The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-18

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A Note Cor the Docloss-A Remedy for
the Diptheua.

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the OiPtheua.
This affection, which somprisas tboss
taat sts known under the various
names Of bad sore throat. a-gis1 Group.
ana the French ~G.gaa5 oost-ssif" has
Eitherto been considered one Of the
most difhcalt 10 cure. We some tine
oaek gave an sccOunt of Doctos Tri.
aeaa method, which consists in aSnain-
'steFing borax, under the form OF
syrup, but We now ind ID TIE Revenue
lheraPeutique, paper bv Doctor A.
De brand Roulogne, Vice-COnsul AZ
tisyana, IN which he mentions ice a. an
intalliole specliic As this from il
extreme aimpiicity. would. ii elective.
be Tar superior 10 any yet tried. We can
not refrain froa guotinr the cs.es r,en-
toned by the author, Who hsd publish
ed tins remedy as far back as February.
Isovi ana consequently complains (uot
without reason If It's ellicacE Is sucn A
he describes IL OF the inexcusshle nerli.
gence Of pracutioners in not taxing no.
tee Of it. thereby allowing many valua.
bic lives 20 be lost The following cssss
came under his observation AMER that
date, In the months Of March and
April, lc0i, she disease in question
broke but under an epidemic form and
chiefly attacked adults with such vir-
ulsnce thatin one week three young
women died in one hosse. 0na OF
Doctor De ,irands pstients afflicted
With blephadite, was seized with il, and
as he could not Immediately attend.
owing TO the severity OF the ease. an,
other physician was called in, who OF.
dered emeties and aluminous gargle,
which produced no eject At length
Doctor De Grand came, and found the
tonsils greatly swollen and false mein-
byame covering them lie immediate
" administered small pieces Of ice, and
tne following morning she tumelaction
Of the tOnsiis had diminished by half
and the false membrane had nearly
disappeared That very evening sac
was enabled 10 take food Pro6ting by
this example, few days after her
brother was seized with sore throat
presenting the same preliminary symp-
toms as those Of his sister, but be.
without waiting for the Doctor, took
some ice, and was rid Of his sore throat
in few hours. Some days Lister. Dr. De
Grand was summoned TO q Young lady
who Was laboring under the disease
tor some forty-eight hours; sll remedies
had failed and the parents, relations,
and friends Of the family were plunged
in the deepest SORROW. When Decor
De Grand ordered ice, a general cry Of
astO0ishment was uttered by all pres
enL Ice Tor a sore throsu lmp0ssiole
ltWss sheer murder Doctor DeGrand
maintained his ground and after much
exQOstulaiion, during which time Was
loss he obssined ais end Before twan-
ty-iour hours were over, the patient was
in full convalescence. Being 90 Vera
Cruz on a mission, ae was requested 20
see 3 young man who was attacked
with malignant sore throat aud had
been treated without effect by cauier-
ization with hydrochloric acid and as
tringent garglea Here, sgain, be had
70 battle with the pre- judices Of the fam
ily, but was AZ length allowed &c admin
istsr ice. The young man recovered IN !
the course OF the iolioaing day Doctor
De Grand has now been using tins rem
edy for the last twelve years, without
having met with single failure