Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-10
How TO TREAT THE CHOLERA.
The Advice of an Eminent and Expert.
enced Physician.

Il
enced Physician.
| DIR. Hall an eminent physician of Boston
contributed to Good Health, a medical mag
azine of high standing, a..series of articles
entitled First Help in Accidents and in
Sickness" These articles were afterwards
published in book form. We give below,
his article on cholera and cholera morbus,
for the benefit of those who are so situated
as to not to be able to obtain prompt med
ical aid, as well as for Information of all
readers. We advise all persons to secure
as soon as possible the best medical aid
within their reach. Until such help can
be obtained, we think the following sim
pie remedies worth preserving and using.
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AsIATIc CHOLERA hH -
1t is of the first importance to be able to
distinguish between to ordinary summer
complaints and real, or true cholera. In
the former, the ffeces or excavations of the.
bowels are of dirty pipe-clay color, and
very offensive, showing too little bile;
bright yellow color, with some burning,
smarting pain, showing too much bile,
bilious pufging, or somewhat like pieces of
cheese curd mixed with green matter and
mucus. The symptoms Of true cholera are,
gentle purging at first which may con-
tinue for day or two, though sometimes
for only few hours. If this is not attend
ed to at once, and the disorder goes on, the
stool, or what passes from the bowels, be-
comes very thin, like rice-water,, without
any offensive smell, and all control over
straining during the evacuation, though
there may be severe cramps. In short
time, few hours at longest, the strength
of the patient has all gone, the tongue, and
even the breath, have become quite cold,
and the nails turn blue. There is usually
great thirst and constant vomiting, the
eyes sink very rapidly, and great change
takes place in the voice, which becomes
small squeaking whisper, so unnatural as
to be distinguished in moment by any
one who has seen much of the cholera.
1t is generally believed that there is no
cure for this terrible complaint Very
much, however, depends on taking it in
time-not a moment should be lost. The
time to help is during the early stage,
though no one should neglect to make the
proper efforts while there is the least hope
of success. The following has proved more
successful than any other treatment with
to bed, apply bottles of hot water, or hot
bricks, to the extremities. Take half a
pint Of pure apple or a0iae vinegar, add
about two tablespoonful of common salt,
and about two quarts of boiling water. |
Keep at the scalding point, and wiring out
fannels and apply to the abdomen as hot |
as can be borne, changing as often as nee
essary, SO as to keep one on the abdomen |
hot all the time. If this con not be had, a
mustard plaster is the next best thing to !
apply. In the meantime take the juice of
an ordinary sized lemon, or, if this cannot |
be procured, a tablespoonful of pure apple |
or aCi,ae vinegar will do; add tea. spoonful |
of common table-salt, and half pint of
boiling water. Let the patient sip this as
hot as possible, and if the vomiting and |
purging does not cease within two or three
hours, repeat the dose. If the lemon or |
vinegar can not be procured, then, in the |
absence of doctor, an adult may take from
eight to twelve drops of laudanum and |
from nine to twelve drops of spirits of cam
phor, the hot bricks, or bottles, having, in
the meantime, been applied to the extrem
tiles, and the mustard plaster to the bow
els. With children the dose must be in
to age; child of twelve years
of age requiring about one-half, and one of
six One-quarter as much as an adult. The |
dose should be repeated as often as every
half-hour until the pain, or excavations, or
continues, The cramp in the
bowels, which, in some cases, is very Sc
we're and fatal will, in general, yield to the
treatment by lamentations of salt, vinegar,
and hot water, as above indicated.
CHOLERA MoRBUS.
This complaint is generally the result of
eating unripe or partially decayed fruit,
and bad vegetables, and more commonly
occurs in the night. 1t is distinguished by
sudden and frequently severe vomiting,
cramps in the bowels, and purging. There
is also usually considerable thirst, though
the skin is quite cool. It is not generally
Of serious character. The treatment laid
down for summer complaints will apply
here, and to which we refer the reader.