the most awful case of cholera he had
ever Witnessed" He died within twenty
four hours. The facts concerning the case
however are these. He had similar attack
two or three weeks previous, and had been
cured, by the blessing of God on the rene
dies mentioned above. The day before his
second attack, while he was still weak from
the first, he walked many miles and became
very much fatgued, and certain clrcumstan-
ces had also very much agItated his mind
4 He ate a hearty meal In the evening, partly
of beans and meat, which no doubt was the
immediate cause of the attack; and after the
diarrhea commenced, nothing YVES done to
check it for several hours, and when at last a
physician was called it was too late
Fan would | hope that our beloved coun-
( try may be saved from the ravages of this
scourge; but this can hardly be expected
1t will probably come, and to many, ''as d
thief in the night although the warning has
been long and loud. The class of people
among whom it makes its greatest desolations.
are those who use habitualy the intoxicating
cup. | don't know that the strictest attention
to the rules L hare given above, Will avail TO
save the drunkard, when he Is once attacked.
When the seeds of this disease are cast into
such mans system, it is like striking fire
into a box of finder. The whole internal
coatings of his stomach, besides other vital
organs, are already diseased, and he is sub
iect of which the cholera Will make very short
work. 1t makes one shudder to think how
many drunkards will be suddenly ushered In
to eternity, by this dire disease!
Many who are esteemed temperate in these
habits, will also fall. God designs this as a
scourGe upon the nations; and let it be our
prayer that the nations may be led thereby to
repentance Of how many sins is our own
nation guilty before God ard how little is
thought of them, and felt for them, and how
rarely are they confessed, Let US initiate
the cody Ezra and Nehemiah in confessine
not only our own sins, but the sins of our peo-
ple-of our whole country, and like them, LEI
us plead with God for his pardoning mercies
and that He will avert this threatened wrath
from US.
am happy to add that in some parts Of
Turkey, where the gospel is preached, the
visitation of the cholera has been attended
with the happiest spiritual results. Some
who were dead in trespasses and sins have
been awakened thereby; some enemies have
been made friends; and the Holy Spirit i
now evidently striving with the hearts of some
who have heretofore shown the most stupid
unconcern, in regard to the things CT eternity
Nav such fruits abound more and more, thro
: the workings of Gods mighty power.
/ remain, Gentlemen,
very sincerely yours,
III. c.. o. DWIGHT.
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