Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-11
from the Cincinnati Commercial
Treatment Of Cholera In ias DIFF.
feremt Stages.

| All IcEGmt SbuBeBs
EDS. Con-. THE suggestion made In the
Commercial yesterday morning, that the
Board of Health should .elrculate reliable
information among the people," as to the
4 proper measures to take In every stage OF
the cholera, is well-timed and appropriate.
Diarrhea and cholera mixtures of every
namable and unnamable description that
| qnackery can devise, are urged upon the
community at the present time. The less
the afflicted have to do with them the bet
| ter.
While it Is true that too much import
ance can not be attached to the premoni-
tory diaFrhea, 1t is equally true that the in
| judicious use of the compounds and nos
trums of medicine venders, will invite all
the pains and penalties of the dreaded dis
ease and ifstricken down with the cholera,
the stomach being in an irritable condition
in consequence of these preparations, all
efforts to restore its natural tone will be
futile, and the patient will be found by the
physician already beyond the help of med
icine.
The rules emanating from the Board of
Health. in regard 10 cleanliness and diet,
are judlcious and correct, and faithful at
tention should be given TO the directions
promulgated. The sanitary measures sug-
gested are In the highest degree commend
able, and cannot be too closely observed;
while the advice given In reference to the
selection Of articles of food are appropriate
and important.
In regard to the actual treatment of chol-
era in It's different stages, beg to offer the
following advise, based upon an extensive
experience in 1949 and 1850: For diarrhea,
or any unusual disturbance of the bowels,
use some simple and known remedy. 1t is
better, In all cases, to procure a prescrtp-
tion for this purpose from physician. Do
not buy or use any OF the advertised cholera
mixtures.
The following will be found a safe and
efficient remedy: Powdered rhubarb and
carbonate of magnesia, each, drachms;
compound tincture rhubTb, ounce; pep
permint water, ounces; laudanum, 2
drachms. Dose, one-third of wine-glass
full after each movement of the bowels.
If the attack of diarrhea is sudden, and
the discharges are watery, and especially
If there is sickness and inclination to vomit,
send for physician; you want immediate
and appropriate treatment; do not resort
to any quack nostrum. If there are indi-
cations of the collapse stage, spasms, cold
blueness about the ends OF the
fingers, and a medical adviser is not at
hand, obtain the following prescriptions
from the nearest druggist:
No. 1-Chloroform drachm, oil of tur-
pentine l ounce. Give teaspoonful of
this In little brandy and water, and re-
peat every half hour.
No. 2-Calomel and nitrate of potash,
each, 80 grains. To be divided into three |
powders, to be taken fifteen minutes after |
the first dose of No. l, and repeated every |
hour.
Apply mustard plasters to the pit of the |
stomach, and jugs of hot water to the feet.
Friction should be kept up without inter-
mission, over the entire surface of the body
and the limbs, using, at the same time,
liniments or ointments. An
excellent prescription for this purpose is
a mixture of lard and red pepper, applied |
hot
The patient should maintain arecumbent
position. Spearmint tea, in small quanti-
lies, may be given to allay the thirst. For
,he rest, the patient must be governed by
he advise OF a competent physician, who
IAN alone conduct him safely through con-
Talescence.