The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-09-25

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4 nate, give pumpkin seed tea. or flax seeG
Il tea, with Que drachm OF saltpetre for every
Il i've or six cups of the Tea. and if patient i
b not perspiring give him n warm hip BATH
mot higher than navel-) Leave patient il
Z nip bath one-quarter 10 ouehalf hour. II
i is highly important TO remove suppression
4 vI-voMITING.
f The vomiting of bile wafer and giaires al
Il the outset OF the disease Is a good sign
I Give tepid water to favor but not enough to
Z provoke vomiting.
i Other vomiting Of substance. bloody and
sometimes black, occurs in cases of Ie-
lapse, or when fever has lasted TOO long OF
because treatment has not been followed
properly. Take Peruvian bark, pulverized
(the red,) one-haif ounce, aud put in or
binary wine bottle three-quarters full OF
/ water. Shake well and long; let settle and
| give one tablespoonful every three quarters
/ of an hour, and even oftener. Seven or
| eight doses usually suffice to check vOm-
| iting. After this, give the Peruvian bark
! prepared with epson salts as mentioned
! above. (See 81, OF No. A.
| vu-GANGRENE.
y thick white and bloody coating of the
inner mouth indicates the presence of gan
CREME Administer the peruvian bark pre-
pared with cold water (see No. vi every
quarter of hour for half day then
double the dose and give at intervals of
half an hour, and finally every two hours
Purge patient every twenty -tour or thirty
six hours with the peruvian bark and ep-
som salts; then you may continue to give
the peruvian bark with cold water, giving
the doses further and further apart until
the gangrene has disappeared.
Give emoIlient clYster morning and night !;
administer the gummed water; give little
soup; little wine in a great deal of water
no pure wine--the least imprudence can
cause death.
Although he may not feel. do not purge
him unless in grave case, because it is i'm
poT tant not to overtaX the stomach, already
much enfeeble1.
vIH--sPECIAL OBSERVATIONS.
Children must be forced TO drink lemon
AIDE and take IN edicines. If necessary. stop
up the nose. and thus force them to drink.
If threatened with an attack of worms, give
"A little vermituge. In ali other respects,
treat them like adults, only give remedies
in smaller doses.
Women--If periodical com paint appear,
that of itself is the best of remedies. In
such a case, encourage flow by appl jcation
of warm poultices on large veins inside OF
thighs DO not give lemonade and other
remedies Simply give orange leaf tea and
the like harmless remedies. If the patient
is one in delicate way" Dol. ter head and
stomach by means of pillows No lemon
aGe; orange leaf tea, but week; foot baths,
but not very warm 10 clySterS, except In
serious cases, and then not frequent; man
ma with not much SIENNA, or simply magne-
precauton during convalescence; use same
and greater precautions for women recent
Iy delivered.
IX-IMPORTANT- REMARKS.
l. If patient throw up medicine or quiz
nine repeat the dose at once. If patient be
very sick of stomach, or swallow with
difficulty. apply mustard on pit of stomach,
for few mi nutes, or take bandagc, say
one inch wide, dip it in cold water aud APP
ply under the chin, clear up to and under
the eyes.
2 If patient do not eject first clyster at
once, give secOnd:with CASTLE soap in it.
and if that is not elected give third, and
then wait the next regular time for giving
clyster--say three hours.
3. Stools are black and very often sive to
smell; are more difficult with wOme you
must act accordingly.
4. Nursing must be attended to night
and day, to e that patient is made to per-
spire well, to keep him covered, and to give
him medicines punctually.
3. Except in rare instances, the disease
lasts three days. If disease has not been
properly attended to- vomiting and other
serious symptoms usually occur on the third
or fourth day.
6. Relapse is dangerous, and is occa-
stoned, l. In exposing patient to air or cur
rent OF air 2. In his eating too much or
f6 e. fh dRRg.s i4dfgafkRss z IN laying in bed
ing him to sit up late at night. D. In going
out in the sun too soon.
Z. COnNaleSceuce Is IOQ0 anu leulouos
lasts from fifteen TO twenty days. During
convalescence, give barley water (eau
d'Orge pele.)
Do not let patient fatigue and do not al
low him to go out in the sun for ten or
twelve days.
Let him avoid exercise of all kinds.
-HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
l. To keep patient in good spirits.
2. To make patient perspire well at the
outset.
3. To force him to drink the lemonade at
the outset
4 To guard against suppression of urine.
5. Great activity in the treatment of the
disease in its earliest stages.
6. When the above treatment has once
been adopted, experience has shown that it
was dangerous to change it or to add any
thing ''notable.'
xI-CLOsING REMARKS.
l. Persons from seventeen to twenty-six
are more seriously i'll than those younger or
older. Are in most danger: Old persons,
over sixty persons who fatigue much or
who sit up late at night; and cOrpulent
persons--these are very sick, and should be
m ade to perspire more freely and little
longer than ordinary cases.
,. When the disease makes its appear
ance in locality do not change diet; do
not take representatives. that would weaken
you; take earlier suppers and avoid eating
much at night. If you are constiDated take
"a dose of scidlitZ powders. Do not go near
the sick unless you are compelled to. A
person is less apt to contract disease when
sun is high up. Disease is usually contract
ed between and p. IN.
3. It would be well 20 take dose of ep~
som salts few weeks before the disease has
made its appearance in the locality.