52 DR. CHASE'S RE0IPB8. 



He found an advantage In its use, in some bad cases within ten minutes of Its 

 commencement. His manner of using it with those old enough, was in the 

 form of a gargle, a tea-spoonful of the powder, or flour of sulphur, in a wine 

 glass of water, gargling frequently. If the patient was unable to gargle, or 

 too young, blow some of the dry sulphur through a quill upon the diseased 

 parts of the throat, or burn some of the sulphur upon live coals near the pa- 

 tient, so that he will inhale the fumes. The patient should always be kept 

 warm and the bowels open. In extreme cases, when Dr. Field was called, just 

 in the nick of time, when the fungus was so near filling the throat, as not to 

 allow the gargling, he first blew the sulphur through the quill into the throat, 

 and after the fungus had shrunk to allow of it, then the frequent gargling. He 

 never lost a patient from diphtheria under this treatment. He recommends 

 after gargling a couple of times, to cleanse the throat, to swallow some of the 

 sulphur water occasionally, so as to reach the fungus deeper in the throat, which 

 also has a tendency to keep the bowels open, which is recommended a very im- 

 portant point to accomplish. This fungus is believed to be a living parasite, of 

 plant-like growth, and that sulphur is absolutely destructive to them, as has 

 been proved by its use, by applying upon the parasites of the grape vine. It 

 has been proved that sulphur kills every fungus or parasite on man, beast, or 

 plant. One Dr. Langau tiers also found that one tea-spoonful doses every hour, 

 of a mixture of sulphur, in 4 ozs. of water, taken every hour, is very beneficial 

 in the treatment of croup. 



5. Diphtheria, Specific for— Also Scarlet Fever, and Preven- 

 tive in Both. — The best physicians of New York city, Brooklyn and Phila- 

 delphia are equally in favor of the sulpho-carbolate of soda, 



[The sulpho-carbolate of soda is composed of soda combined with sulphur 

 and carboUc acid, either of whicli alone is good in diphtheria, scarlet fever and 

 any other inflammatory condition of the throat; and the combination is more 

 decidedly beneficial than either would be alone; at least it seems so to me from 

 my knowledge of their properties.] 



Dr, May, of New York city, says the sulpho-carbolate of soda is a specific 

 (positive cure) in diphtheria, also in scarlet fever, and claims that this article is 

 a preventive to the development, even after exposure, as well as a cure for both 

 these diseases. The writer of this report is very much impressed in favor of 

 this article. He says: 



"The use of sulpho-carbolate of soda in diphtheria has become a settled 

 fact by the best physicians, as above named, to be the only certain specific (pos- 

 itive cure), for that dreaded disease which has taken off so many children in the 

 United States during the past 8 years. He also says it is certain to destroy the 

 parasitic fungus in the throat and glands in two hours. 



" Ten grs. dissolved in a tumbler half full of cold water, and take from "^ 

 to i tea-spoonful every hour, until the parasite is destroyed ; then take 1 tea- 

 spoonful every 2 or 3 hours, according to the circumstances of the case. There 

 is no use in physicians fighting against this remedy, for they will have to ise it 

 if they have success in the treatment of scarlet fever and diphtheria. It is a 

 specific in both diseases, as they are both zymotic (acting like a ferment, 

 spreading quickly through the system) in their nature, and are produced by the 

 parasite in the system. It will prevent both diseases, if given before an attack^ 

 as weU as a remedy. This remedy has been used for scarlet fever and diphthraia 



