Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-03-29
For the Burlington Hawk. Eye.
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CHOLERA.
The following plain rules for the prevention Of
cholera, (chiefy extracted from late Medical
Journals are earnestly recommended to every
class of the citizens Of Burlington, with the con-
fdent belief, that strict adherence to them. will
in ninety-nine cases out Of every hundred preuent
the disease in its fatal stages, although we may,
with all our care, have many cases Of diarrhRa.
l. Let every impurity, animal and vegetable,
be quickly removed to distance from our dwell
lings; such as slaughter houses, pig sites, neces
saries, and other domestic nuisances, and when.
these cannot be removed, let them be made as
clean as possible and well lined.
2 Let cellars and the grounds around the
habitations be drained 50 as to carry off moisture
Of every kind.
8. Let all uncovered drains be carefully and
frequently cleaned,
4. Let every room be daily thrown open, for
the admission of fresh air. This should be done
about noon, when the atmosphere is most apt to
be dry.
s. Let dry scrubbing be used in domestic
cleansing, instead of water, and let all old walls
be whitewashed
s. Let excessive fatigue and exposure to damp
or cold be avoided, especially during the night
7. Let the use of cold or acid drinks be avoi-
ded, especially when the body is heated.
8. Let the use of whiskey, brandy, wine, CT
der, beer, ale, or porter, be avoided. N. B. No
fact better established than the tendency of all
Of these drinks. Total abstinence is the only safe
rule in reference to them.
9. Let poor diet and the use of impure wa
ter be avoided avoid also fish, whether fresh or
sailed, and oysters.
10. Persons in health should eat comfortable
and nutricious animal food in solid state, and a
moderate allowance of such fruits and vegetables
as they have found by experience to agree with
them. As general rule, the diet should be a
little beoso, rather than aboUe the ordinary guam
tity; and heavy or late suppers should be scru-
pulously avoided N B. This injunction is of
the first importance, as almost all cases of chole-
"a come on during the night and after en- impru-
dent supper
II. The clothing should be comfortable, and
as much as possible of woollens, especially Of
evenings or nights. Wet apparel should imme-
diately be changed
H. Let flannel belt be worn around the alb
domen, by all those who do not wear flannel
shirts N. B. This has been found serviceable
in checking the tendency to bowel complaints so
common at this time, and during the prevalence
of cholera.
10. Let personal cleanliness be Observed
For this purpose, the cold and warm baths, or
the sponge and coarse towel, are recommended.
IA. Let every cause tending to depress the
moral and physical organs be carefully avoided.
With this view, all persons should pursue their
usual avocations. They should avoid Incidence,
late hours, or dissipation Of every kind. They
should be calm. They should rise above fear,
and endeavor to discharge all Of their social and
charitable duties.
IS. Let crowding of persons in houses or
rooms be avoided.
IS: Let sleeping in low or damp rooms be
avoided, if possible.
II. Let fires be made of evenings in sleeping
rooms, or in adjoining apartments, the night be-
ing the time of greatest danger of an attack, es-
pecially under exposure to cold or damp.
10. Let all bedding and clothing be duly ex-
posed. during damp or cold weather, to the fire,
and in dry weather to the sun.
10. Let immediate relief be sought under d;sos-
der Of the boscels, however slight N. B. The dis
ease has, in this country, in almost all cases, been
found to commence with disorder of the bowels,
and in this stage it is very tractable. 1t should
however, be noticed, that the looseness IS fire.
quently unattended with pain or uneasiness; and
fatal delay has often occurred, from the notion,
that cholera must be attended with cramps. In
the earlier stage, here referred to- there is often
no gripping or cramp; and it is at this period that
the disease can be most easily arrested.
20. In all cases Of cholera, instant recourse
should be had to medical aid. Indeed every form
and variety of indisposition should be promptly
attended to, as during the prevalence of the cpl
demic all disorders are found to merge in the
dominant disease.
Il. AL nOStruMS ana Qu0ck nsedtcsnes shOuM
be avoided. So should all strong and irritating
purgatives; as also all ready made prescriptions,
unless prepared under the direction of your fami-
" physician, and then should be depended on,
only until your doctor can be brought to the
case; as each case of disease may differ from all
others, and different stages demand totally differ
ent treatment.
g. The sum Of the whole matter is: That you
should take care of yourselves when well, and
when sick; that you should place yourselves i'm
mediately and implicitly under the care of ply
stefan in whom you have confidence.
Being the only medical man connected with
the sanitary committee of Burlington, have
deemed it my duty to send you the foregoing plain
and practical rules for the prevention Of cholera,
and as desire that every family should see them
respectfully request their publication in the
city papers.