The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-21
THE { FERNFNG TIDE.
SUCCESS IN THl GREAT BAT-
Tie WITS DiPHTHgRiA.
4 Trench Doctors success In Treating
The Dread Disease win Equine blood
How the ssram :. Obts,ncd apd u.ed
The Tive. saved.

ioundlDr Hons. who y the bero q,
the hour from the fact that he has Dis
'overed cure for diphtheria.
us dark, -erloqs iRcc lighted nm
win winning smile ~ the CORE
'pondent salutcd him AZ 1.-THE man who
Il saving $4,000 lives a wear In
France alone. ss1'
Pardon" he said quickly. ..you
sSaggerate. Its true that diphiberia
ana Group claim; nf6re' than 10. 01O
every yePr.in this country. II Is also
true that opt or IFS children whom /
nave recently treated for one or the
other OF those terrible mAladie. 1 have
saved llB. This il. we think. a very
pretty reduction Of the mortality from
the old rates"
cit Is 20 wonderful that the mothers
Of trance ought TO build yoIa monu-
ment Of gold"
The smilo swept over the dark face
again. ''let we are only on Tho
ihreshhold Of success. At the Trous.
,eau hospital, where the mortnllt,
among the children used to be sixty.
three per cent think Of II. monsieur
siNty-thfcc per cent 1T has been ~.
duccd since tho introduction of ou,.
treatment OF diphtheria and croup to
twcnty-four per cent
81 viii repeat substantially wbnt 1
said at the medical college at Budn-
pcsth the other day. Nv co.workcr.
NM. Martin and Chaillon. aud
maintain after u series Of careful OK.
pcriments extending through three
years. that by the use of the serum
separated from the blood Of the horse.
which have boon previously vaccin.
aicd against diphihcria We have sue
cccdcd In lowering In such large pro.
portions the mortality Of children at
tackled by dlphthcria or croup. that
the malady may bo 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 Nv
ing at oncc 10 the remedy the moment
the diphthoria declares itself.
"This Is what should be done. " he
went on. "When "a child complains
Of "a sore throat an examination sbould
bo instantly made. II the mucous
surface shows little white spots scat.
tered over II. physician should be
called without delay. The white
spots may be indications OF u simple
quinzy. or they may be the first symp.
toms OF Group.
"ln either case. the physielan
should at once give the child a sub.
cuiaucous injection Of the antl-diph.
thcritlc serum. II the attack Is one
OF quinzy slmply., tho remedy will do
no harm. II Il a diphtheria. tho
serum will infallibly effect a. rure
Tho statistics nj The hospital OF I'm.
faults Malados show that sidce tho Use
OF The serum In dlphtheria cases
where thorc Is no. complication with
other maladles the average mortality
has been lowered from elcye, TO one
per cent Contrast This with NEARLY
seventy per cent Of mortality where
the old-fashioncd treatment alone n
used. Nino times out Of Ten diph.
iberia docs not kin. rs Is generally
supposed, 10y sunoeatIon. Tho false
membranes which develop M tho bacl,
Of the throat rarely cause. total oh.
structlon OF tho respiratory cAnal. nnd
oven II they did, truoheeioiHy. .coaId
save the ,paile1ts d. s@.-s. ~. e.. b. o
''uHt the dlphehnthn'i mlcrobe,
whiYh swarms on thcsc' fafs6 NOM
pranes' seerehssa poison that sboner
or later ayprding 10 tho virulenoa
q !ne nNucRs must contamiuate the
blood MY pnpn fersin and ] claim
70 nave bcen the hrst 10 discoVci' this
,toxinc' ana 70 have Proved that
diphthcrlh llqtlclits die FROM RobQpIng.
."NoF' the Sibe gtlSleolis npjss boa
OF the antl-drphtneglnc 5ter'illL. lljlfferA
Immediate Immunity but acts as an
anlaote only ~ tho end OF several
hohrp' 80 Vlqt II the ravagas of the
eoNlue a'o uNesIi' eo.Ahoeu lanh thai
" p'et'y sohor"lIy' tho eastsvamone
poor vi'liurvn hl'e,re Whnn the family
poelor says lnat inc attack has be-
Vohe 700 SERIOUS ior hlll' ana THAI
lhe patient must go TO inc hospltall
lhe I9 ,.,y II gwen IN VAIN Neither
mus y ~ SUPPOSED ,hat uie serum has
my Poner V o''re other diseases winch
tno Su"sIsr may nave cohourrently