Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-12

III and black. Occasionally sensation n,
s been experienced which has bee
f described "as similar to band draw
/, SO tightly across the stomach as
? squeeze that organ against the bac
? BONE" The patient as a rule retains h
: faculties almost To the end.ss At last
, can no longer swallow, becomes inseI
sible, and after few convulsive sot
: gives up the ghost. Such are the NOR
prominent features of what may b
] fairly called ty pical case of Asiati
Cholera when fatal, the individua
J dying in from four to twenty-fou
hours; at least it is the best the write
can elaborate from careful study O
; the descriptions of many authors, ant
is given in the plainest, everyday Ian
, guage he can use. If the above symp
toms have existed three or four hour
before active treatment is resorted t.
i Immediate treatment is the imperative
necessity in this pest) few such case.
recover. In those instances i'm which
recovery takes place, the warmth O
the body slowly returns, after fron
twelve to forty-eight hours; profuse
sweating takes place the second ol
third day, which leaves the patient
convalesent, and he. rapidly recovers
health and strength. On the other
hand the condition may become one in
many respects resembling a low and
malignant form of typhoid fever, OF
which the patient will frequently die
by the ninth day, or recover only after
a tedious convalescence.
Now, as to the propagation, and con-
dilions favoring the spread of the dis
| ease. [ consider it admitted that there
exists a special poison, that may be
medium of clothing or other articles
which have been ia presence of the
sick, but which must be present. in ev-
cry case. The nature of that poison or
its origin, we will not discuss, but there
are certain conditions under which it
is universally admitted that the Chole-
ra becomes more general and more fatal.
| t is true that those who fear the evil
are more likely than others to contract
it, because fear depresses the vitality,
and hence the power of resistance of
the individual, and would render such
more liable to any disease to which
they might be exposed. (For this large
class of people the only safety is in
flight on the first approach of the NAL
ady.) Other favoring influences are an
unwholesome or insufficient diet, (this
fact is recognized from the frequency
with which the Pestilence and Famine
go hand in hand), impure water for
drinking purposes, immoderate use of
intoxicants, sleeping in damp or not
trouble is more frequently induced by
breathing infected air than in any 9TH
er way, taking large drinks of cold
water or other liquid when over-hea t.
ed, or cooling Off too suddenly after
sweating freely. Age has an import
ant bearing on the liability of individ-
uals; comparatively few fatal cases oc-
cur before the age of puberty, while
above forty few of those attacked re-
cover. and above fifty or fifty-five al
most none.
OF the treatment of Cholera the
methods have been legion and the
vaunted specifics" numberless, that
generally adopted in India was 15 or 20
grains of Calomel, with 60 drops of
Laudanum and 20 drops of Oil of Pep
permint in two or three ounces of wat
er, and repeated every three or four
hours. according to the urgency of the
case. In Persia the cold bath, with an
allowance of all the cold acid drink the
patient desired, though the effects of
this are not known, but certainly no
one in this country, at this time, would
take the responsibility of it. Blood-let-
ing, hot baths, injection of water into
the blood vessels ETC., have figured
prominently.
While it is impossible to lay down
any line Of treatment adapted to all
cases, the following may be considered
to present the prominent outlines of
the latest and best Endorsed methods, |
which contemplate three especial con-
ditions to be overcome:
1st. To arrest purging and vomiting, |
best allayed by Pills of grain of Opt
um with grains of Sugar of Lead
made up with Black or Red Pepper,
one to be taken after each motion of
the bowels until six or eight ale taken,
unless the patient is sooner relieved.
At the same time small pieces of ice
should be allowed as often as desired,
(but no water or other liquid except
" hat is got from the ice) and the stom-
ach and bowels covered with large
poultice.
I'd. To restore warmth of the surface,
and the circulation in the extremities,
during the cold stage, bags Of hot bran
should be placed about the. patient and
the breast, abdomen, and limbs rub
bed briskIy with stimulating liniment.
A good one for this purpose, which
should be prepared and kept at hand
IN Cholera times, is composed of 2
ounces of each of the following ingre-
dents: Strong Water of Ammonia,
Olive OIL, Spirits of Camphor, Turpen-
tine, Alcohol, Chloroform, and Tincture
Of Capsicum. A flannel wet with the
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