I gave:

%

—

oz.

gallic acid, 40 grs. mixed.

Fl. ex. of ergot,

I.

Dose J^ tear

spoonful every 2 hours, until pain and contraction of the womb was produced,

then once in 4 or 5 hours only, until the wasting ceased.

II.

For the High Pulse

;

;

— I gave

tinct. veratrum vlride,

6 drops, vdth tinct.

aconite, 3 drops, every 2 hours, alternating with the first, giving the second 1

hour after the ergot mixture had been given, dropping each into a tumbler, so

as to get this number of drops, of each, in a tea-spoonful of water, when given.

For instance, 36 drops of the veratrum and 18 drops of aconite, with 6 teaspoonfuls of water, gave the right dose each time.

—

Remarks. Remember, however, that the veratrum and aconite mixture is

only to reduce the pulse, which was about 120; when this comes down to 80,

then give this only once in 4 or 6 hours, to keep the pulse at about this grade;

if continued too long, it will reduce too much, and also distress and nauseate

the stomach, which is not necessary, and should always be avoided if possible.

The strength must be helped up with 2 or 3 grain doses of quinine, or " Dextro " quinine, in same doses three times daily.

The urine in such cases may need some attention, and call for acetate,

or nitrate, of potash (I like the acetate best, some others prefer the nitrate-niter.

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or the sweet spirits of nitre), to correct any disturbance of these organs, for

which purpose. See ' Diuretics " for directions.

'

4.

Hemorrhage, Slight, of the Lungs, with Cough— Regulator or Allopathic Treatment For. I. Give fl. ex. of ergot, 15 drops

—

in a little water, putting in a

little

essence of wintergreen to lessen its bitter

(The author would say, in such a case, a few drops of essence of cinnamon, which will cover the bitter taste as well as the wintergreen, is of itself

good for the hemorrhage.) Give the above every six hours.

Between these doses also give gallic acid, 4 grs., in a little syrup of

II.

lemon. This alternation brings the doses only three hours apart. A few doses

of each will generally allay any slight hemorrhage.

If the cough is pretty persistant, i. e., continuous and irritating, give laudanum, 15 drops, once in 4 or 5

hours, and 25 drops at bed-time, to allay the cough and help in procuring sleep.

taste.

Give also laxatives, if needed, to prevent costiveness.

Remarks. I know this treatment to have proved eminently satisfactory

when the hemorrhage was not very extensive.

—

5. Hemorrhage, or Bleeding From Slight Cuts, etc.— Simple

ilemedy. — To stop the flow of blood bind the cut with cobwebs and brown

sugar, pressed on like lint.

Wheat flour and salt, in equal parts, bound on with

a cloth, for man or beast; mix well, without wetting, the blood will wet them

enough.

—

Treatment for Hemorrhage. Soon after the above was written we

had the value of the cobweb treatment confirmed, by the Toledo Post, in a case

of a lady of that city, who had a tooth drawn; hemorrhage from the cavity set

in and continued, in spite of all common remedies, from Saturday noon until 3

o'clock Sunday morning, when the cobweb was procured and applied and the

bleeding stopped by this move, leaving her very weak.

7. Hemorrhage from Wounds— Styptic Colloid, to Prevent

and Cure. — The following will instantly coagulate blood, forming a con-

under which wounds will readily heal: Collodion, 100 parts (grs.);

and benzoic acids, of each 5 parts; mix the

ingredients in the above order.

Remarks. If the wound is so large that a slight application does not stop

the hemorrhage or bleeding, wet lint with it and bind on if necessary, and leave

sistent clot,

carbolic acid, 10 parts; tannic

—

on until the healing process is accomplished.

DIPHTHERIA —

—

1.

Successful Remedies.

My first remedy,

although simple and easily obtained, is from a paper presented to the French

Academy of Medicine by Dr. Revillout, who asserts from an experience of 18

years, that:

Lemon juice is one of the most efficacious medicines that can be applied

he was a dresser in the hospital, his own

life was saved by this timely application.

He got a quantity of lemons and

I.

in Diphtheria, and relates that when

gargled his throat with the juice, swallowing a little at a time in order to act an

the more deep-seated parts.

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TREATMENT OF DISEASES.

It Is also recommended for

6]

any inflammatory or irritable coi>^tion of the

throat in their commencement.

II.

Lemon juice in Diphtheria is endorsed by American physicians, as the

Let it be tried by all means.

following will show.

Dr. J. R. Page, of Baltimore, in the New York Medical Record, invites the

attention of the profession to a topical use of fresh lemon juice as a most effici-

means for the removal of the membrane from the throat, tonsils, etc., in

In his hands (he has heard several of his professional brethren say

'the same) it has proved by far the best agent he has yet tried for the purpose.

He applied the juice of the lemon, by means of a camel's hair pr(>>)ang (a piece

of cloth on a stick will do as well), to the affected parts every 2 or 3 hours, and

in eighteen cases on which he has used it the effect has been all he could wish.

ent

diphtheria

A little remarkable—one has 18 years successful experience, the other 18 cases;

either is enough.

2.

DiiAtheria

— Ice a Successful Bemedy for. — The French

have also been very successful in the use of ice as a remedy in Diphtheria,

which was introduced into this country by a Dr. Chapman, repoited through

the New York Tribune, by which means it was brought to the notice of the

Oneida community in that state, where the disease was prevailing, and was successful in 60 cases.

They aroused the mind of the patients, old enough t<?

understand the necessity, to the greatest possible resistance to the advance of

the disease. This determination of resistance is valuable against the advance of

any disease. Directions The ice is broken into small pieces and ^ven to the

—

patient every ten minutes, night and day.

3.

Diphtheria, Cvire For.— A Mrs. R. S. K., of Toledo, Ohic, give?

the following cure for diphtheria to the Blade Household:

gum camphor, }^ oz.; laudanum, 3^ dr.

I.

Syrup of

squills,

cayenne pepper, J^ tea-spoonful;

good whiskey, J^ pt. Directions Camphor to be dissolved in as small a

quantity of alcohol as possible. Four large onions are to be cut in slices, put

into a deep earthen plate (that will stand heat), sprinkle thickly A\ith loaf sugar,

cover with another plate, place a heated flat iron on the upper plate, leaving it

set on the back of the stove.

Heat and pressure will extract all the juices

without losing any of its medical properties. All the juices thus extracted are

to be mixed with the other ingredients when all are mixed together and the

1 oz.

;

;

—

;

camphor added, it will curdle; but when it stands awhile, it will become clear.

Dose For an adult, 1 tea-spoonful every 3^ hour; for a child,

tea-spuonful

—

^

everj' J^ hour; to be diluted for a child, as it is pretty strong.

II.

all

Apply also the following: Salt pork, j4 lb and 2 large onions; chop

some upon the throat. For an infant place a thin

,

together finely and put

piece of muslin on the poultice next the skin; change every 15 or 20 minutes

Remarks —A poultice of mashed onions to the arm-pits, stomach, soles of

bad cases of fevers, has worked wonders.

Why not good then for diphtheria?

the feet and palms of the hands, in

4.

Diphtheria, Sulphur Treatment.

— Our attention was

first called

to the use of sulphur, in this disease, by a report from Dr. Fields, in England.

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52

fle found an advantage in its use, in some bad cases within ten minutes of its

commencement. His manner of using it with those old enough, was in the

form of a gargle, a tea-spoonful of the powder, or flour of sulphur, in a wine

If the patient was unable to gargle, or

glass of water, gargling frequently.

too young, blow some of the dry sulphur through a quill upon the diseased

parts of the throat, or burn some of the sulphur upon live coals near the patient,

so that he will inhale the fumes.

The patient should always be kept

warm and the bowels open. In extreme cases, when Dr. Field was called, just

in the nick of time, when the fungus was so near filling the throat, as not to

allow the gargling, he first blew the sulphur through the quill into the throat,

and after the fungus had shrunk to allow of it, then the frequent gargling. He

never lost a patient from diphtheria under this treatment. He recommends

after gargling a couple of times, to cleanse the throat, to swallow some of the

sulphur water occasionally, so as to reach the fungus deeper in the throat, which

also has a tendency to keep the bowels open, which is recommended a very imThis fungus is believed to be a living parasite, of

is absolutely destructive to them, as has

been proved by its use, by applying upon the parasites of the grape vine. It

has been proved that sulphur kills every fungus or parasite on man, beast, or

plant.

One Dr. Langautiers also found that one tea-spoonful doses every hour,

portant point to accomplish.

plant-like growth, and that sulphur

of a mixture of sulphur, in 4 ozs. of water, taken every hour, is very beneficial

in the treatment of croup.

5.

Diphtheria, Specific for—Also Scarlet Fever, and PrevenThe best physicians of New York city, Brooklyn and Phila'

tive in Both.

—

delphia are equally in favor of the sulpho-carbolate of soda.

[The sulpho-carbolate of soda is composed of soda combined with sulphur

and carbolic acid, either of which alone is good in diphtheria, scarlet fever and

any other inflammatory condition of the throat, and the combination is more

decidedly beneficial than either would be alone; at least it seems so to me from

my knowledge of their properties. ]

Dr. May, of New York city, says the sulpho-carbolate of soda is a specific

(positive cure) in diphtheria, also in scarlet fever, and claims that this article is

a preventive to the development, even after exposure, as well as a cure for both

these diseases.

this article.

The writer of this report is very much impressed in favor of

He says:

"The use of sulpho-carbolate of soda in diphtheria has become a settled

fact by the best physicians, as above named, to be the only certain specific (positive cure), for that dreaded disease which has taken off so many children in the

United States during the past 8 years. He also says it is certain to destroy the

parasitic fungus in the throat and glands in two hours.

" Ten grs. dissolved in a tumbler half full of cold water, and take from

J^

to 1 tea-spoonful every hour, until the parasite is destroyed; then take 1 teaspoonful every 2 or 3 hours, according to the circumstances of the case. There

is no use in pliysicians fighting against this remedy, for they will have to ise it

if they have success in the treatment of scarlet fever and diphtheria. It is a

specific in both diseases, as they are both zymotic (acting like a ferment,

spreading quickly through the system) in their nature, and are produced by the

parasite in the system.

It will prevent both diseases, if given before an attack,

9& well as a remedy. This remedy has been used for scarlet fever and diphtheria

WHERE'S THE DOCTOR? I AM THE DOCTOR, SIR.

whew! I HADN'T CALCULATED ON A WOMAN DOCTOR;

BUT COME ON QUICK.

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53

for over 3 years, and if given before gangrene (mortification) sets in, will work

wonders in every case. It was discovered by an English physician, and has

grown into favor as a specific ever since, particularly with children.

" The trichina parasite of pork, as soon as it enters the stomach, is absorbed

by the blood, then into the muscles of the body. It is not so with the diphtheria

parasite; it is generated in the stomach, and when it spreads up the oesophagus

(comes from Greek words, signifying to bear, to carry and to eat; being the

passage way of the food and drink to the stomach, commonly called the gullet),

it produces such a high state of inflammation that gangrene sets in, which dissolves the parasite, and carries it all through the blood, which is always fatal.

Gangrene always dissolves the parasite, but before that takes place the use of

the sulpho-carbolate of soda will save every case.

I have written these lines by

special request of very many citizens and friends who desire it made public for

the benefit of all."

—I am only sorry that I have not had an opportunity to

Remarks.

test this

myself; but, as I have not, I can only say to physicians, and heads of families,

try it, by all means.

Whenever either of these diseases gives you an opportunity,

have it on hand and lose no time in beginning its use.

—

—

6. Diphtheria

Chlorine Water a Specific for. At a recent

breaking out of Diphtheria in a considerable number of places, which was also

alarming in its

fatality, the

Springfield Republican, in commenting

upon the

fact, called attention to some remedies which have entirely divested this fearful

disease of

its terrors, if

most

simple and

the

applied in the early stages.

effective

2 to 4 times the amount of water.

to

be

Among these it claimed

chlorine water, diluted

by adding

A well known physician of that city, the

Republican asserts, has used this specific conclusively for fifteen years with

complete success, pre'vious to its use having lost about half his cases.

He

repeatedly, by its use, eradicated the disease in different places, when all other

Another medical writer claims that the chlorine water and

sulphur treatments, as given above, are the only positive cures. Dose 1 to 3

remedies failed.

—

tea-spoonfuls, largely diluted with water, 2 or 3 times daily;

also as a gargle

in sore throat, even of a putrid character.

Remarks.

—To give confidence to those who are not acquainted with the

uses of chlorine water, I will say it is powerfully antiseptic (overcoming putrefaction),

quickly destroying all bad odors arising from decay.

It has been suc-

cessfully used internally in chronic inflammation of the liver, typhus fever,

malignant sore throat, scarlet fever, etc.

—

—

7. Diphtheria

Successful Remedy in Forty Cases

Also

Preventive. Dr. MacLean, of Norwalk, Ct., recommends the following a?

—

a preventive of diphtheria, remarking:

"During the past 4 years I have used it, and in 40 well marked cases oi

diphtheria, wliere 140 persons were exposed to a contagion, not a single case

lias been reported to me.

I use 1 dr. of Monsel's salt in 8 ozs. cold water, adding plenty of sugar to overcome the taste of the iron. Dose 2 to 8 tea-«!poonfuls each day, according to the violence of the disease."

—

Remarks.

— The dose would be 1 tea-spoonful,

2,

3 or 4 hours apart, as the

case may require.

8. Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Swollen Tonsils, Etc.— Homeopathic Remedy. Bin -iodide of mercury, 10 grs.; sugar of milk. 100 grs.'

—

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64

triturate (rab) together 30 minutes in a wedgewood mortar.

Then take 10 grs.

of this triturated article and 100 grs. more of sugar of milk, and triturate again

Dose Give 1 gr. of this second trituration every hour in ordinary

as before.

—

cases; if a bad case, give the same amount every 15 to 30 minutes, until relieved;

then every hour or two, as needed. A few doses makes the cure.

Remarks. Dr. Mason used this a number of years, and very successfully,

on some very bad cases. The above is the Homeopathic treatment, except

—

some of them use in addition to this a gargle, every hour, of

% alcohol and

J^ water.

Diphtheria, Dr. Scott's Treatment for.— After the foregoing

9.

had been prepared I noticed Dr. W. A.

recipes

Scott, of Sandyville, Iowa,

reported through the Chicago Inter-Ocean his success with the following treat-

ment:

Dissolve 20 grs. of pure permanganate of potassa (permanganate of

I.

potassa is a powerful disinfectant, also a great purifier of sick rooms, clothing,

etc.) in 1 oz. of water, and apply it to the affected parts with a swab, gently,

but thoroughly, every 3 hours, until better; then not so often. (Better get 80

After the patient gets better weaken the solution

grs. in a 4 oz. vial of water.)

by adding an equal quantity of water. This solution does not give any pain,

nor is there any danger in its use, but it has a nasty taste, which is its only objection.

(Its staining clothing is another objection.)

Prof. King, in his American Dispensatory, says:

" One dr. of permanganate dissolved in ^^ oz. of water, in a saucer, and

placed under the table, bed or other convenvient place destroys all odors. Another writer in speaking ot permanganate of potash to purify the air of sick

rooms says: }4, o^- ^^ ^^< ^^ water, 1 qt. and cloths wet in it and hung up, is a

quick and certain disinfectant. For disinfecting or cleansing clothing of diphtheritic, scarlet fever or small pox patients, bedding, etc., 1 oz. of the permanganate to 2 gals, of water is sufficient to soak them in, an hour or two, before

,

the boiling and washing in the regular way.

" Apply a good liniment to the throat outside, 3 or 4 times a day. (Dr.

II.

Chase's golden oil or liniment, or Mrs. Chase's, will be found good for this purThe above

pose.) Keep a cotton cloth, not woolen, around the throat till well.

IS all I use in simple cases, and all that is needed.

III.

"If there is much fever I mix 5 drops of fl. ex. of aconite root

with 4 ozs. of water, and give to a small child J^ tea-spoonful a child 5 to 10

years,

tea-spoonful; 10 to 15 years, 1 tea-spoonful; over that age, 2 tea-spoonluls.

Give every 1 or 2 hours, as may seem needed, to lessen the fever.

" If there is blood poisoning, which maybe known by the bad smellrV.

ing breath and quick beating of the heart, give: Chloroform, 1 fl. dr.; comp.

Dose Five to 20 drops, according to the

Bpts. lav., 1 dr.; alcohol, 1 oz. mix.

to 2 hours, as may seem necessary.

This

age, mixed in cold water, every

will quickly quiet the heart's tumultuous action and aid it to throw off the

poison.

" Do not give harsh physics. If needed, give castor oil or purgative

This

magnesia. Keep the patient from exposure to chilly air or cold baths.

treatment, which I have published in several medical journals, will rob this

disease of its terror and save from the grave many a loved one."

;

%

;

%

—

V

Remarks.

— Let the medicine be obtained where there are families of

chil-

dren, so as to have it in the house as soon as needed, on the approach of the dis-

Then when it begins, lose no time in applying the

ease into a neighborhood.

remedy, aud the different aids he recommends, if needed.

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58

10. Diphtheria—Latest Allopathic Treatment For.— In a recent conversation with Dr. Haney, of Toledo, Ohio, he claimed to cure every

case of diphtheria, even in small children, by swabbing the throat with calomel; for quite a young child he gets 10 grs. into the throat, by a swab, and

a child 5 to 8 years, 20 to 30 grs., so it will be swallowed. He says it stops

the change in the blood, by which the fibrinous portions form the membrane

in the throat. He follows 3 or 4 hours after with the liquid physic (see

Liquid

Physic"), to help carry off the accumulation of the intestines; and then supports

the strength with liquid food of a nourishing character.

He is a successful

physician, and claims not to have lost an average of one child a year for

the eleven years, practice there; and I know he has a good share of practice

among the children. I have also seen accounts in a recent medical journal,

by some allopathic physicians, that they have been using calomel very similar to Dr. Haney, in this disease.

Therefore I have not dared to pass it by

without mention, as it may save many lives for future usefulness.

'

'

11.

cine.

Diphtheria— Remedy by the French Academy of Medi-

— The vapor from the burning of a mixture of tar and spirits of turpen-

tine,

'

'

near the bed, it is said, will dissolve the false membrane which is so often

fatal in this dreadful disease.

If this simple remedy is complete, as the French

Academy of Medicine is said to have declared, it should be widely published."

American Messenger, October, 1884Bemarks.

— Notwithstanding there are two "is saids" in

this, yet, as it is

simple, and would not interfere with any other treatment, and obtaining it from

a purely religious paper, which seldom touches anything of this kind, I have

of the effects of these articles, it should

felt, from the knowledge of love

have my help on its way to a wider publication. Equal parts should be used,

although they do not so state, thoroughly mixed, and pour a few drops from a

tea-spoon upon hot coals, to keep up the fumes, is all that is needed.

Blistering in Diphtheria—History of a Case at Black Rock,

N. Y., Saved by It. — In the December number, 1884, of the Tlierapeutic

Oazette, of Detroit, Mich., F. W. Bartlett, M. D., of Buffalo, reports the case of

a man about 45 years old, to whom he was called, and who was very sick at the

time, and continued to get worse for four days,

when he considered it hope-

from the condition of the throat, and so informed his patient, who took

it calmly, but asked to have something done to relieve the suffering of the

stomach, for which he directed his wife to dip cloths in hot water, and

wring out, then put on a few drops of turpentine, to be applied over the

less

bowels; but in the confusion of such a case, expecting to lose her husband,

she heated the turpentine, and saturated flannel with it, and laid it on, which he

bore as long as he could,

then violently flung it across the room, saying he

And when the wife saw what

an inflammation she had caused, covered it with fresh lard, and waited the

"would rather die than suffer such agony."

doctor's morning call;

who found a blister {vesication, as M. D's most call it) a

foot square, covered with a diphtheritic exudation, the throat better, and the

patient saved.

All I have to say further is, let others make similar mistakes

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66

In other words, draw a blister in the

I would put a

blister on both arms, breast and bowels too, if I thought it necessary to save

In bad cases, and save their patients too.

regular way, in time, not to let the throat get beyond control.

my patient's life.

—

Pork Believed to be

12. Diphtheria, to Avoid by Diet

the Exciting Cause. With an explanation as to this exciting cause of

diphtheria, I will close the subject, having given a large number of the most

popularly known remedies, although there are many writers who think thst the

—

abundant use of pork in our diet is a very fruitful source of this disease, I shall

only quote from one. A recent medical correspondent of the Lancaster New

Era argues at considerable length: " That eating of pork is an inciting (arousing,

His idea is that an unhealthy

stirring up,) cause of this terrible disease."

appetite is created

by the use of so much pork, in the every-day diet of the

country, until the specific pork poison is manifested in the exudations deposits from the blood

disease.

into the throat, which is the characteristic

symptom in this

on

lie especially advises parents not to allow their children to diet

pork, nor sausage, but fruit and vegetables in greater abundance.

Remarks.

— Although beef, veal, lamb, chicken, etc., may be allowed to

children generally, yet it would be well for parents during the prevalence of

diphtheria in a neighborhood, to put their children upon a bread and milk and

vegetable diet exclusively, lest their loss might be charged home to their neglect,

which would not be a pleasant thought for after-consideration.

Diphtheria— Closing Remarks Upon. — The author leaves the

13.

subject with his readers, believing that he has presented a larger number and

more reliable remedies or recipes for the cure and prevention of diphtheria

than are to be found in any other publication whatever; he also believes that if

these recipes are well studied, and one or more of them adopted by the heads

of households containing young children, and the articles obtained and kept oa

hand ready for use, night or day, nothing like the fatality will hereafter

take place from diphtheria, as has heretofore been the case. I feel certain

that there can be no drug store where some of the articles mentioned may

Then the responsibility rests with each one who shall

not be obtained.

have this knowledge, and yet neglect to use it. The author has done his duty,

which is a great consolation to him. The same will also hold good upon many

other subjects in this work. See " Disinfectants," to prevent this disease from

spreading.

1.

SORE THROAT— The Good Old Grandmother's Gargle

— Steep

1 medium-sized red pepper in i^ pt. of water, strain, and add J^ pt.

of good %nnegar, and a heaping tea-spoonful, each, of salt and pulverized alum,

for.

and gargle with it as often as needed.

2.

Sore Throat, New Gargle for.— In all recent inflammations, or

colds, affecting the throat, a gargle made

by putting a heaping tea-spoonful of

the bi-carbonate of soda (common baking soda) into a glass of water, and gargling with it frequently, will be found exceedingly valuable.

A tea-spoonful, or

a little more, of it swallowed, will quickly relieve a tickling cough; also neu

TREATMENT OF DISEASES.

57

stomach often arising after meals, water-brash, etc.

But if it should irritate, weaken one-half or more.

tralize the acidity of the

3. Sore Throat— Heat Strong Tea as a Gargle for Speedy

Relief in. It is well to know that sore throat can be speedily relieved by

using strong, hot tea as a gargle.

It is a convenient remedy and rather a

—

pleasant one.

Remarks.

—Hot water has proved valuable in many diseases of

late, as dys-

pepsia,