New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-20
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Cholera nj Rahwny-Water Treatment.

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There u communication IN your paper ;bi. nom
Ing duly letr, from correspouoeit Of the Ft-A1a-
pA,a T'q4,r concerning the late outbreak Of Cholera
in Railway Y J which l. in some important par'iou-
lars Incorrect There are nov and have been eveFy
day for nearly TWO week. cases occurring csily-
The Editor Of the New Jersey Aar0sqr Of to-day re
marks that from Nonfsy Until Friday Of the past
week. one or more deaths occurred each and every
day And a circums,snoe which added greatly u the
panic was thu, all person, with perhaps single ex.
cep,lon AMI that not case Of Violent cnaFaciefJ
paced IN very few hours into irTsredla5le sta,e
The writer was called 70 Railway on Friday evening
Of the pas, week Miss Mary shotwell who had SICK
ened with Cholera the Tuesday preceding too tar
gone with ooDgestiye fever and congestion Of the
brain spparen'iy % BE- saved ne same evening and
the next day other pefsoDs we're attacked apparently
IN the manner ~ those who hsd already died -
From the time Of my going there 10 the pfssen more
pers0ns have b. en- attacked than had been before ana
occurred every day apparently Ike the fret
In al u these the water remedies nave been faithfully
and p,rseveringy applied As yet name hare died the
method Of treatment has been very simple and H.
general principles, as nearly az can put them on "a
per are ~ follows
" nenever the d!arrhea come. on (Which ia ceneT
81 The ir-t symphony give large enemsts Gnecuons
Of pure sOit water TWO three or more pints, a. about
blood warmth aud three Of these Ia succession
80 The may 20 need The gives reei 70 toe
patient aud pfolOngs the periods Of the c"oerc as
charges
2 Whenever nausea re,ching or vomiting Is expert
eDced large potatiOns Of pure, soft biood Uar water
given. Three, four. six, aud even ten tumolrrs
have been administered. which, acting At once ss A
most easy emetic and sometimes slso - catharu'
causes great relief patient Is retchng with the
utmost agony and cannot vOmit, the pnauons Of VAIN
water administered he vomts easily and IS al once
relieved much indeed often that be falls on mo
quiet sleep After q time longer shorter IN different
cases. the distress returns agsin but genrfay nor 20
severe The means are again resorted 70 ana Win
the same result
When there is pain in the bowels that does not
amount 20 actual discharges, the tepd or warm NICE
uous sppear always 10 give relief
When there - great oppression ana dstTess as pa
teufs call H. a. the stomach which does not yet amount
T. reichirg vomiting the warm water emetc ap-
pesrs always % be useful remedy IL always, 80 lar
a. my experience goes gives rehei.
Physicians snd patients generally, 40 far as have
seen are afraid % md the vomiting and purgug, even
By the mldest Of oil therapeutic agents pure warm Wa
ter have followed these principles closely In mum
beers Of cases. end the means have ~ erTg instance Np
peared 10 do well ] would rather give even emetcs
and slight csthsrtcs than astrineents 10 Cholera
would not dare undertake check the dsrrhea or vou
ting This often be done. but consider II danger
Gus practice. Administer the warm water AS before
rected. ard the disrrhea and vomiting. In bad en-
these symptoms last for days, but under the treat
ment they away gradually, and after they cease
AZ last the patient RECEIVERS rapidly. win proper
management In Diet there appears TO be no danger OF
a relapse
Patients treated in the above WaY from the com
mencenent OF the attack differ little from con
eesiive fever OF other affections.
think well Of the of cold water externally
Warm IL not liked by the patlents and appears 10 do
more harm than good have allowed all Of the most
have cold lamentations on the chest ana
bowels much they desired and strange rs II may
appear when the surface Is clemmy and cold as tan
neIS hide patients will reject warm and hot spplics-
tions externally and delight IN the cold The cold bath
appeared 20 do much good in the case OF Mrs Elizabeth
Harmed Of Railway, when IN collapse. ] have used
either iepid cool or cold sbutons externally IN all tht
cases have had, and apparently with good effects
think well also OF the hip bath and the wet gtrdle But
confess, when many things are resored 10, even
with he agent pure water II very chcuit 10 de
tcrmue what does good and what harm or whether
do not. on the whole. cause more harm than good
When physician resorts 10 bleeding. calOmel opium
cam phOr mustard, alcoholic stimulants. &C. &c sc.
how much greater stu must be these difficulties -
When | consider how very little Is yet known Of the
powers of pure. simple water am not At all surprised
that reliable method of drug treatment has yet been
found out
/ would remark than the cramps Of Cholera which
cause great amount of suffering appear 70 me o.
be- best relieved by hard brisk friction cold wei
linen cloths Rubbing the surface with ice i also good
But motion alone often brings on crAmp Whether II
Is beet do anything at all Tor cramps or 10 let them
die away Of themselves they do under the warm
ter plan | cannot say.
| dare not slow ice or cold water now in Cholera
Beside the warm water quenches the thirst better.