The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-07-20

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sensational dsaliors IN ouf city, fen
tlefs u apparently necessary That che
matter should be Fefi,sd by Memphis
papcfa
There y not and has nol l,een, this
acason, ease NJ Aaiallc cholera IN
Memphis, and Che d~tof who says
there hos been, imperils he medical
population.
a hataher opinion might be ex-
pressed. II might be aaid that the
greater the qaaek, tho more cholera
cascs are found. II might I've said
that with The merenafy purpose Of
creating q panic, acme doctors give
crcdcnce 10 such reports. II might
be suspected that HE hope of getting
a reputation for successfully treating
cholera when only diarrhca was The
disease, has sometimes influenced
medical expression.
We don't care 10 discuss these
points, but we repeat again "thcrc Is
not and has not been, this season, q
single case of Asiatic cholera In Mem
phis, and the doctor who says there
has been, imperils his medical rcpu-
tation.p
There have been a number Of very
sudden deaths. There are such cases
every year when the heated term sets
in. There have not been a larger
than ordinary number Of such cases
this season. These cases, every doc
tor should know, and unless he Is n
quack, does know are very unlike
cholera. They are kind OF congcs-
tive chill and fever and everybody
knows that congestive fevcrs are often
fatal. The blood leaving the capil-
larry vessels Of the surface Is thrown
upon the large internal organs, in
namation Of the alimentary canal en-
sues; cramps are not unusual, and
unless there Is reaction tho patient
dies. Is this cholera2 Not at all.
The man knows little Of medical
science who says II is. Let us con-
trast the two diseases.
In cholera, there is no gripping Of
the bowels. eOn the contrary, the
muscles are relaxed, and the discharges
are so free that the patient is almost
unconscious Of them.
| In the cases now occurring, there
is usually gripping pain in the bowels,
In cholera, the discharges are al
most limpid, but precipitate peculiar
mushroom like substance.
| In the cases now occurring, the
discharges are dark, semi-consistent,
and not either limpid or wholly fluid,
In cholera, the discharges have O
peculiar odor, that once perceived, can
never again be mistaken.
In the cases now occurring, the
discharges are often very bilious.
In cholera, the discharges are moi
hot nor painful.
In the cases now occurring the dis.
charges are generally hot and painful
indicating inflammation Of the alimen'
tary canal.
In cholera the tongue is cold ant
pipe clayey.
In the cases now occurring Oh,
tongue is Cry and coated, and has rec
edges.
In cholera the countenance has
peculiarly pinched and agonized look
In the cases now occurring ther
; is ho peculiarly panied expression o
: countenance.
. In cholera the brain is usually fre
! from delirium, unless excessive dose
: Of narcatic or opiate medicines hav
2 been given.
In the cases now occurring there
$ often delirium, and in many case
: the patients die delirious.
Q We are perfectly aware that doc
: tors Of some rcpute have whispcre
!, to one or another that they have ha
Q cases Of "real cholera" and that the
Q may disapprovc this expression ,
c option by a non-medical man, bt
o tie public should not be alarme,
y and our city damaged, by erroneor
9 reports. If we have rightly tracc
.s Tho origin and character Of that dii
8 case which every year attacks persoI
. who are indiscreet when the heate
4 term begins, we will have rcndcrC
y an important service. What we ha,
x said indicltes that in most cases u
70 disease that is mistaken for choler
n and that was met with here yea
+ before the cholera crossed the Atlai
% tic can best be guarded against !
, wearing flannel, or otherwise kecpir
of up the circulation Of the surface
y the body, by abstaining from unril
= fruits and stale vegetables, by avoi'
d ing sudden changes Of the temper
's ture of the body or check Of persr
ID ration, and by eating or drinkir
q nothing calculated to derange Il
3, stomach or produce inflammation
>, the alimentary canal.
:, In case Of an attack, promotil
I'd the circulation Of the surface Of d
n body by friction, and checking q
IN interna congestion and inaammati'
n by reaction, are the objects TO
mainly attended to. With su'
efforts, and The care Of Z doctor vi
a don't mistake The disease for epnui