Now Care for Diphtheria.
An Italian doctor has adopted a new and successful method of treating diphtheria. His treatment consists in wrapping the patient'-in a cold, wet sheet; repeating the packing three or four times a day, according to the height of the fever. Cold compresses are kepk continually at the throat. He uses gargles of the alkaline sulphites, carbolic | acid, etc., as disenfectants, but never caustics. In 1875 six cases so treated all recovered, this disease, lasting on an average ten days. This treatment is well borne, and much liked by,,the patient. Stimulants at the same time are freely administered,—" Cleveland Leader."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4513, 15 November 1884, Page 3
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103Now Care for Diphtheria. Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4513, 15 November 1884, Page 3
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