The Placer herald., 1863-10-10
A Note for the Doctors.--A Remedy foY
Diptheria,

This Affection, which comprises those
known under the various names Of bad sore
throat, angnf, Group, and the French angine
c0utnneuSe, has hitherto been considered one
of the most diff ut to cure. We sometime
back gave an account Of DIR. TIideau's method,
which consists in administering boarax under
the form "f a syrup; but we now find in the
Reeue Theropeutiqae, a paper hy DR.. A.
DE Grand li"ul"gu-, Vice Consul n, Havana.
IN which he mentions ice IA an inf llble
specific: As this, from its extreme smplci-
~, would, IT. tf-ctiv-, hr far superior to any
Vet tried, We cannot refrain from quoting
tn case m-ntioned hv tho author. VIII" had
phhllshei this remedy IA far back As F-hrn
arv, 1860, and cons qnently complains (not
without reason. it his efficacy is such a, he
describes it) of the u'xuSahl- negligence of
practitioners in not taking notice of it, there
toy living MANY valuable lives TO DO lost
The following ease came under his ohserva
ti"n after that date. In March and April,
1861 the disease in question broke out under
An epidemic form, and chiefly attacked adults
with snrh vi"l-nre that in "ne week three
Young women died in one house. One Of
DIR. DE Grand'> patients, afflicted with tile
pharite, WAS seized with it, and ~ he could
not Immediately attend, owing to the sever
iiy of the ease. another physician was called
IL, who ordered emrirs aud alnminous
yaryles. which produced II" effect AT length
DIR. DE Grand came and found the tonsils
Greatly swollen and a false membrane cover
ing them. He Immediately administered
small pieces OF Ice. and hy the following morn
ing HE lun-tacti"n of the tonsls had d,mn.
shed bv half. aud the false membrane had
nearl, disappeared. That very evening she
WA enaLlei To take food Protiliny hy this
example. a few days after her brother was
seized with sore throat, presenting The sarns
preliminary symptoms as those of his sister;
hul he without waiting for the doctor, al,
once took $ me Ice. and WAS rid of his sore
throat il "A few hours
Some days later. DR. De Grand was SUM
'non-d to a y"nng I@y who had been labor
lny under the disease for some mrtv'euhl
hours; all remedies ha failed, and the ia
rents, relations aud friends of the family
were plungel into the deepest sorrow.-
W hen DIR De Grand ordered ice a genera
.ry of as'oni-''m-nt was uttered by all pr-s'
ent. Ice for "A re throa. lnposshle! Il
was sheer murder! DR. De Grand main tain
81 his ground, ald after much ex ,oslu'a,ion,
during which 'uurh time was lost, he oh; ain,
g his end. Before l~enty-f ur hours were
over the 'h- patient was in fall convalesence
Being Al Vera Cruz on mis- sion, he was r--
uurslel To >er young man who was All arkl
-d with malignant sore throat aud had been
treated wilhou, fleet 10y rauttriz,ons with
hy'lrorhlnrlc and stringent gargl-s II re
ayaln he had to battle with the pr-djudireS
-, the tam ", hu WAS AT length allowed To
administer ice The young man recovered
III the course of the following da,. DR.. DE
tirand has now been using this remedy for
the last twelve years, without having me,
with sngi. failure. This is What no SAYS
but even i! only half Of what no SAYS is true
tn. method .h"n,l h- lrI.d by others Cold
garyies have been empl"yeh with success by
Dr.. Bang, of S rasburg; why n" lee!
Galignani