Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-24
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THURSDAY EVENING. JULY "a. ie
CuRu FoR CHOLERA
,nn,,o, urop, |. Ue,tsin Remedy.

CampnUf Seftstn
The following simple remedy was issued
In handbill form by the Hibernia printing
office, Dublin, Ireland, during the severe
visitation Of the cholera In 1896, and was
tho means Of saving thousands Of lives. IL
was also used with valuable effect in 1913,
and no harm could be done by having IL in
the house during the coming warm
months:
Dissolve one ounce Of camphor is six
ounces Of spirits Of wine aud give small
bottle of it to any intelligent person In
your neighborhood who will undertake to
administer IL to his poor neighbors when
they are seized with cholera or any oil us
symptoms. without deviating in the
slighost degree from the following instruc-
tions
When any person is seized with symp
toms of cholera, such as vomiting, purg
inc. sudden weakness, coldness, cramps or
spasms. do not give them brandy or
whisky or any kind Of medicine whatever,
but put them to bed at once, covering
them warmly, but not overlooking them
with bed clothes, and as soon as you pos.
slbly can let the patient take two drops
(not more) Of the camphor mixture on a
little pounded sugar in spoonful of cold
or iced water. In five minutes after let
him take o second dose of two drops in the
same way, and in five minutes more repeat
the same thing. He is then to wait ten or
fifteen minutes to see whether or not there
is sense of returning warmth, with a
disposition toward perspiration and mani
fest decrease of sickness, cramps, Sc,
Sc, whom, il necessary, he must take two
drops as before, and repeat the dose every
five minutes until twelve or fourteen
drops have been taken. In administering
this remedy you must particularly observe
that il the patient takes anything OF any
sort or kind, except cold or iced water
while the medicine Is intended to operate,
it's whole effect will be destroyed, Cor the
least foreign medicine neutralizes the cam
phor, which is given to check vomiting
and to produce n free, warm perspiration.
The use of cold or iced water is given on
the advice of the late celebrated and sue
cessful DR.. Piddock, of London, who
always allowed his patients to drink cold
or iced water, as il tends to promote free
perspratiOn, and also the abundant dis
charge of yellow bile.
The patient must not be allowed to lise
aud expose him or herself TO the slightest
degree of cold and should not be tOrmented
with baths, steamiugS or rubbing Of any
kind but permitted 70 lic still, Is he will
fan asleep when pcrspiration comes ou'
and after some hours will, with Gods az
sistauoe, awake we'll though weak aud
lauguid and perhaps o little ieyerish, in
which case he may &c. , dose, say q tea.
spoonful OF Gregory s powder or rhubalo
or magnesia, with little peppermint
water or weak sal volatile and water t.
wash it down, but must be kept quiet,
taking only little soup, broth or Cruel
for day or two.
Lord Pousonby, writing to his brother,
the bishop Of Derry, stated that TO his
Own knowledge these camphor drops had
proved 10 be certain c..e Tor cholera,
both in France and Germany, whenever
taken in time, aud the cure is generally
effected before il is possible to procure a
physician-that is in less than an hour.