The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States.

  • Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913.
Date:
1875
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    called- the family with whom he resided attempted treatment l-v com pTesses and enemata of cold water after each dejection. A small quan- tity of quinine in brandy was also administered. T.lf.Win w.ls •Rarlv on tbe 5th, his condition becoming critical, Dr. Jackson was rilled n haste '< Found him in the blue stage of cholera; hisskmcoy- ered wiUi rclammy moisture; his pulse was yet moderately full ; his extremes not actually cold, but ^P^^*^^^ ^1 in of eoilentics after the long-continued use of nitrate olsmer. ine maUer Xited at this time was perfectly transparent and odorlesswith ?mSloSring material in it, and the alvine dejections were like dis- tineHatS?^ith flocculi, resembling the boilings oi rice-gruel, floating in them Thev were without the slightest odor. ,„w:a MusTard wal substituted for the wet compresses; morphiajrolphataa, grThTpoaermically, and Hydrg. submur, gr. nj, were at o^ta- Sered- the last being vomited was at once repeated. A t^poon jl of the following mixture, in two ounces of water, was directed every hour whde the vomiting and purging continued: E. Acid, sulph. dil, continued until after the ^M^on of the third dose; two more doses were given, and by 2 p. in. region vfaff* ettfoifsied. The lost Wfiftg^^^^SZ at longer intervals for twenty-four]hoars^o aj evacuation, ing of the 6th, when he had a ^f^^lll^ 0'dor. Convalescence tinged, of a faint greenish brown aid offensne inottoi. ^ regular; nausea existing for two or, days. Urine .e fa ^ thirty-six to forty hours from tape .at seizure gin^ I ]b sp. tbSnvomit and dejections were> disnifect^ im^iately upon t^ discharge, and thrown into a small pit gg^r witn t ^ in rinsing the vessels, then coveref J1^ S1X ™^npaSta of the house, lute sulphuric acid was administered to all the ^P^8 ^ in doses of fifteen drops three times daily. JNo otnei the premises. cas, ,_« * , r. u Lynn Hansford, a*. 14 years, negr^e ™s aft^gj^ on Monday morning, September1. ^ f^Xted portion of the town of the previous day. Was a resident of the infectefl po ^ Stanford. Hyd. submur., gr nj, ^^^'afigecked, and remained two hours. After the third ^^^^SS^A with vomiting, to checked until , evening, ^^^S^tam. About 4 o'clock relieve which sinapisms were applied ^J^Xt discharges. Commenced n the evening, he had several ^^^$3S£^p. m, his pulse giving calomel in gr.:n doses' eveS«°wan to eet oool. Gavehimone- becameveryfeeble ami Ins «^Xm?^Ab7? ~,be was still colder; sixtiethofagrainofat^ A1 8 p. m., gave put him in hot bath, and appheAft»a ^ he was fe^^STS^ tai and ell s ; gave atropia,