Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-03
ON CHOLERA.
By A. MARQUES.
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Homeopsthy,-on the ground that one
ounce of prevention 10 better than pound OF
cure,--claims to be able to indicate a pro-
phylactic treatment, not indeed by drug
ging, overwhelming ard thus depressing the
system, but by using judiciously beforehand
small doses of such medicines as have proved
the most reliable in fighting the disease,
these same being at the same time the most
homeopathic or "smilar" in their action on
the healthy body, whereby, IL used antici-
patcdly, pervade and preoccupy the system
and thus fortify II against the invasion of the
malady. These are essentially Verdtrun,
C,prum and Arsenicum; and, as they consti-
tute the basis of the celebrated New York
Humphrey specific No. 9, and as also Some
homeopathic authorities consider Aconite as
specific for all stages Of cholera (IIempel,
Cramoisy), this being contained in Hum
phrey No. l, shall warmly recommend the
use Of these to all my friends, as the most
convenient, handy form for household pro-
phylaxy
Thus, every family should have ready at
hand:
LIST. A bottle Of spirits of osmphor, Ru-
bini's tincture the best II procurable;
Cd. Some Of Humphrey s specifics No. 9,
for cholera lin liquid form if obtainable),
No, 4 for diarrhea, and No. l for fever.
Sd. In case the Humphrey are not avail.
able No. 6 can be substitu ted by mixing in
equal proportions 3x dilutions Of Veratrum,
Uuprnm aud Arsenicum, or still better by
making millesimal solu ton Of arseniate
of copper together with some drops Of tine
ture of Veratrum Album and thoroughly
shaking the mixture; while No. can be
supplemented by mixing 3T dilutions Of
Aconite, Belladona and Bryonia.
Now, for mere prophylaxy, take twice a
day, on getting up and going to bed, or 5
pellets of Humphrey No. @, dry on the tongue,
or better still dissolved in spoonful of water,
| or the equivalent "A drops) in a little water,
of the above mentioned arsenical solution;
alternating with this, at midday, before
lunch, the same quantity Of Humphrey No.
/, or Of the above Aconite mixture. Those
who are familiar with Mattcis or Sauters
specifics, will do well to take, morning and
night, few dry pellets of Scrof. No. l.
II diarrhea supervenes, check it with
ce.water, as above, and q solution Of No.
4 Humphrey. In rare cases, two drops
doses of tincture of Camphor on sugar sue
ceed in checking otherwise obstinate cases
Of prodromic diarrh@a accompanied by gid
diness, headache. singing in the ears, fla
tulence and gripping pains, particularly il
there be tendency to shivering and low
ering of the temperature.
Then, If symptoms OF cholera do manifest
themselves, call the physician, but, in the
meantime, use the Spirits of Camphor, few
drops on lump sugar or In a little tepid water,
repeated few times at 5 or 10 minutes in
terval, unlessithc excavations get to be very
abundant, in which case stop camphor,
which would only interfere with the other
necessary remedies, and, instead, use COM
paratively large and repeated doses of Hum
phrey No.6
Camphor is o most powerful remedy,
wonderfully so, when properly applied, to
therefore always useful quite at the outset of
a genuine attack Of cholera, and especially
for those cases in which the excavations are
trihing or have not yet begun, while the
cramps, cold feet End hands are prominent,
the cold spreading rapidly with loss Of
strength, sudden prostration and failing Of
pulse, in other words, for the instantaneous
sicca or asphyrial forms. But it is not the
universal panac for all cholora that some
homeopathic practitioners want to make
it, and when purging, vomiting,
and thirst have set in, Camphor is seldom
suitable and should never be given, unless
there should also be Icy coldness and bluenes'
of the skin, limbs, face and even tongue, with
painful cramps in the extremities, calves
and muscles, general spasms, ,tetanus, ,trismus
suppression of urine, danger of suffocatiol
aud stupefaction, and then stopping Its us
as soon as such symptoms abate. Outside o
the precise symptoms above mentioned
camphor being OF itself powerful poisol
(when taken internally, 1t is rarely or neve
of service, but often does mischief
either if given repeatedly too often as
prophylactic before the attack or when tn
malady has already subsisted for som
length of time, or when the symptoms ths
call for it are absent. Another factor agains
placing too much reliance in camphol
even when in its proper place. is the uncel
tainty of its nature, since the Camphor {
commerce, generally much adulterated,