The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-21
THE TURNING TIDE.
success IN THk GREAT BAT
TIE WITS ,plPHrHERiAi
freneh DOCTORS sueos" DO Treating
the Dread Disease with Equine Blood
How tue serum {. obtained spd Used
The tive. saved.


toundDr. Boux, who y the hero OF
the hour from tho fact that he has dis
covered cure for diphiheria
His dark, sseriog9 tacc. lighted IN
with a winning smile ~ the GORE I
,pondcnt saluted him ~ 1.-THE man who
IL saving $4,000 lives year In
France alone" esH
Pardon. he said quickly. '.ynu
eNaggerate. ltis true that diphiheria
and Group claim: ni0re' than 40. 01O
every ycgr,in this country. n l. also
true that OFT or IFS children whom |
hhye recently treated for one or the
other Of those terrible maladies 4 have
saved 10. This il. We think. very
pretty reduction Of the mortality from
the old rates.
cit il 30 wonderful that the mothors
Of France ought TO build yonA monu-
ment Of gold
The smile swept over the dark face
again. ''Yet We are only on the
Threshold Of success At the Trous-
scau hospital. where the mortality
among the children used 10 be sixty
three per cent think Of II. monsieur.
sixty-thec per cent 1T has been re-
duced since the introduction Of our
treatment Of diphtheria and Group TO
twenty-four per cent.
81 will repeat substantially what
said az the medical college at Buda-
pcsth the other day. My co-workers.
NM. Martin and Chaillon. aud |.
maintain after u series " careful OK
periments extending through three
years, that by the use Of the serum
separated from the blood Of tho horses
which have been previously vaccin-
atcd against diphihcria We have sue
cccdcd In lowering in such large pro.
portions the mortality Of children at
tackled by diphthoria or Group. that
the malady may bc considered ~ con
qucrcd. We are beyond pcradvcnturo
now. But what we wish specially to
do is to impress upon the minds OF
mothers everywhere the need Of ny
ing at once TO the remedy the moment
the diphthcrin declares itself
This Is what should be- done" he
went on. when child complains
Of sore throat an examination should
be instantly made. II the mucous
surface shows little white spots seat
tered over II. physician should be-
called without delay. The white
spots may be indications OF a slmpl,
quinzy. or they may be the first symp
, toms OF Group.
"ln either case, the physician
4 should at once give the child sub
Z cutanoous injection Of the anti-dlph
: therltlc serum. II the attack IL on,
4 OF quinzy slmply,S the remedy will d,
2 no harm. II II IA diphtheria, tn,
r serum viii inialliblyt effect a, curc
z The statistics at The hospital o, I'm
r faults Malades show that since the IN,
o Of the serum In diphtherla case
h whore there Is no. complication witt
l. other maladios the average mortallt
10 has been lowered from eleyel TO on
10 per cont Contrast this with nearl
Al seventy per cent OF mortality whcr
Il the old-iashioncd treatment alone
IL used. Nino times out Of en dipl
r. iberia docs not kill rs Il general
supposed, 10y sunocation. Tho falls
membranes which develop NJ the bac
. Of the throat rarely causq.. total oil
y struction OF tho respiratory canal. an
~ even II they. ah' traphaetolAsi coal
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