The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-06-11
Cholera Remedy.


80 democrat, an ar'le'e III reference 10 this
subject but as it is matter Of great i'm
portance. we Law before onr readers the fol.
,o.,.r fro,, n. w u u,n,,c, or
,hie"e"' "Ho' WIN &c see"' ""S "'sf"
mental III the discovery Of this great cholera
remedy. We may, also, add that, the Cmi-
rsnc. or brs IIerricl birl and R,,n,v
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their practice, and testify TO the effects OF
this remedy, should at once command for It
the very highest respect. and be a strong
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cases "here ehoiera - thp'oi"s are zen. "e
hope its merits may be thoroughly tested
We find this letter in the Chicago journal:
/ Editor of the .Jouraql:-DrAa Sinh
compliance with the request Of my friend,
DR.. ]. II. Bird, | have made the following
. brief synopsis of a letter fiom him. sent 10
/ me, for publication in the North Western
Medical and Surgical Journal, which, to-
geher with the few additional remarks
which have made, you will please publish,
in order that the member, of the medical
profession, and our citizens generally, NAV
have the means of testing, aud the bene-
fits to be derived from what is supposed 10
be newly discovered remedy for cholera.
, The facts stated in the letter referred 10
above, are briefly as follows:
About six months since, Dr. Bird and my.
self were led into conversation upon tho
effects Of atmospheric Influences in produce
ing epidemics, from reading an article from
a German chemist, in one Of our periodicals,
/ in which il was commended, that influenza
! depended upon the presence Of OZONE, and
| that the severity and number Of attacks,
as shown by chemical ANALYSIS, was always
/ in sropor,On to the amount Of this sub.
stance IN the atmosphere.
| Taking this statement in connection viii,
the fact that cholera is generally preceded
by influenza. as shown by its history. we
were led TO the conclusion that both disea-
SEES might be dppendeut upon the same IN
Guepce, modified in degree according 10 tie
greater or less quantity of this deeterious
a gent present in the atmosphere at the time.
The next step in the investigation, Vi as
to determine what agent would coun,eract
the influence and destroy the delete,ous
properties of ozone.
The accurate chemical knowledge ofDr.
Bird, enabled him 10 suggest at once the
well known substance sulphur as possess
ing the property of acting upon il IN such
manner as 10 neut.alize its influence.
IN searching for facts 10 support this con-
clusion, it was found that cholera had never
prevailed in the vicinity ofsnlphur springs or
in situations where this substance abounds;
hence the conclusion, thatsnlphur might be
aud probably was the antidote for chole-
IA.
In one of orr recent Medical Journals. an
article appeared describing the method OF
detecting ozone in the atmosphere, thus
supplying the means of determining wheth-
err or not it was present at the very time
when cholera was beginning 10 make its ap-
peararce amongst US,
DIR. BIaD's experiments, ns well as those
made subsequently by himself and by Drs.
BIRD BLAgEy aud myself from day 10 day.
since that time, shows tibet ozone is present
ia our atmosphere. and that the amount is
in proportion to the severity Of the disease
from time 10 time.
About a week since DIR. BIRD detc,inin-
ed to try the effects of sulphur upon himself
aud others troubled as yearly all have been
more or less of late. with uneasy sensations
slight pains Sc, in the digestive organs
The result was entirely saisiactory,so much
SO that DIR. BIR2 came immediately to my
Office and requested me as Trend TO test
MS efficacy in my prachce, but 10 say NOM
ing TO others With regard TO the ingredients
used until facts should justify lis pubic All
nouncement as discovery.
The beneficial effects resulting from It's
use in my practice was such as to convince
me at once Of i'' utility in the class OF ca
ses described above.
During the last few days Drs BIRD BLANEY
and myself have continued to use this APP.
parenily simple remedy TO the exclusion ct
nearly all others in all cases with choleric
symptoms, snch as pam. sense OF iu'neSs,
unnatural movements, slight dia'rhGa, have
uniformly yielded at once to single dose
Of three, 10 four grains OF sulphur.
In cases where either cramps, diarIhGa
or vomiting have been present, and In Tact
where all these symptoms have existed III
conjunction, the use OF sulphur, the above
named doses every three or four hours, has
, had the effect to ameliora'e the PATIENTS
, condition Al once, and when used in few
hours 10 diSSipaie entirely cholerfc symp.
: toms. ,.-
So far as its eflicacy has boen tested in
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