Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-02
CHOLERA IMFANTUM.
80 ruE plsE AsR MAJ BE AVOIDED.

chOleWA NV
~ THE plsEAsE MAJ BE AVOIDED.
|. The mortality among children in Phil
| 4. during the past few weeks has beer
N excite the most earnest solicitude fol
|bo,iou, if possible, Of measures, and the
.,liou Of knowledge thereof, whereby
[,ibe destruction Of life among our inno-
Nv Re- arrested, or At leas, ameliorated.
n Convictions, based upon the most graft
Irperisuce, in reference to this important
| ,rs 20 strong that feel 'mpelled, for the
humanity, to give them publicity.
|,h,se principal causes Of the disastrous
! cholera inlantim, may be cited ~, frat,
In the highteued temperature OF the
6ers, which prelisposes the general sys.
cuusestion and imAammatory action;
I, undue taxation Of the digestive func.
ouah iajudicio,,s feeding; and thirdly,
A,s, most OF all important the influence
rs,sm OF such water - is generally
n in cities for drinking purposes. That
a il Que of the essential CAUSES of this
may be Inferred from the fact that
iofiuuu is 80 peculiarly incidental 10
to be almost entirely unknown in the
where people are provided with pure
um sIavaled wells or running springs.
ever different theories Way be dsduced
repeated chemical analyses Of our Own
)er, srd admitting even its purity, in ~
se chemical tests can delern me, il Is,
ies, csrlaia that the great supply
by all large communities necsAsilsles.,
purpose, the appropriation Of large
that become the receptscles, in their
)ney to their ultimate reservoirs, Of a
III Of filth and nOxiOns animal and vey-
batter; and it cannot Be doubted, when
|ils character OF malarious atmosphere il
bed, that water, also, may acquire a
fisic condition somewhat akin u that
Fa from these manifold decoaI ,sitions
capable OF inducing morbid action in
l,n economy. though it may MT be pos
(rough chemical tests, to discover the
peculiarly.
I'd not b underu.ood as reascting upon
Of Philadelphis alone, bat rather that
Pelal element, squeo,,s ma'aria, il The
|oa b allowed, ia incident TO ALL bodies
more Or less stagnant in large reservoirs
esses of some specific yet psll,abie
dscomposltion, influenced by . high
Furs, and perhaps peculiar electric con.
\ The air. - W.. -. ..=..-
hoxsvsr, TO 20 into lengthy details Of
: upon causes more or iess obscure, l
% to what is more important u those
y little children, namely, recount the
Management, in reference 70 cholera
which under plentiful observation,
lol'ovsd by the harpiest results. Firsi
essential to
KEEP THE CHILD CuOL. -
pv Be- best accomplished BY means Of
aad p'o'rscted bathing in water cooler
atmosphere. lfthe temperature Of the
NJ very high--.ay about from 80 to
tanenl.s'', Or il ii 10 close and op--
~ bathing should be repeated q
= ems IN the course of the day, the
4s purpose bsing regulated 10 abou,
Sege.. Sometimes, Instead Of i'm
.aecaild 10 the water. ii msy suffice TO
%P'oosiv. Thus treated, the child
-. Il a0d comfortable for several hours.
ane process may bs repeated, there
- i0f apprehension Whatever lha,
Wlil be weakened thereby (as il
.,'t etfoosoasly supposed, even ifxsp,
Sef 'or half an hour at . time
INJECT OF THIS BATHING
%s! a'als surrounding medium. the tenn.
sa'ch may bs regulated at will. for
~ S.se whose temperature 10 no, 70
su %nea. Who has no. experienced
1 euecs OF bath, when the weath.
~ warm, in water of a lover |
'aan that Of the air at the time
.A ~ - not manifest that the came |
~''uAss will accrue to little chill |
~ T0 DIET.
H., important article of food il milk
[,i,i .'ss . .stn .ns tenth month Of the in.
cI1 L =; - s@sl' u. quantity Of crrshsd water. |
,Sa,ia y me m,lk in the form Of "pap."
s'u H. oe taken not to ovsrfesi b.
I mch ;au ,; ssaaon; ~ the function Of
,nsI ,Jta u "me is jus, "a much averss to
Ev.,s a - gre lhe functions of the
y dS.!y; one knows what . feslinp ofI
this ',G.iloa i..';.. y, for exercise heat, bro.
eooos;a.' ;,.os This stomach participates
Y '%ala y b "a fre.h "a !, 10, ~.
Ns i. aeoweould be MIXED evsrv
2sr. AZ SSSeas IA = feeding, it would bs
dawn 81 events the milk SHOULD
BY, ana a y from the under at lsssf
innedisV, ~ ,seilitate Its preservation
eDt ;lstsly q" ;.a boiled, and then cnoI.
4 rs%s ~ .ce 10 closely covered vessels
tAe o,aeered c".. that milk. a. c"n.
sna COWS COWS uddisr. is = Hs;ac ~ s,,n, ovn
.&sut h M han ueen called LIQUID flesh
y, nto a" colne separated from thu
taervnt !" .t teStrane0us vessel. IL "a.
)Arent =. ..nnafscter, ~ which, thouSh
lood ss.e - tne case with the co~SSIs
n, mc,'ts "1sa drawn from the Veins
ns vs,.s vvou.nes 1t to some @ sxt.,nt % ~
ts.o.ascesi,|..! sSSn aud certainly hss;sns s ns
W sheS1ss ny Process 70 soma ~ ertSnt tan
eiyens ysS,d - ,t os boiled. AIiths- - wstss
aeu,n . infants for, drink. ~''
= .a,a. M siasr H solLrD.
bon he ,on and S setslsd. carefully
locsN Of h:,; ;H0sued, and kept Oh
And dsstro. pesl0os and lis-
sst lssst' stsstoys ~ the vitality, 70 .
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