The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-05-17

concert with the disease, assisting IN deOx-
idizing the blood and facilitating DEATH
Why 10 calomel given in bilious fcvefl 10
it not in order to reduce the oxygen in the
system to healthy standard, and to re-
move the surplus alkaline matter from the
bodyi liz bcing the natural product Of oxy-
gen rs much ~ the ashes on your hearth 10
iss natural produc,,) and il il DO good in the
one case, how is il possible to be good in ito
antipode. The fact 10, there never was a
case Of . man getting we'll with calomel
in him but what would have got we'll sooner
without II.
Gentlemen, ! think that taking into con-
sidcraton tho circumstances attending the
rise and progress Of this disease, 10 connec-
ton with it's effects, not only on the sub.
jects Of its immediate attack, but also on
persons breathing tho atmosphere in re-
cions where the disease is raging in M ep-
idemic form, you will agree with me, that
carbonc acid is its base; and If so, We are
prepared to move one step further. | will
now call your attention to the symptoms Of
the disease. Il has been heretofore under
stood that tho diarrhGa which most CON-
monty prccedes the cramps, was the pre-
monitory or first symptoms. This, howev-
er, 10 altogether mistake. Instead OF its
being premonitory symptom, il is the dis
ensc itself; tho natural result Of the deox-
idizemcnt Of the blood. The first symp-
tom we hive Of the disease, is an invoun-
tary twitching Of the muscles in different
parts Of tho body-sometimc in the arms,
sometimes in the lcgs, or thiQhs-at other
times down the Ioins Of tho back, but mos,
frequently around the region Of the abdo-
men. We also frequently feel a sensation
in different parts Of the body, similar to .
drop Of water running down the back, as
though something cold, about the size Of
shot had passed right through, regardless Of
what Il came in contact with. Az these
twitchings or cramps, in embryo increase,
the feet will feel kind Of death-like cold
ness. Up to this time the patient will not
be likely TO notice what 10 going on in his
system. unless he has had the cholera be-
iorc-in that case he will notice il closely,
and he aware Of what is soon to come. The
hands now begin TO feel ut times, very sim.
liar to what they would il he WAS going 10
have shnkc of the ngue shortly, and tho
tongue will hive become smooth and red,
indicating total absence Of bile. md il
will not he long before he will discharge
hard white excrcment, which is often fol-
lowed immediately with food of diarrhnn.
then the disease has fully developed itself.
This is the most common mode Of attack,
but there are somo cases where the patient
feels fulness and pressure 10 and around
his abd0men-fhcsc often commence by
vomiting, aud the patient will sometimes
vomit up small amount Of bile, which will
he the last you will sec of that snbsi ancc
There are other cases where they neither
purge nor vofnii, but the fluids pass off
through pores almost in a stream. These
cases arc rare, yet they sometimes occur,
attended with oil the other symptoms.
There is still another mode Of attack, in
which the patient drops down dead in an
Instant. These, however are very rare,
and suppose they occur in consequence
Ut the subject coming in contact with BIO.
dy Of the gas. in solid column--perbaps,
rising out Of some filthy cellar, or grog
shop.
Ii is wonder there IRE not moro such
cnses thnn there arc-for many Of those
sinks Of iniqui,y throw of such mass u
filthy gas, tha. il 10 enough to give one the
cholera in passing by them, when there is
no cholera in the land. This, IN part, &C.
counts for so many Of the inmates and at.
.endsnis Of these places, being cut oil with
that disease.
We have now followed up the disease I'm.
I'll we have il fully developed 10 all its
forms. For what has been heretofore call.
cd the Premonitory symptoms, 10 the dis
case in iact-and the cramps sre nothing
more than m efor. Of nature to throw oil
the disense. There are many cases unat-
tended with cramps or spasms, and these
are much the hardest to cure. The pa
,ients sink rapidly, and if you offer them
medicine they will request YOU to let them
alone, and let them die. AZ the disease
advances, the color Of the face becomes
changed, more than in any other disease
the skin assuming rusty lead color, the
eyes sink il the head, aud turn up, % that
tho pupil 10 nearly covered with the upper
lid, aud it the patient sleeps, bis eyes re-
main thus far open-ihe discharges cootin-
ue and pass Of invoIunssrily, giving bu.
little sensation 10 the rec,um, except one
Of burning nature, which attends the
whole alimentary canal, and RACES most Vi
olently in tho stomach, causing the patient
10 call necessarily for wafer, which ought
slways 10 be given sbundsntly. The pa
tient should have oil he wants, and more i'll
he could swallow il. The whole frame soon
becomes cold, except little around The re-
gion Of the heart. The patient breashes
with great difficulty, the tongue 10 cold,