Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-11-04
THE CHOLERA IN EUROPE
Its Progress and Remedies


dispatches yesterday, the foreign paper, :, 70
some interesting facts
lowing: o Nne ioi-
The epidemic Is no doub, making its in n ueno.
..l N nearly ali quarters OF Paris; but one
Moui9 suppose that In extending its area N
| Mvuiu diminish IN gravity. On the other hand.
| a.,,,.ts asn me number OF admissions into the
osP.ats M SUI maintains a high figure, the num- :
4 otI oI Glsmlssals through care rises daily Tha
general opinion Of medical men ia tS.t ths
Ti,hin ~. % Iss, ,eSened Se its acme Of intensity
| Wane. The d1mlnutlon OF the temnera,,,r. -
, only favor this tendency. S~aA
The Psns correspondent or the London
1ires, writing, Thursday, October leth. ssvs.
The Aoraitetr at last breaks the silence ia IA.
| hltherto kept on the prevailing malady IL does
nor, indeed, give precise accounts Of the num-
| oers attacked, those that are cured, and those
| 10 whom IL has proved fatal; IL merely copies
| an article from the koNiteur dU .Sotr, referring
| 70 tne measures proposed by the Imperial Cow
| hereafter.
| The Projects have in their possession the in
| S1ueuons drawn mp in 1854 by the Board of
| heaitn, which leave nothing TO bs desired
and which, in case OF need, the best guide a
| TO follow. The same may be said OF thos.s
drawn Ga,n mp by the Academy of Medicine in
ISf@ which are model of precision and
ciearness Indeed, the counsels with regard 70
the choiera are reduc to very simple pre-
cepts, dictated as well by common sense as by
These are scrupulous personal cleanliness.
warm clothing, Cleanliness in habjtations re
mosaI a,o OF NTH OF every kind, ventilation. or
olnary regimen, the usual food, provided il be
not preJudical to health, and the absence OF an
excess: But what should above all be stunned
Is the abuse OF strong liquors, bad eau de pie
and especially absinthe, the abuse OF which is
az fns hH going out into the open
air, particularly when the day rs cold, moist or
foggy, a warm and aromatic infusion. such az
camomile, light tea, or still better, little cof-
fee. The last, recommended by our military
doctors, was of great service in Algeria and the
Crimea, and is still so TO the men employed in
the custom house service on the coast This
cannot be too highly recommended"
II is a great mistake TO suppose that the mall
ady shows itself all of a sudden. On the con-
trary, its approach is indicated, one, two, even
eight days beforehand. There is generally a
deran cement Of the bodily functions more or
less marked, such as diarrhPa. The premon-
itory symptoms should not be neglected IL
should be treated promptly, and stopped, and
this will cut short the malady.
The most precise observations have been
made on this point in France well as
abroad, and particularly in England, where
1t is made a general system of preservation.
The Moniteur repeats the instruc ctIon for prop
er treatment in such cases (and which ara
most simple) already issued in lS5i. 1t con-
cludes:
"The Observance of these precautions, and a
certain tranquility ofmind ARE the best chances,
in the present circumstances of salubrity,
cleanliness and relative comfort of our popula-
tons, of the public being preserved from the
epidemic, and, in case of attack, Of arresting
its Effects
At the sitting of the Academy Of Sciences ON
Tuesday, M. Costa, the secretary, mentioned
that he had received mass Of letters announce
ing what were called 'snfallible receipts" for
the cholera, more or less absurd-one, for in
stance, that ''ihe patient should be enyeIoped
in a blanket of new wool, and mace TO Swal-
low the wing OF a fowl very hot" etc.
DR.. Bonnafond read paper on the same sub
lect. He stated that the condition Of climate,
geology, &c, of a country engendered distinct
maladies. Thus the cholera is peculiar to
India, the yellow fever to America the inter-
mtient fever TO Africa, and so forth. lie did
not think that the carcases of the animals
rificed by the pilgrims 10 Mecca could account
for the epidemic. Africa should on these
grounds be constantly rayaged; and the PLAINS
of La Plata, where thousands of cattle were
slaughtered, should be likewise infected. He
was of opinion that the malady should be COM
batted in the place OF its origln-namely, India
The caU e Of IL in India Is found perhaps in
the mud of the rivers, land IL would suffice To
modify their regime 10 avoid the morbid eff via.
The measures which the French Government
recently suggested should not be limited To
Cairo or Constantinople, but be extended To
India"
NJ LIE Vsrrier, the we'll known astronomer.
| complained that the time of the Academy was
| taken up in condemning remedies without in
dicating those which were more capable Of ar
| receipts every day which contradicted each
lem what %as ,=e s~. 80 ID he , err sys
| leas. what should be first done in the absence
of the doctor. In word, be wanted prositiye
| indications, instead of negative questions.
/ These remarks called up the celebrated sur
geon DIR. Nelpeau, who said:
Il M. lie Werner appears desirous that L
| should answer him. 10 indicate efficacious
remedies is easy TO say, but difficult to realize
The cholera is malady as yet really little
known, and which, like other maladies, is often
| cured without remedies. Many malades, gen
| tlemen, are cured without remedies. The truth
| should be told. In 1889 we tried all the means
| which are at this day again so much spoken
| Of In some instances they were successful; i'm
| others they failed. Was it because the patient
| cured himself alone, or was IL the remedy that
1 cured him We do not know. How many
| persons are sure of their remedy They speak
of II confidentially, and yet the patient is lost
| II is probable that in the first case he cured
himself, and that the remedy did not do much.
| This does not prevent every one from believing
that his own receipt is infallible. Every doc
tor, like every other mortal, has his remedy.
| There is nothing so difficult TO indicata
| remedies where every one meddles in the mat
Il ter"
DIR. valpeau then related an anecdote Of Louis
/ XIV. and bis physician, Fagon, eKemplifying
what he had just said, and continued:
IL am obliged 20 ayow that il is not always
IN our power TO point ont an eff cacious remedy.
L The cholera is no doubt caused by tue int-o-
ducton OF poison into the organism. IL the
poisonous element is in small quantity, and the
organism is strong, il makes no ravages; il tho
contrary be the case the danger lis real Also
when the patient absorbs what is administered
/ 10 him, his cure is probable. But sometimes
the stomach refuses 10 absorb ANYTHING, and i'm
this case the recourse should be had 70 external
means, which are often insufficient. In a word,
The malady almost always commences by
kuC0 as premOnltOrY
diarrhPa The preventive treatment is easy.
ans IL is for each person to guard himself.
Excess OF every kind should be carefully
avoided, and the rules OF salubrity attentiyely
observed. The means of arresting the malady
at Its outset are very simple. MY advice il
thfs-pour from three TO four drops of Iauda-
mum on lump Of sugar and swallow H. Re-
peat In two hours afterwards, and so on, untiI
the cholic and vomiting pass away. Take also
very small injections Of starch, poppy flowers
with 6, 2, 6, or 10 drops of laudanum. This
treatment Will almost always suffice 70 stop
the diarrhGa, and guarantee against the mali
ady."
THE BREAD AND FUEL QUESTION Orr
WEsT.-The st. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer saws
that ''the fuel question is not the only one that
needs agitation" in that quarter, but that ssthe
present inordInate price of -four demands some
attention, and that there is no justice or reason
In flour being held at SS and 1915 per barrel
when wheat is 90 and S cents a bushel. and
will soon be lower"
L SUICIDE--Suicide by hanging was commits
Il ted TUESDAY, niRht last a Perryyille DacfU