The Democratic advocate., 1892-09-17
4 SIMPLE REMEDY.


HOW To Trest Patient Who SHOWS
SYMPTOMS of Cholera.
To the Editor of the New York Times
| enclose copy of suggestions, tmade tor
any one attacked with symptoms of cholera,)
which have had in my possession Tor
years. There are many whose means VIII
not permit them to seek physician ana
whose pride will prevent them asking aid
from a dispensary or hospital 10 Sucn'
the suggestions will be invaluable, and IN
view of the approach of the scourge OF
cholera, they should be sown broad cast
and on the appearance of the slightest
symptoms should be carried out minutely'
They were originally printed in an English
medical journal more than forty years ago
HENRY C. COOPER, NJ. D.
New York. August 26, 1891.
The following simple remedy was used
during the severe visitation of the cholera
in 1892, and was the means OF saving
thousands of lives. 1t was also used with
valuable effect in 1913, and may be used
again should that epidemic visit our shores.
In any case no harm could be done by
having the medicine in the house.
Dissolve one ounce of camphor in six
ounces of spirits of wine, and give small
bottle Of ii to any intelligent person who
will undertake to administer it to his poor
neighbors when they are seized with chol-
era or any of its symptoms. without dew
ating in the slightest degree from the fol-
lowing instructions:
When any person is seized with symp-
toms of cholera. such as vomiting, purglng,
sudden weakness, cOldDcss, cramps, or
spasms. do not give them brandy or whis
ky, or any kind of medicine whatever
Put them to bed at once, covering them
warmly, but not oyerloading them with
bedclothes, and as soon as you possibly can,
let the patient, an adult take two drops
(not more) of the cAmphor mixture on
little pounded sugar, in a spoonful OF cold
or iced water In five minutes after, let
him take a second dose of two drops in the
same way, and again repeat in five minutes.
He is then to wait ten or fifteen minutes
to see whether or not there is Il sense of
returning warmth, with disposition toward
perspiration and manifest decrease of sick
ness. cramps, etc, when, if necessary, he
must take two drops as before, and repeat
the dose every five minutes until II drops
have been taken.
In administering this remedy you must
particularly observe that if the patient takes
anything of any sort or kind, except cold
or iced water. while the medicine is oper
ating, its effect will be destroyed, for the
least foreign medicine neutralizes the
camphOr which is given to check vomiting
and to produce free, warm perspiration.
The use of cold or iced water is given on
the advice of the late celebrated and sue
cessfnl DIR. Piddock of London, who always
allowed his patients to drink cold or iced
water, as it tends to promote free perspira-
tion and also the abundant discharge of
yellow bile.
The patient must not be allowed to rise
and become exposed to the slightest de
gree of cold, and should not be tormented
with baths, steamings, or rubbing of any
kind, but be permitted to lie still, as he will
fall asleep when perspiration comes on.
After some hours he will awake well, al
though weak and langiid, and perhaps IA
little feverish, in which case he may get a
dose, say teaspoonful of Gregory pow
der or rhubarb and magnesia, with little
peppermint water or weak sal volatile Gift
teen drops and water to wash it down, but
he must be kept quiet, taking only a little
thin soup, broth, or cruel for dav or two.