The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-04-03

By A. G. LANE, NJ. u, A. NJ.

| the essential ndition ever pre-.
sent in memDranc"uS Group and
scal let fever proved the terror OF
| the older doctors. and thc death OF
their pat cnts. Their ircatnent-
b'ood-lctting, cNthartics, cmetics.
tar,ar-cmetic, squiIlS. steam, poul-
tices, tar, cauterizat ON, tracheato
my, death, was uniform in It's D'r-
bArty, though varied in all other
RESPECTS.
lii the West this disease prevails
every month in the year, while its
most fatal l,criodS are the winter
and spring months A sporadic
case may appear during the sum
mer, and in occasional neig lbor,
hoods. enJemc.lly, yet they are
less malignant, and easily treated.
This is specific bIood disease,
more common to children than
adults, and is most tataI to children
btca.se they swallow the secre
tivns ir, IN the faucrs. which, re
tanned in the stomach, aud to the
blood poison. In most cases the
period OF incubation IS short, while
it has been proven by i1uculaion
in its latent c, ursc, to last from two
to five days.
Its varieties are, simple, crou-
pou>, lucrative, and malignant,
whose distinctive phases and tea-
lures should become familiar to ut.
tending physician, ami are all i'm
p"riant To intelligent treatment.
Symptoms. In simple form. fc
yer, head ache, turr1d tongue,
either Slight diarhNa or constipa
tiou, difficult diGlulilion, very rel
or purple appearance of fauctS, pal
ate and tonsils, the Latter unequal.
IS swollen. The yelIowisi-whitc
mcmhrancoHs deposit appears in
spots on the in1l5 med tonSil> on
stc"nt or third day. and Gonzales
cnce follows in favorable cases
from five to nine DAYS.
In cr"upous form, y"n have Il
bout the same symptoms. increased
in degree, and as to fatality unIonD
children, and prone tc fellow mra-
scl> and scarlatna. The buch,kin
eNudatlonS early GOV r. the swollen
t"nSilS aad fauceS, when You nave
the ful dctelo 'ed case %: diphthe
ria, and It's two Sources of peril.
VIZ. ASpLiyXlaan | 5 stptictmia. II
this cXudltion extends duwnwardS.
and involves the g,ottiS, danger is
lnnllnrnt. and only prompt arrest
ot deposit will save Your patient.
Iracheotony may tcnporze, but
seldom agcrts death, patient IL,
thus stag dying from the blood
p"is"niug, together with prostra-
tion following such IN operation,
TAe ulcerntivc variety Is not com
mon, yet the existence OF true gan
creme cannot be denied, when de- |
of palate and ton,ils has
attended it, with copious dark col
pred and puI.y eXudations, with !
4Xtravisated blood.
Malignant dipthcria begins with
intense headache. often attended |
with vomiting, (not common in
M der iurHls, aal hemorrhagc |
rom the nose, month, stomach, or
"ectum. Enormous engagement
# cer,ical submaXiIary and pare
id glands soon produces dyspha
: Il. Tonslls, palate, and plarynx |
ire tlIickly covered with tile char, |
lctorStic membrane, first yellow
sh, soon ash-co!ored, then brown, |
and lastly, nearly black, giving
.orth IL most offensive odor. Ton |
'ils often ulcerate and slough /; the
lostrilS sometimes becomes swollen
and lined with false membrane, !
smitting an acid and fptid dis-
,harge Extreme prostration sets