Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-09-08
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
Tho state Hoard of Health Urges Pre-
cautions, However.

cautions, However,.
The Vermont State board of health hos
Issued the following circular in relation to
the subject of tho cholera:
Tho situation in Vermont as regards
threatened outbreak OF cholera calls for pre-
cautions rather thnn alarm.
The secret of success in dealing with the
disease is in knowing something of its ma
ture before hand, and acting intelligently
at its first appearance
Cholera is an infectious disease and is
transmissible.
The poison of the disease Ia in the dis
charges Of the patient, and can DO carried
i'll various ways and by various articles to
the well. The least soiling by any OF the
discharges from the sick, of linen, clothes,
articles of food, water, milk, knives, forks
spoons or dishes, of the bands or clothing of
attendants, may be the means of convey
ing the disease to well persons. To produce
the disease in well persons, the poison must
gain access to the stomach. This mny oc-
cur by eating, drinking or smoking In the
house where the disease is; by taking into
the mouth food or drink that has been in such
house; by eating or drinking anything
that has leen prepared or handled
byan attendant, or one who has
been In such house; or by
using eating utensils that have been handled
by such an attendant, or been in such o
house. Persons otherwise perfectly well,
those who are temperate, and those whose or
cans of digestion are healthy are much less
liable TO the disease
PRECAUTIONS.
Genernl-Cholera is prevcntable. Clp3nli-
ness is the great safeguard. Evory village
and ncighborhood should DO watchful Of its
streets and public PLACES. All filth should
be removed from dwellings and their vicin
ity. Manufacturing establishments, slnugh-
ter Uses, cheese factories and tenement
houses should be watched and kept clean
and Wholesome. Drains, oe'spoos and farm
yards should be cleaned often aud disinfect-
ed. The closets. sewers aud alleys in and
abont public buildings, hotels, schools and
places of business should be watched cou-
unuGiy. Soucros of public water supply
should he carefully guarded.
Personal--Be temperate in eating md
drinking; avoid all excuses. Guard against
anxiety OF mind, overworil and ali irregu-
lacitiss Of life. Bathc frequently, eat well
cooked food and drink only boiei water or
mills. In the presence of the disease eat or
drink nothing that can in any way have
been contaminated by the sick Food by
l
such as fruit, vegetables, milk and water
should be only taken after thorough cook
ing o. boiling. Be especially careful of
milk and water. Attendants and those
necessarily IN tho house OF the sick should
not touch with uuwoshed hands food drink,
eating or drinking utensils, cigars, pipes or
anything that will be put INTO the mouth.
For diarrho'a, or au7 dcran-ement OF tho
! stomach or bowels. call physician Mt once.
| In all emergency, or until q physician can
De secured the following is n safe remedy
/ Leudanum and spirits of camphor, each
ono ounce, tincture CT capsicum and water,
erch two ounces, of which mixture an adult
may TAKE a tca~pCcniu; in wine glass of
water one, in three or four hours.
/ Ali clothing, bedding, eating utensils aud
other articles about the SIC; person, should
be placed IN boiling Tutor, or in one of the
d:sinlectaut solutions g ven below, or should
be DESTROYED By fire. The sick person
should be rigdly qHavaatinei, with CON-
petent nurse, in large. well ventilated
room. No person should enter thi5 room
except tao nuIs, and Doctor and 40 one
should cntor the hous, except from neces-
sty.
DI~INFFCTANls.
Corrosive Subli.nnte sol":i3n-Di.so,ve
I ono drachm OF corrosive suL.imate in oug
/ gallon Of water.
CarUolc Acii Solution-Dlssolvc one
par OF clrhoiic acid crystals in 20 parts OF
hot soarsul9
1he,o solutions are suitable for bedding
/ clothes, towels, eating utensils and for the
discharges and vessels in waicL these are re-
ceived.
Coppcras Solution Suspend a basket OF