The Van Buren press., 1878-06-04
Vol. l6.---No. s
Scarlet Fever.

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This disease. the terror of the par
ent's heart, is thus simply treated Wy
DIR. Roth, Of Boston. II has been pub
lishcd before, but the ravagcs OF this
complaint are again on the increase, and
that is our excuse for giving the article
wider publicity
Scarlet fever always begins with loss
of appetite; then fever and sore throat;
then red patches. then recovery, or 9TH
erwise quick or slow death, according to
circumstances To arrest its course and
prevent its ravages, medicine and manip-
ulatcd ad libitum have been tried in vain;
for more children die Of scarlet fever
now than one Thousand years ago. But
why? Because nothing, absolutely moth
| ing, is as yet known as to what sea. let
| fever Isl; and what is still worse. there
WIS, unsft s--~aflr. no need felt Of such
knowledge.
II IS an unnecessary for CHILD to die
Of scarlet fever as it is that 1t should be
blind with cataract. Let us see. Atany
time before the body has finished its in
efrectual struggle, we are able to help it
not by wonderful medicine. but by the
knowledge Of anatomy, and the applica-
ton Of common sense. We consult the
sympathetic nerve, and do whit it CON-
mands us to do. We must give the child
salt when it wants it; we must give 1t acid
when it has fever and anxiously cravesit
not vinegar but lemon juice, because the
first coagulates abumen, the latter does
not, on account of the surplus ofoxygen
which il contains To initiate the sooth-
ing murcus in the intestnes, which IS
now wanting, and TO give some respira-
tory food at the same time, we add some
gum arabic. To restore and relieve
the injured nerve, We apply moist
warmth.
In practice We can fulfil all this with
the following simple manipulation: I'm
dress the child and bring it to bed at
the very first signs Of sickness. Give
it, If it has already fever, nothing but
sourish warm lemonade with some gum
arabic in it, Then cover its abdomen
with dry flannel Take well ,lded bed
sheet, and put It in boiling hot water;
wiring it out dry by means OF dry tow
els, aud put this over the flannel on the
child's abdomen. Then cover whole. and
wait The cloth perhaps will require
repeated heat. According to the sevcri-
ty Of the case, and its stage of progress,
Precipitation will commence in the child
in from ten minutes to two hours. Soon
after the child awakes 1t shows slight
symptoms of returning inclination for
food; help its bowels, il necessary, with
injections of oil, soap and water, and
| its recovery will be as steady as the
growth Of greenhouse plant, il we'll
treated or course, II the child was a.
ready dying, nothing could save It, or II
!. has olraady effnsions in the lining Of
the heart or brain, it Is much better tnar
it should die. But il the above 10
applied in due time, under the eyes
and direction OF competent phys
ician, will guarantee that not one
in hundred children will die Of
scarlet fever, know this will startle
some Of my readers. especially those
who have lost children, already, but
shall go still further. ! maintain that
child will never get scarlet fever il prop
erly treated. II child hns correctly
mixed blood. 1t will not catch the disor-
der If put in bed with a sick child This
is still more startling, but nothing Is cas-
Ter Of proof. The same is also true of
whooping cough, cholera infantula, etc.
l refer to Prof. Won Niemeyer's treat
ment Of whooping cough; it consists of
equal temperature in room of seventy
five degrees, ahd the regulation OF appro-
pirate digestion, He warrants, ~ fol.
lowing this course. every case Of wloop-
ing cough to disappear in three weeks.
| think even this could be shortened.
Lemon Juice, salt, gum arabic aud heat.
are all that is required in cholera infan-
tum only the restoration Of digestion
is here more difficult on account OF
the intestinal Innings being injured d.
rectly.