Demoine courier., 1854-08-31
A Plain Chapter on Cholera.
BY DIR JOHN @. DUNN.

Bf DIX JOHN q. DUNN.
Having been requested By several to
give them receipt for cholera i, may
no, be out OF place to publish few hints
which can be put in practice by any one
having the least idea of The usual remedies
anc common applications KEEP, in every
family; and in doing so. shall dives, my
language OF every professional term iha.
is not generally understood.
1t is often the case that person attack.
ed by cholera makes fatal delay in pro.
curing ply ysician, or is too far from his
abode 10 have his attendance in time.-
The disease is generally SO insidious in
Its approach that every little diarrh9a,
or uneasiness in the bowels or stomach
| should be looked upon with suspicion
when cholera is known to be in The
neighborhood. A diarrhGa thus occur.
ring should be treated imnaediately! A
good warm bath as hot as yuu can bear
II, and plenty of soap to cleanse the
skin; rub dry with coarse towel until
the surface grows red, then take three
pills OF blue mass with eight or ten drops
of Laudanum' This will preven, almost
any attack Of cholera in its first stage.
When it is about no man can pay too
much attention TO his die. or his feelings.
Avoid unripe fruit, or too much Of ,ha,
which 10 ripe. Bath every morning with
cold water, and rub the skin roughly 70,
it has more to do with cholera than
people are aware Of.
Ii you let slight diarrhea run on for
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 medica-
.ion, the terrible grasp may never have
been laid upon you. II does no. always
warn you with a diarrhea; but often
comes suddenly. Now | merely wish
10 drop few items of treatment 10 be
used where medical treatment cannot be
Immediately procured. When person
is attacked by cholera, boil large kes-
tie OF water as soon as possible, strip The
patient naked. put a large mustard poul-
lice over the stomach and bowels; then
wiring ou, three blankets from the boiling
water. and wrap him in them. winding q
dry 5lanke, on the outside 10 keep the
heat in. Thus you apply heat ell over
the body and bring the blood back 10
the skin. What's the use of rubbing!
Ii only creates little heat-why not
apply it all 0utr at once with the blan-
kets; you may pul some mustard or red
pepper with the water il you choose
So much for the outside treatment; now
the attention must be turned to the bowels
and stomach. Intense purging and vom-
iilng are almost always present in cholera,
aud from .heir exhausting influence. de-
mand prompt treatment. As soon as the
skin begins to warm with the blankets,
the alarming purging and vomiting ceases.
Do not be afraid to give laudanum-give
six.y drops at a dose-a little dose ,OiU
do no good-you have giant to deal
wi,h-knock him down with club, and
when he's down, keep him. If the
laudanum is vomited up repeat the dose
Immediately. Mix together red pepper.
warm brandy. or whisky, and little
camphor, and give it occasionally; but
the great dependence must be on your
hot blankets and } our laudanum. will
tell you why:
Cholera is disease in which the
blood leaves the uesssis of the skin and
is fhro,cn IN upon the boweis. stomach.
iuer. and other internal orgaus. Ma.
ture, in order to get rid Of this unnatural
accumulation Of blood, strives to relieve
her self by purging il out and vomiting
\ I nn.-hVlt NH hn.
any one blcd. has noticed that the blood
separates into two par.s-wa,er and clot.
Now there are little vessels opening into
the bowels which lei out the watery par.
OF the blood. but will not permit the
clouy to pass, and this is the cause of so
much water being purged and vomi.ed;
the blood thus loses the water which
rendered i, fluid and becomes useless in
the yeine; and and in treating the disease
there is an important item to be noticed:
VIZ: when the purging and vomiting is
somewhat checked and The skin begins
to take on warm sweat, then stop
giving brandy and resor, to warm ,eas.-
The water OF the tea will be absorbed
by the little vessels 70 the bowels and
taken up TO restore to the blood thai
which is lost. talk of warm sweat
there u often cold clammy swea. in
Cholera which is equally as exhaus,ing
as the diarrh9a. The no, blankets soon
check it.
! The great idea in cholera can be told
in lew words-bring the blood back to
the skin by applying heat 10 i, external.
ly-check the parging and vomiting with
immense doses OF Landanum.
i Laudanum not only does this but i,
also relieves the contracted state of the
little vessels of ,hs skin and thus opens
the way for the blood to flow back to
the surface. have never known case
to die when treated hus.--Independent
Free Press.
n The island of Si.ka. which il is
said Russia proposes to sell the United
States, contained IN 1893. population
of 667 souls, of whom I34 were Aleu,es
and koloskes, 3O7 the descendants of
European and native women, and the
residue Europeans-chiefy Ru ussians.-
| The harhOr IN mod hnt vet for On a.