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clothing for the needy, and act upon the maxim that the good of all is the good of each, and the benefit of each is the benefit of all. This conduct would tend more than anything else to convert this terrible scourge into an actual blessing——N.B. It is remarkable that during the prevalence of Cholera in Glasgow, the inhabitants resident on the south side of the river Clyde suffered much less severely than their neighbours on the north. The reason that medical men have ascribed for this is, that they are suppiled by the Gorbals Gravitation Water Co. with water of a much purer quality. This fact is deserving of the most careful attention. Dr. Kirk, of Greenock, during the prevalence of the former cholera, was the first to point out the premonitory looseness of bowels.
COLDS and COUGHS.
Causes.——Changes of temperature, wet clothes, damp feet, &c.
Symptoms.——Commences with a thin discharge from the nose, with cough and expectoration of mucous.
Treatment.——Drink plentifully of linseed tea, or any mild diluent; avoid cold moist air, remain in bed; if there be severe pain in the chest, apply a cloth dipped in turpentine.
Observations.——If cough be excessive, a teasponful of paragoric may be taken occasionally. If fever run high, 10 or 20 drops antimonial wine in water, repeated when necessary. Though coughs and colds are not in themselves dangerous, yet, as they may lay the foundation of more serious disease, they ought to be carefully attended to.
COLIC.
Causes.——Indigestible food, acrid bile, costive state of bowels, acidities.
Symptoms.——Pain and distention of the belly, twisting round the navel, often accompanied with vomiting, &c.
