The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-11-04
NUMBER. 3,
lee for Diptheria.

A correspondent OF the Providence Jour-
nal vouches for the efficacy of ice as cure
/ for diptheria, Group and all ordinary in
! hammaion of the throat. The manner of
] application is as follows:
"Break up a small lump CT ice in a towel
and put the peices in bowl Take posi-
| ton slighiely acknowledgements, either on
chair or on sofa Proceed for half an
hour with lea spoon to feed yourself with
small Jumps OF ice, letting them dissolve
slowly in the back part OF the mouth or the
entrance OF the throat. single such ap,
plication will often break up common sore
throat, which otherwise would have a
course OF two or three days. In case of q
bad sore throat, use the ice frequently aad
freely. In case of liberation or diptheria,
keep small lump OF ice constantly in the
mouth"
lFRoM THE PARIS G4LIGSAsLI
J This effecion which comprises those
known under the various names of bad
| sore throat, angina, 'cronp and the French
angins eouenneus, has hitherto been c1nsid-
cred one of the most difficult to cure. We
|
Trdeau's method, which consists iD adj
| ministering borax, under the form OF syr-
up (; bot we now find in the Repae Thera.
Peuique, paper by Dr.. A. De. Grand Bou-
| ogue, Vice Consul al Havana, in which he
mentions ice as an infallible specific. As
this, from its extreme simplicity, would, if
effective, be far superior 10 any yet tried,
We cannot refrain from quoting the cases
! mentioned by the author, who had publish.
/ ed this remedy as far back as February,
1850, and consequently mplains, (not
4 without reason, ii It's efficacy is such as he
describes NJ OF The ineycusable negligence
OF practitioners in not taking notice OF il,
| thereby allowing many valuable lives TO be-
! lost. The following cases came urder his
| observation after that date. In March and
! April, 1861, the disease in question broke
oui under an epidemic, and chiefly attack.
ed adults with such virulsnce that in one
week three young women died in one
house. OEe OF Dr. De Grand's patients,
afflicted with plephacite, was sized with IL
and as he could not Immediately attend,
owing TO the severity of the case, another
physician was called IN. who ordered eme-
lies and ainm:nous garge, which produced
no effect. AT length DR. De Grand came
and found the tonsIs grately swollen, and a
false membrane Covering Them. He i'm
medialely administered small pieces OF ice,
and by the following morning The tumefac-
lion OF The ionslls had diN iDished BY half,
and the false mem brane had nearly disap-
peared. That very evening she was enable
20 take food. Profiting by this example. q
few days after her brother was was seized
with sore Ihroat, presenting the same pre-.
lim;nary symptoms as these OF his sister,
bat he without waiting for the doctor, took
some ice, and was rid of his sore throat 10
in few hours. Some days laier DR.. De
Grand was summoned to a young lady who
had been laboring under the disease for
! some iOry-eighl hours, all remedies had
| failed, and the parents, relations and
friends OF the family were plunged in The
deepest sorrow. When DR.. De. Grand or
deTed ice a general crT OF astonishment was
uttered by all present Ice for sore throat
Impossible. Ii was sheer murder DR..
De Grand maintained his ground, and after
much expostulaiion, dufing which time
was lost, he obtained his end. Before
iwely-iour hours Were over, the patient
was IN foil cons alescence Being at Vera
Cruz OH a mission, he was requested TO see
young man who was attacked with mali
gnanLsors throat, and had been treated
without effect by cau;erizstiou with hyd-
rochlyrlc acid and aslringen garges Here
again, he had 10 battle with the preiudces
OF The family, bni al length allowed 10 ad-
minister ice. The yonng man recovered
in the cousse ofIhe following day DR.. De
Grand has now been using this remedy for
the last twelve years, without having met
with a single failure.