Diphtheria.
The Petit .Journal has published a glowing account of hermitine (so called after its inventor) or electrolised salt water, as a, cure for diphtheria, Dr. Proger, of the Asineres Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, says:—" The electrolised saline water is neither caustic nor irritating ; it may be applied to the mucous membrane as to the skin; it instantly removes all bad odours; stops all putrescent fermentations; kills microbes more effectually and rapidly than any other antiseptic; cleanses and heals fetid wounds and sores, and hastens healing ; it is an idle antiseptic. Consequently it appears to me of the utmost importance to make it known, and to draw attention to all the applications that it may be put to both from a domestic point of view for deodorising and cleansing, and from a medical point of view as an antiseptic and healer par excellence. In angin and coryza, washing, gargles, and applications of hermitine have given me the best results, I treated with perfect success a case of incipient diphtheria exclusively with lotions and gargles of the electrolised solution."
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Hastings Standard, Issue 130, 25 September 1896, Page 3
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180Diphtheria. Hastings Standard, Issue 130, 25 September 1896, Page 3
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