Brief remarks on cholera : being the result of observations during the two last outbreaks of cholera in England, and an attempt to advance a theory of that disease which shall lead to a more consistent method of treatment : to which is added a short table of practical rules for general use during an epidemic / by Robert J. Spitta.

  • Spitta, Robert John.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Brief remarks on cholera : being the result of observations during the two last outbreaks of cholera in England, and an attempt to advance a theory of that disease which shall lead to a more consistent method of treatment : to which is added a short table of practical rules for general use during an epidemic / by Robert J. Spitta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Cramp, from the operation of the poison on the limbs and the voluntary muscles of other parts of the body. 3. Peculiarity of the voice, the muscular struc- tures of the Larynx having been attacked. 4. Retention of the bile and urine, the poison ab- sorbed having produced a constricted condition of the minute Biliary and Kenal ducts. IX. Such, then, with a brevity pardonable in con- sideration of the practical object of this paper, are the principal symptoms of Cholera, the two stages of which, though not always separable, it will be ex- tremely useful to bear in mind. We now advance to the Treatment, which will be arranged under three heads, the Begimenial, the Medicinal, and the Prophylactic or Preservative Treatment. X. The Kegimenial Treatment is the same in both stages. It comprises three essentials ; 1. The maintenance uninterruptedly of a perfectly recumbent posture ;* 2. The application of luarm counter-irri- tants to the abdomen and to any other parts of the body which are cramped or painful; and lastly, the * This is absolutely necessary. Recumbency alone may cure an attack, but no treatment whatever will be available without it. Many have sunk at stool merely from the altera- tion in posture. A sheet folded two or three times should be used, and removed whenever soiled, so that recumbency may be uninterruptedly maintained. 2. Cramp. 3. Peculia- rity of the voice. 4. Reten- tion of bile and urine. The Treat- ment may be arranged un- der three heads, the Regimenial, the Medicinal, and the Pro- phylactic. 1. The Regi- menial treat- ment consists of Recum- bency, Warmth, and Aqueous drinks.