Role of Calcium Gluconate and Iodine in Whooping Cough
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To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette Sik,?In an Indian family, four children were suffering from whooping cough. Two were girls 9 and 3 years old and two were boys 5 and 2 years old. On account of getting fits of whooping cough at very short intervals, the conjunctivae of their eyes were congested and none of them could retain food or sometimes even water. The result of this malady was that they were getting thinner and weaker. All different medicines by mouth were tried but they could not get any relief. As a last resort it was thought to give injection of 2 c.cm. 10 per cent solution calcium gluconate c. iodine. Each child was given 2 c.cm. intramuscularly. After twentyfour hours it was observed that each of them could retain one meal during 24 hours. This slight improvement led me to try a further injection of 2 c.cm. each on the third day. To my great satisfaction I found that the fits of whooping cough were greatly reduced in number and the power of retention was markedly improved. Four more injections were given after an interval of four days. In all, six injections were given to each of them. The result of the six injections was that they made an uneventful recovery and at the end of the treatment they were looking brighter, happier, and greatly improved in health. R. N. MISRA, m.b., b.s.
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