The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-29
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The authorities of all the leading At
lantic cities, and many of the interior
towns and villages, in view of the prob
Oble appearance Of the cholera during
the next spring and summer, are adopt
ing every possible measure TO preserve
the public health, and to mitigate the
ravages of the disease, should it unfor-
tunately visit our country In Brook
lyn, n. Y, theyare already disinfecting
all places calculated to breed disease,
cleaning sinks, sprinkling lime in the
CUTTERS andYentilating tenementhouses
DIR. Sayre, the resident physician of
New York, has laid before the Commits
sioners of Health of that city letter
concerning the cholera, containing much
interesting information as to the proper
means to be adopted to avoid Its APP
proach, its symptoms, mode of treat
ment, &c. Here are his principal views
and suggestions: t.-a
Whatever differences of opinion may
exist in regard to the cause and mode OF
propagation OF the cholera, all now
agree in their observations in this
acknowledged fact. That its greatest
ravages and most fearful mortality is
among the filthy, the vicious, and the
destitute, and in fact it is almost con-
fined to the imprudent, the intemperHte,
and those who injure themselves by
taking improper medicines. Cleanli-
ness, therefore, is Of the first impor-
lance, both of your person and of your
houses, particularly your yards, sinks,
privies, and cesspoOls, where fresh chic
ride of lime should be daily sprinkled,
and the adjoining walls and fences sur
rounding them repeatedly whitewashed.
Be careful that there is no stagnant
water either in your cellars or yards,
and if your Easements are damp use
fires in them frequently to burn up the
foul air and cause more perfect ven
tilation.
Remove all garbage at least once a
day, and twice if possible, and permit
nothing to remain on the premises to
undergo decomposition Keep your
houses well ventilated. Be temperate
in all things, both in eating and drink
ling. BE temperatein exercise, in labor,
both physical and mental. Keep good
hours. Take proper food in reasonable
quantities at proper times. Plainly
cooked meats, with boiled rice, bread,
hndthoroughiy-co ed potatoes, should
form the ordinary base Ofdiet. Abstain
from all unripe fruits and stale or par.
TALLY decayed vegetables. But, abave
all, avoid excess in intoxicating drinks Of
every kind. Wear flannel next the
/ skin, and at all times maintain the nat
ural temperature of the body by a suE.
4 ticient amount of clothing. Avoid ali
exposure to sudden changes of tempera.
/ ture, and il accidentally exposed to q
/ storm, remove your wet boots and
| clothes as soon as possible.
The cholera is not the necessarily IA
| tai disease which it is commonlyrbe.
! lieyed TO be, but is a disease that is both
I preventable and durable. It is ALWAYS
| preceded by symptoms of languor and
/ debility, with dInrrhea, and in this
stage is almost always durable; but ii
neglected at this period, and the diar.
rhea permitted to continue until col.
lapse comes on, it is then almost nj.
ways fatal.
| AT the very commencement of The
disease go to bed and stay there unit
| you are we'll, with warm flannel around
! the body, Nvarnt bricks. or bottles of hoi
| water to the feet If necessary, and Il
there is n tendency to vomit apply q
mustard plaster over the stomach, II
you have not got bed lie down on the
floor and keep yourself warm but by
all means retain the horizontal position
all the time, not even getting up to at
tend excavations, but use bed-pan or
other convenience for that purpose, and
Immediately send for some qualified
physician for advice. But above all
things abstain from taking any of the
advertised nOstrums that will flood the
city, and swallow no medicine unless
prescribed by competent physician.