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article the mode Of prevention and treatment
OF cholera as taught by the HydrOPathie
School. Crt
R. T. Trail NJ. D. Says GOOD fruit IN.
bOl.ed and unfermented bread, and ripe vegeti-
bles. constitute dietary in its self infalabIe
10 the way Of prevention. ..r ..-.
And Joel shew, NJ. d. the great apostle Of
the WaterCure in America in the Family
Physician, a work lately published by him
says: r.f
''fhe method Of treatment adopted by the
Persians, as given BY scOutetten, is good
one. ..-
The treatment commenced at the moment
Of the attack; from the FIRST symtoms the pa
tents were undressed even in the streets, and
then cold affusiOns we're applied. The eTtrem-
tiles, the trunk, and particularly the chest and
the shoulders, were rubbed and ShampOoned.
and the contracted limbs were extended.
"TEese manipulations we're performed for
two or three hours by dozen peosons on the
same indiyi, Ial, while the afusiOns of cold wa
ter was continued. Having come home, he
to bed and warm tea was given him to pro-
duce Precipitation; if this appeared, the patient
was regarded as out ofdanger. A strict regim-
nj was, however, enjoinei for nine day; only
light soups of rice and OF tender meats we're
allowed, and be was recommended 70 take mod
crate exercise in the open air daily.
Arrangements were made by the authorities
so well, that vessels Of water were placed at the
corners Of streets and ever on roads. No one
passed the night alone. When person was
attacked with the cholera in the street, all the
bystanders attended to him; every one ran to
him;wllh vessels of water in their hands, and
when one was tired Of rubbing another took
his place. If a person was taken sick al his
house, assistance was asked and immediately
obtaiLed.
Prlessnitz's treatment was in effect very sim
liar to the one above described. In 1891 there
was good deal OF the disease about Graefen-
berg, and he was called 10 treat upwards Oi
twenty cases, all Of which he cured. He COM
menced in the earliest stages of the disease,
and treated the pa tents as follows; They
were subjected to a rubbing with wet linen
sheet, in which the whole body was wrapped
and all the parts of the surface were energetic.
ally rubbed with it-that is over the sheet
To eounteract the violent fits of nausea, much
water was drunk, so as to produce vomiting
after the rubbing, a cold-water injection and
cold hip-bath were employed TO counteract tn,
diarrhea and while undergoing constant rub
bing of the surface, the patients remained il
the water till the sickness and diarrLoa subsi-
ded. .....
! Af.er the hip-bath and rubbing, wet ban3
age or girdle was placed around the body, upor
which the patients went TO bed after sleeping
they were again put into cod bath, colo
drinks and cold food only we're taken during
the couvalesence; and by these means the dis
ease was over come.
"fhis appears very simple treatment, bu
it may be made most energetic one, as every
physician acquainted with such applications cal
easily see. The dripping sheet with the brisl
, rubbing upon lis surface, is as have befor
said, of powerful means of relieving spasms
arising from what ever cause, The drv ruo
bing which is not tenth part as good as tn
wet, was found in Paris sufficient TO rende
calm and quiet the poor sufferers when the ter
rible spasms were upon them. The waite
drinking and vomiting in nausea cleanRes tn
stomach, produces tonic effect upon its inter
nal surface, and thus forestalls the vomiting ii
cholera. 1t helps moreover, to cleanse tn
bowsls and prevent the diarrhoea. The dee
cold hip-bath (for its is such that Friesstnit
uses, has very powerful effect in constring
ing the opening capiIlaries of the mucous mem
brane of The stomach and alimentary canal ger
orally, and in arresting the vomiting and dis
charges from the bowels. Each and all
these applications il energetica!ly preserved il
tend most powerfully to keep down the inord
nate thirst and burning. "The Persian trea
ment. too, is admirably calculated to quell I'll
: spasms, and check the vomiting and dscha
, ges; in short the disease. 1t is of the creates
importance that the treatment be commence
at the very begining Of the attack
e In no disease is this more necessary. ifevel
le patient could from the FIST of the vomiting al
e discharges, be treated with energy acoOrdr
to either Of the plans above stated. | do n
see how it would be possible for any one &c
= Of the disease. 4 drunkard, with "brandy Ii
a. err it is true, might be carried off with a 10
rs fever afterwards; buo | am of the opinion tn
ne the spasms vomiting, and discharges could
all cases be cured if taken at the earliest M
~ ment. Imyself treated about fifty cases
cholera in and about the CITY of New York