M.—S.—Tea-spoonful in a gill of sweetened cold water every two or three hours.
This recipe was used in the incipient stage quite extensively in the epidemic of 1849, with decided advantage. It generally removed the symptoms speedily, without any other treatment. In the more advanced stage it was thought not so reliable as other means named above.
Dr. Fuller, of this city, advocates the use of sulphuric acid as a prompt and efficient remedy, and affirms that according to his experience, a great majority of cases may be cured by this mode of treatment.
Dr. Cox, of England, has also spoken in its favor, and recommended its use as an infallible remedy. The eclectic physicians are entitled to the credit of its first introduction as a curative agent in the treatment of the Asiatic cholera, combined with the tincture of prickly-ash berries and the essence of lemon, as noticed above. In our estimation it may be rendered more effective, combined according to the following:
| ℞. | Elixir Vitriol, | āā., ℥ j. | ||
| Chloric Ether, | ||||
| Tinc. Xanthox. Frax. Bac. | ℥ ij. | |||
| Ess. Lemon, | ʒ j. | |||
| M. | ||||
S.—A tea-spoonful in a gill of sweetened cold water every two or three hours. Thus combined, it forms a very prompt and diffusive stimulant, and is well adapted to meet the indications in the earlier stage of the disease. In the last stage perhaps no remedy will be found so prompt and decided in its action as the injection named above, with the internal use of chloroform as combined in the recipe on page [189].
In cases of excessive irritability of the stomach, the following combination was administered with good effect, and was especially beneficial in cases attended with stupor from the commencement of the disease:
| ℞. | Common Salt, | ʒ j. |
| Black Pepper, | ʒ j. | |
| Vinegar, | f. ʒ v. | |
| Hot Water, | f. ℥ iv. | |
| M. |
Of this, when settled, or strained, a table-spoonful may be given every ten or twenty minutes. It seldom failed to quiet the stomach and check the motion of the bowels. In this condition the injection should be also administered, and repeated as occasion may require.
Some advocate the use of the spirits of ammonia and tincture of capsicum, properly combined with other diffusive stimulants, as a very efficient and successful remedy. The following is, perhaps, the most desirable formula: