Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-09-16
CHOLERA.

Circular issued by the State Board Of
Health:
The situation in Vermont as regards
a threatened outbreak of Cholera calls
for precautions rather than alarm.
The secret of success IN dealing with the
disease is in knowing something OF its
nature beforehand and acting intclli-
gently at its first appearance.
| Cholera is an infectious disease and is
transmissble.
The poison OF the disease is in the dis
charges of the patient, and can becarried
in various ways and by various articles
to the we'll The least soiling, by any of
the discharges from the sick. or linen,
clothes, articles of food, water, milk,
/ knives, forks, spoons or dishes. OF the
hands or clothing OF attendants, may be
! the means of conveying the disease to
well persons. To produce the disease in
well persons, the poison must gain access
to the stomach. This may occur by eat
d
where the disease is; by taking into the
mouth food or drink that has been in
such house; by eating or drinking any
thing that has been prepared or handled
BY an attendant, or one who has been in
such a house; or by using eating utensils
that have been handled by such an at
tcndant, or been in such house. Per-
sons otherwise perfectly well, those who
are temperate, and those whose organs
of digestion are healthy are much less
liable to the disease,
ccautions.-Cholcra is prevcntable.
Cleanliness is the great safeguard. Every
, village and ncighborhood should be
watchful OF its streets and public places.
All filth should be removed from dwellings
and their vicinity. Manufacturing estab-
lishmcnts, slauG houses, cheese fac
tories and tenement houses should be
. watched and kept clean and Wholesome.
, Drains; cess pools and farm-yards should
be cleaned often and diSinicctcd. The
closets, sewers and alleys i'll and about
= public buildings, hotels, schools and
places os business should be watched con
| tinually. Sources ofpublic watcrsupply
should be carefully guarded.
BE temperate in eating and drinking
!. avoid allcxccsscs. Guard against anxcty
OF mind, ovcrwork and all irregularities
OF life. Breathe frequently. eat well
: cooked food, and drink only boiled water
: and milk. In the presence of the disease
- eat or drink nothing that can in any
way have been contaminated by the sick
Food by which the dscasc-gcrms are
l milk and water-should be only takcr
after thorough cooking or boiling. b
especially careful of milk and water
Attendants and those necessarily i'll thu
house of the sick should not touch will
y unwashed hands food, drink. eating o,
., drinking utensils, cigars, pipes or any
=, thing that will be put in the mouth.
j For diarrhea, or any arrangement O
S the stomach or bowels, call a physician
c at once.
!, In an emergency, or until a physician
r can he secured, the following is a SAT
. remedy.
I Laudanum and spirits of camphor
l. each one or, tincture OF capsicum an,
O water, each two or, OF which mixture al
Il adult may take teaspoonful in wine
glass OF water once in three or four hours
y All clothing, bedding, eating utcnsil
! and other articles about the sick perso
n should be placed in boiling water, or i
n one OF the disintcctant solutions give
~ below, or should be destroyed by fire
:, The sick person should be rigidly quarar
tined, with a competent nurse in a large
+ well-ventilated room. No one shout
enter this room except the nurse and do,
: tor, and no one should enter the hous
n except from necessity.
ectants.-Corrosive Sublimate Sc
lution.-Dissolve one drachm of corrosiv
sublmate in one gallon of water.
o Carbolic Acid Solutions Dissolve on
II part of carbolic acid crystals in twcnt
" parts OF hot soapsuds.
. These solutions are suitable for beddini
, clothes, towels, eating utensils, and fc
Il the discharges and vessels in which thcs
o are received.
S. Copperas Solution-Suspend baskc
90 or perforated box c, ntaining sixty lbs. c
=, copperas i'll barrel OF water.
Water from this barrel may be freel
IL used in drains water-closets and whe
" ever filth accumulates.
N Copies of this circular may be obtaine
10 of either member of the State Board
- Health.