Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-10
CHOLERA.
ITS SYMPTOMS AND REMEDIES

edge oil Its character than they possess. His
views comport exactly with those We gave a
few days since, asserting that nine out of ten
OF the deaths by cholera were in consequence of
the general Ignorance Of the nature OF the dis
ease. DR.. North says
" The distinction between Asiatic cholera and
common domestic diarrhea is palpablc and casy.
ana every man can carry that distinction in his
memory Cannot an uneducated man tell GER
talnly If he has an execution which is cop;ous
'oatery, coiorless, painless and iaodorous, Any
man OF ordinary talents can ascertain. in two
minutes, that something has happened to him
painless. 1t is this quality of the evacuation
which leads men to the amazing apathy SO COM
mon, and permits them to lot hours, even days,
clapse before the physician is at his post
. As this Asiatic destroyer has now become
Americanized, our people must learn how to
prevent the fatal collapse. Why will not the
editors instruct their readers that they can bet
ter afford to lose II pint of common rcd blood
than pint Of this coorlcss blood of cholera
How hopeless is state of the patient from
whom gallons of liquid colorless nutrimcnt have
escaped: and how forlorn and wretched the
medical man called at the late hour
g But sat down determined not to plague
you with a long article. If the Editors, and
especially my medical brethren, could feel as
do on the subject Of inc,pient cholera, and lend
us their facts and thoughts through the medical
journals, in short condensed paragraphs, my
hopes would be aswered."
Here, then, is the whole story of cholera. 1t
is the rapid flowing away of the blood of the
system, or of that which is blood, nearly made.
There Is no moro pain at such time than the
flowing Of blood from the arm, until the faint
ing or sinking stage arrives, which Of course
must be soon. DR.. North approves of the old
remedy of 1917, that is, Is grains of calomcl
and grains of opium. The opium to hold the
calomel, ana the calJncl to change the secre-
tons. Doses to be repeated. This appears to
be advice to his medical bretheren.
In addition to this, we find in Halls Journal
Of Health an article confirmatory of the above,
with more complete directions in regard to the
mode of treatment, the substance Of which is
as follows
/" The first step, then, to be taken where chol-
era prevails and its symptoms are present is
To lie down on bed
2d-Bnd the abdomen tightly with wooden
flannel.
3d-Swollow pellets of ice to the fullest ex-
tent practicable.
4th-Send for an established, resident, regu.
lar physician. Touch not an atom of the thou
sand things proposed by brains as % simple ~ AZ
the remedies are represented to be, but wal
quietly and patiently until the arrival of youl
medical attendant.
But many of my readers may be in condi
ton, by distance or otherwise, where it is no
passihl tn nhtair nh E,, ho,r
and where such delay may prove fatal. Under
such circumstances obtain ten grains of calomel
and make it into a pill, with few drops o.
cold water; dry it II little by the fire and sun
and swollow it down. If the passages do no
cease within two hours, then swallow two more
Of said pills, and contin e to swallow two NOR
at the end of each two hours until the bowel
cease to give their light colorcd passages, o
until the pysican arrives"
CONSTRUCTION OF INSANE ASYLUM --Th
cells intended for the fiji ious sane patients il
the Taunton Mass Insane Asylum are to b
entirely removed the dark brick cells, irol
doors and other prson-like arrang 'lnent, agans
which that benign phanthropist Miss Dix, pro
tested 50 earnestly, threatening the Commits
sioners with indictment BY the Grand Jury. Th
OH WI ! iuNVifC al CApCHoO vi " '~Oo
Duri g violent storm which burst over Paris
few days since, the electric fluid entered ROOF
in which was seated man wha had long bee
suffering from paralysis, which deprived hil
completely of the power of speaking 1t SET fire t
the bed curtains, and did other damage in tn
room but inslerd of inuring TIL infrm man,
restored to him his speech and health
d. IT,
Hannah, daughter of Parker Clay, died in Dove
N II , / few days since. in consequence of hay
ing been burned by burning fluid She Wa
pouring some fluid from can upon Some chip
with which she was making fire, supposln
that there was no fire in the ashes in the stove
An exp osion took place which burned hr s
severely that she died in consequence.
MAGNIFICENT ENTERpRIsE--Il is reported O
good authority, says the New York Sun, tn;
distinguished man Of science intend. budin
in this city an iron tower 600 feet in height.
is to stand i'll some central pace, is to have ra
cars propelled by steam to its top. is to
furnished with attractions inside Of great vau
is to serve as ligh housekeeping out, by
peculiar scientific arrangement, light whlt
may be seen hundred mi es at sea, &c. Sieve
men of ce ebritv in this city have been consulit
as to the feasibility Of the enterprise. and aft
hearing all the arguments pro and con, unan
mousy pronounced in favor Of the enterprise.
BuFFLoEs ON THE PLAINS The number
buhaoes annually slaughtered on the Nilsson
plains is estimated at 400, 000. $50 ,0O0 buh;i
robes are received at vaious fur stations, and 10
0)O butfiloes are supposed to he killed by Il
Indians merely to obtain th,ir skins for tent CO.
erings Of the remaining $50 000, some are
verted tn tho use of Blankets saddles, skin boa,
&c. and also large number of the buff;i'o free
or starve to death IN winter in the snow ban
which for months are found in drifts of from Fl
to ten feet in depth, and numbers of them a
drowned in crossing the Missouri river in lar
herds, by crowding one npon another. The
hides are. of course. lest In very few We:
the buffalo will be destroyed, for they are ht
slaughtered with recklessness that destroys
i if they were inexhauslble and innumerable
The RE ipRnclTY Treaty We are inform
by Telegraph thai the reciprocity treaty was &C
frmed by the Senate "Wednesday This res
is highly gratifying, and the credit thereof
rheerfully accord 10 the administration, VIII
has used its influenced in good Faith to Secure
ratification of the treaty
The treaty has y to receive the ratification
the provincial parliam nts hut we h've no rea'
to doubt that this will be secured. 1t will o!
new era in the International tide of this COZ
nent, and will draw still closer the bonds of fife
ship and mutual interest which now unite
United States and Capada
RUNAWAY poND. Fifty ladies' and genten
belonging to Barton, VT, celebrated the Fou
of July by picnic in the basin Of the ceebra
Runaway Pond" near that village The II
burg Gazette gives the following description
the spot, as measured by some Of the engine
Of the Passumpsc Raj rosd who were of
party
. The water before its escape covered over
acres of land, being one mile long and 10 4
wide for one half its lenght. The greatest de
of water which escaped was IS feet. The hi
way which now passes through the pond is,