The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-21
THE TURNING TIDE.
SUCCESS IN Tik GREAT BAT.
TIE WITS olPHrHsHIA.
Trench Doctors Success In Treating
the Dread Disease WIN Equine blood
How the ssram e obtained spd u.sd
The live. saved.

~ tN'M FORK world correspondent
loundDr. RoiS' who 4 the hero OF
the hour from the fact that he has di--
covered cure for diphtheria
US dark, .Seglogs tRce lighted .up
with winning smile ~ the CORE
'pondent sdluted him ~ ,the man who
Is saving $4,000 lives year in
France alone" ssT'
Pardon" he said quickly. ..you
eNaggeraie. ftis true that iiphiheria
and Group claim nfore' than "a. 01O
every yegr,in Ibis country. II al.o
true that OPT or IFS children whom 1
nave recently treated for one or the
other Of hose terrible maladies have
saved ZIG. This l.. we think. "A very
pretty reduction Of the mortality from
the old rates"
..lt Is 70 wonderful that the mothers
Of France ought 10 build yotLa monu-
mont Of gold"
The smile swept over the dark face
again. '-ict we are only on tho
Threshold OF success. At the Trou..
seau hospital. where the mortality
among the children used to he sixty
three per cent think Of II. monsieur.
slNty.thlcc per cent 1t has been re-
duccd since tho introduction of our
treatment OF diphihcria and oroup to
twcnty-four per cent.
81 viii repeat substantially what I
said at the medical college al linda
pcsth tho other day NV co-workor..
NM. Martin and Chaillon. and
maintain after u series Of careful az.
pcrimcnt- extending through three
years, that by the use Of the sorum
separated from the blood Of the horses
which have boon previously vacrin.
atcd against diphihcria We have sue
cccdcd In lowering In such large pro.
portions the mortality OF children at
tackled by diphthcria or croup, that
the malady may be- considered as con
qucrcd. We are beyond pcradycnturo
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 diphthcria declares itself.
"Ihis Is what should be- done. " he
went on. "Whcn child complains
OF sore throat AN examination should
be Instantly made. n the mucous
surface shows llttlo white spots scat
tered over II. physician should be
called without delay. The white
spots may bc indications OF a slmple
quincy. or they may be the first symp-
toms OF Group.
"In either case. the physician
should at once give the child sub.
cutancous injection Of the anti-dlph.
thcriilc serum. n the attack n one
OF qulnzy simply. tho remedy will do
no harm. II Il IA diphtherla. the
serum will infallibly effect n. ,cure.
Tho statistics at -tbc hospital OF I'm.
faults Malades show that slhce tho use
OF The serum In diphiherla case.
where thorc Is mo- complication with
other maladies tho average mortality
has been lowered from eleye, TO one
por cont. Contrast this with nearly
seventy per cent Of mortality whore
I the old-iashioncd treatment alone 1.
used. Nino tlmos out Of tn dlph.
iberia docs not kin. ms Is ppncrnll,
supposed, by sunocaiion. The false
membranes which develop NJ the bacl,
OF the throat rarely caii,a totnl oh.
structlon OF tho rcsplratorg canal, aud
oven II they did. tranhootoiA,. .coaId
ave tho .nnilent. !.
''dht the diphehcitior miorobe.
which swarms on thcsc' fafs6 MON.
brahcs, soeretss A poison thar sbonel
or later. according TO tho ylrulonoa
81 the attach, must cpntamlnate Tho
blood. My pupil Ycrsln and / claim
10 have boon tho iirst 20 discbNei. thi,
'toxinc,'s and Tb hayN Proved tina,
diphther1a Ilat6ht die from iot. oDTne
.i"Nov, the al6rIL,vIeous htliss koo
OF the Anti-dphthdriiid sSerynlf tf;lffer.
Immediate immunity but acts as an
antidote only at THO end OF sovora
hours. 20 ulqt n the ravagos of Tho
'toxine' are to'ttar adgancca gand thai
Is pretty generally, tho caSeTamonp
poor children here whom the family
doctor says that the attack has be-
come too serious for him, aud thai
the patient must 20 To the hospital
the remedy Is given In vain. Neither
must y h supposed that the serum has
any power TO cure otherdiseases which
the sufferer may have concurrently