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

vomiting o. HtceHAteft togelner win Ire
GSsnt pTiiSe, cool Skin, and in many In.
stsnCei crSmplnS .Glould be actively
treated with mSlcuY, opium, blisters Of
canthsridea, Ainnp mustard, astrin-
gents by tho geSlp l6maCh, bottles
Of hot water, G9Eck 108 iceWater, iced
tea, iced brandy br ! 5, With rs quiet.
ude, the ayvidSnc d al faflgfe t6Spiher
with rubbing With chlorolo16 aud 1ts In
hRlatioa foEthe cramps. The aboye COZ
stitutes the line plttaltmebi, varied 70 suit
peculiar cas8 libh, atter long expert
ence, IhaYe found 10 Be most effectuRl.
But to be m6ie explicit Mercury Is
the great remedy, and K the case d seeu
in time for ltB appropriation, will always
save the patient. AZ ID the form, Of i,
tho quantity and times, 40 well as the
mode OF administration, there may be
difference Of opinion. a late digtln.
guished writer prefers the mlphdei most
practitioners prefer cal0IhSl Of plotOehlo-
ride. One Of our Ahiesg yslctnns pre-:
fers small doses-the fplEth Or twelfth Of
a grain at short intirVGlSs Lam IN the
habit Of using Cil6mGl In deoide dopea
every hour In viol ent cases, Of ggeEy four
hours In the mitfei, until three OF four
portions have been taken. II there Is
sick stomach, with vomiting, | prefer TO
give II floating upon tablespoonful o.
water, In eight or ten grain dosea, win
twenty drops OF laudanum. or . hall grain
OF opium. II there be no vomiting, Lpre.
1 fer q pill Of ten grains, With hall grain
Of opium. prefer calomel, because Il 10
tastele0Sf easy Of administrati oDT and II II
only reaches the mucous membrane, can
not be elected, and because there Is no
danger OF using too much, the only s0liCl'
tude being 10 give enough. Why It Is
that secretion Of bile Gppts 9 stop 10
cholera may not in the present state
of science, 81 explained, but II 70
well established TACT, recognized
BY the whole intelligent probes
sion. Any bile will save case OF chol-
era. The next most valuable remedy Is
opium. In TACT 1t was maintained q few
years ago by Dr.. Hawthorne that opium
was, Of Itself, sufficient remedy. He ad.
vised 1t In eight and ten grain doses. The
practice OF 1949, 10 this country, was
founded largely upon this theory. It,
however, signally failed, and no doubt
was the cause Of much evil and many
deaths. Opium should be given in mod
crate doses, say Q half to one grain, rarely
more, especially when given at short In
tervals. When thus used, IL is not only q
great quieter Of lrrihbility, but Is one OF
the best sustalners Of vital force, which In
this disease Is always so much impaired.
The next most valuable remedy Is o Bills
ter Of canIhArides, which should be sp.
plied over the abdomen, at the very outset
In violent cases, and which some Of the
former students In the Medical Depart
ment of tho University OF Nashville will
remember used to say, should be as
large as a saddle blanket, or at least ten
inches square. This remedy being applied
over the stomach, the throne oil the vital
principle, sustains not only the nervous
energy In q remarkable degree, but Is also
powerfully revulsive, both BY its action
upon the skin and the strangury which It
often produces from the absorption oil Its
cantharidln.
Next comes the use Of astringents.
These act by constructing the mucus mem
brane, and prevent, temporarily at least,
the too rapid escape Of the serum, thus
giving time for the due action Of calomel
and opium. prefer the tihcture Of nut
galIs or catechu, either of which may bel
used after each action Of the bowels, by
Injection, with q gill Of cool water in two
ounce portions, or a half tablespoonful,
BY the stomach, after each effort TO vomit,
with q wineglaSs OF cold water. OF
course, II the action Of the bowels or
stomach were frequent, the plan would be
modified, would not be used 30 often.
Next comes the free use of ice and ice
water. No matter Il the patient vomits,
let him have 1t. Let him also have cold
brandy or whisky or champaigne, or other
wine # the stomach does not revolt. The
foregoing Is the line Of treatment, specif-
cally, which have found most efectual.
have tried all tho remedies from trans
fusion up, and II this course does not save
the patient, he must die.
The next is the stage Of collapse. Here
there is an entire failure oil the circulation
not for the want Of power In the heart to
force the blood into the arterial radtcles,
but because having lost its serum It Is toe
inspisated to enter. The tongue, at Its
tin especially, Is cold, true sign OF
threatened collapse. The skin is icy cold,
and, in most instances, believed with
clamy sweat and discharges involuntary.
The eyes are closed, the intellect paral'
wed, the voice Is husky, in many instances
almost lost, thirst intense with great rest
lessness until near the close, when death
terminates the scene, In most cases with
out q struggle. In this stage proper medi.
cine is out of the question. The use Of
sinapisms, hot rocks, bottles, blankets,
rubbing with pepper or otherwise, are not
only useless but Injurious. It wastes the
remaining vital power, and cannot restore
the circulation or animal heat, and Tor OBJ.
vlous reasons. The human body Is a non:
conductor OF heat. Consequently It can
not be carried within. II can only be-
produced by interchange Of matter. In
other words, instertitial action or com.
bustion must be established. And this
cannot be done because the blood cannot
enter the capillary system. The red cor.
purscles entering but partially, and In an
altered condition, the capillary vessels Of
the lungs cannot secure q suthciency OF
oxygen 10 continue It's vitality or TO fit Il
for the purposes Of LIE. The consequence
Is that the animal heat Is gradually re-
duced below the standard necessary for
the liLeof warm.blooded animals.
The treatment Of this stage consists In
means best adapted TO maintain and i'm.
prove the vital power, 70 that more, or
new blood, may be elaborated. For this
purpose maintain perfect quletude Give
freely crushed ice with brandy or wine,
beet tea, soups, Cruel, iced milk with one.
fourth limo.Water. As blood s made in
vite II to the surface by dry heat, and now
by friction. 1t has been proposed in this
stage 70 resort % transacalon Of blood, or