West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-27
CORROSIVE sueLlMArE.
Physician Says It WIN euro Diphtheria
as Well a. I<ill RcdhuvS


""o h'' you nave oreh eSpcn
m'nthg with new CurC FOR diphthc-
riaP' inquired reporter of "A Brookl,n
phvsicinu Yesterday,
an, ,..,, ,,.,.,,, I.. ,..,, 49,,
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"'>'" ''' "'''''' WIN" 'N'hNl' iu ms
eye
mo news OF the bcl-bug cmo has
reached me. ." wa, tho r,nl, ubu, I
hcnrd tn.t van b,J Lc.,,, .,,',,,,,,,..,.,.....
with corroSi,r .,,I,I;n,,t,. d, .
"Somc u,in~ ,, .,;I ,I,, .I...,,. ..,,
il no invention o, Ii.rn,.,,.,' ~, ,,,i,. =,
has bnnn known T., ,I,,, ,,,,ii,,.. ,,'I
tnlHocpt rnrtinn nf tb,. n,.,'Ii-,i 'ru '',-
nity ybout - ,c.,r :,
s.Rut WIN, I,',,,,,. ...l g., u..t.,,
curcp' '"-
"R,cousc ,ba ,.,.ot f,,,. l;,l,u...i,
came nbout in his ,y,,' ,i','';.,;,,' i',",,',' ~
i'm pcun.,l,,nio - on,,,t t,,. IH ,'3
"A patient - chilli ,c,,, in Viii, ,,i'J,
thcrio 'Thn rns, L,L ,l,.,,.,i ,'...., ~.
before hc was called liz rn,r.I i,n
ldi.r,.c .o fa,. o,I,,n,'.,.l ,i'., ''"' t.,I, ~, M
tie hopes of The chiid's rrro"c,., ,''' ~ ~.
gave a prcscriu,ion and tolJ ,h. ,,..Ts
mn,hrr nol to ..,,J r,,'. ;,,', ',','" y
wa, some marked rlnn". g., I'm
lrovinu The hon ~ tbr n5ntl.,...l',.i ,,,,,
To tell her what to u., for LcI.hno n,i' '
son. He gnyc her tb, form +,
solution of corrn.i,, .ul,Iir,,,, AMI
went home Thc motbrr r,,n, g.,
him subsequently and s,iI th, ,l,II
wa, doing we'll u,told her to corIin,,,
the treatment The nc>t d,, h, c,il,l
to sec the child. AMI found If mI,cI Inc,
ter lie wn- "a mn ,.tn,i'LnI h,,
concluded that ID would hr s,fn tn .n",
tinuc the treatment and said I, ~,
mother: Il will piy, van onn,hr,.. nr...
.crption. Tho mother r,nIird. min,
J., not necessary. hovc nIrut, al ,I,
other left Not urrrssg,.,.r .,i,I ,l,,
doctor with .urpri.p WIN onlv Ir,,
You "a dose for "A dav. .Wru hny, ,
biz lot left. continued thr mnihnr.
| Let me see il. said tbn dnct,,. Thrn
the mother brought out tbc bcL.hu,,
uoi,on The doctor lnnLcd. nt fin, b,i
Tie first with horror thcu v.;,h ,n,,.,,
mont. and finally with mtrrr-t
Arc vou ,,ire Won, onvo fin, rbiI,
that?' hc'a,Lcd.
4 am sure. and the child bee, A., to
get better immediately persisted thc
mother
80 We'll. pb ON with fine tr.Yt,n.ff '
said the doctor The mother did coon
and the child rot we'll.
''Ihc moshcr had vot nu.rfnl aud
had mistaken the one solutjnn fnr w.
other The doctor, was "a ,bou ,htr,I
man. He remembered I'm, circun,, ,f,ncr
the next tine Inc oot a liuhtLnri, ~,
tient, and kent ON tr,ino until bn cnn
Guided hc had bit unon am ,Iun.I c,,,.
tain cure. He had tbo monlinc.. and
humanity TO give his discovery to ,hn
world through a unprr road hcC,r, ,
Pennsylvania medical .nrian rh,n
the medical iournnl- took hold nf II
and for the last wear many ul,, ,iri,n.
i'm nl part, of fine ,ynrlJ hatc 'hcom' ',,,'
ing attention lo il. I'm Gcrm,tI tbc
blood ho, been photographed i'm ever,
st,pc of the disease .rI thc h,,r,,,o =
mout under the bcl-bug treatment nc.
tua.ly shown by "a s,ric, of uicnir,. -
" But. /, no, corrosive Sublime. a op
active pcison?'
o. Yes: so are arsenic. morphir,, and
slrychuinc, aud lots of other medicine.
known fo be of mr-tiunIl. ,,lu. f.,
medicine and surgery. Th.v NJ, use.
ful when the, are propcrl, used
g" How do Won account for thr. .ucrosy
OF the mcdicinc9'
"Il +. simpA communicable ,,. tb,
killing Of the germ. of thc di-c,so We
know that in diphthcria there are ,ount-
less germs called bacteria. They per
mcatc The blood The corrosive .uJi-
mate begins To- Kill ihr-r germs at once.
and soon dispo>c- Of thcm altog.fher.
Now you will rccollcrt that the zorro.