Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-05-05
From .he Ne,o. York Courier.


REMEDY FOR THE cRoUP.-The Medi
cal and Surgical Journal. of Wednesday,
contains a communication from DR.. J, ID.
Fisher Of Boston, describing new and
successful mode Of treating that alarming
disease Of childhood, the croup-which
ought to be generally known. The pre-
scription is simple, and easily applied, and
it must be evident that if it should not af-
ford e6ectual relief to the sufferer il will
not increase the disorder. In the absence
Of regular physician this application may
in some cases prove Of immense benefit
The following is the statement by Doet.
Fisher.
ming, to child which was laboring under
severe attack Of the Group, consequent
upon sudden disappearance Of the erup-
ton Of the measles. The croupy symp-
toms appeared suddenly, and had existed
one hour before was called. The child
on my arrival, was in extreme agony.
struggling and gasping for breath and 1
thought the little child in danger of suffo-
cation. The first means employed was
the application Of very hot, almost boiling
water to the throat and upper part Of the
chest, BY means Of large spongcs. These
applications repeated every two minutes,
and Immediately the skin became coated
and very red, and in tho course Of q quar-
ter Of nm hour the little girl breathed much
easier, and her croupy cough and respira-
ton became less shrill and turbular, and
much modified. Soon after making the
first application Of the sponges tot the throat,
I wrapped the child in woollen blanket
wrung out in hot water, as a substitute for a
warm bath, and gave il twenty drops Of the
wine Of anthony, in little sweetened wa
ter, which she swallowed with difficulty.
persevered in the application of the
hot moist sponges for an hour, when the
child was so much relieved that ventuHed
TO leave il for half an hour-ordering the
remedy to be continued. On my return
found the patient breathed with compara-
tive freedom, its respiration and cough less
sonorous aud shrill, and its pulse softer
and more natural. recommended the
applications to be continued until the child
should he decidedly relieved, and prescribe
ed six drops Of antimonial wine TO be Civ
en- every hour in little water. The moth.
or Of the child informed me, this morning.
that she continued to apply the hot water
remedy for five hours, but not 20 often rs
applied them-that the child continued to
improve, and fell asleep soon after ] left it.
This morning she was bright and playful,
and asked for food. The respiration is
quite easy--pulse soft and natural-cough
humid and loose-its sounds having lost the
shril croupy character.
l was induced to employ the above REM
edy, in consequence Of having lately read
in foreign journal that il had been sug-
gested and employed by German physi-
clan with decided success. AS the RENEE
dy i simple, and IS at ready command, and
as its application 10 the present case was
! attended with such decided and immediate
happy effects, would with great deal,o
4 confidence advise mothers and nurses in
similar cases to apply il early and perse-
4 veringly until medical aid can DO obtained.
The spongss should be gently squeezed be-
| fore they are applied, so that the water
shall not ooze from them, and should DO
gradully compressed. during the time they
are applied, 80 as 10 continue the femPsfa-
ture up 10 The highest degree that ean %
sustained by the patient. Should spoHs.
no, be at hand, napkins wrang ousm Sea'sns
4 water may serve q good substitutes 800