p. 147 | The Pestilence Coming

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 10, 1866

The Pestilence Coming.

Those who have watched the pathway of the Cholera with its dreadful ravages in time past, are persuaded that it will visit us in North America this season. In view of this fact, many wise and judicious counsels have been given to save the people from its power. The following advice is timely and important. There is every reason to expect that the Cholera will be here by the middle of May or the first of June. Its victims will be principally:

1. Those who use intoxicating drinks.

2. Those who are not cleanly in their persons and houses.

3. Those who are irregular in their habits, keeping unseasonable hours, eating irregularly, &c.

4. Those living in filthy, dirty localities.

To prepare for Cholera.

1. Be scrupulously clean in person, bathing the whole body daily, and keeping the entire clothing clean.

2. Clean thoroughly and whitewash your rooms, outhouses, and premises generally.

3. See that no swill, garbage, or other refuse matter is thrown out either on your lot, street, or alley. Clean up thoroughly your whole premises, indoors and out, and set an example of cleanliness to your neighbors.

4. If your landlord refuses or neglects to do his duty in putting his houses and lots in proper order, report him to the Health Officer or your visitor in your district.

5. Abstain from all intoxicating drinks, ale, and beer, as well as whisky.

6. Use simple, wholesome food, thoroughly cooked, avoiding stale vegetables or tainted meats. Do not give way to panic. This will increase your danger. Cholera will in most cases, yield to skillful treatment, if taken in its first stages. Watch for the first symptom, which is usually a diarrhoea. Do not neglect it for a single hour, however mild it may be. Delays are dangerous. Avoid all nostrums and all “Cholera medicines.” Most of them will do more harm than good.