Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-03
A Correspondent Thinks Ii is Con-
qusred at Last.

Correspondence OF the DEsEREr NEWS
Diphtheria has always been con-
sidered very stubborn malady, n
dread of the physician and q dread
of the patient. 1t has baffied the
skill Of our most eminent men, in
Guiding the best talent London
could produce, and for which there
was no positive specific known to
the profession. DIR. 1. Murray
Gibbs, in an Australian medical
journal, gives us the following won
derful record, which. If founf to
hold good in future trials, As has
been claimed for it in the past, is as
near a specifc as We can expect from
any remedy, and must be classed as
one cf the greatest discoveries of the
nineteenth century. Referring to
the statement OF the journal, the
doctor has n recent note on
the treatment Of diphtheria by the
constant blue gum steam. BY
giving the vapor of the oil with the
steam, We get the an.iseptic action
Of the first and the beneficial effect
of the second. The patient is kept
under a tent-like covering in a
warm, moist atmosphere containing
a volatile oil ob.s.-- by placing
leaves Of the eucalpy tus In a jug oil
boiling water. The patient remains
liz this atmosphere as long rs there
is any Inflammation OF the throat.
Since 1851 DR.. Gibbes has treated
I6s c--es in this way, with but Que
death, and in the practice OF col
league 305 cases were so treated, with
bur one death. This is, / admit,
an extraordinary showing, and one
which has, rs far rs / know. never
been approached in the annals OF
history. 1t Is claimed that the
antiseptic steam p-events decom-
position Of the membrane in
the throat and the consequent
septic absorption; and that 1t
-lso prevents the spread OF the
disease to other members OF the
family. What more eau be expect
ed from any remedy? The drug
has been In use for many years In
homeopathic practice, and is a great
remedy in our hands, as ii has q
special power over the urinary
canal and PROSTATE glsnd, alternat-
ed with sac lac or chimaphila urub;
but not in the massive doses admin
istered by some. l generally use
from the third to the 3Dth potencies,
and obtain all / desire. Ii has also
very soothing effect upon the
bronchial tubes, and is accordingly
not to be overlooked in confirmed
asthma dry, not that IL will by any
means eradicate the disease from
the system lin fact l do not know
what will, but it acts as a good ex-
pectorant. The eucalyptus globu.
lus is large Australian and
Tasmanian tree, known among the
natives as the fever tree, or gum tree,
some specimens being over two hun
dred feet high and fifteen in dia-
meter, and discharges-occasionally
a blue-gum, which is not 50 highly
priced as the leaves, although can
not see why not. The parts EN-
pioyed, principally speaking, are
the dried leaves which answer to
the following characters while
growing. Green, growing on a
short stem; they are thick and
leathery. spear shaped, with a curve
like scythe-blade, and have a well
marked nervule through the centre,
thickly sprinkled with pellucid
dots. Taste warm, sweetish astring'
ent, ard aromatic; odour sweet
aromatic. l presume the remedy
can be obtained In its perfection anc
unadulterafed state from the Y. G.
NJ. I. drug department, Salt Lake
City, or from Park Davis K Co.
Detroit, Michigan. To say the least
it is worth a trial. The above in
formation may be quite interesting
to your numerous readers, and may
save many valuable lives.
DR.. JOHN Cook.
LAKE SHORE, Jan. l, 1891.