"Physicians are usually, and sometimes excusably, reluctant to advise

invalids to go away from home and friends, and thus the matter is delayed until

a fatal result is inevitable.

" But every consumptive patient of mature years may know this for himself.

If, in spite of the favorable weather of summer and autumn, he is

declining with increased cough and shortness of breath, and occasional spitting

of blood, his condition is alarming. He should change his physician or climate,

ter before it is too late,

or both, immediately.

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115

" If, with the above, his pulse is habitually up to or over 100 in a minute,

a destructive process is going on, which, in this climate, the most skillful physician can arrest in not more than one case in four.

"In all such cases go south at once, if not too far gone already. The

quack here will encourage you to stay and make you brilliant promises up to the

time of your death, but it is your own loss and folly if you believe him."

11.

Where to go to in Texas. —As to the best place to go to in

Texas, A. G. Hayson, M. D., of Minden, La., in Medical Brief

,

'83,

page 508,

says to the editor:

"If 'F. H. G.' (a man who previously inquired through the Journal) will

go 80 miles west of San Antonio, Tex., he will find a beautiful valley lying in

the gap of the mountains, with an average width of 4 miles by 18 long.

This

valley, or

Sabinal Canyon,' as it is called there, has gushing mountain springs

and bright, clear running streams that never go dry. I met there, in 1875, two

gentlemen who had, previous to going there, pulmonary hemorrhage. Both

seemed to be in perfect health, and so expressed themselves.

" Tills canyon, with its pure-aired atmosphere, its mountain scenery, with

beautiful stretches of prairie and timber, and here and there, standing alone in

the distance, knots of live oak and pecan, make it one of the most beautiful as

well as romantic places I have ever seen. I do not think a better place for

consumptives can be found." Another physician, B. F. Rowls, M. D., writes

to the same journal, from Union, S. C, and directs attention of physicians to

western North Carolina, "known," he says, "as the land of the sky, Ashville

being the principal town in the vicinity, which is 2,250 feet above the level of

the sea.

This climate is one of inestimable value in the disease, consumption.

Very dry, and neither the heat of summer nor the cold of winter is at all unbeneficial to the patient."

Just such a place is wanted by invalids with any disease; then, persons in the eastern or northeastern States can take this place, Aiken,

S. C, or Florida; while those of Michigan and the northwest or western States

can take the San Antonio section of Texas, or go on to Los Angeles, or San

Antonio, in the southwestern part of California, if they choose, and enter into

the culture of oranges, lemons, etc., as a friend of mine did, and regained his

health.

Let there be no confusion about the two San Antonios spoken of; that

in Calfornia is in Monterey county, and the other is the county seat of Bexar

'

county, Texas.

12. An Alabama Physician's Idea of the Best Place for Consumptives to go to.— I learn from O. F. Harrell, M. D., also given in the

Brief, that he considers Healing Springs, Ala., where he now lives, or in that

neighborhood, which

is a ridge of considerable extent, and heavily timbered

with pine, to be the best place for those to go who have a tendency to, or

The land, being unsuited to farming is now an almost

unbroken turpentine orchard, giving employment to many hundred people

engaged in this industry. "Along this elevation," he says, "commencing

at Citronville, Ala., and going northward 40 or 50 miles, I believe to be the

best location tor consumptives, or for persons predisposed thereto, in the United

actual consumption.

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"16

States.'" Dr. Harrell then went on and gave a liistorj of his own case and the

reason for the faith that was in him, i. e., as to the region of Healing Springs

being tlie best place for consumptives to go, as he was predisposed to it from

his mother,

who died with this disease.

While the doctor was engaged in

active practice in 1863 he had to give up, was confined to his room, and all his

professional brethern pronounced his case to be a clearly -defined, well-developed

case of tuberculosis

for life.

was a struggle with him

on

— consumption. From

—after rallying in 1864—suited his

this

it

In his efforts to find a location

lo

condition, he says:

" I have been made familiar, I believe, with all the states embraced in the

area of New York on the north and east, Missouri on the west and Florida on

In the winter of '79 I went to Florida, where, after a stay of two

the south.

years, I was much worse than when I went there."

[The author will state here,

what he afterward learned by letter, that he spent these two years on Pensacola

bay, which is a low section of the state like St. Johns river, Fla., neither of which

sections, nor any other low places along any of the rivers, should any one allov,'

himself to remain in, but get to the highest and dryest pine sections he can

find, as mentioned further on.]

" In the winter of '81-'82, with a distressing

and uncontrollable cough, profuse, purulent expectoration and frequent (sometimes daily) hemorrhages from the lungs, I was finally brought to my bed again,

upon which I was brought to this country in February, '83. Since I arrived

here I have steadily improved in health, and gained in flesh from 135 to 160

pounds.

" I have never had a hemorrhage since

I

came here, and with almost a

complete absence of the cough and expectoration, I think I can claim that the

country has restored me; relieved me not only of my lung trouble, but also

cured me of an obstinate vesical catarrh (catarrh or chronic inflammation of

the bladder), from which I have greatly suffered for more than 20 years.

For

the relief of the latter disease, however, it is perhaps proper that I should give

credit, in part, at least, to the waters, of which I have drank here."

—He says there

no malaria there, referring to an inquiry as to

In conclusion he says: "I do think that a

large majority of persons suffering with this disease (consumption)," or in whom

there may be a predisposition to it, would find relief here." So it seems to the

author; and possibly some persons who are not very bad, and yet have not

large means, might find employment in the turpentine orchards of that section,

RemaTks.

is

a " place that was free from it."

or start it up for themselves, so as to stay

among the pine hills, at all events.

Dr. Harrell's town. Healing Springs, has a charm in its name that leads me to

hope that every one who may go into this region of country will derive a great

advantage from it. I will only add here, let whoever goes into this, or any

other section, ramble as much as possible among the pine forests, for they certainly have an advantage over those places where there is no pine, as I fully

believe.

—

13. Places in Florida Where Consumptives May Visit.

Any place in Pensacola bay, or upon the streams emptying into that bay, or

any of the towns along the St. Johns river, are but very little above the ^ea

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level, and,

consequently, must be

117

damp and foggy, and not the sections that

consumptives should locate in; but there are sections which, although hilly, like

some other states, are sufficiently roIHng and timbered with pine, which makes

them far better to locate in for those seeking health.

Such a place is Brockville, the county seat of Hernando county, which I

I.

see spoken of by a lady who has been there, and reported through the Fi'ee Press,

of Detroit.

She says of this section: " It is said to be a splendid country to

cure even bad tempers. Chronic grumblers (referring to those who had complained of Jacksonville and the low country along the St. Johns river) have

been here, to succumb under the combined influences of balmy air, moonlight

and orange flowers."

How to Reach Brockville. Take a boat at Jacksonville, up the St. Johns,

—

to Astor, 134 miles.

Then the cars through the pine forests, via. Fort Mason,

on Lake Eustice.

Twin Lakes, Orange county, is also reported to the Rural New Yorker

II.

by another lady, who was there for her health, to be a very desirable place for

She first spoke of the fact that the country along the St. Johns

and all the other rivers of the State is damp and unhealthy. She says to those

who might be coming, Come up to the hills, where there is no damp. " And

I would add that those who do may really expect to be greatly benefited if

they stay long enough to allow the climatic changes to take place in their systems. For this lady closed by saying: "When we left home every breath

seemed to rasp and last, but now 'tis all gone, and with it the weariness and

languor." Then, surely, if one stays long enough, the same " balmy air, full of

the resinous aroma of the pine forests," as she expresses it, will accomplish a

There may be many other places in Florida equally dry and salubrious,

cure.

with pine forests, making them equally valuable as health resorts, but I leave

every one to judge of this fact for himself, relying upon the statements of

friends who know, or upon enquiry when they reach there: but do not stay in

the low, marshy grounds of any section whatever, if health is to be regained,

or even retained, in any country. I will only add one thought further on the

subject of going south, or to any point, for a change of climate do not wait until

nothing but a miracle can cure, for I fully believe that God works by the use of

means medicines judiciously administered, change of climate, care of one's

Where one lives may make a difference as to where they might or

health, etc.

should go. Living at Toledo, O., as I do, if I had to go south on account of

consumption, I should go to the Healing Springs section of Alabama, as it is

about south from here. If I lived in the east, or New England States, I should

go to the neighborhoods of Ashville, N. C, Aiken, S. C, or Florida; if in Illinois

or the west, I should strike for San Antonio, Texas, or southwestern California,

consumptives.

'

'

;

—

as before mentioned, as circumstances made it appear best.

I will give an item or two more for consumptives, hoping thereby to benefit,

if

not actually cure, many persons suffering from it.

The following I take

from a report by Wm. H. Hull, M. D., in the June number of the Medical Brief

of 1877, upon the use of gallic acid, with which he had been verj' successful, as

you will see in the heading of the recipe, and I shall also mention a case whc^

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another physician has been equally successful with the same remedy in a very

bad case.

It is as follows:

—

Gallic Acid in Consumption. Gallic acid, 1 dr. pulverized

Dover's powder, J^ dr. pulverized cubebs and pulverized gum arable, each,

1 dr., and pulverized licorice root, J^ oz.

Mix thoroughly. Dose Half a

14.

;

;

—

tea-spoonful, dry, every 3 or 4 hours.

—

Remarks. Dr. Hull said of this: " Out of 200 cases treated during the past

seven months, I found only 2 that this remedy would not relieve." Certainly

a very marked proportion of cures.

The corroboration I referred to above in

the very bad case was reported also in the Brief by R. H. Holliday, M. D., of

Guntley postoffice, N. C. His patient was a man who had been confined to his

bed for 170 days, and upon whom he had exhausted his book knowledge without benefit, the man raising 2 quarts of thick, purulent matter daily tha,t smelled

he says "the ferryman was waiting to carry him over, etc.,

when, upon the appeal of the wife, if I could not do something more for him, I

took up the Brief, and fell upon Dr. Hull's gallic acid treatment (above given)

and saved my patient."

terribly, so that

Gallic Acid in Liquid Form.— The editor of the Brief, in com15

menting upon the gallic acid in powders, gave the following formula as pre-

He said: Gallic acid, 1 dr.; glycerine, 3 ozs.; listerine, 5 ozs.

ferable.

Dose

—Take

Remarks.

;

mix.

1 or 2 tea-spoonfuls 4 or 5 times a day.

—This the editor found a better formula, from

its

fluid

form no

doubt, and from its containing the listerine, which is considered a valuable antiseptic, i. e., as against the destructive tendency in cases where the matter raised,

The listerine is manufactured

be obtained, if not found in the

drug stores, by inquiring through the Medical Brief, of that c^ty. See the

next item, on tlie use of hot water, to know that the editor of the BHef is well

qualified to judge of the nature of any article of medicine which he may

smells terribly, as in Dr. Halliday's case above.

at St. Louis, Mo., I think, and therefore can

recommend.

1

.

Consumption, Hot Water Cure for. — The latest thing claimed

consumption was given in the St. Louis, Mo., Medical Brief, by the

editor, J. J. Lawrence, A. M., M. D., page 561, 1883, and as it is more than

to cure

probable that it will help very many sufferers, I shall give it, not to be tried as

a last resort, but to be tried as early in the disease as any wasting of flesh and

debility is manifested; and to be tried faithfully for two or three months,

at least,

remembering that the

diet of

tender beef and stale bread,

(bread

never less than one day old) must be attended to, as well as the hot water.

Dr.

Lawrence says: A young man who was compelled to resign his position in one

of the public schools of New York because he was breaking down with consumption, and who had ever since been battling for life, although with little

apparent prospect of recovery, was encountered several days ago in a Broadway restaurant. "I see," he said, "that you seem surprised at my improved

appearance.

No doubt you wonder what could have caused such a change.

Well, it was a very simple remedy, nothing but hot water." Hot waterl

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119

Yon remember my telling you that I had used the usual remedies.

I consulted some of the leading specialists in affections of the lungs, in the city,

and paid them large fees. They went through the usual course of experimenI went to the Adirondacks (a

tation with me, under all resorts to medicine.

range of mountains in northern New York) for the summer, and to Florida in

I lost ground

winter, but none of these things did me any substantial good.

steadily, grew to be almost a skeleton, and had all the worst symptoms of a

consumptive whose end is near at hand. At that juncture a friend told me that

he had heard of a cure effected by drinking hot water. I consulted a physician who had paid special attention to this hot water cure, and was using it

with many patients. He said; 'There is nothing, you know, that is more diffl'

cult than to introduce a new remedy into medical practice, particularly if it is

a very simple one, and strikes at the root of erroneous views and prejudices

The old practitioners have tried for years to

that have long been enter'-amed.

Now, the only

cure consumption, but they are as far from doing it as ever.

rational explanation of consumption is that it results from defective nutrition.

[Mai, means bad and

'It is always accompanied by ma? -assimilation of food.'

In nearly every case the stomach is the

assimilation means, to make food.^

'

seat of a fermentation that necessarily prevents

proper digestion.

The first

thing to do is to remove that fermentatiofi and put the stomach into a condition

This is effected by taking water

to receive food and dispose of it properly.

This

it can be borne, an hour before each meal.

and pure, like a boilei that has been washed out.

Then put into the stomach, food that is in the highest degree nutritious and the

No food answers this description better than

least disposed to fermentation.

tender beef.

A little stale bread may be eaten with it. Drink nothing but

pure water, and as little of that at meals as possible. Vegetables, pastry,

Put tender beef alone

sweets, coffee and alcoholic liquors should be avoided.

into a clean and pure stomach, three times a day, and the system wiUbe fortified

and built up until the wasting away, which is the chief feature of oonsump>tion, ceases and recuperation sets in.

" This reasoning impressed me.

I began by taking one cup of hoi water

an hour before each meal, and gradually increased the dose to three cups, or

nearly a pint. At first it was unpleasant to take, but now I drink it with a

I began to pick

relish that I never experienced in drinking the choicest wine.

up immediately after I began the new treatment and gained fourteen pounds

into the stomach, as hot as

leaves the stomach clean

'

within two months.'

The editor then closes in a way which you will see encourages the use of

hot water in dyspepsia. He says;

" Combined with carefully selected foods, and some mild medicine to assist

nature in eliminating (carrying out) poisons from the system, it is said by those

who have tried it to be very efficient in dyspepsia and all forms of indigestion.

If this be true (and of this the

author has not a doubt), it will certainly be a

blessing, as medicines almost universally fail to effect cures in these diseases.

Many prominent New York physicians are abandoning medicines for simple,

nutritious foods, and report

more than ordinary success in the treatment of

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many forms of disease from want of nutrition. A prominent English physician,

who has had mucli experience in India, says, cholera will not attack a person in

whose stomach and bowels there

is

that does not readily digest); or, if

controlled."

it

no ferment (gaseous condition from food

does, the attack will be light and easily

He regards good nutrition (healthy digestion) as the only real pro-

phylactic (prevention) for disease.

HIVES. —This disease manifests itself in the form of an eruption, or red

blotches upon the surface, or skin of children, mostly.

Cause. — Obstruction

of the circulation, and

the absorption

into the

blood of some poisonous vapors in the atmosphere, similar to that of the more

simple fevers are the undoubted cause of the disease.

Symptoms. Large red patches with a somewhat swollen center more

—

white than the rest, with an almost intolerable itching, something like the

irritation from nettles, make their appearance, and have also given another

—

name to the disease " nettle rash." This rash, or blotches may subside after

a few hours, then re-appear for a day or two, causing considerable sicknesg

of the little patient unless properly attended to.

Treatment. Bathe the whole surface, but more thoroughly the affected

parts, with spirits of camphor and soft water, equal parts of each, and give a

and also a tea of

dose of the cathartic tincture, to operate tolerably free

—

;

saffron and spearmint, every hour or two to keep the disease to the surface,

and but little danger need be feared.

I

am partial to the spearmint plant, in

preference to the peppermint, because of its greater diuretic properties.

AND

NURSING SORE MOUTH-Remedy.— Take

CANKER

epsom salts, gun-powder, borax, alum, copperas, and sulphur, of each 1 teaspoonful; soft water, 1 quart.

The alum and copperas will be burned, or heated on a shovel, and pulthen all mixed and bottled for use. Shake when used. Hold a little

of the wash in the mouth, for half a minute, and gargle the throat with it

verized

;

twice daily.

And at the same time take a little sulphur and cream of tartar

for 3 or 4 mornings, to correct the blood

failure of the

It

has cured bad cases after a

"regular" remedies.

—

SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS Loss of Voice,

Hoarseness, etc.— It has been found that borax has proved a most effective

remedy in certain forms of colds. In sudden hoarseness or loss of voice

from colds by public speakers or singers, relief for an hour or so, as by magic,

may be often obtained by slowly dissolving and partially swallowing a lump of

borax the size of a garden pea, or about 3 or 4 grains, held in the moutti for 10

minutes before speaking or singing. This produces a profuse secretion of saliva,

or watering of the mouth or throat, probably restoring the voice or tone to the

dried vocal cords, just as the wetting brings back the missing notes to a flute

when it is too dry.

Remarks.

—There need be no fear in using

2,

3 or 4 pieces of the size

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121

above named, within the hour before speaking or singing is to commence.

Keep it handy, to use, as needed, during the evening.

1.

COUGH SYRUP- Effectual Remedy for Coughs, Colds,

Hoarseness, etc.

—

" E. J. R.," from an inquiry through tlie Detroit Tnbune,

sends for publication the following sure cure for cough, cold, hoarseness, etc.,

saying it has been tried repeatedly, and

is a most invaluable remedy.

It is

always kept in our family. It cured a cough of three years standing to my

knowledge. Syrup of squills, 2 ozs. paregoric 1 oz. fl. ex. of licorice, 1 oz.

fl. ex. of ipecac, )4. ^z.; antimonial wine,

oz.

ess. of wintergreen, or peppermint, 1 dr. Dose One tea-spoonful every 2 or 3 hours, but not on an empty

stomach.

:

;

%

—

;

—

2. Cough, Hoarseness, Incipient Consumption, etc. Take of

horehound, boneset and lobelia (herbs), each 1 oz. comfrey root, spikenard, St.

John's wort Qiypericum perforatum), and poppy capsules, each )^ oz; pour on

3 pts. of boiling water and let it stand covered over for 3 hours. Then strain

through a fine cloth, add J^ lb. of loaf sugar, and let it just boil (no more),

then add a full wine-glass of Jamaica rum, and cork tightly. Dose 1 to 2

table-spoonfuls 3 or 4 times daily.

This will be found invaluable in coughs,

hoarseness, incipient consumption, etc.

Hearth and Home.

Remarks. This is an excellent syrup. Dr. Beach, in his Family Practice,

says of the St. John's Wort: "A syrup of this with sage is a specific (sure cure)

for coughs." [The St. John's wort grows abundantly in this country and

Europe, to the great annoyance of many persons, flowering from June to

August. The stem is two-edged, and grows about 2 feet high, the flowers

of a bright yellow color, the leaves being marked with clear transparent

spots of a greenish shade, the whole herb being a dark green the petals, or

;

—

—

;

leaves of the flowers, are streaked and dotted with black or dark purple, and

if bruised with the finger give a

purple stain.

This, I think, will enable

any

one to distinguish it from any other plant.] But this article, so far as I know,

is but little known and little used.

Its flowers are a bright yellow, although

King says if they are infused in sweet-oil or bears-oil by means of exposure to

the sun, they make a fine red balsamic ointment for wounds, ulcers, swellings,

tumors, etc. See a:lso " Ointment of St. John's Wort and Stramonium."

Best Cough Syrup — To Break Up Bad Colds.—

Tlie

—Horehound leaves and blossoms, spikenard

comfrey

elecamand sun-flower seeds, each

pane

water

Directions. —Boil

when done;

1 hour, having

add sugar,

dissolve by heat, and

brandy {%

of

add a

will be enough to prevent souring).

Dose, —

3.

I.

Syrup.

root,

root,

1 oz. ;

strain,

1 qt.

pt.

little

root,

suflQcient.

1 lb.;

spirits

One table-spoonful 3 times daily.

Tested. Hom^ Cook Book.

Remarks. This will be found good, as it contains most of the roots used in

" lang syne " for coughs, when there were far less deaths from consumption

than now, in proportion to the attacks.

To Break Up Bad Colds. The same book recommends glycerine, 1

II.

tea-spoonful with spirits, 1 or 2 table-spoonfuls to a pint bowl of hot lemonade,

to break up bad colds at bed-time.

This is also good if taken as hot as it can

—

—

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133

be drank after getting into bed; but don't take additional cold next day after

the free perspiration which it produces.

III.

How to

Cure Recent Colds.

— A writer gives the following sen-

sible plan for quickly curing a recent cold.

He says:

" When you get chilly

all over and begin to sniffle and

almost struggle for breath, just begin at once

and your tribulation need not last very long. Get some powdered borax (it

should be kept in every house), and snuff

it

freely up the nostrils frequently.

Smell freely and frequently also from the camphor bottle (which also ought to

be kept in every house), and pour a little of the camphor upon the handkerchief

to wipe the nose with as often as is needful, which will be quite often as the

cold begins to break. The nose will not become sore with this treatment, and

if begun quickly and followed faithfully at intervals, by bed-time you will wonder what has become of your cold, and your sleep will seldom be disturbed."

Experience.

Remarks.

— If a cold

is

not broken up within two or three days at most, it

known remedies.

Take note, then, of

powdered borax, and

the hot lemonade on getting into bed, heat the feet by the fire, or put them for

15 or 30 minutes into hot water, before getting into bed, and then take the hot

lemonade and put a bottle of hot water or a hot flat-iron to the feet, cover up

with an extra amount of clothing, and your chances are as good to break up the

cold as It is possible to make them. Avoid exposure again for a day or two, if

possible, and you will be safe; at any rate, nothing better can be advised.

will run about two weeks in spite of all

the very first symptoms, and besides the snuffing of the

4.

Coughs, Indian Vegetable Syrup for.— Soft water,

boneset, 8 ozs.

each, 1 oz.

;

;

cinnamon bark, ginseng root, spikenard and comfrey

blood root, J^oz.

;

3 qts.;

roots,

loaf sugar, 1 lb.; gin, 6 ozs.; water sufficient.

—

DiKECTioNS. Bruise the roots and bark, and steep (not boil) to 1 qt. strain and

add the sugar, and when cool add the gin and bottle. Dose. One table-spoonful

half an hour before meals and at bed-time.

Remarks. This has proved valuable in coughs and in incipient consumption, i. e., in the commencement of the disease.

It was obtained of an Indian,

at an early day, by an uncle of mine, in whose family it was held in high estimation for the good it had done them.

;

—

—

5.

Colds with Cough, Simple and Easily Taken Bemedy.—

Roast a lemon, avoiding to burn it; when thoroughly roasted, cut into halves

and squeeze the juice upon 3 table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Mix, and

take a tea-spoonful whenever the cough or tickling of the throat troubles you.

It is good as well as pleasant, even for children.

6. Irritable, Dry or Hacking Coughs, Flaxseed Lemonade

for.— Put 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls of flaxseed and the juice of 3 good sized

lemons and 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls of sugar into a dish which can be covered,

and pour on boiling water, 1 qt. cover and let steep until the mucilage has

been drawn out of the seed. Dose- A table-spoonful of it may be taken every

hour or two to relieve the hacking, but sipping a little often is better than larger

;

doses at longer intervals.

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123

Remedy

—

for.

7. "Winter Cough," or Chronic Bronchitis,

Dr. Fletcher, of Washington, strongly recommends the employment of the spray

of chloral in the treatment of the form of chronic bronchitis known as "winter

cough," which often offers a very obstinate resistance to remedies. He says:

" A solution of 10 grs. of chloral to an ounce of water may be inhaled through

a steam atomizer morning and evening.

—

Bronchitis, Valuable Remedy for. A simple, but oftentimes

remedy for bronchitis in its early stages, is: Syrup of tolu, 1 oz.;

syrup of squills, J^ oz. wine of ipecac, 2 drs. paregoric, 3 drs. mucilage of

8.

efficacious,

;

;

;

—A tea-spoonful 3 to 5 times daily, as needed.

9. Indian Cough Syrup. —Elecampane root and Indian turnip

gum arable, IJ^ozs.

Dose.

(known also as wake-robin, Jack-in-the-pulpit, etc.), bruised, each, 1 oz. honey,

1 pt. Steep thoroughly and strain.

Dose. A tea-spoonful to a table-spoonful

as often as the cough or tickling requires it, at least ^or 4: tiraesd&ilj.— Reliable.

;

—

10.

Recent Colds, Simple, but Sensible, Remedy.— A medical

writer says: " Hot lemonade

cold."

Directions.

is one

of the best remedies in the world for a

— Roll a good sized lemon, squeeze out the juice, cut the

rind in slices, put in 2 or 3 table-spoonsf uls of sugar, and pour on

% of a pt. of

boiling water, stir well and cover up while the patient is getting into bed; then

drink it all, cover up warm, and the result will be almost magical.

11.

Chills or Ague, to Ward off.

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It is said, also, that the

thing, only doubled in quantity, and taking half of

it as hot as

same

can be drank,

an hour before the chill would set in, (being covered warm in bed) and the balance in 15 or 20 minutes after, also hot, will ward off "the chilk," as ague is

Certainly it is a pleasant remedy to take.

often called.

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12. Colds— General Washington's Cure. The Ballimore American informs us that Gen. George Washington gave the following recipe for a'

cold, to an old lady now living in Newport, when she was a very young girl,

1781

— 108 years before this writing.

old Vernon mansion.

He was lodged in her father's house, the

As she was being sent to bed early with a veiy bad cold

he remarked to Mrs. Vernon, the mother of this lady: "My own remedy, my

dear madam, is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion if

I have a cold."

Remarks. It may be taken for granted that this simple remedy will be

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found very efficacious, and, if the cold is of recent taking, with the help of

either toasting the feet before the fire or stove through the evening, otherwise

soaking them in hot water for 15 to 20 minutes before going to bed, it will be

the more likely to succeed.

If necessary, however, to effect a complete cure,

repeat it for one or two evenings.

And if a hot roasted onion was eaten two or

three times during the day it would also help the cure.

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13. Colds and Inflammation—Health Rules for Winter,— I.

Never lean with the back upon anything that is cold.

" Never begin a journey until the breakfast has been eaten.

II.

Never take warm drinks and then immediately go out in the cold »">.

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IV.

" Keep tlie back, especially between the shoulders, well covered;

also the chest well protected.

V.

"In sleeping in a cold room, establish the habit of breathing through

the nose, and never with the mouth open.

VI. "Never go to bed with cold or damp feet; always toast them by a

fire 10 or 15 minutes before going to bed.

VII.

"Never omit weekly bathing, for, unless the skin is in active condi-

tion, the cold will close the pores and favor congestion or other diseases.

VIII.

"After exercise of any kind, never ride in an open carriage or near

it is dangerous to health and even to life.

" When hoarse, speak as little as possible until it is recovered from,

the window of a car for a moment;

IX.

else the voice may be permanently lost or difficulties of the throat be produced.

X.

"Warm the back by a fire, and never continue keeping the back

exposed to heat after it has become comfortably warm

;

to do otherwise is debil-

itating.

XI.

"When going from a warm atmosphere into a colder one, keep the

mouth closed so that the air may be warmed by its passage through the nose

ere it reaches the lungs.

XII.

"Never standstill in cold weather, especially after having taken a

slight degree of exercise;

and always avoid standing on ice or snow, or where

the person is exposed to cold wind; in short, keep your feet warm, your head

"

Common Sense.

To the foregoing rules from "Common Sense "allow the Old Doc-

cool, and your mouth shut and you will seldom 'catch cold.'

XIII.

tor to make a "baker's dozen" of them, by saying that the

most fruitful seed

from which colds, and often consumption arise, is the pernicious habit of young

people loitering at the gate. Never do it.

14. Deep-Seated, or Heavy Cold that Has Settled in the

Preast. "J. P. S.," of Holmdel, N. J., writes to the Toledo Blade on this

Bubject and says:

" For a heavy cold that has settled in the breast, take 4 table-spoonfuls of

Mix it well

molasses, 3 of paragoric, 2 of castor -oil, and 1 of turpentine.

Take a tea-spoonful before each meal. It is considered one of the

together.

best remedies known in the New England states, and I know no equal."

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15. Colds of Young Children— Onion Syrup for—Very Valuable. Slice up thinly a few mild onions and sprinkle sugar over them, set

in the oven in a suitable dish to simmer until the juice may be all squeezed out,

then thoroughly mix with the sugar, forming a very nice thick syrup, or sugar,

Dose

A tea-spoonful, or less,

according to the amount of each used.

according to the age of the child, 4 or 5 times daily, as needed. It is perfectly

Bafe and reliable for the smallest child also valuable for adults.

Remarks. This might claim to be a half-brother to General Washington's

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cure for colds.

16. Coughs, Colds, etc.. Recent Remedy for—Very Satisfactory. I have recently tried the following with a good deal of satisfaction. I

obtained it of a Dr. A. Galloway, formerly of Rochester, N. Y. Solid extract ot

dr., rubbed with muriate of ammonia, 3 drs, and added to syrup

licorice,

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syrup of tolu, 2 ozs; syrup of wild cherry,

Mix.

Dose Shaken when used; 1 teaspoonful 3 or 4 times daily for adults. I have sipped it of tener than this without sickening at the stomach. That is all that needs guarding against. Children 5 to 20 drops, according to age. I believe I would sooner risk it than

of senega and ipecac, each, 3^ oz.

6 ozs; tincture of lobelia, J^ oz.

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Ayer's, which follows:

17. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, for Coughs, Colds, Consumption, etc. Tinct. of blood root, 2 ozs. antimonial wine and wine of ipecac,

of each 3 drs. syrup of wild cherry, 2 ozs. acetate of morphia, 4 grs. mix.

Dose Take 1 tea-spoonful 3 or 4 times daily; or sip a little, as the cough is

troublesome; and if nausea is felt take less, or stop until the nausea passes off.

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Remarks.

— And now allow me to say, with

all the recipes here given, there

and consumption in its commencement, as compared with what it must have continued to be without this

knowledge. I will close this subject with a cough syrup given by Dr. Hildretlis,

need be but

little

suffering with coughs, colds

of Zanesville, Ohio, as follows:

18.

Cough Syrup, Very Valuable in Recent Colds. — Pare-

goric, l^ozs.

;

tinct.

of capsicum, 1 dr.; tinct. of tolu, 3 ozs.

Dose

—A

tea-

spoonful every 3 hours, in a little water.

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Remarks. Dr. Hildreth has had a long experience in the practice of medand this was his dependence in recent colds. I once heard a