Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-15
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1865.
T1n cholera ard IL. Treatment.

That the cholera Will visit this oouh-
NV, the coming summer, seems to be
very generally believed, and men in New
York and other large cities have been
LOOKING about for country boarding
pls, ;, whera they hope to be safe from
It's n ages. This they have been doing
Tor some tim having commenced in
uuiYy and search at much earlier
period tkan usual. There can DO no
certainty that the cholera will or will
not appear among us-and in this IN
certainty there can be no harm in being
prepared for the worst that may happen,
and as ian ounce OF prevention Is
worth more than pound OF cure" we
would urge upon all communities that
may be in any manner exposed, to COM
mence the work Of preparation at once.
Not only cities, but all large towns
where there is mixed population, are
more or less exposed, and Rutland,
should the disease make It's appearance
in the country, will not be safe unless
some decided precautionary measures
are adopted.
AZ recent meeting Of the New York
academy of medicine, papers on the sub
iect Of cholera were read by two physi-
clans, both Of them dwelling on proves
ssos as the only way TO protect the coun-
try from the disease. And cleanliness,
and nothing more" is by almost univer-
sal consent regarded as the sovereign
preventive. The papers read at the
New York meeting hardly alluded TO the
subject of treating the disease after il
had once broken out, so absorbed were
the writers with the Importance af pre-
ventive remedies.
The authorities OF town or city can
do much towards securing the public
health, by way Of remedying detective
sewerages, filling up cess-pools that
breed disease and death in densely peo-
pied districts, and neglect in this matter
would n criminal to a high degree.
But families and individuals can do
still more, during the Spring months,
and every householder and business man
should be held responsible for the clean.
illness Of his own premises. All decay
ing vegetable matter should be removed
from cellars, withdrawing should be
literally applied, drains and privies
carefully looked after and supplied with
absorbents and disinfectants. These
and other precautionary measures will
be much more effectual than any remedies
applied after the scourge has once brok-
en- ou..
We are particular in urging these
necessary steps because it 10 not q day
TOO soon to be attending to this su-
prenely important matter How much
more pleasantly, comfortably, happily
would all classes OF people feel, were
they assured that this large, growing,
but hall improved village and thn
posed localities around 1t, were thor
oughIy cleansed, purified, and set in or
der, 80 that should individual cases of
cholera be brought unbidden into our
midst, the disease would not spread and
commit its ravages as it would be sure
10 do in places unprepared for it. We
hope shat neither the authorities or peo-
pie Will be indifferent to these consider
atjoDs.
DR.. Pratt Of the Central Turkey mis-.
sion, who WAS at Constantinople during
the FEARFUL ravages OF the cholera in
that city, last year, has prepared an ar
ticle for the Missionary Herald, made
up from his own experience after con.
sGlting with DR.. Hamlin and others, all
Of whom had labored successfully
among the cholera patients Of Western
Asia We quote from this paper the fol-
lowing -
SYMPTOMS or THE DISEASE.
"Cholera is disease of the stomach
and iptestines, manifested by purging
and vomiting, and running, sooner or
later, into discharges like water with
rice boiled in it. This is the essential
nature Of the disease, no matter where
1t appears. When It comes as an cpl
demic, commonly called 'Asiatic chOl-
ers, there CO. exists, to greater or less
degree, what is called maligHancy;
manifested by GOODNESS Of the surface of
the body, depressed pulse, purple, shriv-
led appearance of extremeties, and per-
hsps spasms. II is this quality that is
the source Of danger, and it may vary in
intensity from the slightest to the most
virulent degree, causing death in three
hours, and before the parging and vom-
ting have had time, of themselves, to
pyodrce any effect.
TREATMENT,
TO meet these conditions, the follow
ing directions must be carefully fol.
lowed:
1. For the stage Of 6is,rA@a. This may
come on insidiously, painless snd hence
MOI alarming, hut should be met prompt
~. The remedy is, The cholera mixture
50 called, consisting OF equal parts of
Laudanum,
Tincture Of Rhubsrd, and t.1
Spirits of Camphor,