Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1882 — Carbolic Acid in Diphtheria. [ARTICLE]

Carbolic Acid in Diphtheria.

Dr. Z. T. Magilly-of Lincoln, Missouri, contributes totheChicago Medical Journal the method of treating diphtheria from which he has secured better results than from any other. He uses an ordinary hose, from three to five feet long and about one inch in diameter. One end is placed over the spout of a common tea-kettle, into which haVbeen put half a gallon of water and half an ounce of carbolic acid. The Kettle is then placed on the stove, over a good fire, and when the water reaches the boiling point, the free end of the hose is carried under a blanket thrown over the patient’s head. The room must be closed. In a short aime the patient will perspire freely. If persevered in at short intervals, breathing becomes softer, and piesently, after a succession of quick explosive efforts, the patient throws off a coat or tube of false membrane. The acid vapor seems to prevent the reformation or exudation. Alcohol and sulphate of quinine are used in conjunction with the acid, for their supporting propertiesMr. James Gordon Bennett intends to give a series of receptions on his yacht before he sails for the Canaries. Two sides of a disposition: “Mister,” began a small hoy, as he entered a Woodward avenne grocery yesterday, “ma bought some mackerel here last night.” “Yes.” “And In making change you gave her—” “No, I didn’t! I haven’t had a quarter with a hole in it for a month.” “But ma says you gave her ” “Don’t believe it—-

don't believe it! I remember now; I gave her a half dollar, a quarter, and a nickle.” “Ma says you gave her a gold piece for a penny, and here it is.” Good gracious aliye! bat so I did—so I did. I remember now that I gave her a dollar bill and a lot of small change. Bub, what’s your name, and do you think you can eat three sticks of lemon candy? Ah! it does me god to find honesty and reward it.”—Detroit Free Press.