Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-03-03
Asiatie Cholera.

We copy tHc ioiioWihS opocINa-
tons on cholera; from that cxcellant
Medical and Hygeinic publication
Halls Journal OF Health for JAN,
1866:
Premonitory Symptoms Of Cholera.
The cure Of this scourge depends
upon the earliness with which the
means are used. 1t can be said with
less limitation than of all other dis
cases together, that Cholera moro
certainly kills, if let alone, and is
certainly cured, if early attended to.
What, then, is the earliest and al
most universal symptoms of ap-
preaching Cholera? l have seen it
named in print as such. During the
two years above referred to, / could
tell in my own office, without read
ing paper, or seeing or speaking
to a single person, the comparative
prevalence of the disease from day
to day, by the sensation which 1
will name and l hope to the benefit
of thousands, and perhaps not a
single reader will fail to respond to
the statement from his own expert
cnce. The bowels may be acting
but once, or less than once, in TWEEN
ty-four hours, the appetite may be
good, and the sleep may be sound;
but there is an unpleasant sensation
in the belly-I do not for the sake
of delicacy, say stomach" for it is
a perversion of terms--it is not in
the stomach, nor do call it the alb.
domen. Many persons don't know
what abdomen means. Thousands
have such good health that they
have no "realizing sense" of being
the owners of such "apparati," or
"uSses.' as the reader may fancy,
and it is great pleasure to me to
write in such manner that l know
my reader will understand me per-
fectly without having the head ache.
Who wants to hunt up dictionary
words when the thermometer is q
hundred at the coolest spot in his
Officer 1t is bad enough to have to
write what you know, at such a
Fahrenheit ical elevation as 1 do
now, but it is not endurable to be
compelled to find the meaning Of
another by hunting over old lexi-
cons, and, after all, running the risk
of discovering that the word or
phrase was, in its application, as in
noccnt of sense rs the noggin was
of brains which used the express
sion.
Speaking then Of that sensation
of uneasiness, without acute pain,
in the region named, it comes on
more decidedly after an evacuation
of the bowels. In health, this ect
is followed by a sense of relief or
comfortableness, but when tho chol-
era influence is in tho atmosphere.
even a regular passage is followed
by something of this sort, but more
and more decided after each action
over one in twenty-four hours. The
feeling is not all; there is a sense of
tiredness or WEAKNESS which in
clines you to take seat; to sit down
and maybe, to bend over little, or
to curl up, il on bed. This sen.
sation is coming cholera, and if heed
ed when first noticed, would save
annually thousands. The patient
should remain on tho bed until he
felt as if he wanted to get up, and as
if itwould be Pleasurable to walk
about While observing this quiet
and while swallowing Jumps Of ice,
nothing should be eaten until there
is decided appetite, and what is
eaten should be farina, or arrow-root
or tapioca, or corn starch, or what
is better than all, mush made of
rice flour, or if preferred, common
rice parched as coffee, and then boil
ed as rice is usually for the table,
about twelve minutes, then strain
the liquid from the rice; return the
rice to the stew pan and let it steam
about a quarter of an hour, a short
distance from the fire, il will then be
done, the grains will be separate ; it
may then be eaten with a little but
ter, at intervals of five hours.
There can be mo doubt, that thous-
ands upon thousands have died Of
cholera who might now be living
had they done nothing but observed
strict bodily quietness under the
promptings of nature, the greatest
and the best physician.