Diphtheria

Acid, Benzoic: in large doses. Acid, Boric; or Borax: glycerin solution locally. Acid, Carbolic: as spray or painted on throat; internally with iron. Acid, Carbolic, Glycerite of: painted over twice a day. Acid, Hydrochloric: dilute as gargle, or strong as caustic. Acid, Lactic: a spray or local application of a solution of 1 dram to the oz. of water, to di olve the false membrane. Acid, Salicylic: locally as gargle, or internally. Acid, Sulphurous. Acid, Tartaric. Aconite. Alcohol: freely given, very useful. Alum. Ammonium Chloride. An tid i pht her in. Antitoxin. Apomorphine: as an emetic. Argentic Nitrate: of doubtful value. Arsenic: internally. Asaprol. Aseptol. Belladonna: at commencement, especially useful when tonsils are much swollen and there is little exudation; later on, to support the heart. Bromine: as inhalation. Calcium Bisulphite: solution, as paint. Calomel. Chloral Hydrate. Chlorinated-Soda Solution: as gargle or wash. Chlorine Water: internally; locally in sloughing of the throat. Cold: externally. Copper Sulphate: as emetic. Creolin. Creosote. Cubeb. Eucalyptol. Ferropyrine. Guaiacum: internally. Hydrogen Peroxide. Ichthyol: paint. Ice: to neck, and in mouth; with iron chloride internally if suppuration threatens. Iodine: as inhalation. Iron: the perchloride in full doses by the mouth, and locally painted over the throat. Lemon Juice: gargle. Lime Water: most serviceable in adults, as a spray. Mercury: internally as calomel or cyanide, 1/20 to 1/40 of a grn. Mercury Bichloride. Mercury Oxy cyanide. Methylene Blue. Milk Diet. Oil Turpentine. Oxygen: inhalations, with strychnine and atropine hypodermically. If suffocation is imminent, intubation or tracheotomy may be nece ary. Papain: as solvent of false membrane. Pepsin: as membrane solvent, locally. Pilocarpine Hydro chlorate: internally; sometimes aids in loosening the false membrane. Pota a Solution: internally. Pota ium Bichromate: as emetic. Pota ium Chlorate: internally, frequently repeated, and locally as a gargle. Pota ium Permanganate: as gargle. Pyoktanin: topically. Quinine: strong solution or spray. Resorcin: spray. Sanguinaria: as emetic. See under Croup. Sa afras Oil: locally. Sodium Benzoate: in large doses, and powder insufflated. Sodium Borate. Sodium Hyposulphite, or Sulphites: internally and locally. Sodium Sulphocarbolate. Sozoiodole-Pota ium: as dusting-powder with sulphur. Sozoiodole-Sodium: as preceding; or as solution. Strychnine: subcutaneously for paralysis. Sulphocarbolates. Sulphur. Tannin: five per cent. solution as a spray. Thymol. Tolu Balsam. Tonics. Tribromphenol.