Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-11-14
Ice for Diptheria.

nW vouches Tor the efhcacy oil Ice as
cure for dptheria, Group and all ordinary
inflammation of the throat The manner
of application is as follows:
"Break up small lump of ice in towel
and put the pieces in bowl. Take posi-
ton slightly inclined backwards, either on
chair or on sofa. Proceed for half an
hour with teaspoon 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. A single such
application will often break up a common
sore throat, which otherwise would have
q course Of two or three days. In case Of
bad sore throat, use the ice frequently
and freely. In case of liberation or dip
liberia, keep small lump Of ice constantly
in the mouth"
From THE PARIS GALIGNANI.
This effection which comprises those
known under the various names of bad
sore throat, angina, Group and the French
angi1e cOuenneaS, has hitherto been con
sidered one of the most difficult to cure.
We some time back gave an account of
DR.. Trdeau's method, which consists in
administering borax, under the form oil
syrup; but we now find in the ReUne
Iherape4t,que, a paper by DR.. DE Grand
Boulogue, Vice Consul at Havana, in
which be mentions ice as an intallible spe.
citic. 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 published this remedy as far back as
February, A. D., 1850, aud consequently
complains, (not without reason, if It's eff
cacy is such as he describes it) of the in
excusable negligence of practitioners in
not taking notice Of it, thereby allowing
many valuable lives to be lost, The fol-
lowing cases came under his observation
after that date In March and April,
1861, the disease in question broke out
under an epidemic, and chiefly attacked
adults with such virulence that i'll one week
three young women died in one house,
One Of DR.. De Grand's patients, afflicted
with plephacite, was seized with it and as
he could not Immediately attend, owing to
the severity OF the case, another physician
was called in, who ordered emetics and
alumnous garsle, which produced no eff
feet. At length Dr. De Grand came and
found the tonsis grately swollen, and a
false membrane covering them. He imme-
diat1ly administered small pieces of ice,
and by the following morning the tune.
!, faction of the tonsils had diminished by
half, and the false membrane had nearly
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 the
same preliminary symptoms as those ol
his sister, but he without waiting for the
doctor, took some ice, and wa, rid of his
sore throat in few hours, Some days
later DR.. De Grand was summoned to {
young lady who had been laboring under
the disease for some forty-eight hours, al
remedies had failed, and the parents, re
lations and friends of the family wer,
plunged in the deepest sorrow. Whel
DR.. De Gradd ordered ice, general or,
, of astonishment was uttered by all present
S Ice for a sore throat Impossible. I
was sheer murder DR.. De Grand main
tanned his ground, and after much expos
9 tulation, during which time was lost, h
obtained his end. Before twenty -fou
hours were over. the patient was in full
convalesccnce Being at Vera Cruz on
, mission, he was requested TO see 2 youn!
man who was attacked with malignan
sore throat, and had been treated withou
, effect by cauterization with hydrochl!r ri
acid and astringcnt gargles. Here, again
{ he had to battle with the prejudices of til
, family, but at length allowed to admins
ter ice. The young man recovered in tn
course of the following day. Doctor d
Grand has now been using this remed.
for the last twelve years, without havin
s met with a single failure.