The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-03-24
7TnE CHOLERA.

81 "a AtelEdttos Of Tie CRTistiass If140r:
slEooBEAR SRI: The cholera which has inst
left US after committing fearful rsysges. 4
making its way into Europe. aud viii prob:
ably cross the Atlantic before another sun.
: tner has passed. '7-9 de
4 aaHaEihg been pFovidsGtially compelled to
4 have 3 good degree of practical acouAintance
Vita itGand to .ses it In all it's forms and
stages during each of its .inYssions of Cons
fstahfinopie, I wish to make to nv friends
ila Maine soms1sugg estiohs which may re-
lieys aRxistY or bslofgpTaetical use. I'd
ist on the appToach Of The cholera. svz
So s
Nsshout sEaitiug for a physician. It does
itsgWork so expsditiously, that while you
arr WISHING the doetor7it is done! 4 ~ .
Cd II you prepare for it,, it will not ceuls
1 mink there is no disease which may be
avoided with so much Certainty as thr chol,
era! But pfovidsntisI ciFcumstancts, OF
the erheugbtisss indiscrstion of some mem
ber Ola household may invite the stack,
and the challenge will never bs refused. It
will probably bs made in the night, your
pfysicianehss been called in another dirso-
tiollJ and you must treat the case yourself
or7iE viii be fatal q &, .. afle s,.
81, Causes of attack. I have personally
tinVestiga, ed at least a hundred cases, and
| not less than three fourths could be traced
| Directly to improper diet, or Intoxicating
DRINKS, OF to DO tn united. tOf the remain
! der, rsu oppressed psrspiration would com
prise a great number. A strong, healthy,
| temperate, labolirg INan had severe attack
Of cholera. and after the danger had passed
[ was curious to ASCERTAIN the cause. He had
been cautious and pradent In his diet. He
used nothing intoxicating. His residence
was Ia a good locality. Bat after some
hours of hard labor and very profuss per
spTatloH, lie had lain down TO take his Gus
tomary napIight against an opcn window
Through which a very refreshing bTeeze
was blowing. Another eauee is drinking
largely of cold water then hot and thirsty.
Great fatigue, great anxiety, fright, fear. all
igdreo among exciting causes. If one can
avoid sll these he Is as safe from the cholera
as from being swept away by a comet. /
4th. Symptoms Of an attack. While |
cholera is prevalent in place almost every
eHeieXperiences more or less disturbance of
Digestion. Ii is doabtlessin part magma
rY Re Every one notices the slightes varia- |
TOD of feeling. and this gives an impor-
lance to mere trifes. There is often slight /
nausea, or transient pains. or rum bling
sounds when no attack follows. No one is |
entirely free from these. But when diar
rhea c9mmebces. though painless and slight, |
il Is in reality the skirmishing party of the /
Eadvancing column. II will have st rst no
single characteristic of Asiatic cholera. |
Bat do not be deceived. 1t is the chol- |
era nevertheless. Wait little, give it time
to get hold, say to yourself Il feel perfect
" WELL it will soon pass off, and in 8
short Time you will repent of your folly in |
vain, r., l have seen macy a one commit sui |
eide 10 this way. lrs ..-.s
Sometimes, though rarely, the attack
commences with vomiting. But in what. /
ever way it commences it is sure to hold !
on. In a very. few hours the patient NAV
sink into the collapse. The hands and feet
become cold and purplish, the countenancs
at first nervous and anxious, becomes gloo- |
my and apathetic, though a mental restless
nrss and raging thirst torme ut the sufferer
while the powers of life are ebbihg. The
intellect remains clear, but all the social and
moral feelings seem wonderfully to collapse |
with the physical powers. The patient
knows he is to die, but cares not q snap
about it. SOC. as1 .-l5 ..r-r
In some cases, though rarely. the diarrhea
continues for day or two, and the foolish |
person keeps about. then suddenly sinks, |
sends for physician, and before be arrives |
tides as the fool dieth.'' ei @ -T
i1asf9 bHa COURSE OF TREATMENT. sa
~ 1st% For stopping the in6pient diarrhea.
The mixnre which / used in 1848 with
great success. and again in 1855, has dur
iHg This E pidemic been used by thousands, !
aud although the attacks have been more |
SITdH an fill, liz
its reputation for efficiency and perlee |
safety 1t consists ofequal parts, by meas
ure, of laudanum aud spirits of eamphor
and tincture of rhabarb. Thirty drops for
an, adult, on afdump Of sugar, will often |
check the diarrhea. Butte prevent it's re-
turn, care should always be taken to contiu-
ne the medicine every four hours in dimin-
ishing doses 25. 20. Is. 10 8, when careful
diet IL all that will be needed a I
In case the first dose does not stay the |
diarrhea, continue to give Increasing doses /
.35, 40, As, SO, at every movement of the
toWeis. Large doses will produce no in
jury Whilefths diarThea lasts. Whensthat
- checked thea is the time for caution. I /
have never seen case of diarrhea taken in
season which was not thus controlled, but |
some cases OF advanced diarrhea, and es-
peeiAlly Of relapse, paid no hesd to it what
eyer.-s As7soon as this becomes apparent,
have arrays resoEtsd to this coufee. Pre- |
pare teacup of starch boiled as for use in
starehing linen, asRd stir iuto il 7fnl tea
spoonful seEs1lsudsndm for an injection.
Giye sone third at each movement of the
bowels. In one desperate case, abandoned |
as hopeless BY a Physician, could not,sloP
the diarrbea until The seventh injection, |
shieh acoatsinedd nearly aEtsaspoo5hful Of
fandaaHua-a The patient recovered andois |
u perfect health, 81 At tbs same time use
prepared chalk in teB7gTsin, deses, with >
Few drops Of laudanum ard camphor to each.