The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-09-07

" NsylA VI
damp, you may now open apart.
ment so as to let a little fresh air
circulate, being careful that "a.
tent is not in a current of air.
The fever lasts from twenty ia
forty hours, usually /; sometimes.
though rarely, from sixty to
eighty hours. The pulse gives
100 to 12O, sometimes $50 pulsa.
tons a minute. Do not be alarm.
ed; keep patient in good spirits:
keep him diverted but. do not ia.
tigue him. Diversion contributors
to a speedy cure
Seven or eight hours after tax
ing the fever, the patients tongue
IS spotted white, oftentimes black
on the center, and is always en-.
circled by a we'll defined red girt.
" When the Ferer Ceases.
As soon as the fever has subsi.
ded, and the pulse indicates six.
ty to seventy or eighty pulsations
a minute-which happens at the
end ofabOu.2O hours-the patient
must hasten to take one of the
following remedies, LIST. mamma
and SIENNA End. magnesia ; 3rd.
peruvian bark aud epson salts:
the first for ordinary cases; the
second for weak patients, and the
third for serious cases. These
remedies are prepared aud taken
as follows:
1st.-Manna and SIENNA for an
adult, three ounces of mamma we'll
stirred IN a cup Of hot milk or
water 1.-THE milk preferable); add
an infusion of SIENNA leaves ; mix
the whole together, strain, cool a
little, and administer at a single
dose. or i'll two doses. For a
child, give one to one and a half
ounce OF mamma and but little of
the SIENNA infusion.
2d.-liagnesia three tea spoon
full stirred in a small cup of tepid
water or milk. Give in one dose
3rd.-1he most eficacious medi-
cine Of all: one ounce of pulver.
lied peruvian bark |red we'll
stirred in a cup full of boiling
hot water--stir and make a paste.
In another cup full of boiling hot
water, dissolve one half ounce Of.
epson salts. Pour contents Of
both cups in an ordinary wine
bottle and fill the bottle three
quarters full Of hot water. Shake
we'll and long, until the elbow
tires. Let cool aud settle and
give one table spoonful eve
cry quarter of An hour. When
patient begins to purge, give
two table spOonfuls every
halt hour until patient has had
say three operations, then stop
for fear you may purge patient
too much. This said Dr. Oh6rot,
is Ia medicine par excellence.
If medicine No. manna and
SIENNA does not operate in two
hours, give medicine No. 2 mag
nesial. Be quick, for fear that
fever will return or vomiting will
occur. When these medicines are
being taken, oysters followed by
foot baths are discontinued.
AS soon as patient has taken
above remedies, give him orange
leaf tea, or if that does not suit
his palate, continue to give him
the lemonade.
When patient has had two ope
rations, give him q little soup
made Of sour sorrel, the yolk of
an egg, a little butter preferable
to lard use very little salt, and
soak in soup a thin slice of bread.
This soup strengthens and does
not interfere with taking of medi-
cines. After four or five opera
tlons, begin with quinine, (the
French if it eau be had) TWEEN
ty to twenty-five grains given in
five grain doses every hour. For
a child twelve to fifteen grains,
in three grain doses every hour.
As soon as the patient has taken
the twenty to twenty Ave grains
OF quinine you must, using great
deal of prudence, endeav0r to
strengthen patient with light
broths,a very little claret in water
all in small quantities at a time.
No pure wine, no ice, nor cold wa
ter pure. You must encour-
age him to sit up, and get up a
little while, and to take nourish.
lnent by degrees. Do not keep
patient in q current of air, or al-
low him to go out in the sun or
in dampness, for ten days after
convalescenoe has set in.
If slight fever should recur
and pass give 10 grains of Qni-
nine in two doses. During the
whole course of treatment or for
the first three or four days of con
valescence do not allow patient
to drink natural water.