, 1875-01-13
PROFESSIONAL.
DIR. HUNTER
DlPHTHERlAANDS SORE THROAT,

Dirhther!a h becoming 7ory common, and b.
fore Hpsing may exist ns fatm epidemic. II ID
therefore importar. for people to understand
tho necessity IT paying strict attention to the!f
health, and especially tho health Of tho throat
Diphtheria il essentially local disease Of ths
throat. OF specific character. II ls most liable
to attack those whose throats are already In
famed by neglected colds and catarsh, and, when
1t docs attack SUCH it ia most difficult to euro.
By keeping the throat FREQ from Irritation the
liability to 1t ia greatly diminished.
Diphtherin isa malignant soro throat, charHc-
tcrized by tho o1ufntinh OF false membrane Of
grayist color. THIS first appeara in epota
which look like ulcers, but aoon apresd oyor tha
entire susinco Of tho throat, and oxteudB iutd
tho windppe aud bronchial tll,es. 1t ca1aes
death by its effect on the luugs. It oppreaaox
tho keathing and preventa the elimination Of car+
bonaceo,aa innpurity from tho blood. The cir.
culatiol Of blood but partially transformed from
veinous to arteria! through tho general syutcm
lowers tho vitality Of tile entire body, inducing
. typhoid condition, under Which tie pationa
sinks.
Ia preretfl dirhthcria It in necessary to keop
tho throat FREQ fron, intlammatorr action. Uu1ass
yon 10 this you invite its attack
10 cure this diseaRe is cofuparatlyely easy IL
it be properly nnderrtood and properly treated.
It las not boon generally 80 treated, ami Is q
consequence, has proved rory fatal among all
claascs-tho ticl, rs welisaB tho poor. When
confined to the throat and eoen early pllysiciana
have succeeded In arresting it by prompt applca<
tions to the diseased parts. But, unfortunately,
| many cases arc not seen until utter tho dieeagA
llaa got dawn into tho w1ndppe and bronchial
tubes. Hero local applications to tho throat do
not reach the whole Of tho diseased surface, and
necessarily fail. The lnf'nmmatnry action goes
on within tie chest, Tho wintlcipe and Lron-
ehia4 tubes become filled with tho exhibition.
Nothing is doue to din:iniah tho former Of get
rid uf tue latter Tho patient il sufrocatins IL,
| wnut Of air, and plsya'ciaus TO nothing tc
cleanse those tufeH through Which alone he can
receive ii. TIE msjosity Of such cases so treat
| ell die.
| 1t is Impossible to treat dipfthc.ia properly
Of safely without ihhalasions because by 10 olh-
er means can tile whole surface diseased bo
| reached. The chief danger 10 the patient arises
from tho progress Of Tire disease within tho air
I passages and Its effect on tho lungs and blood.
] These rarts are never reached By applications
| made to the throat, and cannot bo BY any solid
| or fluid medication. For these teaaons thore is
| 10 safety for tho phtiont without uhalasons. In
tho past twenty years hare treated many thou
| randi Of cases Of this disease, and In only ona
instance unsuccessfully. I regard dip1thoria rs
very simple md curable d.aeaae, wton prompt
ls md thoroughly Treated. and believe it's vast
fatality c3iargeablo wholly to the neglect Of In
| halatlon treatment by general pbysicians-
ROBERT HUNTER, NJ. D.,
| rhyHician for diseases Of the Throat, Lungs, and
1laar:- Lakeside Building, Clark street. corner
| OF Adams.
CN1cA;n, Jan. ., 1875.