The Van Buren press., 1871-04-04

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TREArMrNI OF SCARLET FEVER DR.
p 0 Cherbonnier, highly respectable
physician, of the Allopathic School, has
the following in regard to Belladonna a.
preventive of that dreadful disease,
Scarlet Fever:
About the year 1900. Mahnemann,
the great homepathist, observed that the
use Of Balladonna would produce papu.
lar cutaneous eruption anil dryness OF
the throat; be imagined those symptoms
to q sort of artificial scarlatina, hence
his Theory that it was specific for the
cure and prevention of that disease.
The fact that this theory was put forward
by homnpathst was one of the causes
which may have prevented practitioners
from attaching much Importance to II
or testing It's truth.
Il think it is unjust to reject a thing
of so great importance upon so slight
grounds for the observation Of Hahne.
mann is not in itself repugnant to belief.
We know that persons who have been
protected by vaccination are seldom at
tackled by smallpox, and that those un.
protected, II exposed, seldom escape the
aaadicacihaatlJbH adiaiSaa f6syibe RG8&e6tiEf oRoxsE ol
as n certainty. In the case of scaratina,
the degree Of contagiousncss 10 not as.
celtained, for it may attack a few mem
bers OF numerous family, whilc the rest.
escape.
" In any given instance, therefore, II
belladonna be administered to prevent
the spread OF scarIatina to the members
Of family, when another member 10 A.
fected with tho disease, it would be i'm
possible to say, with absolute certainty,
even if the malady did not extend, that
this was owing to the use OF the bella
donna But it is no less certain that II
the medicine should be administered to
many during an epidemic Of scarlatine,
and as a general rule those who have ta-
ken it escape the disease, and large pro-
portion of those who have not taken II
are attacked, it is reasonable to conclude
that preventive influence against the dis.
case has been proved, although the exact
degree Of its power as n prophylnctic
might not be ascertained. Now, such 10
the deductions Of facts from actral ex-
perience on this subject In 1S40-4l
StieveDart used the balladonna around
Valenciennes IN the villages where scar
latina prevailed. In one village 200 out
Of 250 took the medicine. and all escaped
the fever, while out of the remainder 80
who did not take it, II were attacked and
died. i'll another village II was admin.
ster,d to nearly All The pupils Of the pWb-
lie schools these. without exception, es-
capped, while some who would not take
the remedy were attacked. In Buncombs
county and Charleston, South Carolina,
the use Of the medicine proved success
ful.
4" In practice OF some extent for more
than rs years. | have found tho usc Of
belladonna most elllcacious for the pre-.
vention Of this fruitful disease, and have
therefore no hesitation in recommending
it to the public.
Dissolve three grains Of fresh and
well prepared extract Of bella'lonna IN
one ounce of cinnamon water, sdd few
drops of alcohol to prevent fermentation.
Give Of this solution two or three times
a day one drop for each year Of the
clild's age during the prevalence OF an
epidemic Of scarlstina; Of course 1t 10 not
pretended that the protection Is perma-
nent. 1t should be used on each occur
renee Of the epidemic.