Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-09-18

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sluggish rivers are powerful agents
of it. The debilitating heat of
Southern climes is a factor in its
production, while the quinine, cal
omel, etc., of the schools N ust bear
their fair share Of the responsible.
ity. Quinine is one Of those sub
stances that "cures one disease by |
producing another cures ague
and fever by establishing the condi-
tionG for yellow fever.
THE CURE,-Get out Of Sodom;
flee to the mountains; discard your
evil habits; and return not again.
Let New Orleans and Memphis and
Grenada clean up their dirty alleys,
flush the sewers and enlarge their
capacities. Let them also shut up
the rum-shops and tobacco stores;
which are not less pestilential
than the slaughter-hou8os and vile
privies. Dancing saloons, pretty
waiter-girl establishments, the dark
holes and slums Of city life, have
not for the first time brought the
judgments of God and nature upon
erring man. "He, that being often
reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall
suddenly be destroyed, aud that
without remedy"
TREATMENT. - First, purifca
ton ; second, invigoratiol. The
} bowels should be thoroughly
cleansed by full and copious in
jections Of warm water. Hot wa
ter should be drunk abupdantly to
i, wash away the offending matters
I. from the stomach aud to dilute
the circulating fluids. The sip.
ping of ice water may be also in.
dulged to advantage. By thest
: means the vomiting may be pre-
! vented or allayed. The fevel
claims important consideration.
1, The cooling wet-sheet pack to re
!. duce the temperature of the bod,
: is the appropriate, appliance. Ii
it be repeated daily or twice a da
r if necessary to keep the tempero
n turs of the body down to 100 de
is grees if possible Cold affnsiop-
d the pouring Of cold water on th
IS head-will oftea be very service
able in qqieting the nervous sys
;. TEN, reducing the pulse and TEN
perature, and relieving much SUI
fering. If the patient be of yigol
~ GUS constitution, cold affusion
~ :, the whole body while the fever
= high may be employed. OF cours
= the vigor Of the treatment mus
= correspond to the yigor Of the pi
" tient and the violenc. Of the feye
In this and all other diseases, kee
= the head coc', the feet warm an
~ ~ bowels open.
- Total abstinence from all foo
g should be insisted upon, until I'll
|, ! fever has abated, the pulse been r
= duced in frequency, appetite r
- turned, and the stomach able to r
- ceiye food.
The patient should rest in a r
cumbent posture, in a cool, all
= room, with pleasant surrounding
- and associations, and every meaI
= employed to preserve his strcngt
~ of body and courage of min
io After the subsistence of the few
and during the second and thiI
stages, when the gastric symptor
are prominent, warm foment
tions may be applied to the stol
ach, continued for fifteen minute
1t to be followed by wet compress
nd wet abdominal banlages accordil
are to the yigor of the patient The
IRE after all the processes of the N
re- tntive Cure should be employC
ed whereby to inyigorate and build
are the depleted organism. Bath
bps is not in order after the subsider
Of OF the fever, but rubbing', ma
nd pulations, etc, viii be very seryi,
or able. IS
RS, OF course in this short arti
de- there has been no attemptaat m
at ute or scientific analysis, but onl
lp- general view Of the case from
eat hygienic standpoint. ema 4
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