The following treatment has been tried in our own family, and has been most success- ful: 997. The Sulphur treatment of diphtheria.—An eminent physician is said to have worked great wonders in treating diphtheria with sulphur during the recent prevalence of an epidemic. A person who accompanied him says: ‘‘ He puta teaspoonful of flour of brimstone into a wine-glass of water, and stirred it with his finger instead of a spoon, as sulphur does not readily amalgamate with water. When the sulphur was well mixed he gave it as a gargle, and in ten minutes the patient was out of danger. Instead of spitting out the gargle, 283 3 ; he recommended the swallowing of it. In extreme cases in. which he had been called just in the nick of time, when the fungus was too nearly closing to allow the gargle, he blew the sulphur through a quill into the throat, and, if the fungus had shrunk to allow of it, then the gargling. He never lost a pa- tient from diphtheria. If a patient cannot gargle, take a live coal, put it on a shovel, and sprinkle a spoonful or two of flour of brimstone at a time upon it: let the sufferer inhale it, hold- ing the head over it, and the fungus will die. If plentifully used, the whole room may be filled almost to suffocation, and the patient can waik about in it, inhaling the fumes, with doors and windows closed.” 998. Typhoid Fever. ' This fever is called by Germans abdominal typhus, and by English and American writers, for the same reason, enteric fever. ‘This characteristic, intestinal affection, is one of the essential points of distinction between typhoid and typhus fever. Typhoid fever is undoubtedly communicable, yet it is rarely communicated to those who are brought into contact with cases of it, namely, physicians, nurses, and fellow patients in hospital wards ; and it occurs when it is quite impossible to attribute it to a contagion. It is more apt to prevail in the autumnal months than at other seasons. The early symptoms are chilly sensations, pain in the head, loins and limbs, lassitude and looseness of the bowels. During the course of the fever stupor, as in cases of typhus, is more or less marked. In the majority of cases there is a characteristic eruption, usually confined to the trunk, but sometimes extend- ing to the limbs. The duration of the fever is longer than that of typhus, the average, dating from the time of taking to the bed, being about sixteen days in the cases which end in recovery ; it is somewhat less in the fatal cases. Milk is pre- eminently the appropriate article of diet, and alcoholic stimu- lants are sometimes tolerated in very large quantities without any of the excitant or intoxicating effects which they would produce in health. Favourable hygienic conditions are impor- tant, such as free ventilation, a proper temperature and cleanli- ness. 999. Fits. Fainting fits are sometimes dangerous, at other times harm- less ; should heart disease be the cause, the danger is great. 284 THe Dominton Cook Book. If from some slight cause, such as sight of blood, fright, ex- cessive heat, etc., there is.no cause for alarm. It would be superfluous to enumerate thesymptoms. The treatment: First, lay the patient upon his back with his head level with the feet loosen all garments, dash cold water over the face; sprinkie vinegar and water over the hands and about the mouth, apply smelling salts to the nose, and when the patient has recovered a little, give twenty drops of sal volatile in water. 1ooo, Apoplexy.

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The following treatment has been tried in our own family, and has been most successful: 997. The Sulphur treatment of diphtheria.—An eminent physician is said to have worked great wonders in treating diphtheria with sulphur during the recent prevalence of an epidemic. A person who accompanied him says: ‘‘ He put a teaspoonful of flour of brimstone into a wine-glass of water, and stirred it with his finger instead of a spoon, as sulphur does not readily amalgamate with water. When the sulphur was well mixed he gave it as a gargle, and in ten minutes the patient was out of danger. Instead of spitting out the gargle, 283 3 ; he recommended the swallowing of it. In extreme cases in. which he had been called just in the nick of time, when the fungus was too nearly closing to allow the gargle, he blew the sulphur through a quill into the throat, and, if the fungus had shrunk to allow of it, then the gargling. He never lost a patient from diphtheria. If a patient cannot gargle, take a live coal, put it on a shovel, and sprinkle a spoonful or two of flour of brimstone at a time upon it: let the sufferer inhale it, holding the head over it, and the fungus will die. If plentifully used, the whole room may be filled almost to suffocation, and the patient can walk about in it, inhaling the fumes, with doors and windows closed.” 998. Typhoid Fever. ' This fever is called by Germans abdominal typhus, and by English and American writers, for the same reason, enteric fever. ‘This characteristic, intestinal affection, is one of the essential points of distinction between typhoid and typhus fever. Typhoid fever is undoubtedly communicable, yet it is rarely communicated to those who are brought into contact with cases of it, namely, physicians, nurses, and fellow patients in hospital wards ; and it occurs when it is quite impossible to attribute it to a contagion. It is more apt to prevail in the autumnal months than at other seasons. The early symptoms are chilly sensations, pain in the head, loins and limbs, lassitude and looseness of the bowels. During the course of the fever stupor, as in cases of typhus, is more or less marked. In the majority of cases there is a characteristic eruption, usually confined to the trunk, but sometimes extending to the limbs. The duration of the fever is longer than that of typhus, the average, dating from the time of taking to the bed, being about sixteen days in the cases which end in recovery ; it is somewhat less in the fatal cases. Milk is preeminently the appropriate article of diet, and alcoholic stimulants are sometimes tolerated in very large quantities without any of the excitant or intoxicating effects which they would produce in health. Favourable hygienic conditions are important, such as free ventilation, a proper temperature and cleanliness. 999. Fits. Fainting fits are sometimes dangerous, at other times harmless ; should heart disease be the cause, the danger is great. 284 THe Dominton Cook Book. If from some slight cause, such as sight of blood, fright, excessive heat, etc., there is no cause for alarm. It would be superfluous to enumerate the symptoms. The treatment: First, lay the patient upon his back with his head level with the feet loosen all garments, dash cold water over the face; sprinkie vinegar and water over the hands and about the mouth, apply smelling salts to the nose, and when the patient has recovered a little, give twenty drops of sal volatile in water. 1ooo, Apoplexy.

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