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It Is also recommended for any inflammatory or Irritable coiWition of the 

 ttiroat In their commencement. 



II Lemon juice in Diplitheria Is endorsed by American physidans, as the 

 loliowing will show. Let it be tried by all means. 



Dr. J R. Page, of Baltimore, in the New York Medical Record, invites the 

 attention of the profession to a topical use of fresh lemon Juice as a most efl3ci- 

 snt means for the removal of the membrane from the throat, tonsils, etc., in 

 diphtheria In his hands (he has heard several of his professional brethren say 

 the same) it has proved by far the best agent he has yet tried for the purpose. 

 Be applied the juice of the lemon, by means of a camel's hair pro>iang (* piece 

 it cloth on a stick will do as well), to the affected parts every 2 or 3 hours, and 

 In eighteen cases on which he has used it the effect has been all he could wish. 

 A little remarkable — one has 18 years successful experience, the other 18 cases; 

 cither is enough. 



2. Diphtheria — Ice a Successful Remedy for. — The French 

 nave also been very successful in the use of ice as a remedy in Diphtheria, 

 which was introduced into this country by a Dr. Chapman, reported through 

 the New York Tribune, by which means it was brought to the notice of the 

 Oneida community in that state, where the disease was prevailing, and was suc- 

 cessful in 60 cases. They aroused the mind of the patients, old enough t<? 

 understand the necessity, to the greatest possible resistance to the advance of 

 the disease. This determination of resistance is valuable against the advance of 

 any disease. Directions — The ice is broken into small pieces and given to thy 

 patient every ten minutes, night and day. 



3. Diphtheria, Cure For.— A Mrs. R. S. K., of Toledo, Ohio., giveJ 

 tne following cure for diphtheria to the Blade Household: I. Syrup of squills, 

 1 oz.; gum camphor, ]4 oz.; laudanum, 3^ dr. ; cayenne pepper, % tea-spoonful; 

 good whiskey, % pt. Directions — Camphor to be dissolved in as small a 

 quantity of alcohol as possible. Four large onions are to be cut in slices, put 

 into a deep earthen plate (that will stand heat), sprinkle thickly with loaf .sugar, 

 cover with another plate, place a heated flat Iron on the upper plate, leaving it 

 set on the back of the stove. Heat and pressure will extract all the juices 

 without losing any of its medical properties. All the juices thus extracted are 

 to be mixed with the other Ingredients; when all are mixed together and the 

 camphor added, It will curdle; but when It stands awhile. It will become clear. 

 Dose — For an adult, 1 tea-spoonful every 3^ hour; for a child, % tea-spoonful 

 ivery % hour; to be diluted for a child, as it is pretty strong. 



11. Apply also the following: Salt pork, »^ lb , and 2 large onions; chop 

 a,ii together finely and put some upon the throat. For an infant place a tlii» 

 piece of muslin on the poultice next the skin; change every 15 or 20 minutes- 



Remarks —A poultice of mashed onions to the arm-pits, stomach, soles ot 

 ine feet and palms of the hands, in bad cases of fevers, has worked wonders. 

 Why not good then for diphtheria? 



4» Diphtheria, Sulphur Treatment. — Our attention was flrst called 

 * the use of sulphur, in this disease, by a report from Dr. Fields, ia England. 



