The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-03
TREATMENT OF AsIATIC CHOLERA

| BY ELMER LEE, NJ. d., CHICAGO.
The result of prolonged reflection,
covering many years, and the obser-
vations resulting from personal exper-
fence in the cholera epidemic in Eu-
rope of 1892, is the conviction THAT
there is provided in the labratory OF
the universe a remedy which surpasses
the results Of human ingenuity as
much as does the sun surpass in bril-
liancy the light of the artificial lamp.
The all-prevading and all wide remedy,
the greatest product Of omniscieut ma
lures labratory, which alone can cope
with this pestilential disease of the
human race, is nothing more and
nothing less than the unmatched, I'M
matchable III. o. Pure water is
absolutely the only trustworthy
cure for cholera, and if it
came at great price it
would probably be more greatly
valued. The human organism is 40
constituted that if it is assisted by h.
o., every morbid element may be
eliminated out of its domain. The
acutely poisoned body quickly recov-
ers its equilibrium and its harmony
of action as soon as the processes of
elimination can remove the invading
poison. In the construction of the
mucous lining Of all the accessible
cavities and channels it is prepared
by an undiscernabIe law to success
fully resist the entrance of every form
of organism. The products of organic.
action alone are able to pass into the
blood. II sufficient quantities of pure
water of a suitable temperature are
introduced into the body through the
natural channels, it is actually posi-
BILE to wash morbid products, as well
as organic forms of life out Of the
human body.
The mouth gives entrance to the
causative germs in Asiatic cholera.
This is quite con3lusively established.
The locality of the development and
formation of the toxin in the earlier
stages is determined to be in the up
per end of the small intestine, and
from experience, as we'll as from the
powers OF reflective analogy, there is
no doubt that the system can be saved
from death If the morbid entity, the
germ, is literally deluged away from
the alimentary canal by the copious
use OF remedy that cannot be of the
Slightest danger to the victim. The
amount of water TO be used varies in
different cases. 1t is impossible to use
too much; it is possible to use too |
little. From the earliest moment that |
the patient is seen the propositions |
alimentary canal with pure water;
wash the lower portion by in |
Producing irrigations of warm |
soapsuds or merely warm water |
into the colon with sufficient fire. |
quency and in sufficient quantity to |
cleanse that portion OF the bowel effec-
tually. The frequency Of washing |
that portion of the bowel which is ac- |
cessible from the rectum should be !
one, or two, or three, or four times q |
day, according to circumstances. At |
the same time from one to ten quarts |
of warm, pure water, mildly medical
ted with peroxide Of hyrogen or by |
drozone, should be administered at |
intervals during the day, as the pre-
scribed remedy by the mouth. If the
patient vomits, very well. Immedi.
water that was vomited. No harm
can be done in any case, and if it is
possible to cave life it is possible to
save it through this method. 1t is
the quickest and surest method of
exciting the activity OF the kid
neys, and is the safest. 1t is the ra-
tionsl and effective measure for main
the volume of the blood. It
is the scientific process by which to
establish cutaneous circulation in the
The use of simple aud useful hygi-
enic measures are the same as In
other Frustrating diseases. Patients
should be fed with regularity at no too
frequent intervals, giving the proper
time between administrations OF sim
pie food for its digestion. The use of
appliances for maintaining the heat of
the body are not to be neglected.
The preciae details Of the method Of
indicated At this time will
be forthcoming in 8 subsequent paper.