The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-05-19
Asiatie Cholera.


shall terminate. With this state of facts
we cannot do better than give the dag
nosis and treatment of the disease on the
hydropathic practice, the most reliable
manner of curing the disease jet intro
duced to the public. Every person and
particularly the heads of families. should
be thoroughly qualified to treat the dis
ease. for after an attack there is not a
moment to be lost. Ere physician can
be called in the patient may be beyond
the reach of medical aid.
DIR. JOEL STEW, INF his late invaluable
publication, known as the Hydropathie
Family Physician, which is published by
FowLERs d. WELLS, and advertised with
their publications on our fourth page, re-
marks at length =
"The epidemic, Asidtic or spasmodic
cholera is now almost too well known to
need any detailed description. 1t is one
of the most erribleand fatal diseases ever
known to man 1t occurs both sporadi-
cally and epidemically, but principally
in the latter way. 1t has long been known
as most formidable disease in the hot
climate of India lit has also proved
equally fatal, or nearly SO, in the winter
season of Russia. "Not many years ago, y
observes late writer, sit appears to have
made the entire circuit of the globe. and
subsequently to have disappeared with
out cause
"CAUsEs-The original cause of this
disease has not been discovered. We
know, however, that it RACES mostly in
large cities, and wherever the inhabitants
are most unhealthy. The drunken, de-
bauched, and the Iicentious are the most
frequent victims of the disease. Vege-
tarians are almost never attacked with
cholera, even. when residing in an I'M
healthy city.
'.SYAPToas.-Dr. Marshall Hall OBJ
serves, 1.-The early symptoms are mere
diarrhea, perhaps unattended by pain OF
spasm the excavations are copious, IL
quid, almost inodorous, and usually com
pared in appearance to rice-water-
dflera0ard, the same sort of fluid is reject
ed by vomiting and passed by stool in
amazing quantities, yariously attended by
pain, anxiety. and cramps, but speedily
followed by collapse and sinking,-the
countenance being livid, cold, and clam
my, the arms livid, cold, clammy, and
pulseless, the voice husky there is com
plete suppression of the urine. In the
worst cases,-there are early blueness,
pallor. and collapse of the countenance
loss of voice, loss of pulse, a cold clam
my, and livil state of the extremities,
speedy sinking or asphyxia." Death
generally takes place in from six to thirty
six hours, the patient retaining his facul
ties to the last.
"TERMIsATIoNs.-The disease ends il
death, in recovery, in prolonged irrita
ton of the stomach and bowels, or IL
secondary fever of typhoid character
which is very apt to carry the patient off
About one half of all attacked die undel
ordinary treatment heyoung are more
apt to recover than those advanced in life
when recovery is abouttotake place
reaction gradually comes on the cramps
cease the vomiting and objections grow
yellow, that is, contain bile urine is Sc
creted the animal heat returns, which
may have been as low as 100 Fair; tn,
voice and pulse improve, and the counte
nance grows more natural. But wher
matters go on from bad to worse, the op
posite OF these symptoms takes place; thu
patient grows worse in all respects.
s'PArHoloGY.--After death there is of
ten not the slightest change of structur,
observable inthe stomach and alimentary
canal in prosraeted cases, there may bt
red, brown, or black patches, and ever
gangrenous points, the liver may be mucl
congested, the gall bladder is filled Will
bile, the bladder empty and collapsed.
"fREATMENT-ln no disease has th,
skill of man been more faithfully triet
than in attempts to cure this terrible dis
case and the opportunities have beer
abundant and wide-spreadover the world
The result, so far as drug treatment il
concerned, is summed up in few words
In the language of late able writer
this dfsease-ha totally baffied the cura
tive efforts of the medical profession il
Europe and America, as the records o
its mortality abundahtly show. No on,
can think otherwise who has seen mncl
of the disease, unless in its most favora
BILE and imperfect FORMS" And another
There is no disease for which such {
variety of remedies has been proposed, o.
in which I'LL remedies so completely fail
as the epidemic cholera"
s.But Water-cure SO far as it has beer
tested, has met with better success.
1.-The method of treatment adopted By
the Persians, as given by Seoutetten, is
good one 1.-The treatment commenced
at,the moment of the attack; from ths
first symptoms the patients were undress
ed, even in the streets, and then cold affu
sions were applied. The extremeties
the trunk, aad particularly the chest ant
the shoulders, were rubbed and sham
pooed, and the contracted limbs were ex
] tended.
These manipulations were performe,
for two or three hours by dozen persons
on the same individual, while the affu
sion of cold water was continued. HaE
ing come home he went to bed, and
warm tea was given him to produce pei
spiration: if this appeared, the patien
was regarded as out of danger. A strie
regimen was; however, snjoined for min
days; only light soups of rice and often
der meats were allowed, and he was rec
commended to take moderate exercise j
the open air daily. Arrangements wer
made by the authorities so well, that YES
sells of water we're placed at the corner
lof streets, and even on the roads no on
passed the night alone when a perso
was attacked with the cholera IN thestres
all the bystanders attended to him lever
one ran to him with vessels of water j
their hands, and when one was tired c
rubbing another took his place. If
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