The cure of diphtheria by tissue-cell treatment / by M. Leclerque.

  • Leclerque, M.
Date:
1893
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Credit: The cure of diphtheria by tissue-cell treatment / by M. Leclerque. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    As soon as a diphtheritic exudation has , been diagnosed, give every two hours Potassium chloride—say each dose of powder the size of a pea. If the disease can be taken at the commencement-- that is, when there exist hypersemia, redness of throat, pain, fever, but as yet no exudation—give Ferric phosphate. If a case of diphtheria comes under treatment and bears a putrid character, which may be recognized by the odor from the mouth becoming foul and putrid smelling, then give Potassium phosphate. If the countenance of the patient has become pale and puffy, if a dryness of tongue, vomiting of watery fluid, heavy drousiness, etc., set in, give Sodium chloride. The use of this medicine only to be continued so long as the above-named symytoms last. After discontinuing this remedy, return to the remedy which the stage of the disease may require. It is probable that a layman may not be able to dis- cern in every case the exact limit for the proper application of the appropriate medicine, and may hesitate between the choice of two remedies. If one cannot choose with cer- tainty between these, they may with safety be given alter- nately. In such a case, give the medicine every hour alternately. The exudation will gradually wear away in proportion as in the diseased tissues the normal healthy condition is restored. Sometimes—but very rarely—a white patch or speck remains after the greater portion of the exudation has come off, and convalescence has been established. To remove this speck. Calcium phosphate has to be given. Before concluding, I would just add a few words. This treatise has been written for the intelligent public, and I trust will also be read by medical men—favorable criticisms I scarcely expect as yet from many; every physician is not as yet in favor of my system of therapeutics, which differs from others. I have brought the chemistry of the tissues of the animal organism to bear upon the field of therapeutics. [If the patient desires to rinse the mouth, take Potassium chloride'*, dissolve a good pinch of it in some water for a wash.]