The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-08-03


Nv own advice is, 10 put the patient, il
the disease is only inits premoni.ory stages,
ut once into a stz.bath from GO TO GO de-
gress T., colder or more tepid, according
10 the condition of bis skin. aud the strength
&c hi, constitution. In this sitz-bath, his
whole abdomen is rubbed from about
twenty five minutes to one hour. After
this, pat the patient to bed, give him often
water TO drink in small quantities at time.
l. after about fifteen minutes the rxtrem-
Ties are yet cold, rnb them with hands
clipped in cold water ill they get red and
warm. After every stool give him cold
eczema inj .ciionl Of four ounces. Cover
him well np, and wait for a sweat, which
will generally soon come on. II the trst
symptoms re-appear, repeat the whole pro-
cednre, TIL a fall and profuSe pcrSpiration
IL obtained. Afer the patient mas sweatcd
from two 10 four hours, wash him off with
linen sheet, dripping wet with water If
90 degrees T., which is thrown all over
hin. Cool care is 10 be taken that the
sweating body is not exposed to the iniiu
,nce OF the ar before it has been washed.
Bat if the patient is already very weak,
IL his skin is dry, cold and blush, we have
TO put the patient at once into an empty
shoulders, and finally over his abdomen and
tx'remitieS from five to twenty buckets Of
cold water, which haste run of, as soon as
It has doae its duty, while two or three
nurses are rubbing the whole surface with
all their might. After this we put the pa
trent 10 bed, cover him well. give him plen-
tiNllly TO drink, and surround the whole alb.
dominal cavity with congresses, dipped in
rnt 4 ar I'D IA, az.
10 be renewed when they get hot. lie will
fall asleep and sweat, this sweat is again
supported by frequent drinking Of small
quantities of wafer, and finally washed of
as above stated, only that the water be in
this case little colder.
If the skin is cold and covered with
clammy sweat, we put the patient into a
half bath, about six inches d'er, of about
70 degrees +. water. Here the patient is
carefully washed OF, and well rubbed for
about ten minutes. After this time, frem
two TO five buckets of cold water is dashed
over him, and he is brought TO bed and well
covered with blankets. II he fails asleep
and gets into sweat, we let him alone and
give him only water to drink according 10
his thirst. But il he again gets cramps and
gripings, we at once put him into sitz-
'a'h VI hcuit W utrTttS tliD HIS db'lUT
inen, back and eXtremties till the natural
warmth returns, ,and the symptoms sueside.
lie then is brought TO bed and well covered.
Daring the whole treatment Of Cholera,
drinking fresh pure water is Of great i'm
rortance, as we'll as cold water injections
after every stool, ill the excremenis
again get natural appearance. The wet
congresses over the abdomen are in the be-
ginning renewed when they get warm; the
better the patient gets, the less frequently
they are renewed, and the harder they are
wrung ont. As soon as the patient begins
10 sweat, we open the windows and let
him have the pleasure of inhaling fresh
air. The windows have, Of course 10 be
shut again, when the patient is 10 We washed
oil after the sweat.
A main point Of the cure is TO give the
patient all the quiet he requires, in order TO
give the body al opportunity to rally.
The temperature Of the baths and the
duration Of the sweats, is TO be measured
by the strength Of the constitution of the
patient, and by the intensity and the stages
Of the disease.
One single course of the above described
Atment is very often, and always when
,rsc d u time. sufficient to periec,
u Mutation; but it the ntfacitS,ar repeated,
orthe patient gets even worse, wemSSys to
repeat the whole procedure, hut then ,0iNf'
entirely cold ,cater.
The water used in Cholera, ought to be
always fresh from the spring, particular.
ly that for drinking.
Cramps in the legs we remove by rubbing
them hard in cold baths. If the pains
md gripings in the belly are very violent,
we have to give more frequently cold enc
mn'a; the usual pains and gripings are east.
jy subdued by rubbing in the sits ha'H
ne .sas' 'S"S sssHsfy simple and cold, wa
yer AL bread is the best nourishment Tor a
Cholera i'tent, to which very little butter
may be ao'Ad, but milk, teas and other
similar or Stimulating drink are very bad.
After the Cholera 10 conquered, the patient
las to be packed for few days in wet
sheets to sweat lightly, ant.o take two si,z.
baths daily, for twenty five 10 forty five
Ininutes aud after that, two pad,inss in /,
blankets for strong sweats, are advisable, if !
the nervous system and the respiratory uv-
pans are strong. In the same manner,
have the congresses on the abdomen to be
continued for some time, and renewed daily
three TO four times.
Wa find tho followinp well-tinco' and