New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-27

Of ludanozn and csnphoT-that v. that there may De
a hour from Quinine quinine. and hour nom ands
Aum TO laudanum-snd Immediately give twenty grains
Of esIoms at the expiration Of two bours the evae-
nations have not become billions and focal repeat the
dose. II they Asvt stop the quinine. laudanum and
csmphor and give ten grains OF csomel which should
be followed up at the expiration OF two or three hours
more with full dose Of castor oil. II by this time he
has passed urine and dropped into resiu slumbe a.
will probably be the your patient Is saved the
Caora has passed, and what remains Is either common
continued fever. or direct couvalescence.
In June ls52 Tobce tindal Of the Mslays, on board
the Hon. East India Company's warsteamer. Phlege'
hon went ashore at Arsoan at in the morning. E per-
feet health At o'clock he brought back complete
" collapsed-cold and blue. The treatment employed
Eas precisely that which has been prescribed In these
pages especially to the brandy csmphor quinine and
calomel At 7 o'clock the same evening the natural
heat and hue bad returned TO his skins after passing
considerable quantities Of thick black yiated bie his
stools bad become focal and nearly natural be had
passed urine. and was sleeping quietly. TWentyiour
hours afterward he was on deck. comparatively well
and on the third day be was discharged from the SICK
list at his own request. BE was q man VI about 70
with an unimpaired constitution and Of great personal
strength and courage. He had no fever.
This case was followed by several others-an natives
and some of them strictly abstemious Ali rsrs eoidp'e'
al took the quinine none had the sru. and all reeorered
Among the European portion Of the crew not case
occurred; notwithstanding that many Of these got
drunk as often as the opportunity offered and all took
their regular daily allowance Of grog.
In the Raying stage It 10 important TO watch the
changes-to prevent recurrence OF collapse on the one
hand and to ward off congesons of the head and Wis.
cers the other The first averted by repose and
external warmth. and by giving warm arrow-root In
moderate quantities. the second when the indications
are threatening by small doses Of calomel and castor
oil. with calculated drinks.
Treatment In the Sage Of Feru,-The eminent Mr.
John Fyfe Of Newcastle. England. who in 1891 attended
$40 cases Of Cholera used to say that the duration OF
the consecutive fever with ths dnra'
ton and severity Of the collapse and not much depend
ent on the kind Of remedies employed. This Is GER
tapy far from being true Of the Indian form Of the dis
especially Of those cases which have been treated
with ouinine; and even In Engsnd and in this coun-
try a very mild case sometimes precedes q dangerous
fever, and sometimes after the severest collapse there
is no fever at all In England under certain circum-
stances the fever unless strictly watched proved more
frequently fatal than collapse ITSELF though the symp-
toms were described as differing but little If at ALL from
those OF ordinary typhusexcept peraps In the great
er rapdity with which they ran to sfatal termination
There 10 apt to DO much gddiness pain In the head
and stupor II the case Ia a mild one, mustard poul-
tees applied TO the neck win relieve the head-and to
the epgastrium the stomach. Should there be consti
patton, 1t may be corrected with simple laIatves. II
1.-The cerebral oppression is very serious the back Of the
neck should be bstere and the head shaved and kept
cool with wet cloths or even with ice Small doses Of
calonel and castor oil. (as in preceding paragraph
should be given and great should be observed 70
avoid errors Of diet The congestion which threatens
the head 10 the chief danger and it will often be neces
ssry to preesds the blister (Which are sometimes applied
TO the scalp and sometimes also to the calf Of the Lego
| by leeches behind the ears. or on the neck.
So much for q rstional and successful treatment Of
Cholera from first TO last Whoever may be disposed
to take exception to the method will surely not deny II
the merit Of simplicity, probability and adsptabity
All the means aud appliances are within the reach OF
the poorest man and In the absence Of any
person Of fair intelligence aud sense can use
! them.
Children with their fesher constitutions and their
purer habits-and above ALL their minimum OF suscePti
bility to the influence Of panc-sre In Infinitely less
danger from an invasion Of Cholera than their more
rupt and oonscence.stricken elders When attacked.
they sufIer more from oppression Of the BRAIN than
adults and their consecutive fever always assumes the
shape Of Hydrocephalus.
| Relapse In Cholera-not very conmon-should be
treated on the same principles the original attack