Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-06
HOW TO AVERT CHOLERA.
That's Worth Needing. Whether the PES
thence Comes or Not. ~
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thence Comes or Not.
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Can Cholera &c AyertedP is the sub-
Jet of the leading article in The North
American Reyiew for August Drs.
Hamilton, Rauch, Peters, Wood. and
Leale discuss the question from the
various standponts of the government
administrative iicidl the state sanitary
executive, the epidemiologist, the .aedi
cal teacher and the local health officer
respectively.
Whlle DR.. Peters says that no amount
OF impure air, impure water, or imnru-
dence IN diet will cause cholera, he adj
mits that the smokes, smells gases or
eliluvla, coming from dirty streets,
cutters, sewers, docks, works,
Llthy stables, yards, slaughter houses.
OF onal-rendering works, will render ali
eases more severe, or oven fatal and,
hopeless; that contaminated and pol
luted water is quite as dangerous and
III iurlous In cholera season as unrine
or unwholesome fruits and vegetables
ana spoiled meats and fish; and that
any and every imprudence and mistake
In dict will greatly aggrayate cease of
Asiatic cholera.
To this Dr.. Wood adds that it should
be remembered that cholera especially
attacks the lowest classes of the popula-
tlon, ana RACES most Sirulently in the
Sums. Indeed, he says, if our cities
were kept perfectly clean in all their
parts, and their water supply nure
cholera would be disease scarcely 10
be ieared; but the Dives of one block
perlShes because he has neglected the
Lazarus of the next. Thus, unless
stringent measures DO taken, the So
allied Italian quarter of New York will
be a raging center of the pestilence.
And in Chicago there are similar quar-
tiers to be found in almost every ward
Of the city.
DIR. l-eale, speaking of his personal
experience in 1866, notes that even
where il did occur in sanitary houses. If
proper care was taken, it manifested
very slight power To extend, and those
stricken down recovered when properly
nursed; while the inhabitants OF badly
drained and crowded places ran greater
risks. Cholera in healthful homes does
not show tendency to spread. During
the epidemic OF 1866 the writer. when
called early, did not see single instance
OF more than one serious case in sani-
tary home, and all that had the pre-
monitory symptoms properly treated re.
covered. except very small proportion
whose attack'was ushered in with fatal
violence.
How shall we, who are we'll and
strong, care for ourselves if we have to
remain IN the midst of an epidemic3 Do
not tie frightened, but observe the fol-
lowing rules:
l. Clean mess in all things-the
streets, the home, the person, Keen
the cellars, tanks, and sewer connections
IN good condition. For the person a
oaliy bath, also wash of the face.
hanos, teeth, and mouth after each
meal.
2. Proper clothing easily fitting and
comfortable. 1t is better to have too +
much than too little. A broad flannel
oand around the abdomen, worn day
and night, will be useful.
.. temperance in all things, with
generous diet of all wholesome articles
-,nsh, meats, vegetables, and clean.
ripe, seasonable, native fruits, with ex.
tras to proper degree. If any article
Is known to disagree with you, avoid it.
DO not cat or drink discriminatory be-
tween meals, and If any distress il
caused by improper substances in the
stomach, quickly reject them.
Everything which maintains the
health of an individual lessons his dan.
ger; but it is especially necessary to
keep in complete order the gateway
primarily assaulted by cholera. e..
me alimentary canal. A perpetual
squanimity, an avoidance of fruit and
ndlgestible foods, excessive caution in
me use OF purgative medines, the taking
u immediate measures of relief the mo.
nent the slightest diarrhea or CASTRO in.
estlna irritation appears-these are
essentials for every one.