Croup and Diphtheria

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 92, 21 January 1888, Page 3

Croup and Diphtheria

A correspondent V Beridß\, the followingj to a Dunedin " contemporary : — 1 Ruth Lockwqod, , , ;the „ nine-year-olcl chilk of Thomas Lpckwopd, a com-' in the Times- office, became • vi'bljpntly? ill '.with diphtheria irecfptly t: Shej was so weak that it was deemed dangerous to try tracheotomy, or cutting open the v wiiid pijJe. Dr NichoWs, ; o¥ West WashitgtonT who: was attending her, received a copy of theii'aris Figaro,; which a, repdrt made by tjie : FrencH" J Acadamy ' of Medicine by Dr Delthill. Dr 1 Del"thil; said that the vapors pf liquid tar and turpentine would dissolve the fibrous exudations which choke up the throat' in 'croup and diptheria. Dr P^hil's-procfesß was prescribed. He fi^"ep^'^a^^tur^#itfe and liqmd tarjntb J*^ sets fire to the' mixture. A, cleanse iresinoussmokeianses,^. which obscures, tne; air of the: room; --' Thevpata'ent,uDr: Delthill Bays; imaiediatelyi sdems to experience relief, -the choking- and rattle ato^s; the patient falls info a 1 slumber, andseems 'to' iuhalethe sriioke 'witjbi^pi^sure^;' sK? Ibnnliiis ' iiemV brejne soon becomes 'detacn'e'd,.aM .the^ patient.coughsoip miprjC^icides. jThese, when caught inaglas^ may;,, be j to dissolve in the smoke. In the course of three days afterwards the patient entirely 'recbveVs. Dr Nicholas tried this treatment . witk little Ruth Lockwood.' ! Shei l wai ! l^ipgf ; gaeipi'ng for oreatn wiien he first Visited her. First pourJßg v ab;pixt, 'two %uls qfK<iysfjsi i |?' IJ ?^°?'^ c poure^ *as, mjich' tiirpentipe* over, it jund set; iitpn-'fi^e. ■■ ,T,h£ -riph resinous suipke" which 1 rose to' the .ceiling was; by .no jneans unpleasant. As it filled the )rpom, the child's breathing became natural ; aud as the smoke grew dense she fell asleep.— New York Sun. f