Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
How to Cure Diphtheria.
Con t,nued from last mosk.

cold is suspected, and if such person
was to kiss or sleep with peculiarly
constituted and very susceptible chill
dren it would suffice to infect them,
and possibly similar result would
cnsue from merely living together IN
the same dwelling. This great contag-
iousness is due to that deceptive and
not uncommon state of health which
is apparently good but in reality bad
and will only be thus shown when the
vitiated blood and other life forces be-
come suitably excited or aggravated by
some inward functional arrangement
or outward contact.
Early in the Summer Of 1864 the
writer was riding in private carriage
with a gentleman and his lady and one
child, and during the ride the husband
and child caught severe cold. In
two days the child appeared quite well
and a, this time the father was 50
much worse that the little son was not
permitted to occupy the bed with the
parents, but was allowed to approach
the bed side of the sick father and
give him parting salute by gentle
manly gesture before retiring to his
improvised couch en- the sofa. Three
d.vs after, the child died from diph
iberia. The father recovered, and per-
mission was given, against the fearful
remonstrance Of the mother, to the
two attending physicians to incorpor-
ate some of his expectoratlon III food
aud give to pair of rabbits which
were the pets of the unfortunate child.
Both rabbits ate freely, one was very
sick for short time and recovered,
the other died in twelve hours.
The infinite means employed for the
cure OF this disease are too numerous
to be enumerated and only the new,
most practicable and eflicacious can he
noted 1t is decidedly the most salts
factory the safest and surest to so in
diligently care for the heolth, by the
iudicous employment of the ample
preventive means at command, as to
require no curative agent whatever.
But while, "Man's lnhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn
There will lie an unsuitable desire
amounting to demand for new, prac
tical, powerful remedies for the in
tensity, extent and complexity of this
obscure, impl,cahlc and ever dreaded
enemy to childhood and prolific source
Of maternal sorrow and despair. TIL,
most careful attention to details snoul,
he given. That which has been par
ticuarized for the prevention of diph
theria is the first, most essential am
believed to be the only step toward
the ultimate removal or extinction 0
this grievous complaint. The secon
step, end perhaps not less important
is to enable the attendant or persons il
charge to repeatedly cure this ever re
curing malady without professions
assistance. Gases of doubtful termil
alton may be treated with one or al
Of the following remedies but bette
results will ne had, as with all othe
expedients, # employed before DANCE
from sutfocation or exhaustion super
venes. 1t has not been stated in til
preceding that when the same critics
consideration has been given to til
prevention as to the cure of diphtheri
there will then not be one case whel
there is now one thousand cases. |
the absence of physician it is me,
to employ or have in attendance pc
son whose self-possession and expel
ence are considerable, and who cs
correctly and dexterously admnist
and manipulate expedients with sy,
pathy and interest Any nurse havil
these qualifications and quick diseer
ment will add much to the worth
any remedy and to the recovery of
patients.
The high fever in the mouth a
the inAamed putrescible parts in t
throat may be greatly relieved by gu
oftenly, not continuously. having
lump of ice gently moved around
the mouth and as far down as possil
In order to more perfectly allevi,
tho partially inaccessible parts luz
of ice the size If chestnut may
easily and quickly bored through w