The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-09
coITRsE OF TREATArENT.


1st. For stopping the incipient diar-
rhea. The mixture which L used in
IS4s with great success, and again in
1855, has during this epidemic been
used by thousands, and although the
attacks have been more sudden and
violent, 1t has fuIlg established its rep
utation for efficiency and perfect safety.
It consists of equal parts by measure of
laudanum and spirits ofcamphor and
tincture of rhubarb. Thirty drops for
an admit, on a lump of sugar, will
ofteTcheelS the diarrhea. But to pre-
vent its return, care should always, be
taken to CONTINUE the medicine every
every four hours in diminishing doses
%, 20, l5, 10, 8, when careful diet is all
that will be needed.
In case the first dose does not stay the
diarrhea, continue TO give increasing
doses, 35, 40, 10, go, Mt every movement
of the bowels, Large doses Will pro-
duce no injury!whiIe the diarrhea lasts.
When that is checked then is the time
for caution. / have never seen a case
of dfarrhea taken in season which was
not thus controlled, put some cases OF
M vnnced diarrhea, and especially of re-
Innse. paid no heed to it whatever. AS
soon as this becomes apparent, l have
HIwnys reSorted TO this course. Pre-
mare n teacup of starch boiled as for use
In starching linen, and stir into 1t a tnll
teaspo0hfuI oflaudanum for an lnlec-
tion. Give ohe-third at each move
ment of the bowels. In one aespsEat.e
case abandoned as hopeless by physi-
clan. I could not stop the diarrhea un-
hi the seventh injection, which con-
tanned nearly teaspoonfull OF iauda-
niiin. The patient recovered and Is in
nerfect health AT the same time use
prepared chalk in tenrgrain doses, Wlth
a few drops of laudanum and camPhor
sued it must be followed up, and the
diarrhea e9natFfoiiSefp' Sf q tH sSts s =
AoSSi Sd Mustard Poultices. These should
be applied to the pit of the stomacn,
and kept on till the surface is Wen red
dsned!O cd u2sJ s5leil5tias, Z y
I'd. The patient, however well he
NAV feel. should fisidIy observe per-
ffact rest. To lie quietly on the back, Is
one-half the battle. In. that position
the: enemy fires over you, but t1e, mo mo
suent YOU rise you are hit.
When the, attack comes in the form
Of diarrhea, these directions VIII ena-
BILE every one to meet II successlully.
ath. But when the attack is more vto-
lent. and there is vomiting, or vomiting
and pnrging, perhaps also cramps and
collie pains, the following mixture rs
far more effective and should always be
resorfed to- The missionaries, Messrs.
Long, Trowbrtdge and tMasnpufn,
have used 1t in very many cases ana
with wonderful success. 1t consists oi
equal parts of .laudanum, tfncture o.
capsicum, hncture of ginger and tine
.tnre OF cardamom seeds. Dose. thirty
or forty drops, or halfa teaspoonfnl in
a Whitewater, and to be Increased ac.
cording 70 the urgency OF the case. IN
case {fIt, Il Fsti dose should be elected, the
second. which should stand ready,
should be given iinmediately amer the
snasnl of Vomiting has ceased. During
| This late cholera siege no one of us failed
Of f controling the vomiting and also the
purging, BY, &C most, the third 6.sSs dose,
nse of large mustard ponltices, oi
strong i pure mustard, applied 70 IN. the
stomach, bowels, calves of the legs, 1eet
| 90, X the case seemed to require.
,Collapse. This is simply q more ad,
vanced stage of the disease: 1t indicates
the gradual falling OF nlbthe powers 20 O
life. 1t IS dificult TO say when a case
has become hopeless. At q certain
point the body of the patient begins u