The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-13

The following article from an eminent physician OF
Washington will possess interest for every family a.
well as for the medical profession:
To the Editor Of the Boston, sdieai aad Surgical or~ai
WASHINGTON April II, 1850.
SIRi Aseyeythng relating TO the treatment OF scarlet
fevera disease almost fatal and destructive cholera
desire call the Of your readers the mode Of
treatment recommended by Dr. schneemann. physician To-
the King OF Hanover. contained In number of
the Londoa Lancet The plan proposed by d.. 3 has NOT
ni ESas nom the medical 70 S
that It's importance demands. My experience with I, Is
as very valuable addition 70 our means 81 ibis
dreaded disease TO satisfactory termination 10 philo-
sophca and rational In ,heory-smpe and efficient In
It's odrs operandf win be seen at glance and viii
think viii admit Tia. The chief Weight d his
falls upon the skim and Of course whatever tends % re-
body will con,riba,e most materially 70 alleviate all the
symptoms The employment Of this remedy OF course will
sanctions and each particular case calls for sxaves
fbiiage applications 20 the throat internal and exter
Ihope fair trial viii be given this mode of treatment
by the profession and the results made known through the
subon the most directions given BY Dr. schnse-
mann, in somewhat abbrsyia,s : u tor% ,,,s,
Tysatmswf Of Scarlet FsDsr By Inunetio~-From the
nature the patient be rubbed morning and evening
the whole body with piece Of bacon, in such
ner that with the exception Of the head, covering of far is
everywhere applied In order to make this rubbingin
somewhat easier II is best take piece oil bacon the size
the hand choosing still armed with the nd, that
may have firm grasp On the soft side or this piece
Sits be made, 10 order 70 allow the oozng OF the
fat The rubbing must be thoroughly performed and
ted with the fat The beneficial results Of this application
arc soon obvious. With rapidly bordering on magic,
aleyen the most Of the disease al
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The advantages of the treatment indicated may be
summed up as folowsi eHs.ltssf st s4stAss 4
l. The Representatives, might almos, say the mpossi.
bilityof the patient getting cold while the skin Is thus
covered with fat-a point In disease important
The dry brttleness OF the skin and the tormenng Itch
ing by il only materially allevated, but generally
entirely removed. Every practitioner knows how often the
durable children keeping them constantly in distressing
movement, and robbng them OF sleep Hence children
generally well satisfied with this process, and often ask for
It's repetition long before the time Is come.
g. Tho influence the physiological functions Of the
skin Is still more important During the coming on OF
scarlet fever the skin becomes diseased IN Of
I'll new covering Is again prepared for the surface, the
functions Of the skin very impefecty performed
during the ton probably all Ia order
explain the and importance Of mperce pble
functions of the skin in merely mechanical view of the
natter the reader is referred the experiments
Of Seguin which fix the quantity Of matter thrown off from
the skin at eleven grains minute in grown per-
son, and therefore than two pounds per day What
efforts must IL the organism to lead large quantity
other paths, in order throw it off when the skin
inca pable of doing SO @sM
With this disappearance OF the desquamaton disap-
o s on J. bad
which the Interrupted functions OF the skin produce
the healthy activity OF relative, if distant organs,
than onehaf Of the skin has been destroyed by fire
boiling liquid similar destruction of the skin in
ret fever, with this differences that takes place grad
employing all the activity OF the body find aid against
the mischief which result from the OF the
functions OF the tkin.