Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1879 — A Remedy for Diphtheria. [ARTICLE]

A Remedy for Diphtheria.

Imperial Russian Legation,, ) "Washington, Nov. 16,1879. ( To the Editor of the N. Y. Herald: In view of the increase of diphthe ria in several places of the State of New York, I hasten to communicate to you for publicity a very simple remedy, which, having been used in Russia aud Germany may prove effective here. Out of several others, Dr. Letzerich, who made extensive experiments in the application of this remedy, has used it in 27 cases, eight of which were of a very serious nature, all of which, had a favorable result except in one case, when the child died from a complication of the diseases. For children of one year he prescribes the remedy, for internal use every one or two hours, ns follows“Natr. benzoic, pur. 5.0 solv. in ac. distillat aq. month, piper, ana 40.0 syr. cort. uur. 10.0.” For childj en from one tc three years old he prescribed it from seven to eight piamraes for 100 grammes of distilled water, w th the same syrup; for children from three to seven fears old he prescribed 10 to 15 grammes, aDd for grown persons from 15 to 25 grammes for each 100 grammes. Besides this he uses also with great success the insufflation on the diph therial membrane through a glass tube in serious cases every three hours, in light cases three times a day of tire natr. benzoic pulver. For grown people be prescribes for gargling a dilution of 10 grammes of this pulver for 200 grammes of water. The effect of tlie remedy is rapid. After 24 or 36 hours the feverish symptoms disappear completely, and the temperature and pulse become normal. This remedy was used also with the same success by Dr. Braham Braun and Professor Klebs, in Prag; Dr. Senator, in Oassei, and several others in Russia and Germany. Hoping that the publication thro’ your widely spread paper will prove beneficial in the United States, I re* main, yours, very truly, N. Shishkin, Minister of Russia to the United States