The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-15
TIMELY IMPORTATION.
SYMPTOMS OF Cholera and ho" !"
Cure Them.

Cure Tnem' -.
KspuOlLhsd from the IntcllIgcnNr OF $50 U" :"
We published yesterday some oil oil y .HS 9
..n;,,rv nrscautions prescribed ny the
Iy Amsr;cy,p ! Health Association, by me
huletsGI" !f oatorcement OF which Il Is
claimed the disease can , ~ aoU ~ 'hsSo In
ia also we'll for the public 70 nave nave III II;
mind .one good remedy Tor looseness $50 o'
,bs boWels, or protective against cnoleta'
Wo,c o tLan forty years ago, when 1t was
%nnd that prevention OF the Asiatic chol'
.ra was easier than cure, the learned doc.
toTs Of both hemispheres drew up, a pre-
scription, which was published Tor
working people) in the New York Sun,
nnd took the name Of the "snn cholera
The New York Journal Of C1nln.tfee,
vood sound authority, in republishing
this prescription, declares that 1t has seen
the remedy in constantuse ior nearly two
score years, and found it. 70 bethe best
remedy for loOsenesS Of the bowels yet
devised, 1t il TO be recommended lor
several reasons. II is not to be mixed
with liouor, and therefore will not be
msed a. an alcoholic beverage; its ingre'
dients are well known among all the
common people, and ii. will have no pre-
iudice 10 combat; each Of the'matefialS il
in equal proportion TO the others, and II
may therefore be compounded without
professional skill; and, as the dose is SC
very small, it may be carried in tiny
vial in the waistcoat pocket, and bE
always at hand. ItiS:
TinCt. 0pII.,
Clpalci,
Rhelsco,
~ Menth pip
&C s.CamphO.
Mix the above'iin equal parts; dose, Ten
10 thirty drops. In. plain terms, take
eaual parts tincture OF opium, red pep
per, rhubarb, peppermint and camPhor
and mix them for use. In case OF diarrh@a
take a dose OF Ten to twenty drops in three
or four teaspoonfuls Of water. No ont
who has this by him, and takes it in time
will ever have the cholera. Even wher
no cholera is anticipated, it is an excel
lent remedy for ordinary summer com
An experienced western physician, DR.
Henry Gunoweith, writes TO the Louis
Vile Courier Journal, giving the results o
his observations in the treatment oil tn
cholera during the summers Of lSi9 ant
80, and at sGbJeqnent periods. One'o
the first points noted was that there wa
in many, II not all, cascs an entire s,is
pension Of the digestive functions, This
was evidenced by the fact that patient
often threw up articles Of food which hat
been undigested in their stomachs for =
or SO hours. Acting upon this idea, h
is prescribing n mustard and salt emetI!
as preliminary TO all other treatment. A
teaspooniul Of each in q tumbler OF warn
water is the dose usually employed, AM
followed by draughts Of warm water, Ire
ouentIy repeated until vomiting ensues
II this does not say in half an hour
the patient is required to thrust n iingeI
down the throat and compel the stomach
to eject its contents.
Patients are usually found drinking
large quantities OF water and throwing 4
up almost "a soon rs swallowed, with little
or no relief 10 the intense thirst which ex
ists. DR.. G. interdicts its use at once
and after the action oithe enctic restricts
the patient to small lumps Of ice and al
occasional teaspoonful OF rice or barley
which is made cold with ice. There is
wide difference between allowing patlen
10 drink water nd libitum and permitting
him to have it only in the form OF ice. II
The former case nothing short OF 4 pint O.
half pint ut time will satisfy him, ant
this 40 distends the stomach and irritate
it that il is promptly rejected, 10 max
room for fresh supply. The vomiting /
thus kept up, and the proslratlon oil III
patient goes on. t!t
It matters not whether the patient !
found vomiting or not, the emetic shoul'
he given the same, as II exercises bene
iciIl cliectin arousing the stomach iron
torpid condition TO healthy action; II
after the action Of the emctic, the direc
tiOns as to water, ice, &c., are rigidly en-
forced, there will rarely be any, NOR
yomiting-the thirst rapidly subsidies an
a long stride has been made In the direc
tion Of recovery. To control the diarrhe'
Dr., Gunoweith usually prcscribcs som
mild Alternative and astringent, say calC
mel l ! grs, sugar OF lead 8 grs, and op
nm one.half g., to be repealed once |
two or three hours until the bowels ar
checked.
While it isa good thing to know 9
safe, easily obtained remedies for chol
era or similar Diseases, these should no
displace good medical advice. wheneve
il Ia ,obtainable; first to'ascertain III
exact form Of the disease, and next I
deal with its various stages and tiuctua
tions.