242 On Diseases and Accidents of Farmers. 



Spitting of i^/oo(/.— The bleeding may be checked by 

 taking a tea-spoonful of dry fine table salt, and swal- 

 lowing it slowly. If there be fever or cough, or the pulse 

 very quick, four, six, or eight ounces of blood should be 

 lost, and rest enjoined, with light diet. In the winter, 

 avoid exposure to cold and damp : wear flannel next the 

 skin, and warm stockings, and stout shoes, or over- shoes. 

 A veil is a great protection against the cold, for weak lungs. 



Cholera Morbus. — A violent vomiting and purging. 

 This disease most common!} proceeds fron; errors in diet, 

 either as regards quantity, quality, or outrageous mixture 

 of food. A new^ article of diet, eaten at supper in sum- 

 mer, often produces it, such as clams, lobsters, and crabs. 

 The offending cause mubt first be removed by drinking 

 warm water to promote \omiting, and when the stomach 

 is clean, thin corn-meal gruel salted should be taken to 

 assist in the evacuation of the bowels. If cramp in the legs 

 come on, tliey must be well rubbed with a cloth dipped 

 in whiskey. If the person feel fainty, warm wine san- 

 garee may be taken. The bowels being well evacuated, 

 twenty, thirty, or forty drops of laudanum may be given, 

 to promote sleep, and quiet the agitation of the system. 

 The next day or day after, a dose of magnesia, or castor 

 oil should be taken to evacuate the bile which will pro- 

 bably be discharged into the stomach or bowels, and 

 which, if retained, might renew the disease. 



Catarrh or Cold. — Persons in tov\ n and country are 

 alike subject to this complaint, and the attention is parti- 

 cularly called to it, because of the disposition of mankind 

 to neglect it, merely from being able to attend to their 

 business while labouring under it. At this time the 

 foundation may be laying of a serious or long protracted 

 indisposition. A cold, or influenza (which is no more than 

 an epidemic catarrh) hovvever severe, may be cured in a 

 few days, provided the patient will at once agree to make 



