The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29

Views OF Nashville PhYhclRn..
SONS Hints ajNto Prevention and
TreatnleIE. ~'-s-.-.---...--.-
deter otDf. o., K winston In the Nashville
Union md AmeEicGass
Withouk eonHnihs my response to the
order Of y0nr fndhftie Tproceed to re-
mark that Asiatic cholera, now prevail
ing In this place, Is an imported disease
it lsoi foreign origin; Is q transmissable
portable or contagious, l shall not stoI
to discus theSsp points. II made It's ap-
pearance here without any prevalent
form OF sickness. II ia true the season
was peculiar, and there was some ten
deEcy TO bowel complaints. 60,
The cause OF cholera has been very
thoroughlS Investigated without coming
to any Satisfactory conclusion. Specula.
tons upon this point have been numer'
GUS. 1t has been sidereal, telluriC, mag
neLic, elective, miasmAtic, animalcula or
lungOus; perhaps, after all, vegetable
parasite. Especially may this idea be
more plausible since late pathological in.
veshgAtiOns by Wicklow, Conhiem, and
others, have shown the parasitic origin oil
pyaemla and septlCaemia.
1t commenced its first grand march IN
1917, making its appearance suddenly al
Calcutta, where 1t ragged more than q
year. Since that time 1t has again and
again visited most oil the important cities
oil the civilized world, usually pursuing
the track of commerce. In England the
mortality Is put OF 3S.5 per cent Of those
attacked. In Russia, where it RACES, at
st. Petersburg, In mid winter, the NOR
Iality was $50 per cent. In Paris the
deaths were 40 per cent. More than one.
halt the deaths occur within twenty.iour
hours, the danger being less the longer
tue patient lives,
The present visitation came, as II did in
1865, by ship to New Orleans, and thence
up the river to Nashville. It made It's ap'
pearance about The list Of June, and was
founded upon such amalarial constitution
Of the atmosphere, and the people, as
caused our physicians to doubt It's true
character. A short time, however, and
the large number Of cases, occurring so
rapidly, soon satisfied oil OF It's true cpl.
demic nature. Its unexpected appearance
in our midst caused unusual alarm, the
people flying in all directions.
This Is the fifth visitation of cholera
which have witnessed. In fact, have
been 10 the very midst OF 1t on all these
occasions From close study OF It's ma.
lure, mode Of propagation aud treatment,
have been led 10 the following conclu'
siOns;
|. 1t Is ioreign-an endemic for Centu-
turiss on the banks Of the Gauges. 2. 1t
is portable. 8. 1t always gives notice oil
It's approach. 4. 1t Is GllcdyS preceded By
prtm0RitOTy symptoms, sick stomach or
loose boWels-in the great majority oil
cases the latter, which are painless. 5.
All the people, by prudent living, may
avoid the disease. ., ANY person asssiled
by the prGmOnitory symptoms may avoid
the full attack by lying down and keeping
still, especially II some simple anodyne be
taken. Z. The morbid cause acts princi.
pally upon the blood, causing veritablG
fermentation Of it, whereby 1t is altered in
its relationship and constituency; the
serum becoming aerid Is poured into the
elementary tract, profoundly irritating the
mucous membrane, and causing a com.
plete exioliajon Of the epethelium. 8. II
10 vGritable hemorrhagC by which the
patient Is reduced 10 collapse, the solid
constituents Of the blood being lett in such
Nh insplsatGd lstatG as that it can no long.
or enter the capillary system. 0. Death
follows for the want Of animal heat, which
cannot DO produced except by intersticial
action, or conburtion.
might ytsite lenghtily upon all these
points, but VIII not DO so now. come Of
once to speak Of its .... y.
PREVENTION. ..
Can this be doneY l affirm that It may.
II II were not for this fact cholera would
be substantially the most dreadful Of al
scourgea. II every family would estSb-
lish strict police, call tho roll three times
daily, observe the rules Of personal clean.
llneSg, sec that all filthy places were
cleansed or disiniectcd, eat and drink
prudently, keep regular hours, and exer-
else moderately, cholera could not DO de-
VClOped in its active form. affirm fur.
ther that If under such circumstances the
prcmOnitory symptoms should occur, and
which do not deny, them, and in that
case, II the party shall be required to lay
down aud keep still no cholera 10 lie full
nature can be developed. The ordinarily
healthy human body has the power oil ex,
Creting the morbid cause Of cholera, and
would agree to insure any number Of per
SONG, il they would observe the above
rules This Is a fact Of great consequence
Eud ought 10 be insisted upon at each visi.
Iation Of this dreadful scourge. II should
be placarded and posted upon the door Of
every dwelling. And II any member oil
family should at such time say am
sick require him at once TO lay down and
stay there until he shall say am we'll,
The materies morbi Of many diseases
may not be Stunned or turned aside. We
cannot shun measels, smallpox or scarlet
lever, but wo may avoid cholera 10 the
way 10 which have now referred,
Suppose, however, the disease canno
be avoided, can 1t be successfully treated
affirm that It can.
TREATMENT.
Cholera consists In three prominen
stages-lhe premonitoFy, explosive ant
collapse. In the premOnttory stage, which
consists mainly ofloose bowels, all that /
necessary Is to require the patient TO LAY
down and keep still, give twenty drops
!audanum and as much spirits camphor
d little iced toddy with light diet II TIL
symptoms do not at once Abate, give tel
grains Of calomGl, with half grain 0
opium, and repeat every six hours unit
the stools are bilious. Many Of thest
cases will require, In addition, for perma,
nent relief, alter toe bilious secretion ha
been established, the use Of Quinine II
lout grain doses every four hours, for sew