Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-05-19
COURSE OF TREATMENT.

and violent, it has fully established its repu.
tation for efficiency and perfect safety. 1t
consists of equal parts by measure of.
Laudanum and Spirits of Cumphor. 2 Tine
ture of Rhubarb. Thirty drops for an adult,
on lump of sugar, will often check the
diarrhUa. But to prevent its return, care
should be taken 10 continue the medicine
every hours in diminishing doses 25, 20,
Is, 10, Q, when careful diet is all that will
be needed.
In case the first docs not stop the diarrhGa,
continue to give increasing doses 30, 40, 45
go, at every movement of the bowels. Large
doses will produce no injury while the diar-
rhGa lasts. WheI. that is checked then is
the time fo- caution. | have never seen a
case of the diarrhea taken in season which
was not thus controlled, but some cases of
the advanced diarihea, and especially of re-
lapse, paid no attention to it whatever. As
soon as this becomes apparent, have always
resorted to this course. Prepare tea cup
of starch boiled as for use in starchng linen,
and stir into it full teaspoonful of laud-
anum for injection. Give onc-third at each
movement of the bowels. In one desperate
case abandoned as hopeless by physician,
l could not stop the diarrhUa until the
seventh injection, which contained nearly a
teaspoonfu of laudanum. The patient re-
covered and is in perfect health. At the
same time use prepared chalk in 10 grain
doses, with a few drops of laudanum and
camphOr to each. But whatever course is
pursued must bc followed up, and the diar-
rhca controlled, or the patient is lost
2d. Mustard poultices. These should be
applied to the pit of the stomach, and Kept
on till the surface is well Redeemed.
Sd. The patient, however well he may feel,
should riguly observe perfect rest. To lie
quietly on the back is one-half the battle
In that position the enemy fires over you, but
the moment you rise you are hit.
When the attack comes in the form of diar-
rhea, these directions will enable every one
to meet it successfully.
4th. But when the attack is more violent,
and there is vomiting orvomiting and purg-
ing, perhaps also cramps and collie pains, the
following mixture is far more effective and
should be resortcd to. The missionaries,
Messrs. Long, Trowbridgc and Washbuln,
have used it in very many cases and with
wonderful success. 1t consists Of equal parts
of laudanum. tncture of capsicum, tincture
of ginger, and tincture of cardamon seeds.
Dose, 80 to 40 drops, or half teaspoontul
in little water, and to be increased accord
ing to the urgency of the case In case the
first dose should be elected, the second,
which should stand ready, should be give
Immediately after the spasm of fvomitng has
ceased During this late cholera siege no
one of us failed of controlling the vomiting
and also the purging, by at most, the third
dose We have, however, invariably made
use of large mustard poultices of strong,
pure mustard, applied to the stomach, bowels,
calves of the legs, feet, etc., as the case
seemed to require.
Colitpse This is simply more advanced
state of the disease. 1t indicates the gradual
failing of all the powers Of life. 1t is difficult
to say when a case become hopeless. At n
certain point the body Of the patient begins
to emit Il peculiar odor, which call the
odor of death, for when that has become
decided and unmistakable, l nave never
known the patient to recover. | have re-
peatedly worked upon such cases for hours
with no permanent result. But the blue
color, the cold eXtremities, the dceply-sunk
eye, the vanishing pulse are no signs that the
case is hopeless. Scores of such cases in the
recent epidemic have recovered. In addition
to the second mixture, brandy (atablespoon-
full every half hour9 bottles of hot water
surrounding the patient, especially the ex-
tremities, sinopsism and friction, w!ll often
in 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 gratiles the
craving the worse symptoms return, and he
falls victim to the transient gratlhcatlon
The only safe way is to have faithful friend
or attendant who will not heed his cntreates
The suffering may be, however, safely allcyi
ated and rendered enGurabie. Frequen
gargling the throat and washing out th:
/ mouth will bring some relief A spoonful
of gumarabic water, or Of chamomile tel
may Frequently be given to wet the throat
, "Lyndenham's White Detection" may als'
/ he given both as a beverage and pourGhmen
7 in small quantities, frequently. In day o.
two the suffering from thirst will cease. Ii
q large majority it has been intense for NOR
than twenty-ionr hours.
Diet. Rice water, arrow root, Lyndenham'
| White Decoction, crust water, chamoml
tea, are the best articles for II day or tw'
after the attack in controlled. Chamomil'
is very valuable in restoring the tone OF tn
stomach.
The Typhoid Ftrer. A typhoid state TO
a few days will follow all severe cases. Their
is nothing alarming in this. 1t has ver
rarely proved fatal. Patience and careful
nursing will bring it all right. The creates
danger is from drinking too freely. Whe
the patient seemed TO lie sinking, a littl
brandy and water or arrow root and brand
revived him. In this terrible visitation q
the cholera, we have considered ourselye
perfectly armed and equipped, with ham
bag containing mixture No. /, mixture No.
Qor vomiting etc. few pounds OF pounde
mustard, n bottle of brandy, and Il pound G
; chamomile flowers, and paper of gum
arabic.
lay no claim to originality in recon
mending this course of treatment. hav
adopted it from suggestions of able and C,
, perienced physicians. Having been the onl
doctor of many poor families living near mi
: have tried various remedies recommende'
by physicians, but l have found none to h
at all compared with the above. During III
recent cholera, cannot find that any trea
ment has been so successful AS this.
Contagion. The idea of ooItagion shoul
be abandoned. All the missionaries VIII
2 have been most with the malignant cas-,
4 day after day, are fully convinced fthe mol
I, contagiousness of the cholera. The incipiei
! attacks, which all have suffered from, are
! be attributed to great fatigue, making Il
{ constitution liable to an attack. ~.
Yours truly, Q. HAMLIS.