Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-19

has fully established its reputa
ton for efficiency and perfect safe
ty. It consists of equal parts, by
measure, of one laudanum anG
spirits Of camphor, two tincture of
rhubarb. Thirty drops for ar
adult, on a lump of sugar, will of
ten check the diarrhoea. But tc
prevent its return care should al
ways be taken to continue the med
icine every four hours in diminish
ing doses; twenty-five, twenty.
fifteen, ten, nine, when careful diet
is all that will be needed.
In case the first dose does not stay
the diarrhoa, continue to give in
increasing thirty-fve, for
ty, forty-five, sixty-at every
movement of the bowels. Large
doses will produce no injury
while the disease lasts. When
that's checked, then is the time
for caution. Ihaye never seen a
case taken in season which was
not thus controlled, but some ad.
vanced cases, and especially of re-
lapse, paid no heed to it whatev-
er. As soon as this becomes ap-
parent l have always resorted to
this course: Prepare a teacup of
starch boiled as for use in starch
ing linen, and stir into it a full
teaspoonful of laudanum for an in
lection. Give one-third at each
movement of the bowels. In one
desperate case, abandoned as hope
less by a physician, / could not
stop the diarrhoea until the sew
enth injection, which contained
nearly teaspoonful of laudanum.
The patient recovered, and is in
perfect health. Atthe same time
/ used prepared chalk in ten grain
doses, with few drops of lauda-
mum and camphor to each. But,
whatever course is pursued, it
must be followed up or the pa
tient is lost.
/, g.. Mustard Rsultices.-These
should be applied TO the pit of the
stomach, and kept on till the sur
face is well Redeemed. ssEsEs
2 8. The patient, however well
he may feel, should rigidly OBJ
serve perfect rest. 70 lie quietly
on the back is one-half of the bat
tie. In that position the enemy
fires over you, but the moment you
rise you are hit.
4. But when the attack is more
violent, and there. is vomiting, or
vomiting and purging, perhaps al
SO cramps and collie pains, the fol
lowing mixture is far more effect
i've, and should always be resorted
to. The observation-disclosures.
Long, Trowbridge and Washburn
have used it in very many cases
and with wonderful success. 1t
consists of equal parts of lauda-
mum, tincture of capsicum, tinct-
ure of ginger, and tincture of car
damon seeds. Dose, thirty to for
ty drops, or half a teaspoonful in a
little water, and to be increased
according to the urgency OF the
case. In case the first dose should
be elected, the second, which
should stand ready, should be Civ
en- Immediately after the spasm
of vomiting has ceased. During
this late cholera siege no one OF
us failed of controlling the vomit-
ing 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 stom-
ach, bowels, calves of the legs, feet,
&c., as the case seemed to require.
TREATMENT OF COLLAPSE.
Collapse.-This, is simply a
more advanced stage of the dis.
ease. It indicates the gradual
failing Of all the powers OF life. Q II
is difficult to say when a case has
become hopeless. At a certain
point the body of the patient be
gins to emit peculiar odor, which
I call the death odor, for when
that has become decided and un
mistakable, / have never known
the patient to recover. have re
peatedly worked upon such cases
for hours with no permanent re
suit. But the blue color, the colo
extremities,S the deeply sunker
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