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PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Cholera Infantum

Categories: Digestive Organs

1. Washing out of the bowel
frequently by injection controls the diarrhea. Use water of a temperature

of 107. Elevate the tube about two feet above the bed, use one-half pint

at one time. As the half pint flows in disconnect the funnel attached to

the tube and the contents of the bowel are allowed to escape. Then allow

another one-half pint to flow in. Some may escape and this is not an

unfavorable sign. Keep on until a quart
is given. This treatment is to

wash and clean out the gut and stimulate the heart. The salt solution

should be used, if necessary. Give only two daily.



2. For Vomiting. Wash out the stomach through a tube or by giving a great

deal of water.



3. Subcarbonate of bismuth for the vomiting and straining; two or three

grains in powder every two or three hours. If there is much colicky pain,

add one-half grain of salol to the bismuth powder.







4. Castor oil; one teaspoonful may be needed if the bowels have any fecal

matter in them.



5. Mustard poultice or spice poultice on the belly is useful.



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