| Show p VERNAL JUNE 4 1891 being za quest questioned ionea in in regard to the origin of diphtheria I 1 thought I 1 would write a line or two from memmy in regard to this sometimes fatal disease though the name diphtheria Dip theria from the greek word a skin or membrane was only given to this disease by Bre oi tours about 80 years ago it appears to have been described by Are Areta eus Cappa cappadoccio docio as a disease of egypt agypt el and was mentioned coelius Amel ianus among early writers hecker gives account of its prevalence in holland as early as 1387 1337 carnavale Carna vele at naples in 1620 tamayo at madrid called it Ga rotillo in 1623 1622 ghisi first clearly described the pseudo membranous formation at Cre cremona in 1740 or 50 1 I 1 disremember the year in prance france chobol bawit in 1743 or 4 in ill england fothergill I 1 the date douglass of boston in this country in 1735 6 samuel bard of new york in 1771 1 huxham albers and Gner sent also described it under different titles brtan bretan most fully made it out in 7 as a distinctive disease since that time it has been recognized and treated by nearly all medical authors late epidemics of it have been principally those of paris and bologno of 1855 67 6 7 passing to england in the latter years the epidemic began in in our own country in california in 1856 and in the eastern states a little later gradually it increased in prevalence until 1860 si since nee that th at time t i rae it has declined in frequency ly although still attended by grea great t local fatality Bretan neau not unreasonably supposes that washington and the empress josephine Jose peine have died of diphtheria stephanie the beautiful queen of portugal and the emili eminent ent french physician wen victims of it 7 anxieties AnIE TIES alst 1 st simple joud 21 and C rou A ari ulcerative ath malignant diphtheria but not distin cUvi J v v v 4 1 r are gener al M s slight halit Z sipie throat and f t ca i i CT I 1 I 1 fa r A 1 1 I 1 sf swelling 9 of odthe the 1 1111 1 11 41 pow the jaws then jin n the simple simp lc form fever occurs 1 1 1 t 1 with headache furred tongue cons tip t mon s i s J P v T and bof of swallowing on examina A ct n 4 tion a red or purple with a swelling ol 01 the fall falces faeces ces also 1 t the ir ie palate 1 will sw swell i N 1 the lie to tonsils ton sils i will v j j swell over one or both althe ofa the tonies to there then mar be seen sen ofin a c birly as thu the second or third day a ml or nash whito white membranous deposit dc posit A alteo 1 the hempt A oms continues contina s fro aill 5 to 0 9 hi il in favorable cases couval essence follow 4 1 c gi 11 t Y cro ro be winneL co |
