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in bad cases, and save their patients too. In other words, draw a blister In the 

 regular way, in time, not to let the throat get beyond control. I would put a 

 blister on both arms, breast and bowels too, if I thought it necessary to save 

 my patient's life. 



12. Diphtheria, to Avoid by Diet — Pork Believed to be 

 the Exciting Cause. — With an explanation as to this exciting cause of 

 diphtheria, I will close the subject, having given a large number of the most 

 popularly liuown remedies, although there are many writers who thinli. that the 

 abundant use of porli in our diet is a very fruitful source of this disease, I shall 

 only quote from one. A recent medical correspondent of the Lancaster New 

 Era argues at considerable length: " That eating of porlc is an inciting (arousing, 

 stirring up,) cause of this terrible disease." His idea is that an unhealthy 

 appetite is created by the use of so much porli, in the every-day diet of the 

 country, until the specific pork poison is manifested in the exudations depos- 

 its from the blood into the throat, which is the characteristic symptom in this 

 disease. He especially advises parents not to allow their children to diet on 

 pork, nor sausage, but fruit and vegetables in greater abundance. 



Remarks. — Although beef, veal, lamb, chicken, etc., may be allowed to 

 children generally, yet it would be well for parents during the prevalence of 

 diphtheria in a neighborhood, to put their children upon a bread and milk and 

 vegetable diet exclusively, lest their loss might be charged home to their neg- 

 lect, which would not be a pleasant thought for after-consideration. 



13. Diphtheria— Closing Bemarks Upon.— The author leaves the 

 subject with his readers, believing that he has presented a larger number and 

 more reliable remedies or recipes for the cure and prevention of diphtheria 

 than are to be found in any other publication whatever; he also believes that if 

 these recipes are well studied, and one or more of them adopted by the heads 

 of households containing young children, and the articles obtained and kept ou 

 hand ready for use, night or day, nothing like the fatality will hereafter 

 take place from diphtheria, as has heretofore been the case. I feel certain 

 that there can be no drug store where some of the articles mentioned may 

 not be obtained. Then the responsibility rests with each one who shall 

 have this knowledge, and yet neglect to use it. The author has done his duty, 

 which is a great consolation to him. The same will also hold good upon many 

 other subjects in this work. See " Disinfectants," to prevent this disease from 

 fipreading. 



1. SORE THROAT— The Good Old Grandmother's Gargle 

 for.— Steep 1 medium-sized red pepper in i^ pt. of water, strain, and add ^ pt. 

 of good vinegar, and a heaping tea-spoonful, each, of salt and pulverized alum, 

 and gargle with it as often as needed. 



2. Sore Throat, New Gargle for.— In all recent inflammations, or 

 colds, affecting the throat, a gargle made by putting a heaping tea-spoonful of 

 the bi-carbonate of soda (common baking soda) into a glass of water, and gar- 

 gling with it frequently, will be found exceedingly valuable. A tea-spoonful, or 

 a little more, of it swallowed, will quickly relieve a tickling cough; also neu- 



