Scientific American Volume 65 Number 20 (November 1891) . ease, but the result of the disease, and is a safeguide to the diphtheritic inflammation below it; v thatthe chief treatment should be local, and that theremoval of pseudo-membranes is useless, as the bacillicontained therein are of no further consequence, andthat local treatment, as carried out generally, does notreach the active bacilli in the lower strata of inflamedtissue, and is therefore neither local nor germicidal ;that wiping away the pseudo-membranes and applyingstrong antiseptics to the parts is also ineffective, asonly tendi
Scientific American Volume 65 Number 20 (November 1891) . ease, but the result of the disease, and is a safeguide to the diphtheritic inflammation below it; v thatthe chief treatment should be local, and that theremoval of pseudo-membranes is useless, as the bacillicontained therein are of no further consequence, andthat local treatment, as carried out generally, does notreach the active bacilli in the lower strata of inflamedtissue, and is therefore neither local nor germicidal ;that wiping away the pseudo-membranes and applyingstrong antiseptics to the parts is also ineffective, asonly tending to cauterize and infect the healthy sur-rounding mucosa, to rubbing the bacilli into deeperparts, and is without germicidal effect, ProfessorSeibert has devised instruments for the purpose ofbringing comparatively small, but very strong, solu-tions into direct contact with the bacte ia which are inactivity upon the lower stratum of the mucosa. Theanti-bacillary medium to be used is the officinal andfreshly prepared chlorine water of the United States. THE OTTO GASOLINE ENGINE. Pharmacopoeia, and with a special syringe (the chieffeature of which appears to be that instead of oneneedle point there are five such points arranged on aflat disk) the points are pressed firmly in to their fulllength into the pseudo-membrane, so as to reach theinflamed tissue below, and chlorine water is injectedinto the part. Thus brought into direct contact withthe active bacilli and cocci of diphtheria, these latterare immediately destroyed, and the process comes toa stand-still. The contact of the chlorine and theactive germs is the foundation of the treatment. After the injection a gargle of one or tw6 grammesof tincture of iodine, and ten drops of concentratedcarbolic acid, in four ounces of water, is given, a tea-spoonful being alternately gargled and swallowedevery fifteen minutes, from 6 A. M. to 12 at night; fivedrops for gargling, and half a teaspoonful every half- hour for swallowing, bei
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