St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-03-11
A Few Words to Mothers.
rur MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN.


American mothers know, TO their sorrow,
that cholera igtdntum or summer coin 70 ',r "a;
ono of the most destructive diseases OF our ell
mate. There is probably no country n liic
world where the mortality among cihinieh
bears SO large a proportion to the sum 'o'"l VI
deaths as in the United States. ABOUT one
third Of the weekly interments registered III
the city of New York may br ClaSsed uhuer
the head of infant mortality, ana nom Mty To
November the majority NJ the young 'ili'i' en-
who die are swept off by diseases OF me bowels
We do not wish to speak haIshiy' put 1t ea,,-
not be concealed that much of this wholesale
destruction is caused bv carelessness, over-in-
diligence and improper treatment ,nnpe
fruit and other unwholesOmc allmeht' Is gen
orally the primary cause of summer complaint,
and the administration of drastic pnrgatlVes
and other pernicious drugs too often lead 10
fatal results Under these circumstances we
shall make no apology for expressing the be
lief. that any case of cholern intantum or diar-
rhea in the adult stage OF life. however violent
in its nature. or whatever its origin, can be
radically cured by use the OF Holloway : iliis:
In saving this we are merely repeating, 1t is
true, the general opinion of the world e; but in
adding our personal declaration to the great
| mass of testimony which has been accumuiat-
ing during twenty years, we may, pcrchnnce,
| more Immediately interest our own circle OF
| readers. than if we confined ourselves to out
side evidence If but one mother acts upon
the suggestion. and one childs life is thereby
saved we shall not have written in vain.
The rapiditv with which favorable results
follow the exhibition of this remedy, in all at
| fcctions of the stomach and bowels, are Justly
considered phenomena in medical practice.
The scientific explanation of these phenomena
belongs rather to the medical professor than
the editor OF a newspaper, and it has been fully
given by the the distinguished inventor him
self Cholera lnfantum and its kindred dis
cases are caused, Immediately, by undue irrita-
| ton of the sensitive membrane which lines the
bowels, and upon that coating the pills exercise
a most soothing and healing influence, carry
| ing of. bv their mild, laxative action, the
acrid and pungcnt matter which produces and
aggravatcs the disease, and invigorating the
intestinal vessels as well as assuaging their eX-
cited action.
| The season when this class of disorders Is
commencing: ''fUrewarned is torcarmed,
saws the proverb, and should our article induce
parents to pay more attention to the diet OF
their children and 10 adopt the most certain
means of cure in cases where bowel comp'5.
has actually set in. we shall at least nave ac
CompIishcd some good. "n: Diet and DIR
Regimen says GIANT writer, 'are the
best physicians IA the world but we must beg
leave t" place DR.. Holloway in the same cate
g@rv and to recommend his pills as the hest
and safest medicine for complaint which
annually leaves, as a token OF its lavages, sc
many vacant places by the domestic hearth
n o. True Data.