Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-09-09
A Note for the Doctors--A Remedy for
Diptheria.

This affection, which comprises those
known under the various names of bad sore
throat, angina, Group, and the French an
guine couenneuse, has hitherto been con-
sidered one of the most difficult to oure.--
We some time back gave au account Of DR.
Trideau's method, which consists in admin.
istering storax under the form Of a syrup
but we now find in the Revue ,lRerapueti,
que, paperby DR.. A. De Grand Boulogue,
Vice Consul at Havana, in which. he men.
tions ice as an infallible specific. As this,
from its extreme simplicity, would, if effec.
tive, be far superior to any yet tried, we can
not refrain from quoting the cases mentioned
by the auskor, who has published this rem.
edy as far back as February 1860, and con.
sequentIy complains (not without reason, if
its efficacy is such as he describes it, } of the
inexcasable negligence of practitioners in
not taking notice, oft, thereby allowing
many valuable lives to be lost. The follow.
ing cases came under his observation, after
that date. In March aud April, 1861, the
disease 10 question broke out under an epi.
demic fdfn, and chiefly attacked adults with
such virulence that in one week three young
women died in one house. One of Doctor
De Grand'S patients, afflicted with blepha.
cite, was seized with it, and as be could not
Immediately attend, owing to the severity
of the case, another physician was called
in,. who ordered emetics and aluminous
gargles, which produced no effect. At
length DR.. De Grand came, and found the
tonsls greatly swollen, and false men,
brane covering them. He Immediately ad-
ministered small pieces Of ice, and by the
following morning the tumefaction Of the
tonsils had diminished by half, and the
false membrane had nearly disappeared
That very evening she was enabled to take
food.
Proftipg.by this example, few days af.
ter her brother wasyseized with sore throat,
presenting the same preliminary symptoms
as those of his sister but he, without wal
ting for the doctor, at once took some ice,
and was rid of his sore throat in few hours.
Some days later, DR., De Grand was sum.
moned to young lady who bad been labor.
ing under the disease for some forty.eigbt
hours; all remedies had failed, and the
parents, relations and friends of tho family
we're plunged in the deepest sorrow. When
DR.. De Grand ordered ice, general cry Of
astouishment was uttered by all present.
Ice for sore throat! Impossible 1t
was sheer murder!' DR., De Grand mt q q.
tanned his ground, and aftefmuch expostu
lation, during which much time was lost,
be obtained his end. Before twenty. four
hours were over, the patient was in full
convalescence. Being at Vera Cruz on a
mission, he was requested to see young
man who was attacked with malignant sore
throat, and had been treated without effect
by authorizations with by droebloric acid and
astringent gasgles. Here again he bad to
battle with the prejudices of the family, but
was at length allowed to administer ice.-
The young man recovered 10 the course Of
the following day. DR.. De Grand has now
been using this remedy for the last twelve
years, without having met with 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
gargles have been employed with success
by DR.. Blanc, Of Strasburg; why not ice !!
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