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Show DIPHTHERIA. - SOME AlJVICK IN liEOABD TO IT BY H. 0. HULLINIJEII, IIO&RKOI'ATUIC I'UY-8ICIAN. I'UY-8ICIAN. ! BiiixTOM, U. T., Nov. 4, 1S78. The dipluheria is ngiun in tho oauiitry tiiiikiiiR hnvoo with Borue of our younu, uuil lliero aro many loi-mu'iiH loi-mu'iiH tint forth anil published aa wici:!lic-, htiro curcp, etc. From njy oxj)rit!iicu in treating the diuoase hine aro nil worthless and not to bo rtlicil u on, hb ihcro aro co two cuae upon which tho diaeiitc operates alike con8ttueutly the medicine that cures one won't another. I think the pant experience of cur country fully juati-Ik'B juati-Ik'B me in this aaecrlion. Then, why publiah such things to lend tho peoplo astray? If you happen lo have a cnee in your family don't tamper wilh it Call in your physician, immediately, and in him placo confidence, athnding by and carrjinu out hia instructions. If he understands hid business you will lessen ycur chance for the loss of soma loved one. If he doujn't understand under-stand how to treat the diaeuee wilu a reasonable hope of tuccess ho should not meddle with it at your expense. Poisoning of the bkol lays ut tue foundatiuu ol tbo disease. If you do not dostroy the poison working at the throat will be ol lUlle-use. Thtre are many medicines that will destroy the false membrane that ibrtne in the throat, l'ure glycerine, carbolicacid, sulphuric ncid, bi-cromato and per-ni'in;iinHto per-ni'in;iinHto of potsFaiuin, ali jjosspss power to a greater or leas uxtent lo destroy the false membrane; but do not deceive yourself aud think you have made a cure wnen the membrane mem-brane comes oil'. It will form again and nain, as long us the primary cause txisia poisoning of tho blcod. Asaoon aa you make an inroad or destroy de-stroy the poison the merubniuo will beiu to wither up and drop oil and not reform. Discard physic of all kinds, for it ie dangerous. It is liable lo spread the disease (ho entire length ol the alimentary canal, instead of perm it ting it to remain in the throat where you can handle it. You will naturally aak, why don't I publish a formula f;r its trcstmenl? Because that rau't he done, na there are from twenty-five to thirty diflerenl kinds of medicine used in the treatment of the dieeaeo in its varied forms and condition. condi-tion. Kich medicine fills its cvrn pioper p:ace according to its pathogenic patho-genic olkoip, hot ve the diliicully of pul'iiahmg a lui inula. (Jive me a typical ciicp ami I will give jou a formula lir its treatment, but it would bo worth I em in a dillreLt case. Each case Iibs to bg treated according to its own peculiar characteristic and its varied iorm of presentation. I have often beeuankH the qurmon, "What is the bett biood purifier?" I in variably answer, good, wholesome, well cooked Led, with plenlyof venti-l venti-l ttion in the bed room. Duu't keep cuildreu cooQoed in hea'.ed rooma. and tbertby render them the more liable to take disease of any kind. Ltt thrm run and play in tbo open t:r. Duii't be alraid to let the light jf ueavtn shino upon them. Aa to the contagious character of diphtheria, I don't believe it to be as coutagioud aB some tbink it ia, for the (uliowiDg reBni: All diseases, auch as small pox. tcjirhlina, meaelee.elc, are communicated in too diseased breath aLd tlllovia ariting from the body; as a rule pereens have them but once. Not to with dipnlberia I have treated the Bame persons two and three times fur diphtheria. From (he b?st data that 1 have been able to gather, I believe it to be a miasm, in-baled in-baled from lite atmosphere, and lying latent in the ay slum until some favorable favor-able condition ol the system presents for its development. I Aa ft rule, the membtre of a family are ejcpon d lo tbo same miaemalic influences, const quently the disease generally me.i through the family where it mkis i'e apiearanue. It teems thoutsh tho ntl.c;ol breath of one tick with tue dise:ire bus a certain amount ol power of communication communi-cation lo another that bati bceu exposed ex-posed to tue samo iulluence at tho same time. Ttie ptople are generally afraid lo go neur il, and not knowing anything any-thing of ile peculiar characteristic?, it generally becomes pretly serious before tho proper aid ia summoned. sum-moned. Many a mild case in the commencement becomes a very eerioua one iu a few hours' time, I bolieve.wbeo it makes its appearance in a neighborhood it is the duty of every parent to visit the case, bo that if it should attack their families they will not bo caught asleep. If you are afraid of the diBe.ise, take some old clothes, iumigato them with carbolic itcid, chai.ge clotbea when you visit the sick, and you need apprehend no (Unger. |