The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-09-25
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE
CHEROT TREATMENT.
HINTS AND CRITICISMS.

ever a scOurge or pestilence ia of snch
a character as to make it almost i'm
possible to secure in every case the
attendance of a physician skilled liz
therapeutics, God in His Beneiceuce
has so ordained it that the best rene
dies shall be of the simplest kind aud
such as are easily obtainable without
the aid or help of one versed in phar-
macy.
1t was also once said by a lady of
New Orleans whose reputation as u
nurse stood very high: that Nature is
so p%rovident that wherever n maiady
prevails, there is to be found the rem
edy. Oranges grow more plentiful
in those countries where yellow fever
Is most prevalent"
In the very large number of cases
that have been treated by laymen
according tn the Cherot plan, the
percentage of mortality has been re-
narkably small, and sometimes in the
fatal eases the death NAV possibly
have been due to the severity of the
attack, to IA miscunstruction of the
treatment, or the mortality is to he
attributed to Over-heating and over
sweating, or purging or under
feeding the patient. or to forcing him
to breathe the vitiated and infected
atmosphere of a room from which all
fresh air was kept as rigidly excluded
as if all the openings of the room had
not only been closed but Theoretically
sealed.
Symptoms.
roror,n fI,a ,kt,ol, - ,atoroA -
by a sense of general uneasiness,
wandering pains and occasional sliiv-
erings, attended with headache above
the eyes, pains in the small of the
back, and weakness in the lower
limbs. The tongue is coated with fur,
with red tip and edges. Thsre is usu-
ally nausea and vomiting. Tho eyes
are Redeemed watery.
Treatment.
Many are of the opinion that the
Cherot treatment is based on the
theory that yellow fever is Il blood
poisoned disease, and that perspira-
ton is necessary for the elimination
from the system of the poison in the
circulating blood, whether that poi
son be due to the Introduction into
the blood of u living organism such as
the microbe which Sanarelli calls the
bacillus icteroides, or whether it is to
be attributed to the presence of some
other germ. Possibly the main object
sought to be obtained by perspiration
is TO cool down the body as near the
normal heat as possible.
First Treatment.
The patient must take to his bed at
the first indications of the fever. As
one of the main objects for the first
two days is to procure and keep up
the perspiration, give the patient
without delay a mustard foot bath,
Use for that purpose II tub which will
hold at least a bucket of warm water
into which nearly a cupful Of mustard
has been put. The bath should be as
hot as can be conveniently borne, but
not so hot as to scald the patient. The
bath must he taken under the bed
clothes while the patient is IN a re
cumbent position, that is lying on his
back, bending the knees. While the
feet are in the bath, the patient
should he we'll covered np with &
double blanket so that the steam may
pervade the whole body. After the
feet of the patient have remained il
this batt. about fifteen minutes, the
tub may be removed, care being tax
en- to avoid exposure of the skin t.
cool air under the blanket. Wher
the feet are withdrawn, most nurse.
do not stop to wipe them. If tn,
skin is dry repeat the tooth baths a
reasonable intervals until perspiratiol
is induced being careful to keep til,
patient in a horizontal position.
the feet and legs should get cold
apply to them warm bricks, or no
fat irons. or bottles of hot water. Ru'
the feet with dry mustard, and yo1
NAV, if You do not annoy the patient
nut wooden stockings on his feet. TIL
friction must not be overdone, indeed
it is usually dispensed with, as it i
essential that the patient should b
allowed to remain perfectly quiet. 4
friction carried on too vigorously an,
too long, not only initiates the skin
but tends to make the patient NOR
ard more nervous.
Give two or three cups OF elder
flower tea. EiueF lowers are Sentt
sudorific and produce or promot
sweating. The treatment as publish
cd would authorize one to suppos
that the tea is made by an infusion {
elder lpaves. This is a serious error
as the young leaf buds are said to b
a violent and unsafe %purgative. 1t
the practice with some very success
full New Orleans nurses to give orang
leaf tea. This tea is employed as
gently stimulant diaphoretic. MR.
Dugan of New Orleans, considered
II ...lontr Ii, Sucl naattarS Sax