Diphtheria : its history, symptoms, cause, and radical, speedy cure, without the use of poisonous medication: scarlet fever, and its successful treatment : measles : with causes of throat diseases : catarrh and kindred constitutional disturbances / by Melville C. Keith.

  • Keith, Melville C. (Melville Cox), 1835-1903.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Diphtheria : its history, symptoms, cause, and radical, speedy cure, without the use of poisonous medication: scarlet fever, and its successful treatment : measles : with causes of throat diseases : catarrh and kindred constitutional disturbances / by Melville C. Keith. 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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    scarlatina, and a case of Malignant scarlet fever, with pntrid sore throat, is in the constitution of the patient. And this constitutional cause arises from food. Hence a 2^ork, potato and grease eater loill have a malignant form of scarlet fever, while an oat-meal eater has a mild attack. These are facts from experience. Feed your children properly, and they CAN NEVER HAVE DIPHTHERIA. Feed your children properly, and take a little care of their clothing, and one need not be afraid of scarlet fever. Knowledge is power. MEASLES. We treat measles successfully on the same principle that we do scarlet fever. Give the same infusions and also possibly more com- position until the rash is well out on the surface. If the cough is severe I use an infusion of slippery elm bark. This is excellent for a sore throat and soon re- lieves the cough. If the eyes are tender keep the room darkened and let a soft cloth wet in warm or cold water as is most pleasant be laid on them and changed as it becomes too warm. Do not allow any soap put on the body in eith- er eruptive disease. Use soda and if soda appears to render the skin harsh and dry, use the water clear. The same food and other care is necessary in measles that is necessary in scarlet fever. Measles as a disease is seldom fatal, but mark this, very often the patient dies from the ejffiect of poisonous medicine.