The record-union., 1892-09-24

TONED TO take, or especially hearty
meals, Overlooking the stomach an2
tneFepy lessenlng or disturbing its
ciietillcal activity or digestive MOVERS
ah9 NJ lastly, the over-indulgence in alco-
bollc drinks. The use of mnriat;o I'D
after meals is to be reeommended as
proper prophylactic, especially where
there is even only slight dyspentic COM
paint, eight to tendrops in one cuarter-
glass OF boiled water. During cboIera
eplqemlcs, constipation often results from
undue fear. This must not be NEGLECTED
Great caution should be exercised against
taking cold, which May be in
duced by the catarrhal condition of the
aimentary apparatus. Great stress is To-
be laid upon general hygiene baths, out
door exercise and sufficient sleep. Ca
tarfhal condition OF the stomach and in
care.
During the cholera epidemic, as it is
almost impossible, except in a hospital.
10 decide whether an ieXisting diarrhea
is induced by simple catarrhal condi-
tion or by the cholera bacillus, it is or
uereu' III the future, to treat each and
every case OF diarrhea as if it were a
cholera diarrhea. Experience has taught
tnat the following is the most successful
treatment; the invalid should be put at
once to bed IF possible be given first a
warm or hot BATH, covered up warm, hot
pandages on the body, his diet limited to
cruel and be given requisite doses of
some opium preparation, the best being
the tincture of opium, in tea,
rum, cognac or arrac and, further
more, 1t is well to acidify the con-
tents OF the stomach with muriatiG
aclu. II is, OF course, understood that all
water the patient takes must first have
been boiled. AS beverage there is also
allowed good red wine or cognac, rum
and arrac with water that has been boiled.
IL vomiting sets in, so-called soda-water
water lmpregnated with carbonic acid
gas, not alkaline water may be given. 4
good effect may be produced by an ener-3
getic and Intelligent cold rub down he
fore putting the patient to bed.
Inc relative best method of treatment
OF q welI-detined cholera case is an in
test1nal injection of tannic acid solution,
For the purpose one and one-half to two
llters OF previously boiled water, heated
TO $40 degrees Celsius, in which are dis
solved 10 TO 20 grams tannic acid. To
prevent thlckening of the blood and
thereby stagnation of the circulation. the
following hypodermic may be used: A
solution OF grams sodium carbonate
ana grams sodium chlorate in liters Of
distilled and sterilized water. This hast
proven itself especially useful. Finally!
the report says:
This treatment does not preclude the
use of methods already known, which
are: internally pieces Of ice, ice-cooleda
champagne, etferYescent drinks, strong
wines with from 10 to II drops of ether,
tea with cognac. Hypodermic injec-
tons of OF. camphoratum, camphore, OIL.
amygaaI dulc, 8, Sig. l to 2 hyperder-
mics. Furthermore, warm baths, very
energetic and prolonged rubbing with
alcoholic liquids or with cloths that have
been dipped in ice water and keep the
eXtremittes' constantly warm; in case of
painful muscular cramps, hypodermics of
morphine"
The same paper quotes from the
'Deutsch, Medix Woehenshcript" the fol-
long contribution of Professor DR.. With.
Soewenthal of Paris: ''The treatment OF
cholera which was proposed by me, re-
sultlng from experience in my laboratory
and on animals first dose, two grams,
followed by hourly or half-hourly doses
at one-half to one grain saloD, has now,
been tried on man with results that fuL{
filled all expectations. The chief physi-;
clan of the Province of Zambales, Philip
pine Islands, DR.. Francisco j. Gonzales y
Salvador, treated tifty-three cases by this
method and only lost three. or per cent.
land these were already in the last stage
when they came under his care), whereas,
the mortality of every other method of
treatment in similar past epidemics aver
age As per cent"
Note.-One liter of water weighs 1000
grams, and is equal to 1873 fluid ounces.
A fluid ounce weighs 455A grams. One
gram equals 1913 grains: 40o Celsius
equals l04o Observation-Disclosures.