The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-04-20


pains, the following mixture is far more el.
lective and should always be resorted 60.
The missionaries, Mossrs Long ,rrowbridgo,
and Washburu, have used it in very many
cases and with wonderful success; II con.
sists Of equal parts of laudanum, tincture of
capsicum, tiucturo of ginger, aud tincture
of cardamon seeds Dose, 30 to 80 drops,
or a half teaspooniul in little water, and
to bo increased according TO the urgency OF
the case. lu case the FIRST dose should be
elected, the second which should stand
ready, should be given Immediately after
the spasm OF vomiting has ceased, During
this late cholera siege no one OF us falod OF
controlling the vomiting aUd also the purg-
ing, 10y at most, the third dose. We have,
however, invariably made use Of largo mus
tard poultices of strong, pure mustard, APP.
piled to the stomach, bowels, calves OF the
legs, feet, etc, as the case seemed to re-
quire.
Collapse. This is simply moro advanced
state OF the disease. 1t Indicates the grad
nal failing of all the powers Of life. 1t is
difficult to say when n case has become
hopeless. At a certain point the body OF
the patient begins to emit q peculiar odor
whicE | call the death odor, Tor when that
has become decided and unmistakable, |
have never known the patient to recover.
| have repeatedly worked upon such casos
for hours with no permanent result. But
the blue color, the col extremities, the
deeply sunken eye, the vanishing pulse are
no signs that the case is hopeless Scores
of such cases in the recent epidemic have
recovered. In addition to the second mix
ture, brandy IA table spoonful every halt
hour), bottles of not water surrounding the
patient, especially the cXtremitica, sinop-
ssm and friction will often in an hour or
two work wonders.
Thirst. In these aud in I'll advanced cases
thirst creates intense suffering. The suffer
er Graves water, and as suro rs he gratSies
the craving the worst symptoms return, aud
he falls victim to the transient gratilica-
ton. The oily safe way is to have faith.
ful friend or attendant who will not heed
his cntreaties. The suffering may be, how.
ever, safely alleviated and rendered ondur.
able. Frequent gargling the throat and
washing out the mouth will bring some re.
cf A Aspoonfdl of gum Arabic wafer, or OF
chamomile tea, may frequently be given to
wet the throat. Lyndenham's White De
cootion" may also be given both as bev.
erage aud nourishment in small quantities
| Frequently. In day or two the suffering
from thirst will cease. In large majority
it has been intense for more than twenty
| four hours.
| Diet. Rice water, arrow-root, LyndeE'
| hams White DccoCtou, crust water, cham
omile tea, are the best articles for day or
two after tho attack is controlled. Chamo
mile is very valuable III restoring the tone
OF the stomach.
The Typhoid FeUer. A typhoid state fol
a few days will follow all severe cases
There is nothing alarming in this. 1t has
very rarely proved fatal. Patience and
careful nursing will bring it right. The
greatest danger is from drinking too freely
When the patient seemed to be sinking, q
little brandy ana water or arrow-root and
brandy have revived him. In this terrible
visitation of the cholera, we have considered
ourselves perfectly armed and equipped,
with handbag containing mixture No. /
mixture No 2, Qor vomiting, etc., a few
pounds of pounded mustard, bottle OF
brandy, and paper of chamomile flowers,
and paper of gum Arabic.
lay no claim to originality in re com.
mcnding this course of treatment. have
adopted it from suggestions of able and ex.
pericnced physicians. Having been the only
doctor of many poor families living near
me, have tried various remedies recon.
mendcd by physicians, but | have found
nohe to he at all compared with the above
During the recent cholera, cannot find that
any treatment has been SO successful as
this.
Contdgion. The idea of contagion should
be abandoned. All the missionaries vino
have been most with the malignant cases
day after day, are fully convinced of the
non-contagiousness of the cholera. The in
cipient attacks, which all have suffered
from, are to be attributed to great fatigue,
making the constitution liable to an attack.
In another letter will give you dc.
scription of the cholera as we saw it, aud
of some individual cases.
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