New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-22


The Cholera-Its Treatment, &c.
Mr. Editor VIII YOU allow me small space
IN Your columns FOR q lev remarks upon that dis
ease which has heretofore absorbed So much OF
the public mind and which may perhaps soon
visit - Is i Is prevailing Ia New-Or.ears and
many either places the south mean Cholera
I.hsli no: speak Of the symptoms as they have
been go fully given in nearly al cur public jour
nss bnt shall limit my remarks t. the three par
tculsrs VIZ. It's Consciousness, prevention and
care
As to It's prevention, lrt me .ay thst iear IS one
u the most powerful agents in preisposlne the
system 70 take in any form of disease y hatever
The solution Of the tact IS simply tbs that those
nerscDs who are timid are much more subject O.
derangemerts Of the stomach end bowels than
others: and therefore, those who live IN constant
fear Of the Cholera, lceteris psrbusl are much
more likely T. contract the disease than others
Therefore, cast of all fear, nnd move forward ~
the path Of duty, although that path should be en-
c1mpassed by disease aud death.
Cold "a another powerful agent IN predisposine
.he system - Cholera. Therefore go warmly
lad. with wooden flannel next the skin.
Hunger $ another potent agent; therefore a
mI. aouiishing diet Sylvester Graham To- the CON-
trary uotx.t1sianducl is almost indispensable o.
hea thy state of the system. in shoft, pursue
The same general course of living, as 10 regards
eating drinking and clothing, that from long ex-
poricucc NuI have found most conducive g.
health. ltls universal Jaw. with no exception.
that sudden changes of long-contlnued HABITS, are
always Injurious. There fore those who, from ~
H. N...a 0 q
of the various Wholesome articles Of food, winch
from long experience they have found conducive
20 hcalih under the plea and idea OF dieting them
selves 20 prevent Cholera. would most probably
.othcr things beiug equal BE- the first victims
should X again make It's appearance 10 Ne"
YorN.
As to the treatment may perhaps be allowed
20 speak with .Ome degree of assurance. as was
coulccted with the Cholera Hospital Do the City OF
Troy "a 1899. One OF the most powerful aids We
possess IS the warm, or rather tof t7'h. nave
known nnny who. ~ the time of their adm isslon'
had violent spasms md were -. a state a. coi-
lapse put into bath Of 40 degrees. AID Suffered
10 emsin there until sense OF lassitude was IN
due then being removed 10 a warm bed, auh
surrounded with bottles OF hot water, with mus
card applications 70 the pit OF the stomach aud eX-
tremltles, together with Ice % quench thirst, 10
the course oil two hours entirely oat OF danger
The mOdls Opcrand OF the hot bath IS tins
rom the contraction of the extreme vcsse!s, the
blood is driven 10 the internal organs which are Ia
a state Of congestion, les all pOst-mOrtem eNami-
latiOns show and the vessels upon the surface
being dilated the result OF t'e action OF the hoi
water, according 10 the well known law that
leat expands all bodies blood flows to them as
lsusl. and the internal organs are relieved. Cam
nhor. rs far as my experience goes is productive
OF little or no benefit Plumb acct ct Hyd. pro-
5ochloride Ia a. IT. Xxx, and 50 petmes OPIUM are
powerful agents in controlling the excessive &C
non of the stomach and bowels Fuctiols " iii
Try. hot wooden cloths with m ustard, are use'nl
I they do not have the tendency % produce
spasms, by too much motion Of The patient % SO
thcv should be discontinued, as they would d,
more harm than good. Stimulants internally, as
brandy. caspcum. ether. Ammonia. NC IN the cold
.tsgc, were found decidedly beneficial Ia short
-timOants, astriDgeuts ana alteratants INTERNAL y
and moisture and heat externally, IN the cold
stage, followed by Or, heat, IS the general pla
which adopted. have made inquiry, but can
not learn that the hot bath was much ma use r
tins Cty in $50 aud "a. ! wo9ld therefore cal
upon the Sanitary Committee u provide tn
means for hot bathing IN every Hospital which u
les eu,l for the reception OF Cholera patients -
You ask me what the results Of th u mode of treat
nent were. | answer that the mortality m tins
disease nearly the world over. It am correct ;
| informed has been about 80 per emit, while the
mortality under the treatment abs.ve named " as
only between 10 aud II per cent
From my own personal experience, but more
particularly from the universal ties tmOny OF near
| s. every winter upon the subject aud those wh'
nave seen mos, OF ifthat physlc ans, nurses, and
those IN contant attendance upon the sick, 90 not
| contract the disease more readily tnan others
aiiirm that the Cholera IS not contagious. Guar
miiae regulations, which at first ma Europe were
supposed 70 be sufficient 30 arrest u. have beer
abandoned as entirely useless, and they DO mol
| appear % have been Al any service whatever D.
Ibis country. which they most surely would have
| been had the disease been couta-ious- >uei
| testimony a. that above given, | think oughtto De
sufficient u bury the doctrine OF coLtasion 50 deeI
that ITS resurrection would not again be MAINTAIN
cd 10 the catalogue OF possibilities.
| have thus gwen a synopsis OF the mode o
treatment adopted IN the Cholera Hospital q
Troy In $50. and is general results. In conclu
sion let me say, that no definite rule canbe gwen
bu. the muutip in regard ~ the course o. treat
nsut 70 be pursued In each individual case. mus
necessarily be left, IN a great measure, 10 th'
knowledge good sense aud judgment OF the at
tending physician. L. SACK kILuoURs, ND.