Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-10-08
Summer COmplaints---Their Pathology
and Prevention.

with the young, and those careless OF expo
sure, these complaints are very prevalent, and
require to be watchfully guarded against, ant
when Therefore, a knowledge of their causes may
not be a little useful.
There are all sorts of absurd notions concer.
ming the origin and predisposing causes of diar-
rhuea, cholera morbus, dysentery, &c, entertain
ed not only by people generally, who are igno-
rant of the system and it's diseases, but which
even obtain TO some extent among educated and
intelligent physicians. Some ascribe this form
of disease to the hot weather, others to the i'm
purity of the air, others to the too free use of
fruits and vegetables, others to the employment
of crude and unripe fruits. and still others to
eating fruit that is overripe and decayed. These,
perchance, may all have some little effect in pre-
disposing people to such complaints, or aggra-
waiting tt 20 symptoms But cholera morbus, d.
arrhGa, disentery, &c, are all the immediate re-
suits of cold. They are, properly, "a cold in the
bowels just as we say, "a cold in the head "a
cold in the throat or "a cold on the lungs, and
are brought about in all instances by a sudden
check of perspiraton, or a sudden loss of calor,
ic or animal heat; aggravated by food, drinks
regimen, weakness, &c. And the reason that
they occur at this season of the year, is, that in
August, September, &c, the temperature of the
nights is much lower than of the days. that
people who expose themselves to the chill air of
the autumnal evenings, or to the shvering fogs
and dews of the early morning without addition
al clothing, are liable to a sudden chill and loss
of Caloric and check of perspiration which in
winter and spring, when the lungs, owing to the
state of the air, are most active, would bring on
cold, inflammation of the mucous membrane and
hemorrhage in the bronchial and pulmonary re-
gons; but which now effect the stomach and
bp, hat Iai NIT no, of
any other season, and thus produce cholera NOR
bus and dysentery in other words an intiama-
ton and hemorrhage Of the musceous membrane
of the bowels To our scientific readers who
are acquainted with the anatomy and physiology
of the system, we shall be understood wher we
state, that corresponding with the external skin
is an inward lining or skin called the muscous
membrane lining all the internal regions stom-
aCh, trachea, bowels &c.-that the morbid or
useless matter of the system is thrown off by
the skin in the form Of scarf or dried nlHcuS, by
the internal membrane rs mucns or diSSCLced
Sc0J-that this mucous comes out Of the eXter-
nal skin as scarf, is cxpectorated from the throat
bronchia, lungs and stomach, and blown from
the nose and head as phlegm-is carried out OF
the bowels as mucous. Now if sudden chill
loss of caloric and consequent check of perspi-
ration occurs, the morbid mater, that otherwise
would make its way through the pores of the
skin, must have recourse to the internal lining
or mucous membrane, where the blood is thrown
by the chill and check. In the winter and spring
when the Dir is more highly oxygenated, the mu.
cous membranes of the head trachea, bronchiG
and lungs be come loaded and niamed. In the
summer and autumn, when the stomach anC
bowels are most active, the mucous membranes
of the bowels become in their turn loaded and
ntlamcd, and instead of mucous inflammation and
hemorrhage of the lungs, we have mucous in
Aamaton and hemorrhage Of the bowels, which
is cholera morbus and dysentery. We have
thus sketched, in as few words as possible, the
only true and scientific pathology of all summer
complaints And from this sketch every reticc.
ting mind can see what is the true preventative
course to pursue in such cases.
If you are exposed to cold and dampness
wear additional clothing-put on your flannels
If you have cold feet, plunge them into water
aud pnt on worStcd hose. If you feel chilly
battle and rub hard with q crash towel or flesh
trush till you are in a glow. Avoid exposure
to the night air and blue fogs and dcws of the
morning. Eat plenty of fruit and fresh vege-
tables. We live on vegetables and riot in fruit
and never have a touch even of bowel complaint
because we avoid chills, battle, use crash towels
and keep our feet warm PIT RGnlelS arOund
your children, preserve them from exposure al
night, and keep their feet warm. Follow this
advice and you may enjoy life and the fruits OF
the year with no fear of summer complaints.
NoTE.--ln towns that are very much shaded
by trees and dip towards the North, away from
the sun, and thus have a longer continuance Of
night, with It's shadows, its dews and its chills
those complaints resulting from "cold in the bow
els to use the common phrase, are more preva
lent and fatal from the reasons above quoted
than elsewhere Greenfield Dem.