The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-17
Remedies for Cholera.

Remedies for Cholera
DIR. Robert Stafford Newton, a prom-
! nent physician and lecturer on nervous
diseases at the New York Polytechnic, has
| given recently some valuable ipforma-
ton relative TO remedies for cholera.
DIR. Newton has studied in London,
| Paris and Berlin, and while making
study OF meteorological work during the
| cpdemics Of cholera in India in 1866,
| 1876, 1881 and 1889, Egypt in 1879, as
a member of the house staff of the Lon.
don Hospital gained much valuable in
| formation about the treatment and
] spread Of the disease.
Half the trouble in cholera. he said lis
that time is lost and the disease passes rap
| idly from one stage 70 another before
proper treatment can be applied. There
have been remedies given. but they are not
always easily understood or obtained blythe
people. There are some simple ones, how
ever, applicable to the four stages OF the dis
ease. which are very effective, and which ~
would be wise for families to have at hand.
| They proved so successful in London dur.
| ing the cholera IN 1876 that OF III cases
treated according to these simple pre-
scriptions. only three deaths resulted. This
was thought to be so remarkable per-
centage that in the Governments Book
on Cholera" it is especially commented
on. So many lives have been saved during
the ravages of this epidemic by these pre-
scrptions that there can be no doubt as to
their true value.
The first stage of the disease ia diarrh9a.
For this let the following prescription be
made up and kept in the house:
"Tincture of camphor. Q drams tincture
Of capsicum, drains; simple strip. drains;
! compound tincture of lavender. 6 drains;
tincture of opium. drains; bourbon whisky,
| drains.
Mix this. Give one teaspoonful every
| half hour. according TO the violence Of the
diarrhHa. II nausea sets in. and the liquid
cannot be taken, make pill containing one
grain each Of camphor. opium, geranium
and tannin, and give one pill every thirty
minutes until diarrhoes is under control
For the stage Of cramps or sinking the
prescription TO be used is this
Compound caIaput mixture CO. 5. r.,
best brandy. each one ounce.
Give one teaspoonful of this mixture IN
| two tablespoonful of water-the dose to be
repeated every fifteen minutes until relief Is
obtained.
Tine next stage is vomiting. Should this
come on let the following prescription be
given to the patient
Aqua menthe Piperite, ounce.
A0ue menthe yiridis. ounce.
Aque compton, ounce.
Tinctura opii camphorate. drains.
Mix. To check the vomiting. one tea
spoonful may be given every five minutes.
In case Of slight nausea only. the same dose
once in fifteen minutes. If the patient DO
| quite sick at the stomach. but not vomiting.
a teaspoonful may be given every ten min
| utes.
These three prescriptions should be pre-
pared and kept In every household IN readi-
ness for instant use should these symptoms
appear. There ought also be kept in the
family four ounces of the best brandy and
two ounces of powdered mustard.
CARE OF PATIENTS.
LAS soon as the first symptoms of any
stage of the disease appear the patient
should, as soon as possible. take recum-
bent position and be covered up warmly.
Apply warm applications. such as hot bricks,
water bags. etc, 10 the feet and TO the pit
of the stomach and apply mustard plasters
freely over the stomach and abdominal re-
gion. After the mustard has irritated the
surface apply some TO the base Of the brain
and spine The medicine should be given
in the meantime as directed.
IF the discharges from the bowels are
very profuse, in addition to the medicine
given use warm injections of Is per cent.
salt solution, 10 be followed after evacua-
ton by an injection composed of seven
ounces of mucilage OF gum arabic, two
drains of tannic acid. four drains Of pow
dered starch. four drains OF tincture OF
opium. Let about one-fourth of the guam
tity so prepared be used after each free
evacuation. Where there is q tendency to
coldness in the region of the stomach let
hot poutices follow the use of mustard.
the application to be made over the stom-
ach and the spine postsrior TO the gastric
region.
III there is thirst cold tea may be al
| lowed. and pieces Of ice may be taken in
4. al IL rrykeu
colds or anything that will produce q chilli
ness or the surface Of the body. The most
constant attention should DO given to
maintaining an equilibrium of the crcula-
ton and preventing COMPOSITIONS Any
interference with healthy action of the
nerves with which the circulatory system is
supplied. or with the nervous energy re-
CURED 10 keep normal capacity of the
blood vessels to receive and transmit the
vital fluid. would and certainly does pro-
duce or encourage the serious effuslon
which results in the stage called collapse.
THE SUN oUEE.
During the cholera epidemic of 1919
George Washington Busted, pharmacist.
sent TO the New fork Sun a prescription for
the cure of the disease. The Sun published
il then daily for months and it has been in
steady use for moro than half a century.
Mr. Busteed is still ia New York. He is
viewed few days ago by Sun reporter.
In the course of tho conversation the old
druggist said
Il recoIlect that while the plague was at
its height patients we're brought into my
pharmacy daily by citizens who had found
them in the streets. Those attached by the
maady would often drop in their tracks
1t was my good fortune ITO save every pa
tient that was brought into the pharmacy.
first soothed their fear and then admin
istered Tho Sun cure and rubbed their
bodies with bartshorn liniment This al
lieved their cramps, and proper attention TO
diet after that brought them around all
right. Cholera can be handled successfully
if taken in hand promptly. The only dan
ger is personal uncleanliness and careless
ness as TO diet. 1t was the fall Of 1849 be-
fore the epidemic ended.
II do not remember that il was ever dis
covered exactly how it came to break out in
the Orange treet.hovsl, and | do not believe
that its deyastations could be repeated in
the city, for the authorities would now be
able to cope with It much more successfully
than they were in those early days,
when there were not 100000 people in the
city all told The health board Issued daily
bulletins, just as it is doing now. all
through the epidemic of 1S49"
This prescription has heen published in
the New York Sun more than 1000 times. be-
sides its publication In numerous other pa