, 1877-01-29

To Me Editor n Ths Tribune.
CHEcAGU, Jan. 27.-fnur different corrc-
slroudcn;a upon this subject rrcdttcl different
nssn ~ tho authors Or dlsrovertFe Ot tic appf-
ras[yn IT sulpn-rarbulc acids AnA It's rDln-
ppl,Ills to contagious diseases. rcrmlt mr to
state that lon:: before DR.. Rpyer, Of Philn,lcl-
rI,lu, or Mr. Crookcs tn England, published
anything Upon this tIlcn,c, the undersigned rrc-
p.lrlsl all thu di1crcnt eoInIUund acids of the
rarnoilc ami r1esy!lc SERIES. and tirr different
salts, for lie sole sImsc Il having. thr'1' UP.
Piled III scarlet feyrr, suall nox. cl'olcEa. a'id
other contagious l:fseA>eH. This WIS t1nlie
few months after rrsd. l'cttenkofrr published
lila infection tftrory, wn1cll cullfneI itflf tp
dt,,n'eetion with nesul!!c salts Ths up
bctg, Of New York, Il, whose essay
upon tim speetrosUpr and It's application "a
pta>tfru1 snr1i Inc vas awarded the Stcyt1.s Irl-
c..nial prize for lsi.i BY thu collcge rhysi-
berg, an urshnlox allopath. W. nlso several ol
lis rtsl!cagcs, lr,t SMILED ut thu iru nf tllsn-
tertng tf.r inner man; hut after fo~ nonths
VI hu n!l sfstc!l,at1G work, wllerc tic ya:t.'l,s
hos,nta!> will, carlplntvs und compound rarl'u-
lates, but nlsp ups,n anIllals, fnueu!.te1 with
gcTIls u different 3l*c.srs tt'rsr rccttlcs Wr1c
rctalHcl, afl from tt,r dl1russ.uIl III tlt }uEal
medical societies they afterwards reached t!I,
press. Twu years later ,llv Chemical su,!cty of
l.pndul,, England, tl!sc,lssr,l Tie tim II tur.
bullc acid upon the sy,'lctl, and credited mo
with nut only the application, hut with giving
the first AMI The truc rationale us rs Notc Ut
action, Au u1trult Ut titsc proceedings
was published IN tbs LAsBsietI Ntvs, lolstlun,
the Hapcr published hy AR. ttonkr-. W1luIn onc
0f yt,ltr rur cs1unuents credited with tn: intr.I-
tiIct!un ut EulpA..-earhulatc. Years agu Gafe
this same material ~ tho Bnasl vi tIsalt!uf
this s,y, under Dr. lsluciI, to he ustd as d.s-
iaIrctahl. where 1t MAS pronounced slltTtts.
lils main isslir, however. here 10 nut who Used
II r,t, hut Ii It slH>il: fur scarlet lrycr ntld
ti.pllti.cr!a. And here al1w mo to say that thc
tlll,yllualtty III thc patctit tllc II r.c III tiIo
ul,ta-u 1t whic the lllTsclail is c'.lled, arc s
Important lat turs IN t,Es eon.i'leral!l1'. That
GU Individual requires the Individual atr!
esprvsal attention and Judgment Ut thy rlysi-
.tin, which sannot b. t1!hlt,l u: '!ite,t hy putt
from your ar4irlos, is lcl to bellows that
ali l,e uvc.ta tu lo to save Ills children
is to lu:ll their snlu,avils With enough
sulpho-ravlulato u 6'Ja, ho tiay bs sadly dis
appointed. In fact. children, rs q rHtt, Arc
50 Ircssc to taklny physit, that especially with
6usc throat, 1t Is moi 1lWays easy tu a!inipisscr
tii1 remedy, however * 'elicnt 1t may be. But
this 10 thu sphere Ut tbs EtYs1ttan. At a cbssn-
ut, deem II my duty ~ tl!e pubic 10 statc that
tho difference lltNrclI sulpho-turuolatc Ut su1A
--pFaseu up uuY-ant eiasbolc aciI III their
t1lvct tsf,Da contagious diseases b only cue Ut
degree an.l nut If isiud, snl peuplu .nn atl tic
ply ysictan greatly by not unly relying u:sou his
spsn.ntul dtse, which the child may txke Or re-
iect In (llrl OF entirely, when the physician IL
nut tu Llane for itA lack of slect, but by eha!K
Ing the Atnoaphelu vi thu Slck-ru+an 10 iull VI
yaport Of cazbolic acid that 1t each breath tho