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A mild emetic (antimonial wine) or a slight laxative 

 (castor oil) may be followed by tonics (gentian, quinia), 

 febrifuges (saltpetre), and expectorants (ipecacuanha), with 

 perhaps an anodyne (belladonna). As fever subsides, tonics 

 must be given freely (wine, quinia, sulphate of iron. Fow- 

 ler's solution). In all the various complications treat as for 

 the different diseases, but avoid weakening remedies, and 

 keep up tonics, stimulants, and a nutritious diet. 



MALIGNANT CHOLBEA. ASIATIC OHOLEEA. 



This attacks the domestic quadrupeds and birds simul- 

 taneously with man, and has been produced experimentally 

 by feeding the dried bowel discharges. These were found 

 to increase in virulence for several days then to decrease 

 (Sanderson). The germ is a curved (comma) bacillus. 



Symptoms. Muscular cramps, great prostration, partial 

 loss of motor power and excitability, great lowering of the 

 body temperature (80° F.), deathly cold, bloodless extremi- 

 ties, viscid tardily-flowing blood, and lastly, violent abdom- 

 inal pains and fluid bowel dejections, often having the 

 specific rice-water appearance. 



Treatment. The disease is mainly important as propa- 

 gating a poison so fatal to the human being, hence the 

 most perfect disinfection of all bowel dejections is imper- 

 ative, together with the seclusion and burial of the sick 

 and dead. As an example of current treatment may be 

 named, aromatics (oil of anise, oil of cajeput, oil of juni- 

 per, tincture of cinnamon), stimulants (ether), and acids 

 (sulphuric acid), mixed and given every quarter of an hour. 

 In the early stages add opium to check diarrhoea. To 

 overcome surface coldness and collapse, use hot fomenta- 

 tions, rubbing, inhalation of nitrite of amyl; to sheath 

 the intestines, demulcent drinks (linseed tea, mallow, 

 slippery elm), and to meet other states according to in- 



