Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1878 — New Treatment of Diphtheria. [ARTICLE]

New Treatment of Diphtheria.

Dr. E. N. Chapman, bf Brooklyn, N. T., in the Scientific American, claim f? grMt success in the’treatment Of diphtheria with quinine and whisky. He claims that it neutializes the diphtheritic poison and destroys the membrane. He cites numerous cases to prove his position. fie claiips that any local ap-

plications are worse than useless. He gives jt in large doses and begins early in the formative stage 6f the disease. If, as he it is as much a specific as quinine for intermittent,' It is ft valuable discovery.