SMALLPOX.
To THE EdITOB OF THE NeLSOK EtENING MAIL, Sir, — As this disease has once more become a dangerous guest amongst us, everything relating to its prevention or cure should be made as public as possible. I therefore send you the following paragraph from a late London paper : — New Remedy for Smallpox. — In the smallpox department of the Berlin Charite Hospital, patients have for some time been treated by a new remedy — xylol (or dimethyl-benzol, a substance of the benzol series, in which two atoms of hydrogen are replaced by two of methyl). It has been for some time used by Dr. Zuelzer in cases of tic doloureux. In smallpox, from 10 to 15 minims are given in capsules ; or, if the patient cannot swallow capsules, in water. The results hitherto are said to have been favorable. Yours, &c, E. T.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 146, 20 June 1872, Page 2
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