The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-09-14
Che 3fpplr's 1'irdlfator.
Fever Remedies.

\ valued friend inclnSr> Us the fol-
lowing remedies for yellow tc>vl,
which we publish with pleasure
TREATMENT or YEl1"N IE\lH.
We find the following. mode %!
treating this terrible di>ra>" in tie
, New Orleans Christian Advocate.
which has been used with great SITE
cess in that city for twenty years.
The first symptoms are pain IN til"
head, back. sick at the stomach. grtl
orally preceded with a Slight ci''.
Give a hot mustard foot bath in Il
tnb or water bucket, sit on chair.
draw a blanket closely over the "h"'r
tody, rub the legs and thighs with
the same water. drink hot elder
bloom tea, while in the bath, remain
in the bath until Il fire" pr'Sp'n'l"n
takes place (pc,llaps 30 minu'r>) r">-
or closely in bed with two hIAnhv;>.
Take three table Spoonstul OF Castor
Oh, or sufficient for t|llrc or Ionr
operations. \ thick folded irrrloth
to 10 kept on the forehead |Iavi""
two of these cloths plac" one. III a
bowl with a lump of ice on it with
out watcr) and exchange them every
five minutes, dn'ing the early stage
of the fever. This faithfully applied
prevents a disordercd mind or de-
lirium. They can eat ice and dl'nN
leo lemonade with Cream laltcr and
Tamarind in it. Give foot bath IN
water bucket every tw" or three
hours, fifteen minutes each time.
Heat three or four quarts of the first
bath water, add a tumb|er of vinegar.
hand full of salt. Tho patient will
lie on his back in bed, draw up his
feet, and place them in the bucket,
drawing the blankets over all. Par
ticular attention should be had to
this bath, especially when the per
SEPARATION seems to dry. or rush "I
blood to the head. This draws the
fever from the head, and relieves the
stomach from sickness and oppression.
4 cup OF hot Elder tea, three SIM
and eight hours after the bath.
Should there be any difficulty IN
making water, give wine glass three
or four times a day of the tea n'a''
of the inner bark of the Elder tree.
In good weather. let there 'he one
window open in the room, hut close
it on any change. If on the second
or third day there I've II soreness or
burning sensation in the stomach,
apply a poultice Of t'axsccd with
thirty or forty drops of Landan"n',
repeat every three or fonr hours ut
til relieved, take three or four spoon
fu!s of corn meal cruel or beef tea on
the fourth day, (uo milk whatcverl,
fifth day change clothes and bed,
and get up for short time if it TIC
good weather.
Any one that has never seen yellow
fever before, if they will faithfully
carry this out in every particular, may
be certain Of success let this treat
ment be continued until tho pulse I've
brought down to sixty five or sixty.
YELLOW FEVER.
West India exchanges have much
to say of the success of a new treat
ment of yellow fever, recently intro
doced by DR.. Alexander Fiddes, OF
Jamica, which, according to their ar-
cnunt will relieve the Islands lit 8;
great measure of the ravages OF this
terrible scourge. The practice con
s,sts in the internal administration OF
Sulphurous Acid in one or other OF
its combinations (as the hi'Solphato
of Soda, the Sulphite of MagrcSia or
Potash, or of Ammonia, the first men
toned perhaps is the best, as being
tasteless) in doses of twenty grains iii
q glass of water every two or tire"
hours. Iced sheets are wrapped
around the body when the skin is hot
, and dry, aud a vapor bath is some
times used when the skin is dry with
out being very hot. This Treatment
p is said to have been very successful
daring the late outbreak of fever III
the West Indies, and the results were
r in marked contrast to those OF other
t methods.
e Calomel, Qnininc, and other rene
o dies are discountenanccd rs being not
only useless, bat actually injurious.
A full dose of Castor Oil is however.
usually given at the commencement
Of the disease.
The efficacy Of Sulphurous Acid in
this case is supposed to depend upon
its power to arrest the tendency t"
decomposition and alteration in the
q blood Of animals, as established by
y the experiments of Prof: Poll, Of MI
~ Ian. and others.