The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-15

ing, too, averts the tendency to collapse.
Too fdblespoonfuls Of the Mixture No. u are to
| be given overy hour until the darrhUa sis check
ed, or nlerges into The rice rdter stage" With due
defercnce. we bolieye that such doses OF tho Pre-
pared Chalk Mature" to say nothing Of the other
ingredients, will hardly cit quietly upon tho stom-
ach; and, If The diarrhDa i'd really the ntiatory oi
| cholera, we shall soon have tho '',fce tcatc'
STAGE" The Indications in the case would be as
we'll carried out il but two OF tho mgr. donts in
this mixture were retained. Lot the patient have
| 10 or 90 drops Of Laudanum with 80 or 40 drops
of the compound tincturo OF Cardamon, with n
teaspoonful Of sugar and water: let him remain
quiet, take simple barley water for drink, and We
should expect to soe all the good results that can
follow tho use Of DR.. SIM's complicated formula.
Mixture No. 2 is applicable to the "rioe- ,oate,
stage". 1t will be seen that the ingredients are
numerous, and several OF these are agents power
ful for evil. This is the empirical nostrum alluded
to above. We ere more than surprised to see it
recommended by an enlightened physician OF the
present age. We consider it criminal for officer
Of the United States army to put il into tho hands
Of the neople with the ssnction Of his official posi-
ton. But the "C1lorodyne Mature Of DIR. SIMS,
besides being dangerous, as VIC shall hereafter
show, is incomprehensible. The formula has one
ingredient not contained in the English "Ohloro-
dyn," VIZ: "1heriacd," Did DR.. SIM, by this ad-
dision, mean to improve on the original prescrip-
zion "7Re,iaca," says the United States Dispcn-
satory, is not now admitted into any modern Phar-
macopoeia Of respectability.
Stranger than all, with the resurrection of Ali
obsolete article comes its conversion from solid
into fluid dracams! The directions given for the
preparation of this mixture finally enlighten us,
and induce the belief that by "Th,riaca" the
author means simply Afvlnsses We arc told
that the Chlorororm is to be s'yaired 1oih The NO
iasses and Gum Water" We offer the following
explanation: Tho "7sucriun, ChanGdrys (tho
name Of plant) or English tredcle, WAS supposed
10 enter into tho composition of the 'Theriaca."
Hence this empirical article may ut times have
been caltod treacle. Our author, it would SEEM
in his anxiety to be scientific, has adopted the
name "Ther'iaca" for Moldsses, and would thus
puzzle any druggist who might undertake to pre-
pare his "Chlorodyne MiIture."
But this mixture also contains the deadly poison
"Hydrocydnic Aoid." We have no objection to
DIR. SIMS handling such tool, but we protest
against it being put into the hands of common
people. We cannot divine his reason for retaining
this drug in the chlorodyne mixture, for it has
never enjoyed any special reputation in the treat
ment OF cholera. It may be claimed that it can
do no harm, because Of the explicit directions in
regard to ths dose. The dose of the chlorodyne
mixture is twelve drops, each dose containing two
drops of the Hydrocyanio Acid. This is usually
considered good dose Of the article. We derive
some consolation, however, from tho fact that the
dose OF the mixture il to be given with thirty
grains Of Hydrorhlorate Of Ammonia dissolved in
half t,irlbe' Of odter or chamomile or mint tea.
This is to be repeated every hour. We think these
will hor 1opn
ach for even the prompt Manifestations of the
poisonous acid to be felt. No credit. however, is
due to DR.. SIN, he fully expects the drug to be
retained.
We venture again to suggest the substitution of
one or two Of the valuable agents of the Chloro-
dyne mixture for the mixture ITSELF Let the pa.
tient have from one-eighth to fourth OF grain
of Morphine and from twenty to thirty drops of
Chloroform, or, what we rather prefer, Ohloric
Ether, with little syrup of Gum Arabic.
The other directions in ard to treatment are
upon the whole, judicious; go we also consi er the
rules as to nursing and diet.
We fully agree in the condemna tion of alcoholic
stimulation-the use Of large doses OF Opium
excessive countor-irritation aud bleeding. But in
regard to calomel much may be said The pro-
fesslon arc not agreed as to its value. Our expe-
rlence is in favor Of it's judicious use. In the
incipiency OF tho disease, after the operation of
the emetic, we have much faith in one or two free
doses OF calomel This will not interfere with the
opiates and aromatics, il they are prescribed. We
have again and again seen dose OF from ten to
twenty grains of the article followed by manifest
change in the character or the disease, as exhib.
tied by the return Of wholesome eecretions, in
creased warmth OF skin, and finally the establish
ment of convalescence.
In some cases small doses Of calomel, with
sugar Of lead and opium (oalomeI, one grain; lead
and opium, each grain), repeated every one, two
or three hours, arc OF decided advantage. W.
would not be without the agent, though It bas
been much abused, and we think that the people
can be safely entrusted with it's administration il
given as We have suggested, until good medical
advice can be obtained. $50.
In conclusion, we must regret the necessity
which has compelled us to differ 80 seriously from
high medico-milltary authority. We do not demur
at the policy which selects army medical officers
to investigate cholera at Constantinople, nor do
We object to the Surgeon Generals Office ut Wash.
ington defining the rules for the preservation OF
the health, or the mitigation Of the disease Of the
army, located wherever 1t may be. But when
these rules are to affect communities when their
circulation is directed from military hes dqusrters
and sanctioned, as We regret to learn, by the
highest State authority, without accurate know.
ledge OF their value-it behooves some one to look
to the interests OF the people, and TO inquire il qood
Intentions may not be prolific Of evil. While wa
are quietly resigned to the grasp of military rule
while we make no appeal from the decisions of a
Provost Court, and complacently watch the pecu-