Arizona weekly miner., 1875-02-26
SCARLET FEVER.

It is, of course, generally known in thi community that scarlet fever of malignan type has been developed at Fort WhippIe only nile from Prescott, and that the trus tees of the public school in town, on receiv ing notice from Dr. Lippincott, post surgeon at once wisely ordered a discontinuance O the school, for time, in order to prevent, i possible, the spreading of the disease
 Two deaths from the fever have occurred at the Whipple Depot, within a week, in tn, family of MT. Reynolds, the last occurring on Tuesday evening.
 We find, in an Eastern exchange, this ar ticle on the subject of scarlet fever, whicI We give entire with the hope that it may bt of some service. The remedies are simple within the reach of every family and may prove effectual. At any rate, we give them as we find them.
 "The following, contributed by a physi clan to the Grand Rapids (Mich. Times will bc read with interest, and its suggestions no doubt be acted upon, now that scarlet fever Is prevalent in adjoining towns:
 Having formerly had much experience in the treatment of this disease, and at one time have had over forty patients under my treat ment, without ever losing one in my life. I feel 1t duty to inform every mother how she can carry them all safely through. in from three to five days, without danger.
 The disease is caused by red .Animalcu- lac, which developes in the blood. and like bees swarming, they all want to come to the surface at once, and escape into the atmos- phcre, through the pores of tine skin. This causes an irritation in the vIsicle. or pores of the skin, by this escape and a general ner- vous excitement suppressing the secretion of oil Tn the skin to keep the pores open. Hence raging fever is the result. Now all that is necessary is to keep the 'doors open' through the skin, and let them go out, and all is well.
 To do this you have only to melt a little butter slowly, and the buttermilk and salt will settle to the bottom; then pour off the oil, and when partly cold add a little oil of Bergamot or citronell to flovor it to your liking, and box for use.
 First wash the child all over with a solu- tion of sal-soda water made quite slippery. and pleasantly warm, then rub dry with a towel, and freely bathe from head to foot with the ointment; cover in bed and give freely of catnip or pennyroyal tea to keep the stomach well filled with hot, sweating teas, and generally they will go to sleep in a few hours, when nervous symptoms will ap- pear. Then do the same all over again, and so on until cured. have had them awake four or five times a night, and cry to be washed, and after the above process was done, they would lie down and sleep sweetly for a time.
 l can show several certificates where cases have been entirely cured in thirty SIX hours from the time commenced. It is surprising to see how much of this oil the skin will consume. There should be no physic given while the disease can be seen on the surface, if so it attracts them intern ally, to escape on the bowels and they will settle on the lungs and kidneys, producing dropsy and bad coughs, which is very dan gerous. But before or after the disease is to be seen, potion of some good cathartic is often very useful. The ointment and hot drinks should be used freely and often. I give them all the light diet of every kind they want.
 have never had dropsy or any other dis ease follow this treatment, but in every case (which has been several hundred) all have been up in few days. The same is good in measles and all levers.
 DR. E. WOODRUFF"