Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-13

/ life. 1t is difficult to say when a caso
has become hopeless. At certain point
the body of the patient begins te emit 8
peculiar oder, which I call the death
/ odor, for when that has become decided
and unmistakable, [ have never known
/ the patient to recover. l have repeated
/ ly worked upon such cases for hours with
! no permanent result But the blue color,
/ the cold eXtremitIes, the deeply sunken
eye, the vanishing pulse are no signs that
| tue case Is hopeless. Scores of such cases
| IN the recent epidemic have recovered.
/ In addition to the second mixture. brandy
! "a table spoonful every half hour,) bottles
| of hot water surrounding the patient, es-
/ pecialiy the eXtremities, sinapisms and
| friction will often ina hour or two work
wonders
Thirst. In these and In all advanced
! eases thirst creates intense suffering.
The sufferer Graves water, and as sure as
he gTatifies II the worst symptoms
return, and he fails victim to the tran
sIent qualification, The only safe way is
to have a faithful friend or attendant Who
will not heed his entreaties The suffer-
ing may be. however, safely alleviated
and rendered endurable. Frequent gar
/ cling the-thEnat aud washing out the
mouth viii bring some relief. A spoonful
Of Gum Arabic water, or of ChamOmiie
elA may 4AGlNC w BAfCA " wei zig
throat Lyndenham's White Deeoc-
ton may also be given both as bever-
age and nourishment in small quantities
frequently. In day or two the suffer
ing from thirst will cease. In a large
majority it has not been intense for more
than tWenty-four hours.
Diet. Rice water, arroWroot, Lynden-
ham White DecoctiOn, crust water,
chamomile tea, are the best articles for a
1E-l
ChamOmlle IS very valuable IN restoring
the tone of the stomach.
The Typhoid Fever. a typhoid state
for 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 all right
The greatest danger Is from drinking too
freely. When the patient seemed to be
sinking, little brandy and water or ar
rowrOOt have revived him. In this terri
bic visitation of the cholera, we have con-
sidered ourselves perfectly armed and
equipped, with hand bag containing mix
ture No. 1, mixture No. 2, (for vomiting,
etc., a few pounds of pounded mustard,
bottle of brandy and a paper of ChamO-
nile flowers, and q paper of Gum Arabic.
l lay no claim to originality in recon-
mendlng this course of treatment. / have
adopted it from suggestions of able and
experienced physicians. Having been the
enly doctor Of many poor families living
near me, 1 have tried various remedies re- !
commended by physicians, but I have
found none at all to be compared with the
above. During the recent cholera I can
not find that any treatment has been so
successful as this
Contagion. The idea of contagion
should be abandoned All the Mission
aries who have been most with the ma
ignaut cases day after day, are fully con-
vinced of the non -contagiousness of the |
cholera The incipient attacks which all
have suffered from are to be attributed
to great fatigue, making the constitution
liable to an attack Yours. truly,
@. HAMLIN.