Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-07-17
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THE CHOLERA.
Household Hints for Its Prevention.


The Asiatic Cholera is in France, anC
while no nation understands the laws
OF health better than the French,
or will be more energetic in arrestine
the epidemic, so far as human effort can
arrest 1t, the infectious germs of the
pestilence may be brought to our shores
at any time, and our lake and river ports
south OF the 47th parallel, become SUBJ
lect TO the disease. Our improved san
1tary conditions will mitigate against
the spread of the pestilence, and arrest
the sweeping loss of human life, which
prevailed in former cholera years. And
still, there will always be favorable con-
ditions for the pestilence to do its work
of death, and many become victims to
it who under other circumstances might
live years. An experience of three
cholera seasons and considerable nurs-
ing of cholera patients, and observa-
tion, have taught us that no epidemicis is
more easy to prevent, and none more
difficult to cure. 4aftr1-.
In our city, the invigorating lake
breezes and our swerage system are
most favorable to the destruction of the
contagion. If the Board ofHealth will,
with the Street Commissioner, remov e
putried substances, or if that can not be
done scatter three or four hundred bar
rels Of lime over them, a pure atmos-
phere will overcome disease producing
cause in our midst. Al .es-a-as ss.s.e9
Household precautions are of inesti-
mable value in cholera seasons. Avoid
foul smells. See to 1t that there are no
dark, musty unaired rooms, closets OF
cellars. Air and sunlight are glorious
Angels of health. Scatter lime in water
closets, in yards, and whitewash the
rear premises. Don't spare disinfec-
tants. A pound of copperas boiled in
two gallons of water, and quart of the
solution poured down the pipes ofsinks,
bath rooms, etc., will instantly correct
foul odors. Fill saucers and plates with
earth, moisten with carbolic acid, and
have one dish in every room. Chloride
of lime is also a good disinfectant, as
we'll as sulphur fumigation. Every
man, woman and child should wear
light flannel undergarments, and an alb
dominal bandage Of fine flannel or un-
bleached muslin. or
While bodily cleanliness Is of abso-
lutte necessity and almost in itself a pre-
ventative, frequent baths in tubs of
water, or swimming more than once a
week, will surely debilitate the system.
Everything which has this tendency
invites the epidemic. Two sponge baths
per day, giving especial care of spong-
ing the feet, will conduce the physical
vigor, always before, never Immediate
ly after meals. Eat regular, wholesome
meals, avoiding rich cake, pastries and
stale fruits and vegetables. The avoid
ance Of vegetable diet is harmful. \.
Take from one to two grains of qui-
nine three times per day. Never over
eat. Study that serene philosophy
which brings calmness of mind, and
kills hysteria, anger and fright. Imme-
diately correct by astringents laxity of
the bowels, but never suddenly check
diarrhoeas, as then the poison remains
in the system and destroys it. An ex-
cellent formula to check Cholera symp-
toms is: .s.t..tr .a'h -
ounce tincture opium,
J ounce capsicum,
1ounce gentian,
1once rhubarb, '5. -
s ounce very best brandy.
Dose for an adult, one teaspoonful
three times per day, or oftener il symp-
toms require it.