Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-04-18
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Seeds. Dose, 80 to 40 drops, or half tea
spoonful in a little water, and TO be in
creased according to the urgency of the
case. In case the first dose should be
elected, the second which should stand
ready, should be given Immediately after
the spasm of vomiting has ceased. Du-
ring this late cholera seige no one of us
failed of controlling the vomiting and al
so the purging. by a. most, the third dose.
We have. however, invariably made use
of large mustard poultices of strong, pure
mustard, applied 10 the stomach, bowels,
calves of the legs, feet, etc, as the case
seemed to require.
rColapsc. This is simply a more adj
vsnced stage of the disease. It indicates
the gradual failing of all the powers Of
life. 1t is difficult to say when a case has
become hopeless. At a certain point the
body of the patient begins to emit a pc
culiar odor, which l call the death odor,
for when that has become decided and
unmistakable, l have never known the
patient to recover. / have repeatedly
worked upon such cases for hours with no
permanent result. The blue color, the
cold 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
the second mixture, brandy Ia tablespoon
full every half hour bottles of hot water
surrounding the patient, especially the
extremities, sinopsism and friction will
often n an hour or two work wonders.
Thirst. In these and in all advanced
cases thirst creates intense suffering
The sufferer Graves water, and as sure as
he grati6es the craving the worst symp-
toms return, and he falls a victim TO the
transient qualification. The only safe
Wav is TO have a faithful friend or attend
ant who will not heed his entreaties.-
The suffering NAV be, however, safely al
leviated and rendered endurable. Ere
quent gargling of the throat and washing
ont the mouth will bring some relief. A
Spoonful OF Gum Arabic water, or Cham
omile tea may frequently be given to wet
the throat. '~Iyndenham's White De-
coction" may also be given both as a bev-
erage and n-ourishment in small quantl-
ties, frequently. In a day or two the
suffering from this thirst viii cease In
a large majority it has been intenes for
more than twenty-four hours.
Diet. Rice-water, arrow-root, Linden
HAMS White Detection, crust water
and Chamomile tea, are the best articles
for q day or two after the attack is con;
trolled. Chamomile is very valuable in
restoring the toni ofthe stomach.
The IyphOid FsVG. A typhoid state for
a few days will follow all severe cases.
There is nothing alarming in this. 1t
has every rarely proved fatal. Patience
and careful nursing viii bring it all night.
The greatest danger is from drinking too
freely. When the patient seemed TO be
sinking, a little brandy and water or ar
row-root and Lrsndy have revived him.
In this terrible visitation of the cholera,
we have considered ourselves perfectly
armed and equipped, with a handbag
containing mixture No. l, mixture No. 2,
flor vomiting, etc.,) a few pounds Of
pounded mustard, a bottle of brandy and
a paper of Ghamomile flowers, and a pa
per of Gum Arabic.
Hay no claim to originality in recon-
mending this course of treatment. /
have adopted it from suggestions of able
and experienced physicians. Having
been the only Doctor Of many poor fam.
lilies living neal me, l have tried various
remedies recommended by physicians,
but have found none TO be at all compar-
ed with the above. During the recent
cholera, I cannot find that any treatment
has been so successful as this.
Contagion. The idea of contagion should
be abandoned. All the missionaries who
have been most with the malignant cases
day after day, are fully convinced of the
non-contagionsness of the cholera. The
incipient attacks, which all have suffered
from, are to be attributed to great fatigue,
making the constitution liable to an at
tack.
In another letter I will give you a de-
scription of the cholera as we saw it, and
of some individual cases.
Yours, truly, c. HAMLIN.