nervous symptoms; the itching of the

rectum is the most marked and prominent symptoms; the thread worm does

not kill the patient, the round worm may. Never give worm medicine till

Remedy, pages 134>

the child has passed worms, and you have seen them.

143, 144, 145, 146, 147.

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Remarks. There are 21 kinds of worms. We shall take up two only, as

they are the ones usually found. The first, or round worm, is reddish or

reddish-yellow in color, tapers at both ends, and looks like the common earth

or "angle" worm; they are prone to move from one place to another in the

Each female worm lays about

intestines, and may be found in the stomach.

60 million eggs. The thread, maw, or pin worm is white, and looks like a

piece of white sewing thread;

they are found in the large intestine and the

Tape worms inhabit the small

rectum, where they create intolerable itching.

intestines, and will not be treated of

more fully, as no one should try to doctor

themselves for their removal, but should go at once to their physician.

YELLOW FEVER.—A dangerous fever, of the remittent and typhoid

kind, common in the West Indies and America; and, with

occurring, too, often in Spain and Gibraltar.

some little variety,

The yellow fever, like many

others, attacks with lassitude and chilly fits, faintness, giddiness, and flushing

of the face, thirst, pain in the eye-balls or forehead, pain in the back, scanty

and high-colored turbid urine; irregular and diminished perspiration; the

tongue is covered with a dark fur; the bile is secreted in unusual quantity, and

being forced up into the stomach, is vomited; the skin is hot and dry. As the

disease advances, the eyes become of a deep yellow, and the face and breast

are of the same color; there is an incessant vomiting of frothy bile; great

costiveness prevails, and delirium comes on. The fever sometimes remits so

much about the end of thirty-six hours, that the patient thinks himself comparatively well; but the symptoms soon return with great aggravation, and

extreme debility. In the last stage of the disease the debility is very great, and

symptoms of universal putrescency occur; large livid patches are observed, the

tongue becomes dry and black, the teeth are incrusted with dark fur, the body

exhibits a livid yellow, blood flows from the mouth, ears, and nostrils, dark

and

come on. the pulse sinks, and death

The order and severity of the symptoms vary in different cases;

fetid stools are discharged, hiccoughs

soon follows.

some are seized very suddenly, and fall down insensible; others, for a few

days, have the warning signs of costiveness, defect of appetite, pain in the

head, yellowness of the eyes, hoarseness and sore throat, lowness of spirits.

In the great majority of cases there are evident remissions or intermissions.

All kinds of persons are affected

prime of life;

by it, but those principally who are in the

men more frequently than women.

disease milder than others.

Remedy^ page 224.

People of color have the

INTERNAL LOCATION OF THE ORGANS.

a.

i.

External Jugular Vein.

Deltoid Mus-

Apex of Heart.

Lumbar Glands

1.

2.

Left Ventricle

of Heart.

:!

cle.

c.

Pectoral MusSuralus

cle

—

Magnus.

d. Latissunus

Muscl e, or

Diaphragm.

Transversalis

Muscle.

/. Crest of Ilium

e. Sartorius Muse.

*

/;.

cle.

ThyroidGland

Trachea, o r

Wind-pipe.

k. Right Ventri-

i.

cle of Heart.

/.

Right Auricle

of Heart.

Left Auricle.

/(.Outline of Per-

tit.

e.

icardium, oi*

Sac of Heart.

Left Lune-

/. Right Lung.

r. Cardiac Orifice

of Stomach.

t.

teries,

Superior Vena

Cava. (Vein.)

G. Arch of Aorta.

7. Left Pulmonary Artery.

r.

"

—

Vena

Right

Cava, or lanomenata.

r.

^

Left

— Vena

Cava, or Innomenata.

10. Subtlavian

Vein.

Interna! Jugular Vein.

12. Left Common

CartoidArtery.

13. Brachial Ar11.

tery.

14. Pulmonary

Veins.

15. Descending

Aorta.

g.

J.

Coronary Ar-

4.

Kidneys.

Uretus.

16. Infer. or Vena

Cava.

17. Renal Vein.

18. Right— Com-

mon IliacVein.

u. Bladder.

19. Left.Common

Iliac Artery.

y. First Ribs.

z, SubclavianAi.

Artery and Vein.

(right

21. Hepatic Veina

tery,

and leftO

20. Femoral

Ds^EiDiO-A-Xi i?,eci:pes.

SWELLINGS TO BEDUCE — Liniment for. — Rum, spirits of

camphor and laudanum, each 1 oz. mix, shake well and keep corked. Directions Heat the mixture hot (when using) and bathe the swelling thoroughly,

For

at least 3 times daily, by pouring into the hand and thorough rubbing in.

;

—

a pin-scratch, or small pimple, a finger application will be suflBcient.

Remark. This is claimed to reduce the worst swelling in a short time.

—

RHEUMATISM, SPINAL AFFECTIONS, CANCERS, ETC.

1.

Dr. White's Remedy, or Liniment

for.

— Strongest alcohol

and spirits of turpentine, each 1 pt. camphor gum and saltpeter, each 1 oz

Dissolve the camphor gum and saltpeter in the alcohol; then

beef's brine, 2 qts.

add the turpentine. Scald and skim the beef's brine, and when cold, add it.

To be shaken when used.

Remarks. Dr. "White, from whom this receipt was obtained, used it extensively, and with success, in weak backs and all other spinal affections,

rheumatism, etc., and also claimed to have cured several cancers with it. I

have no doubt of its value for general purposes, nor have I a doubt that, if taken

:

;

—

or commenced early in the appearance of a cancerous growth, it may scatter it,

and with an occasional active cathartic and the continued use of a good alterative, they

2.

may be cured.

Kerosene, J^ pt., and camphor-gum, 1 oz., cured a friend of mine, with

whom I was acquainted for forty years; his fingers and hands were set nearly

shut.

Bathing his hands 3 or 4 times daily for 3 or 4 days made decided im-

provements, and finally cured them.

CANCER— SUCCESSFUL REMEDIES.—Persons suffering with

cancers may expect to find the following beneficial:

1. Take a qt. bowl and fill half to two- thirds full of green sheep sorrel,

then fill with water; let it stand one hour, then mash to get the strength; to be

drank daily. Use dry sorrel same as green, only steep in hot water.

For the Sore. Use a poultice, made by soaking the sorrel in warm water

till soft; change often.

To Make the Salve. Take a porcelain kettle holding a gallon; fill twothirds full of the sorrel; then fill with water, and boil down to a strong ooze;

take out the sorrel (pressing or straining, if necessary), and put in freshly made

unsalted butter or lard; then let it simmer over a slow fire do not burn it and

put in a lump of rosin the size of a hen's egg; when the water is simmered out,

drain out the salve. Salve prepared in this way, will cure scrofula as well as

cancers. I know whereof I aflSrm, as I have seen it tried successfully. It takes

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DR. CHASES' RECIPES.

84

perseverance, however, as it is in tlie blood; better that, than to be eaten up with

either cancer or scrofula.

2.

Take equal parts of sweet fern and the bark off the north side of a

black ash tree; burn both to ashes; leach and boil down thick; put a piece of

sheet-lead upon the cancer, with a hole in it as large as the cancer, wet lint in

Let it

the mixture put on and place another piece of sheet-lead over that.

I

;

remain till it ceases to pain, when the cancer will be dead then make a plaster of the white of an egg and white pine pitch; put on and cover w Ith a

warm Indian meal poultice; keep on till it comes out. In the case of the

man from whom this receipt was obtained, the cancer came out in nine days.

The poultice must be renewed when cold.

Remarks. The idea of the piece of sheet-lead, with a hole in it the size of

cancer, is to protect the sound flesh or skin from contact with the cancer salve.

The sorrel water, as in No. 1, or some other good alterative, should be taken

a reasonable length of time, in the treatment of any cancer, for the purpose of

;

—

purifying the blood.

3. Cancer — A New Remedy wMch Carbonizes tlie Cancerous Tumor with but Little or No Pain, and Not Poisonous.

Directions— Apply to the surface of the sore the chloride of chromium (a new

incorporated into stramonium ointment.

salt of this rare metal),

This prepara-

tion, in a few hours, converts the

tumor into perfect carbon, and it crumples

away. Specimens of cancers thus carbonized were inspected by a number of

physicians at a recent meeting held at the N. Y. Medical University, where a

paper was read on this new method of treating cancer, which had the appearance of charcoal, and were easily pulverized between the fingers. The remedy

causes little or no pain, and is not poisonous.

Remarks. In small places where this chloride-chromium is not obtainable,

call in the assistance of a physician, and he will know where to get it; and as

nothing is said as to how much of the chloride of chromium should be used, I

would use 1 dr. to 1 oz. of the stramonium ointment, unless it was found by

inquiry, when obtaining it, to need more or less

watch results. Poulticing, to remove the tumor, after it is carbonized, would be the proper way to do,

then use any of the best healing salve.

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—

4.

Cancer— Esmarch's or Oerman Treatment.— I.

Fowlei's

solution, 1 drop, 3 times daily, for three days, then increase the dose 1 drop

every three days, till intolerance of the remedy follows.

Apply the following

locally, i. e., upon the open sore:

//.

Powder to Sprinkle Upon the Open Sore.

morphia, of each 1 gr.

;

calomel, 1 dr.

;

—Arsenious acid and muriate of

% oz. mix. A^,

powdered gum arable.

;

powder upon the open sore, gradually increasing the

quantity to 1 teaspoonful. This overcomes the odor, and causes a hard eschar,

or scab, to form, and healthy granulation takes place.

first sprinkle only a little

—

Remarks. It will be understood that Fowler's solution contains arsenic, as

well as the powder, and as injury might arise by their use, unless the symptoms

from poisoning by arsenic are well understood, it would be well, when it is

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35

used, to have it done by or under the care of a physician, so as to prevent any

possible injury; although, if properly used, there

everything to encourage

is

the hope of great benefit, rather than injury; but it is best, always, to be on the

safe side, hence this caution.

—

5.

Cancer, Relief of Pain in. Dr. Brandini, of Florence, Italy, has

recently discovered that citric acid will assuage (relieve) the violent pain of

cancer.

He applies to the part pledgets of lint soaked in a solution of citric

acid, 4 grs.

;

dissolved in soft water, 350 grs. (about

%

oz.),

with the result of

affording instantaneous relief in the most aggravated cases.

6.

'

Cancer, Chromic Acid

Found Valuable

in.

—Prof. John

King, in his American Dispensatory, more than a dozen years ago, spoke of

chromic acid being found advantageous in cancers, malignant tumors, ulcers,

etc.

Bamarks.

—The word "malignant," as applied to tumors,

is

generally

understood to refer to those of a cancerous character, "tending," as Webster

puts it, "to produce death, threatening a fatal issue," etc., and this fact gives

me hopes, especially, that the chloride of chromium. No. 3, above, which is

only another form of the chromium, will do what is there claimed for it, combined with the stramonium ointment. The acid, however, is being used more,

of late, than formerly, as the following will show.

7.

Cancer, or Fungous Growth in the Ear—Removed Safely

with Chromic Acid. — Dr. Tangeman, Professor in the Medical College of

Ohio, at Cincinnati, in Parke, Davis

& Co.'s TJierapeutic Gazette, reports the

case of a young man of 18, with a running ear.

The meatus, or opening into

the ear, at the bottom was full of pus, or matter; the tympanum, or drum, of

the ear wholly destroyed, and the inner ear filled with a fungus, or cancerlike

growth; the boy wholly deaf on that side, the result of scarlet fever. The ear

was packed with powdered boracic acid, which dissolved in 24 hours, and

was repacked with the same, and repeated 4 weeks, but the fungus, or lacerous

growth, had to be removed by a few applications of chromic acid, and the

opening enlarged by it so they could get to the bones of the ear, which were

necrosed (destroyed), it being the cause of the discharge.

The case was cured.

Tangeman

Nitrate of silver was formerly used in such cases, but Dr.

thinks its use in ear cases is among the past, and that chromic acid will take its

place; but, from its activity, must be used with care.

It should

not be put on

too freely in any case, as to endanger, or extend to other parts.

Yet chromic acid will not continue, like other acids, to eat on indefinitely,

but as a particle of it destroys a particle of flesh, or fungus, it is itself destroyed. This peculiarity shows its great value over all other caustics or destroyers known.

See its value for warts, under that head. Best to be used under

the care of a competent physician, or one accustomed to its use, especially in

cancers where considerable tissue, or fleshy tumors, are to be destroyed.

8. M. Czartoryski, M. D., of Stockton, Cal., says in the Medical Brief, of

June, 1884, under the head of " Cancer California Cure ":

—

" I accidentally discovered the secret process, by which an old man, living

in this vicinity, has had remarkable success in removing cancers. He takes

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86

wild parsnip roots (the wild parsnip resembles our table vegetable, but the roots

are poisonous), allowing them to simmer on the stove until they assume the

the consistency of paste; then spread on chamois skin, and apply to the cancer.

At the beginning it will cause severe pain, and the cancer will contract and

The resulting opening

loosen, until it may easily be extracted with its roots.

"

can be healed under any liniment or unguent (ointment)

The best unguent, he thinks, is balsam of Peru.

Remarks. The author rejoices in the hope that, with one or the other of

these receipts, all cancer sufferers shall be materially benefited, if nou abso-

—

lutely cured, adding many years to their lives.

SCIATIC RHEUMATISM.— Successful Remedies.—I. In-

1.

ternal and Alterative.

Dose.

mix.

II.

Fl. ex. of poke root, 1 oz.

;

fl.

ex. of gelsemium,

—Take 20 drops, morning and evening, in a

Fl. ex. of blue flag, 1 oz.

1

dr.;

little water.

Dose.—Take 15 drops, at noon and beef

time, in a little water.

III.

tinct.

Apply externally, along the back part of the thigh, as a liniment,

aqua ammonia, each 1 oz. mix, and rub on thoroughly

of iodine and

;

3 times daily.

I cured a very bad case, with this treatment, for a fat, fleshy woman, in

about a week's time, who could scarcely move when I took the case in hand.

2. Sciatica Cured with Electricity.—A very Cheap, Simple

Battery.— How to Make and Use. — The following case of this disease

—a bad case — was published in the Physician and Surgeon, of Ann Arbor,

Mich., by Charles Ferhune, M. D., of that city, for Oct., 1880.

"An electric battery was constructed, consisting of a zinc and silver plate

about two inches in diameter, connected by a coil of insulated copper wire

long enough to allow the silver plate to rest on the front portion of the thigh,

the zinc resting over the sciatic nerve, on the back part of the thigh.

"A thin slice of sponge was placed between the platea and the skin, and

This apparatus

these were kept wet with a strong solution of salt in water.

was retained in its position by means of adhesive straps and rubber bandage.

It was necessary to change its location every other day on account of the

irritation caused by the formation of chloride of zinc and electric current.

"In a week's time the patient was so much better that a battery was

placed on the left leg also, and these were kept on constantly, except when it

was necessary to replace the zinc as it would become corroded. September 1st

she battery was taken off from the right leg, as there was no more pain and

The battery is still kept on the left leg, which was

felt perfectly natural.

always the worst, simply on account of a little numbness of the toes; otherwise this leg also is free from any unnatural sensation.

"Whenever convenient, I applied the following preparation the whole

length of nerve;

"Menthol, 12 grs. alcohol, to dissolve the menthol, 7 minims (drops);

oil of cloves, 1 oz.

mix. [Menthol is one of the newer remedies, sometimes

also called Japanese camplior.

It is made from a species of mint growing in

It is in the form of crystals, and

Asia, Japan, and I think in China also.

smells much like peppermint.]

"Tliis mixture I have known to be of almost immediate benefit in neu;

;

ralgic affections.

" Considermg the lon^ standing of the disease, that it was located in both

and the great obstinacy and

legs, and the patient's habits (addicted to drink),

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TREATMENT OF DISEASES.

37

my

severity of Sciatica even under the most favorable circumstances, I feel it

duty to report a treatment so simple and easy and which has been of such

signal service."

—

Remarks. Having inquired into this case, and being well satisfied