Am.  J.  Ph.] 
3 
[Jan.,  1884 
Broino- Ghloralum 
SCARLET  FEVER. 
ITS  INTERNAL  AND  EXTERNAL  USE. 
Use  as  a  Gargle  for  the  Throat,  as  an  Internal  Antiseptic,  as  Wash 
for  the  Person,  and  as  a  Disenfectant  for  the  House. 
Bromo-Chloralum  in  Scarlet  Fever. — Dr.  Butler,  Columbus,  Ohio,  says: — <!  I 
wish  to  make  the  profession  acquainted  with  the  success  which  has  attended  the  use  of  the 
Bromo-Chloralum,  in  my  Scarlet  Fever  and  Diphtheria  cases.  /  have  had  about  forty  cases  of 
Scarlet  Fever  of  a  malignant  type,  which  I  have  treated  with  the  Bromo-Chloralum,  giving  it 
internally — -five  or  ten  drops  in  a  teaspoonful  of  water — and  also  a  gargle  for  the  throat  I  am 
happy  to  "state  that  in  every  case  I  have  effected  a  cure.  In  Diptheria  1  think  Bromo- 
Chloralum  has  no  equal." 
£.  A.  Hull,  M.D.,  Berlin,  N.  Y.,  says  : — "  I  was  called  upon  to  treat  five  ra  es  of 
Scarlitina  anginosa,  all  in  one  family  5  the  throats  were  all  very  bad  from  the  beginning, 
particularly  so  in  che  case  of  the  oldest,  aged  seventeen,  which  bordered  on  scarlitina  maligna. 
In  this  particular  case  there  was  so  much  putridity  of  throat  and  tonsils  that  I  prescribed  a 
gargle  or  Bromo-Chloralum  diluted.  I  prescribed  this  more  from  its  known  powcs  as  a 
disinfectant  than  anything  else;  but  upon  visiting  my  patient  next  day,  I  was  so  surprised  to  see 
the  improvement  in  the  appearance,  that  I  prescribed  a  weaker  dilution  for  all  the  other  cases 
as  a  gargle,  and  to  swallow  some  of  same  strength;  the  rapidity  with  which  they  all  got  well 
was  truly  astonishing  " 
Dr.  Drake,  of  Gravesend  : — "  I  cann  jt  speak  too  highly  of  Bromo  '  in  Scarlet  Fever, 
in  the  room  on  suspended  towels,  as  a  gargle  for  the  throat,  and  to  allay  the  burning  and  itching 
by  sponging  the  patienr  with  ir,  diluted  one  part  to  twenty  with  water.'' 
Dr.  Hall,  of  Brighton,  Mass.,  says: — "I  was  recently  struck  with  its  efficacy  in 
preventing  the  spread  of  the  infection  in  a  case  of  Scadet  Fever  It  was  used  freely  in  the 
form  of  a  spr^y,  over  he  bedding,  as  a  gargle  for  the  throat,  and  to  sponge  the  patient,  and 
neither  of  the  other  children  or  attendants  has  suffered  from  the  malady." 
Howard  Mission,  Home  for  little  wanderers,  40  New  Bjwery,  New  York,  Rev.  W.  C. 
VanMeter,  Superintendent. — "  We  regard  it  as  a  duty  and  piivilege  to  state  for  the  benefit  of  all 
concetned,  that  the  use  of  your  Bromo-Chloralum  in  a  case  of  Typhoid  and  also  a  case  of  Scarlet 
Fever,  in  our  Mission,  has  abundantly  proved  its  great  value.  These  casts  were  severe,  and 
wishing  to  prevent  the  spreading  of  this  fearful  plague,  our  matrons  used  this  disinfectant,  and 
although  children  and  adults  were  often  in  the  room,  not  one  nas  been  sick  since.  We  attribute 
its  prevention  to  the  timely  use  of  the  Bromo-Chloralum,  and  we  shall  use  it  freely  in  our 
schoolrooms  and  nursery  as  a  prevention  against  impurities,  which  are  the  cause  of  much  disease." 
Diphtheria. — Horace  Hulburt,  M.D.,  Norwich,  N.  Y. — "In  a  case  of  Diphtheria, 
where  the  breath  of  the  patient  was  very  offensive,  I  put  a  few  drops  of  the  Qromo-Chloralunnn 
a  glass  of  water  and  had  the  patient  rinse  the  mouth  and  throat  as  well  as  he  could,  and  also 
swallow  a  teaspoonful  every  two  or  three  hours.  In  six  hours  time  that  terrible  odor  had  gone 
and  by  continuing  its  use  did  not  return.  I  have  not  had  any  cases  that  were  so  severe  since, 
but  have  used  the  'Bromo'  in  a  number  of  cases  of  Sore  Throat,  with  good  results." 
BROMO  CHEMICAL  COMPANY, 
NEW  LEBANON,  N.  Y.     and     24  LIBERTY  ST.,  New  York. 
