Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — CURE FOR SEASICKNESS. [ARTICLE]

CURE FOR SEASICKNESS.

A Scotch Professor's Remedy fop Msl DeMer. Thousands of people who ore anxJouß for a sea voyage, and cau well afford to make it, are deterred by their fears of what the French call mal de mer, or seasickness. There are people who have crossed tha ocean a dozen times, and who on the last occasion were quite as sick aa they were on the first. Indeed, ws have known of sea captains who have been sailing the ocean for thirty or more years who never left port without undergoing the nauseating feelings that attacked them at the beginning of their first voyage. Like cures for the toothache, neuralgia and other ailments common to humanity, there are countless remedies for seasickness, which may be effective in some cases, but usually fail when they are most needed. A fortune awaits the man who will discover a sure and infallible cure for this harrowing though not dangerous form of illness. Professor Charteris, of Edinburgh, claims to have found the desired remedy. He says that chloroform, judiciously taken, will prevent an attack of seasickness, and this assuredly is one of the cases in which prevention is far better than cure. Professor Charteris claims that even when the sickness has begun chloroform will cut it short and so lessen its terrors. The professor stands high in the medical world and no doubt means well, but we should hesitate to believe the statement were it not backed up by t he testimony of throe or four hundred ship captains and surgeons who have tested it and found that it worked beneficially in every case. Doctor Macdonald, well-known to ocean travelers, says that after many careful trials ho has become a firm convert as to the efficiency of chloroform as a cure for seasickness. Ha says: “Of late it has been ray custom to prescribe a mixture of bromide of potassium and spirit of chloroform, but unfortunately, like many other remedies administered by the mouth, it is exceedingly liable to be rejected by the stomach. Chloroform alone, however, has never been rejected, and has seldom failed in allaying gastric disturbance, and inducing a refreshing sleep from which the patient awakes with a clear head, a fair appetite and remarkable freedom from those symptoms which wore so pain* fully evident prior to the administration of the solution. Its perfect safety renders it an admirable preparation and an ideal sedative.” The usual dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful every half hour until it brings relief.