Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-15
THEa.HERAED.
Scarlet Fever.

DIR. Both, of Boston, furnishes
Good Heath with a paper in which
he discusses scarlet fever and it's
treatment,
II always begins with u loss of APP
petite then fever and sore throat
then red patches ; then recovery, or
otherwise quick OF slow death, accor-
ding to circumstances. To arrest its
course and prevent its rayages, med
icines and manipulations dd hJitum
have been tried in vain; for more
children die Of scarlet fever now than
one thousand years ago. But why
Because nothing, absolutely nothing
is rs yet known as to what scarlet
fever is; and WHAT'S still worse. there
was, until recently, no need felt of
such knowledge.
1t IS as unnecessary for child ia
die OF the scarlet fever as it is that
u should DO blind with cataract
Let us see. AT any time before the
body has finished its ineeffctual strug.
gle we are ablo 10 help il, not by
wonderful medicines, but by the
knowledge OF anatomy, and the ap.
plleatlon 81 common sense. We con.
suit the ~ napathetic nerve, and dc
what 1t commands us to do. We
must give this child salt when il
wants u; we must give il acid wher
II has fever and anxiously Graves il
not vinegar, but lemon Juice be-
cause the first coagulates albumen
the latter does not, on account of thC
surplus OF oXygeH which il contains
10 initiate the soothing mueus in tn,
lntestlnes, which is now wanting
and TO give some respiratory food al
the same time, we add some gun
arabic. To restore and relieve the
injured nerve, we apply mois
warmth
In practice we can fulfill all thi,
with the following simple manipula
lons: Undrcss the child and bring
it to bed at the very first signs o
sickness. Give it, if it has already
fever, nothing but sourish warm lem
onade, with some gum arabic IN it
Then cover its abdomen with dry
flannel, Take we'll folded bed-sheet
anu put IT in boiling hot water
wiring it out dry by means of dry
towels, and put this over the flame
on the child's abdomen. Then cover
the whole, and wait. The hot clotf
will perhaps require repeated heat
According 10 the severity of the case
and its stage OF progress, perspiratiol
will commeAce in the child in from
ten minutes to two hours. The chilt
then is saved it soon falls asleep L
Soon after the Child awakes it show
slight symptoms OF returning incli
nation for food help its bowels, i
necessary, with injections Of oil, soar
and water, and its recovery will b,
as steady ~ the growth Of a greer
house plant, if well treated. o
course, if the child was already dy
ing, nothing could save it. or if it hal
already illusions in the lining of tn,
heart or brain, it is much better thai
it should die But if tho above ii
applied in due time, under the eyes
and direction of competent physi
clan, will guarantee that not one
in hundred children will die o.
scarlet fever. I know this will scar
tie some OF my readers, especially
those who have lost children already
but [ shall go still further. main
tain that child will never get scarlet
fever if properly treated. fla child
has correctly mixed blood, it will not
catch the disorder if put in bed with
a sick child. This is still more start.
ling, but nothing is easier of proof
The same is also true of whOopinp
cough, cholera infantGm, etc. | re.
for TO Professor Won Niemeyer's
treatment OF whooping cough; il
consists of equal temperature ia a
room Of 20 degrees, and the regula-
ion Of appropriate digestion. TIE
warrants, by following this simple
course, every case of whooping cough
to disappear in three weeks. think
even this could be shortened. Lem
on Juice, salt, gum arabic and heat
are all that is required in cholera in
fantum-only the restoration Of d.
gestion is here more difficult on ac-
count OF the intestinal Innings being
injured directly