Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-17

This is season fruitful in diarrhGas,
dysenteres and summer complaints. Bul
they must not be ascribed to the cons,ella
tons us was the custom in olden time.
Warm days succeeded by cool nights;
frequent changes of temperature; use of
water contaminated with decaying sub
stances; the careless use Of green vegeta-
bles, and the abuse of alcoholic liquors
have large share in the causation OF
these diseases.
Every person ought in these days to
wear fine Il ,nnel next the skin to permit
I sufficient evaporation, and prevent chills
,nd colds The under clothes should be
chrnged every week, and the stockings
more often still. The secretion of the
kin of the feet is injurious when it is
retained in the system.
The food should be light and composed
of vegetables and milk in great part,
and too much care cannot be taken to
secure good meat. Decaying food is most
unhealthy. A sufficient quantity of salt
and acids should be taken with vegetables,
since both contribute to increase the gas
rc Juice. 1t is best to drink little water
1t meals, and more of it between meals.
Impure water may be purified by adding
4 small quantity CT permanganate of potash
enough to give it rosy tint.
People who are in the habit of leaving
their windows open on going 10 bed
should he more careful on account Of the
cold nights. Bedrooms ought to be well
ventilated in the day time, and the bed
clothes exposed to the air till they part
with all traces of danpness, and the
windows should be shut at night. Venti-
lation may be secured by opening the
windows of n hall or a neighborng room
which communicates with the bedroom.
1t is of the utmost importance that all
the functions of the body be well perform
ed. The bowels sholld be empted once
or twice day, for habitual constipation is
a frequent source of an obstinate diarrhea
after an indigestion. Alkaline drinks
often correct and increase the secretion OF
the kidneys.
Indigestion is apt to result, if the pre-
ceding rules have been neglected, after
one has taken large amount of vegeta-
bles or green fruits. 1t will often be
prevented by taking quantity ofcommon
salt, and if the food sours on the stomach,
a similar dose Of bi-carbonate of soda,
taken two hours after meals, will neutral
ize it and insure its evacuation. The
remedy may prevent diarrhpa, and it
has the advantage of cheapness and safety,
but the taking Of it should not become
habit, for it might impair the stomach.
DiarIhGl often arises from some irritat-
ing substance, ms undigested food, remain
ing in the intestines. This ought to be
expelled at the beginning by an ounce OF
castor oil mixed with three ounces OF
granular sugar, or by some other mild
cathartic, as rhubarb or SIENNA. Then
rest and a milk diet, boiled rice or cruel
will accomplish the cure.
If the disease has lasted for several
days, and there is no retention of food in
The digestive canal. astringents may be
used, the mildest being preferable, such
as an infusion made from the bark oil
blackberry roots, or sub-nitrate of bismuth
may be taken in doses of ten TO thirty
grains, repeated every three hours till the
diarrhGa is checked Complicated cases
and those having no tendency to heal
should have the early service Of n phvsi
clan, on account of the dangers attending
liberation of the intestines, as we'll rs
dysentery and cholera. Diarrbea which
results from impure water should be
treated by Il total abstinence from the
cause of it, and that depending on con
sumption or other chronic diseases shouC
be attended by competent person.
Physician, in Free Press.