New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-29
Movg to eaton the cholern.

As there seems to be general belief that the
cholera will visit us sometime this year, we con
slider it our duty to Offer some suggestions which
if adopted. cannot fail to enable persons who de-
sire an intimate acquaintance with the Asiatie visi.
tor to crafty their wishes No doubt nineteen
twentieths OF the good people who live under the
wings of the far famed American eagle will not be
honOred with call from the distinguished Asiattc
and OF course in this number there will be some
who will consider themselves sighted. It is to
enable these to make sure of a visit that we offer
a few well considered suggestions.
We would first advise all susceptible persons to
make their wills as soon as possible so that when
the a. @. arrives on our shores they will have
nothing to think of but their arrangements for
his reception. In providing for the disposal of
their worldly effects, they may bequeath such
trifles as old shoes superannuated caps and worn
out hoop skirts to the freedmen's bureau, or send
them to the Boston and African Gorilla Improve
ment and Moral Culture Society, and set apart at
least one hundred dollars to be invested by their
survivors in annual subscriptions for the Port
folio, on condition that subscribers to the Port
folio shall also receive copies of each number of
the Record.
When this is arranged satisfactorily they should
apply themselves with great energy 10 the task of
collecting the advertisements OF cholera specifics
epidemic annililators audpestilence pills and in
fallible remedies which appear in the daily news.
papers of this city, Philadelphia and Boston
Care should be exercised in selecting the adyer.
tisements, and preference should always be
fear
A special closet should then be set apart for the
reception of the various compounds advertised
under the general headings above noted and this
done, messenger should be dispatched at once to
this or either Of the above cities with authority to
purchase as many pounds or walls of the specifics
pills annihiators etc, as they can secure trans
portaton for
The next step should be to obtain copies of all
the works on cholera which have been or may
hereafter be published in the United States.
With all these works on hand, the person DESTROYS
OF receiving visit cannot fail to keep that subject
constantly in mind He or she should then Danish
every other thing from his or her thoughts A
PED should be placed near the closet containing
tle various cholera remedies so that, night and
day, the subject of cholera may be continually
| suggested. The several works on cholera should
| be read in regular order, beginning with the pre-
monitory symptoms, then going into the details of
collapse, and ending with the peculiar condition
| Of the body after death
| The reader will find all the symptoms of the
disease infinitely described, and on each page
different remedy suggested. 1t would be well for
those who have doubts respecting their liability to
attack, to ponder carefully the description of each
| symptom, commit to memory the prescription for
it, and then, before proceeding further, 60 to
the closet and taste the various remedies on hand.
| We could make other valuable suggestions, but
| if the law we have written should be followed
out to the letter. we will guarantee collapse in
the most stubborn cases.
Before a reader can get through half q volume
! on cholera he or she viii have every symptom of
the disease, aud by swallowing as many ounces of
the cholera mixtures as can be forced into the
stomach, can insure death in a few hours.
And all who do not want to increase the bust
line should let works on cholera and the advertised
cholera specifics as severely alone as they possibly
can,
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