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10. Diphtheria— Latest Allopathic Treatment For.— In a re- 

 cent conversation with Dr. Haney, of Toledo, Ohio, he claimed to cure every 

 case of diphtheria, even in small children, by swabbing the throat with cal- 

 omel; for quite a young child he gets 10 grs. into the throat, by a swab, and 

 a child 5 to 8 years, 20 to 30 grs., so it will be swallowed. He says it stops 

 the change in the blood, by which the fibrinous portions form the membrane 

 in the throat. He follows 3 or 4 hours after with the liquid physic (see " Liquid 

 Physic"), to help carry off the accumulation of the intestines; and then supports 

 the strength with liquid food of a nourishing character. He is a successful 

 physician, and claims not to have lost an average of one child a year for 

 the eleven years, practice there; and I know he has a good share of practice 

 among the children. I have also seen accounts in a recent medical journal, 

 by some allopathic physicians, that they have been using calomel very simi- 

 lar to Dr. Haney, in this disease. Therefore 1 have not dared to pass it by 

 without mention, as it may save many lives for future usefulness. 



11. Diphtheria— Remedy by the French Academy of Medi- 

 cine. — "The vapor from the burning of a mixture of tar and spirits of turpen- 

 tine, near the bed, it is said, will dissolve the false membrane which is so often 

 fatal in this dreadful disease. If this simple remedy is complete, as the French 

 Academy of Medicine is said to have declared, it should be widely published," 

 American Messenger, October, ISS^. 



i2tfmarA;8.— Notwithstanding there are two "is saids" in this, yet, as it is 

 simple, and would not interfere with any other treatment, and obtaining it from 

 a purely rehgious paper, which seldom touches anything of this kind, I have 

 felt, from the knowledge of love of the effects of these articles, it should 

 have my help on its way to a wider publication. Equal parts should be used, 

 although they do not so state, thoroughly mixed, and pour a few drops from a 

 tta-spoon upon hot coals, to keep up the fumes, is all that is needed. 



Blistering in Diphtheria— History of a Case at Black Rock, 

 N. Y., Saved by It.— In the December number, lb84, of the Therapeutic 

 Gazette, of Detroit, Mich., F. W. Bartlett, M. D., of Buffalo, reports the case of 

 a man about 45 years old, to whom he was called, and who was very sick at the 

 time, and continued to get worse for four days, when he considered it hope- 

 less from the condition of the throat, and so informed his patient, who took 

 it calmly, but asked to have something done to relieve the suffering of the 

 stomach, for which he directed his wife to dip cloths in hot water, and 

 wring out, then put on a few drops of turpentine, to be applied over the 

 bowels; but in the confusion of such a case, expecting to lose her husband, 

 she heated the turpentine, and saturated flannel with it, and laid it on, which he 

 bore as long as he could, then violently flung it across the room, saying he 

 "would rather die than suffer such agony." And when the wife saw what 

 an inflammation she had caused, covered it with fresh lard, and waited the 

 doctor's morning call; who found a blister (*esication, as M. D's most call it) a 

 foot square, covered with a diphtheritic exudation, the throat better, and the 

 patient saved. All I have to say further is, let others make similar mistakes 



