Year: 1865

The authorities of all the leading At


lantlc cities, and many of the interior
towns and villages, in view of the proba-


bic appearance of the cholera during the


next spring and summer, are adopting


every possible measure to preserve the
pubhc health, and to mitigate the ravagss
of the disease, should it unfortunately
visit our country. In Brooklyn, N Y,
| they are already disinfecting all places


calculated to breed disease, cleaning sinks,
| sprlnkllng lime in the cutters, and ven
| tllatlng tenement houses. DIR. Sayre, the


resident physician Of New York, has laid


before the Commissioners of Health of


that city letter concerning the cholera,


containing much interesting information


as to the proper means to Be adopted to


avoid its approach its symptoms, mode of


treatment, &c. Here are hisI principal


views and suggestions


Whatever differences of opinion NAV


exist in regard to the cause and mode of


propagation of the cholera, all now agree


in their observations in this acknowledged
fact. That its greatest raYaRes and most
fearful mortality, is among the filthy, the
vicious, and the destitute, and in fact it is
almost confined to the imprudent, the in.
temperate, and those who injure them
selves by taking improper Medicines
Cleanliness, therefore, is of the first i'm
portance, both of your persons and of
your houses, particularly your yards,
sinks, privies, and cesspools, where fresh
of lime should be daily sprinkled,
and the adjoining walls and fences sur
rounding them repeatedly whitewashed
Be careful that there is is no stagnant
water either In your cellars or yards, and
if your Easements are damp use fires in
them frequently to burn up the foul air
and cause a more perfect ventilation.


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and twice If possible, and permit nothing
to remain on the premises to undergo de-
Keep your houses well ven
tilated. Be temperate in all things, both
in eating and drinking. Be temperate in
exercise, in labor, both physical and men
tai. Keep good hours. Take proper
food in reasonable quantities at proper
times. Plainly cooked meats, with boiled
rice, bread, and thoroughly-cooked pota-
toes, should form the ordinary base of
diet. Abstain from all unripe fruits and
stale or partially decayed vegetables
But, above all, avoid excess in intoxieat-
ing drinks of every kind. Wear flannel
next the skin, and at all times maintain
the natural temperature of the body by
sufficient amount of clothing. Avoid all
exposure to sudden changes Of tempera-
tUre, and if accidentally exposed to a
storm, remove your wet boots and clothes
as soon as possible.


The cholera is not the necessarily fatal
disease which it is commonly believed to
be. but is disease that is both prevent
able and durable. 1t is always preceded
by symptoms of languor and debility,
with diarrhea, and in this stage is almost
always durable; but if neglected at this
period, and the .diarrhea permitted to
continue until collapse comes on, it is
then almost always fatal.


At the commencement of the disease no
to bed and stay there until you are well,
with warm flannel around the body, warm
bricks or bottles of hot water to the feet
if necessary, and if there is tendency to
vomit apply a mustard plaster over the
IF you have not got bed lie
down on the floor and keep yourself warm;
but by all means retain the horizontal po-
sition all the time, not even getting up to
attend to the excavations, but use q bed
pan or other convenience fer that pur-
pose, and immediately send for some
Iualifed physician for advice. But above
Ill things abstain from taking any of the
advertised nostrums that will food the
,ity, and swallow no medicine unless pre-
,ribed by competent physician.