The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-10-18
REMARKABLE CHOLERA OURB.
500 GASES rArArED-Eo DEATHS.

All the medical cholera schools us'
camnbor in their treatment OF cholera
I'D its vslue has been admitted on al
sides. vet il has always failed to effect tbs
desired cure, unless the experience of DR.
Rubin should prove an exception. Tit
Gssatursted spirits of camphor" used by
this eminent Neapolitan physician con
sists, as We learn from a correspondent OIL
the London Star, Of equal parts, by weight
of camphor and spirits, and to the power
thus obtained be attributes his success IN
the treatment of the disease. The ordin-
ary spirits of camphor consist of one part
BY weight of camphor to nine parts Of
spiritssof wine, while the homeopathic
preparation is made by mixing one OF
camphor to FIVE of spirits of wine. The
quantity of camphor Which water will
take up s''small, and 10 obtain the satura
ted spirits of csmphOr of Rubini," 1t is
necessary to distil spirits of wine, and
get rid of so much of it's water as will
bring it over to so degrees overproof, in
which condition it will dissolve and hold
in solution it's own weight of csmphor.
With this saturated spirits OF cam
phor" DIR. Rubini treated in Naples 492
cases of Asiatic cholera without the lose
of single patient. Of these 592 cases,
goo were cured in the Royal Alms-house,
! 1 in the Royal Poor house, and l66 in
the Sd Swiss Regiment of Wolff, That
the 377 cases treated by DR.. Rubini 10
these public institutions were ali genuine
cases of Asiatic cholera, and some "ter-
ribly severe" and that all recovered, the
evidence of the following distinguished
individuals, with their official seals attach
ed, sufficiently sttests: II Generate Gov
ernstore Ricci; II Msggiore Commandante
Nicola Forni; II Capitano CommaudantC
Carlo Sodero; Generate CommandantC
Fileppo, Colonel Eduaro Wolff. The
method of cure is as follows: when 4
man is seized with cholera, he should a
once" says Rubini. ''lie down, be vel
wrapped in blankets, and take every 6vt
minutes four drops of the saturated tine
ture of camphor. In very severe case
the dose ought to be increased to from
to 20 drops every FIVE minutes. In tn
Gaze of a man of advanced age, accustom
ed to take wine and spirits, where tn
drug given in drops has no effect, give
SNACO DPOOAtaA GESA nNG
and in q very short time the coveted reac
ton will occur. Ordinarily, in two, thre
or four hours, abundant perspiration vii
come out, and then cure will follow.
1.-THE preventive method" writes DI
Rubin, sis this: Let those who are il
good health, while living in accoIdanc
with their usual habits, take every day
five drops of the saturated spirits O
camphor upon a small lump ofsugsr wa
ter must never be used as a medium, o
the cnmphor will become solid and il
curative properties cease, and-Fepeat th
dose three or four times day. Spices
aromstics, herbs, coffee, tea and spiritu
Gus liquors should be avoided"
Here, then, we have as strong primo
|acie case made out as can well be con.
ceivsd in favor Of the preventability anC
durability of Asiatic cholera, and that BY
remedy which is at once portable anc
inexpensive, and which all sections Of thu
medical profession have heretofore en-
ployed, and can, therefore. raise no OBJ
lection to employing again in increased
potency"