DIPHTHERIA VANQUISHED.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1357, 25 June 1885, Page 3

DIPHTHERIA VANQUISHED.

In cur last issue appeared two remedies for the treatment of diphtheria, both of which are alleged to be most efficacious. A resident yesterday kindly handed us a third, which we publish in the hope that it may be of use to some of our readers. It is as follows: - “ The now famous Mr Greathead has been interviewed by a reporter of the Melbourne Telegraph, on the subiect of bis cure for diphtheria, and the following is the statement made by him The acid is to be used in its full strength, not diluted. lam sure that the stoppage in the throat which constitutes diphtheria is not a fungus, but a mass of insects. These insects emit a matter which creates a kind of film, and as they grow the film is swelled out until there is no breathing room in the throat. If it were a fungus, the acid would not remove it. I, in the case of one patient, obtained a portion of the matter out of the throat, and putting it under a powerful glass, discovered it to be a moving 1 dropped some of the acid upon it, and immediately it changed colour, and presenied altogether ' a different aspect. I commenced my experiments about eighteen months ago, ■if experiments they may be termed, for my discovery was purely accidental. I discovered the cure thus:—l was living at Seymour, or rather a few miles from Seymour, and one of my sons was taken bad with diphtheria. There was no doctor at hand. 1 was at the time taking sulphuric acid as medicine for purifying the blood. I had found the acid efficacious in clearing the phlegm from my throat, and when ray child was choking from diphtheria I used it as a chance resource. I only gave him one dose, and in a few seconds he said to his mother; ‘ Ma, I can breathe as well as ever I did!’ Several children since been cured with one drink. Two of my boys were very bad, were in a state of strang?alation, were nearly dying, in fact, and one dose as I mentioned cured them. I have never had to give more than one drink. 1 hpve cured about a dozen cases that were really bad and am so sure of my cure that 1 would risk ray life on it.”