The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-10-19
DlPHTHERlA.
A Remedy Worth Trying, to Say the Least.

A Remedy Worth Trying, to Say the Least.
Herr Hoeft has created a pro-
found sensation in Germany and
Austria among medical men, for
the remedy which his book gives,
and " hicb has proven effective in
thousands Of the sererest cases.
1t is simple, and as the disease, is
most always more or less preva-
lent in America, it is appended.
with Instructions, &c. ::
Herr Hoeft forbids absolutely,
all internal medicine, because
every purga,ive and emetic med:
iciue will haze in ali cases a per-
nicious effect. Only strengthen.
ing nourishment, like bouiilon,
eggs, and SO ON, will bold up the
vital powers, prevent the usual
palsy, and secure a quick cure.
At the same time Hoefft forbids
the touching OF the larnyx with
lapis infernalis, (nitrate Of silver),
because it's use, 10 consequence of
it's fragiity and the danger. Of the
child swallowing piece is not to
be recommended. In the first
place are necessary pretty thick
and pretty soft hair brushes,
fastened on a solid stick, like a
heavy pen-holder. IL is better to
have several of these !,ru.h.s, and
especially y the physicians should
always carry with them such
brushes, and the necessary medi-
cine in large quantities., and at
the same time it would be o goo d
thing, if, in every house, brushes
and medicine for immediate use
were at haud. The medicine is
composed in the following man
ner: Dissolve sixty Grammes OF
acidum tannicum in one hundred
and twenty grammes of hot wa.
ter, and add to this solution ten
grammes of kali chloricqm, and
there is a remedy with which you
can successfully overcome every
case Of diphtheritis. The manipu-
latlon is easy enough. Take some
of the above solution in little
dish, wet it with the brush, and in
a quick movement, gliding over
the tongue, carry the brush into
the throat, turn it right and left
around its axis, draw it forth,
clean it in glass Of water, dry it,
and repeat the procedure three to
six times, according to the masses
Of slime and boletus in the throat.
This operation must be repeated
three times day, and, if it is posi-.
bic; BY the physician himself. If
the-children areintelligent enough,
let them gargle as often as possi
BILE with cold water, or a solution
of kali chloricum-teaspoonfu 10
a cup of water, while as to cbil.
dren under four years the throat
and the mouth must be cleaned
with another brush, and o solu
tion of kali chloricum. Besides
this, the mouth must be brushe
every hour with a solution of four
grammes of borax and thirty
grammes Of raspberry syrup. The
main point is, therefore, no inter
nal medicine! 10 cases Of tenes
mus few little clysters, of two
Or four ounces Of cold water will
be sufficient. Add to this 8
nourishipg but light diet-veal OF
chicken soup, soft eggs, the flesh
of an anchovy,- and so 'on-and
let the patient drink only fresh
and cold water. 1t must not be
forgotten that diphtheria is very
contagious disease, and therefore
the patient mnst be separated
from all other members of the
family. The brushes for one child
cannot be used for another pa
tient;. the sick room must be
disinfected the wash bowl and
the dishes must be cleaned with
carboIic acid and water. In short
you cannot be cautious enough i
you would prevent your house
from being the scene of a horrible
epidemical disease.
Good work, like the spring buds
needs only to be seen no praise
Of it can approach the privileged
vision.