4.  Cholera Morbus, Tincture Cayenne Pepper for.—­“Tincture cayenne pepper, five to ten drop doses in a little hot water.  Before giving this medicine it is well to drink a quantity of tepid water and produce vomiting.  This can be made more effective by adding five or ten drops of camphor.”

5.  Cholera Morbus, Nutmeg and Jamaica Ginger for.—­“Grate one teaspoonful nutmeg, put few drops Jamaica ginger in three or four tablespoonfuls of brandy, add little water.”  The writer says this is one of the finest remedies she has ever known for summer complaint.

6.  Cholera Morbus, Home Remedy for.—­“To a pint of water, sweetened with sugar, add chalk one-half dram, anise, two drams, cayenne pepper, ten grains; boil this down to one-half pint.  Give a teaspoonful every hour or two until relieved.  Kerosene may be applied to the abdomen with cloths.  This is a very good remedy and easily prepared.”

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7.  Cholera Morbus, Old Reliable Remedy for.—­

Tincture Rhubarh                  4 ounces
Spirits Camphor                   2 ounces
Paregoric (Tinct. opii camph.)    3 ounces
Spirits Ammonia                   4 ounce
Essence Peppermint                1 dram

Take a half teaspoonful every two hours.  This is a tested recipe; have known of its being used the last fifty years.”

The camphor and paregoric will relieve the pain, while the rhubarb and pepper are stimulating and laxative.

8.  Cholera Morbus, Common Remedy for.—­“To check vomiting and purging, the following mixture is excellent: 

Essence of Peppermint      1 ounce
Water                      1 ounce
Carbonate of Potash       20 grains
Paregoric                  1 teaspoonful
White Sugar or Honey       2 teaspoonfuls

Mix and shake well.  Dose.—­One teaspoonful every ten or twenty minutes until the patient becomes quiet.  If necessary keep up bodily heat by means of hot flannels or bricks to extremities.  Keep the patient quiet.”

This is an excellent remedy for this trouble and may be used by anyone.  The above mixture is for an adult.

Physicians’ treatment for Cholera Morbus.—­l.  Heat to the bowels and to the extremities.  Give plenty of hot water to aid vomiting and to wash the stomach.  It is always well to keep on drinking hot water and frequently the vomiting stops.  If not, the camphor, laudanum and water can be given.

2.  Morphine by hypodermic method.  A doctor must give this.

3.  Tincture of Camphor 15 drops
     Laudanum 15 drops

Mix in one-third of a cup of hot water.  This is a good remedy.  Mustard poultice to the stomach and bowels benefits.

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