Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-28
From Gagnsnt.
A Note for the Doctors-- A Remedy for
Diptheria.

This affection, wh,5h comprises those
known under the various names Of bad sore
throat, angina, Group, aud the French an
giae couenneuse, has hitherto been consid
cred one Of the most difficult to cure. We
some time back gave an account of DR.
Trideau's method, which consists in admin
istering storax. under the form OF a syrup
but we now find in the Revueas Therupue-
tique, paper by Dr. A. De Grand Bou-
logne, Vice Consul at Havana. ia which
he mentions ice as an infallible. specific.
AS this. from its extreme simplicity, would,
1t effective, be far superior to any yet tried,
We cannot refrain from quoting the cases
mentioned by the author. neutrality-suspicious.
eI This remedy As q back as February,
1860, and consequently comslains (not
without reason. if its efficacy is such al he
describes it. } of theinexcasable negligence
Of practitioners 10 rot taking notice Of il,
thereby allowing many valuable lives to be
lost The following cases came under his
observation after that date. In March and
April, 1861, the.disease in question broke
out under an epidemic form, aud chiefly at
tackled adults with such yirulence that IN
one week three young women died in one
house One Of DR.. De Grand's patients,
afflicted with blephacite, was seized with it,
and as he could not Immediately attend,
owing to tho severity of the case, another
physician was called in, who ordered eme-
tics and aiunlinons gargles, which pro
duced no effect. At length DR.. De Grand
came, and found the tonsils greatly swollen,
and a false membrane covering them. He
Immediately administered small pieces of
ice, and by the following morning the
tumefaction of the tonsils had diminished
by half, aud the false membrane had near
ly disappeared That very evening she
was enabled to take food Profting by
this example. few days after her brother
was seized with sore throat, presenting tho
same preliminary symp oms as those Of his
sister; but he, without waiting for the
doctor, at once took some ice, and was rid
of his sore throat 10 few hours Some
days later, Dr. De Grand was summoned
to young lady who had been laboring un-
der the disease for some forty eight hours !;
all remedies had failed, and the parents,
relations and friends Of the family we're
plunged in the deepest sorrow When
d. De Grand ordered ice, general cry Of
establishment was uttered by all present
Ice for sore throat! Impossible! It
wasssheer murder! Dr.. De Grand main,
tanned his ground, and after much expos
tulation, during which much time was lost,
be obtaiued bis end. Before "a hours
were over, the patient was in full conva-
lescence. Being at Vera Cruz on mis-
sion, he was requested to see young man
Who was attacked with malignant sore
throat, and had been treated without eject
by authorizations with hydrochloric acid
and astringeut gargles Here again he
had to battle with the prejadices Of the
family. but was at length allowed to ad-
minister ice
The young man recovered in the course Of
the following day. DR. De Grand has
now been using this remedy for the last
twelve years, without having met with q
single failure This is what be says, but
even if only half of what he says were true,
the method should be tried by others.
Cold garglesShaye been employed with sue
cess BY Dr.. Blanc. Of Strasburg; why not