Absolute rest is demanded to preserve the strength of the patiertt, and prevent the rapid exhaustion. In fact, fatigue is one of the strong, predisposing causes of the disease. When exhausted by work or worry, and especially when the nervous system is exhausted, a person otherwise proof against the disease will quickly fall under exposure. Cholera. (Asiatica.) Sir Edwin Arnold, who has spent much time in India and other countries where cholera is more or less prevalent at all times, has this to say of that The Family Doctor 2gg dread disease: "No well or prudent man should fear the disease. Just go about as usual, and don't think of it. Why, I have seen so much of it, and been so close to it, that I have not the slightest fear of it. I'll tell you my own preventive, which I have used in India with the very best results. The cholera bacillus does not like acid. He can't stand it at all. So every other morning, when the cholera actually appears, I would take, if I were you, five drops of hydrochloric acid in a cup of tea. You will find it excellent as a preventive, if you are also careful in your habits of life. I don't believe in quarantine." Here is another effective cure for cholera, dysentery, flux in its worst stages. Some years ago 50,000 people died in Constantinople in fifty days. The- following receipt is taken from the report of our missionaries, who had 200 cases under their care, and did not lose a single case: One- quarter of an ounce of tincture of laudanum, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of camphor, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of capsicum, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of cardamom, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of ginger, one-eighth of an ounce of peppermint. Dose, fifteen drops in half tumbler of water; a swallow of this every fifteen or twenty minutes until relieved. And now, we add: A Few More Words of General Advice. Do not unnecessarily visit cholera patients or cholera houses; receive no visitors from cholera regions. It is best to avoid large gatherings or even schools during cholera times. Do not handle or use any food coming from a house where cholera exists; in case of any possible doubt whether the food comes from where the disease exists, it should be boiled or cooked. This applies particularly to milk. As milk can but rarely be traced to its source, all milk should be boiled. Ten minutes' actual boiling kills the cholera germs without fail. 300 The Family Doctor Cholera Morbus. It generally occurs during warm weather. The direct causes are indigestible articles of food, as unripe fruit, etc., sudden change of temperature, checking perspiration, excess of ordinary food. A large mustard plaster should be applied over the stomach, and followed by a spice poultice, of ginger, cloves, and cinnamon, each a full teaspoonful, with a tablespoonful of flour moistened with whiskey. Ice is good to relieve thirst. Internally give: Take of aromatic spirit of ammonia, one drachm; calcined magnesia, one drachm; peppermint water, four ounces. Mix; take a teaspoonful every twenty minutes until relieved. Should there be much diarrhoea, add to the above two drachms of paregoric, and omit the magnesia. Give brandy or whiskey if there should be much prostra- tion.

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Absolute rest is demanded to preserve the strength of the patient, and prevent the rapid exhaustion. In fact, fatigue is one of the strong, predisposing causes of the disease. When exhausted by work or worry, and especially when the nervous system is exhausted, a person otherwise proof against the disease will quickly fall under exposure. Cholera. (Asiatica.) Sir Edwin Arnold, who has spent much time in India and other countries where cholera is more or less prevalent at all times, has this to say of that The Family Doctor 299 dread disease: "No well or prudent man should fear the disease. Just go about as usual, and don't think of it. Why, I have seen so much of it, and been so close to it, that I have not the slightest fear of it. I'll tell you my own preventive, which I have used in India with the very best results. The cholera bacillus does not like acid. He can't stand it at all. So every other morning, when the cholera actually appears, I would take, if I were you, five drops of hydrochloric acid in a cup of tea. You will find it excellent as a preventive, if you are also careful in your habits of life. I don't believe in quarantine." Here is another effective cure for cholera, dysentery, flux in its worst stages. Some years ago 50,000 people died in Constantinople in fifty days. The- following receipt is taken from the report of our missionaries, who had 200 cases under their care, and did not lose a single case: Onequarter of an ounce of tincture of laudanum, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of camphor, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of capsicum, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of cardamom, one-quarter of an ounce of tincture of ginger, one-eighth of an ounce of peppermint. Dose, fifteen drops in half tumbler of water; a swallow of this every fifteen or twenty minutes until relieved. And now, we add: A Few More Words of General Advice. Do not unnecessarily visit cholera patients or cholera houses; receive no visitors from cholera regions. It is best to avoid large gatherings or even schools during cholera times. Do not handle or use any food coming from a house where cholera exists; in case of any possible doubt whether the food comes from where the disease exists, it should be boiled or cooked. This applies particularly to milk. As milk can but rarely be traced to its source, all milk should be boiled. Ten minutes' actual boiling kills the cholera germs without fail. 300 The Family Doctor Cholera Morbus. It generally occurs during warm weather. The direct causes are indigestible articles of food, as unripe fruit, etc., sudden change of temperature, checking perspiration, excess of ordinary food. A large mustard plaster should be applied over the stomach, and followed by a spice poultice, of ginger, cloves, and cinnamon, each a full teaspoonful, with a tablespoonful of flour moistened with whiskey. Ice is good to relieve thirst. Internally give: Take of aromatic spirit of ammonia, one drachm; calcined magnesia, one drachm; peppermint water, four ounces. Mix; take a teaspoonful every twenty minutes until relieved. Should there be much diarrhoea, add to the above two drachms of paregoric, and omit the magnesia. Give brandy or whiskey if there should be much prostration.

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