The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-24
SCARLET FEVER CURE.
Doctor Tries New Method and Claims
Complete Success.
(New York Tribune.)


A new treatment for scarlet fever
which, he says, has had a long series
Of victories and no failures in its
struggle with the disease for nearly
eight years, is now offered as a free
scientific contribution to the medical
profession by Dr. J. F. G. Luhan, OF
No 900 East Seventy-second street
Noticine that most deaths from the
disease was the result Of paralysis OF
the heart. he devised a treatment Tor
the blood and for the kidneys Whlch
prevents anaemfa-or destruction OF
the red blood corpuscles-and also pre-
vents kidney complications.
Since Feb. 90 1900, DR.. Luhan has
treated 12e cases of the disease. he
has not had a single death, though his
natfents ranged in age from to 80
wears The patients recovered IN SIX
or eight DAYS. The rgular death rate
from the disease in infants ranges
from Z to IA per cent, and is much
higher in older persons Most or those
who recover from the disease nave
some permanent ailment. Ordinarily
the cases last from three to six weeks,
and sometimes several months, be-
cause of complications. DR.. Luhan
saws there have not even been bad
after effects in the cases which ne mas
handled.
Tha physician. in speaking Of his
treatment yesterday afternoon, said;
Back in the nineties, after collect
ing all the data regarding cases OF
scarlet fever that was possible, L de-
/ cided that the paralysis Of the heart,
/ which is the usual cause OF death IN
/ attacks of the disease, was the result
/ of some chemical action caused in the
/ blood by the bacteria of the fever
/ began to experiment with the treat
ment I then devised with my own chill
| dren. I have five Of them, and four
| of them were taken sick. The success
| of the method was Immediately ap-
| parent. In 1898. at the time Of the
/ Spanish-Amerfcan war, while / was
/ with the army in West Tampa, Fla,
/ treated a number OF poor children there
with equal success. / am willing 10
/ give free to the world everything /
/ have learned in the treatment of this,
| the worst disease known to Childhood.
/ I shall publish the formula of prescrip-
tions in the New York Medical Jour
| nal of Jan. Is, 1906. ANY reputable
| physician is welcome to it, and TO
/ whatever I can tell him. OF course, I
| cannot give this information to people
| ignorant of medicine, for they are not
prepared to use the information prop
/ erly. However, I viii give them,
/ where they are poor, my treatment and
! my medicine freely.
/ "As to my treatment. The germs OF
| scarlet fever diminish the red corpus
/ cIes and produce an excess of white
blood corpuscies. Anaemia next sets
/ in through the poverty of the blood,
/ and paralysis of the heart follows. My
/ treatment is curative and eliminative.
/ In the first four days of the disease
/ prescription No. 1 increases the iron
/ in the red corpuscles and brings oxy-
/ gen into the blood without impairing
/ the functions Of the kidneys. In the
/ next four days prescription No 2.
/ which contains all the ingredients of
/ No. 1. and also another substance acts
/ on the kidneys in such a way as TO
cause the red corpuscles which have
/ been destroyed by the disease germs
/ TO be eliminated from the blood. Often
/ these dead corpuscles cause congestion
| IN the interior mechanism of the kic-
/ news. which turns into BTight's dis
ease. The extra oxygen in the blood
prevents paralysis of the heart, which
| is due TO the presence in the blood Of
carbon monoxide.
ct always insist that, as soon as evil
| dences of the disease appear, the
patient-usually the patient is a child
be bathed in warm water, and then
placed in the lightest and best venti-
lated room Of his home. The medicine
must be purchased only Of reliable
druggists. as it must be perfectly pure
and contain no chemical likely TO de-
press the heart action. II must be kept
In an amber-colored bottle, as it is
affected by the light. While there are
no poisons used in the preparations,
the medicine should be thrown away
| after the patient is well, and renewed
when needed again"
DR.. Luhan is a prominent Republi-
/ can in the Twenty-sixth Assembly dis
/ trict. He counts as one of the great
/ est achievements of his career the de-
! feat of Tommy Dunn there a decade
/ ago. He is an examining surgeon for
! pensioners. and is the secretary of one
/ Of the three examining boards in this
| city. Since 1892. when he began prac-