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Diptheria.
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III compliance with your request /
herewith send you the following PROPOSE
tons III reference to Diphthcria, which
are III accord with my own experience
and observation and which have received
the sanction of the majority of the medi-
cal profession.
Mode Of Itack.-Diphthcria is caused
by tho incubation Of the membrane
lining the air passages with the diphtheri-
tic. poison, which from this point infccts
the whole system. tho local inflammation is
attended with the formation Of MEM
branc ](cxudation,) the fever and general
symptoms arc the result of this local in
fiction.
SymptonS.-1n ordinary attacks the
poison begins to act the moment it lodges
upon the tissues; there is fever with
marked proStration, dIynoss OF throat,
and pain IN swallowing; tho throat
becomes rcd, and patches Of grayish
white emulation appear, the glands OF
throat and neck are swollen. In mild
cases the symptoms subsidc in four or
five days; if ui,favorabie the fever in
crcascs, the local inflammation spreads
and exhaustion rapidly follows.
Tile Person.-Dipllthcria attacks by
preference, children between the ages OF
two and ten years. ~
,Scasous.---Diphthcria is not affected by
either heat or cold, drought Or rain.
PyccuutionS.---When dipltheria is pre-
vailing no child should be allowed to
k iss strange children, nor those suffering
from sore throat, nor should 1t sleep with
or be confined to roomso cc upied by, or
use articles, or toys taken in the mouth,
handkcrchiefs, DC, belonging to children
.,,.> ., a., tlr. ~ o,.,Nt IN ar f.1fD1.rI1
The ,&ck.---Sick children should bo
ridgidIy isolated in full aired rooms. All
discharges from tho mouth and nosc
should be received into vessels contain
ing disinfectants.
observation-disclosures is no special pre-
v~entive, nor any one specific remedy for
tho cure of diptheria. Attention to ordina-
nv h~ygicnic rules is %eniOincd. Quinine is
the best preventive, and may be taken i'll
the following combination: Chlorate OF
Potash, one drachm Qninine, twenty
grains; Muriatcd tincturc Of Iron, two
drachlns; water, seven ounces ); take a
te%l-spoon-full three times 4 day.
Treatment. - Details OF treatment
would be out of place in this connection.
Examine your children's Threats every
day during tho prevalence OF an epldcin-
ic Of dipthcria, and rs soon as you dis
cover TIC UNDERGRADUATES VI tlo 'iocaSN,
send for your physician for it is eminent
ly true in this disease shat u stitch in
time saves ninc."
II you cannot get a physician soon, give
tho above mixture, and garslc tho thro1i
with q weak solution of carholic acid,
clorinc water or even the same mixture
as taken internally.
The best way to apply washes to the
| thrpat is by means Of tho AtOnllZcr, OF
by inhalation. Rough hopping of ting
throat is an injury. None. out careful,
hnnds sh0uld cccrHSc the mOp---a camel
hair pencil is better.
charlottesville above observations
are o intended for tho medical profess
sion, who are presumed to know as mucl
rs tho writer about diptlcria, but silnp'
ly to furnish the general reader of your
diptlloria, that they may not be un,
paper with some observations about
] prepared to r%cconiZo it, and should it APP
pcar in their midst, have ON suggestions
rs to what is best to do.
Respectfully, +. +. GAkl.