Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-08-06
From the Cincinnati Olive Branch.
Valuable Remedy for Cholera.


From the Cincinnati Olive Branch.
Valuable Remedy for Cholera.
Our renders are aware that DR.. Jordan
is the Principle Physician Of the Fourth
Street Cholera Hospital in Cincinnati, and
hisssuccess has been truly wonderful. -
There are several other Cholera Hospitals
in the city, but the one over which DR..
Jurdan presides has been far more success
| full in the treatment OF that dreadful scourge
Ifian either ot The eahers have been.
B F. Grenongb, says thes GinviAnasi
Daily Times, publishes the recipe in the
Gazette, which has the endorsement OF Dr..
Jordan, Resident Physician Of the Fourth
Street Cholera Hospital, whose practice in
that institution has been remarkably sue.
cessiul, surprising, it is said, that Of the
most eminent private practice. The writer
says, speaking Of this prescription:
ri had III the year 1882 used it success.
fully in the worst cases Of cholera, and have
for the last II years since used it in all
cases OF diarrh9a, cholea mOrbus, dysen,e.
ry, and bloody tiux, that have come Under
my notice, with entire success, except in
some lew instances where other medicines
had been previously given. Some of the
cases treated, we're ol such an alarming
character, that deem it duty to make
the public acquainted with the facts, and
10 reler TO individuals who are well known
citzens." . s .-.
These cases are published at length
The prescription is as follows:
ounce pulverized gum guiacun,
ounce ground cloves,
ounce ground cinnamon, g..
10 these add l quart best 4th proof
French brandy; shake them well several
times during the first "a hours; let them
stand and settle, and give of the tincture
from leu 10 table spoonful (as the ma.
ture Of the case requires) once in Is to
70 minutes.
DIR. Jordan writes:
81 have used Mr.. Greenough's cholera
preparation with excellent success, and
consider it among the best remedies for
cholera. | used Ii, and recommended il
10 my friends ia different parts of the coun.
Try, previous 10 my connection with the
Cholera Hospital-not knowing then whose
preparation it was-consderlhg 1t enough
for me to know that it was good. have
since become acquainted win Mr. Green
ough, and ht.d upon inquiry, that he hal
used it extensiveiyzin The city for the las
few weeks-and with remarkable success
even in cases given up by physicians.
J. ii. JORDAN, NJ. D.
Physician Chuieru Hosnita1
Now it is we'll known, says The Gazette
that remarkable success has attended the
treatment Of Cholera in the Fourth Street
Hospi al, under the charge of DR.. Jordan
far greater, as we have heard it frequently
remarked, than has been Witnessed in pri
vate practice generally.'- .-.s.
DIR. Jordan has furnished US with the
following addlliopal remarks:
| am in the habit of improving the d
bove preparation by adding one half ounce
each OF jamaica Ginger and Anise. seed
pulverized, to the quart. With this addi.
ton, it is an excellent aromatic slmulant
1t Is good in cholera and also in common
diarrnea-in The latter disease,a ten spoon.
full is a sutficl ent dose, to be repated every
80 TO 6O minutes. .. .-...s.-
will add, while on the subject, that the
saturated tlncture OF the common Prickiey
Ash berries, is perhaps the best single prep.
aration known ior cholera, as slimulant
and that find it an admirable combina.
ton to add this and the improved Greenough
prepa alton together In equal parts. Dose,
same as before, from tea to a table spoon.
full. -'. .-... ......
| will also add that the best cholera PRE-
vE>TATlvE OF which have any knowledge
aside from temperance and prudence in diet
is the COMMON WHITE LEY, nj ade from gooa
wood ashes Have it sufficiently weak t.
drink, and take, say half wine glassful ev
cry morning and at any time, should yo,
feel symptoms Of diarrhea, take freely OF tn
ley. and follow it with Few doses Of th
above preparation. This course, if adopted
in time, will generally check the disease a
once. s.-
This ley preparation has been thorough,
tested, both by myself and by several othe
persons in this city MIR. Shurragar and hi
lady in particular, who have succeeded eve
in curing several confirmed cases OF choleri
| WIFI LII CoSCS, r. ouOuio NC S'FCi
freely internally; and in case Of cranpins
and vomiting, bathe feet in hot water wit
ashes in it, AID apply blankets wrung out O
hot lev water, to the extremitles, stomach
and bowels.
| must also, while on the subject: of chol
era, caution my readers against "Car1
wrght's Dose," undoubtedly the most con
sumnate and dangerous humbug of tn
season.! l have No doubt it has killed MOI
than the cholera, where it has been givel
Calomel in cholera, is like adding fuel
the fame-it is dangerous III such doses
aud ii not dangerous IN small doses, is el
tireiy unnecessary. tits ons Of the fatales
mistakes OF the physicians, to ascribe tn
disease to arrangement Of the liver. Sue
arrangement, if any, is but the eteet' ne n,
the cause of the disease. Attend to ID
cause, and the liver will take careof itsel
! Give Stimulants, Sudorifcs and Alkall
with external heat, friction and counter-l
ritation, such as Mustard, Capsicum al
, powerfully stimulating llniments; and el
j deavor by all means to produce pe'sparat.o,
i This done, and the danger is past, 81
hours sweating will cure any case OF choler
n rovided the patient is not Narcot'zed WI