COLOMBIA, UNITED STATES OF. 



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the same time restore to the Hood iu inline 



'iee we can find a few more indica- 

 'iii i her are accessory, and of secondary 



, our knowledge of therapeutics will en*- 



.rlilv with the above indica- 

 uvo separate causes, putrid and 

 iiL-ht tlifiu to advantage; and if so, 

 lie powerless while we find those causes 



..u-iiiit a peculiar morbific agent. 

 :. Ti> tin- putrid dement we can oppose chlo- 



t the malarial cause we can use Peruvian 



.'.. And lastly, common salt will serve us in re- 

 rinij to tin.' blood its saliii* elements. 

 Thus ehlnrine and its preparations, Peruvian bark, 

 iniiinii salt, are the rational remedies to be 

 used Against epidemic cholera, and the only condition 

 >s consists in administering them always 



When summoned in any case' of cholera, Dr. 

 IMfean adopts the following measures: 



If any indications exist of doing so, he prescribes 

 an rim-tie dose of ipecacuanha, or a cathartic one 



of epsom .-.alts. 



nst epigastric pains, according to the case, 

 simple mustard-plaster, or a few leeches, loco-do- 



To temperate vomitings, effervescing draughts, ice. 

 Against diarrhoea, enemata containing decoction 

 of galls, or extract of rhatany. 



id, aromatic drinks, warm tea, with ad- 

 dition of any diffusible stimulent, as brandy, Ja- 

 maica rum, enter. 



AL'ain-t thirst, cold water at will. The rational 

 treatment, so .successful in the hands of Dr. Delfeau, 

 con..i>ts in the daily use of the following prescrip- 

 tions : 

 1. B. Solut. of chlorine, f. 3 ss. 



Water, f. 3 iij. M. 



T. A teaspoonful every hour, in a little simple 

 syrup. At the same time, twice a day : 



. Sodii chloridi, 3 y. 



Aqu:i-, f. 3 iij. 



Sacchari alb., q. s. M. 



i. One-half immediately, the other half two 

 hours after. 



Tin- last mixture must be taken for several weeks, 

 progressively diminishing the doses according to the 

 state of the patient. 



3. JJ. Cort. cinchona; flav. cont., 



Cprt. aurant. amar. cont., SS 5 i. 

 Simarubae, 3 ij. M. 



Signa. Put in a pint of boiling water, and let 

 d for three hours. A teaspoonful morning, 

 on, and night. 



4. 5. Solutionis sodas chlorinate, f. 5 iij. 



Ai|ii:r distill., Oij. 



Spiritus larandulae comp., f. 5 iss. 

 This lst mixture is to be poured into the water 

 of a bath. 



The bath to be used every day, at any time con- 

 sidered as convenient by the medical attendant. 



Immediately after bathing, the patient is to be 

 wrapped up in warm blankets, with the object of 

 exciting a speedy reaction. 



According to Dr. Delfeau's statement, the 

 above treatment has never failed, in procuring 

 . relief and cure, in the numerous cases 

 lu- has had under his care, except in a few des- 

 perate ones. 



COLOMBIA, I MTED STATES OF, a republic 

 South AiiK-rica. The President, General 

 Tomas Cipriano Mosquera (April 1, 1866, to 

 -March 31, 18G8), having been deposed, the 



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piv-idciitial ('unctions would have devolved 

 upon tin- first tl&iiytuulo (see below), Santot 

 (iutirnvx; but in c<>n-ri|tinir<- of hU absence 

 in Km-ope, tiny were exercised by the second 

 ifutii/iniilii, Santos Acosta; American minister in 

 Colombia, I'. .1. Sullhaii, appointed in 1867. 

 Iu the budget for lNf>fj-'67, the revenue and 

 expenditures were, each climated at 2,850,000 

 piastres. The public debt, in 1861, amounted 

 to 44 millions piastres. The federal army, in 

 time of peace, numbers 2,000 men ; in the event 

 of war the several States are obliged to offer a 

 contingent of one per cent, of the population. 

 The Colombian Government claims altogether 

 a territory of about 513,000 English square 

 miles, while other statements (not giving to 

 Colombia all the disputed territory) reduce it to 

 404,700. The population is 2,794,473, not in- 

 cluding the uncivilized Indians, whose number 

 is estimated at 126,000. With regard to race, 

 M. Samper (Bulletin de la Societe de Geogr. 

 de Paris, March, 1858), who puts down the 

 whole population at 2,692,014, estimates the 

 pure European population at 1,357,000, the 

 descendants of Europeans and Indians at 600,- 

 000, Africans at 90,000, and all other 465,000. 

 The imports of the ports of Panama and Colon 

 (Aspinwall) were, in 1864, valued at $35,000,- 

 000, and the exports at $67,000,000. In 1865 

 there arrived in Colon 339 vessels, of 242,757 

 tons. 



The year 1807 is memorable in the history 

 of the United States of Colombia for the con- 

 flict between President Mosquera and Con- 

 gress, which ended in the arrest and exile of 

 the former. The Coloinbran Congress assem- 

 bled on the 1st of February. On the 10th 

 both Houses of the Legislature united for the 

 purpose of appointing "designados" for the 

 Executive of the Union (substitutes of the 

 President in case of death, absence, or re- 

 moval)} the result was the election as 1st, 2d 

 and 3d of Generals Santos Gutierrez and Santos 

 Acosta and Mr. J. M. Villamizar Gallardo, in 

 the above order. At the same time the Presi- 

 dents and Governors of the several States, on 

 whom in certain cases the Executive devolves, 

 were appointed in the following order : Cundi- 

 namarca, Santander, Panama, Magdalena, An- 

 tioquia, Cauca, Boyaca, Tolima, and Bolivar. 

 Early in. March the President, in consequence 

 of the violent attacks made upon his policy by 

 the majority of Congress, ordered Congress to 

 adjourn, and arrested sixty-eight Senators and 

 Kepresentatives, among them Ex-President 

 Murillo. On the 16th of March a compromise 

 was effected between the President and Con- 

 gress, but it was of not long duration. Ac- 

 cording to the compromise of March 16th, the 

 law on " public order " (which had given rise 

 to the first proceeding of Mosquera against 

 Congress, inasmuch as it deprived him of the 

 interference in the affairs of the several States 

 of the republic) was to have been altered in 

 some respects, after which it was understood 

 that the President would give the law his sane- 



