Volume 1

A few plain words about the cholera / [William Piers Ormerod].

  • Ormerod, W. P. (William Piers), 1816?-1860.
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A few plain words about the cholera / [William Piers Ormerod]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    0 % 8 also houses in damp or low places. Let no poultry, rabbits, cattle, or pigs, come into the house, nor be kept near it. 3. All rooms should be well aired in the middle of the day, and kept very dry; the curtains and partitions should be removed, and the rooms should not be crowded, espe¬ cially if there are any sick; every thing should be dry and clean; the floors should be rubbed dry and not washed, especially if made of brick; the bedding and clothes should be placed daily before the fire in winter and spring, and in the sun in summer; fires should be kept often in bed rooms, or in the rooms next to them, in cold damp weather. 4. Avoid wet, cold, and night air, change wet clothes and shoes, keep the feet dry and warm, and wear flannel or woollen clothes round the stomach and loins. Do not leave your clothes on the ground when at work, but hang them up in a dry place. Do not lie or sleep on the ground. 5. Avoid purgative medicine, castor oil, Seidlitz })owders, salts, colocynth, aloes, and the common pills, which many take every now and then, even when they are well. 6. Eat plain food, as meat well baked, and not new bread, with rice, oatmeal, or a few potatoes, at regular meals, and in moderate quantity; never drink much of any thing at one time, especially cold; a large meal is as dangerous as an unwholesome one. Do not fast or go without food for any time. Never eat or drink any thing which purges. Do not, unless you are poor and so have no choice of food, eat smoked or salted meats, salted fish, shell fish, pork, raw cooked preserved or even dried fruit, raw or uncooked vegetables, greens, cucumbers, salad, pastry, heavy puddings, pickles, or bread badly fermented; but bread made with acid and soda is wholesome. Do not drink bad water, punch, spirits, cider, perry, ginger beer, sour or stale beer, lemonade or acid drinks, nor beer or wine to excess. Let those who visit the sick keep themselves dry and w^arm, change their shoes, if wet in any way, on coming home, take moderate i>olid meals, never go long without food, and take wine, or some weak brandy and water, if at all tired. iJAXTER, VRINTF.R, OXFORD.