The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-08-20
Summer Complaint.

The remedy on which we place the
greatest reliance in the treatment of sum-
mer diarrhoea is undoubtedly camphor.
It is of inestimable value in the diarrh@a
which is often epidemic during the hot
ter months of the year, and is especially
indicated when the onset of the attack is
sudden. Even when the strength is
sinking rapidly, as the result of the ex-
cessive purging, and the face is pale and
livid, and the whole body is icy cold,
camphor will restore warmth to the ex-
tremities and rescue the patient from an
apparently almost hopeless state. It is
essential to give the strong preparation
the essence of camphor to give it fire.
quently, but above all, it is essential to
give it as soon as possible, for every
moments delay is of Importance. The
dose is six drops every quarter of an
hour till the symptoms abate, and hourly
afterward. It is a good plan to mix it
with little brandy, but it answers adj
mirably if given in little milk and
water. If the essence of camphor is not
at hand, the camphor pillules, sold at
any druggists, will do as we'll. The
tincture of cinchona or bark also gives
good results in the treatment of these
cases.
Lime water is often of great benefit in
young children suffering from chronic
vomiting and diarrhea and consequent
wasting. It improves the digestion and
removes the irritating condition of the
urine, which is so common an accom-
paniment. 1t neutralizes any excess of
acid that may be present in the bowels.
It may be given in milk /; one part of
lime water to three of milk. Opium is
an excellent remedy in almost all kinds
-f sl.os.
ed that in this, as in the case of several
of the following, the indications for its
use are not as yet very strictly defined.
It may be given in the form of laudanum
in twenty-drop dose in little water
This is for an adult; it must never be
given to children. Acetate of lead (sugar
of lead( is another good remedy. It
should be given in fve-grain doses every
four hours. It is suitable for obstinate
cases. Oxide of zinc is also useful in
diarrhea. 1t may be given in the form
of the pills, two to be taken every three
hours. Sulphate of copper or blue-stone
is sometimes used in obstinate cases. It is
a very powerful astringent and should be
used with certain amount of caution
and only in severe cases. The same may
be said of nitrate of silver. Either may
be given in half-grain doses made into
pills.
Gallo acid, tannic acid, catechu and
kino are all useful in simple cases of
diarrh9a, and a mixture containing sew
eral of these astringents may be taken.
Bismuth is remedy which often sue
ceeds when everything else has failed.
A drachm of the nitrate of bismuth could
be given in milk several times a day.
This dose is larger thani is usually recon-
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stomach or cause any Inconvenience. It
is remedy of which we can speak highly
in obstinate cases. We have seen it sue
ceed when almost everything else has
been tried in vain. Children do very
well with smaller doses.-P philadelphia
Times.
Mr.. BRET HART AS DRAMATIsT AND
PoET.-"Two Men of Sandy Bar does
not seem to us to give much evidence of
dramatic faculty; certainly it gives none
of dramatic faculty at ali equal to the
faculty which the author has shown in
other directions. The action is confused,
the speeches are often too long, and one
of the most telling characters-Colonel
Starbottle-pushes his habit of senten-
tious broken utterance, interspersed
with the s'er," SO familiar to auditors in
the House of Commons, good deal be-
yond the verge of tolerable tediousness
It is to the ssPoems, I" the shorter poems
especially, the readers will turn; and it
Is these which are most worthy of
critical examination for the purpose of
fixing the authors virtue. It
is characteristic OF Mr.. Bret Harte's
work that it relies very little upon the
merely mechanical aids of misspelling of
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