, 1877-01-29
SCARLET FEVER.

various ftcssR Of Nts:HrfnnB Correspondents,
To lie EdIlHf II TIE tribune.
CHICAGO, jan. 23.-AmiA tic rayaYes Of MI
epidemic, when deliberate action Ia most needed,
fear takes pusfcsf ion Of many over which pspEll-
yl:etirs GILL have I'M power whatever, II may
he wise to have hcral.:ti meetings Of physicians
un,l exciting euitorias IN The papers, hut docs It
not III sone Instances paralyzc suluc With sosnc-
thing akin to tcrrort VIII not tie quarre!s antl
mibhltngs Of "patbicsr y make many ullx!pus
uarctts sf,,Idur aud q cl,I1llIcss IL crawl oyrr
thtlli
10 be tbelutlonnacd> nr not 10 br thel1adonnacd,.
IL bc t.upho-CaEbu1atctll Or nut ~ he ss0l pt!o.
csFbofatcd}.
''r!lut f. tic tJlinstton y orc. which many Will
be this day pcr;,fcxc.l Snw. cxpcr;.:,Ics: AZ wcll
as se:cnce teaches Iii that tho persistent; cul,tia
untion Gf my 1oplttiSe Is extremely hhzArt!uns
Fatlcnts l,nyc bcen sent to thcr lung home by
the ro!t n1,,ls use Ot hy.lrair uf ehlu-al, wtlse
hGt been given bya VIE physician IT, r,l4eyr
pilf, u,ltl Produce Elrtr! Tne ehilIrrH vi til:
city .n not t'ccs weakening, hut the: ,lo nr.'l
pure Nlr, sunlight, uilI stimulating iol 10 give
strength. IL resist disease. InsiGc of the walls
FOUL and dresn q htNrchy within nnd without,
a trey Will t3ttcr In tile breath Of disease like
II Eaf-tircaycd tree IN a tpinpest! Thc thinner
cia.a, who eagerly l!cyu,lr tLctr an ,cnt. puta-
iro the chilly wlnls and strn.ygl NJ snubca,ns
are less likely tn bc attacHe,i tiia' tlIu:e less
panIpercd, mud more likely I" stand tie ftnrln
wtHu 1t t!ocs eornc. TIlc children IT the tltlly
nge, yiIflc the removal Ut delunct rais n'ld de-
Gslyfng t!uys will nut safc tllose surrounded by
gilt a.l Lave. The lest prnphy yartc i nn aetivt
body, through wlitt coutevB pure blood, anl
this cnn bB IurnisIed-exctPt III lnartCd scrUf-
lilous tliathcsis-by ndherirg to the laws u Ill.,
ture In exercise, footl. usld r.dtnent Willie thc
press, with some reasnl', suggests that
,nefo 9Fs ~ many vi, Incompetent rnn,cn,r ~:
tat physician. ennny, u'ake new ~ lungs % Or NV
organs Ut any knd, nn,l there SHOULD be nu
olinnl attached when y sufferer lacking ul tic
essential clements vi llc lalas tn rers'rrr under
rcprin,anded for tho full Ut Il tree Which ha'i
bccnonly tiscsrklr, ,'lcsayin: scfnIlanec IF atrec
for months or ycarB. l'nysllia,,s m4y be mis-
fA6cn as well as ntllrr llc1. A very learned
md very eminent Professor Vi n!'c OF "tr 1~st
,nctlIrh colleges III this cty carefully examined
IL patient wnom / tat! requested tu Ecl tbs urlH-
Inn, uud gnve It as Ills Wise Judgment that tc
did not llavc phthls!A p1l.n0falis, but merely
brnrhia! lEritnttun. with i'lactton vi tue liver.
After few mouths the pa1irnt slird -A't
autopsy showed a nur.1lal state Vi MI The ort.As
except the lungs. He titA uf plItnIsis pulutl-
nails. II there are 1Hlstakts ~ to Efat |. the
snatcr. ,nay there not bc errors III trtatnlentf
From several yrnrs o[ experience fl lhc trrat-
mrrt Of .liphsl.rra md sy'r"t trrrr, attended
with inyurlahe s.scse T., wish To civ. soc .,cll
cra ll!nth ~ to t.h: treatment. l'.e carr IN IT.:
sanitary surroundings. ttre stimulating lou!
unl drinks, without rcgArd to fever, usr u
saturated solution, of tl,iurdte OF potash freely
IT., II glrgIc ~ well III tslken internally. Annint
externally the throat and neck Will catHpllur-
u c oil ur, whnt Is BITTER, bind Oh thin s1crs uf
porx ot husun uln,n y hivls l.as been sirnhIed
bark pepper. Wcakeucd ttHtturc oi Iron IL
pfteu used viii, advantage, tuuchlns, the
internal sore patches with It III ii rri'bang
rhts must hc done with care mud not
uftcnrr than u,cc III four hours. d.,
mt let tile rnsl"nt sink, but a'ltnnt.t ter
Y,wcr|ul ktlmulAnts aud tnli!es. rhc depression
OF tlesr diseases is fearful, alul tl,r patient
s1nuN bc kept al'nyc It II pnsStp!c. i'll warm
,atlls or deprcSsil4. influences or medicine !
should be.liseartlr,l. Ahuyc I'LL, do nat lit alarm
or lr,ght br trtn by child old e,tnugh to i'ntr'
II, i, there can be n.r:ltal Atsl'splHrc thrown
around him or hrr that Is fatal as tilr railkcst
roE.on. M cl:!ltl nr adult who contracts either
tlisrase while In nurlnsl healthy yni'lltln wilt
aie II properly treated ustl Jared fur. Alany IL.
,llc sulnr arc half slcAl brfusu exposed In et,.
tu.ioN; some staryc, und not Il lev arc aoscI
tu ucuth!
II pIs,stcIans wll instruct their patrons In
san[tIry ,1estsurcs asnl the laws Vi life. nj.
Mun.-h ttlcn to ll-c t4,tln,on sGnse and nrt de-
Iiher4tcly, they will it ubIc tu ulny i.ars u1l.i
stas the Ilr1rrcss III thC-e twin drstrnycrs flrG
rapidly than by assembling to qutble. amut
i'rnrl,ylsrsEs and specifics. Let us inlay it,
steal uf cx:!te alarm, alsd use csefy n'ra',s rt-
slble to save tic children. Yours respectfully,
II II tft,ti1A n n