Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-07-28
From the Indtpende dent Press.
A Plain Chapter on Cholera.
BY DIR. JOHN C. DUN

Having been requested by several to give
them a receipt for cholera it may not be
out of place to publish a few hints which
can be put in practice by any one having
the least idea of the usual remedies and
common applications kept in every family;
and in doing so, shall divest my language
Of every professional term that is no; gen
orally understood.
1t is often the case that person at
tncked by cholera makes fatal delay in pro-
curing ply sician,or is to far from his abode
to have his attendance in time. The dis
ease is generally so insidious in its approach
that every lille diarrhoea, or uncasiness in
the bowels or stomach should be looked
upon with suspicion when cholera is known
to be in he neighborhood. A diarrhoed
thus occurring should be treated iB,medidt.
ty! A good warm bath as hot as you can
bear it, and plenty Of soap to cleanse the
skin rub dry with coarse towel until
the surf ce grows red, then take three pills
of blue mass with eight or ten drops of
Laudanum. This will prevent almost any
attack of cholera in its first stage. When
it is about no one can pay too much atten-
ton to his diet or his feelings Avoid un-
ripe fruit, or too much of that which is ripe
Battle every morning with cold water, and
rub the skin roughly for it has more to do
with cholera than people are aware Of
If you let a slight diarrhoea run on for a
day or two, the first you know, you are in
the spasmodic clutch OF cholera; when if
you had checked it in season, and removed
the cause by slight medication, the terrible
grasp may never have been laid upon you.
1t does not always warn you with diar-
rhoea; but often comes suddenly. Now |
merely wish to drop few items Of treat
ment 10 be used where medical trea tment
cannot be Immediately procured. When a
person is attacked by cholera, boil large
kettle of water as soon as possible, strip the
patient naked, put a large mustard poultice
over the stomach and bowls; then wringing
out three blankets from the boiling water,
and wrap him in them, winding dry blan-
ket on the out side to keep the heat in
Thus you apply heat all over the body and
bring the blood back to the skin. What's
the use Of your rubbing? 1t only creates
little heat-why not apply it all oper al
once with the blankets; you may put some
mustard or red pepper with the hot water
if you choose. So much for the outside
treatment; nov the attention must be turn
ed to the bowels and stomach Intense pur.
ging and vomiting are almost always pres.
ent in cholera, and from their exhausting
influence, demand prompt treatment. AS
soon as the skin begins to warm with the
blankets, the alarming purgng and vomit
ing ceases Do not be afraid to give laud
anum-give sirty drops at a dose-a HHIt
dose Wai do no good-you have giant tC
deal with-knock him down with big club
and when he is down, keep him. If the
laudanum is vomited up repeat the dose
Immediately. Mix together red pepper
warm brandy, or whisky, and little cam.
phor, and give it occasionally; but the great
hope-the great dependence must be or
your hot blankets and your laudanum.
will tell you why:
Cholera is disease in which tie J1ooc
leaves the ceSSels ofthe skin and is Mrown
an upon tie 6OWelS, stomach, HVer, and oth
er internal organs. Nature, in order tc
get rid of this unnatural accumulation o
blood, strives to relieve herself by punging
it out and by vomiting il up;--but any one
who has ever seen person bled, has motto
ed tina; the blood separates into two parts
water and clot. Now there are little
vessels opening into the bowels which lie
out the water part of the blood, bnt will
not permit the clotty TO pass and this is the
cause If so much water being purged anC
vomitcd; the blood thus looses the watel
which rendered it fluid and becomes use
less in the veins; and in treating the diseas,
there is one important item to be noticed
viz: when the purging and vomiting i
somewhat checked and the skin begins t.
take on warm sweat, then stop givin!
brandy and resort to warm teas. The wa
ter of the tea will be absorbed by the it'll
vessels in the bowels and taken up to re
store to the blood that which is lost. l tai
of warm sweat-there is often cold clam
my sweat in Cholera which is equally al
exhausting as the diarrhoea The hot blan
; kets soon check it.
!, The great idea in cholera can be told in
few words-bring the blood back 10 tn
skin by applying heat to it externally
check the purging and vomiting by i'm
mense doses of Laudanum.
Laudanuln not only does this but it ais
relieves the contracted stpte of the littl
vessels of the skin and thus opens the wa
for the blood to flow back to the surface
have never known case to die whe
= treated thus.
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