The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-19
LARGER DOSES OF ANTIroxiN


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 l In the emergency or first nld treatment of poisoning t Ia the pprt of good common sense Co give enough or whatever hhtdoto you oo give.
 Tho namc of the poison of dIphthcrIh Is | toxin,
 Tho numo of tho antdoio we use for such poisoning is hntoxln, ~ o | rcd blood Gorpusclcs in n single drop or blO0d' So we need not get excited over tho l0ss or q | flow hundred thousand red blood c0rpuscIcs' | need we?
 Not long ngo q member of my household came down with n sore throat Tho pntiont | had been exposed Co 'diphthorln Tho attending | physician took n culture, but wo did not wat | for tho laboratory report. We Just gave me | patient 2O.000 units of antltOxin, Next morning patient was gottnlg well and report was n"Rn' | tive. ShuGks, w0 had spent the prldo or me nntloXn Go no purpose, But we were not rc' | grctful. Anyway we nll slept soundly thht | night
 | only tho ignorant and suporstltloug imagine thcro is any risk involved In administering | nntitoXn Truo my such serum nny eause | hives or similar discomfort md in rnic cases l it nny cause m hHthmntic scIzurc. oven h fhtnl one But ths Inter possibility is chBlly gnnrd' cd ngaInM--by administering only h wee drop of tho sorum first md waiting nn hour to Boc whether Inc patient is scnsltlzcd, # tho emerg' cncy iB not too urgent, If no disaErccablo re. | action occurs within m hour. then tho fuII dos0 mny bo injected without fonr of unplchB- ant COnaoqucnGeB . ! | it is the part of GOmmOh Bcnso Co give enough | in the first dose 10 neutr0lISc all tho toxin or dl dlphthcrln poison Immediately. These hnng.0yerB of paralysis that followed dIphtheri in 50 many enses 20 or 90 ye1rs ago were almost invariably due t0 too small doses | of nntit0xn if any was giVen ht nIl The ln' nd oqlatc doBcs left considerable dlphthOri1 tox- in or poison un. .neutrallzod. and tho toxin or poison of the dlscasc, not the anlidotc, caused tho paralysis.
 Ton thousand units of nntit0xin ig a trining dosc. Such q dose is comparable with 10000 | red blood c0rpuseIcs. which would scarcely make smear visible tO the naked eye. or | course if you could Inject the pcnyuDo ten | thousand units in the first 70 minutes of the Iilnoss you might neutrniSc nil the toxin then | in tho blood, at that. But 1T you let the pro' duction of toxin go on for eight, t2 or 24 hours, then you had better begin with thirty to fifty thousand units, and if the diphtheria Is mod cratcly severe you arc still only tri6ng if you give anything less than ono hundred thousand units
 In Russia they find that in very severe diph. therIa doses of rom 100000 to 100000 units Of antitoxin, much larger than has heretofore been used, the mortality rate is decreased more than half. In any case no harm can Do done 1T we give more than enough.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Barley Water
 In diiuting baby's food with barley water pr oatmeal water. please tell me how to make th's. (MPs h. CD
 Answer--To two tabIespoonfuIs of either barley grain (pearl barley) or barley flour add one quart of water and a pinch of salt and boil or simmer for four five hours, adding water is needed to keep quantity up to il quart. Then strain through coarse muslin To make oat- meal water use the same memthod, with rolled oats or ordinary oatmeal. Barley water Is less laxative than oatmeal water. Either serves not only as a desirable food in itself. but also aids the digestion of milk curd in infancy, when used instead of plain water for diluting milI in modifying milk for the baby's bottle. Man Who Lost a Leg Is Known Your correspondent "E. M. F." who sought the name and address of the reader who told about giving up smoking after he had lost q leg through the disease tbrOmbO-angiitis Oblitcr- ans, no doubt referred to me. You perInit- ted tO give my name and address to "E. M. E." 1 shall bc more than pleased 1T anything In my experience can help yb0dy with that c0ndi- ton. (D. M. S.)
 Answer-Thank you. Now the best can do is hold your letter while and if "E. M. E. writes again I'll give him your name and ad- dress. As a rule, however 1 cannot give out any correspondents identity or address. and [ never give names or identifying indications of any sort in this column
 These Ncar-Tcstim0niais | have cured myself of foot bis,:rs by your | simple remedy after spending mJre than x2O0 on various specialists and remedies. This would bc better world C there were dociOrs iikc you in it. (S. A. G.b
 Answer--Iiut you slice 1t so thir. brother. that | can't tell whether its baloncy or sum incr sausage-I like bolh. though Lem. know sometime what my simple remedy wns
 tcopyrsht John r. Diile Col