Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-20


CHOLERA TNFANTUM. An eminent physician
in Philadelphia furnishes the public with the
following rules in the treatment OF cholera IN:
fantum Keep the child cool by means of fire.
uucnt and protractcd bathing in water cooler
than the atmosphere 1.-THE temperature OF the
atmosphere Is very hig h-say about from 80 to
80 deSrees Fahrenheit, or if it is close aud op.
nrcsSive-thc bathing should be repeated
number of tunes in the course or the day, the
water for this purpose being regulated to about
81 or ~ degrees Sometimes lustead OF lnl-
mersiny the child in the water it may suffice
to spougc it copiously. Thus treated the child
will feel cool aud comfortable Tor several hours,
after which the process may be repeated, there
being no cause for apprehension whatever tfat
the little Que will be weakened thereby las Is
sometimes enormously supposedly even II Kept
in the water Tor half au hour at time. lhe
object of this bathing Is to substitute sur
rounding medium the temperature OF which
NAV be regulated at will, for the atmosphere
whose temperature is not so readily modified:
As to diet, the most important article OF food
is mix, accompanied, after the tenth month OF
the infants age with a small quantity OF crush
ed water. cracker soaked IN the milk IN the form
of 'rap." Great care should be taken not to
ovcriccd babies during the warm season, as the
function of digestion at such time Is just as
much avcrse to being overworked as are the
unctons of theuuscles.
The milk that is used should be as fresh as 1t
can possibly hc had. If cow could be mllked
every time that the baby needs feeding 1t Wouiu
be all the better At all events the milk should
be freshly drawn from the udder at least twice
dav. and to facilitate its preservation should
be immediately bo led, and then cooled ana an
kept ON ice in closely covered vessels. All the
t6a oly infants b,
should first be boiled. Ran} when cooled and set,
tied carefully poured off from the top, bottled
ard kept on ice The process OF boiling purlhes
and distills the water and destroys the vitality,
to great extent at least, of the parasites 1t
NAV have contained But to do still more to-
wards ueutralizing the injurious effects OF the
water few drops of pure Cognac brandy should
be added to every drink given the II infant.
Sometimes a few drops of lemon juice (if the
child is Il year old or over may be added; or
little camomle tea in the proportion OF tea
spoonful to wineglasStul of the water \ very
htt'c sugar also should always be added.
OF water thus modified the child may drink
without let or hinurauce, guarding, only against
thus given will aid in cooling the blood from
within, and diminishing its tendency towards
congcStion even as the lotions and bathing
exert this effect from without.
CLEANLINESS OF PARls--The streets OF
.ondon are always dirty, whilst Paris is the
clcancSt city in the world. 1t has reached per
lection in its street pavemcnts. The bouevards
are generally laidin asphatum along the centre,
aud about twelve feet next to the curb on either
side is laid with square blocks ofsandstone, with
mathematical precision, each block about teu
inches long by five in width Most Of the bust
ness streets are laid in white asphalum, looking
Ike solid blocks of stone from curb to curb
The scrupulous cleanliness which is everywhere
preserved is rot equalled in any other city il
the world,