A CURE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1548, 9 July 1885, Page 2

A CURE.

To th* Editor. . c’ib, —There is evidently a very serious epidemic prevailing in oar midst just now, and I hear it is likely to prove very serious, if not fatal, to one of our most important members of society, whose demise would not only be the entire breaking up of the “legal profession,” but would be an untold calamity to us all. Permit me therefore, asone who sincerely desires to benefit my fellow men, and at the same time prevent the spread of this dire disease, to prescribe the following treatment;—The first thing to be done is to bring about a healthy circulation of blood to the skin, otherwise there will be a superabundant I flow of blood to the head, delirium will immediately set in, and the most serious consequences may follow. Immediately the first symptons of the disease are observed—which are, a peculiar weird and vacant look, a downcast countenance, an absent-mindedness in talking (as if speaking from memory), without any expression or gesture whatever ; uttering incoherent expressions, with now and then a vacant stare and a general mixing up of ideas, at the same time an apparent, though quiet, concern as to consequences, as if partly trusting to others to make them right—put the patient in a warm bath, having profusely sprinkled him with Keen’s patent mustard through something with holes in it, a cullender will do. Let him remain in the bath for sixty minutes and sip cold water all the time. Then take' him out, and let an attendant rub the body up and down with a coarse towel for very .life paying particular attention to rubbing the spine right up to the nape of the nook, and never resting for a moment until the process is completed. Now, put the patient to bed with all speed : hot can to feet, wet cold bandage to head, put on plenty of blankets, and let him again sip cold water until it is observed oozing through the skin. The 1 principle idea is to take down the temperature from the head. If the patient talk in bis sleep, roll his eyes about, and wander in bis mind, a mustard plaster must be put down his back, and be kept on for six honra As an aperient give him a small bottle of castor oil, and let him go to sleep if possible. When ha wakes, if at all irritable, one of Steadman’s soothing powders taken in a little golden syrup will be very beneficial. Trusting that the abotrb may be of 9 ome use to my Buffeting fellow creatures, mtd especially my learned friend now suffering 1 from the disease, I 1 am, etc., MvemQsi ]