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Show DIPHTHERIA CURE. The following cure for diphtheria was published in the Deseret News, and a lady of Hyrum who has seen it used with great success recommends us to reproduce it. Take two ounces each of olive oil and coal oil, mix well by shaking. Administer internally, every hour, a quantity according to the age of the patient. Dose for a child five years old, half a teaspoonful of the mixture; half that age, half that quantity and so on. Twenty minutes afterwards, give the same quantity of dry sulphur. Twenty minutes after that, the same quantity of dry cream of tartar. This treatment is to be repeated for three hours, when great improvement is generally perceived, in which case the time between the doses is to be gradually increased until a cure is effected. A little common sense and appreciation of the differences of constitution, etc., in various cases will suggest modifications of the treatment. |