Remedies, Cures and Old Time Practice
Osceola Herald
Wednesday, 22 August 1866
Cholera - How To Prevent It.
The following extracts we make from the St. Louis Republican. Our readers
during this season of the year will do well to profit by them.
XII. Carefully protect the body against sudden alterations of temperature;
wear flannel, and when exposed to changeable temperatures, or suffering any
disorder of the bowels, wear a broad flannel band extending from the top of
the hips to the middle of the body.
XIII. Be prudent in the use of food and beverages being particularly
attentive to quality and digestibility.
XIV. Bear in mind that a painless diarrhea is the most invariable precursor
of cholera, and that if not immediately and properly treated it will more
probably terminate fatally than favorably.
Currents of fresh air and all methods of ventilation, cleanse by oxidizing
and drying. Ventilation therefore, is no less a purifier than water.
Drying tends to arrest putrefaction; therefore it purifies, and should be
effectively applied wherever practicable, particularly upon the walls and
floor of domestic apartments, in closets, cellars, courtyards and stables.
The application of quicklime rapidly promotes the drying of places upon and
near which it is spread. It also arrests putrefaction.
Rules To Be Observed In Case Of Attack By Cholera.
1. Soon as attacked by the premonitory diarrhea or any symptoms of cholera,
seek immediate repose in a recumbent position, where warmth and a pure
atmosphere will be enjoyed. Immediately procure competent medical
attendance.
2. Let the excrementitious matters from the sick be disinfected in a vessel
as soon as voided, by means of carbonate of lime, sulphate or proto-chloride
of iron, coal tar, carbonic acid, or permanganate of potash, and let no
person directly use the privy into which such materials are emptied while
cholera is prevailing. Wherever practicable let the evacuated matter be
deeply buried in the earth, and immediately covered with quicklime or coal
tar and gravel.
3. Let all the vessels and clothing that are used by the patients, be
immediately cleansed with boiling water and soap, or alkaline chlorides or
perman-manganates.
4. Preserve the utmost degree of personal cleanliness of the sick and their
attendants.
