A CENTURY 
OF 
LIFE, HEALTH 
I 
AND 
HAPPINESS, 
■ OR 
A GOLD MINE OF INFORMATION, 
FCR One Dollar and Fifty Cents. 
A Cyclopedia of Medical Information for Home Life, 
Health, and Domestic Economy, 
BY 
C. L. BLOOD, M.D., 
Physician for Diseases of the Head, Throat, Lunys,'Krid*6f.tiie'f^ 
and Kidneys. 
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 
38 WEST THIRTIETH STREET**TEW TOTSK 
A FIVE DOLLAR BOOK FOR One Dollar and Fifty Cents. PREFACE. 
To place this book within the reach of every man, woman 
and child, I have fixed the price at One Dolla? and Fifty Cents. 
The reader will observe that in size, binding, quality of paper 
and finish, it is in every respect such a book as publishers usu- 
ally place at three dollars. The formulas in the book treat of 
every known valuable preparation, and they alone are worth a 
hundred times the price of the volume. No man or woman, 
married or single, can afford to be without these formulas. 
If the perusal of the following pages helps to save one human 
being from imposition, pain, sickness, disgrace, or death, the 
undersigned will be richly rewarded for his labors. 
C. L. BLOOD, M. D., 
38 WtsT Thirtieth Stree' , 
NEV YOn L C TV. 
August 1st, 1880. S)ektl{ ii| Powder. 
CONSEQUENCE of the thousands dead. In conse- 
quence of the thousands suffering from dyspepsia and 
disorganization of the liver and kidneys. In consequence of 
the many paralytics and physical and mental wrecks through 
the use of vile adulterations called " Baking Powder; " and 
in consideration of the good health of the living, I have pre- 
pared a chemically pure Baking Powder, which is superior to 
any known preparation for baking purposes, and is free from 
adulteration or deleterious compounds. It is put up in half 
pound and pound packages and sold for 22 cents a half pound, 
or 40 cents a pound. Ask your grocer to furnish you with 
Dr. Blood's Baking Powder only. I can send this powder 
by mail to any address. I have placed the price of my prepar- 
ation so low that the margin of profit to the grocer will be so 
much smaller than that made upon other preparations for bak- 
ing, that he may advise you to purchase an inferior article. If 
the grocer does advise the use of other baking powders it is 
because of the small profit received upon the sale of mine; and 
to overcome any obstacles I will send my preparation, postage 
paid, upon receipt of the price. 
Copyrighted by Dr. C. L. BLOOD, 
1880. Officb op 
Dr. C. L. BLOOD, 
D r. B L O O D ' S 
BOSTON OFFICE 
^1 23 WINTER 
OPPOSITE SHEPABD, NOBWILL * CO. 
Dr. BLOOD would respectfully inform his readers 
that he will prepare any of the chemical or medical formulas 
contained in this book, and forward them to any address, 
for a slight advance upon their cost. His facilities for 
compounding them cheaply and in the most reliable manner, 
are unsurpassed. 
AGENTS, 
Either Ladies or Gentlemen, are wanted to can- 
vass for this book. 
From $6 to $12 per day can be made. Ii^tfodudtofy. 
N this age, when men and women assert and 
claim their " right to reason " and investigate 
all things pertaining to their well-being, their 
moral, mental, and physical welfare, all efforts to 
enlighten the public mind should meet with general 
approbation. It does not follow, however, that 
these efforts must be approved only as they become 
the incitements to mental activity in others, where- 
by truth and error, good and evil, may be distin- 
guished as they pass through the fiery ordeal of 
criticism. The revelations of modern science have 
given an impetus to the public mind unexampled in 
the past, in carrying on its investigations, by sifting 
truth from error. Every department of life has 
been acted upon-travel, commerce, social inter- 
course, international law, popular education-have 
all been carried forward toward a more complete 
development. The arts of living have been 
simplified, the luxuries of all classes multiplied, 
and the facilities afforded in every way for increas- 
ing popular knowledge augmented in an untold 
ratio. Men and women ask, of what use are 
theories, schools or doxies if they fail in practice. 
Life is a practical matter, not a theoretical specula- 
tion ; it is personal, with active duties, no part of 4 
INTRODUCTORY. 
which can be delegated to others without loss ; 
individuality accepts responsibility;. If men and 
women would grow in wisdom they must think, else 
the flowery plains of existence become as arid 
wastes. 
Health is unquestionably a matter of the first 
importance to every one. It is as practical and 
personal as life. It may be called the art of living 
-or you may dignify it further as the science of 
life. If life is valuable, therefore, if its objects 
are desirable, if its preservation is a thing of con- 
sequence, -can there be a more important matter 
brought under public notice than the principles of 
health ? Why should the popular mind be neglected 
on facts relating to health, and yet crammed with 
matters of infinitely less consequence to their inter- 
ests and happiness. 
The medical field presents at this moment an 
arena for imposition which nowhere else exists. 
When imposition is merely a matter that can be 
counted in dollars, its consequence at least may be 
estimated. But when it involves the health, the 
hopes, the lives of its victims, who shall tell us how 
to estimate its results ? The people have hitherto 
been virtually shut out from participation in a 
knowledge of their own structure, the causes of 
disease, and principles of health. Physicians have 
thought it utterly beneath them to write to the 
people on matters of disease. The vast medium 
of ideas between man and man-the newspaper 
press-has hitherto been insulted by our learned 
profession-handed over bodily to the most dis- INTRODUCTORV. 
5 
Rusting and mischievous form of advertising, and 
made the medium of the lowest and most deorad- 
o 
ing forms of quackery. The people, uninformed 
as to the nature, causes, and cure of disease, have 
been easily caught by vulgar assertion and names 
without explanation, and quackery flourishes apace, 
till the professional name has become almost a by- 
word and a reproach. Now, why is this? Let 
every medical man ask himself. What is the office 
of the physician ? Is he not the curator of the 
people's health ? Is he merely to theorize, to quote 
authorities, to write long prescriptions from books, 
to utter mandates in an unknown tongue, to hand 
over his patient to the tender mercies of the apothe- 
caries, and then fold his arms and stand in dignified 
" self-respect?" We think not. There is for him 
a higher and nobler duty. It is his province not 
only to prescribe for, but to instruct his patients, 
and by this means alone will he guard them against 
the thousand deceptions by which they are sur- 
rounded. If this be true in individual cases, it is 
equally so when applied to the community generally. 
Entertaining these views, and with full confidence 
that the public will properly appreciate every effort 
to impart to them information on so important a 
branch of science as physical health, I have written 
this book. It may help the human family to grow 
better and wiser. ©ektl| by 
AT URE designed that man should die as 
unconscious of his death as of his birth, 
subjected at birth to what would be, in the 
after conscious state, an ordeal to which the most 
terrible of deaths even were not possibly more se- 
vere, he sleeps through the process, and only upon 
the subsequent awakening feels the impression, 
happy or painful, of the world into which he is in- 
troduced. The perfect law is fulfilled in this in- 
stance, because the execution of it is retained by 
nature herself; human free-will has no influence. 
By the hand of nature death were equally a 
painless portion. The cycle of life completed, the 
living being sleeps into death when nature has full 
sway. 
This painless process, this descent by oblivious 
trance into oblivion, this natural physical death is 
the sequel of perfect health; it is divested of fear, 
of sorrow and of suffering. We have all seen 
nature, in rare instances, vindicating herself despite 
the opposition to her, and showing how tenderly, 
how soothingly, how like a mother with her foot on 
the cradle, she would, if she were permitted, rock 
us all gently out of the world ; how, if the free-will 
with which she has armed us were brought into 
accord with her designs, she would give us the 
riches, the beauties, the wonders of the universe 8 
DEATH BY NATURE. 
for our portion, so long as we could receive and en- 
joy them ; and at last would gently withdraw us 
from them, sense by sense, with such imperception 
that the pain of the withdrawal would be unfelt and 
unknown. 
Without pain, anger or sorrow, the intellectual 
faculties of the fated man, lose their brightness; 
ambition ceases or sinks into desire for repose; 
ideas of time, of space, of duty, lingeringly pass 
away; to sleep and not to dream is the pressing, and 
step by step, still pressing need, until at length it 
whiles away nearly all the hours. The awakenings 
are short and shorter, painless, careless, happy 
awakenings to the hum of a busy wofld, to the 
merry sounds of children at play, to the sounds of 
voices offering aid, to the effort of talking on 
simple topics and recalling events that have dwelt 
longest on the memory; and then again, the over- 
powering sleep, thus on and on until at length the 
intellectual nature lost, the instinctive and merely 
animal functions, now no longer required to sustain 
the higher faculties, in their turn succumb and fall 
into the long repose. This is death by nature, and 
when mankind has learned the truth, when the 
time shall come-as come it will-that there "shall be 
no more an infant of days, nor an old man who has 
not filled his days," this act of death, now as a rule, 
so dreaded because so premature, shall, arriving 
only at its appointed hour, suggest no terror and 
inflict no pain.  
J N LIGHT is absolutely necessary for physi- 
cal development and for the preservation 
of bodily and mental health. Women and 
children as well as men, in order to be healthy and 
well-developed, should spend a portion of their time 
each day, where the solar rays can reach them 
directly; just as sprouts in dark cellars seek the 
light and are colorless till they come under its in- 
fluence, and as vegetation goes on, but imperfectly 
in places where sunlight does not freely enter, so 
the cheeks of children and adults, who live almost 
entirely in dark kitchens, dingy alleys, and badly 
lighted workshops, are pale and feeble. Houses 
are only fit to be occupied at night unless they are 
purified by the solar rays during the day. 
Women and children in huts and log cabins, 
which contain only one or two rooms, remain 
healthy, but after the settler has built a house, and 
furnished it with blinds and curtains, the women 
and children become pale and sickly, nervous and 
bloodless, ^nd the daughters begin to die from con- 
sumption, and the wives from the same or from dis- 
eases peculiar to women. At the same time the 
adult males, who live chiefly out-of-doors, continue 
healthy. 
The value of sunlight for animal development, 
may be illustrated by such facts as the following: 
On decaying organic solutions, animalcules' do not 
appear if light is excluded, but are readily organiz- 
ed when it is admitted. The tadpole, kept in the BATHING. 
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dark, does not pass on to development as a frog, 
but lives and dies a tadpole, and is incapable of 
propagating his species. 
Rickets or deformities, crookedness and enlarg- 
ment of the bones, are very common among child- 
ren who are kept in dark alleys, cellars, factories 
and mines. Except in severe inflammatory dis- 
eases of the eyes or brain, the very common 
practice of darkening the sick room, is a highly 
prejudicial one. The restorative influence of day- 
light is thus excluded, and also the grateful and 
natural succession of light and darkness, the two 
always making up the same period of twenty-four 
hours, which favors sleep at the appropriate time, 
and divests the period of sickness of the monotony 
and weariness of perpetual night. 
VERY healthy person should bathe or 
sponge the whole body once a day with 
cold water. Merely washing the exposed 
parts of the skin is not sufficient, the entire surface 
of the body requires the application of water ^nd 
soap for the purpose of cleanliness, and as a means 
of invigorating the capillary circulation and so 
fortifying the system as to enable it to resist 
atmospheric vicissitudes. The cold sponge-bath 
may be adopted with safety by almost any person, 
the shock not being too great, and good friction 
rapidly causes agreeable warmth. The best period NURSING. 
11 
for a cold bath is upon rising in the morning. If 
the weather and the water be very cold the bath 
should be taken in a ^arm room. 
NTELLIGENT, careful nursing forms a part 
of the treatment of the sick quite as essential 
as the administration of medicine. The sick 
room should be large and well ventilated. An un- 
interrupted current of fresh air should be allowed 
to enter, to drive out that which is tainted. A fire 
is generally advisable to assist ventilation. During 
infectious diseases perfumed carbolic acid should be 
sprinkled about the room several times a day as a 
disinfectant. To the same end, the room should 
be divested of all furniture, carpets, shades, &c., 
that are not absolutely necessary for use. The 
room should be provided with a second bed or 
couch, to which the patient should be removed for 
a short time each day to allow a change of atmos- 
phere around the patient's body, and the bed to be 
properly aired. The temperature of the room 
should be ascertained by a thermometer. The 
temperature may be varied according to the dis- 
ease from which a patient suffers. In fevers, in- 
flammation of the brain, &c., about 550 will be the 
proper warmth. In inflammation of the lungs, a 
higher temperature is necessary-6o° to 68°. In all 
inflammatory affections of the chest the air should be 12 
TO EPICURES, ETC. 
warm and' moist so as not to irritate the inflamed 
surfaces of the air passages. 
Patients suffering from infectious diseases should 
be separated if possible, and occupy rooms in the 
top of the house to prevent the spread of the in- 
fection to others ; infection being lighter than air it 
ascends. 
Beverages.-In most cases of illness, especially 
at the commencement, cold water, barley water, 
gum water, raspberry-vinegar and water, apple 
water, toast and water, lemonade or soda water are 
nearly all that are necessary. Sucking ice is use- 
ful and grateful. 
Food, drink and delicacies intended for the 
patient should not be kept in the sick room, or 
within sight of the patient. The air and tempera- 
ture are liable to hasten putrefactive decomposi- 
tion, and the sight of them sometimes causes dis- 
gust 
Yo of f)ekd 8odie^ 
(rei]efhlly. 
SICKENING disgust pervades my whole 
being when I observe a person claiming 
refinement and intelligence pursuing the 
barbarous habit of eating rare or improperly cooked 
meat. Nearly all the cattle, sheep, hogs and fowls 
consumed in cities are brought hundreds of miles 
closely packed together like sardines in a box, and TO EPICURES, ETC. 
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are for days without food or water. These long 
journeys without rest or nourishment induce fever 
and debility, and their blood is full of virulence and 
poison. In this condition they are slaughtered ; 
their dead bodies cut up in pieces and sold as food 
to a people who are so uncivilized as to eat it raw. 
Birds and game of all kinds are kept for days after 
death with their feathers on, and in many cases 
their entrails not removed, before they are regarded 
as proper food by the so called epicure. When 
dressed and ready for cooking, the dead body is in 
a rapid stage of decomposition, and it furnishes a 
feast of carrion to the human vulture, who feels a 
pride in being called " a man with epicurean tastes." 
Even the savage cannibal is more refined and civil- 
ized in his cravings for dead flesh than our modern 
epicure. The uncivilized cannibal eats the human 
body while it is warm and fresh, while the so called 
civilized epicure eats his flesh while it is festering 
and rotting with a slimy, sickening vapor surround- 
ing it. 
How these meatories and markets smell 
Like grave-yard vault and pest house cell. 
A dead body is a dead body, whether it be man 
or animal, if a dead body is to become an article of 
food for the human being, decency and a common 
respect for the diseases that the dead body contains 
demand that it be thoroughly cooked. Poisons 
and disease in meat cannot stand a high tempera- 
ture of heat. If, therefore, we must eat flesh, let 
the heat, necessary to proper cooking, render it 
harmless as an article of food. 14 
THE SKIN. 
When man shall have outgrown more of his 
animal nature, and his intelligence shall become 
more refined, he will shrink from rare or uncooked 
flesh as he would from a feast upon a slimy and 
diseased human body. 
As an element of food, I should prefer a well 
cooked rump from a well fed Dutchman to a rare 
tenderloin from the average cow. 
The $kiq. 
HE natural skin in its purity is a beautiful 
piece of lace-work, through the pores of 
which is continually escaping an oily se- 
cretion and an insensible perspiration. Where 
torpidity of the skin exists, the nose, forehead and 
soft parts of ^he face becomes filled with flesh 
worms or matterated pimples ; these black-headed 
worms can be pressed out with the fingers, after 
which, a wash of salt and water will help to close 
up the cavities from which these living worms are 
excavated. The microscope shows these worms 
to be alive ; they certainly give their victims an 
exceedingly disagreeable appearance. The inactiv- 
ity of the skin, which allows these filthy worms to 
find lodgement therein is caused by torpidity of 
liver, constipation and indigestion, and to remove 
this condition, the cause must be removed, this 
can generally be accomplished with the following: THE SKIN. 
15 
Strychnia i grain. 
Quinine . . . . i scruple. 
Leptandrin .' . . . i drachm. 
Hydrastin . . . .15 grains. 
Carbolic soap dipped in water and rubbed over 
the matterated pimples, will generally dry them up. 
Brown Spots, Freckles and Moth Patches. 
These can usually be removed with the following 
mentioned preparation, applied twice a day, allow- 
ing it to remain on the face forty minutes and 
then to be washed off with cold water : 
Sulpho-Carbolate of Zinc . 1 ounce. 
Glycerine . . . .12 ounces. 
\ Rose Water . . .12 ounces. 
* 
Alcohol . . . . .3 ounces. 
A painted and powdered woman is anything but 
lovely, and if the person accustomed to such folly 
knew how offensive it was to most gentlemen, and 
the injury it produced upon the skin, it appears to 
me they would throw powder and paint to the jack- 
asses. To possess a healthy skin and a fair com- 
plexion, you must have a healthy liver, kidneysand 
digestion, if these organs are in an unhealthy con- 
dition, all the external applications in the world 
would be of very little service. If the reader has 
an unpresentable skin, it would be well for him or 
her to write me fully in regard to his or her physi- 
cal condition, giving age, occupation, habits, &c., 
&c. If desired, I can prescribe such treatment as 
would remove the trouble. 16 
THE SKIN. 
Humid Tetter-Eczema. 
An eruption of minute and round pimples, about 
the size of a pin's head, filled with a colorless fluid, 
and terminating in scurf. It is generally a symptom 
of a feverish state, is preceded by languor, faint- 
ness, perspiration, and a pricking and tingling of the 
skin. 
Another species of this disease is called sun heat, 
which is an eruption of vesicles without any red- 
ness, of a white or brownish color. These vesicles 
usually terminate in brown or yellow scabs. 
In still another species the eruption is attended 
with pain, heat, itching, smarting and swelling of 
the affected part. The skin is sometimes covered 
with a crust. 
' Mattery Pimples. 
Another order of skin diseases are distinguished 
by an eruption of pimples, filled, not with water, 
like those just described, but with matter. These 
pimples are yellow from the first; the matter is 
poured out upon the skin, and in drying up forms 
crusts. 
Scaly Eruptions. 
The scaly eruption is called dry tetter. It is an 
inflammation of the true skin, and is distinguished 
from the rashes and pimples by the alteration of the 
scarf-skin. 
Dry Pimples. 
These are distinguished by the irritation of the 
skin. They are exceedingly troublesome, not only 
from the distress and itching they occasion, but THE SKIN. 
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because they are likely, in consequence of this, 
to be torn into painful and obstinate sores. In this 
form of pimples the fluid is not poured out upon 
the surface of the skin, but is collected within the 
tissue of this organ, and the pimples feel hard to 
the touch. 
Lupus. 
This makes its appearance in the form of one or 
more circular elevations, of a dull red or salmon- 
color, and partially transparent. When pressed 
under the finger these elevations are found to be 
soft, and when the finger is removed they are flat 
and whitened. They generally appear upon the 
face and nose. 
In another and worse form of the disease the 
tubercles are harder; and after a time they become 
covered with thin brown scabs, which are scratched 
off, and followed by others, and these by others, 
until ulcers appear, which are sometimes slow and 
sometimes rapid in their progress. The whole 
nose has been destroyed by them in three weeks. 
Tubercular Eruptions. 
In another variety of skin disease broad, red, 
copper-colored tubercles, or hard elevations, appear 
most commonly about the side of the nose, or on 
the cheeks. Gradually they separate, and are suc- 
ceeded by deep ulcers, terminating in scars. This 
is an unfavorable form of the disease, and usually 
appears some time after the primary symptoms, in 
persons whose constitutions have been shattered. 18 
THE SKIN. 
Some of the worst forms are found upon the 
mucous membrane of the throat and mouth. These 
correspond in number and kind with the affections 
of the skin. They affect the lips, the internal 
sides of the cheeks, the tongue and tonsils, the soft 
palate, the nasal cavities, etc. They are terribly 
destructive in their effects, forming gaping ulcers, 
and eating deeply into the parts. They often make 
shocking work in the whole mouth and throat; 
and, when attended with considerable inflamma- 
tion, 'make it almost impossible to swallow any- 
thing, or even to open the mouth. We have often 
seen the whole palatine arch eaten out. Persons 
have often died from starvation, not being able to 
swallow. The ulcers sometimes take hold of the 
tonsils, and dig them out as if it were done with a 
punch. The disorder having, by frightful ulcers, 
run riot upon the delicate structures of the skin, 
and mucous membranes, advances boldly onward, 
attacking the muscles, the tendons, the hard cover- 
ings of the bones, and the solid bones themselves. 
No part of the human frame-not even the skele- 
ton-can escape this devouring complaint. The 
bones of the nose and face are generally the first to 
be attacked. These perish slowly, falling away 
piece by piece, the nose in the meantime sinking 
down nearer to a level with the cheeks. From 
these parts the disease may spread to the bones of 
the whole system. 
These diseases should receive treatment in their 
early stages. If taken in time we rarely fail to 
cure. Mai) ^lo^tly Wktef. 
I MALS are made up mostly of water. A 
man weighing 160 lbs., contains 120 lbs. 
of water, and only 40 lbs. of dry material. 
From his lungs and skin, water is constantly evap- 
orating, 3I pounds of water are thus evaporated 
daily. If the air around him was dry his skin 
would become shrivelled and parched; fever and 
thirst would constantly oppress him. 
The air breathed from the lungs is loaded with 
moisture, and if that which is breathed in were en- 
tirely free from watery vapor, man would soon 
breathe out the fluid which fill up his tissues and 
he would dry up into a ghastly mummy. 
Vefnqrq oi| tl|e Body of fle&d. 
OR the removal of vermin on any part of 
the body, wash with carbolic soap. If the 
soap is not strong enough for their removal, 
put a teaspoonful of carbolic acid into a glass of 
water and wash the parts infested by them. 
The above will remove head lice, body lice, and 
crabs. 
Ide. 
CE is a most valuable therapeutic agent; is 
used both externally and internally. It will 
check hemorrhage, reduce or moderate in- 
flammation, and soothe uneasy sensations of febrile 
and other disorders. 20 
THE PULSB. 
For inflammation of the brain, and in the head- 
ache of the early stages of acute fever, it should be 
applied in a bladder or rubber bag in the shape 
of a cap, fitted to the head. To relieve severe 
pain of the stomach or bowels, a bag containing 
small pieces should be laid over the part afflicted. 
In sore throat, scarlatina, fever, diphtheria, the ice 
relieves pain and arrests inflammation. 
To arrest bleeding from the mouth, throat, or 
nostrils, ice should be applied directly to the bleed- 
ing vessels. When blood comes from the lungs or 
stomach, ice should be swallowed in small pieces. 
In hemorrhage from the uterus, ice should be swal- 
lowed freely. At the same time a piece should be 
inserted high up in the vagina. In bleeding piles, 
a piece of ice may be pushed up the rectum. Ice 
should not be used where there is feeble pulse, in 
old age, apoplexy, coma, or in advanced stages of 
disease. 
Pul^e- 
HE pulse of a healthy adult male person 
should be moderately full, even, and should 
number from seventy to seventy-five beats 
in the minute. The pulse of a healthy adult fe- 
male should number from eighty to eighty-five beats 
in the minute. The pulse of a child from the time 
of teething to seven or eight years, should be from 
eighty-five to ninety beats in the minute. A child's LIGHT AND DIGESTION. 
21 
pulse before teething varies according to its vitality, 
health, &c., but should be from one hundred to one 
hundred and twenty beats in the minute. The 
healthy pulse in man's old age varies from fifty-five 
to sixty-eight. The female from sixty-five to seventy 
beats per minute. All above seventy-five beats in 
middle life indicates excitement of the heart, which 
is exhausting the vital forces. The more rapid any 
machinery runs the quicker it wears out. A pulse 
above seventy-five indicates fever; if at ninety or 
hundred, a high fever. The pulse of a consumptive 
is invariably fast, generally over ninety, and in- 
creases until dissolution takes place. If the pulse 
is simply fast, it is fever ; if it is fast and strong, it 
is inflammation, and there is danger. 
I^i^t aqd ©ide^tiorp 
HE relationship between the sun and diges- 
tion are very intimate. Digestion and 
assimilation become imperfect and weak 
if man is not exposed to the rays of the sun every 
day. No plant or animal can digest in the dark. 
Plant a potatoe in the cellar, and if there is a little 
light the potatoe will send fourth a pale, tender 
sprout. Shut out that ray of light and it falls life- 
less ; it cannot digest and grow in darkness. Let 
in a strong ray of light, and behold how the poor, 
hungry vine will stretch itself out toward it. 22 
LIGHT AND DIGESTION. 
Digestion and assimilation cannot properly go 
on without sunshine. In this connection, I would 
earnestly advise my readers to furnish, paper and 
paint their dining and sleeping rooms in light 
colors. At this writing, dark furniture, dark car- 
pets, dark paper upon the walls, dark wood finish 
is all the fashion. There is a richness and grandeur 
I admit in this style of furnishing, but such houses 
are living tombs. After the eyes become accus- 
tomed to this darkness a gloom settles over the 
mind, and I believe a person residing in such a 
house would not live out half his days. I followed 
this fashion myself, and in less than six months a 
settled melancholy took possession of me. I made 
an auction, and at once went into light, cheerful 
rooms. Immediately this gloom departed, and the 
sun and the dear faces of my family looked as 
bright and cheerful as ever to me. 
Clear out your dark furniture, tear down the dark 
paper, and in their places put that which is cheerful 
for the eye to dwell upon. 
The only peaches that take on those beautiful 
red cheeks, the only grapes that become perfectly 
ripe and sweet, are those that hang upon the out- 
side of the trees, uncovered by the leaves and ex- 
posed to the sun. As it is with the peaches and 
the grapes, so it is with man. Sunshine is what his 
nature demands. Without it he droops and dies. Di^e^e ffouq 
UBSTANCES taken as food may be the 
carriers of poison's products; thus water 
may be the carrier of the organic poisons 
of the spreading diseases, or of lead and other in- 
organic poisons, or substances which are poisonous 
may be taken in mistake for innocuous, edible 
articles, as when the poisonous mushroom is mis- 
taken for the edible, or substances which, under 
ordinary circumstances, rank as true foods, may, 
either by changes within themselves or by misap- 
plication, induce disease. 
Eruptive Disease. 
Now and then we see an acute eruptive disease 
called Nettle Rash, accidentally induced by food. 
The disease is a passing fever, attended with an 
eruption on the skin, resembling closely the erup- 
tion produced by the sting of the nettle, with swell- 
ing of the eyelids and sometimes with swelling of 
the throat, as a rule, this disease is of a few days' 
duration and of trifling moment, but I have known 
it to terminate fatally from the extension of the in- 
flammation into the throat and windpipe. The foods 
which induce this disease are limited; some kinds 
of fish, such as mullet and anchovy induce it, mus- 
sels induce it, pork induces it. 
Septinous Disease. 
There is a disgusting practice carried out by 
some epicures, namely eating of decomposed ani- 24 
DISEASE FROM FOODS. 
mal food, game allowed to become what is called 
high, and venison allowed to become rotten, are 
viands which minister to acquired depraved tastes. 
As a rule such foods do no serious harm to the body 
that receives them. In that wonderful alembic, the 
stomach, not half of the functions of which are yet 
discovered, the putrid matter is rendered innocuous 
though it would be actively poisonous were it in- 
serted into a wound or injected into a vein. This 
power of the stomach, for digesting poisonous 
animal substances, has long been recognized. The 
large majority of those who eat putrid flesh arc 
protected by the same defensive action of the 
stomach; their breath is tainted by the odor of the 
products of decomposition for some hours, and 
then the disagreeable results of this barbarous 
feasting is over. There is, nevertheless, one possi- 
ble source of danger from indulgence in the sup- 
posed luxury of eating decomposed food; it is oc- 
casionally the fact that the eater has a sore abra- 
sion or wound of the mucous tact between the lips 
and the stomach. The food coming into contact 
with this surface, and lying in contact with it, yields 
up its poisonous matter direct to the blood and 
kills by the process of septinous poisoning. 
Parasitic Disease. 
It has been discovered during the past few years, 
that certain marked diseases, presumed in former 
times to be derived from occult sources, have in 
fact their origin from animal foods. I allude now 
to a class of diseases arising from the presence disease from foods. 
25 
within the body of microscopic germs or parasites. 
The parasites giving rise to the maladies in question 
are numerous, and as yet are not all discovered. 
Of these parasites I will speak in another place. 
Functional Nervous Derangements, 
Some functional nervous derangements are ex- 
cited by fluids commonly consumed with or as 
foods. Tea taken in excess is one of these dis- 
turbing elements. Tea exerts an astringent action, 
and by the presence in it of an organic substance, 
Theine, it exercises a special influence over the 
nervous system, which to say the least, is tempo- 
rarily injurious. The symptoms which indicate 
the injurious action of tea, are sufficiently 
characteristic, they are intensely severe head-aches, 
constipation of the bowels, flatulency, an unsteadi- 
ness and feebleness of muscular power, not un- 
frequently a lowness of spirits, amounting to 
hypochondriacal despondency. Among the poorer 
classes, the women who'take tea at every meal, this 
extremely nervous semi-hysterical condition from 
the action of tea, is almost universal. The 
flatulency induced by tea taken late in the evening 
has the effect of interfering with the process of 
sleep ; it prevents or disturbs sleep by dreams and 
muscular startings, and is a common cause of that 
painful symptom known as nightmare. 
Coffee, though less injurious than tea, is even in 
slight excess, a source of derangement of nervous 
action, its effect is to relax the minute vascular net- 
work and increase glandular secretion. For this 26 
DISEASE FROM FOODS. 
reason it acts on most persons as a diuretic, while 
on some it acts as a purgative. Coffee, like tea, in- 
duces dyspepsia, and, perhaps, with even more 
activity than tea, it keeps the brain awake when 
that wearied organ ought, according to nature, to 
be asleep ; it is, nevertheless, a better beverage than 
tea, for the reason that it is not an astringent, does 
not, like tea, suppress the secretion of the kidney, 
and does not lead to mental depression and nervous 
irritability. 
Acidity from Food. 
Foods which are unduly acid or which are pass- 
ing through fermentative stages, often become a 
source of mischief by causing excess of acid in the 
alimentary canal and absorption of acid from the 
alimentary surface into the tissues. Too free in- 
dulgence in lemonades and other waters artificially 
acidified, lead to harm, as does indulgence in new 
bread, preserved fruits, unripe cheese and almost all 
sweetmeats. The phenomena of disorders produced 
by these substances are flatulency and distension of 
the stomach, with the other usual symptoms of indi- 
gestion; these are followed by deranged secretions, 
by excess of acid secretion from the skin, and fre- 
quently by aches and pains called vaguely rheu- 
matic, neuralgic or gouty, and partaking truly of 
these characters of pain according to the proclivities 
of the individual who suffers from them. Di^e^e from of 
HE worst mechanical errors in clothing are 
those which affect the chest and body. 
The tight band round the waist, and the 
tightly laced corset still play too important a part, 
and interfere with the free and healthy movements 
of young girls and women. The effects of the 
pressure is equally injurious to the organs of diges- 
tion, respiration, and circulation. The liver and 
stomach compressed, the digestive functions are 
impeded, and a distaste for solid food, with an ina- 
bility to digest food, and with symptoms of pain 
and flatulency after eating, are the common proofs 
of the injury that is being inflicted. The great 
breathing muscle, the diaphragm, which separates 
the chest from the abdomen, and which by its de- 
scent, in contraction, causes the chest to fill with 
air, is impeded in its motion, and is, therefore, un- 
able to sustain a free respiration. The large veins 
from the lower part of the body which pour their 
blood into the right side of the heart are com- 
pressed, and in the worst instances the heart itself 
and the lungs themselves are actually subjected to 
restraint. By these means the organs of the cir- 
culation, not less than the organs of respiration and 
digestion, are disturbed, to the detriment of the 
whole of the body, which depends on these organs 
for its nervous power, its muscular force, and its 
nutrition in every part. The effects of mechanical 
pressure of the kind described are not confined to 
the periods of time at which the pressure is ap- 28 
DISEASE FROM ERRORS OF DRESS. 
plied. They extend to after life, and, when long 
continued, produce an imperfect build of the chest 
and of the trunk of the body, which is never lost. 
Women thus deformed, when it is their turn to be- 
come mothers, pay a penalty of suffering which 
would have been spared them if their bodies had 
developed into the healthy and beautiful form de- 
vised by the hand of nature. 
From Uncleanliness of Dress. 
Uncleanliness of attire leads to disease, or more 
correctly speaking, creates conditions favorable to 
the invasion of disease. Clothing worn too long 
a time becomes saturated with the excretions and 
exhalations from the body, and, by preventing the 
free transportation from the surface of the skin, in- 
duces oppression of the physical powers and men- 
tal inactivity. Health will not be clothed in dirty 
raiment. They who wear such raiment suffer from 
trains of minor complaints; from oppression, dull- 
ness, headache, nausea, which, though trifling in 
themselves, taken one by one, when put together 
greatly reduce that standard of perfect health by 
which the value of life is correctly and effectively 
maintained. 
Unclean clothing is sometimes a direct means of 
conveyance of disease. The unclean fabric be- 
comes saturated with poisonous substances, with 
the fumes of tobacco for instance, and holds its 
wearer in a persistent atmosphere charged with 
unwholesome vapor. Still more seriously it be- 
comes the medium of the poisons of the spreading DISEASE FROM ERRORS OF DRESS. 
29 
diseases. I have known scarlet fever to be car- 
ried by the clothing of a nurse into a healthy 
family, and the disease communicated to every 
member. I have known yellow fever, small pox and 
cholera to be communicated by the clothes of the 
affected person to the women washing the clothes, 
and to persons who breathed the atmosphere in 
which the clothes were retained. Thus the un- 
cleanly garments on the bodies of the unclean, the 
work rooms of the makers of garments, the very 
laundries in which cleanliness is sought, are all 
liable to become sources of those scourges, which, 
" still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm," 
baffle yet our finest art, and imprint on our fair 
country the fields of pestilence which blacken as 
with national mourning the map of the geographer 
of disease. 
I:qflTie:qde of tlqe iq Irfdudii^ 
©i^ek^e. 
HE passions which act most severely on the 
physical life, are anger, fear, hatred and 
grief. The other passions are compara- 
tively innocuous. What is called the passion of 
love is not injurious until it lapses into grief and 
anxiety; on the contrary, it sustains the physical 
power. What is called ambition is of itself harm- 
less ; for ambition, when it exists purely, is a nobil- 
ity lifting its owner entirely from himself into the 30 
INFLUENCE OF THE PASSIONS, &C. 
exalted service of mankind. It injures when it is 
debased by its meaner ally, pride ; or when, stimu- 
lating a man to too strenuous efforts after some 
great object, it leads him to the performance of ex- 
cessive mental or physical labor, and to the conse- 
quences that follow such efforts. 
Effects of Anger. 
Of the passions most detrimental to life, anger 
stands first. He is a man very rich indeed in phy- 
sical power who can afford to be angry. The rich- 
est cannot afford it many times without ensuring a 
penalty that is always severe. What is still worse 
of this passion is, that the very disease it engen- 
ders feeds it, so'that if the impulse go many times 
unchecked it becomes the master of the man. The 
effects of passion are brought out entirely through 
disturbance in the organic nervous chain. We say 
a man was " red" with rage, or we may say he was 
" white " with rage, by which terms, as by degrees 
of comparison, we express the extent of his fury. 
Physiologically, we are then speaking of the ner- 
vous condition of the minute circulation of his 
blood; that " red " rage means partial paralysis of 
minute blood vessels ; that " white " rage means 
temporary suspension of the action of the prime 
mover of the circulation itself. But such disturb- 
ances cannot often be produced without the occur- 
rence of permanent organic evils of the vital organs, 
especially of the heart and of the brain. The ef- 
fects of anger upon the brain is to produce first a 
paralysis, and afterwards, during reaction, a con- INFLUENCE OF THE PASSIONS, &C. 
31 
gestion of the vessels of that organ ; for, if life 
continues, reactive congestion follows paralysis as 
certainly as day follows night. Thus, in men who 
give way to violent rage there comes on during the 
acute period, what to them is merely a faintness, 
which, after a time of apparent recovery, is followed 
by a slight confusion, a giddiness, a weight in the 
head, a sense of oppression, and a return to equili- 
brium. Many die in one or other of the two 
stages I have named. They die in the moment of 
white rage, when the cerebral vessels and heart are 
paralyzed ; or they die more slowly when the rage 
has passed, and the congestion of reaction has led 
to engorgement of the vessels of the brain. Then 
the engorgement has caused stoppage of the circu- 
lation there, or a vessel has given way, or serous 
fluid has exuded, producing pressure, and we report 
that the death was from apoplexy following upon 
excitement. 
Effects of Hatred. 
Hatred, when it is greatly intensified, acts much 
like anger in the effects it produces. The phe- 
nomena differ in that they are less suddenly devel- 
oped and more closely concealed. They very 
rarely in fact come under the cognizance of the 
physician unmixed with other phenomena. They 
are made up of the symptoms of suppressed anger 
with morose determination. They keep the sufferer 
from rest. He is led to neglect the necessities of 
his own existence ; he is rendered feverish and 
feeble; and at last he either sinks into chronic INFLUENCE OF THE PASSIONS, &G 
32 
despondency and irritability, or rushes hastily to 
the performance of some act which indicates dis- 
ordered mind. 
Effects of Fear. 
The effects of fear are all but identical with 
those of rage, and like rage, grow in force with 
repetition. The phenomena are so easily developed 
in the majority of persons by listening to the mere 
narratives of events which act as causes of fear. 
The organs upon which fear exerts its injurious 
influence are, again, the organic nervous chain, the 
heart and the brain. The effect of fear on the 
brain may be to the extent of that which is pro- 
duced by extremity of rage, so that even sudden 
death from syncope may ensue. 
Effects of Grief. 
The effects of grief varies somewhat according 
to the suddenness or slowness with which it is ex- 
pressed. Sudden grief tells chiefly upon the heart, 
leading to irregular action, and to various changes 
in the extreme parts of the circulation incidental 
to such irregularity. From the irregularity of the 
circulation of the blood induced by prolonged 
grief, varied central phenomena in the nervous 
matter follow, and in persons who have passed 
middle life these phenomena are usually perman- 
ent, if not progressive. They consist of organic 
feebleness, extending to all the active organs of the 
body, and affecting, specially, the mental organism. influence of the passions, &c. 
33 
A constant desire for rest, for avoidance of cares, 
for seclusion, mask this stage of disease, if so it 
may be called. 
The Reel of the Passions. 
Under some circumstances, the passions, excited 
in turn, injure by the combined influence of their 
action. In games of chance, where money is at 
stake, we see the play of the worst passions, in all 
their mischievous intensity, fear and anger, hate and 
grief, hope and exultation, stand forth, one after 
the other, keeping the trepitant heart in constant 
excitement and under tremulous strain, until at 
length its natural steadiness of motion is transferr- 
ed into an unnatural irregularity, which, if it do not 
remain permanent, is called up by the slightest ir- 
ritation. The man who sits down regularly to play, 
and stakes heavily on his games, never escapes the 
effects of organic shock. 
Political excitements call forth readily, the reel 
of the passions with dangerous energy. A few 
specially constructed men, who have no passions, 
pass through active political excitement and, may 
be, take part in it without suffering injury, but the 
majority are injured, as they pour forth their 
eloquent or rude speeches, as they extol or con- 
demn, as they cheer or hiss, as they threaten or 
cajole, they are taking out of themselves force they 
will never regain. The reel of the passions as a 
cause of disease of modern life, rests not with the 
excitements of gaming, of political strife, of war; 
it is stirred up by some fanatical manifestations for 34 
INFLUENCE OF THE PASSIONS, &C. 
the regeneration of the world, which are well meant 
but which, missing the mark, plant degeneration 
instead. 
Whenever from undue excitement of any kind, 
the passions are permitted to overrule the reason, 
the result is disease ; the heart empties itself into 
the brain, the brain is stricken, the heart is 
prostrate, and both are lost. 
from Impurity of Sfr. 
MPURE air, the specific cause of some dis- 
eases, is the disposing cause of many; that 
is to say, it is the medium by which agents 
and influences, giving rise to disease, are carried to 
and into the body. The air may be artificially, so 
charged as to be the bearer of any and every 
vaporous or gaseous poison diffusible through it. 
It may waft fine, solid, poisonous particles, so that 
they are borne into the lungs, or on to the outer 
surfaces of the body. 
The water vapor with which it is charged, may 
bear soluble poisonous substances. Thus the air 
may become one of the most common and ready 
mediums of the factors of disease; but the sub- 
stances, vaporous, solid or fluid, which it conveys, 
are practically few. The diffusion of all 
diffusible matters through air is so rapid and so 
wide-spread, and the oxidation of organic substan- 
ces in it is so effective that it must be imorisoned DISEASE FROM IMPURITY OF AIR. 
35 
as well as empoisoned or deteriorated before it can 
exert a dangerous influence. 
Impurity from Accumulation of Products of 
Respiration and Excretion. 
If the air be surcharged with the products of 
respiration, even in a small degree, it becomes op- 
pressive and injurious. It has been held, that the 
impregnation with so little as one per cent, of that 
product of respiration, carbonic acid is sufficient to 
produce symptoms of disease. So soon as a 
change of over one per cent, of this gas is intro- 
duced, painful and distressing phenomena are pre- 
sented ; they include frontal headache, dizziness, 
sense of nausea, a feeling of drowsiness and at last 
faintness, carried to an extreme, they would end in 
insensibility, convulsion, and in the extremest 
degree of all, in death. 
When persons are for long hours, and day after 
day confined in this bad air, with nothing more 
than accidental ventilation, or change of place to 
relieve the influence and prevent actual danger, 
oppression, dull headache, impaired appetite, 
weakened digestion, and deranged secretion, are 
the results. In the healthily constituted body, these 
■symptoms readily pass away on exposure to pure 
outdoor air, but they who are disposed by hereditary 
tendency to disease, are not so easily let off. The 
consumptives are especially injured, and many of 
the most intensely developed examples of pulmon- 
ary consumption are induced in this manner. 36 
DISEASE FROM IMPURITY OF AIR. 
Persons of plethoric and of rheumatoid or gouty 
proclivities, are disposed to these special diseases by 
exposure, for long periods of time, to an air so 
charged with carbonic acid as to induce the symp- 
toms to which I first alluded. 
When in a confined room, a number of persons 
are long enclosed together, other excreted matter 
than the carbonic acid collects in the confined 
atmosphere; there is given off by. the breath, a 
minute trace of ammonia. The action of ammonia on 
the body is that of an irritant, and it ten^s to hold 
the blood in a state of fluidity; it also interferes 
with the process of oxidation of organic matter, so 
that it becomes an antiseptic, and it rapidly de- 
composes that alotropical condition of oxygen 
which is called ozone. 
From diseased animal bodies there may be an 
elimination of compounds of ammonia which are ac- 
tively dangerous. 
Devitalized Air. 
Devitalized air finds its entrance into the human 
habitations. It is this air in our overcrowded 
cities, where there is no vegetation to revivify it, 
which we distinguish as something so different 
from the fresh country air that streams over 
meadow and forest; it is the breathing of this air 
that makes the child of the city so pale and lax and 
feeble, as compared with the child of the country. 
It is this air that gives to many of our churches 
and lecture halls, in which large numbers of people 
are herded together, such a depressing atmos- DISEASE FROM IMPURITY OF AIR. 
37 
phere. In many private houses, streams of de- 
vitalized air are nursed with the utmost care. 
There are dark closets in which cast off clothing, 
charged with organic debris of the body, are let 
rest for weeks together. There are carpets in 
which are collected pounds of organic dust. There 
are dining-rooms in which the odor of the last 
meal is never absent from the side-board cupboards, 
of which the smell of decomposing fruits or cheese 
is always emanating. There are drawing-rooms in 
which the scent of decayed roses, or of the varnish 
from the furniture, is always present. There are 
kitchens in which there is the odorous indication 
of perpetual cooking. There are sculleries, in which 
the process of "washing up" seems to be in per- 
manent action, and where the products of charge 
from stored bones, potato parings and other similar 
refuse are abiding. There are water-closets in 
which there is, at all times, a persistent faint 
ammoniacal organic odor. 
1'he process of devitalization of the air is again 
effected, locally ip human habitations, by the 
presence in it of the lower forms of life. When in 
the dwelling house, dogs, cats, tame mice, birds, 
squirrels, &c., are kept in such numbers that the 
odors of the animals are perceptible, when flies 
cover the ceiling, a mould collects on the walls, 
then the air teems with myriads of minute living 
forms, and with organic dust. Shall we wonder 
that people sicken and die mysteriously, when such 
a state of impurity is allowed to exist in our 
dwellings. 38 
DISEASE FROM IMPURITY OF AIR. 
Impurity from Sewer Emanations. 
When emanations from a sewer or cesspool, 
enter a house, diseases much more decided and 
acute than those described in the last section, are 
apt to be present among the inmates. 
Sewer air may become the bearer of those poi- 
sons of the spreading or communicable diseases, 
which are volatile and easy diffusible. 
Impurity from Heated Stoves. 
The air of living rooms is occasionally rendered 
impure by the use of cast-iron stoves, in which a 
moderate amount of fuel yields, in combustion, a 
considerable degree of heat; the heat radiates from 
the stove freely, and the air of the room is quickly 
warmed throughout; the air is, however, by this 
means, rendered dry and singularly oppressive, as 
if there emanated from the cast-iron, some product 
which was injurious to the process of respiration. 
Impurity from Damp. 
Diseases of the most serious character, such as 
pulmonary consumption and rheumatism, are in- 
duced by air rendered impure by damp, that is to 
say, by the persistent saturation of air with water 
in a state of vapor. If you enter a house that is 
damp, you find the walls bedewed with moisture; 
cellars coated with mould and fungus; bedrooms, 
the windows of which are in winter often so frosted 
on their inner surface from condensation of the 
water in the air of the room, that all day they are 
coated with ice. Perfect health cannot long abide 
with the indwellers of such a house. ^he feif. 
HANDSOME head of hair is a very desir- 
able thing to possess. A great many 
persons might have it but for their neglect 
to take proper care of the hair and scalp. A very 
excellent wash to keep the scalp and hair clean is a 
tablespoonful of hartshorn in a pint of water. This 
should be thoroughly rubbed into the hair and 
scalp, and then wash the hair with clean water. 
Use twice a week. 
Hair Preparations. 
An excellent article is made as follows: 
Alcohol, .... i Pint. 
Castor Oil, . . . .2 Ounces. 
Tinct. Spanish Flies, . 2 Drachms. 
Oils of Bergamot and Lavender, 10 drops each. 
A Good Hair Dye. 
Nitrate Silver, . . 80 Grains. 
Ammonia, . . . .1 Ounce. 
Alcohol, ... 3 Ounces. 
Water, . . . -9 Ounces. 
Keep this preparation well corked, and in a dark 
place. The hair should be washed clean and al- 
lowed to dry before applying this dye. Apply by 
combing the hair with a comb dipped in the pre- 
paration. 
After three or four applications the hair will 
become black. Expose the hair to the sunlight 40 
THE HAIR. 
for twenty minutes. Then oil it with the foregoing 
hair mixture. 
The hair and scalp should be thoroughly brushed 
with a coarse hair brush at least once or twice a 
day. 
For falling out of the hair or baldness, I have a 
preparation that is almost an infallible preventive, 
which I can forward to any address by express 
upon receipt of one dollar, or six packages for five 
dollars. 
Yeetlv 
ESS attention is given to the teeth than there 
should be. Food lodged between the teeth 
and tartar at their roots, is an offensive 
sight. Food clogged in between the teeth rots, 
giving the breath a most intolerable fetor, and it 
helps to decay the teeth. The teeth should be 
cleaned with a stiff brush once or twice a day. A 
good mixture is made as follows : 
Prepared Chalk, . . 6 Ounces. 
Orris Root (powdered),. . 3 Ounces. 
Powdered Green Myrrh, . A Ounce. 
Oil of Cinnamon, . . 40 Drops. 
The very moment a cavity is seen in a tooth a 
reliable dentist should be consulted. youf ^eet. 
HE pores on the soles of the feet being 
much larger than on any other part of the 
body, give off a large amount of perspira- 
tion which mixes with the dirt and dust and forms 
a hard and scaly crust that is observable at some 
time on almost every person's feet. There is very 
little ventilation given to the feet while wearing 
tight boots, and the result is that the feet of some 
persons have the smell of rotten eggs. The feet 
should be soaked in warm water, well soaped, 
at least three times a week, and then the bot- 
toms should be well scraped with a dull knife. 
If this course is followed you will be less 
liable to take cold. Your feet will be kept much 
warmer, and they will not offend your friends when 
you pay your respects to them in a warm room. 
The whole body of a healthy person should be 
sponged with cold water every morning. This cold 
bathing every day will toughen the body and pre- 
vent colds. 
Old doipe^ CSfeepipg op hpd bfip^ 
with it itd Ckfe$ kpd it$ Di^e^e^. 
AN was born to die, but it is best that he 
should live to a ripe old age. Men at 
60 and women at 50 begin to show signs 
of debility and decrepitude. Diseases incidental 
to old age at this time of life begin to onanifest 42 
AGE, ETC. 
themselves. Gout, gravel, rheumatism, apoplexy 
and paralysis arise and wreck the constitution. 
Now it is that any excesses committed in earlier 
years are found to have told upon the constitution, 
although this was not manifest in the full vigor of 
manhood. It is now we find the powers of secre- 
tion and respiration impaired, making it necessary 
for us to be careful of the air we breathe, the foods 
we eat, and the exercise we take. The more 
simple and natural people live the more healthy 
they will be and the longer will be their stay in the 
world. Poverty is the great disturber of repose, 
and painful indeed is the life of the old man or 
woman who is beset with it. The very idea of it 
should make us thrifty while young. 
Old persons should take moderate exercise ; they 
should take frequent sponge baths in a room of 
equal temperature; warmth is essential to their 
comfort and health, and they should never venture 
out in cold or damp weather without an extra 
wrap. Amusements are as necessary to the old as 
to the young, and they should be indulged as far 
as means and opportunity will allow. Medicines 
for the old should be of a warm and stimulating 
nature. If they cannot read, themselves, they 
should be read to, and talked to, and listened to, 
for one of the greatest pleasures of old age consists 
in old associations and old memories. Old persons 
live much on the world that has passed, and if 
sometimes they are bores, it should be remembered 
that from them this world with its pleasures and its 
sorrows is rapidly passing away, and that in the HOW TO AVOID COLDS. 
43 
circle of life, with them nearly completed, the 
beginning and the end approach each other, until 
they finally join, birth and death forming the unit- 
ing points. The process of death is the reverse of 
the process of development. The generative func- 
tions fail first, the animal next, the organic becomes 
impotent last, and death should come without a 
struggle. 
flow to Svoid CSold^. 
ILLIONS of tubes from the inner portions 
of the body open their tiny mouths at 
the surface, and through these channels 
a fluid containing the waste and impurities of the 
system is passing outward, and is forced out upon 
the skin. Under the influence of increased natural 
or artificial heat, this secretion is more profuse, and 
is known as sweat or perspiration. This fluid must 
have exit or we die in a few hours. If the external 
surface of the body does not give it vent, it must 
have some internal outlet. Heat distends the 
mouths of these ducts and promotes a more in- 
creased flow of the contained fluid ; on the other 
hand, cold contracts them, and the fluid is dammed 
up and rebounds. If these mouths are gradually 
closed, nature has time to adapt herself to the cir- 
cumstances by opening other channels into the 
water courses of the body, and no serious results 
follow. The danger from closing the pores of the 
skin varies according to the direction the shock 44 
ROW TO AVOID COLDS. 
takes. This is always to the weakest part, tri 
children it generally goes to the throat, and there 
is croup ; to the adult it goes to the head and pro- 
duces catarrh ; to the bronchia or lungs, causing 
tightness of the chest, and sometimes inflamma- 
tion, pleurisy and pneumonia ; to the bowels, caus- 
ing diarrhcea ; if the current goes to the liver, there 
is constipation, bilious fever, or headache. To 
avoid colds, then, it is only necessary to avoid 
closing the pores of the skin. 
How to Cure a Cold. 
As early as possible, after taking cold, go to bed 
in a warm room, covering yourself with two extra 
blankets. Put 25 drops of tinct. aconite into two- 
thirds of a glass of water, and take a teaspoonful 
every thirty minutes until you perspire freely. Eat 
no food until the following morning. 
flow to ^eed hqd CS^ildfe-q. 
OR the first twenty-four hours after a child is 
born, except in particular cases, the child 
does not require any food whatsoeven The 
first supply of the mother's milk is always purga- 
tive. If the mother is healthy, and she is able to 
nurse the child, no other food is necessary for the 
first six or seven months of its life. During the 
first month the child should be nursed every two 
hours. After that period has elapsed the interval 
should be gradually prolonged to four hours, for HOW TO FEED AND NURSE CHILDREN. 
45 
frequent feeding is the cause of much sickness in 
infants. The mother should get as many hours of 
uninterrupted rest at night as possible. When 
maternal rest is imperative, the baby may be fed 
once during the night with weak milk and water. 
The child should be made to sleep in a crib as soon 
as possible in place of being lulled to sleep in its 
mother's arms. If the mother, from any cause, is 
unable to continue nursing her child, a good healthy 
wet nurse should be engaged. Too much care can- 
not be exercised in this selection. . If a nurse can- 
not be obtained, the child of course must be fed by 
hand. Cow's milk is heavier than human milk. In 
order, therefore, to adapt this milk to the necessi- 
ties of the child it should be diluted with water and 
sweetened. The babe should be raised to an up- 
right position while taking its food. Children 
should never be fed while lying on their backs. 
From six to eight tablespoonfuls of milk every two 
hours is enough to give a child at first; this can be 
increased. Cow's milk sometimes curdles in the 
child's stomach. To correct this, lime water may 
be mixed with the milk in place of the clear water. 
The child's food should be placed in a bottle and 
warmed by placing the bottle in a vessel of wrarm 
water ; if it disagrees with the child it should be 
boiled. The child's bottle should be thoroughly 
cleaned every time it is used, otherwise the milk 
left in it will sour. 
Good fresh air, an abundance of light and warm 
clothing, are essential to the health and growth of 
the child ; and the child should be taken out once 46 
HOW TO FEED AND NURSE CHILDREN. 
or twice every pleasant day. The child should be 
washed all over once each day with warm or tepid 
water. A child should not be allowed to bear its 
weight upon its feet too soon or too long at a time, 
us it is liable to produce deformities in the hips, 
back, or limbs. Infants have no means, of keep- 
ing themselves warm, and, therefore, it is of the ut- 
most importance to see they are kept so. 
Teething. 
At this period the digestive organs of the infant 
undergo a rapid development to a condition of ac- 
tivity which is necessary for the conversion of 
vegetable and animal foods into living muscle, 
nerve and bone. 
Diarrhoea, sickness and fretfulness are manifest 
at this stage of infant life. The mother or nurse, 
in their anxiety to quiet the child, are liable to over- 
feed it, and thus disorganize the child's stomach to 
such an extent as to cause death. Many children 
are unconsciously murdered at this critical period 
of their existence. Great regularity in feeding 
children should be observed while the child is 
teething, and the diet should not be changed. 
Obedience to Parents. 
A child should, from the first, be reared to pay 
strict obedience to its parents. It should not be per- 
mitted to have every whim gratified until it is of a 
certain age, and then suddenly checked here and 
scolded there for little errors it has been led into 
by such previous neglect. A child should never be 
harshly reproved ; it should never learn to fear its HOW TO FEED AND NURSE CHILDREN. 
47 
parents. If parents manifest an interest in all the 
plans and sayings of their little ones, and reason 
with them when it is necessary to make them see 
and feel things as the parents think they ought, 
they will haye the full love and confidence of 
their children, and disobedience to the parent's 
wishes will be of rare occurrence. An affectionate 
manner and kind word from a parent will do more in 
the correction of a child than all the rods that 
grow. When a parent strikes a child that has any 
spirit, the blow he gives drives from that child's 
heart the love and the reverence he has hitherto 
felt for that parent, and if it is persisted in, the 
child, in after years, can never think of that parent 
without remembering all of his harshness and 
cruelty toward him, a helpless child, who should 
have been dealt with in a spirit of love and reason 
rather than with the cow-hide, bludgeon, or in- 
timidation by means of threats. 
A child's first impressions of his father are that 
he is the noblest and best man in all the world, and 
of the mother that she is the most angelic and 
lovely mother that had yet been created, and his 
little heart is brimful of love and admiration for 
that father and mother. Now, fathers and mothers, 
is not such innocent and trusting affection magnifi- 
cent ? Can you imagine anything more sublime 
than the possession of the trusting love of the little 
child who calls you his father or his mother, and 
who looks to you for protection against all harm 
from without and within ? How can you, then, be 
so unreasonable and so cruel as to dispel forever 48 
HOW TO FEED AND NURSE CHILDREN. 
from your little child's heart that sublime love and 
trust he has bestowed upon, and in you, by lacerat- 
ing his little back with a whip, that never should 
have been made, because in a thoughtless moment 
he had given you offense, and for which he would 
have been sorry all his life if you had corrected 
him with kind and loving words ? 
A whip, a blow, harsh looks, threatening gestures, 
may sometimes temporarily subdue a child, but if 
you, fathers and mothers, seek to correct your 
children by these barbarous and wicked means, you 
will, in nine cases out of ten, lose the respect and 
love of your children, and as soon as they arrive 
at an age when they can care for themselves, they 
will leave your fireside and seek a home among 
strangers. 
Incident to find 
Childhood, 
HE diseases of children are numerous. Some 
of them are unavoidable, but a great num- 
ber could be prevented by careful attention 
to diet, cleanliness, ventilation, and avoiding cold 
and damp. 
Thrush. 
Thrush is one of the first diseases to manifest 
itself in children. In this disease the tongue, 
throat and inside of the mouth are covered more 
or less with small white specks; there is dryness 
and soreness of the mouth and throat; diarrhoea diseases incident to infancy, etc. 
49 
comes on toward the end of the attack; it is due 
to a vegetable parasite which is developed in any 
sour milk or sugary substance which may adhere 
to the mouth of an infant. In the treatment of 
this disease, everything coming into contact with 
the child's mouth should be clean, and the mouth 
cleansed with a cloth moistened with chlorate of 
✓ 
potash (io grains dissolved in an ounce of water). 
Diarrhcea. 
Diarrhoea is a common disease among infants. 
Where this exists the child may take a very small 
dose of castor oil warm; dilute its milk with one- 
half of lime water, and place warm flannels to its 
stomach; a teaspoonful of chalk mixture or a little 
peppermint will also check the diarrhoea in children. 
A very little thoroughly boiled wheaten flour boiled 
in milk, can be given with safety. 
Cholera Infantum. 
This disease usually occurs, if at all, during 
the period of teething. It is characterized by 
feverishness from the first, then by diarrhoea, and 
later by vomiting. Emaciation commences soon, 
cold, hands and feet follow, the head and abdomen 
hot, the skin dry and rough, the countenance pale 
and shrunken, and the pulse irritated ; the child be- 
comes sleepy, and finally sinks into insensibility. 
Put the child into a warm bath, or apply wet hot 
cloths to the abdomen ; dissolve gum arabic in 
peppermint water and give a tablespoonful every 
half hour ; give also a little lemonade. 50 
DISEASES INCIDENT TO INFANCY, ETC. 
Worms. 
The presence of these parasites within the body 
is usually indicated by the child grinding his teeth, 
rubbing his nose, and a capricious appetite. When 
worms exist the child's digestion should be regulat- 
ed, and a lump of bitter aloes, the size of a walnut, 
dissolved in a half pint of hot milk, given as an in- 
jection ; at the same time the child should inhale 
spirits of turpentine from a cloth upon which is 
poured a few drops; two or three inhalations of 
turpentine at a time is all that is necessary. 
Measles. 
Measles is most common in infancy and early 
childhood. The first symptoms are drowsiness, 
fretfulness, fever, cold in the head, cough, watery 
discharge from the eyes and nose, itching of the 
face, and the eyes are red and sensitive to the light 
on the fourth day of these symptoms. A rash of 
a faint mulberry hue first appears on the forehead 
about the roots of the hair ; this soon spreads over 
the entire body in dark spots. The rash subsides 
in from three days to a week. Rest in bed, with a 
milk diet, are all that is necessary with measles. 
Whooping Cough. 
Whooping cough is usually preceded for a week 
or more by a slight cough, then it becomes distinct- 
ly paroxysmal-that is to say, each fit of coughing 
consists of a rapid succession of coughs lasting 
until the breath is quite exhausted. Great relief 
is afforded in this complaint by frequently bathing 
the throat and breast with equal parts of spirits DISEASES INCIDENT TO INFANCY, ETC. 
51 
turpentine, sweet oil, and spirits camphor, and by 
applying hot cloths, always avoiding taking cold. 
The disorder runs its course in about a month. The 
child should be kept in a warm room and given a 
generous diet. 
Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. 
Scarlet fever or scarlatina are terms having the 
same meaning-. The disease begins with fever and 
sore throat. On the second or third day a scarlet 
rash appears, first at the top of the chest and 
then spreads all over the body. In its mildest form 
it is a dangerous disease. The room of a scarlet 
fever patient should be warm and of even tempera- 
ture, and the subject should not be allowed to get 
chilled. As soon as the signs are sufficiently marked 
to make it certain that it is scarlet fever, the child 
should be put to bed ; cover the abdomen with a 
dry flannel, and over it apply a sheet wrung out of 
hot water ; cover the sheet with another dry flannel. 
Give the child warm lemonade, to which add dis- 
olved gum arabic, and let this be the only drink 
given while the fever lasts. The hot cloth should 
be replaced by another as soon as it gets cooled 
until perspiration is induced. The child will fall 
asleep after the perspiration has commenced. 
Should the bowels need attention, give a warm in- 
jection of soap and castor oil. When the rash 
fades, which takes place in from a week to ten 
days, the skin begins to peel off. This process lasts 
about a month, and during this period the child is 
liable to an attack of dropsy, from inflammation 52 
DISEASES INCIDENT TO INFANCY, ETC. 
of the kidneys. A slight chill is the most common 
cause of this serious complication, which is often 
fatal. To guard against this chill and dropsy, the 
child should be kept in bed, and in an even tempera- 
ture, for at least two weeks after the scaling has 
ceased. When the throat symptoms are severe, 
external applications of spirits turpentine, camphor, 
and sweet oil (equal parts) are useful. Ten drops 
of tine, iodine in a half glass of water and a tea- 
spoonful of the mixture, given every hour, alternat- 
ing with a teaspoonful of the mixture of ten drops 
tine, aconite in half a glass of water. Warm baths 
and frictions of the skin give great relief, and are 
useful in the scaling sta<je of scarlet fever. The 
clothes should be changed often, and the room thor- 
oughly disinfected and whitewashed. 
Small Pox. 
The symptoms are headache, nausea, giddiness, 
drowsiness, and pains in the head. At the end of 
forty-eight hours or more a rash breaks out on the 
face and breast, and sometimes extends to the 
hands and feet and other parts of the body. The 
hands, feet and face swell, and there is usually 
great difficulty in swallowing. About the fifth day 
the spots fill with matter, and by the eighth day the 
face is a mass of pocks. In some cases the eyes 
are seriously affected. About the eleventh day 
matter is discharged, the centre of the eruption be- 
comes dark, and scales fall off. The room must 
be kept cool and steady ; cooling drinks may be 
given, but solid foods must be avoided. The linen DISEASES INCIDENT TO INFANCY, ETC. 
53 
should be changed often, and the room thoroughly 
ventilated, and disinfected with carbolic acid. To 
allay itching, apply sweet oil or cold cream to the 
parts. To prevent pitting, cover the surface with 
gold beater skins, and muffle the hands to prevent 
scratching. 
Chicken Pox. 
Chicken pox is a very common disease among 
infants and children. Some medicines, good air, 
and avoiding colds will soon restore the child to 
perfect health. 
Diphtheria. 
Diphtheria begins with a sense of languor, head- 
ache, nausea. The throat then becomes sore. The 
glands outside the throat enlarge, and white patches 
may be seen inside the throat. In the early stages 
of diphtheria a small piece of camphor the size of 
a pea may be held in the mouth and dissolved and 
swallowed. It may be necessary to repeat this at 
short intervals, but the quantity should not be in- 
creased. The throat should be swabbed with a 
swab dipped in a solution of carbolic acid, io drops 
to the ounce of water and stronger if the patient 
can bear it. This solution should be used every 
few minutes. The diet must consist of nutritious 
fluids given as hot as can be taken. 
Croup. 
Croup begins with a feverish cold in the head, 
attended with cough, which soon becomes husky ; 
presently the breathing becomes difficult and 54 
DISEASES INCIDENT TO INFANCY, ETC. 
labored. The child should be put in a warm bath, 
the room warmed, the bed brought near the fire, 
on which a kettle of hot water is placed so that the 
steam can come into the room to moisten the air. 
The application of a mustard plaster is of great 
use to the throat; leave it on until the skin be- 
comes red, but not to draw a blister. Secure an 
immediate movement of the bowels. 
kfrikge. 
0 marry is a duty every healthy young man 
owes to himself, to the world and to some 
young lady, upon whom he can bestow his 
affections, and who, in return, will give to him that 
pure and divine worship that only comes from 
innocent maidenhood. Where two hearts "that beat 
as one" are joined together in wedlock, home be- 
comes a paradise ; without such a marriage there 
is no true abiding-place for man. True marriage 
brings with it all that elevates and refines, all that 
satisfies and delights ; the commonest details of our 
ordinary occupation it clothes with a vesture of 
pleasure. A happy marriage has in it all the 
pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense 
and reason, and all the sweets of life. There is no 
greater mark of a vicious and degenerate age than 
the ridicule which passes on this state of life. 
Marriage would be infinitely more successful if en- 
gagements were undertaken with more seriousness; MARRIAGE. 
55 
the future tie would be more noble if the prepara- 
tion for it was made a matter of religious duty, and 
careful conscience. If young ladies who are en- 
gaged, would think less of their embroideries and 
more of their future duties, if they would rank 
their outfit only a little way below their wifehood, 
and study to fit themselves for the coming work, 
rather than to arrange their ribbons and laces 
satisfactorily, marriage would have a brighter out- 
look than now, and an experiment which so often 
ends in tears and sorrow, would have a chance of 
flourishing for a lifetime in the full sunshine of joy 
and love ; but what kind of superstructures can be 
raised on foundations of dust and rubbish loosely 
put together? As the sowing, so the harvest. If 
betrothals are full of levity and irreverence, it is in 
vain to expect that marriage will be strong and 
holy. If men and women prefer mere personal 
ease and liking to purity and love, they must not 
complain when the husks on which they feed, fail 
to nourish them ; when the waxen flowers, which 
they chose in place of the real, melt in the fire of 
life's burning trials, and are crushed into nothing- 
ness beneath the weight of human sorrows. 
Igtcnqhmagc of Di^e^e. 
HE induced diseases of modern life require 
reference to one of the most solemn of their 
predisposing causes. The intermarriage 
of disease by the union of persons who are strongly 56 
INTERMARRIAGE OF DISEASE. 
tainted with fatal maladies which must, in the ordi- 
nary course of events, appear in their offspring. 
It is the common impression that injuries of this 
class are only effected through marriages of con- 
sanguinity. Hence, marriage between cousins 
is objected to ; but in plain truth, the question of 
consanguinity is secondary. There is no doubt 
that if cousins, each possessing an original family 
taint, marry, the result may be doubly disastrous 
to the offspring. This, however, is not on account 
of the consanguinity, but because both persons 
are similarly infected with the taint. I mean by 
this, if they had not been related, and had been 
similarly infected, the results to their offspring 
would be the same. The worst intermarrriages of 
disease are those in which both parents are the 
inheritors of the same disease, as where both are 
disposed to consumption, to cancers, or to insanity. 
Under these circumstances, it is all but impossible 
for the majority of the offspring to escape the 
inherited disease. Intermarriages of distinct 
diseases are hardly less dangerous. The intermar- 
riage of cancer and consumption is a combination 
specially fraught with danger. Intermarriage of 
rheumatic with consumptive disease is productive 
of intermediate maladies in which the bony frame- 
work of the body is readily implicated. 
Children suffering from hip-joint disease are 
common examples of this combination. Hydro- 
cephalic children are frequent results of the same 
combination. The whole of this subject is a 
modern study in the natural history of disease. INTERMARRIAGE OF DISEASE. 
57 
Some day it will be so formularized that we shall 
be able to predict the results of combinations of 
disease from marriage with arithmetical accuracy. 
In the present state of our civilization, rank and 
position are considered all-important elements in 
the marriage contract. Wealth is considered ; re- 
lative a^e is sometimes taken into account ; re- 
ligion and race are often made subjects of serious 
moment. Hereditary health as an element of the 
marriage contract, of what import is that ? Who 
are so lightly studied as the unborn? 
Con^nitniid^ble Di^e^e. 
HE moral as well as the physical blot of our 
age is syphilis. The poison of this malady 
once engrafted into the living body, and 
producing its effects there, leaves, according to my 
experience, organic evils which are never, in the 
whole of a life time, completely removed. In many 
instances of this disease the evils have passed in 
hereditary line ; in all they have remained in the 
organism first affected, bringing to the end of its 
life every other disorder, and producing themselves 
some disorders which surreptitiously assume inde- 
pendent characters, and are looked upon too often 
as distinct and independent constitutional or local 
affections. This communicable disease is probably 
the most prolific of injury of any that afflict the 
human race. In the happier days to come, when, 
under moral influences, this malady shall cease, 
there will grow a race of men such as this world 
has never seen. Di^e^e of tlic Kidney^. 
Inflammation and Congestion. 
D subdue the inflammation or congestion of 
the kidneys, recourse should be had to 
warm hip cloths. An active cathartic should 
be taken, and drinks of a soothing nature, such *as 
slippery elm or flax seed teas. The diet should be 
light. 
Bright's Disease. 
Bright's disease is such a state of the kidneys as 
causes the presence of albumen in the urine and 
general dropsy. It is to a certain extent a break- 
ing down of the structure of the kidneys. As this 
form of kidney disease is dangerous, and as death 
generally follows its improper treatment, the patient 
should apply to me either personally or by letter, 
that they may receive intelligent advice and proper 
treatment for their particular case. 
Gravel or Stone in the Bladder. 
This disease is supposed to be due to the use of 
limestone water. The urine is filled with small 
stones or sand ; there is pain in the back ; the at- 
tack is generally preceded by a chill and fever, and 
more or less indigestion ; occasionally there is great 
pain, as in the passage of the larger particles ; there 
is frequent desire to pass the urine, and a sediment 
or deposit may be observed at the bottom of the 
vessel. Apply warm baths and drink freely of 
flax seed tea ; also, of tea made from buchu leaves. 
A teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, dissolved in disease of the kidneys. 
59 
a glass of water, taken night and morning for a few 
days, is useful. 
Inflammation of the Bladder. 
Hot cloths over the region of the bladder and 
mustard plasters are of great use in inflammation 
of the bladder. The patient should be kept quiet 
in bed. A mild purgative is necessary. To relieve 
the heat and bearing down, small pieces of ice m^y 
be put up the rectum. Flax seed and slippery elm 
teas should be the drinks. 
Stone in the Bladder. 
Stone in the bladder is indicated by a sudden 
stoppage of the water, but its presence there can 
only be determined by passing a sound into the 
bladder. The stone can be removed by crushing. 
Bloody urine, when the blood is mixed with the 
water, is almost sure to be from the kidneys. 
When it appears to follow the urine, it is from the 
bladder. Astringents must be employed to arrest 
this hemorrhage, such as oxalic acid, in doses of ten 
grains, or powdered alum ; ten to fifteen grains of 
alum may be injected into the bladder also. If the 
hemorrhage is profuse it may be checked by pass- 
ing a catheter into the bladder and compressing the 
parts around it until the flow of blood is checked. 
Diabetes. 
Diabetes is characterized by the passage of large 
quantities of water, followed by evacuation, lang- 
our. The thirst is intense, and the skin becomes 60 
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. 
harsh and dry. There are two forms of diabetes- 
the simple and the sugary. Persons suffering from 
this form of kidney disease should drink nothing 
but skim-milk ; and avoid sugar and vegetables. 
Oatmeal, boiled wheat, eggs and beef should be the 
diet. Our advice should be sought in this com- 
plaint. 
^eniye Di^e^e^. 
N addition to the diseases common to both 
sexes, women are subject to a class of dis- 
tressing complaints peculiar to themselves. 
Involving considerations of a delicate nature, these 
complaints have too ■generally and too long been 
shut out from works intended for popular distribu- 
tion. Hence there is a general ignorance of a class 
of diseases which are fast unfitting women for the 
high duty of continuing the race ; and the subjects 
of these maladies are generally themselves so unin- 
formed of the true nature of their sufferings that 
they are neither prepared to seek relief in the 
proper direction, or to submit to the remedy if it be 
proposed. I have a competent lady physician to 
wait on ladies. 
iif • Bowel^. 
HESE noises are piore common to ladies of 
sedentary habits than to men, and there is 
nothing more mortifying to a lady than the 
occurrence of these diabolical rumblings wher^per- NOISES IN THE BOWELS. 
61 
haps, she is entertaining her sweetheart, or a com- 
pany of gentlemen. Suddenly, while the lady is 
in transports over the last opera, or the latest 
fashions, this intestinal concert begins, we are 
instantly aware of its origin. Rumble, tumble, 
thunder, thug, away they go. The lady feels as 
though she would like to have some friendly earth- 
quake appear and swallow the house, company 
and all, but the earthquake does not come, and she 
tries to drown the noise from her internal band by 
forced laughter, and more rapid speech. Any un- 
natural pressure, such as wearing tight corsets, or 
bands about the waist, will produce these noises. 
Tight lacing reduces the size of a part of the 
small intestine, and the contents crowding through 
this contracted part sends up this queer music. 
Dress loosely and naturally, eat regularly, and 
drink moderately of liquids, and you will have very 
Ettle trouble from your kitchen unless you fill it 
with a diet that is productive of gases. 
5{doi|oiqy iq S^ood. 
ALF the earnings of seventy-five per cent, 
of the American people is wasted upon the 
table. Now let us stop this foolish expen- 
diture of money. This wear and tear of brain and 
body by the adoption of a system of living that is 
vastly more healthy and more luxurious even, 
when we accustom ourselves to it. 62 
ECONOMY IN FOOD. 
Prices of Meats. 
An ox when dressed weighs, say, 900 pounds. 
75 pounds of this ox brings 25 to 30 cents a pound 
150 " " " " " 18 " " " 
400 a " " " " 10 " " " 
50 0 " " " " 8 " " " 
55 " " « " „ 5 " " t. 
150 ' " " " " " 3 
40 " " " " " 1 " " " 
Now while certain portions of this animal bring 
from 16 to 30 cents per pound, there are other 
portions that are just as palatable and nourishing, 
that bring but 3 cents. Steam this meat or make 
it into a stew and you have a dish good enough for 
a queen. Oatmeal, in the form of cakes, or boiled, 
is one of the most nutritious of foods, a pound 
of oatmeal contains as much nutriment as six 
pounds of wheat flour. Whole or cracked wheat 
is a most nutritious and delicious article cf food. 
One pound of wheat boiled will give as much 
strength of nerve and muscle as six pounds of 
baker's bread. Hominy and hulled corn are cheap 
and are among the most lasting and substantial 
of human foods. One pound of meat, costing 3 
cents, well boiled, with a quart of white beans, also 
boiled, eaten with brown bread, will furnish a 
luxurious dinner for six persons, and the whole cost 
would be less than twenty-five cents. A bushel 
of beans properly cooked will furnish more nutri- 
ment than 10 bushels of potatoes and 20 pounds 
tenderloin steak. Persons living on wheat, oat- 
meal, corn, and vegetables, are stronger, plumper, ECONOMY IN FOOD. 
63 
healthier and happier, with cleaner skins, sweeter 
breaths, brighter eyes, and they live longer than do 
the meat eaters. Turkies, chickens, game, salads, 
tenderloin steaks, may be eaten by young men who 
part their hair in the middle, by gluttons, and by 
those persons whose lives possess no usefulness, 
but let us who desire health and long life feast our 
bodies on the grains and vegetables, and on the 
plainer meats that are within the reach of the 
humblest purse. 
of 
ISEASES, communicable, that are com- 
mon to man, in this enlightened age, can 
be safely treated and surely eradicated by 
the remedies'discovered by myself and now in use 
at my offices. My remedies for these diseases 
contain no mercury, or any substance injurious to 
the weakest constitution. Sufferers can, therefore, 
apply to me with the fullest confidence that their 
complaints will be fully understood, and that a 
rapid cure will follow my treatment of their case, 
and that no sting will be left behind. I have a 
complete outfit of philosophical apparatus with 
which to prosecute microscopic or analytical experi- 
ments of the urine, blood, or any secretion of the 
body. This class of infectious diseases should not 
be trifled with, but advice and treatment should 
be sought at once. If unable to see me personally, 
send full particulars of case. $erqii|M Wectkqe^. 
HEN 1 commenced this work it was my 
purpose to carefully avoid all mention of 
the secret practices of boys and girls, and 
of men and women ; but I observe around me so 
much evidence of the evil consequences following 
this self-pollution that I feel I must come to the 
rescue of the thousands who are fast going down 
to their graves, or to the mad houses, from this 
terrible crime against nature. The victims to these 
troubles should not experiment upon themselves, 
but should seek intelligent advice without delay. 
Wait not until manhood haj departed, and you are 
a physical and mental imbecile. I can send a safe, 
and, generally, sure treatment, by express, to any 
part of the civilized world. To prescribe intelli- 
gently I must first have all the symptoms affecting 
the patient, ag'c, constitution, habits, etc., etc. 
$edfet Vide^. 
HERE are vile habits to which both sexes 
are victims, the result of which is physical 
and mental decay, loss of self-respect and 
loss of manhood and womanhood. When the slave 
to this diabolical practice begins to realize the 
injury he is inflicting upon himself, he should make 
a statement, in writing, of his case, and forward it to 
me without delay. This is a matter that should 65 
SECRET VICES. 
be acted upon to-day, as to-morrow may be too 
late. I will not describe the symptoms that follow 
this practice. Your friends and acquaintances can 
see the consequences of your insane folly stamped 
in your face. If you value your self-respect or you 
value the respect of others; if health or life is of 
any moment to you, stop this wretched abuse, and 
seek relief from the injury already inflicted upon 
yourself. 
InqpoteRdy 
AN be, successfully treated, in most cases, if 
the subject has not become so from old age. 
A want of development in the organs can 
generally be corrected in persons under forty years 
of age. Persons requiring advice or treatment can 
address me and receive by return mail the informa- 
tion they desire. 
fteiqoffl\oidA of Pile^. 
ERSONS afflicted with hemorrhoids or piles 
should not experiment with any uncertain 
remedies when an absolute cure is within 
their reach. I have a safe, certain and painless 
process of cure. It never fails. No cutting, no 
ligature, and absolutely no pain or danger. The 
time required to make a cure is reduced to a mathe- 66 
HEMORRHOIDS OR PILES. 
matical certainty. Upon learning the exact condi- 
tion of the sufferer, I can determine the time re- 
quired for a perfect and permanent cure. While 
under treatment, the patient can attend to business 
as well or better than before. So sure am I of my 
ability to cure this dangerous and painful disease, 
I ask no fee until the patient is completelyrelieved 
from the complaint. If I should fail to make a 
cure, no charge will be made for services or treat- 
ment. 
I^ni}c Bkdk- 
AI N in the back, side, chest, or between the 
shoulders, can be relieved or cured by my 
Anodyne and Curative Plasters. I furnish 
them, unspread, at two dollars per dozen. By 
keeping the material in jars, hermetically sealed, 
and spreading the plaster when ready to use, it 
loses none of its medicinal or anodyne properties, 
and it takes hold right. I can only furnish these 
plasters by the dozen, and at the low price of two 
dollars. They can be sent only by express or mes- 
senger. The post-office department will not accept 
them. They will be sent to any address on receipt 
of price. 
I also have an external balm which is an instan- 
taneous relief for all pains affecting the body of 
man. This can also be sent by express. It is put 
up in large packages. Price, two dollars. No per- 
son would be without it after a trial. l^heunfatiM^ aiql Xcufalgih;. 
HAVE discovered remedies that are certain in 
the cure of rheumatism and neuralgia. These 
remedies can be sent by express to any part 
of the world. Persons wishino- to make use of 
them for the cure of rheumatism or neuralgia, who 
are unable to visit me for personal consultation, 
are requested to write out a full history of their 
complaint, how long afflicted, age, sex, general 
health, etc., etc., and forward the statement to me 
for examination. I can then prepare such remedies 
as are needed to meet the case, and can forward 
them as directed. 
^l^xirqati^rq. 
NFLAMMATORY or acute rheumatism is 
generally manifested, at its commencement, 
by the usual symptoms of fever, as white 
coated tongue, quick full pulse, thirst, lassitude, 
chills, followed by heat, and soon after, aching, 
darting, or throbbing pains are felt in the joints, 
with heat, redness, and swelling at the seat of the 
pain. Perspiration often succeeds or accompanies 
the feverish symptoms, but does not, as is usual in 
fevers, bring relief, and is no sign of convalescence 
The pain, which is principally confined to the 
joints, though occasionally occurring in the neck, 
chest, or head, is transferred from one place to an- 68 
RHEUMATISM. 
other, and is greatly increased by exposure to cold 
air, and by motion. When a transfer of the disease 
takes place from the joints to an internal organ, as 
the heart or brain, recovery is doubtful. 
Rheumatism frequently occurs in a chronic 
form, in which case there are no indications of 
fever, no signs of local inflammation, but fixed, 
dull pains in the joints, with muscular rigidity, 
weakness, and numbness. The cause of rheuma- 
tism is, chiefly, obstructed perspiration from ex- 
posure to cold when the body is heated, or from 
impure blood or wet feet. I have a certain treat- 
ment for this disease. 
HIS disease is confined to certain branches 
of the nerves, as those of the face, chest, 
and limbs. The nerves passing to all 
portions of the body are subject to attacks of this 
painful disorder ; and wherever it may be located,, 
there are but few complaints to which the human 
race is exposed, that are attended with such intoler- 
able suffering. The pain comes on in sudden 
paroxysms, with intervals of freedom between. 
The attacks are sometimes like an electric shock, 
and are so agonizing as to bring a temporary loss of 
reason. Occasionally_there is great tenderness of 
the parts affected, and some fullness of the blood- 
vessels in the neighborhood ; but generally the 69 
NEURALGIA. 
signs of inflammation are all absent, except pain. 
U nder my advanced system of treatment, neuralgia 
in all its forms is mastered in a very brief period. 
5)ekfi|e^ 
AY arise from various causes, some oc- 
casioning temporary, others permanent 
and incurable deafness. Very loud 
noises, severe colds, catarrh in the head, paralysis 
of the auditory nerves, inflammation of the mem- 
branes, accummulation and hardening of the ear se- 
cretions, the incautious use of ear-picks, original 
malformation, and certain fevers, may be enumer- 
ated as causes. Deafness is not always curable, 
but we can usually determine an incurable case 
upon examination. 
5<ye. 
HE complex and very delicate organs of 
sight are subject to a variety of affections, 
many of which are extremely painful, some 
threatening the destruction of the organs, and even 
of life itself. The most common affection of the 
eye is an inflammation of its outer coverings, or, as 
it is termed, opthalmia. This disease is induced 
by cold, continued exposure to a very strong light, 
local injury, and in certain seasons and climates, 70 
THE EYE. 
from some peculiar condition of the atmosphere, it 
prevails as an epidemic. Other forms of eye dis- 
ease are known as amaurosis, strabismus, defects of 
vision, sty, etc. These diseases should not be 
trifled with, but should be under the care of an 
experienced physician. We have an aurist and 
oculist of twenty-five years' experience and prac- 
tice. 
]^efvou^ Di^ek^e^. 
ERVOUS diseases are more numerous and 
afflictive than in former years. They are 
the price we pay for a high civilization 
and for our republicanism. Among us every man 
feels his individuality, and has a motive for 
thinking and doing his best. Thought and action 
are here unfettered, and if the race is not to the 
swift, nor the battle to the strong, every man acts 
as though he thought it was. The excitement 
which the struggle for wealth kindles and inflames, 
deranges the nervous system to a shocking de- 
gree. Abuses so prevalent among young men and 
women,weaken the whole moral, mental and physical 
power of its victim, and send thousands to the 
grave before their time, 
XeiVou^e^ of Hypochondria. 
HE victim to nervousness or hypochondria 
is in almost constant fear, anxiety and 
gloom. His mind is full of belief that 
something dreadful is going to befall him. He is NERVOUSNESS AND HYPOCHONDRIA. 
71 
either going to be sick, die, or lose his friends. 
He has no mind to engage in any business, 
neither does he wish to go anywhere or see 
anybody; night and day his spirits are down to 
zero, and his heart has a load too heavy to bear. 
The external senses manifest symptoms of de- 
rangement, as well as the thoughts, feelings, 
emotions and passions. Floating black specks, or 
bright sparks, are seen before the eyes, The skin 
will twitch in different parts, or feel numb, or have 
the sensation of spiders crawling on it. The 
smell and taste become perverted. These per- 
sons become changed in their moral dispositions. 
They are jealous, take a joke as an affront, and feel 
the greatest distress at any apparent lack of atten- 
tion on the part of friends. They are irritable, 
fretful, peevish, and fickle. The seat of the disease 
is in the brain and nerves. It is caused by anxiety, 
care, disappointment, overwork, diseases of the 
liver, constipation, excessive venereal indulgence 
and self-abuse. 
We have been remarkably successful in the 
treatment of this disease. 
Poof YouRg Marp 
HERE are few objects more pitiable to be- 
hold than a young man with his nervous 
system feeble, tremulous, and broken ; his 
memory weakened and fading out ; his eye un- 
steady and incapable of looking a friend in the 72 
POOR YOUNG MAN. 
face ;»his loins and back weakened, giving him the 
tottering gait of old age ; his once erect form 
bowed and bent; his high sense of manliness all 
oozed out of him ; his mind taking up and drop- 
ping the simplest threads of thought, losing its 
way in the plainest paths of reflection, and often 
starting back affrighted at the glimpse of chaotic 
insanity opening before him ; turning* here and 
there for relief,'but finding it not. Our treatment 
for this unhappy condition is perfect, and we are 
enabled in a short time to restore both body and 
mind to its natural healthy and happy equilibrium. 
of 
INE is the only institution in the country 
that has a regular graduate physician, of 
extensive Hospital experience and prac- 
tice, at home and abroad, for the treatment and 
radical cure of diseases of men. My intelligent 
readers will understand the propriety of my de- 
clining to publish the symptoms of these diseases. 
They are so numerous, and manifest themselves so 
entirely opposite in different individuals that it 
is important for me to have a full description of 
the case, in order that I may prescribe for it intel- 
ligently. 
It is proper, however, for me to say that I cure 
these diseases when others fail. 1(0^ of Vitkl ?owef. 
OU NG, middle aged or old men suffering 
from nervousness, or loss of vital power 
from early abuses or excessive indulgence 
of any kind, no matter of how long standing, or 
how aggravated a character, or if there is a lack of 
physical development, should not despair of relief 
till they have had a consultation at our office. 
of tl|e Bead.-Vefti^o. 
HIS affection makes objects which are sta- 
tionary,appear as if moving, or, as the phrase 
is, "turning round." When seized with it, 
one will have a sensation as if falling, and objects 
about him will seem to be in motion. It is caused 
by irritation of the nerves of the stomach, by dys- 
pepsia, by long application of the mind, by a weak- 
ened nervous system, by hysteria, and by a fullness 
of the blood-vessels of the head. When it proceeds 
from most of these causes, it is not dangerous ; but 
when caused by impending apoplexy it is a symp- 
tom of very serious import, and should be treated 
intelligently. 
flehdkdl}e$. 
HESE are not always caused by disorders of 
the brain and nerves, but they frequently 
are. It is unwise ever to neglect head- 
aches. They are sources of great suffering and 74 
HEADACHES. 
often lead to serious derangements of the health. 
Headaches are more frequent among females than 
among males, among those of sensitive feelings 
than among the more obtuse. 
There are headaches from indigestion, from eat- 
ing improper food, or eating too much. Sick 
headaches, accompanied by nausea or sickness at 
the stomach. Bilious headaches, which affect per- 
sons of dark complexion and melancholy disposi- 
tion. Nervous .headaches, more common among 
females than males. The pain comes on usually in 
the morning, lasts through the day, and abates in 
the evening. 
u Oooked Sif." 
Some Hints that May Enable us not to Take 
Cold. 
H E RE is one reason why people " take cold '' 
in winter. Most people spend their lives, 
when indoors, in cooked air. The lower 
down the thermometer goes, the higher the burning 
coal is piled ; all the chinks and cracks are stopped 
that would let any fresh air in, and its main chance, 
indeed, is when the front door opens for twenty 
seconds, or when the beds are made in the sleeping 
rooms. In the living rooms of the family there is 
no occasion, many people think, to raise the win- 
dows ever, except to wash them, on periodic clean- 
ing days, or to close the shutters. So carpets and COOKED AIR. 
75 
furniture and people, lungs and skin, are dried and 
baked in hot, dry rooms. Out from this kiln-dried 
atmosphere into the winter streets and into the very 
cold or very damp air plunge the folks who live in 
these air-tight rooms. They put on plenty of 
wraps, but they wear the same foot gear and they 
carry the same lungs out into the streets with them, 
and the same sensitive skin, and it is a wonder to 
all thinkers that they do not take and keep, too, that 
congested state of lungs and membranes, and chilled 
blood-vessels that we class under this one convenient 
term of " cold." Perhaps the houses are not kept 
any warmer than they ought to be, when people 
are taking but little exercise. But they certainly 
are nearly all of them too dry and lacking in con- 
stantly renewed pure air. Folks who are extremely 
particular about wearing their own clothes, and who 
would by no means consent to take the cast-off 
garments of a neighbor-one and all of them are 
perfectly comfortable to breathe over and over again 
the cast-off and soiled air from each other's luno-s, 
when it is cooked, especially ; for in summer time 
they do insist on a change of it, and do get their 
houses ventilated. Janitors of public buildings, in 
a short-sighted economy of fuel, will shut up all 
the apertures by which fresh air might get in, lest 
they should suffer some heat to escape thereby, 
and are rewarded by sleepy audiences, especially 
when the gas burners are at work, also draining the 
cooked air of what little life it has. There are 
some people who open an inch or two of their bed- 
room windows every night to insure a modicum of 76 
COOKED AIR. 
fresh air to sleep by. But these do not in the least 
care to have fresh air to be awake in. it seems, for 
they are content to have their furnace draw all its 
supplies from the tightly-sealed cellar, and from the 
stale atmosphere of the ash boxes and vegetable 
bins in that subterranean apartment. When we live 
in fresh air within doors as without, with its pro- 
portion of moisture for the skin and breathing ap- 
paratus to keep up their healthy tone, it is likely we 
shall have found out one way at least of how not 
to take cold. 
doi|$tipktior( I^vef ©i^ek^e. 
T is important that we should mention the 
train of direful ills inflicted upon thousands 
from constipation of the bowels; the fecal 
secretions lie too long in the upper intestines, they 
become absorbed into the blood, producing sick 
and nervous headaches, fetid breath, decayed teeth, 
congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the 
throat, developing catarrhs, and terminating in the 
lungs, in consumption; or in other ways, develop 
piles, ulceration of the rectum, inflammation of the 
mucous coat of the bladder, and again reacting 
•upon the stomach in irritative dyspepsia, and de- 
ranging the pancreatic secretion, so from its morbid 
nature mat or bad assimilation of the food obtains, 
hence follows in turn again, in another and most 
•obvious manner, the cause for impure or bad 
blood. CONSTIPATION, ETC. 
77 
To cure or remove disease, is to fathom the law 
that governs disease. None can practice success- 
fully without! We have made the important dis- 
covery by which the law that controls or develops 
each disease, is understood. Everything in crea- 
tion moves in a cycle. Treatment administered in 
accordance with this law, equalizes the nerve forces, 
unloads congestion, resolves inflammation, and re- 
stores the circulation upon which every vital func- 
tion depends. We have made the most important 
and wonderful discoveries in medicines that act in 
harmony with this law, in curing diseases and dis- 
orders of the liver. The peculiar sphere or func- 
tion of each medicine being known, from our great 
experience in treating liver disease, the proper 
remedy can immediately be given to remove each 
variety of disease indicated, and the nerve forces 
become aroused into new life by the magnetic ac- 
tion of the medicine. 
But how long has the heart in its wonderful func- 
tion been overlooked in the chain of morbid sym- 
pathies by the disease or obstruction in the liver ? 
Physicians almost invariably, in prescribing for pal- 
pitation, oppression, or disturbed function of the 
heart, have considered it to be the centre of dis- 
ease, when, in fact, the remedies should have been 
addressed to the liver. The blood returns from 
the extremities back through the liver to again en- 
ter the right side of the heart to be oxygenated, 
but it meets with obstruction in the large vein of 
the liver (cava), then the heart throbs, and beats, 
and flutters, because it has not the blood for it to 78 
CONSTIPATION, ETC. 
act upon ; remove the obstruction, the heart will 
resume its healthy function. By this obstruction 
above-named, both bleeding and blind piles are 
caused ; for it is only the inflammation and conges- 
tion of the hemorrhoidal vein that causes the piles ; 
when they bleed, the vein bursts from over-disten- 
tion, caused by the obstruction in the liver. Re- 
move the obstruction in the liver, and the piles will 
be cured. Although piles require local treatment 
as well as general, our prescription is magical, and 
wonderfully curative in a short time. • 
Many persons go through life suffering continual- 
ly, and frequently the most excruciating agonies, 
from piles, and to rid themselves of them, they are 
constantly taking pills, which are composed mainly 
of the most drastic and irritating purgatives, as 
gamboge, scammony, aloes, jalap, and other articles 
equally as irritating. The effect is, instead of cur- 
ing or even mitigating their condition, to constant- 
ly aggravate them; hence, they are never cured; 
for the very means they use for that purpose, is the 
cause of terminating what at first was but a sympto- 
matic effect of obstruction in the liver, or bile-ducts, 
into a permanent organic disease ; hence results the 
long continued chronic inflammation of the lower 
bowel, which terminates often in ulceration, and 
many times in fistula in Ano. Dy^pep^ih,. 
ERVOUS or Irritative Dyspepsia is known 
by capricious appetite; sense of weight 
and fullness at the pit of the stomach ; ir- 
regular bowels ; tongue red or covered with a slimy 
mucus ; severe lancinating pains darting between or 
under the shoulder-blades from the stomach ; pulse 
quick and variable ; dull, heavy, aching pain across 
the loins ; excessive depression of spirits ; despon- 
dency so intense as to excite the most painful ideas 
and apprehensions. The seat of affection in this 
class of dyspepsia is in the nervous net-work of the 
stomach, and occurs in the subjects of a nervous 
temperament and excitable disposition. 
Mucous dyspepsia occurs in persons of sluggish 
temperament and slow animal sensations ; the re- 
sult of sedentary habits, study, excesses of diet, 
undue use of purgatives-mercury and mineral 
medicines; tongue flabby, covered with colored, 
yellow or brown fur, red edges and points appearing 
at the sides and centre of it; lips marbled or like 
yellowish wax; skin like parchment; body turgid 
with unhealthy fat; tendency to drowsiness and in- 
activity of body, irresolution and depression of 
spirits ; dull pain with confusion of head. Pro- 
duces apoplectic seizure and sudden palsy; is ac- 
companied by little flatulence, much rising of food, 
deficient appetite, great thirst, bowels torpid, 
evacuations white ; excites but little pain or morbid 
sympathies of the chest, but is generally allied with 
considerable disorder of the Liver ; pulse generally 
dull and comparatively slow. 80 
DYSPEPSIA. 
Scrofulous or Strumous Dyspepsia. 
This disease always occurs in a constitution of a 
scrofulous habit; generally from predisposition on 
the part of parentage or ancestry, or in an acquired 
scrofulous habit of the blood and constitution. 
In scrofulous dyspepsia the tongue is flabby, 
pale ; if coated, it is white, as a general thing ; the 
gums are spongy, the teeth are incrusted with 
sordes, or tartar, and are given to early decay. The 
subject lacks in energy and vigor ; though many fe- 
males in early life show an aptness to learn, and a 
quickness of comprehension, which, however, soon 
becomes exhausted from any great amount of ex- 
ercise or physical exertion. They are like buds 
that spring from forced or artificial cultivation ; 
they show beautifully in their opening prospect, 
but are blighted by the first exposure to the blasts 
of autumn, or the mildest frosts. 
Bilious dyspepsia forms a striking contrast to all 
the others. The seat of immediate disturbance 
and suffering is apparently in the stomach, and is 
so in the majority of cases ; whereas, the grand 
cause of disturbance is in the Liver itself. The 
mouth has a bitter, nasty taste on arising in the 
morning ; the tongue is coated with a thick, brown- 
ish yellow-rightly denominated-bilious coat. 
There is a sunken, uneasy, all-gone sensation felt at 
the pit of the stomach as soon as the stomach is a 
little empty, and many are led tQ great errors of 
diet, to a constant habit of over-eating, over-load- 
ing the stomach, because it satisfies this morbid 
craving, and, for the time being, relieves the dis- DYSPEPSIA. 
81 
tressing sunkenness, or faintness ; but the relief is 
of short, transitory duration, and from the extreme 
suffering and anxiety, the uneasiness of mind, the 
incapacity for exertion or for business, or fixing the 
attention upon the business, especially if it be of 
an intellectual nature, comes the urgency or de- 
mand for more food upon the slightest recurrence 
of the distressing symptoms-not stopping to re- 
flect, or to realize that the cause for all this is being 
made worse by their continued indulgence. 
From a half hour to an hour after eating the re- 
gular meals, more especially after breakfast and 
dinner, an uncomfortable fullness commences. In 
many cases, heart-burn, so intense that the victim is 
made miserable, is a striking evidence of this form 
of dyspepsia. In others, a belching up of noxious 
gases, and rancid eructations, so acrid as to irritate 
the throat, and a feeling of disgust and even nausea 
not unfrequently takes place, and where the nerves 
of the stomach are in a very irritable state, vomit- 
ing of half-digested aliment occurs. In some people 
these is a sense of tightness in the chest, impeding 
the free action of breathing, partly depending upon 
the distension of the stomach ; heaviness, giddi- 
ness, and faintness are attendants on this state of 
the stomach. 
Our treatment for dyspepsia has been almost in- 
variably successful. It can be sent via express to 
patients writing us their symptoms. Banquet of ©i£ek$e. 
A.RE or improperly cooked meats should 
not be eaten. Cattle, sheep, hogs, and 
every kind of animal, or fowl, are subject 
to disease, and to the parasites that afflict mankind. 
If the meat is parasitic or diseased, and it is prop- 
erly cooked, the parasites perish, and the virulence 
of the poison and disease is nutralized by the high 
temperature of heat necessary to thorough cook- 
ing. 
People who die from inflammatory diseases are 
generally rare meat eaters. Individuals who are 
particular to have their meats cooked until the 
blood is evaporated, seldom suffer from fevers or 
dysenteries. Statistics show that vegetarians are 
more robust, live longer and bear a change of 
climate better, exist longer without food, and after 
death their bodies do not putrify as rapidly as the 
meat eaters do. Their breath is sweeter ; they are 
less affected with heat and cold, their senses are 
more acute, their flesh heals quicker, they are less 
liable to epidemic or infectious diseases, they have 
less chronic cases of scrofula and consumption. 
Flesh food has but thirty-five per cent, nutriment, 
while wheat gives from eighty to ninety. Two 
and one-half pounds of meat has less force and 
nutriment than one pound of wheaten bread. 
Now, reader, if you are advised by a world of 
doctors to eat your meats rare, don't you do it; 
there are very few perfectly healthy men and A BANQUET OF DISEASE. 
83 
women, and there are just as few perfectly healthy 
animals. 
I hear the advocate of rare meat say if you 
brown your meats clear through you destroy their 
nutritious properties. If this were the case would 
it not be better and safer to burn out some of the 
vitality contained in the meat if, with it, you de- 
stroyed its capacity to inoculate the system with 
parasitic germs and disease ? The writer has al- 
ways insisted upon having his parasiteswell cooked, 
and as a result he has never experienced a pain, 
weighs 230 lbs., and has the muscle of an athlete. 
Nature and science alike teach us that in order 
to render flesh palatable, and prepare it for assimil- 
ation with the secretions of the stomach, it must 
be properly cooked. A high temperature in the 
stomach is necessary during the act of eating, for 
the purposes of digestion. A sound stomach 
makes a healthy body, yet the victim of a false idea 
and vitiated taste demands a double task of his 
stomach. He demands it to cook the food as well 
as to digest it. Eating uncooked meats is a relic 
of barbarism derived from our cannibalistic ances- 
tors, whose chief delight it was to eat his fellow- 
man raw. The human teeth and stomach are not 
fitted for this purpose, and the doctors who recom- 
mend this unchaste, unhealthy, and barbarous 
habit, are as far out of their senses as they were 
when they persecuted Harvey for discovering that 
the blood circulated through the system. 
The meat eater does not know where his pet 
animal died, or what disease caused his death. 84 
A BANQUET OF DISEASE. 
A feast upon rare meats is a banquet of disease, 
and the bill of fare should read as follows: 
Scrofula Soup, 
Cancer Hash. 
Stewed Ulcers. 
Sore Nose on Toast. 
Boiled Pimples. 
Diabetes on the Half Shell. 
Fried Trichine. 
Fricassee of Pip. 
Rash Pie. 
Cook your meats until they show no blood, and 
until the poisons they contain are eliminated by 
heat. A boil, an ulcerated liver, or a consumptive 
roast is harmless as food if thoroughly cooked. 
Poison cannot stand a contest with a high temper- 
ature of heat. 
Offensive Bfehtlp 
HAT is there more disgusting- than a bad 
breath, and yet how many persons there 
are so seriously afflicted with it as to be 
almost intolerable to their friends. 
Its existence can be traced to catarrh in the head 
in nine cases out of ten. Cure or relieve the ca- 
tarrh. and the breath becomes pure. Many per- 
sons have an offensive breath, and remain in bliss- 
ful ignorance of the fact: their friends do not wish 
to wound their pride by making known to them 
their misfortune ; hence many worthy ladies and OFFENSIVE EREATH. 
85 
gentlemen have been unpopular with their friends 
and acquaintances, and have been avoided by them, 
and their whole life blighted without a knowledge of 
the reason why. We never fail to radically cure 
offensive breath when it proceeds from catarrh, or 
decomposed matter in the head. Our treatment 
can be sent, with full directions, to any part of the 
civilized world, and can be applied by the patient 
at his or her home. 
of tlfe 
T is a curious fact, illustrating the necessity of 
cleanliness, and of keeping the pores of the 
skin open, that if a coat of varnish or other 
substance impervious to moisture be applied to the 
exterior of the body, death will ensue in about six 
hours. The experiment was once tried on a child 
at Florence. On the occasion of Pope Leo the 
Tenth's accession to the Papal chair, it was desired 
to have a living figure to represent the Golden 
Age, and so a child was selected, and gilded all 
over with varnish and gold leaf. The child died in 
a few hours. we k ]\fhtion of ]\fo^e Slowed, kqd 
will tl)e People evef 0top ^^piijd 
tlfeif Pl^fokt^, Pidkfq^ hzqd Slow- 
iqd tl^eif R Publid? 
T is a beautiful sight to witness your wife, 
daughter, friend, or a stranger with their 
finger up to the second joint in their nose, 
at the table, the theatre, at church, or upon the 
street. 
It makes a lover's heart swell with joy and pride 
to see the object of his adoration wipe her nose 
with the napkin at the table, or expectorate upon 
the carpet. 
It is perfectly delightful to suggest to an ac- 
quaintance or loved one that his or her breath is 
as sweet as the atmosphere of a fish market in 
July. 
It is strangely bewitching in the lonely hour of 
midnight to be awakened from enchanting dreams 
by the exquisite music emanating from the nasal 
cavities of a darling wife or husband, who is en 
joying a season of catarrh in the head. 
It is decidedly interesting to behold the bones 
in the nose of your wife, your daughter, or son 
dropping out, piece by piece, in a state of decom- 
position, and the nose gradually falling in. 
It is our glorious privilege to witness these scenes ARE WE A NATION, ETC. 
87 
almost every day in our family, among friends or 
strangers who are entertaining a catarrh in the 
head. 
The writer was present during one of these inter- 
esting exhibitions in a popular lecture-room but a 
short time since. A young gentleman, dressed in 
the latest style, his hair parted in the middle, en- 
tered the crowded hall, and took a seat upon the 
platform behind the speaker, that he might be seen 
and admired by the many young ladies present. 
The eloquence of the lecturer soon led this young 
exquisite to forget he was on exhibition, and while 
in this blissful state of unconsciousness, he com- 
menced working at his nose. After struggling for 
some time, he succeeded in extricating something 
that appeared in the distance like a Saddle Rock 
oyster, which he exhibited to his admiring audience 
for five minutes on the end of his finger, while he 
carefully calculated its breed and dimensions. This 
fascinating scene over, he began another operation 
upon his nose, which continued till the close of the 
lecture. 
Six persons in every ten are victims to catarrh. 
Half the people subject to it think it only a cold in 
the head, and are unconscious of its debilitating 
effects till they find themselves slowly but surely 
dying from consumption of the blood or lungs. 
Picking the nose becomes a fixed habit, and 
rasping the throat a necessity, and hence many a re- 
fined lady and gentleman have unconsciously made 
an exhibition of themselves which has caused the 
blush of shame to mantle the cheek when they 88 
ARE WE A NATION, ETC. 
have come to realize the disgusting position into 
which their unfortunate disease and its filthy neces- 
sities had placed them. I cure this disease when 
all other means have failed. 
Poi^oip 
NTERMITTEXT fever, marsh fever, malarial 
fever, fever and ague, "chills." These are a 
few of the names by which the people know 
more or less one of the most widespread and 
familiar of the ills that flesh is heir to, a malady 
that seems to occur at one time or another in ail 
countries where there are to be found water, sun- 
shine, and a soil reasonably rich in decayed veget- 
able elements. In countries where the soil is less 
rich in vegetable elements the fever is restricted to 
the neighborhood of inundated lands or marshes, 
or ponds of variable level, because in these situa- 
tions the abundance of decaying vegetable sub- 
stance is very great. In such countries the opinion 
is general, and is, perhaps, accurate, that the poison 
is of marshy origin ; but in countries where the 
whole soil is rich enough to be in this particular 
like these marshy lands, it has been long recognized 
that the poison had no necessary relation to marshy 
situations, but that a short rain which only slightly 
moistened the surface of the earth and a few suc- 
ceeding hours of sunshine supplied all the condi- 
tions necessary for the elaboration of the poison 
that produced this fever. But what was that poison ? MaLaRial poison1. 
89 
Within a few years endeavors to solve this problem 
have multiplied. Experiments have been made at 
Rome which appear to be more fruitful than .any 
hitherto recorded ; or, in the words of the report 
read to the Academy of Rome, "the investigation 
was rewarded with complete success." These ex- 
periments were conducted by Signor Tommasi, of 
Rome, and Professor Klebs, of Prague. They 
together spent some weeks in the Agro Romano, 
and made repeated examinations of the lower strata 
of the atmosphere, of the soil and of stagnant 
waters, and succeeded in isolating a microscopic 
fungus, specimens of which, being placed under the 
skin of healthy dogs, caused distinct and regular 
paroxysms of intermittent fever and produced in 
the spleens of these animals that peculiar condition 
which is a recognized part of the pathology of this 
disease. 
My remedies are certain in the cure of malarial 
poisons. 
VERY now and then some new development 
comes to light concerning pork, proving 
that pig is not fit to eat. Two Chicago 
gentlemen recently made microscopical examina- 
tions of the flesh of one hundred hogs, for the pur- 
pose of discovering to what extent the pork supply 
of that city is affected with trichinae. They have 
reported that they took two pieces from each hog 90 
TRICHINA 
-one from the tenderloin and the other from the 
ham. They discovered that eight of the hundred 
hogs were infected, some badly, while in others few 
parasites v/ere found. In all cases the hams were 
apparently free from trichinae, the tenderloin ap- 
pearing to be the favorite breeding ground of the 
parasite. In one specimen they found 13,000 
parasites to the cubic inch. The gentleman reports 
that pork inspectors can rely on the miscroscope 
only for the discovery of the parasites in meat. 
They found, however, that sulphurous acids not 
only kills the worms instantly, but readily permeates 
the entire ham, and is as readily expelled. They 
recommend the use of a small quantity of this acid 
in the pickle for curing hams. It is hardly neces- 
sary to state that the pork should be thoroughly 
cooked before it is eaten. The gentlemen discov- 
ered by their investigation that ordinary salting and 
smoking of pork do not destroy the parasites, but 
that thorough cooking does kill them. 
^fite0 kqd ^idk^. 
HE Rev. W. H. Dallinger has just read be- 
fore the Liverpool Microscopical Society 
a paper on some peculiarities in mites and 
ticks. He explained the characteristics of the 
acaridae as a group, and objected to their being 
popularly called insects, as they were possessed of 
eight legs and insects have only six. As a group 
they were mostly parasite on vegetables and animal MITES AND TICKS. 
91 
forms. They were found in man, mammals of all 
kinds, birds, fish and Crustacea, as well as on in- 
sects, and were even found as parasites parasitic 
upon parasites. Some live under the skin, others 
burrow into the muscle ; some make corridors 
under the epidermis and dwell there, and others 
live on the surface. They are extremely prolific 
and capable of rapid transference from host to 
host. 
Dentil ii| tl^e 
S every chemist knows, the action of steam, 
dew, or soft water rapidly converts lead 
into oxide and carbonate, which, steaming 
down the interior of the refrigerator, contaminates 
everything in the form of food that it contains. 
Very generally, meat, and milk, and fruit are put 
together. In a few hours raw beafsteak, for exam- 
ple, becomes slippery, or slimy to the touch. It 
has developed an acid, or sour odor, owing to the 
action of the lead. If the ice becomes low, toward 
the latter part of the day, gaseous emanations are 
freely given off. Milk, especially, has a particular 
affinity for the poisonous septon, or azote, thus 
given off. It becomes charged with it, and in the 
meat and the milk so vitiated many of the malig- 
nant summer complaints so common in our midst 
have their origin. 
" The fact is unquestionable," writes an eminent 
chemist, " that a small piece of decomposing fat, or 92 
DEATH IN THE REFRIGERATOR. 
meat, or over-used brine, will taint the entire con- 
tents of a large refrigerator. Thattainted is dele- 
terious to health. That ' gamey ' birds, etc., are 
more or less unhealthy is indisputable, and the epi- 
cure is a sufferer from his eccentric tastes. Neither 
meats nor milk, however, should be kept in lead- 
lined refrigerators." In this lead lining lies the 
secret of much of the 
Chronic Ill-health 
which seems inexplicable. Adults and children re- 
siding in healthy localities in town and country, and 
surrounded by all the comforts of life, complain 
constantly of dyspepsia, accompanied with more or 
less nervous depression. There is frequently a feel- 
ing cf nausea, and of weight and oppression about 
the chest. The drainage is suspected or the exis- 
tence of malaria is attributed to the district. The 
afflicted family changes location, with no ameliorat- 
ing results. In point of fact, they are suffering 
from chronic poisoning, and the refrigerator is the 
" snake in the grass." 
Every observant housekeeper must have ob- 
served how quickly uncooked beef changes in a 
small refrigerator-especially when not kept con- 
stantly full of ice. The mischievous product comes 
from the lean portion; and as lean differs from fat 
chiefly in being charged with septon or nitrogen, it 
is plain that this septon must be at the bottom of 
the destructive work. "The product being sour," 
says Quincy, " the septon must be oxygenated; and 
thence it is inferred that the oxygen associated with DEATH IN THE REFRIGERATOR. 
93 
it constitutes septic acid. And this septic acid, ex- 
isting sometimes in a gaseous and sometimes in a 
liquid form, vitiates all food products that come near 
it, and gives rise to dysenteries and malignant fevers 
as their principal exciting cause." The same ob- 
servation applies to fish and fowl, the lean parts of 
which abound in septon, and are easily converted 
into pestilential poison by the action of the lead 
emanations in the varying temperature of the 
Ordinary Domestic Refrigerator. 
It will, therefore, readily be seen why milk and 
butter so speedily manifest i nplcasant consequences 
when kept any length of time in an ice-box lined 
with lead. The lurking poison unfortunately is sel- 
dom perceptible to the taste ; for it is the nature of 
the products of lead to impart rather a sweetish 
flavor to milk. More than likely the baby is par- 
ticularly fond of it, while the poor little creature is 
pallid and hollow-eyed and visibly wasting away. 
Pkt^itid Di^eh^e^. 
T has now become an acccepted fact that a 
majority of the diseases affecting the human 
body are from parasitic origin. The types 
with which I am most familiar are the Achorion 
Schonleinii, Fasciola Gastra, Fasciola Hepatica, 
Distoma Haematobium, Sclerostoma Lymphatica, 
Diatoma Schirrhosa, Fasciola Miasmatica, Trichom- 
onas Vaginalis, Trichophyton Tonsurans, Trich- 94 
PARASITIC DISEASES. 
ina Spiralis, Cescaris Lumbrecoides, Oxyuris 
Vermiculosis, Dracunculus Medinensis, the Ces- 
toid, or tape worms, of which there are several 
varieties. These parasites are introduced into the 
human body through improperly cooked animal 
food, through the fluids that are drank and from 
the atmosphere. Water and milk should be sub- 
mitted to a boiling temperature, 212 Fahrenheit, 
before being taken into the stomach ; meats should 
not be eaten until they are thoroughly cooked 
through. 
ftrqt0 fof $udden S^ei^endie^. 
OR dust in the eyes avoid rubbing-dash 
water in them : remove cinders, etc., with 
the round point of a lead-pencil. Remove 
insects from the ear by tepid water ; never put a 
hard instrument in the ear. If an artery is cut, 
compress above the wound ; if a vbin is cut, below. 
If choked, get upon all fours and cough. For light 
burns dip the part in cold water; if the skin is de- 
stroyed, cover with varnish. Smother a fire with 
carpets, &c., water will often spread burning oil and 
increase the danger. Before passing through smoke, 
take a full breath, and then stoop low, but if carbon 
is suspected walk erect. Suck poison wounds un- 
less your mouth is sore ; enlarge the wound or cut 
out the part without delay ; hold the wounded part 
to a hot coal or end of lighted cigar. In cases of 
poisoning excite vomiting by tickling the throat or HINTS FOR SUDDEN EMERGENCIES. 
95 
by water or mustard ; for acid poisons give acids ; 
for opium give strong coffee and keep moving. If 
in the water float on the back with the nose and 
mouth projected. For apoplexy raise the head and 
body. For fainting lay the person flat. 
S cube fof d^olefci kqd C^olefk 
iq prirqary 
AKE equal parts of tincture of Cayenne 
pepper, tincture of opium, tincture of 
rhubarb, essence of peppermint, and spirits 
of camphor. Mix well. Dose, twelve to thirty 
drops in a little water, according to age and violence 
of symptoms, repeated every fifteen or twenty 
minutes until relief is obtained. 
Vo Lqvhlid$ 
UFFERING from catarrh, throat affections 
of any nature, bronchitis, asthma, consump- 
tion, dyspepsia, liver, kidney, urinary or 
blood diseases, and blood poisons, hemorrhoids, 
fever and ague, malarial fever, nervous disorders, 
skin diseases, fetid breath, rheumatism, neuralgia, 
scrofulous enlargements or discharges, general debil- 
ity, etc., etc., in their incipient or advanced stages, 
I would respectfully advise a consultation at my 
office, either personally or by letter. I have had 96 
TO INVALIDS. 
20 years of the most varied and extensive experi- 
ence in the treatment of chronic ailments, and 
have cured thousands of cases of supposed in- 
curables. I am perfectly familiar with all the pro- 
cesses of cure-homeopathic, allopathic, electro- 
pathic, hydropathic, eclectic, etc., etc., and have all 
the facilities, philosophical, instrumental, or medi- 
cal at hand to aid in the treatment and cure of any 
known chronic complaint. Sickness is a serious 
business, and life is too short to indulge the luxury 
very long at a time. I, therefore, cannot impress too 
strongly upon the mind of my reader the great im- 
portance of attending to your pains, aches, or dis- 
eases of whatever nature they may be in their 
primary stages. Do not wait until they become 
chronic. If you are ill to-day, do not wait until 
to-morrow before you seek relief. Help to-day may 
prevent your death to-morrow. I have offices in 
the principal cities of this country, and have skilled 
physicians to represent them. If you reside in the 
neighborhood of my office anywhere, go to it. 
There will be no charge for consultation or advice. 
My office and residence is in New York City, and I 
can always be found at home. lVadtidh.1 
I. 
HE first step towards the reduction of dis- 
ease is beginning at the beginning to pro- 
vide for the health of the unborn. The 
error commonly entertained, that marriageable men 
and women have nothing to consider except wealth, 
station, or social relationships, demands correction. 
The offspring of marriage, the most precious of all 
fortunes, deserve surely as much forethought as is 
bestowed on the offspring of the lower animals. If 
the intermarriage of disease were considered in the 
same light as the intermarriage of poverty, the 
hereditary transmission of disease, the basis of so 
much misery in the world, would be at an end in 
three or four generations. 
II. 
Greater care than is at present manifested, ought 
to be taken with women who are about to become 
mothers. Wealthy women in this condition are 
often too much indulged in rest and are too richly fed. 
Poor women in this condition are commonly under- 
fed and made to toil too severely. The poor, as 
we have seen, fare the best, but both practically 
are badly cared for. Nothing that is extraordinary 
is required for the women during the condition 
named. She needs only to live by natural rule. 
She should retire to rest early ; take nine or ten 
hours' sleep; perform walking or similar exercise, 98 
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 
to an extent short of actual fatigue, during the day; 
partake moderately of food, and of animal food not 
oftener than twice a day ; avoid all alcoholic drinks; 
take tea in limited quantities ; forego all scenes 
that excite the passions; hear no violence of 
language ; be clothed in warm, light, loose gar- 
ments ; and shun with scrupulous care every ex- 
posure to infectious disease. 
III. 
The mortality from the uncontrollable causes of 
disease amongst persons of advanced life, is best 
prevented by providing against sudden vicissitudes 
of heat and cold. The primary care is to guard 
against sudden change of vascular tension from ex- 
posure to heat when the blood-vessels are weakened 
by cold. Such exposure is the cause of nearly all 
the congestions which occur during winter, and 
which carry off the enfeebled. The sound practice 
is to maintain the body, at all hours and seasons, 
but especially during the hours of sleep, at an 
equable temperature. 
VI. 
The idea that excessive physical exercise is a 
sound means of promoting health is erroneous. 
Man is not constituted to be a running or a leaping 
animal like a deer or a cat, and to raise the physical 
above the mental culture were to return to the 
shortness and misery of savage life. Physical 
training, which should be moderately encouraged, 
should be refined and made secondary to mental PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS^ 
99 
training. Every rash and violent feat of com- 
petitive powers should be discountenanced. 
V. 
The combination of mental and physical fatigue, 
as it is practiced in many pursuits at this time, is 
exceedingly injurious. Long journeys each day 
to and from the sphere of profession or business, 
are hurtful. The idea that mental labors may be 
advantageously supplemented by violent muscular 
exercise, such as is implied in volunteering long 
and fatiguing walks, or laborious exercise on 
horseback, is an error. Moderate and regular ex- 
ercise at the same time, favors mental work. The 
practical point is so to regulate the physical labor 
that it shall not induce fatigue. 
VI. 
One of the surest means for keeping the body 
and mind in perfect health consists in learning to 
hold the passions in subservience to the reasoning 
faculties. This rule applies to every person. 
Man distinguished from all other animals by the 
peculiarity that his reason is placed above his 
passions to be the director of his will, can protect 
himself from every mere animal degradation re- 
sulting from passionate excitement. The education 
of the man should be directed, not to suppress such 
passions as are enobling, but to bring all under gov- 
ernance, and specially to subdue those most dis- 
tructive passions-anger, hate, and fear. 100 
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 
VII. 
To escape the evils arising from the use of 
alcohol, there is only one perfect course, namely, to 
abstain from alcohol altogether. No fear need be 
entertained of any physical or mental harm from 
such abstinence. Every good may be expected 
from it. True, a certain very qualified temperance, 
a temperance that restricts the adult to a strict al- 
lowance of one ounce and a half of alcohol in each 
twenty-four hours may, possibly, be compatible with 
a healthy life ; but such indulgence is unnecessary, 
and encourages the dangerous desire to further in- 
dulgence. A man or woman who abstains is healthy 
and safe. A man or woman who indulges at all is 
unsafe. A man or woman who relies on alcohol for 
support is lost. 
VIII. 
Smoking tobacco, and the use of tobacco in 
every form, is a habit better not acquired, and when 
acquired, is better abandoned. The young should 
especially avoid the habit. It gives a doubtful 
pleasure for a certain penalty. Less destructive 
than alcohol, it induces various nervous changes, 
some of which pass into organic modifications of 
function. So long as the practice of smoking is 
continued, the smoker is temporarily out of health. 
When the odor of tobacco hangs long on the 
breath and other secretions of the smoker, that 
smoker is in danger. Excessive smoking has proved 
directly fatal. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 
101 
IX. 
Indulgence in narcotics, opium, chloral, chloro- 
form, chlorodine, ether, absinthe, and all others of 
the class, is an entire departure from natural law, 
and should not be indulged in. There are said to 
be 200,000 opium eaters in the United States. 
What an army of slaves ! This habit has been en- 
tailed upon its victims by medical men giving pre- 
parations cf opium to relieve pain. What a com- 
mentary upon the intelligence of the medical 
practitioner of the present age. 
X. 
The food on which the man who would be healthy 
should live, should be selected so as to ensure 
variety without excess. Animal food should not 
be taken oftener than twice daily. The amount of 
animal and vegetable food combined should not ex- 
ceed thirty ounces in twenty-four hours, and for the 
majority of persons an average of twenty-four ounces 
of mixed solid food, a third only of which should 
be animal, is sufficient. All animal foods should 
be eaten while they are fresh, and after they are 
well cooked. The habit of eating underdone flesh 
is almost a certain cause of parasitic disease. The 
amount of fluid taken, in any form, should not ex- 
ceed the average of twenty-four ounces daily. 
Water is the only natural beverage. 
XL 
To escape the injuries arising from impure air, it 
is necessary to attend to the following rules : To 102 
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 
avoid the admission into closed apartments of air 
charged with any substance that offends the sense 
of smell ; to avoid surcharging the air with va^or 
of water; to keep the temperature in every room 
as nearly as possible at the safe standard of 6o° Fah. 
To take ample means for allowing air to escape 
from the room by every available outward draught; 
to admit air freely at all times, and when a room is 
not in use, and the external air is not charged with 
moisture, to allow the entrance of air from without 
through every window and door. 
XII. 
Enforced idleness by those who have acquired 
wealth, is always an error so long as the health is 
good. Men of business should never actually 
retire while they retain fair bodily and physical 
faculty. It is one of the greatest errors to attempt 
to enforce idleness on others from the mistaken 
sentiment of wishing to place them beyond the 
necessity for work. This is against nature; the 
earth, which is itself ever in motion, demands even 
the motion of cultivation from its inhabitants, that 
it may be a garden properly arranged from age to 
age. Those, therefore, who have idleness thrust 
upon them by their progenitors, should throw it off 
as if some necessity for work were equally theirs ; 
by this plan they will live longest to enjoy the 
greatest happiness. 
XIII. 
The natural duration of sleep is eight hours Out 
of the twenty-four, and those who can secure this PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 
103 
lead the soundest lives. It is best taken from ten 
to six o'clock, and it is most readily obtained by 
cultivating it as an automatic procedure. All 
stimulants, all excitements, all excessive fatigues 
pervert sleep, even if they do not prevent it. The 
room in which sleep is taken should be the best 
ventilated and the most equably warmed room in 
the house. The air of the room should be 
maintained at the natural standard of 6o° Fah., and 
the body of the sleeper should always be kept 
completely warm. The bed should be soft and 
yielding. A regular tendency to sleep at other 
hours than the natural is a sure sign of error of 
habit or of nervous derangement. 
XIV. 
Dress, to be perfectly compatible with healthy 
life, should fit loosely, should be light, warm and 
porous, should be adapted to the season as to color, 
should be throughout every part of the clothing, 
upper as well as under, frequently changed, and 
should be at all times scrupulously clean. The 
wearing of clothes until they are threadbare, is an 
invariable error in all that respects the health, to say 
nothing of the comfort of the wearer. All bands 
or corsets which in any way restrict the course of 
the blood, in any part of the body, are directly 
injurious. Dresses dyed with irritating dyestuffs, 
ought to be carefully avoided. 
XV. 
Connected with cleanliness of clothing as a 104 
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 
means of health, is personal cleanliness. Perfected 
action of the skin, so essential to the perfect life, 
can only be obtained by thorough ablution of the 
whole body. The ablution ought strictly to be 
performed once every day. It is best to train the 
body to the use of cold water through all seasons, 
so that the requirement for water of a raised 
temperature may not become a necessity. The 
simplest and best bath is the ordinary sponge bath. 
The occasional use of the hot air or Turkish bath 
is an important adjunct of the means of maintaining 
health. 
ATARRH is chiefly located in the head, and 
is a disease of the mucous membrane 
lining the cavities of the nose and throat. 
It is invited during enfeebled and devitalized states 
of the system ; and is directly caused by the growth 
on the mucous surfaces of microscopic mould and 
animalcules which obtain lodgment in the body 
because of favorable constitutional conditions. 
The atmosphere at large is more or less filled 
with the floating spores of invisible fungi, which 
are developed and intensified according to local 
conditions. When inhaled into systems suffering a catarrh. 
105 
low state of vitality, these spores or seeds develop 
a mould or fungus very rapid 
ingrowth, and in the fibril of 
which are hatched myriads of 
microscopic animals. These 
living organisms, which at 
first feed upon the plant 
itself, in due course of time 
become parasites and feed 
upon the algce expelled from 
the mucous membrane of the 
affected part. Catarrh is im- 
mediately caused by the 
irritation incidental to the growth of both plants 
and animals, the depositing of spores, and the con- 
stant feeding of the animals upon the vital 
substance, the tissues. Fig. i shows the germs of 
Achorion Schonleinii as found in the algse expelled 
from the membranes affected by this disease. 
AcnoRio/scnoNLEixn. 
CMhYrli of tl]e kqd 
Pharyngitis, Trachitis, Bronchitis and Asthma. 
HE same inflammation described under 
Catarrh, may follow the mucous mem- 
brane as it proceeds downward, lining 
the cavities of the pharynx, larynx, trachea, 
and bronchia. Its course has already been discus- 
sed (see Catarrh), although it should be dis- 
tinctly borne in mind that the presence and 106 
CATARRH OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS. 
growth of parasitic organisms, as well as other 
general or special causes, occasion different 
symptoms, according to the functions and con- 
ditions of the different organs involved. 
Co^uiqptioi}. 
HIS scourge of the human race has at length 
come to be regarded as a curable disease, 
since the evidences of this fact are too 
numerous and well authenticated to make denial 
longer possible. Because, however, of the incredu- 
lity and impatience of the average sufferers from 
this malady, its treatment is, even to the successful 
physician, the most undesirable of tasks. While 
this lamentable disease has been assigned to a great 
variety of causes, late investigations have proven 
that they have never been wholly known and enu- 
merated. The form identified with catarrhal in- 
flammations, whether of the head, throat, or wind- 
pipe, is caused by the parasite already referred to 
under Catarrh. (See Fig. i.) When the disease 
has its origin in the influx of poisonous blood, it is 
intensified by the irritation of foreign bodies con- 
tained therein ; while the tuberculous and ulcerated 
stages are induced by infinitesimal animals of a 
type quite as malignant and destructive as those 
which are the direct cause of cancer. There is a 
variety of parasites involved in the disease suited 
to various incisive stages. Dy^pep^ik. 
HE first cause of this disease is an enfeebled 
condition of the stomach, which is induced 
by a variety of circumstances. The eating 
of foods excessive in quantity or improper in 
quality, with other bad habits, in due course of 
time reduces the supply of gastric juice necessary 
to digestion, creates fermentation, and in other 
ways produces inflammatory weakness of the lining 
membranes of the stomach. We cannot too 
frequently repeat that it is only under conditions of 
Fig. 2. FASCIOLA GASTRA. 
reduced vitality and non-resistance that either the 
general system or any organ thereof may be im- 
posed upon by foreign matters. In this instance, 
then the weak stomach cannot dispose of either 
the cryptogamous plants that enter with the food 
and water, or the animal organisms, the germs of 
which they contain. The result is that most 
distressing complications are brought about by the 
constant reproduction and irritating growth of 
Torula and accompaning parasites. (See Fasciola 
Gastra, Fig. 2.) I<ivef Di^ek^. 
LL the leading disorders of this, the largest 
, gland in the human body, are caused by 
the presence and growth of microscopic 
Vis. A-FASCIOLA HEPATICA. 
vegetables and animals located in the vital sub- 
stance of the organ. The spores of these foreign 
bodies are to be found in vast quantities in the 
circulating fluids of the body, and, according to 
existing pathelogical conditions, may take up their 
abode in any gland or tissue visited by the blood. 
The torpid states so prone to the liver occasion for 
these spores an easy lodgment therein ; and the 
peculiar office of this gland as the strainer of the 
blood invites unto itself every variety of these 
plants and parasites common to animal bodies. 
The various forms of liver disease, Hepatica, 
Acute and Chronic Inflammation, and Liver Con- 
sumption, are directly caused by their normal 
excitation incidental to the spawning of a foreign 
fungus and the growth and feeding of myriads of 
microscopic animals. (See Fasciola Hepatica, 
Fig- 3-) . A- $kiq ©i^e^e^. 
HILE these are often caused by derange- 
ments of the internal viscera, they are 
sometimes the result of the presence and 
operations of cryptogamic organisms. Among 
others, the skin affections characterized by black- 
headed pimples, blotches, etc., are occasioned by 
worms visible to the unaided eye. (See Entozoon 
Folliculorum, Fig. 4.) There are forms, however, 
produced by parasites, both vegetable and animal, 
too minute to be seen with- 
out the use of an instrument 
Those caused by the para- 
sitic plant are the Tinea, 
Favoso, commonly exhibited 
on the scalp, and the Tinea 
Tonsurans, or ringworm. 
On the other hand, the 
cutaneous disease known as 
scabies, or the itch, is caused 
by the irritations of an ani- 
mal parasite. These dis- 
eases arc generally contagi- 
ous by contact. 
Fio. 4. ENTOZOON FOLLICULOR- 
UM, OR ELACK HEADED WORMS. 
^cufal^ih, kqd 
EURALGIA may be cither constitutional 
or local, and consists of an augmented 
and perverted sensation, resulting from 
diseased states of the nerves or their centres. NEURALGIA AND NEURITIS. 
110 
These diseased conditions are variously caused. 
In the more common constitutional forms they are 
promoted by impoverished blood, poisoned by uric 
acid and bile, and intensified by a microscopic para- 
site named Distoma Haematobium. (See Fig. 5.) 
The local forms of this disease, characterized by an 
inflammation of the enveloping sheath of the 
nerves, or the growth of tumors immediately about, 
or the nerve inflam- 
mation designated 
by the name of Neu- 
ritis, are all equally 
caused by the irrita- 
tions provoked by 
foreign organisms 
operating in the 
blood. 
Tis. B. DISTOMA ILEMATOBIUM. 
CROFLLA, anciently called Kings Evil, is 
a disease which has come to be regarded as 
almost synonymous with consumption. It 
has its origin in the blood and glandular system, 
and is characterized by deposits of material in the 
body that is utterly foreign to its healthy constitu- 
tion. While hereditary predisposition has been SCROFULA. 
111 
accepted as one of the chief causes of this disease 
science has discovered 
other and very serious 
causes. The most im- 
portant of these is the 
presence of an infini- 
tesimal parasite in the 
lymphatic glands, the 
consequence of which 
is the ultimate germination of poisonous material 
in the form of the tubercle. This animal has been 
called the Sclerostoma Lymphatica, and is repre- 
sented in Fig. 6. 
Fig. 6. SCLEROSTOMA LYMPHATICA. 
HILE Cancer appears to be a local dis- 
ease, it is only of this nature in its earli- 
est forms; for no sooner does ulceration 
take place than the whole system becomes infected 
with its subtle and peculiar poisons. Wherever 
located, and whatever the form of this disease, it is 
directly caused by conditions in the blood induced by 
the presence of foreign poisonous fungus and accom- 
panying animalcules. Uuder all circumstances the 
substance of the cancer cell 
will be found to contain living 
vegetable or animal organisms 
of a malignant nature. These 
may be conveyed by the blood 
to every part of the system, 
Fw. 7. diatoma scumnosA. 112 
CANCER. 
furnishing an explanation of the more or less uni- 
versal character of this dreadful malady. (See Fig. 
7, Diatoma Scirrhosa^) 
HIS very painful and often fatal malady was 
among the first, the cause of which was 
traced to the existence of a parasite. The 
infinitesimal animal is admitted to the system 
through the stomach from eating raw or imper- 
fectly cooked meats. Swine's flesh, in any fopn, 
ham, bacon and sausages in particular, is a more 
dangerous medium than any other, for the reason 
that it conveys the trichinae into the human body 
in a state most highly favorable for their growth 
and procreation. (See Fig. 8.) 
On the seventh day after their in- 
troduction their young penetrate 
the mucous linings of the intes- 
tines, enter the blood, and are dis- 
tributed in due time throughout the whole mus- 
cular system. In their adult state, they chiefly in- 
fest the intestinal canal, where they measure i-/8th 
of an inch in length. It has been estimated that 
one ounce of cat's flesh has contained 325,000 of 
these parasites, while the human body may contain 
as many as one thousand millions. 
Fig. 8. TRICHINAE. ^evei% 
LL forms of fevers-Remittent and Inter- 
mittent, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet and 
Yellow, together with Measles and Small- 
pox-have a common origin, whether endemic or 
epidemic, in the admission to the system of infect- 
ious fungi and parasites. These diseases affect 
the system at large, and are characterized by con- 
stitutional derangements. Agreeable with these 
Fig. 9.-FASCIOLA MIASMATICA. 
admitted facts, the blood and tissues will be found 
poisoned with foreign accumulations induced by 
exposure to - miasma. In Typhoid and Typhus 
fevers, the germs of the animalcules are deposited 
in the glands of the bowels, and in the latter dis- 
ease, the parasites are the active cause of the 
tendency in the fluids to putrefaction. (See Fas- 
ciola Miasmatica, Fig. 9.) l^eudofilioek, 
R Fluor Albus, is a disease characterized by 
a white mucous discharged from the lining 
membrane of the vagina and uterus. The 
affection is remotely caused 
by weakness, and directly by 
the local irritation of a 
parasite designated as Tri- 
chomonas Vaginalis. (See 
Fig. io.) 
trichomonas vaginalis, 
Vkpe Worn] 
S the name commonly applied to the Tania 
solium (see Fig. 12.) an individual of the 
Cestoid family, of which there are over 200 
varieties. While some of these are hardly visible, 
others, particularly the above variety, common to 
man, may attain a length of 100 feet and a breadth 
of one inch. The eggs of a Cestoid are admitted 
to the system by eating raw or indifferently cooked 
Fig. 12.-TAPE WORM. 
meats, particularly the flesh of swine and sheep. 
Upon admission to the system through the stom- 
ach, these eggs enter the blood vessels, are con- 
veyed by the circulation to the various parts of the 
body, and in due time are developed into larvae. If 
flesh containing these animal embryoes is well TAPE-WORM. 
115 
cooked, the heat will kill them. Otherwise, they 
will certainly hatch and develop into the Cestoide. 
of tl^e ft hit. 
T were hard to attach too much importance to 
the scientific discovery of the cause of 
the premature loss of the hair. Bald- 
ness, grayness, and other 
diseased indications, are now 
known to be directly oc- 
casioned by a destructive, 
parasite called Trichophy- 
ton Tonsurans. (See Fig. 
ii.) These microscopic 
animals, whose spores are 
deposited in the follicles of 
the hair, are found in num- 
bers from the immediate 
point where the shaft quits 
the skin along the whole 
tube to the basement of the 
bulb. The hair may be 
saved and renewed by any 
agency capable of destroy- 
ing the organisms that have 
possessed themselves of the 
follicles from the base of 
which it grows. 
Pio. 11. 
TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS. dold iq tl]e fteetd-Chdhfftq do:q- 
^uiqptioq, etd. 
ISEASES of the organs of respiration are 
so common in this country that almost 
every person of adult age has had more or 
less experience with some of them. I propose to 
indicate, in as brief a manner as possible, the 
symptoms and treatment of the most common of 
this class of maladies, and to point to the imminent 
•danger involved in their issue if neglected. 
The Organs of Respiration consist of the Nose, 
Throat, and Lungs, or rather the air passages are 
continuous from the nose to the lungs, there being 
no break or interruption in the membrane lining 
the intervening parts. Disease, in a large majority 
of cases, has its origin in the membrane lining the 
cavities of the nose. When this part of the mem- 
brane becomes inflamed, as it is very liable to 
be from many causes, but chiefly from atmospheric 
vicissitudes, it is called Nasal Catarrh; and, from 
its continuity to the membrane lining the throat, 
larynx, windpipe, and bronchial tubes, becomes the 
forerunrter, if neglected, of pulmonary consumption. 
This declaration is not made to startle or alarm 
people laboring under catarrh, but simply to point 
out the fact that catarrh is the great feeder of con- 
sumption, and that it is a fatal mistake to disre- 
gard its presence when it is known. 
Alas! how many who are now struggling in the 
iron grasp of consumption but know too sensibly COLD IN THE HEAD, ETC. 
117 
their disease commenced in the nose as a "common 
cold," which, by neglect, insidiously crept toward 
the lungs, where it is now doing its fatal work! 
Consumption has several stages. It has a first 
or "forming" stage ; a middle or "confirmed" stage; 
and a last or "ulcerated" stage. The lungs do not 
become immediately stuffed with tubercles or cor- 
roded by foul ulcers. It is only after months and 
after years of irritation of slow, insidious progress 
-from the slight "catarrh" to the seated " bron- 
chitis;" from "bronchitis" to the first deposition 
of a little speck of " tubercular matter" in a single 
lobule ; from the first deposition of tubercle to the 
•filling up of a whole lobe or a whole lung with this 
matter, and its festering and burrowing among the 
delicate air-cells, till the whole of the lung diseased 
becomes reduced to a mass of hopeless disorganiza- 
tion-that this dreaded malady reaches the last and 
final stage. The error is too wide-spread among 
the people, and too general even among physicians, 
to regard consumption as a disease, marked not 
only by "cough," but by the expectoration of "pus," 
by "hectic fever," "night-sweats," and wasting 
of flesh and strength-in other words, to apply the 
name consumption only to the last stage of the dis- 
ease. Were this otherwise, we should not have to 
listen, with feelings of sorrow, to such expressions 
as, "it is only a catarrh;" "the disease is all in 
the throat;" or "it is only a slight bronchial affec- 
tion." Alas! there are few who suffer from these 
affections, trifling and unimportant as they may 
seem, that do not sooner or later fill a consump- 118 
COLD IN THE HEAD, ETC. 
tive's grave. We should not, therefore, lose sight 
of the disastrous consequences to which catarrh 
gives rise. We know that it exists, in a greater or 
less degree, in all forms of pulmonary disease ; that 
it usually exists before any symptoms of disease in 
the lungs have been manifested, and that it is the 
direct consequence of those " colds in the head," 
which become practically known to most of us two 
or three times every year. We regard Catarrh 
as a great feeder of pulmonary irritation, and do 
not believe we can by any other means so effectu- 
ally guard the lungs from disease as by cutting off 
the catarrhal affections. 
Catarrh, Continued-Its Symptoms, etc. 
From the frequency of catarrhal affections as fore- 
runners of genuine tubercular consumption, the re- 
lationship between " colds, coughs, and consump- 
tion," is unquestionably that of cause and effect. 
Too much attention can not be given to this fact. 
By " Catarrh " commonly called "cold in the 
head," is meant an inflammatory affection of the 
mucous membrane that lines the cavity of the 
nose. This membrane, as before intimated, 
extends downward, lining also the throat, larynx, 
windpipe, and bronchial tubes. We breathe 
through the nose ; hence, that part of the mucous 
membrane which lines the nasal passages, first 
receives injury from sudden changes of temperature 
in the air, or from any irritating matter it may con- 
tain. There are two kinds of catarrh, distinguish- 
ed as " acute " and " chronic." COLD IN THE HEAD, ETC. 
119 
The symptoms of " acute catarrh " are, first, a 
sense of heat and difficulty of breathing through 
the nose, The passages seem to be stuffed or ob- 
structed, and yet at the beginning there is no secre- 
tion to cause this feeling. If you now examine the 
lining of the nostrils you will find the membrane 
dry, red, swollen, increased in thickness, and very 
irritable. Try to inhale the cold air through them 
and the attempt excites " sneezing." 
The irritation may extend from the lining of the 
nose to the frontal sinus, producing pain over the 
forehead. It may also extend over the lachrymal 
canals, which convey the tears from the eyes, clos- 
ing them up as it has done the nose, in which 
event the lids become red and swollen, and the eyes 
weep. The skin is hot, the pulse increased in fre- 
quency, and a feeling of chilliness is felt over the 
whole body. After a time the nose begins to run 
11 clear water," and the discharge is so profuse as to 
keep the handkerchief in almost constant demand. 
Gradually this acrid water becomes thicker and 
less irritating, changing its color to yellow. As 
this change takes place the nostrils become free, 
and the secretion diminishes till the health of the 
patient is seemingly restored. This is the usual 
course and termination of a " cold in the head " or 
" catarrh," when confined to the nose. But it may 
possibly extend to the throat, involving the fauces, 
tonsils and uvula, and when it does this, the disease 
is called " quincy." A simple cold in the head 
may also proceed along the eustachian tubes of the 
ear; when it does this it causes deafness, either 120 
COLD IN THE HEAD, ETC. 
partial or absolute ; but the most* common course 
of catarrh is to creep insidiously down to the lungs, 
when it is properly known as a " Cold in the 
Chest," and professionally by the name of " Bron- 
chitis." 
" Chronic Catarrh" follows the " acute " form, 
and is generally the consequence of leaving "a sim- 
ple cold " to cure itself. It is met with in several 
forms. In the " first " we have merely a discharge 
of straw-colored mucus, which accumulates in the 
posterior nares, or above and behind the soft palate, 
and is " hawked " and cleared out from time to 
time during the day. In the " second," there are 
small sores formed on the inside of the nose, and 
the secretions become dry and hard, requiring a 
good deal of attention to keep the passages free 
from the scabs or hardened mucus that form at such 
time. In the "third," the secretions have a puru- 
lent character, and drip down "from the head" into 
the' throat, and may be seen hanging down in fes- 
toons from the posterior nares. In this latter form 
the sense of smell becomes impaired and sometimes 
entirely destroyed; and when the ulceration eats 
through the membrane to the bone, the smell of the 
breath becomes exceedingly offensive and unpleasant 
both to the patient and friends. Sometimes this 
discharge will induce retching and vomiting before 
the offending matter can be removed, especially in 
the morning when the effort is made to remove 
the offending secretions which accumulate during 
the night, and which sensibly obstruct respiration. 
Generally, during the Summer months, the active COLD IN THE HEAD, ETC. 
121 
symptoms of chronic catarrh become mild, but re- 
turn regularly in an aggravated form as Winter ap- 
proaches. 
Catarrh of the Nose, Palate and Tonsils. 
I will consider the effects of catarrh upon the 
palate and tonsils, as it makes its first advance from 
the nose toward the lungs. 
After inflammation of the lining membrane of 
the cavities of the nose has existed a certain length 
of time and become chronic in its character, the 
tractile power of the palate becomes impaired or 
lost, and it prolapses so as to touch or lie upon the 
base of the tongue. This occurs most frequently 
in persons of anaemic or scorbutic habits ; still, the 
most robust cannot claim exemption from this con- 
dition if the disease has existed long enough to 
demoralize the vital powers of the parts involved. 
When the palate has thus " fallen," it creates an 
irritation in the throat, and an almost constant de- 
sire to clear the fauces of an offending presence. 
Harsh, scraping coughs, or chest efforts to " clear 
away " obstructions in the air-passages, become 
frequent and tiresome, to obviate which the person 
so affected will often make involuntary efforts, by 
closing the lips, to swallow something that sticks 
in the throat. 
Now, it is plainly understood that the cause of 
this elongated palate is the catarrh pre-existing in 
the back part of the nasal cavities. Knowing this, 
how absurd would it be to cut off the palate with 
the expectation of curing or reaching the real cause 122 
COLD IN THE HEAD, ETC. 
of the prolapse ! And yet this is the practice we 
see daily employed by many who have no confid- 
ence in any other system of treatment. Even up- 
start specialists join the cutting crew and stand, 
with scissors and spoon, ready to cut wherever a 
palate is drooping. Shame and derision should 
confound and forever banish this cruel and irra- 
tional practice. Look at it! Cut off the palate and 
what have you done toward curing the disease ? 
Does not the inflammation of the posterior nares 
continue to exist ? and will it not extend itself to 
the tonsils, the fauces, and finally reach the lungs ? 
What have you done but to silence the voice of 
the sentinel forever whose office was to apprise you 
of danger ? 
Immediately behind and at the base of the arch 
of the uvula are found the Tonsils, which in turn, 
after the palate, become inflamed and enlarged by 
the dripping of the acrid secretions from the pos- 
terior nares. Sometimes these glands become so 
large as almost to entirely obstruct the air from 
passing to the lungs, and food from entering the 
oesophagus. When this inflammation is acute, it is 
called Quincy ; when sub-acute and diffused, Diph- 
theria ; and when chronic, it is called Tonsilitis, 
and sometimes Sore Throat. By whatever name, 
however, it may be known, it is nevertheless the 
same old catarrh, journeying from the nose to the 
lungs, and gathering new and increased strength 
with every new territory it invades. If we look 
into the throat now, we will see two red, fleshy 
balls, with rough and uneven surfaces, protruding COLD IN THE HEAD, ETC. 
123 
into and partially filling the faucel cavities. At 
this stage of catarrh, there is always more or less 
disturbance in the forces of the system. 
LciryqgitiA, (5on|nqoi)ly dolled 
u dlef^yqkq0' 
HIS is, by far, the most important form of 
laryngeal disease, since it springs from 
slight causes, and is a very common and 
most distressing malady. It always ends in more 
or less injury to the voice, and too frequently in 
Consumption. The symptoms are generally very 
mild in the commencement, and liable to mislead 
the patient into the idea that there is no danger. 
Sometimes a little „pain is felt in the larnyx, but 
more commonly only a tickling sensation, which 
provokes coughing. Many persons complain of a 
sense of something tickling there, and to*get rid of 
it they are constantly rasping and clearing the wind- 
pipe. Usually, we find a striking change in the 
breathing in the voice. The breathing becomes 
loud and prolonged, as the obstruction increases, 
and when it has become considerable, we have a 
peculiar stridulous sound. The voice is almost al- 
ways changed. At first it is hoarse, and then grad- 
ally becomes more and more feeble, as the disease 
progresses, till it is scarcely audible. If ulceration 
of the vocal cords takes place, we have a total loss 
of voice. 124 
CHRONIC LARYNGITIS, ETC. 
These symptoms are only present in the severer 
forms of Chronic Laryngitis ; in the majority of 
cases only a feeling of obstruction is experienced, 
and the effort to clear this away occupies a consid- 
erable part of every conversation with a friend. 
One of the first effects produced in the mucous 
membrane, by Chronic Laryngitis, is a thickening. 
Its surface becomes hard, rough and irregular, 
which, extending to the vocal cords, destroys the 
freedom of action. 
Chronic Laryngitis very frequently occurs from 
excessive use of the voice. This form of disease 
is very common in clergymen, lawyers, and all 
public speakers. The vocal organs, by straining 
and over use, become exhausted and lose their 
tone. There are various phases of this disease, 
from the slight huskiness and failure of voice, from 
which many clergymen painfully suffer every Sab- 
bath, to those destructive ulcerations of cartilages, 
marked by the total loss of voice, severe and 
almost cqnstant cough, and expectorations of 
frothy mucus, mingled with pus. The most in- 
timate connection exists between affections of the 
throat and those of the larynx. The reason is 
easily understood. Every breath you draw passes 
directly from the inflamed throat into the larynx. 
They form but different parts of the same tube, 
and are lined by a common membrane-one over 
which irritations spread rapidly. Again, the parts 
are in immediate contact, and the mucus secreted 
in the throat becomes entangled about the epig- 
lottis and entrance into the larynx, and is often CHRONIC LARYNGITIS, ETC. 
125 
drawn in by one inspiration and forced out by the 
next expiration. Chronic Laryngitis often occurs 
in advanced stages of consumption, from the irrita- 
tion produced by the pus discharged by the lungs. 
It is one of the most distressing complications of 
consumption, and adds doubly to the patient's dis- 
tress. In this form there is always more or less 
Ulceration about the vocal cords, beginning on 
the lower side, and gradually extending upward. 
These ulcers often penetrate through the mucous 
and cellular membranes, involving the muscular 
tissues, and not unfrequently attack the ligaments 
and cartilages themselves. . 
Sdute of CkthTfl} tlfe 
AVI NG already called attention to the parts 
involved in that fearful disease, Laryngit- 
is ; next in order, as we pass toward the 
lungs, we have the trachea, or throat division of 
the windpipe, by which, bifurcating at its lower 
part, the grand division of the bronchial tubes are 
formed. One enters the right lung and the other 
the left, and each subdivides again into innumer- 
able smaller tubes, till they resemble the branches 
of a tree in their ramifications, which are as intri- 
cate and minute as the fabled mazes of Mythos. 
The bronchial tubes, commencing at the lower 
part of the trachea, are entirely within the lungs; 126 
ACUTE BRONCHITIS, ETC. 
and, hence, an inflammation of the membrane 
lining these tubes is,/^r se, a disease of the lungs 
and not of the throat as is generally supposed. 
This membrane-a delicate, transparent covering 
of the muscular fibre of the air tubes-is liable to 
disease from a variety of causes, among which are 
sudden changes of weather, impure air, the dust of 
work-shops, inhaling noxious gases, etc. When it 
becomes involved in inflammation its action is de- 
ranged, the character of its secretions altered, 
and a train of morbid symptoms of a more or less 
grave character, both local and constitutional, are 
set up. If the inflammation is acute, we have a 
hard, dry, hoarse cough, commencing like a common 
catarrh, attended with a sensation of heat, dryness 
of the throat, and nasal passages, with alternations 
of chills and fever. As it progresses, respiration 
becomes difficult, the lips and cheeks become pur- 
ple, changing to a livid paleness, the countenance 
grows anxious, the eyes stare wildly, a cold sweat 
breaks out upon the fa^e and hands, delirium comes 
on, and the patient relapses into the stupor of 
death, which result frequently ensues in forty-eight 
hours after the attack first comes on. 
Generally, however, acute bronchitis is a mild 
disease, and subsides entirely at the end of a week 
or ten days, or having only the cough and expec- 
toration after the fever has disappeared, constitut- 
ing what is termed chronic bronchitis, or what was 
known to the faculty formerly as "tussis" "catarrh- 
us senilis" ^bastardperipneumony" and the peri- 
pneumony nothaP of Sydenham. Its decadence is ACUTE BRONCHITIS, ETC. 
127 
marked by the expectoration of a thin, saltish, ir- 
ritating water, scanty at first, but gradually growing 
copious, whitish, more thick, and finally yellow. 
When the sense of chillness subsides, the pulse 
loses its frequency, the oppression in the chest 
passes off, and the patient rapidly convalesces, or 
the disease settles into chronic bronchitis. 
In treating this disease we have seen the most 
happy and beneficial effects of Inhalation, after a 
judicious antiphlogistic treatment has been em- 
ployed. Emollient inhalations will, if properly 
used, afford in an almost incredibly short space of 
time, the greatest relief. By inhaling these simple 
remedies, the difficulty of breathing, and the op- 
pression of the chest have been rapidly removed, 
the heat and parched condition of the skin become 
moist, the cough quiet, and the expectoration easy. 
Who that has witnessed the soothing effects of 
warm fomentations applied to the external surface 
of the body, can doubt the value and superior 
efficacy of soothing vapors, properly medicated, 
when inhaled and transmitted along the inflamed 
membrane of the bronchia? 
dl|foqid Bf oqdlqti^, of Cataffl| iq t^e 
Bfoqdlqk. 
HEN the lining membrane of the bron- 
chial tube is inflamed, it is called "bron- 
chitis" of which there are two kinds, dis- 
tinguished as " acute " and " chronic bronchitis" 128 
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ETC. 
We will present now some of the characteristics of 
chronic bronchitis. 
By the inexperienced and unskilled, the disease 
is often mistaken for consumption ; for the mucous 
membrane, sooner or later, becomes altered in 
structure, and pours forth a matter which has all 
the qualities of pus, when the usual hectic fever 
supervenes, and the disease tends as certainly to a 
fatal termination as consumption. Of the chronic 
form of bronchitis there are several varieties, one of 
which we meet as a Winter cough, making its ap- 
pearance regularly as the Winter season approaches, 
and partially subsiding on the return of Spring. 
This form of bronchitis is incurable by any other 
means than inhalations; and, if neglected, will as 
certainly break down the structure of the lungs as 
consumption. 
Another form of bronchitis is distinguished by 
an excessive humoral discharge from the lungs, re- 
sembling gum-water, ranging from one to several 
pints during the twenty-four hours. Usually there 
are two fits of coughing in the day-one in the 
morning, and the other in the evening. There is 
considerable difficulty in breathing while the cough- 
ing paroxysm lasts, but as soon as the viscid secre- 
tion has been ejected it subsides. This disease en- 
feebles the patient very much ; but he may, how- 
ever, live for years, and be able to attend to light 
duties ; but gradually the countenance assumes a 
pale, bluish tint, the body wastes, the blood be- 
comes thin, and death ensues apparently, from the 
constant drain upon the lungs. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ETC. 
129 
There is still another form of this disease, called 
dry bronchitis, produced by a thickening of the 
mucous membrane of the air tubes, by which they 
are very much diminished in size. There is a 
scanty secretion of a dense, glutinous kind of mat- 
ter, variously tinted, sometimes greenish, again 
blue or white, and not unfrequently, after a rasping 
cough, streaked with blood or russety. This affec- 
tion is so common in this climate that a careful ex- 
amination of the chest would doubtless reveal its 
existence in many who are nursing the fatal delu- 
sion of entire exemption. 
The symptoms by which dry bronchitis is known 
are not marked by much severity, till it has ad- 
vanced to its later stages, when a little exertion 
will produce much shortness of breath, arising from 
the obstructed bronchial capacity. When a large 
portion of the lung is involved, a sense of oppres- 
sion is felt after meals on making slight exertion, 
which is frequently referred to as the result of a full 
stomach, or some other than the true cause. After 
a time, however, there is felt a tightness in 
the chest, with a rasping cough, several times 
through the day, which enables the patient to ex- 
pectorate a tough, jelly-like substance to clear the 
throat. If you ask such whether they have a cough, 
they will answer " no," and yet almost in the same 
breath, they will hack and raise the very substance 
I have described. If the stomach is deranged, it is 
fashionable to ascribe this cough to the stomach, 
or the result of nervous derangement, or liver dis- 
ease-when these are but the signals of the inroads 130 
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ETC. 
being made upon the system by this very condition 
of the lungs. But there is something so gratifying 
in being assured that there is no danger of consump- 
tion, that the physician, giving this interpretation 
to the anxious inquiry, yields to the persuasive look, 
and cries, " Peace, peace, when there is no peace I " 
Thus human life is tampered with, till the fearful 
details of death are written indelibly in the hectic 
flush, the wasting frame, and the enfeebled step- 
till the silver cords are loosed, and the golden bowl 
is broken at the fountain. This is no fancy picture, 
for we see daily around us men and women sinking 
gradually under such influences into premature 
graves. 
of doi^unqptioib 
T gives a startling importance to the subject 
upon which I write, when we reflect that of 
the crowd of men, women, and children we 
daily see thronging our streets, one-fifth w'ill fall 
victims to the fell destroyer, consumption, unless 
rescued by appropriate treatment. Now let us in 
candor ask what promise have we to lessen this 
frightful mortality by the old system of treatment? 
Take up any practice of medicine-Watson, Wood, 
Eberle ; Hahnemann or Thompson-or any standard 
works in our medical schools, and they all alike 
candidly avow that no treatment of consumption 
to them known has been more than palliative. 
Watch the practice of two physicians of equal SYMPTOMS OF CONSUMPTION. 
131 
eminence, and see how opposite their mode of 
proceeding; but each lands alike his patient in 
death. 
So sure are they of the fatal result, that they in- 
variably deceive their patients at the beginning by 
saying it is "only a mere cold," or "slight bron- 
chitis;" and if the patient spits blood, "it comes 
from the throat," and thus the precious opportunity 
when the disease is most easily controlled, is allowed 
to slip by, never to be redeemed. The very treat- 
ment, while it soothes the most distressing symp- 
toms, masks the disease, and in many instances 
hurries on the catastrophe. When the disease has 
so far advanced that the patient almost despairs 
himself, he is then advised to go to Minnesota or 
take a sea voyage, in most cases deprived of the 
Oriental benediction of "dying among his kindred." 
Why patients trust themselves to physicians who 
openly proclaim in their books, and in their con- 
versation, that they can do nothing for consumption, 
is an incomprehensible infatuation. If the physi- 
cian has no faith in his ability to cure comsumption, 
it is the height of folly for the patient to trust him, 
and every dose of medicine he swallows should be 
accompanied by a profound meditation upon death. 
I will now consider a few of the more prominent 
symptoms which herald consumption and by making 
them perfectly understood, will apprise the patient 
of danger in time to avert it. 
The earliest symptom that commonly attracts 
attention is a slight, dry cough, occuring in the 
morning, and, perhaps, repeated two or three times 132 
SYMPTOMS OF CONSUMPTION. 
a day. This gradually increases in a few weeks or 
months in frequency, and a ropy, saliva-looking 
mucus is spit up, most abundant in the morning, 
and usually supposed to come only from the throat; 
but it is secreted from the air tubes, which are 
irritated by the neighborhood of the tubercles. 
Gradully yellowish specks appear in the expectora- 
tion, which ultimately becomes entirely yellow or 
green. The expectoration is not always a criterion 
of the amount of disease in the lungs, though it 
generally is. But I have seen persons die from the 
blocking up of the lungs by tubercle, who neither 
coughed nor spit the whole time. 
It is of the utmost consequence that coughs 
should be attended to early, for although every 
cough is not the premonition of comsumption, most 
are! and it is a golden rule that the earlier it is 
attended to the greater the probability of cure. 
Spitting blood, or bleeding from the lungs, is some- 
times an early symptom, but always a serious one 
in consumption. This symptom possesses a fear- 
ful interest, from the melancholy truth that it rarely 
happens, except as a consequence of serious disease 
within the chest. The loss of blood is an indication 
of the presence of tubercle within the lungs, and 
from these tubercles will arise, sooner or later, all 
those changes-and symptoms which constitute con- 
sumption. On this point there is much error. It 
is by no means unfrequent for physicians to cheer 
their patients by the assurance that " the blood has 
only come from the throat d Let me warn you 
against being deceived. The throat rarely bleeds ! SYMPTOMS OF CONSUMPTION. 
133 
In nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of a 
thousand, when you cough up blood however small 
the quantity, that blood comes from the lungs, and 
speaks a terrible warning. Bleeding, however, 
does not always accompany consumption, but when 
you have it, if you value health, if you prize life, if 
you have any object that renders existence desir- 
able, begin at once to earnestly resist the progress 
of this fearful malady, the seeds of which are sown 
in the most vital part of the body. 
Shortness of breath is an early symptom, and is 
felt more on exertion, on ascending heights, going 
up hill, or up stairs. It is a mark of such import- 
ance that when it exists an immediate examination 
of the lungs should be had by a competent and 
truthful person. If, along with the shortness of 
breath, there is a wasting of the body and quick- 
ness of the pulse, it amounts to a certainty that there 
is disease going on in the lungs. When the pulse 
ranges above a hundred beats in a minute, the case 
is very grave. Some few cases are seen in which 
the pulse is preternaturally slow, and yet end 
fatally. The natural pulse is from seventy to 
seventy-five in a minute, the respiration fifteen to 
eighteen. Above this announces disease. Wasting 
is always to be looked on with suspicion when there 
is no evident cause for it. Shooting pains through 
the collar-bones and shoulders, or dull, burning 
pain in the chest, are fearfully significant. If the 
disease has advanced, hectic fever comes on toward 
evening, and goes off toward morning in a perspi- 
ration called " night-sweats," which is often enor- 134 
SYMPTOMS OF CONSUMPTION. 
mous in amount, occasioning great distress to the 
patient, and accelerating the catastrophe from the 
rapid wasting of the tissues, and the exhausting de- 
bility it produces. Hectic fever is gradual in its 
approach; at first a little creeping chill, felt for a 
few moments in the morning, followed by a slight 
pink of the cheek and slight sweat at night, but as 
the disease advances, these symptoms are aggra- 
vated and intensified. I have known it to be 
mistaken for ague, when the chill was decided. 
In persons over twenty-five it sometimes occurs 
that the first deposit of tubercle is accompanied, 
not with a cough, but with dyspeptic symptoms, 
such as uneasiness in the stomach after eating, or 
heartburn, and indigestion. The end approaches 
when the physician mistakes the disease, and purges 
his patient for biliousness. 
In females, the suppression of the periodic excre- 
tions often occurs in an early period of consump- 
tion, and the younger the patient the more rapid 
the fatal termination. When suppression occurs 
either in the young, the middle-aged, or the change 
of life, attended with a cough, sore throat, palpita- 
tion of the heart, on walking briskly up stairs, with 
a flattening of the chest under the collar-bones, and 
a tendency to stoop, then, indeed, disease of the 
luncrs becomes too manifest to tolerate a doubt for 
o 
one moment the existence of tubercle. And if, in 
addition to this, we observe the white of the eye 
become pearl-gray, with a slight spasmodic twitch- 
ing of the upper lip and nose when speaking, it is SYMPTOMS OF CONSUMPTION. 
135 
only to add confirmation to conviction, that the 
seeds of death are there. 
If, under such circumstances, drastic emmena- 
gogues are resorted to, to restore the impaired func- 
tion, we only too surely hasten death by producing 
a rapid failure of the vital power. 
Coi^unfptiorv 
PITTING of blood is, with few exceptions, 
the precursor or companion of consumption, 
and that the smallest quantity mixed with 
the expectoration, is as significant as though there 
were pints coughed up; and therefore, on the ap- 
pearance of this symptom, immediate recourse 
should be had to measures calculated to eradicate 
its deadly companion, Phthisis. 
Consumption is divided into Chronic, Latent, 
Infantile, Sub-Acute, and Acute, which I pro- 
pose to describe seriatim: Chronic consumption 
runs its course in a period varying from a few 
months to several years ; the average time being 
about twenty months. At first a slight, hacking 
cough comes on, which is most frequent in the 
morning when rising. It is dry at first, but after 
a variable interval, a little thick saliva-looking mucus 
is spit up, which, as it becomes more abundant, 
often deposits a grayish sediment resembling barley- 
water, which is only seen in consumption. The 
cause of this cough which at first is only a hack, is 
the irritation occasioned by the existence of tuber- 136 
CONSUMPTION. 
cles in the lungs, too often not suspected till too 
late. Sometimes the first symptom observed is the 
spitting of blood, often in very small quantities. 
In other cases a sore throat, or catarrh comes on 
from a slight exposure to cold, which, on subsiding, 
leaves the dry hack just spoken of. 
Sometimes consumption is ushered in by a sue-* 
cession of chills and fever, that comes on with the 
regularity of ague, for which it is often mistaken. 
Others, again, first betray the fatal taint by a sense 
of heat in the hands and feet, and- a slight flush on 
the cheek, most marked in the evening. A wasting 
of the body is often an early and always a serious 
symptom. Perspiration is increased at night, till 
at length the bed is fairly saturated in the latter 
stages. The wasting and debility keep pace with 
the amount of night-sweat. As a general rule, the 
appetite remains good, but in the second stage the 
food is frequently vomited after coughing. In 
women, the monthly sickness is generally sup- 
pressed ; and the mistake is often made of attribut- 
ing the lung disease to this, instead of ref erring to 
consumption as the true cause of suppression. Pain 
is often present, but not always. As the disease 
progresses the spits become streaked with yellow, 
changing into yellowish or grayish green, consisting 
of pure matter, mixed with specks of tubercle. 
When thrown into water they assume a round, 
flattened shape, covered with a ragged, woolly sur- 
face, and sink in the water. When cavities are 
developed in the lungs, they lose their rounded CONSUMPTION. 
137 
shape and are expectorated in large, shapeless 
masses. 
In this form of consumption, the patient does 
not always run a uniform course^ but in some the 
patient appears to improve every now and then; 
he may be apparently well even for weeks or months 
and then be again prostrated totally, and this for 
several successive intervals. But this improvement 
is deceptive ; how, I will proceed to explain. 
A crop of tubercles are deposited upon the lungs; 
they soften and are expectorated, during which the 
patient is prostrated, after which he rallies till a new 
crop is sown or softened, which goes through the 
same routine, and this is repeated till the patient is 
exhausted. At every successive softening of a 
batch of tubercles, a portion of lung is broken 
down and expectorated, and the patient spits pus- 
has hectic fever, night-sweats, loss of flesh and 
strength, and often of appetite, and coughs very 
much at night. Then the symptoms improve, the 
cough disappears, and he regains flesh and strength. 
Now his friends think he is well, and he flatters 
himself that he is quite restored, but in a short time 
all the bad symptoms return. It is the occurrence of 
these intervals of temporary health that has given 
an ill-deserved reputation to Cod Liver Oil, and a 
thousand villainous nostrums for the cure of con- 
sumption, and upon which, also, the reputation of 
testimonial publishers depend ; health being estab- 
lished for the time by Nature herself, which they 
refer to the last drug taken, or to the last quack 
employed. 138 
consumption. 
The most eminent physicians content themselves 
with telling their consumptive patients to live well, 
take out-door exercise, be prudent, and take very 
little medicine. This is all very good advice. It is 
better then helping on the fatal result of the disease 
by preparations of morphine to soothe the cough 
at the expense of indigestion, making a sore on the 
outside of the chest to help the ulcer inside to finish 
the patient, purging to aid the disease to exhaust 
the sufferer, and the other fashionable modes of 
slaughter. This plan of leaving the case to nature 
is the better of the two evils, as the patient has a 
chance of a longer lease of life, although death is 
the almost invariable result. 
I^kte^t doi^iinjptioip 
HAVE described chronic consumption, and 
shall now take up the latent form. 
Latent consumption is characterized by an 
absence of cough, expectoration, pain and spitting 
of blood, although the lungs be loaded with tu- 
bercles. These symptoms, in not a few cases, are 
absent even till death results ; but, in the majority, 
after a long period of ailing health, spitting of 
blood, cough, or pain set in suddenly, and the dis- 
ease runs a rapid course. The tubercles existing 
in the lungs often work out their ill influences by 
secondary changes in the blood, and other diseases 
are set up which destroy the patient, and from the 
absence of the prominent symptoms of lung dis- Latent consumption. 
139 
ease, the physician and patient are both led astray, 
and attention is directed toward removing the 
disease, which are the effects, instead of attacking 
the cause. Or, if the physician knows the cause, 
he conceals it for the patient's sake, because he 
knows no remedy. In such cases, the patidht goes 
about with less alacrity than when in health ; busi- 
ness is an exertion ; he complains of various dys- 
peptic symptoms, heart-burn, pain in the stomach, 
water-brash, uneasiness during digestion, pains in 
liver or right shoulder, costiveness alternating with 
diarrhoea, disturbed rest, and emaciation more or 
less. The urine will even present the chemical and 
microscopic changes observed in functional or or- 
ganic affections of the stomach and liver. Fistula 
in ano occurs almost exclusively in such cases, and 
appears to keep the tuberculous disease in check, as 
does also chronic inflammation of the peritoneum- 
investing membrane of the intestines-which often 
masks latent consumption, and is most frequently 
in females, while fistula is more common to men. 
Besides these, various other symptoms are com- 
plained of, indicating a diseased state of the body, 
and often puzzle the medical attendant. 
The observant physician will generally see marks 
in the countenance of the patient that will make 
him suspect the existence of tubercles, such as the 
delicate appearance, the pearly hue of the white of 
the eye, varying in tint from the yellowish white in 
the fair, to deep, bluish gray in the dark complex- 
ioned, and a very slight spasmodic twitch of the 
corners of the mouth and nose in speaking, which 140 
LATENT CONSUMPTION. 
increases to a shiver over the cheek as the deposit 
in the lungs augments. 
On examining the chest, depression will be found 
above or below the collar-bones, or both. When 
the deposit is great, these cones stick out, so to 
speak. 3On tapping in the immediate neighborhood 
of the collar-bones, sounds are produced, establish- 
ing the fact that tubercles exist in various stages 
of development-nay, even cavities, although there 
has been no cough. These cases are generally pro- 
nounced bilious or dyspectic, or anything but what 
they really are, and the treatment, of course, can 
not be appropriate. I would particularly impress 
the fact that active purging and loss of blood is an 
indication of the presence of tubercles, from which 
arises consumption. Physicians frequently cheer 
their patients by the assurance that the blood has 
only come from the stomach. 
Iiyfhqtilc doi^urqptioi]. 
HAVE described that insidious form of dis- 
ease, latent consumption, and pointed out 
how constantly it is confounded with liver 
and other chronic complaints, to the great danger 
of the sufferer. I now enter on the subject of 
Infantile Consumption. It is commonly thought 
that this disorder is very rare under fifteen years 
of age, but the researches of Boudet, Papvoine and 
Trousseau prove that more than one-half of the 
children of the poor, and of those in the infant INFANTILE CONSUMPTION. 
141 
hospitals of Paris die of consumptive disease, and 
this is approximately true of all large cities, so that 
from three years to fifteen, consumption is more 
prevalent and fatal than any other. 
The causes of consumption among children are 
usually the circumstances in which they are placed, 
and not to inheritance, as is vulgarly supposed. 
Among the poor, impure air from living in narrow 
lanes, with yards reeking with filth and garbage ; 
dark, noisome rooms, whose windows are rarely 
opened ; personal and domestic uncleanness further 
contaminating the air; bad food, whereby healthy 
development is checked, and scanty clothing, ex- 
posing them to colds and inflammations, are the 
four great causes ever in operation to develop con- 
sumption. 
Strange as it may appear, the same causes are 
active among the rich. Cooped up for at least 
twenty hours out of the twenty-four in hot, ill-ven- 
tilated nurseries, instead of spending half their time 
in exercising in the open air, they are fretted by a 
tedious operation of dressing, and then sent out for 
stately walks along the sidewalks with Bridget. 
Being so finely dressed, they must not play : it is- 
Master Charles, don't rub your gloves along the 
wall ; Master Henry, don't walk in the dirt-and 
this to do them for air and exercise. The food, 
though not deficient, is, nevertheless, equally per- 
nicious in quality. Instead of being kept on plain, 
nutritious food, they are too often indulged in all 
the varieties of the table, and their indigestion im- 
paired by candies, sweetmeats and cakes. The 142 
INFANTILE CONSUMPTION- 
clothing, although expensive, is too often deficient; 
the bare arms and legs, which imperious fashion 
exacts, are direct causes of almost all the croups, 
colds, and inflammations children are attacked with. 
Consumption does not usually manifest itself in 
children by active symptoms; wasting is the most 
constantly present. When we find conjoined with 
this eruptions behind the ears, swelling of the 
glands of the neck, soreness or running of the nose, 
eruptions about the face, with puffy, chapped lips, 
pustules about the edges of the eyelids, or sore 
eyes, with the greatest dread of the light, causing 
the child to bury its face even in the pillow, we 
may suspect the existence of tubercles in the lungs, 
as these all point to a diseased state of the gen- 
eral system, with deep-seated complications. 
Although the causes just enumerated will de- 
velop consumption in any child long enough ex- 
posed to them, yet there is a wide difference in 
the susceptibility of different children to contract 
it. Very intellectual children, with ardent affec- 
tions and loving dispositions, are remarkably prone 
to it, and the expression constantly used with re- 
gard to them is, " they are too wise or too good 
to live." A pale, pasty complexion, or a large 
head with a narrow chest, indicates the same pre- 
disposition. 
The symptoms in the consumption of children 
are very mild ; there is no spitting of blood, the 
paroxysms of coughing are not urgent or distress- 
ing, and the matter coughed up from the lungs is 
invariably swallowed, and excites no alarm. Night- INFANTILE CONSUMPTION. 
143 
sweats exist only about the neck and brow. The 
hectic fever is slight, and generally attributed to 
worms, or derangement of the stomach. Diarrhea 
is a usual attendant, and the child, when asleep, is 
observed to breath natural. With all this, gradual 
wasting of the body and strength is constantly pre- 
sent. Change of air or diet may arrest the wast- 
ing for a few weeks, but the improvement is only 
temporary. Soon the fearful symptoms return 
with more violence ; the face becomes pallid and 
care-worn, the little body is racked with pain, and 
diarrhcea or fever terminates the suffering. 
Children under five years of age cannot be made 
to use the inhaler, and, therefore, the air of the 
nursery must be medicated, thus compelling the 
child to breathe only a medicated air, which acts 
most powerfully on the diseased surface of the 
lungs. Above the age of five, children usually re- 
gard the use of the inhaler as high fun, and take to 
it readily. The changes in the system of the child 
are so rapid, and the vitality so great, that amend- 
ment is far more speedy than in grown people. 
^ub-Sdute 
HE preceding article contained a descrip- 
tion of infantile consumption, and next in 
order comes sub-acute phthisis. This form 
of the complaint runs its course in from six to fif- 
teen weeks from the first observance of the symp- 
toms, which usually resemble those of chronic con- 144 
SUB-ACUTE PHTHISIS. 
sumption already detailed, but are much more rapid 
in succession. It is unnecessary to recapitulate 
them here. A very large portion of the lungs is 
rapidly infiltrated with tubercle and rendered use- 
less ; there are softenings and cavities, but these 
are small in extent, owing to the short duration of 
the complaint. It would appear that death takes 
place more from the system not having time to ac- 
commodate itself to the speedy diminishing capacity 
of the lungs, then from the exhaustion of the pro- 
longed discharge of matter, thus differing from 
chronic phthisis. Sub-acute consumption is known 
by the name of "galloping," from its £arly termi- 
nation, and is often confounded with acute bron- 
chitis, but an experienced stethoscopist would never 
make the mistake. Even this form is amenable to 
treatment. I have several cases reported in my 
book where the disease has been permanently 
arrested, and the parties are now in good health. 
It comprises but a small portion of the cases of 
consumption. Acute phthisis is of very rare occur- 
rence. I have seen only four cases of it running 
its course to a fatal termination in three or four 
weeks. The lungs become completely blocked up 
in that short time, chiefly with tubercles. 
The symptoms resemble those of low typhoid 
fever, with wandering or delirium at night. The 
cough is either dry, or accompanied by expectora- 
tion of clear, sometimes yellowish mucus. This, 
with the continually increasing frequency and diffi- 
culty of breathing, should draw attention to the 
condition of the lungs, which the stethoscope will SUB-ACUTE PHTHISIS. 
145 
soon reveal. This form does not appear to be at 
all controlled by ordinary treatment. 
Pktliolo^y of Vubef&ilou^ CSoi|0uii|ptioi{. 
HAVE pointed out the various forms of 
consumption, and the symptoms peculiar to 
each, and also the symptoms of nasal catarrh, 
sore throat, chronic laryngitis, and bronchitis, de- 
monstrating the important facts that the tendency 
of these complaints is to lay the foundation of con- 
sumption. The mode in which it would appear 
to be produced, is by the gradual extension of the 
inflammation along the air tubes, till reaching the 
minute branches and the air-cells, these are blocked 
up with mucus, thus preventing the air from reach- 
ing the blood circulating through the air-cells, so 
that the change from venous to arterial blood does 
not take place. The consequence of this impedi- 
ment is, that tuberculous matter is deposited in the 
air-cells and the smaller branches of the air tubes. 
At first the tubercles are very small, resembling 
millet seeds; hence, called "miliary." They are 
gray and translucent, and scattered more or less 
profusely over the upper part of one or both lungs. 
It is a tradition in the profession that the left lung 
is much oftener the seat of disease, first or solely, 
than the right. But this is the result of imperfect 
observation, promulgated by a high authority, and 
implicitly received by the flock. My experience, 
which has not been small in this disease, has fully 146 
PATHOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION. 
satisfied me that there is little, if any difference, in 
the liability of either lung, to the deposit of tuber- 
cle. Again, it is a disputed question as to whether 
the tubercles are deposited in the air-cells, or in the 
surrounding tissue. Examination with the micro- 
scope has convinced me that in miliary tubercle, the 
deposit takes place in the air-cells and finer air 
tubes, and that tuberculous matter is never found 
in the substance of the lungs, except in the form of 
infiltrated tubercle, the result of what is now called 
"chronic pneumonia," or chronic inflammation of 
the lungs, rather a misnomer. The miliary tuber- 
cle, after a time, undergoes a change in size and 
appearance, becoming larger, and of a yellow, cheesy 
appearance. The pressure of these little masses 
causes absorption of the walls of the air-cells, and a 
coalescing of the tubercles into mats of various 
sizes. In this state they may remain quiet for 
weeks or months, sometimes, though rarely, even 
for years, but liable at any moment to be roused 
into active disease by apparently inadequate, and 
often unknown, causes; so that a person carrying 
about with him a crop of tubercles in his lungs, is 
at any moment in danger of commencing the 
downward course that ends in the grave. 
At first, these yellow tubercles are of the con- 
sistence of cheese ; they then soften-become in- 
filtrated with matter, and finding their way into 
the lower air tubes, are expectorated, and a small 
cavity is thus left, secreting matter. In the chronic 
form of consumption, patients often rally for a time 
after this occurs, the cavities are healed, or become PATHOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION. 
147 
livid with a kind of mucous membrane, the fever 
and night-sweats disappear, and the cough is either 
absent for a time or subsides into a hack, and the 
body acquires fat. But this is only temporary; 
another series of cavities are formed, and the same 
routine is gone over and over, till the patient sinks 
exhausted. When several small cavities are con- 
tiguous, they gradually enlarge, and, opening into 
each other, form a large cavity. I have seen them 
large enough to hold a pint. 
When tubercles are in the gray or yellow stage, 
inhalation is of the utmost service, by promoting 
their absorption without destroying the substance 
of the lungs; and hence the wisdom of applying 
early for treatment, when there is the slightest sus- 
picion of such a state of things, while there is the 
most probability that the disease may be overcome. 
don||)lidatioi|0 witl| Coi^iirqptioip 
r is impossible to conceal from ourselves the 
appalling frequency and fatality of diseases 
of the chest in the United States, and I con- 
sider that I am fulfilling a public duty in eontribut- 
ing my mite toward making their symptoms and 
treatment familiar to the mass of the people, so 
that, early apprised of danger, they may address 
themselves in time for relief. 
Any impediment to the free circulation of blood 
in the air-cells, by preventing the due conversion 
of venous blood to arterial, is the immediate cause 148 
COMPLICATIONS WITH CONSUMPTION. 
of tubercles. Such changes in the structure of a 
vital organ can not occur without the system at 
large sympathizing, and various others become de- 
ranged, often to such a degree as to draw off the 
physician's attention from the real point of danger. 
Under the head of Latent Consumption, it has 
been stated that the complaint may proceed to the 
utmost disorganization of the lungs without cough 
or expectoration being present. In such cases the 
prominent symptoms are derangements of some of 
the abdominal organs. Dyspepsia is the most 
common, and, in ignorance of the true state of 
things, the efforts of the physician are too often 
directed to removing the effect instead of the cause 
of deranged health. 
Many cases are treated for liver disease when 
large cavities in the lungs actually exist, and hectic 
and night-sweats are excessive. It is only a short 
time since we were called to a patient "who stated 
that he had been treated, up to the time of our 
visit, for liver disease. The appearance of the 
patient, his emaciation, his cough, excessive expec- 
toration and sweating, indicated too surely phthisis 
as the enemy. On removing his clothing we were 
horrified *to see the unhealed sores of tartar emetic 
ointment, and scarifications of cupping, still recent 
over the region of the liver, showing that a fright- 
ful and inexcusable mistake had been made as to 
the nature of the disease. As it was important to 
him to know his true state, we were obliged to tell 
him the melancholy truth, that he was in the last 
stage of consumption, and that his life could not be COMPLICATIONS WITH CONSUMPTION. 
149 
prolonged beyond a few weeks. Diarrhoea often 
masks consumption; this is found among adults, 
but it is still more common among children. The 
investing m^nbrane of the lungs, called pleura, is 
often the seat of chronic inflammation, and water 
or matter is infused into the cavity, constituting 
hydrothorax, or empyema. The lung is sometimes 
perforated, so as to admit air into the pleura, when 
a chronic inflammation is set up with the same 
result as the preceding; this is called pneumothorax. 
The larynx is often the seat of ulceration, and com- 
pletely masks the disease in the lungs to a super- 
ficial observer. Such are some of the complications 
of phthisis, and are the result of the blood imper- 
fectly aerated in the diseased lungs, circulating 
throughout the body, and by its impurities provok- 
ing disease in the different organs; this is often 
described by the term sympathy. It will not seem 
superfluous caution to warn the reader of the im- 
portance of paying watchful attention, and not to 
rest content with a superficial or hastily formed 
opinion. Few medical men possess any but the 
most superficial knowledge of the use of the steth- 
oscope, and still fewer are competent to give an 
opinion worth a rush in the earliest stages of con- 
sumption. For an opinion to be of any value, it 
can be so only after a careful and thorough exam- 
ination. As usually conducted, it is but an idle 
form, and would be farce but for the important 
stake at hazard. 
I have witnessed the exploration made through 
a creaking starched shirt, or muslin collar, several 150 
COMPLICATIONS WITH CONSUMPTION. 
folds of clothing, even through solid, old-fashioned 
corsets. Then to see the pomposity and parade 
of learning that this is done with, is enough to 
provoke a laugh or a tear. There is #one consola- 
tion, that these gentlemen could not discriminate 
any more if they did not examine en cuerpo. * 
A man who practices as physician, surgeon, and 
accoucheur, and honestly and laboriously tries to 
master all the branches of his profession, can never 
acquire a tithe of the proficiency in the use of the 
stethoscope that he will attain who devotes himself 
specially to its use. 
dufhbility of doi^uiriptioip 
HILE a large majority of the medical pro- 
fession entertain the opinion that con- 
sumption cannot be cured, we cannot 
affect much astonishment that the mass of mankind 
should echo such a pernicious oracle. 
Take up any practice of medicine, or any stand- 
ard works in our medical schools, and they all alike 
avow that no treatment of consumption to them 
known has been more than palliative. Watch the 
practice of two physicians of equal eminence, and 
see how opposite their mode of proceeding, but each 
lands his patient equally in death. 
Why patients entrust themselves to physicians 
who openly proclaim in their books, and in their 
conversation, that they can do nothing for con- 
sumption, is an incomprehensible infatuation. If CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION. 
151 
the physician has no faith in his ability to cure 
consumption, it is the height of folly for the patient 
to trust him, and every dose he swallows should be 
as a sacrament taken, accompanied by a profound 
meditation upon death. 
We will briefly call the attention of the reader to 
the anatomy and physiology of the lungs. They 
consist of two porous bodies, conical in shape, of 
a dark-purple hue, composed of an infinite number 
of air-cells, and situated within the walls of the. 
chest, which they completely fill. Each lung is 
said to contain nearly two million air-cells ; so that 
if their walls were exposed upon a common plane, 
they would cover a space of twenty thousand 
square feet. This extensive surface is fanned 
gently by every inspiration of air we breathe ; and 
as the constitution of air may vary, so will its influ- 
ence be felt upon the system. Charge it with a 
noxious gas, and we become oppressed ; inspire it 
with a salutary balm, and our spirits become 
elated ; soothe it with a narcotic odor, and we yield 
at once to its drowsy influence. Inhale the frag- 
rance of flowers, their love and pleasure run riot 
through our veins. The cells into which the air 
passes at each inspiration, and -from which it is ex- 
pelled at each respiration we make, may be com- 
pared in form to a cluster of grapes, the bronchia 
or air-tubes representing the stems on which the 
grapes hang. The bronchia form at the lower part 
of the wind-pipe into two grand divisions, one en- 
tering the right, the other the left lung. 
These again subdivide, the right into three and 
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CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION. 
the left into two tubes, corresponding with the 
number of lobes in each lung, which they severally 
supply. These again divide and ramify into an al- 
most infinite number of smaller branches to every 
part of the lungs, terminating each in a small, grape- 
like cluster of cells. The interstices of these cells 
form cavities for the transmission of blood from 
and to the heart, and the coats of these vessels are 
so extremely delicate that the air we breathe passes 
through them and mingles with the blood of the 
whole body every four minutes. 
The heart throbs, and every vessel is filled with 
blood. We breathe, and every air-cell is filled with 
air ; and thus, by a beautiful law of reciprocation- 
"give and take"-the fires of animal life are sus- 
tained. Since in the same manner we breathe or 
inhale common air, we can inhale or breathe Oxy- 
genized Air. 
What can be more natural, more simple and 
efficacious, than the treatment of consumption by 
this method, by which the vital principle of life- 
" Oxygen "-is conveyed directly into the lungs, 
and its life-giving properties brought to bear at 
once upon the seat of the disease without resorting 
to the uncertain and, alas! too frequently mis- 
chievous action of medicine taken into the stomach, 
from which it is blindly sent on a mission of mis- 
chief through the intricate channels of humanity's 
noble temple? 
The practice of medicine for treating bodily ail- 
ments is older than Christianity, and yet it is of but 
very recent date that it was discovered that the CURABILITITY OF CONSUMPTION. 
153 
blood circulated through the system. When this 
discovery was announced, thousands of doctors 
declared it impossible, and that the discoverer was 
a cheat, a humbug, etc., etc. Still, the truth got 
out and lived; for truth is immortal, and cannot 
die. 
Among the new ideas that have dawned upon 
the great minds of the world is the one which 
questions the correctness of treating diseases of 
the lungs and throat by medicating through the 
stomach and general circulation. To treat con- 
sumption through the stomach has been the prac- 
tice for centuries ; but it has always failed. Thou- 
sands of remedies have been employed, but they 
were all addressed to the stomach, not to the lungs. 
Is it not tftne to give attention to a more rational 
method for reaching the lungs with remedies ? 
When the appalling fact stares us in the face 
that over one hundred thousand persons die an- 
nually, on this continent alone, from some form or 
other of disease of the lungs, the picture is too 
frightful not to give it serious thought and atten- 
tion. 
The reputation of men must not be weighed 
against this great truth. Men are but the creatures 
of a day ; principles are eternal. PopulhT ]\fode$ of doi^uiriptioip 
ERCURIAL TREATMENT.-Some 
two hundred years ago, this mode was 
greatly in fashion, but gradually dropped 
into oblivion, not only because it did no good, but 
positive harm ; and, in the opinion of many, brought 
on consumpsion in those who would never have 
been attacked if mercury had never been given to 
them for other complaints. Unhappily for man- 
kind, Dr. Wilson brought out a work several 
years ago, " On the Influence of small doses of 
Mercury," and it became fashionable to treat con- 
sumption with it. Happily the conviction has be- 
come impressed upon the minds of the profession 
that it is injurious, and few physicians now use it, 
except stealthily, and they do it in order to be 
doing something, not from any faith in its efficacy. 
After killing its thousands, let us hope it is buried 
never to be resuscitated. 
Tonics.-In opposition to those who look upon 
consumption as an inflammatory disease, and em- 
ploy bleeding, we have physicians who regard it 
as a disease of debility, and rely on tonics. Now, 
each of these is regular orthodox practice, and 
which is right? It is an axiom in practice, that 
tonics are useless in organic diseases, and often 
aggravate the disease. Tonics have no power to 
cause absorption or removal of tubercles in the 
lungs, and consequently the tonic doctors have 
not been able to sustain their position any better CONSUMPTION, ETC. 
155 
than the advocates for the modes of treatment 
already discussed. 
Digitalis and Iodine have had their days, and 
very flourishing days they were, but now, alas! they 
are consigned with ignominy to the tomb of all 
the Capulets, by the most learned of the profes- 
sion. 
Counter-Irritation means establishing a run- 
ning sore on the surface of the body, in the neigh- 
borhood of an inflamed, internal surface, with a 
view of removing the natural,'by an artificial dis- 
ease. With this view poor consumptives have had 
-and still, unfortunately, too often have-their 
chests seared with hot irons, covered with pustules 
from tartar emetic ointment, tortured with per- 
petual blisters, or other modes of effecting the 
coveted object. The most learned now allow that 
counter-irritation has no effect in causing the ab- 
sorption or removal of tubercles, therefore it does 
no good. But it does positive harm ; we know that 
the cause of hectic and night-sweat is to be found 
where there are surfaces secreting matter. Now, 
if the ulcers in the lungs cause the irritative fever, 
it is only adding to the cause, by establishing a 
large, running sore on the outside of the chest, to 
keep those in the inside company. Counter-irrita- 
tion is only of use to relieve pleuritic pains; and 
this can be best effected by a mild rubefacient ano- 
dyne liniment, or dry cupping. This cruel and un- 
philosophical treatment is abandoned by the leaders 
of the profession ; but, alas 1 is too common among 
their humble followers. 156 
CONSUMPTION, ETC. 
Cod Li.ver Oil.-This great quack medicine 
this panacea, this god-send to the stupid physicians, 
who had no trouble in prescribing while it was in 
the fashion. " Doctor, I have a bad cough." " O, 
your lungs are weak; take Cod Liver Oil." Alas 
for the tribe, that this physic made easy has gone 
out of fashion ! Who does not recollect the buckets 
full that were swallowed a few years ago, and now 
how little? It is of no use, unless there is wasting 
of the body. It is not medicine, but food ; and 
like osmazome, alcohol, coffee, tea, etc., possesses, 
in a high degree, the property of preventing the 
wasting of the tissues. Instead of being looked 
upon as a remedy for every consumptive, cases are 
selected that are suited for its employment, just as 
with other curatives ; and with the heads of the 
profession it is dying out. 
Change of Climate.-That cheval de bataille- 
that convenient way of getting rid of dying patients, 
has received the coitp de grace from the recent 
writers on the subject, and now no longer com- 
mands the faith of educated medical men, although 
many still keep up the cruel farce of sending mori- 
bunds in search of that health which they will never 
recover on this side of the grave. The subject of 
climate is too extensive to enlarge further in this 
article. 
I might cite Stokes, Billings, Louis, and many 
others, to prove that, as yet, no mode of treatment 
they employed was of the slightest use in curing 
consumption ; but they have not tried Inhalation. 
I shall not detain you by going over the names of CONSUMPTION, ETC. 
157 
men of the highest standing in the profession who 
tried Inhalation, and have given it their unqualified 
approval. The practice is still in its infancy, and 
confined to few, but its success is already such that 
in a few years it will supersede every other mode 
of treatment. This it will not accomplish till the 
great mass of the profession shall see the chest 
practice in the hands exclusively of those who 
follow the very rational treatment of Inhalation. 
-It0 $yn}ptorq0, Pktl^olo^y, 
kqtl Tfecttnqei(t. 
CONTEMPORARY writer observes; It 
is a popular error to regard every disease 
attended with difficult breathing as asthma. 
Consumptive patients, and those suffering from 
disease of the heart, constantly ascribe the oppres- 
sion and shortness of breath they experience to 
this cause. Now, although we never have asthma 
without shortness of breath, it is very common to 
have great shortness of breath where the disease is 
essentially different from asthma; I wish I could 
add less distressing or fatal. 
By asthma I mean a spasmodic disease of the 
lungs, which manifests itself in successive fits, par 
oxysms, or attacks, coming on suddenly, attended 
by great difficulty of breathing, lasting for a few 
hours, and then passing off with free expectora- 
tion, leaving the breath but little obstructed, and 158 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
the patient as comfortable as before the attack. 
Although this is the usual course of asthma, it will 
be seen, as we proceed, that there are many and 
grave deviations from this rule. 
The approach of asthma is known by those who 
have once had the attack, by a feeling of languor 
and indisposition to exercise, yawning and oppres- 
sion, a feeling of fullness and windiness about the 
stomach, with a sense of tightness and constriction 
around the lower part of the chest. In some there 
is headache, and dryness of the nostrils toward 
evening, while others have a greatly increased 
flow of saliva, or a sense of chilliness and general 
discomfort. 
The attack may come on at any time, but it 
usually manifests itself toward evening, or at night. 
Some suffer as soon as they lie down, but the ma- 
jority are suddenly awakened out of sleep in the 
middle of the night, or toward morning, by a diffi- 
culty of breathing-a sense of weight and constric- 
tion in the chest. The chest feels as though it 
were bound. They sit up in bed, pant, and gasp 
for breath, call for the windows to be raised, and 
the doors to be thrown open. The house seems 
"too small to breathe in." If the fit is severe, per- 
spiration starts out and stands in large drops over 
the forehead, the face is haggard, and the lips pale, 
the extremities cold, the heart palpitating violently. 
It is no unusual thing for the asthmatic to rush to 
the open window and lean out over the sill for 
hours in the coldest weather of Winter, the body 
being rendered by the disease insensible to every ASTHMA, ETC. 
159 
influence and every feeling, except the desire for 
air. The distress experienced during a fit of 
asthma can only be likened to partial strangu- 
lation protracted through d period of several hours. 
If you have ever run up a long hill with rapidity 
beyond your strength, as you stood at the top, with 
your hand pressed over the heart, panting and gasp- 
ing for breath, you can have a faint idea of the 
agony which for hours, and often for days, the poor 
asthmatic suffers. 
Happily for the victims of this disease, the suffer- 
ing of the present is ever lightened by the convic- 
tion that nature will soon come to their relief-hope 
and confidence never flag for an instant. After a 
longer or shorter period-generally a few hours- 
the tightness at the bottom of the chest relaxes, 
the breathing becomes more easy, the patient can 
speak and cough without difficulty, and now begins 
to expectorate freely. The anxiety of the face dis- 
appears, the lips lose their lividity, and, exhausted 
by the violent efforts, and worn out by the distress 
the poor sufferer falls asleep: the attack is at an end. 
The cause of all the distress, and the reason why 
asthma comes on so suddenly, and passes off so 
mysteriously, are very simple. The air tubes have 
a muscular coat, that gives them the power of con- 
tracting or expanding. Any thing which irritates 
the nerves that supply the muscular coat, may cause 
a spasmodic contraction to take place on the in- 
stant, and when it does take place the tubes are so 
much diminished in size that it is impossible to 
force air enough through them to purify the blood. 160 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
The distress is caused, not by the spasm, but by 
the want of air which it occasions. Any obstruc- 
tion in the windpipe, sufficiently great to limit in 
the same degree the quantity of air that can be 
drawn into the lungs, would produce the same dis- 
tress, even though no spasm existed. The spas- 
modic contraction occurs, like cramps, instant- 
aneously, and like cramp may continue for several 
hours, and then pass off in an instant. From this 
you will understand that whatever irritates the 
nerves of the lungs may cause asthma, and what- 
ever soothes that irritation relaxes the spasm. 
Continued-I^rqpl|y^eiph,tou^ 
^tlppa, fluipofkl S^tfipk, etd. 
MPHYSEMA is asthma, which has ended in 
enlargement, in rupture, or in destruction 
of the air-cells of the part in which it is 
situated. Fortunately the part of the lung affected 
is usually small, though sometimes the whole of 
one lung is in a greater or less degree disorganized, 
and we rarely find one lung seriously diseased with- 
out the other being slightly affected. The symptoms 
of Emphysema are the same as okommon asthma 
in addition to which we have always more or less 
shortness of breath in the interim between the 
attacks, some eough and palpitation of the heart; 
and when it has continued for a length of time, 
swelling of the ankles. Persons suffering from Em- ASTHMA, ETC. 
161 
physema can not lie down with the same ease as 
other persons, because in this disease the breath- 
ing is almost wholly abdominal, and in the recum- 
bent position the stomach, spleen, and liver press 
against the diaphragm or floor of the chest, and 
restrain the freedom of its movements. And, for 
the same reason, fullness of the stomach, as from 
a hearty meal or from wind, always adds greatly to 
the difficulty of breathing. The expectoration is 
frothy, and when collected in a cup looks like gum- 
water or slippery-elm tea covered with foam. The 
most common cause of Emphysema is dry bron- 
chitis. The viscid mucus secreted in that disease 
is often found adhering to the sides of the air tubes 
in such a manner as to form a kind of accidental 
valve, which offers less resistance to the entrance of 
the air than its expulsion. The air rushes in and 
finds its way to the air-cells with but little obstruc- 
tion, but when it returns the obstruction is so great 
that we are compelled to make a labored and forced 
effort to expel it. This labored expiration would 
of itself gradually bring about the dilatation of the 
air-cells, but it is probable that this effect is greatly 
hastened by part of the air remaining imprisoned 
at each expiration, till the air-cells are blown up 
and ruptured, or the resistance has become suffi- 
cient to force the plug of viscid mucus out of the 
tube and relieve the part. That you may under- 
stand this, suppose we have six little India-rubber 
bags attached by short tubular stems to a larger 
tube, and that six cubic inches of air will just fill 
them. Now, when these are filled they bear some 162 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
relation to a cluster of air-cells in the lungs. If we 
force six cubic inches of air into them and then 
expel five, and continue to do this, in a short time 
they will have swelled up to two or three times 
their former size, and in the end will burst and be 
destroyed. This is a mechanical illustration, but 
not a bit more mechanical than takes place in the 
lungs in most cases of Emphysema. This form of 
asthma often ends in consumption, in which case 
we are generally warned of what is taking place by 
two very significant symptoms, spitting of blood 
and gradual wasting of flesh. We do not always 
have the spitting of blood, but invariably sensible 
emaciation. 
Humoral Asthma is another form of this disease 
arising from the very opposite condition to that I 
have described under the head of Dry Asthma. 
Instead of the discharge being small in quantity, 
thick, and sticky, it is thin and watery, and flows in 
large quantities. The attacks come on as a com- 
mon cold, with stuffing in the nose, followed by 
oppression, great want of breath, and wheezing in 
the chest; and they pass off with copious expecto- 
rations, amounting often to one or two pints of a 
thin, watery secretion, looking precisely like the 
white of raw eggs and water covered with froth. 
Humoral Asthma bears the same relation to Humid 
Bronchitis that Dry Asthma does to Dry Bron- 
chitis. Both forms of asthma are caused by the 
corresponding varieties of bronchitis. Humoral 
Asthma is most common in those who have passed 
the age of forty-five, and in old people; but it ASTHMA, ETC. 
163 
occurs also in young persons, and is found at every 
age of life. In the intervals between the attacks 
there is usually some cough and expectoration, 
with a strong liability to become wheezy from every 
slight exertion and exposure. 
In addition to these forms of asthma there are 
several others, as Acute Asthma, Congestive 
Asthma, etc., which we had intended to describe, 
but find that our observations have already greatly 
exceeded the limits contemplated. 
C?oqtiipied-it$ Yfe^trqei^t. 
HERE are a few facts in the course of this 
erratic disease which we have overlooked 
in the preceding descriptions, to which we 
will briefly refer before proceeding to speak of 
treatment. The recurrence of the fits of asthma 
are extremely various. In some we have a single 
fit, and, when this over, the disease ceases alto- 
gether, and the patient returns to his former health. 
More commonly, we-have two or three fits occur- 
ring night after night, and then passing off. In 
some they recur with great regularity, once every 
few weeks or months. Others have an attack last- 
ing for several days or a week, regularly once a 
year. Sometimes, after asthma has harassed a per- 
son by frequent attacks, it leaves him altogether, 
and does not return for several years. There are 164 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
three conditions of the air which constantly induce 
asthma: i. The electrical state of the atmosphere. 
2. The foreign matters in the atmosphere. 3. All 
causes which produce catarrh and bronchitis. The 
immediate cause of this disease in those subject to 
it is the. great delicacy and morbid sensibility of 
the pulmonary nerves, and the mucous membrane 
lining the air-tubes and air-cells. There is a great 
deal of difference in the influence produced upon 
different persons by the same cause. Hence, it is 
that some asthmatics breathe best in the smoky 
atmosphere of the city, while others cannot pass a 
single night in it without the unwelcome compan- 
ionship of a paroxysm. Some are comfortable on 
the low, moist grounds surrounding a marsh, while 
many can only sleep in the pure air, on the top of 
some mountain range. These are radical distinc- 
tions, and can easily be accounted for ; but we find 
that many persons will sleep in one street of the 
same town, and cannot in any other, and on one 
side of a street, but not on the opposite, and even 
in the back room of a house, but cannot in the 
front. The reason for these differences cannot al- 
ways be traced satisfactorily. The cause is too 
subtile for discovery without a protracted and 
minute investigation of all the influences^ both 
beneficial and injurious, in operation in the oppos- 
ing localities. But, whatever the cause may be, 
there can be no doubt that it is produced by inhal- 
ing the impurities with which the air is impregnated 
in one position and not in the other. 
Treatment.-The hitherto abortive efforts to 165 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
cure asthma have produced a profound public con- 
viction that this malady, when treated by any and 
every usual form of medication, is beyond the skill 
of our art. Physicians, too, almost universally re- 
gard it as incurable, while patients have long since 
ceased to expect more than palliation of their suffer- 
ings. This state of the popular, the professional, 
and the invalid mind, is, in itself, the strongest 
testimony that can be offered against the truth of 
those principles of practice which have hitherto 
directed the administration of the physician. If any 
good is really to be effected by medicines, it must 
be in some radical change, either in the medicines 
used, or in the manner of their use. The treatment 
pursued for ages has been one continuous round of 
experiments through the same channel. There is 
scarce any article in the Materia Medica which has 
not at one time or another been tried as a remedy 
for asthma, and yet from each and all failure and 
■disappointment have been the only returns. 
Why is this? We can find no sufficient reason 
in either the cause, the pathology, or the progress 
of asthma. A disease may spring from so deeply 
rooted a vice in the system, or depend on such dis- 
organization, or b& so rapid in its progress as to 
place at defiance the most efficient remedies. But 
we have here a disease most simple in its origin, 
and in the changes to which it gives rise, and re- 
markable for the slowness of its progress. What 
is asthma ? An affection of the air-tubes of the 
lungs, arising either from a morbid sensibility of 
the mucous membrane, or of the pulmonary nerves. 166 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
It comes from a local cause, and is maintained by a 
local condition. If we seek to investigate its nature 
more closely, pathological anatomy only confirms 
this opinion ; unless, after a long continuance, or in 
cases of very aggravated character, every organ in 
the body, except the lungs, is found healthy. In the 
lungs we find in one case morbid sensibility or ir- 
ritability ; in a second, thickening of the mucous 
membrane ; in a third, liberation of this membrane; 
in a fourth, the expansion of the air-tubes here and 
there into bags,pouches, or cavities ; while in a fifth, 
the air-cells of the part in which the disease is 
seated, are ruptured, and more or less completely 
destroyed. But there is nothing malignant in the 
character of asthma. It comes from such causes as 
produce our simple colds, or severest inflammations.. 
It progresses slowly, and for a long time the gen- 
eral health continues tolerably good-far better, in 
fact, than is usual in other serious local affections. 
Reasoning, a priori, therefore, we should expect to 
find asthma one of the most curable diseases; yet, 
strange to say, nothing has hitherto been done to 
prove it such. To account for this result, there 
must be some great fallacy in the treatment, which 
we conceive to be in the practice of swallowing 
medicine into the stomach instead of addressing 
the remedy to the lungs direct by inhaling. -^fektrqeiqt doiftiqued. 
N assuming the fallacy of the usual treatment, 
and the entire curability of asthma by inhala- 
tion, it is not our intention to claim any 
wonderful knowledge or miraculous skill, but merely 
to explain the grounds and results upon which we 
base this opinion. Experience has abundantly 
proved that we accomplish no good by sending local 
remedies on a blind mission through the stomach 
and general system. Where a fact has become so 
indubitably established by the trials and testimony 
of ages, it is unwise and unprofitable to dispute it. 
And this fact is clearly established, not only with 
reference to asthma, but applies with equal force to 
every chronic local disease that can be reached by 
local medication. We say chronic, because acute 
inflammations form a partial exception to this rule. 
Chronic affections of the eye, of the throat, of the 
organs of generation, of the skin, the bowels, the 
stomach, etc., all are treated with great success by 
the direct application of medicines-as washes, 
ointments, injections, mixtures, etc. Now, analogy 
is clearly in favor of applying the same principle to 
the treatment of all chronic diseases of the lungs, 
and especially so to the treatment of asthma, an 
affection we have shown to be so purely local, both 
in its cause and effects. If we had no facts, we 
might reason from the nature of this disease alone, 
with great force in favor of a local treatment. But 
is not the analogy placed beyond all question by 168 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
■well-known facts regarding the beneficial action of 
medicines in this disease ? Has not the little relief 
which the poor asthmatic has hitherto obtained 
been procured by inhaling? The old custom of 
burning 11 saltpeter paper? of"smoking stramonium? 
and the more recent employment of " ether " and 
"chloroform" during the fit, are illustrations of the 
action of inhaled remedies. And though these can 
only be regarded as partial in their application, and 
limited in their usefulness to affording relief dur- 
ing the fit, the relief they have thus afforded over- 
balances the benefits obtained from all others a 
thousand-fold. And if this be true of the inhala- 
tion of these simple palliatives, you can readily un- 
derstand how prompt and radical must prove a 
thorough and judicious treatment by inhalation un- 
der the care of a physician, practically acquainted 
with the action of inhaled remedies, and who 
directs his efforts not merely to relax the spasm 
and afford relief during the fit, but to subdue the 
morbid irritability and sensibility of the mucous 
membrane, and break up the Chronic Bronchitis on 
which the asthmatic attacks depend. 
It has become the practice of medical men to 
meet all alleged cures of consumption from in- 
haling, by contending that such cures "could only 
be of cases of chronic bronchitis simulating con- 
sumption." Though such a view is wholly erron- 
eous, as assuming the incurability of Phthisis-let 
us accept it in this instance, to save argument. 
What is asthma, in the great majority of cases, but 
mere Bronchitis attended by spasm of the muscular ASTHMA, ETC. 
169 
coat of the air tubes ? The same condition exists 
in nine cases out of ten without fits or paroxysms, 
and we call it chronic bronchitis-dry or humid, as 
the case may be-in the tenth, with labored, irreg- 
ular, and interrupted breathing, and we call it 
asthma.-If inhalation is sufficient to cure bron- 
chitis when so inveterate as to resemble consump- 
tion, it must surely be sufficient to cure asthma in 
all cases depending on simple bronchitis-and of 
such are eight cases out of every ten. Again, in 
asthma arising from morbid sensibility, soothing 
and tonic inhalations soon overcome the suscepti- 
bility of the air tubes, and restore their lost tone. 
Of purely spasmodic or nervous asthma, therefore 
there are very few cases that do not admit of radi- 
cal cure. This narrows the incurable cases down 
to those old and inveterate emphysemas which de- 
pend on structural changes. These cases are be- 
yond repair; but the ulceration of the mucous 
membrane can be healed and the secretions cor- 
rected, and the lungs can be so strengthened and 
invigorated as to render them but little susceptible 
to those influences which bring on the fit, thereby 
saving the patient from suffering of repeated 
attacks, and rendering his life comparatively 
comfortable. 
The length of time necessary to break up the 
diseased condition of the mucous membrane of the 
lungs, on which asthma depends, is necessarily 
much greater than for the cure of the same condi- 
tion when unaccompanied by asthmatic fits. The 
reason of this difference is the extreme sensitive- 170 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
ness of the lungs in this disease, and the almost 
impossibility of preventing many drawbacks from 
relapse during the progress of the cure. Certain 
mild forms of asthma are often radically recovered 
in the brief space of a few months. But after 
asthma has endured for many years, and has be- 
come established and inveterate by age, progress 
can only be made slowly. The diseased condition 
of the lining membrane of the air tubes has be- 
come habitual-a kind of "second nature"-and 
stoutly resists a return to health. Many of these 
cases occupy a year of close attention to treatment 
to overcome them. As a rule, the asthmatic in- 
valid should make up his mind at the outset to 
persevere in the use of the Inhaler for several 
months after every symptom has disappeared, and 
should be as faithful in all the details of his treat- 
ment as though in hourly apprehension of the 
return of the disease. Many patients defeat their 
own cure by abandoning treatment almost as soon 
as they have obtained relief. 
S$tbnfa. cat -doi^dluded. 
F ail the chronic diseases to which the lungs 
are subjected, there is, perhaps, not one 
which is more certainly curable, or which 
manifests more speedily the beneficial influence of 
direct treatment than Spasmodic Asthma. Except 
in those aggravated forms of this disease in which 
the air-cells and bronchial tubes of the diseased ASTHMA, ETC. 
171 
part are already disorganized and destroyed, cure is 
almost certain to follow a steady and proper use of 
remedies by inhalation. A successful issue in cases 
of very long standing-as fifteen, twenty, and 
even thirty years-is only a question of time. 
There are no incurable organic changes. Asthma 
is almost wholly a functional disease. The chief 
organic difficulty to be overcome is the thickened, 
and, as it were, indurated state of the mucous 
membrane, induced, in old cases, by the long con- 
tinuance of the chronic bronchitis on which asthma 
depends. 
But while asthma is so certainly curable, and so 
promptly responds to a proper treatment, encourag- 
ing us almost from the outset by relief and improve- 
ment, there is not, in the whole catalogue of ills to 
which poor humanity is liable, one which requires 
a more determined and persevering employment of 
the means to attain the desired end. Nor is there 
one which, when partially cured, so readily relapses 
into the old condition, undoing in a few days all 
that it has acquired months to attain. To radically 
uproot an inveterate functional disease like asthma, 
in a constitution morbidly susceptible to every in- 
jurious influence-for of such are all asthmatic 
people-requires necessarily a great length of time. 
As a rule, one year should be set apart by all old 
asthmatics for their treatment, while mild and 
recent cases require usually six months to effect- 
ually break them up. We have seldom met with a 
relapse from the recovery of asthma, when the 
patient could be induced to continue treatment 172 
ASTHMA, ETC. 
for several months after the last symptoms had 
disappeared. We are the more particular in en- 
forcing this to save those suffering from asthma 
from being over sanguine of rapid cure, and to 
dissuade them from the suicidal folly of regarding 
themselves as cured almost as soon as they are 
relieved. We would not have them begin treat- 
ment with hopes, which the very nature and past 
history of the disease, ought to teach them can not 
be realized. In the past, the physician in attendance 
upon consumption and asthmatic cases, has done lit- 
tle more than silently contemplate miseries, which it 
was his province, but not in his power, to relieve. 
Let us hope a life of greater activity will be opened 
up to him by the success which has attended 
a more rational application of the principles of 
medicine to the cure of pulmonary diseases. Once 
practically acquainted with Inhalation, he will dis- 
cover how very possible it is for the healing art to 
be retarded in its progress, and limited in its use- 
fulness, by an inveterate devotion and immoderate 
zeal for the usages of the past. 
Diseases of the respiratory organs should not be 
neglected for an instant, neither should the sufferer 
from these diseases experiment with physicians 
who, in most cases, only palliate the suffering. 
I have had twenty years experience in the treat- 
ment of these, hitherto, fatal maladies, and I have 
demonstrated the fact that they are as curable in 
their incipient stages as any other diseases affect- 
ing mankind. Apply to me early and a cure is 
almost certain. S Vfopidhl dliuqkte fob doij^nrqptiop k 
kpd k Delu^iop. 
MORE gloomy and appalling impression 
cannot be made upon the feelings of the 
consumptive who has been sustained by 
his physician through the opening Spring that 
bloomed so cheerfully and hopefully for others, by 
the promise that the warm weather would dispel 
his cough and all his pulmonary affections ; than to 
see that season pass, to see the summer come and 
go, and the cough, instead of being relieved, be- 
coming more harassing, and as the chill winds and 
blighting frosts of November develop anew the chills 
and distressing symptoms that seemed somewhat 
to abate with the close of the last Winter, and when 
he had reposed with full confidence and feelings of 
safety in the assurances of his physician that all 
would be well. Judge, I say, of his astonishment 
at the announcement which now comes from him 
who had been looked upon as a "priest of the holy 
flame of life and health," that his only hope for re- 
covery is in leaving his home, with all its comforts 
and immunities, bidding farewell, perhaps forever, 
to his friends, and resort to a southern or foreign 
tropical clime. 
This is another of the most unrighteous, un- 
hallowed and unprincipled make-shifts on the part 
of country and general practitioners, who know so 
little of the true pathology-cause and nature-of 
pulmonary consumption, as to conceal their con- 174 
A TROPICAL CLIMATE, ETC. 
summate ignorance under the veil of false hopes and 
assurances of their patient's and patron's recovery 
-either for the purpose of bringing in a long bill, 
or because they are so dishonest that they are 
ashamed to acknowledge their ignorance ; and now 
when they find themselves baffled, and they can no 
longer deceive, and in order to be relieved of the 
responsibility of having him to die on their hands 
at home, or of making the humiliating confession 
that consumption, by their imperfect system, is in- 
curable, they send their patient away to languish 
in a foreign land, deprived of the kind care and 
nursing he would have received at home, and to 
have in its place the cold attention of strangers, 
purchased by money, and then to die "unwept and 
unmourned,"-"a stranger in a strange land." 
Sweaty. 
1GHT SWEATS are always the result of 
J great debility, and are usually associated 
with consumption of the lungs ; hence the 
dread with which this symptom is regarded. 
Night Sweats, or a profuse perspiration, at 
any time, when not the result of a consumptive 
tendency, can readily be checked by the free use 
of astringent tonics. In all cases every effort should 
be made to build up the strength by a good, easily- 
digested diet, proper ventilation and regulation of 
the temperature. When the bowels are not prone 
to diarrhoea, we dilute sulphuric acid in doses of NIGHT SWEATS. 
175 
fifteen to twenty drops in sweetened water, with 
good results. 
Generally, the body should be sponged at the 
hour of retiring, with vinegar and water, alum 
dissolved in whiskey, or some other astringent wash. 
Internally, the vegetable astringents are useful, 
particularly when there is a tendency to looseness 
of the bowels. Of these, tincture kino, krausera, or 
catechu, are most valuable. The muriate tincture 
of iron, the sub-sulphate of iron, the syrup of the 
iodide of iron, the ammonia-citrate of iron, all act 
well in relieving the sweating. 
Woiqeny fleMkdlie. 
WOMAN with a headache cannot be com- 
panionable ; the best of sweethearts with 
a headache is sure to be unreasonable, 
while a lady who has neither husband nor other 
special cavalier to engross her attention can ruin 
the piece of mind of everyone she meets while she 
has a headache of perceptible size. No amount of 
masculine grumbling is likely to change all this, but 
women themselves might change it if they would 
comprehend the causes of the malady, and then 
apply their nimble wits to the work of prevention 
or cure. The trouble is that all American women 
who have headaches live indoors, where the best 
air is never good, and the worst is poison, and they 
have none of the exercise which saves men from 176 
women's headache. 
the popular malady. Were a strong man to eat 
breakfast at any ordinary American table, and then 
sit down at a worktable or machine, or even move 
about briskly from one room to another, he would 
have a splitting headache before noon, and the 
chatter of his innocent children would seem to be 
the jargon of fiends. The midday meal would in- 
crease his wretchedness, and by dusk he would be 
stretched in misery upon his bed, with one hand 
mopping his forehead with ice-water, while the other 
would threaten with a club or pistol any one who 
dared to enter the room, or make a noise outside. 
There is no reason why women should not suffer 
just as severely for similar transgressions of physi- 
cal law. True, indoor life is compulsory for a large 
portion of every day, but special physical exercise 
in a welbaired room is within the reach of almost 
every woman, and so is a brisk walk in garments 
not so tight as to prevent free respiration. There 
is very little complaint of headache at Summer re- 
sorts, where windows are always open, and games 
and excursions continually tempt women who do 
not value complexion more than health. Girls who 
ride, row, sail and shoot seldom have headaches; 
neither do those unfortunate enough to be com- 
pelled to hoe potatoes or play Maud Muller in hay 
fields. Let women of all social grades remember 
that the human machine must have reasonable 
treatment, and be kept at work or play to keep it 
from rusting; then headaches will be rare enough 
to be interesting. ©i^eci^e^ of tl|e ©i^e^tive Ofgcii^. 
NFLAMMATION of the Mouth.-Nearly 
every form of Sore-Mouth will yield to 
Chlorate of Potassa given in the form of 
a gargle, and in hourly doses of two grains dis- 
solved in water. Burned Alum is also an excellent 
remedy. 
Canker Sore-Mouth.-This is a gangrenous 
inflammation which generally affects the gums and 
cheeks of children of a weakly, scrofulous habit. 
Sometimes the disease shows itself soon after the 
measles, scarlet fever, or other acute inflammatory 
affection. Its first symptoms are usually a hard red 
spot on the cheek, which spreads and opens into a 
shallow ulcer on the inside, discharging matter of 
a peculiarly offensive character. As the disease 
progresses there is a great flow of saliva which is 
often tinged with blood, the breath becomes fetid, 
there is mortification of the surrounding parts, in- 
cluding the gums, the teeth loosen or drop out, 
and finally the patient sinks exhausted. As soon 
as the red spot manifests itself the constitution 
should be strengthened with a good nourishing 
diet, such as beef tea, milk, and eggs, if the 
stomach will bear them, wine if there is extreme 
^debility and no great amount of fever. The fol- 
lowing mixture is perhaps as good as any for this 
affliction: x 
Wine of Iron, 2 drachms. 
Compound Tincture of Cardamons, 2 drachms. 
, " " Gentian, 4 drachms. 178 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
Macle up to 8 ounces with mint or cinnamon water, 
Dose a tablespoonful or more 3 times a day. For 
local treatment caustic rubbed along the edges of 
the sore is recommended. The mouth should be 
frequently washed with a lotion made of Chloride 
of Soda and water, in the proportion of 2 drachms 
of the former to half a pint of the latter. This will 
help to neutralize the fetor. 
Inflammation of the Stomach. 
Gastritis.-Burning pain in the pit of the sto- 
mach, increased on swallowing, rejection of every- 
thing swallowed, hiccough, with oppression and 
dejection of mind, and high fever are the symptoms 
denoting this disease. The pain is extremly acute 
but is not always confined to the stomach, for it 
sometimes extends as low as the false ribs and often 
shoots to the back. It is always increased by the 
slightest external pressure, and the vomiting is a 
more constant symptom than the hiccough. The 
pulse is frequent, small, contracted, hard, and 
sometimes intermitting. The thirst is intense and 
the bowels constipated. 
The causes are generally abuse of the organ 
-as indulgence in use of stimulants, gluttony, etc. 
There is, perhaps, no cause of this disease so com- 
mon as suddenly checking the perspiration by 
drinking cold fluids. If the prostration is too great, 
apply mustard poultices to the region of the stom- 
ach, keep the patient absolutely quiet in bed, and 
avoid all irritation of the organ ; give no medicine, 
but a teaspoonful of lime water mixed with a tea- DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
179 
spoonful of milk, once in two hours. Should the 
bowels not move, give an injection. It may be 
necessary to support the patient with beef tea in- 
jections and wine. 
Vomiting Blood.-Blood raised in considerable 
quantities, not frothy, of a dark color, and espe- 
cially if mingled with food, is from the stomach. 
Blood may be vomited when there is ulcer of the 
stomach, in scurvy, in cancer of the stomach, or 
from aneurism of a small vessel. If chronic, that 
is, occurring from time to time, there is danger, 
as it indicates some persistent disease of the ab- 
dominal viscera. Abstinence from food, and perfect 
rest is necessary ; give cold drinks and astringents, 
and make a powder as follows, and take once every 
six hours : 
Gallic Acid, - - - - 8 grains. 
Dover's Powders, 5 " 
Give a tonic as follows: 
Sulphate of Quinine, - - 12 grains. 
Sulphate of Iron, - - - 12 " 
Water, - - - - - 3 ounces. 
Diluted Sulphuric Acid, - - - 1 " 
Take a teaspoonful twice a day. Give cream, 
raw eggs, and Cod Liver Oil. 
Congestion of the Liver.-It is of the utmost 
importance that the liver be kept free from disturb- 
ing agencies, that it may be able to perform its 
proper functions. The symptoms of congestion 180 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
are generally a dull pain near the shoulder blade 
in the right side ; if the pain is active the bile will 
be plentiful, coloring the evacuations, producing 
often a bitter taste in the mouth, and sometimes 
leading to jaundice ; if passive, there is pain and 
uneasiness in the region of the liver, with a dimin- 
ished flow of bile. 
In acute inflammation of the liver there is pain 
in the right side, which is increased on pressure, or 
when a deep breath is drawn ; there is usually, too, 
quick breathing ; there is generally pain in the right 
shoulder and yellowness of the eyes and skin ; the 
urine is high-colored, and the evacuation clay- 
colored. 
In treating disease of the liver, the bowels should 
be freely opened by some active cathartic, and fol- 
lowed by a saline aperient as follows : 
Epsom Salts, - - - - 6 drachms. 
Liquor of Acetate of Ammonia i ounce. 
Tartrate of Potash, - - -2 grains. 
Wine of Colchicum, - - 1 drachm. 
Camphor water sufficient to make six ounces ; 
one ounce to be taken every four hours. Mustard 
plaster is also useful ; give a nourishing diet. 
Biliary Derangements.-Bilious disorders, sick 
headaches, bowel complaints, bilious diarrhoea. Func- 
tional derangement of the liver. Extract of Farax- 
icum is an excellent remedy for the above disor- 
ders. The following aperient medicine will usually 
cure any of the above named troubles. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
181 
Pulverized Aloes, - - - -2 ounces. 
Bi-carbonate of Soda, - - 5 '• 
Compound Spirits of Lavender, -2 " 
Water, 2 quarts. 
Place the whole of the above in a jug, and let it 
stand two weeks, and then pour off from the dregs. 
For a dose, take from a teaspoonful to two ounces. 
The above mixture will be found invaluable in all 
forms of liver affections, and in constipation where 
there is hysteria, add six ounces of the fluid ex- 
tract of valerian to the above mixture; shake the 
jug every day. 
Jaundice.-The above described aperient will 
usually make a cure in jaundice. 
Gall Stone.-Hepatic Colic.-Concretions 
from the liver-in the ducts of the liver, and in the 
gall-bladder-more frequently the latter. When a 
stone of any size passes into the duct that leads 
from the latter to the intestine, there is the most 
excruciating pain, and great constitutional disturb- 
ances, rigors, sweating, intense agony. If the stone 
recede, or pass on, the symptoms cease; but if it 
remain impacted, as it is apt to, at the junction of 
.the duct from the liver, it will wear the person out 
by the combination of the agony with the results 
of complete obstruction of the biliary ducts. There 
is no treatment but to soothe the pain ; give valerian 
in as full doses as the system will bear, from 20 to 
60 drops of the tincture. If valerian affords no 
relief give chloroform but do it carefully. 182 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
Inflammation of the Bowels.-The symptoms 
of inflammation of the bowels are pain, extreme ten- 
derness on pressure over the abdomen, distension 
and sense of heat in the abdomen, knees drawn up, 
vomiting of bilious matter; skin dry and harsh; 
pulse quick and hard; urine scanty and high 
colored; thirst; loss of appetite; tongue white 
and clammy, or dark brown and furred in its centre, 
but red at its point and edges ; general debility. 
At first tho bowels may be extremely constipated, 
but they afterward become relaxed, the evacua- 
tions being pale, yeasty, slimy, bloody, or offen- 
sive, dark and lumpy. Apply hot cloths over the 
abdomen and give camphor water in teaspoonful 
doses every half hour, also 20 to 60 drops tincture 
of valerian every 4 hours. 
Diarrhcea.-Diarrhoea is induced by various 
means; the following mixture will usually correct it: 
Tincture of Valerian, - - 1 'ounce. 
Tincture of Capsicum, - - 1 drachm. 
Camphor Water, - - - - 1 " 
Give according to age, for from 20 to 60 drops 
after each evacuation. Do not take larger doses 
of the above than is prescribed. 
For Chronic Diarrhoea take a solution of nitrate 
of iron, in doses of from 10 to 30 drops, 3 times a 
day. A teaspoonful of white oak bark is very 
useful. 
Dysentery-Bloody Flux.-Give immediately 
to an adult, thirty drops of Laudanum, followed ia DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
183 
fifteen minutes, by one drachm of the powder of 
Ipecac in water. If the discharge continues, give 
injections of starch and cold water, also white oak 
bark tea every 3 hours. The horizontal position 
and perfect rest must be observed, ventilation is 
absolutely essential, and the chamber should be 
frequently sprinkled with vinegar and water. After 
leaving off the medicines the patient should take 
water from a quassia cup, and also take teaspoon- 
ful doses of Camphor water every hour for a 
few days. 
Colic.-For colic, the treatment should be fo- 
mentations of hot water, with turpentine, or mus- 
tard plasters to the abdomen. For an adult, give 
castor oil one ounce, laudanum from 20 to 40 drops 
every two hours, for 3 times. Also give injections 
of very diluted Camphor water warm. Be very 
careful in the administration of laudanum to 
young children. 
Worms.-Several kinds of worms infest the in- 
testinal canal; those most generally found there 
are the ascarides-small thread worms. They are 
mostly in the rectum, and can be removed by injec- 
tions of salt and water, camphor water, or aloes. 
The lum brici, are long, round worms, from two 
to ten inches long, and are usually found in the 
small intestines. The treatment for these worms 
must be tonic. One ounce of salt dissolved in a 
glass of water, and taken in the morning three 
times a week, fasting, will generally bring away 
these worms ; at the same time there should be 
taken : 184 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS, 
Sulphate of Iron, - - - -12 grains. 
Infusion of Quassia, - - - 12 ounces. 
Tincture of Ginger 2 drachms. 
Mix and take a tablespoonful three times a day. 
For the Tape Worm, see treatment by Dr. 
Blood. 
Constipation.-Constipation of the bowels is a 
fruitful source of many complaints such as dyspep- 
sia, piles, fistula, strictures of the rectum, general 
debility, lowness of spirits, headaches and various 
other evils. The bowels should be kept regular ; one 
evacuation should be had every day, and persons 
should have a regular time for going to stool. The 
most pleasant and effectual way of correcting con- 
stipation of the bowels is by eating fruit and cracked 
wheat or oatmeal friction, draughts of cold water, 
exercise. When these fail use a pill composed of 
Resina Podophyllin, 2 grains. 
Powder of Rhubarb, - - 8 " 
Mix and make eight pills ; take one a day, or 
send to me for box of my liver and kidney pellets. 
For Piles, see treatment by Dr. Blood. 
Rupture.-In this, some portion of the intes- 
tines is forced outward, through natural openings 
in the inner divisions of the abdominal wall. The 
gut may pass down on the inner surface of the leg, 
follow the great artery, or it may come through at 
the junction of the thigh and belly, or at the navel. 
Persons are often ruptured for some time without DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
185 
being aware of it. The moment a rupture is discovered 
a truss should be procured and adjtisted by some com- 
petent person. The patient is not safe a moment 
without one. The part should be sponged night 
and morning with cold water, and if chafed, it 
should be powdered. A regular daily action of the 
bowels is essential to the safety of a ruptured person. 
The aperient medicine I have prescribed for biliary 
derangements should be taken to keep the bowels 
in'order. 
Fistula.-Fistula in ano is the disease that is 
generally understood by the term, fistula. In this 
there is a passage of sinus that runs by the rectum, 
the inner opening of which is in the wall of the 
rectum, and the outer, if it have one, near the anus. 
Sometimes the passage runs up close to the interior, 
but does not open into it. There is generally in- 
tense pain with fistula, and an inability to move 
about much. Medicines, except cooling washes 
are of no service in this disease. I have a sure 
process of cure for this difficulty. 
kqd Poi^otiii^. 
HERE are no more common accidents then 
poisoning, either by intention or mistake. 
Directions for the Treatment of 
Poisoning.-Make the patient vomit at once. To 
accomplish this give him a teaspoonful of ground 
mustard in a glass of warm water, every minute, 
until he expels the contents of the stomach. If no 186 
POISONS AND POISONING. 
mustard is at hand give the same quantity of table 
salt and in the same manner. After the stomach 
is emptied, let the patient take the antidote for the 
poison swallowed. Rest, quiet, and a reclining pos- 
sition should be kept for a day or more. Barley 
water, chicken broth, and such articles of diet 
should be the only nourishment for two or three 
days. 
' Acid Poisoning.-There are nitric acid, sulphu- 
ric acid, and muriatic acid. Commence with the 
emetic, then give a tablespoonful of lime water 
every minute until the burning pain is removed. 
Yellow soap may be made into a strong suds, and a 
wineglassful given every half hour. 
Alcohol.-Rum, Brandy, Gin, or other intoxi- 
cating liquors sometimes become very active 
poisons. Give an emetic, then pour cold water 
from a height, on the head. When awakened from 
the drunken stupor give five grains of Carbonate 
of Ammonia in a wineglassful of water, every fif- 
teen minutes for 3 hours. 
Aconite.-Give emetic at once, and if the patient 
is stupid keep up the respiration by artificial res- 
piration. 
Ammonia.-When taken internally, give at once 
a tablespoonful of Cider Vinegar, and keep this up 
until the pain lessens. Olive Oil is beneficial after 
the pain and burning is lessened. 
Antimony.-Tannic acid is the antidote, a tea- POISONS AND POISONING. 
187 
spoonful of Tannin in a glass of water may be 
given. A cup of strong green tea is also useful. 
Arsenic.-Vomit the patient freely, then give 
plenty of milk ; the white of an egg and water, or 
flour and water. The antidote is freshly prepared 
hydrated peroxide of iron. 
Bellodonna.-Empty the stomach, pour cold 
water from a height upon the head. To an adult 
give ten drops of laudanum every fifteen minutes 
for two hours, two drops to a child. 
Bismuth.-After an emetic, give copious draughts 
of milk. 
Bitter-Sweet.-Proceed as with Bellodonna. 
Copper.-Using copper vessels for cooking, or 
allowing acid food to remain in them may produce 
an active poison. Give emetic, after which copious 
draughts of milk, and white of eggs in water. 
Baking Soda is useful in half teaspoonful doses if 
the symptoms are severe. 
Corrosive Sublimate.-White of eggs in water 
or plenty of milk should follow emetic in poisoning 
from corrosive sublimate. 
Digitalis.-Treat as for Belladonna. 
Henbane.-Also treat as for Belladonna. 
Iodine.-After emetic, give Starch dissolved in 
water. 
Sulphate of Iron.-After emetic, give patient 
Baking Soda, as in "copper poisoning." 188 
POISONS AND POISONING. 
Lead.-The treatment for lead poisoning con- 
sists in giving water, acidulated to about the 
strength of lemonade, with Sulphuric Acid, (Oil 
of Vitriol.) Epsom Salts, or the Sulphate of Soda 
in water are also antidotes. After the antidote 
give the emetic, in lead poisoning. 
Mushrooms.-Evacuate the stomach with an 
emetic, then give warm milk and water sweetened 
with sugar. 
Nitrate of Potash (Saltpetre.)-No antidote 
is known. Emetics should be given, followed with 
mucilaginous drinks. 
Nitrate of Silver.-Give a large tablespoon- 
ful of table salt in a glass of water and then follow 
with emetic. 
Opium.-This is the most frequently used poi- 
son agent, and the first step in Opium poison- 
ing is to give an active emetic. The narcotic 
effects upon the brain must at the same time be 
attended to. If the respiration is yielding to the 
poison the patient should be undressed, and the 
exposed body dashed with cold water, not neglect- 
ing the head, face, or chest. After the water has 
been sufficiently used as described, the body should 
be dried, and hot applications made to the extrem- 
ities and other parts. In addition to this a strong 
stimulant, in the shape of 25 drops of Aromatic 
Spirits of Ammonia in a tablespoonful of water may 
be given three or four times, at intervals of three 
minutes. Strong, freshly made Coffee is useful in poisons and poisoning. 
189 
such cases. The patient should also be kept in 
active motion by walking up and down the room. 
Oxalic Acid.-Give at once powdered chalk, or 
strong lime water. After these have been down a 
few moments give an emetic. 
Prussic Acid.-This substance is so rapidly fatal 
that little can "be done. If possible, give an emetic 
of mustard and follow with stimulants. 
Phosphorus.-No antidote is known. Some 
calcined magnesia may be given in plenty of water, 
followed by an active emetic, after which mucila- 
ginous drinks. 
Stramonium.-Proceed the same as in poisoning 
from Belladonna. 
Strychnine.-Give emetic without delay. Chlo- 
roform should then be given in teaspoonful doses 
in water, every fifteen minutes. Artificial respira- 
tion may be tried if apparent death has set in. 
• 
Tobacco.-An emetic, to be followed by 25 drop 
doses of Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia in a table- 
spoonful of water. ^xdellei|t f^erqedy fof Bipl^tliefi^. 
LACK small lumps of lime in the mouth of 
the person afflicted. Continue this until 
relief is obtained. Also slack lime in the 
room of the sufferer so that the atmosphere of the 
room may be thoroughly impregnated with the 
fumes from the lime. I have cured the worst 
forms of diphtheria with a barrel of lime slacked 
as above described. 
f)ifedtioi|0 fof ©f. Bloody 
^ledidiqe^. 
N HALATION, applicable to every form of 
disease of the respiratory organs, should be 
taken in teaspoonful doses three times a day. 
As a help to this inhalation, in cases of chronic 
catarrh, a teaspoonful of salt in a glass of tepid 
water should be forced up the nostrils, through a 
nasal douche, twice or three times a day. After 
the salt and water has been used, and an astringent 
solution is needed, mix a teaspoonful of chlorate of 
potash in a glass of tepid water, and apply it 
through the douche the same as the salt and water. 
When an offensive odor accompanies the catarrh, 
and the salt and water, or chlorate of potash will 
not neutralize or dispel it, apply, through the 
douche, carbolic acid, in the porportion of five drops DR. BLOOD'S REMEDIES. 
191 
of acid to an ounce of water. The use of the in- 
halation and douche, as aforesaid, will cure the 
severest types of chronic catarrh in from three to 
six months, providing the functions of the body are 
kept regular with the liver and kidney pellets, which 
should always be taken in conjunction with the 
inhalation. 
A salt and water sponge bath should be taken 
by sufferers from catarrh upon retiring at night. 
©i$ek0e$ of tl)e 
N connection with the inhalation for diseases 
of the throat, we give gargles of chlorate 
potash, salt, salt and vinegar, carbolic acid, 
sage tea, etc. 
HEN there is difficulty of breathing, 
wheezing, tightness across the chest, suf- 
focation, or coughing, give from three 
to six drops of tincture Lobelia in each dose of the 
inhalation. Also apply, externally, over the parts 
affected, (and rub well in,) equal parts spirits tur- 
pentine, spirits of camphor and sweet oil from two 
to six times a day. of tl|e I^ivef, Kidr^ey^ kqd 
Urin&fy 
jOR diseases of the liver, kidneys and urinary 
1 organs, apply Dr. Blood's remedies as per 
' directions accompanying them. 
$dfofulk, $ypl|ili^ ki)d Blood Toi^or(ii^. 
HE directions accompany Dr. Blood's medi- 
cines for scrofula, syphilis and blood 
poisoning. Medicines can be sent by 
express. 
kqd SgUe. 
IX together the three ingredients compos- 
ing this treatment as follows: take 
twenty grains of salt, No. i, twenty 
grains of powder, No. 2. one-half ounce of powder, 
No. 3, and stir them well in a glass of porter and 
drink the whole when the fever is off. Repeat this 
dose whenever there is any indication of a return 
of the disease. My Fever and Ague Pad cures 
ninety-five per cent, of the cases of chills and fever. 
It should be worn continuously below the sternum, 
or breast bone. The expense of the pad is only 
one dollar. f^eurqati^rq 
IVE my internal remedy for rheumatism and 
Neuralgia as per directions accompanying 
it, and apply my external remedies for the 
same diseases over the painful surfaces. My reme- 
dies for these painful and prevalent diseases are 
almost invariably successful in working a cure. 
Heii]orrl{oid^ or Pile^. 
N the treatment of this disease we are obliged 
to see the patient personally. Therefore, 
directions for applying the remedies are un- 
necessary here. We never fail in curing this dis- 
tressing and heretofore incurable disease. No fee 
required tmtil cure is made. 
Wpe Worn^. 
EFORE treating a person for a tape worm 
he should fast twenty-four hours. No food, 
and but very little water should be taken 
into the stomach of the patient after breakfast of 
the day of fasting until the worm is removed on the 
following morning, A cathartic medicine should be 
taken the night before the worm is removed, that 
the bowels may be completely emptied before the 
medicine is given for the worm's expulsion. After 194 
TAPE-WORMS. 
the bowels are evacuated, take five ounces of pow- 
der, No. i, to which add a pint of water, and steep 
it for thirty-five minutes. Then add three ounces 
of powder, No. 2, and a half pint of water, and 
steep the whole together until the tea makes 
six ounces. Strain and give the tea to the 
patient, warm, in two doses, five minutes apart. 
After the tea is taken, the patient should suck 
a lemon or drink lemonade to keep the medicine 
down ; he should also walk vigorously about 
the room until all symptoms of nausea end. In 
thirty minutes after the last dose of tea is taken, 
give the patient a bottle of citrate of magnesia or 
some cathartic to move the bowels as soon as pos- 
sible. When a disposition to evacuate the bowels 
is felt, sit the patient over a vessel of warm water, 
and let the worm pass into the water. To find the 
head, strain the evacuations carefully through a 
sieve, and examine the worm thoroughly, if the head 
is detached, see if it is not fastened upon some 
part of the body. If the head is not found after 
the most careful search, give the patient a warm 
water injection ; if this does not bring the head 
away, give another cathartic. If these directions 
are carefully followed, the worm can be secured 
without trouble. A patient of nerve and in good 
health can treat himself, and we can send the medi- 
cines via express. ^evef. 
EVER is a condition of imperfect reaction, 
a salutory effort of nature at elimination 
or repair, not a disease but an effort. It is 
invariably preceded by a shock, general or local, 
of long or short duration, followed by a fever, pain 
in the head, back, calves of the legs, general de- 
rangement of the secretions, high heat, frequent 
pulse and respirations. 
The chief exciting causes of all forms, are any- 
thing that has a tendency to impair the functions 
of the body, such as a shock from cold, wet, 
damp, mechanical irritation, poisons generated by 
decomposing organic matter or otherwise. The 
miasma of sewers, putrid marshes, crowded abodes, 
specific poisons. Those and other poisons gain 
access to the body either through the skin, bron- 
'chial mucous membrane, and especially the sali- 
vary glands of the mouth. It is only on a pre- 
disposed or devitalized body that a poison acts. 
Residing in poisonous districts we constantly take 
in small doses of poison, which the vital forces 
■eliminate. It is only the exhaustion of vitality 
that allows the poison to do its work. Fevers 
are either idiopathic, that is produced within the 
body itself, out of its own substance, or symptom- 
atic irritation reflected from a wound or amputa- 
tion. Besides these two conclusions there may 
be immaterial forces; these are only know to us 
by their association with ponderable matter. That 196 
FEVER. 
the poisons gain access by the salivary glands of 
the mouth is apparent by the disturbances of 
the stomach. Once the poison has gained admis- 
sion and is diffused by the circulation through 
the system, its effects are to disturb the vitality 
of organic living matter with which it comes in 
contact. 
General nervous depression is the characteristic 
of all fevers, pain is but a symptom of depression, 
partial death, nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting, 
diarrhoea, headache, etc., simply evidences of de- 
pressed vitality. In fever we have a diminution 
of evaporation, the dormant skin does not act as a 
refrigerator, destructive metamorphosis is great, 
the semi-vital chemical changes raise the tempera- 
ture. Whenever we have rapid changes the 
temperature is raised, the passage of organic into 
inorganic matter is indicative of an advance of 
death, the frequent respirations, the dry dormant 
skin and torpid liver, give us the increased heat. 
The prognosis of fever will depend altogether on 
the amount of vital depression present. The 
treatment of all fevers is based upon one funda- 
mental rule; stimulating the vital forces to a 
healthy reaction. See where vitality is wanting 
and aid in supplying it. An early condition, even 
in the stage of shock or incubation, is the lowered 
vitality of the stomach ; how poorly it digests food, 
how it loathes to work. The poison that produces 
the fever, mixed with the saliva, has descended and 
may multiply its germs in the gastric mucous. At 
an early stage, even before or after the virus has FEVER. 
197 
commenced to operate on the system, the fever 
may be often stayed by emptying the stomach 
with an emetic, so that the patient should drink 
freely of tepid water, with bicarbonate of soda, 
and then appropriate doses of green lobelia and 
bayberry should be given so as to produce free 
and copious emeses, and in some fevers, as a means 
of breaking up or cutting short, may be repeated 
daily. Succeeding the emetic, an alcoholic 
vapor bath. In exhausting fevers, like Ty- 
phoid, much advantage is derived after spong- 
ing, by anointing the body with Sweet Olive Oil. 
This softens the skin for the exhalation of 
water. Perfect rest in the recumbent position 
should be rigidly observed in all fevers. It is pro- 
ductive of life; symptoms become ameliorated, 
fresh air, great cleanliness, thorough sanitary and 
hygienic measures, good nursing, day and night, 
.should be included. Physiological chemistry ex- 
plains the necessity of drink in fever. Water re- 
quires to be in excess of the demand; acidulated 
drinks of hydrochloric or acetic acid enables the 
albumen to be acted on by the gastric juice, all 
acid substances have the power of increasing the 
alkaline secretions. Ease of mind and cheerful- 
ness promote vitality, and the restoration of 
the body; normal warmth promotes reconstructive 
growth ; depression lowers the power to produce 
heat. Artificial heat is a means of renewing life. 
Heat to the extremities in all fevers is readily 
assimilated and acts as a tonic. In our pathology 
of fever we have a condition of vital depression 198 
FEVER. 
and in order to meet this condition we must use 
arterial sedatives, as aconite, veratrum, digitalis, 
gelseminum, a class of remedies calculated to stim- 
ulate the brain ; arterial sedation with these remed- 
ies must be rigid, the circulation well equalized, con- 
valesence established upon tonics. 
Typhus and Typhoid Fever.-All fevers are 
alike at their onset, nearly the same words would 
describe the earlier hours of the above named 
fevers, of simple fever, of remittent, of small pox, 
or measles. Till such signs appear as indicate 
the particular form of disease that is present, it 
will be necessary to adopt the most general re- 
medies, if any, to moderate the force of the onset. 
Not only is it quite doubtful, at the commencement, 
what form the fever will assume, but it is not 
always certain that disease assuming febrile char- 
acter is fever. But, to the general symptoms-to 
the uneasy and peculiar sensation in the stomach, 
the nausea, and giddiness, languor, lassitude, 
anxiety about the pit of the stomach, and region 
of the heart, alternate heats and chills, or a sense 
of creeping in different parts of the body-these 
are succeeded if the fever is to be Typhus or 
Typhoid, by symptoms of a more threatening char- 
acter about the third or fourth day. The face 
will become suffused, will have a dusky, lurid look 
and the color may vary from a simple dingy hue, 
to the shade of new mahogany. The eyes will 
be suffused also. The tongue will become brown, 
and from the third to the seventh day the secre- 
tions that kept the mouth moist will dry and fever. 
199 
blacken on the teeth, tongue, and lips. By the 
seventh day twitching will accompany every move- 
ment of the hands, there will appear over the 
chest, abdomen, arms, and legs, a blotchy erup- 
tion; rose-colored in Typhoid, deeper in Typhus. 
Each particular point of eruption will be very min- 
ute. But the eruption is not a constant sign, and 
is often overlooked altogether. In ten days, at 
the latest, sometimes, from the commencement, 
there will be delirium, generally not active but of a 
low, mumbling, muttering character, and all the 
senses will be dull, hearing especially indistinct, 
illusions of vision occurs, and the sufferer seems to 
grasp at things seen. Passages from the bowels 
and bladder may take place involuntarily. Pulse 
is one hundred or less, and becomes small and 
feeble. Dullness of the senses may pass to a state 
of insensibility. If the disease is Typhoid, there 
will be diarrhoea, and probably bleeding from the 
nose, in the first week, more or less bronchitis will 
occur in the course of either fever, and erysepelas, 
sometimes the pulse is not much affected in the 
beginning, but as the disease advances it usually 
becomes small, weak, frequent and often irregular. 
Such are the prominent symptoms of an ordinary 
case. If it proceeds toward a fatal termination, the 
symptoms of debility increase, and become exten- 
sive ; the patient lies prostrated on the back, with 
extended arms, and insensibly glides down to the 
bottom of the bed; there is a continued state of 
insensibility; a low muttering delirium; a peculiar 
yet indescribable expression of anguish in the 200 
FEVER. 
countenance; twitching of the tendons; picking 
at the bed-clothes; involuntary evacuations and 
hiccough. 
If the disease appears under the form of the 
severer or malignant typhus, frequently called 
putrid fever, its attack is more sudden and violent, 
its progress more rapid, and all the symptoms of 
debility appear earlier, and in a more aggravated 
form. Hence the rigors are extremely severe ; the 
heat of the skin often peculiarly acrid and 
burning; the headache intensely painful; the ex- 
pression of anguish indescribably acute ; the pulse 
tense, hard, quick and fluttering. The prostration 
appears early, and is extreme. The fever sensibly 
increases every evening ; the delirium is high ; the 
complexion is brownish ; the eyes are heavy ; the 
breath hot and offensive. The duration may be 
from three to five weeks ; commonly, the first im- 
provement becomes apparent toward the end of 
the third week ; there is more moist tongue, a less 
dusky face, and a slower, fuller pulse. Patients 
who get better begin to complain that they feel 
worse, because they begin to be conscious of how 
they feel, Both fevers are contagious, but typhoid 
only feebly so; and both are also epidemic. Ty- 
phus is often propagated by contagion, and when a 
person afflicted with typhus is confined in a damp, 
close and stagnant atmosphere, deprived of free 
ventilation, and exposed to the noxious inhalations 
of accumulated dirt and filth, he is in a condition 
to communicate the disease in its worst form, and 
it is from such a source that the severer or putrid FEVER. 
201 
form of typhus commonly arises. Indeed, this fever 
frequently arises in crowded places. Among per- 
sons previously healthy, when due attention has 
not been paid to ventilation, and in this way it often 
appears in jails, transport ships, hospitals, and the 
crowded and filthy habitations of the poor. 
Treatment in Typhoid or Typhus Fever.- 
Combat these diseases by medicines that are likely 
to improve the state of the blood. We must excite 
the kidneys, skin and bowels to carry off the poi- 
sonous accumulations of the system. Give at the 
commencement some mild aperient medicine to 
unload the intestines. Have the surface of the body 
well washed with soap and tepid water. Let the 
air from without have free access to the room. In 
winter have a good fire ; let the food be beef tea; 
solid food cannot be properly digested ; mixtures of 
farina, arrowroot, broth of vegetables, and fruits in 
their season, with one or two ounces of port wine 
or champagne. Ordinary cases thus treated, will 
go through very well with no other medicine than 
the liquor of acetate of ammonia ; a teaspoonful 
once in two hours, or the carbonate of ammonia 
mixed with water in the proportion of one grain of 
ammonia to a teaspoonful of water, of which mix- 
ture a teaspoonful every two hours. Never wake 
a patient to give medicine ; sleep is a greater restorer 
of wasted vitality than any medicine can be. In ty- 
phoid there will be diarrhoea, and as it is the result 
of disease in the intestines, no effort should be made 
to check it, as the retention of the diseased matter 
in the intestines would cause irritation and aggra- 202 
FEVER. 
vate the symptoms. When the symptoms of dis- 
turbance of the brain are persistent; when there is 
high delirium, excited restlessness ; and when the 
breathing is irregular, there is great danger. The 
hair should be cut short, and the head kept cool 
with evaporating lotions, or by cold water. If the 
cold water proves ineffectual, give the following 
mixture: 
Tartrate of Antimony and Potassia, - 3 grains. 
Tincture of Opium, 2 drachms. 
Mucilage, ------ 1 ounce. 
Water, ------ 5 ounces, 
Let an adult take a tablespoonful of this every 
hour, till the head symptoms are relieved, and then 
it should be taken four or five times a day. Dis- 
tension of the abdomen with gas, may be relieved 
with hot applications, or by a rubber tube passed 
up the rectum 
Brandy and whiskey are sometimes useful. If 
given, a half ounce three times a day will be 
sufficient. 
Simple Fever.-This fever is to be known by 
the presence of the following symptoms: 
1. The heat of the skin is greater than natural. 
2. The pulse is unnaturally frequent. 
3. There is thirst. 
4. Furred tongue. 
5. Loss of appetite. 
6. Change in the stools, in the urine, or both. 
7. Languor of the body and mind. FEVER. 
203 
Any of these symptoms may occur in other 
diseases, but their concurrence, and absence of any 
other of note, constitute simple fever, as a rule, all 
the symptoms are more marked toward night. 
Seveft days is the ordinary duration of this disease, 
and it is not dangerous. 
Treatment.-Keep the patient quiet and in a 
room of mild temperature and well ventilated, if 
there is nausea, give a mild emetic; give a sponge 
bath of pure water or alcohol and water, also give 
a mild laxative. Aconite is the best internal 
remedy, one to two drops in water, every hour. 
The diet should be broths, gruel, and beef tea. 
Cold water and lemonade are the proper drinks. 
Gastric Symptoms.-Where gastric symptoms 
manifest themselves, treatment should be used the 
same as in simple fever. Trouble will result from 
the excessive irritability of the stomach, and the 
greatest difficulty will be found in the choice of 
some nutriment that will not be thrown up. Broth 
made from hard clams of small size, taken without 
admixture, with nothing in it but salt, will always 
remain, and will contribute greatly to the cure. 
Intermittent Fever.-Intermittent fever, or 
fever and ague, is a disease consisting of paroxysms, 
or periods of fever between each of which there is 
a distinct and perfect intermission from febrile 
symptoms. There are several kinds or species of 
ague; but the quotidian which returns every day 
and the tertain which returns every other day, and 
the quartan occurring on the first and fourth days. 204 
FEVER. 
are the principle. I have remedies that are almost 
certain in the cure of this disease, one failure of 
cure would not occur in a hundred cases. 
Remittent Fever.-Remittent fever arises 
from malaria, the same as does intermittent, and 
it is in some degree a modification of intermittent. 
I find no difficulty in overcoming this disease with 
remedies that can be sent by express. 
Scarlet Fever.-After the existence of febrile 
symptoms and general indiposition, with more or 
less sore throat for a period varying from one or 
two to four days, the skin becomes hot, and an 
eruption appears, consisting of minute scarlet 
points collected in patches. This rash lasts about 
five or seven days, and then disappears, leaving 
the skin harsh and dry. While the eruption is out 
if the disease be of a severe type ; the countenance 
is expressive of anxiety, the eyes are brilliant, 
there may be delirium, the patient is restless and 
sleepless, there is great thirst, nausea or vomiting, 
rapid pulse, quickened breathing, constipated 
bowels, scanty and high colored urine. The rash 
appears first on the face, then spreads to the neck, 
chest and trunk, and passes off to the extremities. 
In many cases, the sore throat, by the putrid and 
malignant character it assumes, becomes the prin- 
ciple disease. The practical point in the treat- 
ment of this disease is to assist the constitution in 
throwing off the poison which gives rise to the 
disease. This may be done in the milder cases, 
by doses of carbonate of ammonia every four FEVER. 
205 
hours, and by frequently sponging the body with 
tepid vinegar and water, at the same time an aper- 
ient should be given if the bowels are constipated. 
The room should have free ventilation and should 
have an even temperature of about 60 degrees. 
Acidulated beverages, gruel and beef tea should be 
the diet. As the fever declines a tonic of citrate 
of iron may be given. A gargle of 15 grains of 
nitrate of silver to the ounce of water will relieve 
the sore throat. 
flow to f^epkfe kqd take flou|eopktfid 
^fedidi:qe$. 
ROM six to ten pellets may be taken dry on 
the tongue. If fluids are used the dose re- 
quired may be dropped into a clean glass 
by holding the cork against the .mouth of the vial. 
Add water, one tablespoonful for each drop of 
tincture. Stir with a clean spoon, and do not permit 
the spoon to remain in the mixture. If more than 
one medicine is used, have different spoons, and 
keep the medicine covered-Medicine should be 
taken half hour before eating, and two hours after. 
Never wake a person from sleep to take medicine. 
Give to adults from six to ten pellets, or one drop 
of tincture ; children one-half the above dose ; in- 
fants one-third. ©let. 
SE good, plain food in moderation. Meats, 
beef, mutton and fish are the most whole- 
some, and, whether broiled, roasted or 
boiled, have them thoroughly cooked. Tobacco 
and spirituous liquors should be avoided. 
of tl|e Bunfaq Body, kqd tl\e 
flon|eop^tl|id ^eii}edie$ ii| G^ei|- 
cral u^e for tl^eif l^ektrqeiit. 
STH MA.-Ipecac, lobelia, nux vomica, 
cuprum. 
Apoplexy.-Belladonna, nux vomica, opium. 
Bilious Colic.-Nux vomica, colocynth, bryonia. 
Biliousness.-China, pulsatilla, bryonia, nux 
vomica. 
Bilious Fever.-Belladonna, aconite, bryonia, 
baptisia. 
Bleeding from the Lungs.-Aconite, ipecac, 
china. 
Boils.-Aconite, arnica. 
Bronchitis.-Bryonia, phosphorous, causticum. 
Canker in Mouth- Hydrastis canad., mercu. 
protoid, nitric acid. Gargle with thirty drops tine- DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
207 
ture hydrastis to an ounce of water ; use three times 
a day. 
Catarrh.-Arsenicum, mix vomica, ammon. carb., 
nitric acid. 
Chills and Fever.-Arsenicum, cedron, natrum 
mur. 
Cholera Morbus..-Veratrum, ipecacuanha, arse- 
nicum. 
Cholera.-Camphor, veratrum, cuprum, arseni- 
cum. 
Cold.-Aconite, bryonia, phosphorous, nux vom- 
ica, rhus-tox. 
Cold in the Chest.-Belladonna, bryonia phos- 
phorous. 
Convulsions.-Belladonna, ignatia, hyoscyamus. 
Constipation.-Sulphur, bryonia, nux vomica. 
Cramps in the Legs.-Veratrum, cuprum, cam- 
phor. 
Cramps in the Stomach.-Colocynth, nux vomica, 
phosphorous. 
Croup.-Spongia tost., bromium, kali bichrom. 
Deafness.-Belladonna, pulsatilla, sulphur, mere, 
vivus, nux vomica. 
Debility.-China, ferrum met., ignatia, nux vom- 
ica, phosphoric acid. 
Diarrhoea.-Camphor, arsenicum, colocynth, 
ipecac, mercurius, veratrum, phosphoric acid. 208 
DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
Delirium Tremems.-Hyoscyamus and opium 
should be given alternately. 
Diphtheria.-Aconite, belladonna, kali bromium, 
mercurius biniod. 
Dropsy.-Aconite, apis. mell., apocynum cann., 
china. 
Dysentery.-Mercurius, corrosivus colocynth, in 
alternation. 
Dyspepsia.-Lycopodium, byronia, pulsatilla. 
Earache.-Pulsatilla and belladonna alternately. 
Erysipelas-Apis, mell., belladonna, rhus-tox, 
lycopodium. 
Fainting-Camphor, spirits of ammonia, vera- 
trum. 
Fever.-Baptisin, gelseminum, arsenicum, rhus- 
tox and phosphoric acid. 
Fever and Ague.-Ipecac, nux vomica, chenopo- 
dium, natrum mur. 
Fits.-To be treated the same as convulsions. 
Headaches.-Belladonna, aconite, coculus, gel- 
seminum, giononine, nux vomica, pulsatilla. 
Heartburn.-Carbo veg., nitric acid, pulsatilla, 
nux vomica. 
i 
Hiccough.-Iris vers, nux vomica. 
Hives.-Apis mell., bryonia, rhus-tox. lycopo- 
dium. 
Hoarseness.-Spongia, phosphorous in alterna- 
tion. DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
209 
Indigestion.-Pulsatilla, lycopodium, nux vomica. 
Inflammation of the Bowels.-Mercurius vivus^ 
lachesis, belladonna, aconite. 
Inflammation of the Eyes.-Bathe with witch hazel 
and take belladonna and aconite in alternation. 
Inflammation of the Lungs-Tartar emetic, sul- 
phur, phosphorous, bryonia. 
Inflammation of the Kidneys.-Apis mell., can- 
tharides, nux vomica, aconite. 
Inflammation of the Liver.-Mercurius, lachesis, 
belladonna, aconite. 
Inflammation of the Pleiira.-Aconite and bry- 
onia. 
Inflammation of the Bronchia.-Bryonia, aconite, 
phosphorous. 
Influenza.-Arsenicum, phosphorous, causticum. 
Itch.-Lycopodium and sulphur in alternation 
every two hours. 
Leucorrhoea.-Inject witch hazel diluted with three 
parts water. Internal remedies-Hydrastus, mac- 
roten, nitric acid, syphia, pulsatilla 
Loss of Appetite.-Bryonia. 
Loss of Voice.-Causticum. 
Measles.-Pulsatilla. 
Menstruation Painful.-Witch hazel in thirty 
drop doses ; chamomilla, cimicifuga, rac, pulsatilla. 
Menstruation, prof use.-China, crocus sat., secali, 
nux masch. 210 
DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
Menstruation, suppression of.-Cimicifuga, pul- 
satilla, syphia, caulophyllum. 
Mumps.-Belladonna, mercurias viv. 
Nervousness.-Assafoetida, chamomilla, ignatia, 
coffee, nux vomica. 
Nervous Debility.-Ignatia, phosphoric acid, nux 
vomica. 
Nervous Headache.-Valerianate of zinc, glono- 
ine. 
Nettle Rash.-Crocus sat. 
Neuralgia.-Kalmia lot., and arsenicum alter- 
nately, every 3 hours. 
Nose Bleed.- Crocus sa,t, millefolium. 
Pain in the Chest.-Bryonia alb. 
Pain in the Lungs.-Ammonium carb, bryonia 
phosphorus. 
Pain in the Side.-Chamomilla and pulsatilla. 
Palpitation of the Heart.-Aconite, cactus, digi- 
talis, nux vomica, chamomilla. 
Pimples on the Face.-Spirits of camphor applied 
externally. 
Paralysis.-Rhus-tox, nux vomica. 
Pin Worms.-Give injections of pure sperm oil, 
also a dose of teraxicum, every 3 hours. 
Pleurisy.-Aconite, bryonia. 
Quinsey.-Aconite, belladonna, mercurius pro- 
tiod. DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
211 
Restlessness.-Belladonna, coffee, chamomilla. 
Sea Sickness,-Ipecac, cocculus, nux vomica, 
petroleum. 
Scarlet Fever.-Aconite, belladonna, mercur. sol. 
Scarlet Rash.-Aconite and belladonna. 
Sickness of the Stomach.-Ipecacuanha. 
Sleeplessness.-Colcarea, phos., camphor, opium, 
assafoetida. 
Small Pox.-Aconite; mercurius sol., tartar eme- 
tic. Use for a wash Hydrastis canad., one ounce 
of the tine, to 8 ounces of water. 
Sore Eyes.-Wash with diluted witch hazel. 
Sore Mouth.-Gargle with witch hazel or hy- 
drastis. Take nitric acid, mercurius, sulphur. 
Sore Nipples.-Wash with witch hazel, arnicated 
oil, or phytolacca cerate. 
Sore Throat.-Aconite, belladonna, hepar sul- 
phur, mercurius protiod, and for ulcers in the 
throat, nitric acid. 
Sour Stomach.-Carbo veg., nux vomica, pulsa- 
tilla, chamomilla. 
Stomach-ache.-»Colocynth, mercurius sol., nux 
vomica. 
Stomach Worms.-Santonine, mercurius viv. 
St. Vitus Dance.-Belladonna, cuprum met, hy- 
oscyamus, ignatia, stramonium, nux vomica. 
Stye.--Arnica, pulsatilla. 212 
DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
Sun Stroke.-Arnica and belladonna alternately,, 
and bathe the head in tine, arnica, one ounce mixed 
in a pint of water. 
Swelled Face.-Bathe with witch hazel. Take 
belladonna, mercurius sol., apis mell., chamomilla. 
Swelled Feet and Soreness.-Apis mell., bryonia, 
rhus-tox, cimicifuga. 
Swelling of the Tonsils.-Belladonna, mercurius 
protiod. 
Teething.-Aconite, chamomilla. 
Toothache.-Aconite, belladonna, ignatia, cha- 
momilla, mercurius viv, rhus-tox. 
Typhus Fever.-Aconite, arsenicum, bryonia, 
belladonna, rhus-tox. 
Urine Suppressions of.-Aconite, apis mell., can- 
tharides. 
Weakness and Soreness of the Bowels.-Table- 
spoonful of witch hazel 3 times a day, internally. 
Whooping Cough.-Ipecac, cuprum drasera. 
©ifedtiop^ fob the U$e of sonie of tl)e 
Prii^iple flon|oeopktl|id Syen|ecUe^. 
RNICA.-For rheumatic soreness and lame- 
ness ; pains as if bruised; soreness all 
over; results of injuries; boils; giddi- 
ness ; disgust for food, and bitter eructation. USE OF REMEDIES. 
213 
Aconite.-In fevers and for all inflammations 
when the skin is hot and dry, much thirst, and a 
rapid pulse, also for colds and for neuralgia, where 
there are shooting pains in the head, give it alone 
or in alternation with belladonna. 
Arsenicum.-To be given in cases of watery 
•diarrhoea with greenish brown discharges, much 
thirst, nausea, vomiting, with violent retching and 
extreme prostration, eruptions on the skin, with 
burning pains, asthma, pains in the face, colds, 
with watery, discharges from nose and eyes. 
Apis Mellifica.-In dropsy, with shortness of 
breath, swellings with biting, stinging pains, swel- 
lings under the eyes and of the hands and feet; 
also for pains and irritations of the kidneys, pain 
and difficulty of passing water, erysipelas,.blotches, 
and painful eruptions in the skin, resembling 
nettle rash. 
Belladonna.-For inflammation of the brain, 
for throbbing head-aches, restlessness, dizziness, 
scarlet fever, sore throat, inflammation of the eyes, 
swelling of the face and glands, throbbing pains in 
teeth and ears, convulsions, erysipelas and neural- 
gia, also a preventive of scarlet fever. 
Bryonia.-For rheumatism, swelling of the 
joints, inflammation of the lungs, and pleurisy, 
head-ache, indigestion, bad or bitter taste in the 
mouth, pains in chest, constipation. For rheuma- 
tism alternate with cimicifuga or rhus-tox. 
Carbo Veg.-For indigestion with burning sour- 
ness of the stomach, frequent and copious eructa- 214 
USE OE REMEDIES. 
tions of wind, diarrhoea, general depression and 
susceptability to colds, pain in the stomach, flatu- 
lency, pain in the region of the liver. 
China.-The debility from loss of blood or 
fluids, easy perspirations, bad effects of malaria, 
yellow color of skin, diarrhoea from eating fruit, 
slimy, watery, yellow or undigested stools, bloat- 
ing, and dropsy. 
Camphor.-For cholera, watery diarrhoea, cho- 
lera morbus, severe cramps of the bowels, pains in 
the stomach, also for colds and influenza. 
Cantharides.-In inflammation of the skin, with 
small itching blisters and burning pain, erysipelas, 
irritation of the urinary organs, constant desire to 
urinate, with inability to pass water, bloody urine,, 
burning while urinating. 
Chamomilla.-For diseases of infants, when 
they are fretful and are teething, greenish mixed 
stools, colic of infants, wakefulness, starting in 
sleep, convulsions and cough. 
Cannabis.-For urgent calls to urinate, burning 
in the organs before and during, yellow mucous 
discharges, sharp, burning, cutting pains in the 
organs. 
Coffee.-For excessive nervous excitability, 
sleeplessness from nervous excitement, tears, 
cries, and complaints from pains, diarrhoea during 
teething. 
Colchicum.-For rheumatic pains, flatulent USE OF REMEDIES. 
215 
colic, fatigue, vomiting of food, or bile, dysentery, 
diarrhoea of white transparent mucous. 
Conium U.-For affections of old men, want 
of energy and nervous debility, falling off of hair, 
heartburn, dry convulsive cough, styes, and imper- 
fect sight. 
Calcoria Carb.-For enlarged or suppurating 
glands, slow or difficult teething, whites or too 
profuse periods, scabby eruptions and tetters. 
Causticum.-For rheumatic and gouty pains, 
contraction or stiffness of tendons, convulsive 
attacks, hoarseness and loss of voice, dry shaking 
cough. 
Hyoscyamus.-For excessive nervous excite- 
ment and sleeplessness, cramps, spasmodic affec- 
tions and convulsions, croup-like cough at night. 
Hepar Sulphur.-For inflammation and sup- 
puration of the glands, scald head, moist tetters, 
eruptions, sore throat, hoarse, croupy cough, 
wheezing respiration, and sore throat. 
Ignatia.-For vexation, unrequited love, hys- 
terical debility, cramps and convulsions, twitching 
of the muscles. 
Ipecacuanha.-For Summer diarrhoea and vomit- 
ing, asthmatic breathing, bleeding from different 
organs. 
Iodium.-For swelling and induration of the 
glands, dejection, ulcers in the mouth, thickly 
coated tongue, goitre, white swelling. 216 
USE OF REMEDIES. 
Kali Carbon.-For drawing and shooting pains, 
head-ache, mumps, dropsical affections, suppressed 
menses, dry cough at night, and wheezing respi- 
rations. 
Kresotum.-For scrofulous affections, weakness 
of memory, inflamed eyes, confused sight, morning 
nausea and vomiting, and convulsive cough. 
Lycopodium.-For eruptions on the head, bald- 
ness, ulcerated nostrils, hardness of hearing, acidity 
of stomach, loss of appetite, water brash, constipa- 
tion, and copious expectorations. 
Lachesis.-For intermittent suffering, despond- 
ency, congestion, sore throat, continual hoarseness, 
palpitation of the heart, and asthma. 
Mercurius.-For sore mouth with profuse 
saliva, ulcerated sore throat, mumps, swelled face, 
slimy, bloody diarrhoea with straining dysentery. 
Mezereum.-For neuralgia, bruised or sore 
joints, whites like albumen, and aching pains. 
Nux Vomica.-For constipation with head-ache, 
colds and obstructed nose, pain in the stomach with 
flatulence, indigestion, piles, vertigo, excesses or 
■excitements. 
Nitric Acid.-For inflammation or suppuration 
of glands, soreness of bones, pimples and pustules 
on the face, fetid urine, ulcer like chancres, 
hoarseness and coughs. 
Opium.-For deep sleep and snoring, lethargy, 
convulsions, relaxation of the muscles of the face. USE OF REMEDIES. 
217 
paralysis, heaviness of the head, torpor of the 
bladder, trembling hands and arms. 
Phosphorous.-For nervous and physical weak- 
ness from loss of fluids, visions, tenacious phlegm 
in the throat, purging evacuations, and debilitating 
pollutions. 
Phosphoric Acid.-For nervous debility from 
venereal excesses or self-pollution. 
i 
Phytolacca Dec.-For induration and swelling 
of the glands, inflammation of the throat, quinsy, 
tonsilitis, diphtheric sore throat, inflammation 
and suppuration of the female breast and ulcera- 
tions. 
Platina.-For female affections, menses too pro- 
fuse or too often ; palpitation of the heart; men- 
strual diseases. 
Plumbum.-For paralysis, epilepsy, great anguish, 
spasmodic asthma, colic, vomiting. 
Podophyllum.-For affections of the liver, con- 
gestion, inflammation and obstructions, colic, gall 
stones, retention of bile, prolapsus uteri, prolapsus 
ani. 
Pulsatilla.-For catarrh with thick, yellow dis- 
charges, indigestion, scanty or suppressed periods, 
loss of smell or taste, moving pains. 
Rhus-Tox.-For rheumatic complaints, erysipe- 
las, moist eruptions, night coughs. 
Rheum.-For colic and sleeplessness in children, 218 
USE OF REMEDIES. 
diarrhoea of children, copious urination, sour smell- 
ing liquid evacuations. 
Ruta.-For dancing or dark shadows before the 
eyes, weak sight, spasm of the eyelids, pains in the 
bones. 
Sambucus.-For fever with profuse perspiration 
at night, obstructed nose with thick, tenacious 
mucous, suffocating cough, wheezing and quick 
respiration. 
Sabina.-For too copious menses, disposition to 
miscarriages, discharges of clotted or bright colored 
blood, leucorrhoea or whites, gout. 
Sepia.-For female affections, headache, leu- 
corrhoea, debilitating diarrhoea, pains in pregnant 
women, sick headache. 
Silicia.-For softening or other diseases of the 
bones, obstructions, ulcerations or inflammation of 
the glands, offensive smell of the feet, leucorrhoea. 
c 
Spongia.-For pain in the larynx, roughness and 
dryness of the throat, hoarseness, hollow, dry or 
barking cough, croup. 
Strannum.-For excessive emaciation, debilita- 
ting perspiration at night, mucus in the throat, pain 
or oppression of the chest. 
Sulphur.-For pimples, itching and eruptions, 
constipation, piles, morning diarrhoea, bilious drow- 
siness, old eruptions, urinary incontinence. 
Tartarus Emetic.-For continued nausea, vom- 
iting with violent efforts, hollow cough, with rattling USE OF REMEDIES. 
219 
of mucous, paralysis of lungs, palpitation of the 
heart. 
Thuja Occident.-For warts, swellings under 
the tongue, face-ache, ear-ache, painful swelling of 
the glands, fig-warts, chilblains. 
Veratrum.-For vomiting and purging, coldness 
of the surface, cholera, spasmodic or whooping 
cough, palpitation of the heart, cramps in the limbs. 
Take No. 3 of the pellets or globules. 
Difedtioif^ for Using I(iquid^ aqd 
Powdef^. 
RE PARE the liquids, putting three to five 
drops into a half-glass of water ; give a 
teaspoonful for a dose to a child under ten 
years of age, and for an adult a tablespoonful; give 
of the powders as much as would lie on a small 
silver three cent piece, dry on the tongue, followed 
by a draught of water ; repeat the medicine every 
half-hour, hour, or two hours, according to the 
severity of the symptoms. ©ifedtiop^ fot (©obule0 of Pellet^, 
^ke X°- 3- 
IVE from three to five globules at a dose to 
a child under ten years of age, and to an 
adult, eight globules, dry on the tongue, fol- 
lowed by a draught of water ; repeat the medicines 
every half-hour, hour, or two hours, according to 
the severity of the symptoms. 
^fedidipe^ S^rqployed 8y the ?<dledtid 
$dhool of Phy^idikp^ fof the ^fe^t- 
ipept kpd Cufe of Di^ek^. 
HE doses prescribed by the eclectics are 
generally more potent in the cure of dis- 
ease than the smaller doses of the homoeo- 
paths, and I especially recommend persons afflicted 
with any disease set forth below, to employ the 
remedy and dose prescribed. 
DOSES OF TRITURATED MEDICINES. 
. A 
The following is a list of the principal Concen- 
trated Medicines, the amount to be given, the dis- 
eases for which they are valuable, and the frequency 
with which the dose should be repeated until relief 
be obtained. The dose has reference to the tritur- 
ated article only :- TRITURATED MEDICINES. 
221 
TRIT. 
REMEDIES. 
DISEASES THEY CUBE. 
DOSE. 
REPETITION. 
* 
Ampelopsin. 
Alnuin 
Bronchitis, sore throat and scrofula 
5 grs. 
•3 grs. 
1 gr. 
3 grs. 
5 grs. 
3 grs. 
6 grs. 
2 grs. 
5 grs. 
2 grs. 
5 grs 
5 grs. 
1 gr. 
Mgr. 
6 grs. 
5 grs. 
1 gr- 
3 grs 
2 grs. 
5 grs. 
Mgr. 
Igr. 
3 grs. 
3 grs. 
3 grs. 
Mgr- 
3 grs. 
10 grs. 
2 grs. 
3 grs. 
5 grs. 
3 grs. 
2 grs. 
3 grs. 
2 grs. 
1 gr- 
2 grs. 
8 grs. 
5 grs. 
3 grs. 
5 grs. 
5 grs. 
6 grs. 
5 grs. 
3 grs. 
Igr- 
Mgr- 
2 grs. 
1-16 gr. 
3 grs. 
3 grs. 
10 grs. 
10 grs. 
5 grs. 
1 gr. 
10 grs. 
Mgr- 
Every 2 or 3 hours. 
" 3 or 4 44 
Indigestion and debility 
Apocynin.... 
Asclepin 
Baptisin 
Caulophillin.. 
Cerasein 
Inflammation of ihe bladder 
44 hour. 
Pleurisy, (acute) 
" half hour. 
Prevents gangrene 
Dysmenorrhoea ,.. 
" 5 hours. 
Enlargement of the spleen, and ague 
" 3 " 
Chelonin 
Chimaphyllin 
Collinsonin... 
Co ruin 
Strengthens the stomach in debility 
Enlarged lymphatic glands 
" 3 " 
" 2 " 
Enlargement of the valves of the heart 
Intermittent diseases.. . 
" 2 " 
" 3 " 
" 3 u 
Corydalin. ... 
Cypripedin.. 
Digitalin. ... 
Dioscorin .... 
Syphilis 
Nervousness 
44 hour 
Palpitation of the heart, and dropsy 
" 5 hours. 
Bilious colic 
" 10 minutes. 
Euonymin.... 
Euphorbin.,.. 
Eupatorin 
Eupurpurin. . 
Inactive liver, and costiveness 
" 4 hours. 
Nausea and vomiting 
" half hour. 
Gravel 
" 2 hours. 
Rising of food, uterine debility and weak- 
ness 
" 3 " 
Frazerin 
Gelsemin 
Geranin.. .. 
Night sweats, dyspepsia, and consump- 
tion 
Dysentery - 
Hemorrhage 
" n't. & m'n. 
" half hour. 
" hour. 
Hamamelin .. 
Helonin 
Hypertrophy of the heart, and leucorr- 
hcea - 
Disease of kidneys 
" 3 hours. 
" 5 hours. 
Hydrastin.... 
Hyoscyamus . 
Insin 
Debility, a pure tonic 
" hour. 
Vertigo, and sick headache 
" 3 hours. 
Mercurial diseases 
" 3 hours. 
" 6 hours. 
Jalapin 
Juglandin.. 
Leptandrin... 
Lupulin 
Lycopin 
Dropsy of the bowels 
Tetter, and salt rheum 
Aphthae of the mouth and stomach 
Snermatorrhoea 
" 6 hours. 
" 2 hours. 
" 2 hours. 
Excessive expectoration of pus from 
bronchia 
the 
" 2 hours. 
Macrotin 
Leucorrhoea, rheumatism, and eruptive 
eases 
dis- 
" 3 hours. 
" hour. 
" hour. 
" 2 hours. 
Menispermin 
Myricin 
Phytoiaccin. 
Podophyl lin.. 
Populin 
Old adhesions in pleurisy 
Diarrhoea from weakness 
Syphilitic rheumatism 
Congested portal circulation 
" 3 hours. 
Nervous debility, and diseases of 
bladder 
the 
" 2 hours. 
Pninin 
First stage of consumption . . 
44 hour. 
Rhusin 
Nursing "sore mouth. ' 
'' 2 hours. 
Rumin 
Scrofula 
" 3 hours. 
" 4 hours. 
Sanguinarin . 
Constipation, croup, and colds 
Scutellarin... 
St. Vitus' dance 
44 2 hours 
Senecin 
Female irregularity 
" 3 hours. 
Smilacin 
Enlargement of heart 
" 2 hours. 
Stillingin 
Strychnin. ... 
Bronchitis 
44 4 hours 
Palsies and epilepsy 
44 hour. 
Trillin 
Gonorrhoea 
" half hour. 
" half hour. 
Veratrin .... 
All forms of bilious fever 
Vibumin., . . 
Epilepsy 
" 2 hours. 
" half hour. 
Xanthoxylin . 
Santonine.. .. 
Powerful stimulant 
Worms of all kinds 
44 2 hours. 
Emetine. ... 
Emetic 
" 5 minutes. 
" hour. 
" 6 hours. 
Quinine 
All periodic diseases, ague, neuralgia, etc., 
etc... 
Colchicia 
All forms of dropsy 
Goesypiin. ... 
Emmenagogue 
" 2 hours. 
" half hour. 
Lactucin.. a . 
Wakefulness 222 
CONCENTRATED TINCTURES. 
REMEDIES. 
DISEASES THEY CURE. 
DOSE. 
REPETITION. 
Aconite 
Typhoid and all forms of 
debilitating fevers 
to 1 drop. 
Every half hour. 
" hour. 
Arnica 
Bjuises and soreness.... 
1 to 2 drops. 
1 to 2 drops. 
Lobelia 
All spasms, asthma, and 
cholera 
" half hour. 
Veratrum viride.. .. 
All inflammatory fevers, 
bronchitis, pneumonia, 
&c 
1 to 2 drops. 
" 15 or 20 min. 
Xanthoxylin 
Cholera infantum... 
5 to 10 drops. 
" 10 or 15 min. 
Capsicum 
Fainting, and great pros- 
tration 
10 to 15 drops. 
" 20 or 30 min. 
Cannabis Indica 
Consumption 
60 to 100 drops. 
" 4 or 5 hours. 
Matico 
All cases of hemorrhage . 
30 to 40 drops. 
" half hour. 
Oil Erigeron. . 
1 terine hemorrhage.. 
10 to 40 drops. 
" 10 or 15 min. 
Tincture of Ignatia 
Tetanus, nervous spasms. 
Beau 
&c 
1 to 5 drops. 
" 2 or 3 hours. 
Rhus Radicans 
Palsy, last stages of Ty- 
phoid fever..' 
All Acute x Inflammatory 
diseases, and all fevers 
where the brain is not 
affected 
1 to 3 drops. 
" 2 or 3 hours. 
Gelseminnm semper- 
vireus 
to 1 drop. 
" half hour. 
Oil of Capsicum 
Asphyxia, from drowning, 
chloroform, &c 
1 drop. 
" 5 minutes. 
" Cubebs 
Gleet 
5 drops. 
Three times per day. 
" Ergot 
Night sweats, and copious 
expectoration in con- 
sumption 
1 drop. 
Every hour. 
" hour. 
" Male Fern 
Tape worm 
60 drops. 
H to H drop. 
" Lobelia 
Whooping-cough, and in- 
fantile spasms 
" hour. 
" Black Pepper... 
Chronic ague 
5 drops. 
Five times a day. 
" Stillingia 
Bronchitis . 
drop. 
Every hour. 
" Fire Weed 
Piles 
5 drops. 
1 to 3 drops. 
Four times a day. 
Every hour or two. 
" Skunk Cabbage 
Berries 
Whooping-cough 
FLUID EXTRACTS. 
The fluid extracts can be used in about the same 
doses as the essential tinctures. 
©i^e^e. 
HIS is a disease of the kidneys, the dis- 
tinguishing peculiarity of which is the 
presence of the serum of the blood in the 
urine, the albumen of which coagulates on the ap- 
plication of heat; there may be only sufficient to bright's disease. 
223 
cloud the fluid, or enough to form nearly a solid 
mass. The causes of this disease are various; it 
may be severe cold, repressed perspiration, or im- 
moderate use of stimulants, and it not uncommon- 
ly follows scarlet fever. Anything that may excite 
and keep up inflammation may lead to the change 
of structure that marks this disease. 
It is usually accompanied by febrile symptoms 
and dropsical swellings of the face and extremities, 
and eventually of the body, also, there is a bloated 
expression of the countenance, with a singular 
pallor, and there is swelling of the feet and ankles, 
also, persistent head-ache and dyspepsia, and in 
some cases diarrhoea and vomiting. All these in- 
dicate such a change in the kidneys as to prevent 
the performance of their functions; the kidneys 
cannot carry out the water properly and the system 
becomes dropsical,, it decomposes the blood and 
the nutrition fails; it does not carry from the 
blood certain poisons that are in it, and these re- 
maining, disturb the nervous system, producing 
head-ache, vomiting, and eventually more or less 
paralysis, stupor, and sometimes convulsions. 
Persons suffering from this disease should consult 
me without delay. Pfejudide^. 
T has been the fashion to impugn the motives 
of all persons who attempt to confer benefits 
upon the world by the exposure of error and 
the advancement of truth. Indeed, such a one is 
almost esteemed a criminal, for men part with 
their conceits with as much reluctance as they do 
with their purses. Compel a man to change his 
mind, and you may as well compel him to sur- 
render his purse, for brains and brass are frequent- 
ly carried in the same pocket-book. This accounts 
for a great part of the opposition to new ideas and 
the admission of facts that have a tendency to 
change the existing order of things. Men are de- 
terred from espousing the truth because of the ex- 
pense attending it. On this ppint they are keenly 
alive. Money must not be placed in jeopardy. 
Health may be neglected, sickness may be endured, 
suffering may rob you of rest, and even death may 
enter our dwellings without hindrance, but do not 
touch my dollars. If the reader thinks I am pub- 
lishing this book for the simple purpose of build- 
ing up a private practice which will enable me to 
realize wealth, he is very much mistaken. I under- 
stand the value of wealth, and have tasted of its 
enjoyments; I know its power. Its possession will 
transform an ass into a reputable-looking man. 
Virtue wilts before it, and men and women bow in 
devout homage before the golden calf. Justice 
opens her eyes when her ears are tickled with the FALSE PREJUDICES. 
225 
sound of tinkling silver. Without it, men go1 
down under the "slings and arrows of outrageous 
fortune." 
I have gratuitously distributed a paper, published 
by me, from Maine to California, and it has done 
much to educate the people out of the error of 
filling the stomach with drug-poison, in the vain 
hope of restoring that nice harmony in the system 
called health. Men and women, after reading this 
paper, have drugged less than formerly, their 
children will drug less, and their grandchildren 
may not drug at all. Chemistry and surgery will 
survive, but they will not be able to save their 
"blighted brother" drug from the condemnation 
of time's kingly scorn, and the world will be the. 
better for it. 
"The man is thought a knave or fool, 
Or bigot plotting crime, 
Who for the advancement of his kin'd 
Is wiser than his time. 
For him the hemlock shall distil; 
For him the axe be bared; 
For him the gibbet shall be built; 
For him the stake prepared; 
Him shall the scorn and wrath of man 
Pursue with deadly aim." 
But the Reformer, 
" Poudly careering his course of joy, 
Firm in his mountain vigor relying, 
Breasting the dark storm, the red bolt defying, 
His wing on the wind, and his eye on the sun, 
He swerves not a hair, but bears onward, right on." 
He receives no doctrine or opinion upon the 226 
FALSE PREJUDICES. 
mere authority of others. He feels himself a man, 
and relies upon himself as one made in the image 
of his Maker. 
"Slave to no sect, he takes no private road, 
But looks through nature up to nature's God." 
He adopts his views regardless of praise or cen- 
sure. He never sets his sails to catch the gale of 
popular opinion, but 
"Malice, envy, spite, and lies 
Shall desecrate his name; 
But truth shall conquer at the last, 
For round and round we run, 
And ever the right comes uppermost, 
And ever is justice done." 
JMidwifefy. 
ENSTRUATION. Menstruation gener- 
ally commences with a young Miss between 
the ages of 13 and 16 years, although 
they may begin as early as 11 or 12. A considera- 
ble period may elapse between the appearance of 
the first and second menstrual discharges ; but when 
they are properly established, their occurrence at 
regular periods may be calculated upon with great 
certainty, unless some functional or other derange- 
ment of the system interferes with them. 
From twenty-eight to thirty days is generally the 
intervening period, but with some females it occurs 
every three weeks. The quantity and duration of MIDWIFERY. 
227 
the flow varies with different females ; but the regu- 
lar occurrence of the issue is important to health. 
This should be borne in mind, and due care taken 
not to suppress the discharge by exposure to cold 
or wet, or by violent exertion of any kind about 
the time when it may be expected. 
It is desirable that young females should be in- 
formed by their mothers, or by those under whose 
care they are, of what may be expected at a certain 
age, or they may be alarmed at the first appear- 
ance of the menses, and do mischief to themselves 
in their efforts to stop the flow. If the menses do 
not appear at the usual age, or for some years after, 
no alarm need be felt, providing there is no con- 
stitutional derangement which can be attributed to 
this cause. Some women never menstruate, al- 
though they marry and have children. 
The disorders of this function are : suppression 
of the menses, dysmenorrcea or painful menstrua- 
tion, and menorrhagia or profuse menstruation. 
Suppression of the Menses.-Sudden suppres- 
sion of the menses may arise from exposure to cold 
or wet ; from extreme mental distress, and several 
other causes; it is generally accompanied with 
headache, pain in the loins, difficulty of breathing, 
and shivering. In this case the patient should take 
warm saline aperients till the bowels are freely 
opened, have hot poultices applied to the lower 
part of the abdomen, immerse the feet and ankles 
in hot water, rendered stimulant by the addition of 
mustard; if the pain is extreme, take an opiate 
every three or four hours, and take an injection of 228 
MIDWIFERY. 
one drachm of turpentine, and half a drachm of 
tincture opium in four ounces of water, after which 
the patient should be kept as quiet as possible. 
Chronic Suppression may result from the acute, 
or from defective nutrition of the organs. In this 
case, the warm hip baths should be used at about 
the period for menstruation. Also give a uterine 
stimulant as follows: 
Ergot of Rye, 20 drops 
Essential Oil of Juniper, - - 1 drop 
Aloes, - - - - - 5 grains 
The above can be taken every two hours until 
four doses are taken. These means of promoting 
the discharge in any case must not be prolonged 
beyond the menstrual period, between which all 
possible means must be taken to strengthen the 
system ; good diet, plenty of exercise, the shower- 
bath or tepid sponging and aperient medicine. 
Painful Menstruations are the rule with some 
females, but the exceptions with most. It does not 
appear to be in any way connected with the quan- 
tity of the discharge, and it may attend both the 
secretion and the emission, or but one or the other 
of the processes, and but partially, coming on in 
paroxysms, or continually, during the whole pro- 
cess. The matter discharged is often thick and 
membranous, and sometimes has in it clots and 
streaks of blood. In this case we must resort to 
warm hip baths and frictions, saline aperients, 
opiates, and a spare diet As a local palliative. MIDWIFERY. 
229 
application of heat to the region of the womb, 
and over the whole surface of the abdomen, also 
at the same time give hot foot baths. 
PROFUSE MENSTRUATIONS. 
Menorrhagia.-The discharge is too profuse, 
lasts too long, and appears too often. The usual 
duration of the period is from 3 to 5 days. The 
blood is sometimes discharged in gushes, and 
mixed with clots, so that if it occurs in married 
women it is not easy to distinguish it from mis- 
carriage. In the intervals a discharge of whites is 
constant. The patient becomes debilitated and 
pale, head-ache, palpitation of the heart, swelling of 
the feet and limbs, nervousness, derangement of 
the stomach and bowels are general attendant 
symptoms. Absolute rest is required in this diffi- 
culty ; food and beverages should be taken cold. 
Cold applications may be made to the abdomen. 
Saline aperients should be given. The following 
is also useful: 
Sulphate of Quinine, - - 16 grains. 
Water, 2 ounces. 
Sulphuric Acid, - - - | drachm. 
Take a teaspoonful once in 4 hours. 
Leucorrhcea or Whites.-This affection is 
associated with general debility. It is very im- 
portant to attend to this trouble in its early stages. 
Lime water should be taken every day in divided 
doses amounting to a pint, a tea made from equal 
parts Buchu leaves and cubebs is excellent, a table- 230 
MIDWIFERY. 
spoonful should be taken 3 times a day, half hour 
before meals. The bowels should be kept open 
with aperients. In obstinate cases an injection into 
the vagina should be taken of equal parts alum 
and sulphate of zinc, say one-third of a teaspoonful 
of the alum and zinc to 8 ounces of water. 
Chlorosis, or Green Sickness.-This occurs 
in young girls suffering from some irregularity or 
disorder of the menstrual function. It is charac- 
terized by a pale, blanched complexion, languor, 
listlessness and depressed appetite and digestion; 
the several secretions being faulty or inert, es- 
pecially at the commencement. The great object 
of treatment is to get the system into a state of 
good general health and to improve the quality of 
the blood by the use of tonics, alteratives and 
aperients; moderate exercise should be taken and 
the patient should have a substantial diet. 
As a medicine give the following: 
Aloes, 3 grains. 
Sulphate of Iron, - - 20 grains.. 
Ipecacuanha, in powder, - 3 grains. 
Aromatic powder, - - - 6 grains. 
Extract of Gentian, 2 scruples. 
Mix, and with a little syrup make the whole into 
a mass, to be divided into 20 pills. Two to be 
taken 3 times a day after eating. 
Pregnancy.-The period from time of concep- 
tion to that of delivery should be 40 weeks, or 280 
days. MIDWIFERY. 
231 
The chief signs of pregnancy are : i.-The stop- 
page of the menses ; although this is not an un- 
failing sign, for sometimes the discharge will 
cease from other causes, and sometimes it will 
continue after conception has taken place. 2.- 
Morning sickness which generally commences 
about the 4th or 5th week, and lasts to about the 
4th month ; with some this is but slight, and causes 
but little inconvenience ; but with others it is more 
continuous and serious, sometimes causing the re- 
jection of all food for a considerable period. This 
symptom, again, connot be taken as a proof of 
pregnancy ; it is merely a suspicious circumstance, 
to be watched in connection with others. 3.-En- 
lagement of the breasts, which generally increase 
in size about 2 months after conception ; they be- 
come tender and sore, they throb and burn, and 
when pressed by the hand, have a hard knotty 
feel, in consequence of the swelling of the glands 
by which the lacteal fluid is secreted ; the nipples 
also become more prominent, and increase in 
diameter, while the q,ureola around them assumes a 
purpleish tinge, and has on it several little raised 
pimples of a yellowish white color. 4.-Enlarge- 
ment of the womb and abdomen, which in the 4th 
month becomes very perceptible; the womb, 
which may now be felt in a rounded firm body, 
having ascended above the bone of the pubes, and 
pushed the bowels up into the abdomen. 5.-A 
tendency to flatulent distension of the stomach, 
towards evening especially, rendering insupporta- 
ble a pressure of stays, etc., which in the morning 232 
MIDWIFERY. 
could be easily borne. 6.-"Quickening" which 
is the mother's first perception of the second life 
within her; there is at first, probably, a very slight 
tremulous motion, like a mere pulsation ; this, day 
by day, grows stronger, until it becomes quite dis- 
tinct, often painfully so. There are other and less 
obvious signs; the patient is generally fidgety, 
peevish, and restless, exhibiting a high degree of 
nervous irritation; she has odd longings and 
fancies for things which should be procured for her 
if possible, at such times she requires soothing; 
harsh and unkind treatment will be most likely to 
have a most injurious effect both upon her and her 
offspring. During the last months of pregnancy a 
varicose condition of the veins of the legs occurs, 
which are exceedingly painful, so that an elastic 
stocking should be procured and worn. Constipa- 
tion is nearly always present. The pressure upon 
the lower bowels, being the cause. No violent 
cathartic should be taken at this period, a moder- 
ate dose of castor oil should be given every other 
day. The troubles peculiar to pregnancy should 
be managed, rather then actively treated. They 
are mainly a necessary consequence of a condition 
that can be completely changed only in nine 
months. Delivery will cure them all, every dose 
of medicine given to a pregnant woman has an ill 
effect on the child. No pregnant woman should 
(witness scenes of distress or suffering. She should 
be kept free from all trouble or embarrassment, if 
possible. 
Labor or Childbirth.- Several preliminary MIDWIFERY. 
233 
matters deserve attention in the preparation of the 
lying-in chamber. The bed should be covered with 
a rubber sheet ; the patient should have on only 
her under garments and night-gown, over which, so 
long as she is able to move about the room, she 
should have on a loose dressing-gown. The room 
should be well ventilated, and kept in a moderate 
temperature. If the bowels be constipated, give 
an injection of warm gruel as soon as labor begins. 
The last stage of labor is often shortened thereby. 
The diet, until labor is finished, should be light, but 
nourishing ; no male physician should ever attend 
a women in confinement; female physicians should 
always be employed, if within reach, and if not, a 
good midwife should b& present with the monthly 
nurse, and some lady attendant. 
If the patient be a strong, healthy woman, and 
no unusual complications arise to disturb the natural 
process, but little aid or interference may be re- 
quired. There will be the usual morning symp- 
toms-intermitting pains, pains in the back, slight 
at first, but increasing in intensity ; there will prob- 
ably be a slight discharge of mucous, stained with 
blood, and perhaps, also, a considerable discharge 
of a clear fluid, called " the water." This is an 
albuminous fluid, filling up the membrane in which 
the foetus floats, and so preventing pressure. It 
sometimes does not escape until labor has actually 
commenced, by the falling down of the child into 
the pelvis. When this takes place, the recumbent 
position should be assumed ; previous to this, it is 
best for the patient to sit upright or walk gently 234 
MIDWIFERY. 
about, and so assist the action of the uterus. When 
the child is born, care should be taken that it has 
breathing room, and that the bed-clothes do not 
prevent access of air to its mouth. When the body 
has been expelled, it should be turned on its back. 
The infant will generally begin to cry immediately ; 
should this not occur, a few slaps should be inflicted 
on the face, chest, etc., with a towel dipped in cold 
water. This, in most instances, will suffice to cause 
the child to draw in a short inspiration ; it will then 
cry, and respiration will be fully established. As 
soon as this takes place, the navel-string is to be 
tied and divided. This is a very simple operation, 
and only requires attention to the following direc- 
tions : take four or five lengths of strong, brown 
thread; of these make two strings, each about six- 
teen inches long, tying a knot at each end ; the 
navel-string being then taken hold of, is to be 
tightly tied around with one of these ligatures at 
about one inch and a half from the child's abdomen. 
The other ligature is to be tied about two inches 
nearer to the mother's. The navel-string is then 
to be cut through with a sharp pair of scissors be- 
tween these two ligatures. If it should bleed after- 
wards, another ligature should be tied. 
We must now give attention to the placenta, or 
after-birth. The removal of this is often a delicate 
and dangerous operation. It is often discharged 
without any other assistance than the natural power 
of expulsion given to the womb within an hour or 
so after the delivery, sometimes immediately after, 
and until it is, there must be some anxiety as to the MIDWIFERY. 
235 
result. The labor pains caused by the contraction 
of the womb, continuing at longer or shorter inter- 
vals to rack the patient, and serious flooding gener- 
ally coming on, if the offending substance is not 
quickly removed. 
When the after-pains, as they are called, are pro- 
tracted beyond the period named, and the placenta 
does not come away, the physician or nurse will 
generally assist nature in bringing it away ; one 
hand is pressed on the lower part of the abdomen, 
and the other, well oiled, is passed gently into the 
womb, so that it can grasp the after-birth, and, with- 
out breaking or tearing the substance, bring it care- 
fully away from its point of adhesion, waiting for a 
return of the after-pain to remove it entirely. Force 
must not be used, unless the case becomes desper- 
ate, and the patient appears liable to sink from a 
continuance of the pains and loss of blood, in which 
case it is better to risk tearing it away ; but in all 
cases dexterity is better than force. By giving the 
after-birth a slightly twisting motion as it is with- 
drawn, the membranes which line the interior of 
the womb during pregnancy may generally be de- 
tached and brought away with it ; but if they can- 
not, they may safely be left to be afterwards dis- 
charged, as they do not cause the irritation which 
the placenta does. Force in the abstraction of the 
placenta may turn the womb inside out, like a 
pocket, and this produces very serious results. 
As soon as the placenta is removed, a broad 
bandage or towel should be placed around the body 
of the mother, so as to cover the hips, drawn tightly. 236 
MIDWIFERY. 
and pinned or tied, so as to sustain a pressure upon 
the womb, and stimulate the vessels to return to 
their normal condition. 
If the after-pains are severe, they maybe relieved 
by a pill containing one grain of opium and two 
grains of camphor ; but it should be remembered 
that up to a certain period these pains are useful 
and salutary. Perfect quiet is to be enforced for 
three or four hours. The patient must not assume 
an upright or sitting posture suddenly. A little 
gruel may be given. The soiled clothing should 
be removed and clean ones substituted, and the 
patient moved up in the bed and left to sleep if pos- 
sible. Light nourishment, as sago, gruel, beef tea, 
may be given from time to time. For eight or four- 
teen days the patient should keep the recumbent 
position. Some women feel so well and strong in 
a day or two that they will sit up, and sometimes 
even get out of bed. Getting out of bed too early 
after childbirth is the fruitful source of a thousand 
uterine complaints. From ten to fourteen days 
should be passed in bed after childbirth in order 
that the chords holding the womb may contract to 
their normal condition before any strain or weight 
is placed upon them. 
Flooding.-This accident occurs in weakly per- 
sons immediately after delivery. It is owing to de- 
ficient contraction of the womb. If the womb con- 
tracts, its muscular fibers, like so many chords, bind 
up the mouths of the blood vessels, and blood can- 
not be lost. If, on the contrary, from exhaustion 
or other cause, the womb lies loose in the abdomen, MIDWIFERY. 
237 
after labor, the mouths of the vessels are open, and 
the blood is lost in gushes. Contraction of the 
womb is the only remedy for hemorrhages from 
that organ, and, therefore, our efforts should be 
directed to secure this contraction as speedily as 
possible. One of the most effectual means to secure 
this is by friction and pressure of the surface of the 
abdomen over the seat of the womb. This part 
should be well rubbed, until the womb is found to 
contract under the hand, when the bleeding will be 
arrested. 
Another effective means of arresting hemorrhage 
is dashing cold water over the naked abdomen from 
a slight elevation.. After this operation, continue 
the cold applications by applying wet cloths over 
the abdomen until hemorrhage ceases. Should this 
plan fail, and there is reason to suspect the presence 
of clots of blood in the womb, the midwife's hand 
should be oiled and introduced, and the clots with- 
drawn, when the bleeding will often immediately 
cease. Should the rush of blood be so profuse as 
to produce great and sudden exhaustion, and 
threaten the immediate extinction of life, the warm- 
est and most active cordials should be given. Wine 
and brandy, undiluted,, should be administered. 
Opium is of the greatest value in this condition, 
and it should be administered in liberal doses-say 
forty drops of the tincture in a tablespoonful of 
brandy. < 
Puerperal Convulsions sometimes occur dur- 
ing the latter weeks of pregnancy ; but are more 
imminent during labor. In one class of these con- 238 
MIDWIFERY. 
vulsions they are preceded by headache, giddiness, 
sense of weight and throbbing, and other symptoms 
of congestion of the brain. In another class, and 
that the most numerous, they occur in weak, nerv- 
ous, hysterical females. If they occur during labor, 
they generally subside as soon as delivery is com- 
pleted. Where there are signs of congestion about 
the brain, strong purgatives and injections should 
be given, and leeches applied to the head. Mustard 
plasters should be applied to the soles of the feet 
and the calves of the legs. In the cases which occur 
among nervous, hysterical and feeble women with 
small pulse, a different treatment should be fol- 
lowed. Here the fits are rather dependent upon 
■exhaustion than on congestion. Let the patient 
breathe from time to time a little chloroform on a 
handkerchief, not enough to put her to sleep, but 
sufficient to quiet the system, and prevent the wear 
of labor. 
Management of the Infant.-The cord, or 
navel-string should not be cut until the infant has 
shown some signs of life ; until it has breathed, it 
must depend upon the circulation from the placenta. 
Should the child not breathe immediately after its 
delivery, it should be placed in a warm bath, while 
attempts are made to inflate its lungs by breathing 
into its mouth, holding the nostrils, to prevent the 
escape of the breath that way. Gentle pressure 
should at the same time be made upon the upper 
part of the wind pipe, to open the orifice of the 
larynx, and thus facilitate the entrance of air into MIDWIFERY. 
239 
the lungs. The sides of the chest should then be 
gently depressed, so as to empty the lungs. These 
operations may be alternately repeated so long as 
the slightest pulsation can be felt in the region of 
the heart. The child having been separated from 
its mother, is to be wrapped in a warm flannel. It 
should then be well washed with warm.water and 
soap, near a fire and in an even temperature. The 
child's body is covered with a white, unctuous sub- 
stance, which is sometimes difficult to remove. If 
the first soap and water washing does not remove 
this, the surface should be smeared with oil or 
lard before the second washino-; this will soften 
this substance so it can be removed. When the 
child has been wiped dry, the remainder of the 
navel-string is to be enclosed in two or three folds 
of soft rags and laid upward on the abdomen. A 
band of soft flannel should then be passed twice 
around the body, not tightly. If the navel-string 
should ooze at all-and this should be carefully no- 
ticed before the bandage is placed; a second ligature 
should be tightly tied. If, however, it should still 
bleed, a little plaster of paris will stop it. In from 
five to ten days the navel-string separates; it should 
not be pulled at, as this may lead to protrusion 
afterwards. After the washing and dressing are 
complete, the child should be placed in bed with 
its mother, and its mouth put to the nipple. 
There may, and there may not be milk at first, 
but the child's suction accelerates the secretion 
and stimulates the womb to contract, thereby 
diminishing the risk of hemorrhage. The warmth 240 
MIDWIFERY. 
of the mother will be of service to the child. 
Newly-born infants do not maintain their own 
warmth. When thoroughly warm, the infant may 
be placed on a pillow in a cot. If no milk appear 
in the mother's breast after twelve hours, nothing 
should be given to the infant but warm milk and 
water; this should be repeated every two hours 
until the mother can afford a supply. If the 
bowels of the infant should not move for a couple 
of days give a teaspoonful of castor oil. 
Puerperal Fever.-This fever arises from in- 
flammation of the membrane, and sometimes 
of the womb itself, and its veins and absorb- 
ents-it runs a very rapid course, and is often 
fatal. It assumes the character of an epidemic, and 
frequently causes great mortality. It is sometimes 
called puerperal peritonitis, because the peritoneum 
appears to be its chief seat; great tenderness of 
the abdomen, with fulness and tension, is one of 
its most constant and characteristic symptoms. 
There are also usually an anxious countenance, 
sickness, hurried respiration, a furred tongue and a 
stoppage of the secretions, especially the milk. It 
is often difficult to distinguish between this fever 
and true peritonitis, and only one skilled in the diag- 
nosis of diseases would be likely to treat it prop- 
erly. 
Insanity, Puerperal.-Either a few hours or 
days, before or after childbirth the mother becomes 
somewhat strange and excited, suspicious of her 
friends and attendants, imagining evils and dangers MIDWIFERY. 
241 
to herself or child, or her affections are entirely 
alienated from her offspring, which, if not carefully 
watched, she might injure. The patient's spirits 
are greatly depressed ; she will cry often and long ; 
melancholy, alternating with the state of excite- 
ment characterized by incoherent volubility aad 
irritability of temper. The symptoms may subside 
in a few hours, or they/nay pass into furious mania 
or melancholy. The above constitutes the faintest 
outlines of this affection, which presents many forms 
and degrees of severity. 
Upon the first appearance of the symptoms a 
dose of tincture of opium should be given-say from 
twenty to forty drops and repeated at intervals of 
four to six hours, according to the effect produced. 
An aperient should be given if the bowels are cos- 
tive. The greatest care should be taken to prevent 
the patient injuring herself or child. 
Milk Fever.-At the secretion of milk there is 
inevitable excitement. What is called milk fever 
is an aggravated form of the excitement, which 
takes place at the outset of lactation ; its first 
symptoms are increased heat of the system, pre- 
ceeded by shivering, and sometimes accompanied 
by vertigo and slight delirium ; these are followed 
by severe headache, thirst, dry tongue, quick pulse, 
throbbing of the temples and intolerence of light. 
Spare diet, cooling drinks and aperient medicines 
should be the treatment. The head should be 
kept somewhat elevated, and bathed with cold 
camphor water. 242 
MIDWIFERY. 
Gathered Breast.-There are sharp, shooting 
pains and hardness of the breast, with redness of 
the skin, as the inflammation extends and ap- 
proaches the surface. When matter has formed 
and comes to the surface the pain is less 
atute, but still severe and throbbing; shivering 
takes place ; the skin becomes discolored at one or 
more points, then gives way, and the matter is dis- 
charged often in great quantities. Such are the 
symptoms in the commonest form of inflamed 
breast, occurring to women who are suckling or 
weaning. 
The fullness of the breast is relieved by suckling, 
or the breast-pump, or drawing-glass. In addition 
to this, rubbing the surface of the breast gently 
with camphor-liniment three or four times a day, 
after which apply cloths wet in cold water. Suck- 
ing the breast in case of threatened abscess is some- 
times resorted to. 
Cracked Nipples.-Very painful and distressing 
cases of sore nipples frequently occur after child- 
birth. Sometimes they cannot be avoided, but 
frequently they arise from too great an anxiety on 
the part of the mother, who is constantly meddling 
with them. Nipple shields may be readily pro- 
cured, and should be used when the nipples are too 
sore and tender to bear the application of the child's 
mouth ; in this case the milk must be drawn from 
the breast and given to the child in a feeding bot- 
tle. Glycerine, applied with a camel's hair brush, 
is useful in sore or chapped nipples. MIDWIFERY. 
243 
White Leg.-{Inflammation of the Veins of the 
Lower Extremity!)-At an uncertain interval after 
childbirth, the patient experiences shivering, rapid 
pulse, sense of prostration and thirst. Pain is felt in 
the region of the womb, and, in the course of a day 
or two, extends to the groin and upper part of the 
thigh, which are tender when pressed. The tender- 
ness maybe traced in a narrow line along the inner 
side of the thigh down to the back of the knee- 
joint, and down the calf of the leg. The skin of 
the leg and entire limb becomes tense, white and 
shining, hence the name of the malady. 
The impression of the finger is retained for 
some minutes after its pressure has been removed ; 
movement of the limb becomes painful. Leeches 
should be applied to the groin, followed by foment- 
ation and poultices. Ten grains of Dover's pow- 
ders to be given at night to allay pain. The bowels 
should be kept laxative ; the entire limb should be 
enveloped in flannel wrung out of warm water, and 
then enclosed in a water-proof covering; use stim- 
ulating liniments. 
fluuqkq 
The Grave for Fish, Flesh and Fowl. 
ISEASE marries disease ; generation after 
generation, until inheritance compounds 
a variety of diseases in each person ; then 
add to this a diet of improperly cooked meats, and 244 
THE HUMAN STOMACH. 
mankind become walking hearses for dead animals. 
Buzzards, condors, hawks, eagles, chickens, fish, 
gorge carrion till they vomit, and then they gorge 
again. The human buzzards and condors, who eat 
rare flesh, are more depraved in their appetites than 
the birds who subsist on carrion. Man is supposed 
to be endowed with reasoning intelligence and the 
means to make his choice of food, while these 
carrion birds must be filthy or starve. 
flen|oi¥l)oid^ of Pile0. 
WISH to impress upon the mind of the 
reader that I have discovered a perfectly safe 
and painless process for removing piles. I 
can cure the most aggravated form of the disease in 
from one to six weeks, and I make no charge what- 
ever until the cure is established. 
¥0 
I would most respectfully inform persons suffer- 
ing from Catarrh, Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, 
Consumption, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Fever and 
Ague, Piles, or from diseases of the Liver, Kidneys, 
or Urinary organs, that I have had twenty years of 
the most extensive experience in the treatment of 
these diseases, and that I have reduced the cure of 
several of them to a mathematical certainty, and in TO INVALIDS. 
245 
all of these diseases, I make cures where everything 
else tried has failed. Persons residing at a distance 
from any of my offices can write me a history of 
the symptoms attending their diseases, and, if de- 
sired by them, I can send remedies suited to the 
requirements of their case by express. 
People Should pot $leep 
NLESS persons are in robust health they 
should not sleep in the same bed, nor in- 
deed, in the same room, unless there is the 
most perfect ventilation. The production of animal 
heat in old or debilitated persons is comparatively 
feeble, and if they are in close contact with healthy 
persons, they will gradually absorb their heat and 
debilitate them. 
Again, the healthy person is constantly exposed 
to their morbid exhalations if they are in ill health. 
Children should never sleep with old persons. I 
suppose it would be a physical impossibility to 
separate the beds of most husbands and wives, but 
if a vigorous vitality was of more importance than 
present comfort, the husband and wife would occupy 
separate beds, though placed side by side in the 
same room. 
I know a gentleman who has been in feeble 
health all his life, and, although only fifty-one years 
of age at this writing, he has followed to the grave 
seven wives, and is now looking for the eighth. 246 
SEPARATE SLEEPING. 
Each of these women was in perfect health when 
married to him, but so soon as they began to sleep 
and cohabit with him, they began to fade like 
plucked flowers that are without nourishment. Thus 
thousands of lives are being gradually absorbed. 
We all meet people in every-day life who are 
like sponges. Contact with them depresses us 
physically and mentally. Such people should not 
be seen any oftener than the necessities of our re- 
lationship with them demand, and our interviews 
should be short, sharp and decisive. The atmos- 
phere about such people is a continual cloud, and 
those who inhale its poisons fade and die. 
Where kfe Oaf f^efofiqef^? 
HE alcoholic liquors consumed in this coun- 
try costs annually over $900,000,000, and 
the tobacco $200,000,000. Three-fourths 
of the crime committed is the direct or indirect re- 
sult of this vast consumption of liquor and tobacco. 
Man has fallen so low that he does not even 
respect himself, and how is it possible for a beauti- 
ful, refined woman to even tolerate one of these 
walking gin and tobacco carriers ? I have often 
been forced to sit beside men in railroad cars and 
in public places, the stench from whose persons 
was more revolting than would be the atmosphere 
surrounding a million goats ; and I have contem- 
plated them with perfect disgust, and fancied that 
if any lady of refined sensibilities ever endured their REFORMERS. 
247 
presence or embraces, that it was done for a home ; 
and when I heard of these men's wives falling 
from their natural high estate, and seeking the 
society of more cleanly men, I could not find it in 
my heart to reproach them. There is a great work 
on hand for our modern reformers. The land is 
full of intemperance and licentiousness ; the two 
go hand in hand, and unless there is an immediate 
stay put upon these gigantic and increasing evils, 
our beautiful country will become a modern Sodom 
and Gomorrah. The handwriting is on the wall, 
and our destiny as a people is sealed if we do not 
rise up against these infamies, and banish them 
from our midst. 
$lkve to Yob^ddo. 
HAT a slave is he who has learned to chew 
and smoke tobacco! He must have a plug 
or paper of the weed in his pocket, a quid 
in his mouth, a pipe or segar. He would be 
shunned by everybody if he alone possessed the 
habit; but as he has plenty of company in his filthy 
practices, those who do not use the infamous 
weed are obliged to tolerate the nauseous smell 
from permeated clothing, and the vile exhala- 
tions from the breath and body. Tobacco causes 
sallowness of the skin, loosens the gums from 
the teeth, and causes their premature decay. 
It impairs the voice, and often causes its total 
loss. It disorganizes the stomach, blunts the 248 
THE SLAVE TO TOBACCO. 
sense of taste, induces dyspepsia, and makes a man 
a walking-stench. It excites a morbid thirst and 
creates a desire for intoxicating liquors. It enfee- 
bles the brain, and stupefies the intellect, It pro- 
duces an immoral teaching upon the community, 
and it costs the people of this country at least 
$200,000,000 annually. 
If this vast sum, that is worse than thrown away, 
was distributed among the poor of our land, what 
misery it would save, and how much crime it would 
prevent, is beyond human calculation. I would as 
soon have a pole-cat in my dwelling as an inveterate 
smoker and chewer of this diabolical weed, and it 
appears to me if the victim to this loathsome prac- 
tice was not blind to every manly instinct, he would 
not intrude his segar or tobacco among people to 
whom it is objectionable. Go where you will, you 
meet some loathsome tobacco smoker or chewer 
who makes you ill from his vile smell. 
arfiage. 
I STORY of past generations shows that 
marriage is conducive to health, longevity 
and morality. Single men and women do 
not live as long as the married, neither do they enjoy 
as robust health. Persons contemplating marriage, 
should exercise as much care in the selection of a 
life partner as they would do in the choice of a 
house or a home to dwell in. MARRIAGE. 
249 
In the propagation of animals we always select 
the very best breeds to be found. No sane man 
would expect to raise a well-formed, vigorous and 
healthy colt from scrofulous, broken-winded and 
puny parents. That marriage may be happy and 
productive of healthy and vigorous children, mor- 
ally and physically, some judgment should be exer- 
cised in the selection of a wife or husband. The 
parties ought to be of equal station in life ; there 
should be similarity of tastes, temper and educa- 
tion ; and there should not be too great disparity in 
ages. Winter and Summer can never blend, and 
the man or woman who will marry a person fifteen 
or more years their seniors, sacrifices a life of hap- 
piness for the gratification of a present lust, or for 
some pecuniary consideration. With most women 
marriage is the paramount aim and object of exist- 
ence, and why should it not be when she stands on 
no terms of equality with man ? A man's selfishness 
led him to deprive woman of her rights, and she is 
only an appendage or hanger-on to himself. 
Marriage is the only resource left her for a home 
and a support after she leaves her parental roof. 
This is an accursed condition of society, and why 
intelligent women will submit to it is one of the 
mysteries in human nature. The condition of six 
women in every ten who marry, is no better than 
slavery. More than one-half of the men in large 
towns and cities are steeped in whiskey and tobacco ; 
they are reckless and licentious, making a hell of 
home, and for the trusting woman he has sworn to 
protect and love. But supposing she is fortunate 250 
MARRIAGE, 
in her choice of a husband, is she prepared to meet 
the emergencies of married life ? Can she fill the 
responsible position of wife, mother, and the head 
of the family? Has she health and bodily powers 
of endurance to abide the wear and tear of child- 
birth, and the nursing of children, without becoming 
thin, pale and feeble ? Marriage to most women 
is only fashionable suicide. Is it not time for us 
to have a reform ? 
^anHHat ®^odiktioi| of Boy0 kqd 
0itl$ Coi|dudive to l\efii)erqei}t 
kqd Mofality. 
HE practice of separating boys and girls in 
schools and elsewhere is productive of great 
moral, social, physical and mental injury to 
both sexes, A forced separation of boys and girls 
fills the boys' imaginations with lust, and the girls' 
with curiosity, and when they do come together 
later on in life, as they must, strong, indeed, must 
be their moral nature, if they resist the promptings 
of a diseased appetite that has been created and fed 
by the unnatural and uncalled for restraint that has 
been imposed upon them by ignorant parents and 
teachers. It appears to me that a young lady who 
has been in the constant society of boys and young 
men from her childhood up, is a better judge of 
their faults, failings, capacity, good or bad qualities. BOYS AND GIRLS. 
251 
than if kept secluded from his society, and she is 
much better able to form a correct opinion in 
making a choice of a husband, and the same would 
be true in regard to the male. The presence of 
girls has a strong, restraining influence over boys, 
making them more careful of their language, and 
of their personal appearance. Boys have a high 
feeling of honor and self-respect, and they will 
respect the refined opinion of girls who look with 
disgust and contempt upon meanness, profanity, or 
vulgarity. 
I have often observed that the most debased 
boy would not be guilty of a low word or indecent 
act in the presence of a high-minded and refined 
girl. I therefore maintain that the presence of 
girls with boys in school-rooms or elsewhere has a 
refining and elevating influence upon boys, and 
that it will do more to develop them morally, 
socially, physically and intellectually than all else 
beside can do, and the girls will be purer and nobler 
than if trained in seclusion. 
The quickest and surest way of producing dis* 
eased imaginations, in both boys and girls, is to 
exclude them from each other's society. I believe 
in using every restraining and refining influence 
with boys, and to teach them to reverence virtuous 
womanhood, and in educating girls to respect man- 
liness and manhood, and I know of no other way 
to do it than to bring boys and girls together, and 
let one educate the other ; and I urge upon parents 
the importance of taking the iron bands from their 
heads-that are dwarfing their moral vision-and 252 
BOYS AND GIRLS. 
when their eyes are open they will understand how 
possible it is to do their children wrong in restrain- 
ing them from any pleasure or society that is not 
absolutely demoralizing in its tendencies. It is 
better for the parent to inform the child of the good 
and bad in the world than to keep it veiled until 
the child learns of it elsewhere. My advice to 
parents is to educate your children in the same 
school-room, and after they have received proper in- 
structions, let them play and roam together at will. 
Educate them in singing and in music, and, above all, 
teach them how to dance; let them play innocent 
games of amusement. It is as necessary to educate 
the feet and hands of a young person as it is to in- 
struct the intellect I was deprived of dancing in my 
boyhood days, and it has taken twenty-five years of 
the best portion of my life to partially overcome the 
awkwardness of my feet and hands when in refined 
society. A few dancing and piano lessons and a 
proper association with refined young ladies, when 
a youth, would have done more than these twenty- 
five years of humiliation and labor in educating my 
feet and hands to know their proper position when 
in company. Parents are heaping curses upon 
both their own and children's heads when they 
restrain them from dancing and amusements. k Diet Productive of Brute 
Dofde? 
OME pretenders to science assert that a flesh 
diet is productive of force and energy, and 
that a purely vegetable one would render 
mankind frail, passive, effeminate and cowardly. 
Are these statements sustained by the evidence ? 
Are flesh-eating nations distinguished for great 
force of character ? The Laplanders, Patagonians, 
Esquimaux,. American Indian and the people of 
the South Sea Islands subsist almost exclusively on 
meat, most of whom eat it raw. What have these 
barbarous flesh-eaters ever accomplished, except in 
the line of cruelty? If a flesh diet imparts so much 
brain and physical force, the cannibal ought to be 
more than a match for the white man, who lives 
partly or wholly on a vegetable diet. No flesh- 
eating nation has ever accomplished anything in 
the way of progress. Meat is not conducive to a high 
order of intelligence. Is there a more healthy and 
vigorous people in the world than in Ireland, where 
they live almost exclusively on vegetables ? The 
Chinese, Japanese, and people of India eat scarcely 
any meat, and yet they are among the most indus- 
trious nations of the earth. The strongest and 
fleetest animals eat no meat. Except in crime, 
bloodshed, immorality and licentiousness, the rice- 
fed Japanese, and the vegetable-fed Irish and 
Scotch race will endure more than the English and 254 
FLESH DIET. 
Americans, who live on a mixture of meat and 
vegetables. Meat imparts ferocity, cruelty and a 
brutalizing licentiousness, and as vegetables do 
not, my opinion is that flesh should be discarded, 
and mankind reared on the fruit, grains and vege- 
tables with which our land is teeming. 
If we must continue the barbarous habit of eat- 
ing meat, let us have it thoroughly cooked. Man's 
instincts and habits are depraved, indeed, when he 
gorges himself with rare meats, whiskey, beer and 
tobacco. Just think of it I 
Oije Duty Owe to 
CSllildfeiv 
A.RENTS should take their children into 
their confidence, and when they begin to 
approach the age of maturity the father 
should instruct the sons and the mother the 
daughters in regard to the dangers that will beset 
their pathway until they shall have become strong 
men and women. 
Self abuse is practiced by nine-tenths of the boys 
and girls of the present age, and it entails upon 
them diseases of both mind and body, unfitting 
them for society or the responsibilities of married 
life. The imagination of the victim to this infam- 
ous habit becomes perverted, and lust is the en- 
grossing occupation of the mind, dwarfing it into 
the lowest proportions, until the moral nature be- DUTY OF PARENTS. 
255 
comes blunted and brutal, leading the wretched 
victim on to the commital of crime or immoralities 
and, in many instances, to insanity or suicide. It 
also accounts largely for the increasing number of 
infidelities and divorces of the present day, which, 
if not checked, bids fair to engulf mankind in an 
ocean of moral rottenness. 
Man's nature is so lustful and depraved that 
virtue cannot long- withstand its contaminating in- 
fluences. Licentiousness is the creator of licen- 
tiousness, and hence, virtue is becominof an article 
of merchandise, to be sold to the highest bidder. 
No man's wife or daughter is safe from temptation. 
Wolves, clothed in broadcloth, are abroad in the 
land, and their name is legion ; they are no re- 
specters of persons ; they seek to gratify their lust 
in the mansions of the rich and in the humble 
dwellings of the poor, until seduction has become 
the occupation of a large number of so-called 
" men. 
A patient of mine, now eighty-four years of age, 
told me that seduction of women had been his 
principle occupation since the age of twenty years. 
Women who advertised for situations were invited 
to his office under false pretences ; he would follow 
women to their homes, and make their acquaintance 
under one pretext or another, until he had thou- 
sands of names enrolled upon his list. Seduction 
being his occupation, he kept a series of books in 
which he enrolled the names of his victims, whether 
married or single, their nativity, and their resid- 
ences, so far as he could secure them. This de- 256 
DUTY OF PARENTS. 
stroyer of virtue and breaker-up of homes was pos- 
sessed of an ample fortune, and he confessed to me 
that it was the exhibition of his wealth that, in most 
cases, made his conquests easy ; and he further 
stated that his desire for new conquests bordered 
on insanity, and when he had secured the object 
he sought, the most intense hatred and disgust 
possessed him toward her, and that under no cir- 
cumstances could he visit her again. He has 
recently made professions of religion. I wonder 
if he will meet his victims in heaven ? A very 
popular physician, who has a practice of $20,000 a 
year, told me he had over thirteen hundred victims 
on his list. 
A prominent clergymen, who came to me when 
he was in great mental and physical distress, said 
he could count sixty victims in his church, and that 
this number would not reach more than half those 
he had debauched. More than two hundred clergy- 
men have confessed to me their infidelities, several 
of whom could have discounted old Solomon, or 
any ancient or modern Turk. 
A very large percentage of the seductions of 
married women are by doctors and clergymen. 
The confessions of numerous married and single 
ladies indicates that many physicians and clergymen 
are wolves in disguise. 
Hundreds of laymen have made known to me 
their infamies with women, and if the statements of 
these confessors be true, how many women pass 
through life without contamination ? The reader 
may ask why these immoral lepers confided their DUTY OF PARENTS. 
257 
infamous practices to me. I will answer the in- 
quiry by saying these clergymen and others were 
in great physical or mental distress and they feared 
exposure and they came to me, as a physician, to 
seek advice or aid 
My advice to husbands, fathers, brothers, and 
lovers is to guard well your own virtue, and then 
keep a sharp watch on the clergymen, doctors, 
lawyers, or other gentlemen that have access to 
your homes and families. These moral lepers are 
the greatest scourge of our age and some vigorous 
preventive measures must be adopted to save our 
loved ones from their contaminating influences, and 
would it not be well to commence our work of re- 
form among the doctors and clergymen. These 
are the so-called " gentlemen " that have access to 
our homes and firesides and whose positions gain 
for them the confidence of our idols. These men 
are human like other men, and as they are generally 
better fed and groomed, and have less manual labor 
to perform, are they not more dangerous ? 
In the large cities one-third of the married wo- 
men have their paramours. In my professional 
capacity I have learned of thousands of married 
women whose husbands receive as salaries from 
$500 to $3,000 a year, and whose living expenses 
exceeded their salaries from one-fourth to one-half. 
The husbands, in most instances, remain in blissful 
ignorance of the true situation of affairs in their 
own household. When the wife has a dress that 
costs $75 or $100, she pretends it was presented to 
her by some lady friend or relative, or that she pur- 258 
DUTY OF PARENTS. 
chased it for a third of the sum actually paid. I 
know of two women within a half dozen blocks 
from where I write, who represent to their husbands 
that they pay a moderate sum for their board and 
rooms when the facts are that they pay twice the 
sum represented. The washing bills are also largely 
discounted, and I may with propriety say that these 
wash-women are generally the medium for the 
transmission of clandestine messages between illicit 
lovers, and I would respectfully urge upon hus- 
bands and lovers the importance of carefully scruti- 
nizing the acts of their servants and laundry-women. 
Men are generally so engrossed with the cares of 
business and with other men's wives, that they have 
very little time or opportunity to know what is 
transpiring in their own homes, until infidelity to 
husband or wife is becoming the rule and not the 
exception. I have had as large a medical constitu- 
ency as any physician in the world, and I have had 
abundant opportunities for the investigation of the 
subject upon which I write. It is through the wil- 
ling confessions of married and single ladies and of 
others, that I am able to present the facts herein 
set forth. I might present many other facts and 
circumstances, but I will refrain. The physician 
stands in the position of confidential adviser to his 
patients, and should his sympathies go out to an 
injured wife or husband, his lips are sealed. 
Nearly all the evils I have enumerated grow out 
of the ignorance of the people in regard to the 
science of life, and the remedy against these great 
moral sins are first, in parents instructing their DUTY OF PARENTS. 
259 
children against the evil consequences of all im- 
moral practices, and secondly, in their educating 
themselves so as to be able in turn to instruct their 
sons and daughters how to ch'oose a wife or husband. 
No marriages should be consummated until the great 
problem of physical and mental adaptability is fully 
understood by the contracting parties. When this 
glorious consummation shall have been reached, love 
and reason, not lust, will guide the candidate for 
matrimony in their choice of partners for life. 
Then instruct the clergyman to remain at his own 
fireside, and so live in accordance with nature's 
laws that you will require no medicine or doctors, 
and virtue will again remain with us and will bring 
with it peace, love, and plenty. 
Oqe of two -feh^oq^ why ®erqkle Pl|y0i- 
dikq$ 01|ould take the plkde of ^fhle$ 
iq the ^fektiqeqt of the ®i0- 
of Worqeq. 
E HAVE too few female physicians and 
thousands too many of the male persua- 
sion. 
The diseases of women should be treated by wo- 
men. No male physician should be permitted to visit 260 
FEMALE PHYSICIANS. 
the bedside of women, except in cases where surgery 
is involved. Women are more conscientious than 
men, and they are better nurses. Why, then, will 
they not make better and safer physicians for our 
wives, our daughters, and our sweethearts ? Beside, 
what gentleman is there who desires his loved one 
to be examined and handled by these male practi- 
tioners. 
If the male physician has the license to visit the 
bed chamber of our loved ones when they are ill, and 
to examine and handle them at his will, may not this 
professional license aid him in establishing such a 
relationship as will enable him to visit them there 
when in health ? 
The first confidant a married woman makes, out- 
side of her husband, is generally the family doctor, 
and as this confidence is the doctor s stronghold upon 
the patronage of that family it would be unbusiness- 
like, to say the least, if he did not make the most 
of it. 
When the practice of medicine was first institu- 
ted it was adopted by the priests, and they used it, 
not as a means of reducing the physical suffering 
of their patients, but to obtain from them their 
secrets, it being important for them to know the in- 
ternal history of their subjects, that they might the 
more readily keep them in ignorance and subjec- 
tion. Physicians have acted upon this principle from FEMALE PHYSICIANS. 
261 
the earliest history of medicine down. They have 
gone into the abiding places of their credulous vic- 
tims in the guise of " Angels of Mercy" to relieve 
the suffering body, but, recreant to the high trust 
reposed in them, by a husband, a lover, or a father, 
they have ruthlessly despoiled virtue, and thus 
brought desolation and death into those hitherto 
happy horhes. Sunshine and love have departed 
from many households after the family physician 
had ingratiated himself into the good opinion of 
their mistresses. 
The writer has had unusual facilities for learning 
the "true inwardness " of these family practitioners. 
His practice has extended over the entire country 
and he has had, as patients, thousands of these 
poor deluded women, when they had become phy- 
sical wrecks and were no longer desirable to their 
once trusted doctor. After they have been cast 
off by these " honorable members of an honorable 
profession " they have come to the writer with the 
story of their sad histories and experiences and it 
is almost the universal testimony of these broken- 
hearted women, that their " doctor was the cause 
of their ruin and distress." According to the testi- 
mony of a very large number of women, a majority 
of doctors make it their business to examine the 
persons of their female patients. A pain in the 
head or back is traced to a uterine cause that these 262 
FEMALE PHYSICIANS. 
" honorable gentlemen," these " angels of mercy," 
may behold the female form in all its purity and love- 
liness. The writer has knowledge of many phy- 
sicians whose best paying and most influential pa- 
trons were the wives of rich or well-to-do men ; these 
wives who had been betrayed by their "dear doctor" 
would feign sickness of some kind, and send their 
deluded husbands to invite the doctor to call and 
prescribe, and while the unsuspecting husband is 
mourning over the supposed sufferings of the wife, 
who has his love and confidence, that wife is in the 
embrace of this " angel of mercy" and the husband 
is charged a good round fee for his blissful ignorance. 
This infamy and outrage is perpetrated upon thou- 
sands of husbands every year, and yet, in their blind 
ignorance, they maintain these slick-tongued "angels 
of mercy " in brown stone fronts, and feast them on 
champagne and tenderloin steaks in order that they 
may keep up their vitality and courage for the 
noble work they have in hand. 
The writer does not wish to be understood that 
all physicians are immoral men. There are some 
honorable exceptions to the rule, physicians are 
human like other men and they have the strongest 
temptations constantly before them, and he is a 
moral physician indeed, who can withstand all the 
opportunities he has to sin. But whether these 
physicians be moral or immoral meh, we do not FEMALE PHYSICIANS. 
263 
want them at the bedsides of our wives, our own 
hands are the only ones that should ever touch the 
sacred form of a loved one. What sacredness is 
there in the female form if it is to be exposed to 
every medical charlatan who wishes to gratify his 
lustful nature ? Where is the sacredness of love, if 
we do not fully possess the object loved ? Every 
moral and social reason demands us to substitute 
female physicians for males in the treatment of our 
darlings for the diseases to which they are subject. 
But a short time since the writer was in the com- 
pany of a very estimable and intelligent gentleman 
whose doctor the writer knew to be on terms of crim- 
inal intimacy with his zvife. The writer suggested 
to this gentleman that, in his opinion, male physi- 
cians should not treat women for her diseases. 
This gentleman, who is intelligent upon all other 
questions, replied with some warmth that the 
writer's ideas were too narrow to be discussed, that 
he knew his family physician to be the soul of honor 
and morality-that it would be impossible for him 
to do wrong, and that he would as soon trust his 
wife or daughter in his hands as that of a lady. 
'Fhe writer did not care to enlighten him as to the 
true situation of affairs in his own household, feel- 
ing that "where ignorance is bliss it were folly to 
be wise," but his mental impressions were that this 
gentleman was one of the million fools whose 264 
FEMALE PHYSICIANS. 
doctor knew more of the wife than he did himself. 
Scores of times has the writer heard this same sen- 
timent expressed by gentlemen whose wives he 
knew to be on immoral terms with their physicians. 
The writer has medical offices in nearly every prom- 
inent city in the country, and he has had in his 
employ, during the past twenty years, at least 250 
regular physicians. A lounge and a speculum were 
the first articles of furniture these " eminent " 
gentlemen suggested the propriety of procuring for 
their offices and when they were informed that 
these articles were forbidden in the writer s establish- 
ments, and that the laying of foul hands upon a lady 
fatient was a crime punishable with instant dismissal 
from his service, they looked at him as though 
they suspected softening of the brain. 
Let every husband and lover earnestly reflect 
upon the suggestions herein made, and when his 
loved one is ill, ask himself the question, which is 
the most dangerous, the disease or the doctor? If 
this subject is properly appreciated by those for 
whom it is intended, the doctors may be made use- 
ful members of society by becoming tillers of the 
soil and woman will have her proper sphere in the 
treatment of woman for her diseases. ^ledidkl ^dier^de Illu^tfkted. 
FEW years ago the writer visited twenty- 
five physicians of the so-called " regular 
school." He was in perfect health, had 
extraordinary lung capacity, and weighed nearly 
two hundred pounds. Upon meeting them, he 
feigned a cough and great distress, told them of his 
night-sweats and where his pains were located, 
After a very critical examination of his case con- 
ducted with all the dignity and show of learning 
they could master, he was informed that one or 
both of his lungs were filled with tuberculous mat- 
ter. Two of them gave it as their opinion he 
would not live six weeks, and advised him to ar- 
range his business and prepare for another sphere. 
These two distinguished gentlemen of the profes- 
sion gave him prescriptions, which, had he taken 
according to their directions, would have furnished 
business for the undertaker in about the time they 
gave him to settle up his worldly affairs and to 
make his peace with God. The other twenty-three 
respectable follpwers of Hippocrates gave him con- 
siderable encouragement, assuring him that if their 
prescriptions were followed, he would find relief or 
get well. Several recommended cod-liver oil. The 
writer had a high respect for the Allopathic system 
of practice before testing, the science of some of its 
most distinguished representatives in the manner 
described. He did not take the cod-liver oil, but 
keeps their prescriptions as a living evidence to the 266 
MEDICAL SCIENCE. 
incompetency of a profession that has existed for 
upwards of twenty centuries, claiming to be scienti- 
fic, the most illustrious followers of which are un- 
able to discriminate between a healthy and a dis- 
used condition of the pulmonary structure. 
©lty^idiki^ k to k ©ktieiit 
ftorq k ©i^ek^e ii] tlfe 
His Examinations a FarCe-His Advice their 
Shroud-His Prescriptions the Nails to the 
Coffins. 
VERY day persons call upon me for examina- 
tion and treatment, whose physicians have 
pronounced them incurables from a disease 
in the lungs when there was no disease in that 
structure. They were suffering from disorganiza- 
tion of the liver, and, as a consequence, had many 
of the pulmonary symptoms ; their doctors would 
go through with the farce of making an examination 
of their chest, and would locate the exact spot 
where they supposed the disease to exist. These 
venders of blue pills and horse-liver oil know as 
little of a disease in the lungs as they do of the 
man in the moon, and when a patient has a cough, 
pains across the chest, shortness of breath, and ex- 
pectoration, they at once declare the disease con- 
sumption, and commence a system of treatment 
that would destroy the strongest constitution. PHYSICIANS A CURSE. 
267 
Their usual remedy is cod-liver oil, and under 
that name patients take immense quantities of all 
kinds of filth-horse-liver oil, dog-liver oil, and, in 
fact, almost all kinds of oil, except cod-liver oil. 
There are not codfish enough in the ocean to sup- 
ply the demand for their oil in New York City 
alone. Physicians know they cannot cure a seated 
pulmonary disease, and hence the most intelligent 
among them give it but little attention ; therefore 
they are (in most cases) wholly incompetent to 
give an intelligent opinion in regard to its compli- 
cations, or to discriminate between it and a disease 
in the liver, which oftentimes produces the same 
symptoms as does a disease in the lungs. Now, if 
they do not understand your disease, what must be 
the result of their treatment of it? If they cannot 
cure a disease that is understood, why should you 
trust them to experiment upon one they know 
nothing of ? A physician is not going to plead 
ignorance when you ask him for an opinion, and 
that, too, when your life is at stake. He will tell 
you he understands your case exactly, and treats 
you under false pretences, which are discovered 
only when it is too late, and your friends are mourn- 
ing at your bedside or over your grave. Thousands 
upon thousands have told me the sad story of the 
deceptions practised upon them by the physician in 
whom they have trusted their life and health. I 
have heard the story from the young and once 
beautiful maiden down to the poor old man, whose 
hair had whitened from the frosts of many winters. 
It was the same infamous story that had been 268 
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told to thousands before, and was it not done for a 
fee ? If you reproach these miserable sinners after 
you have discovered their fraud, their reply is, " I 
did not wish to alarm you ; I understood your dan- 
ger all the time, but thought it best to conceal it 
until the last moment," thereby adding insult to the 
most wicked, deliberate murder. Can you call it 
by any other name than murder, when a physician 
knows he cannot cure a patient, and yet pours drug 
poison down his throat every day, encouraging him 
with the delusive promise that he will soon be 
well, when he sees him growing more feeble and 
his life-blood fast ebbing away ? 
I have made no statements (however extraordin- 
ary they may appear) that I cannot substantiate by 
the most respectable and competent testimony in 
the country. I have the names and residences of 
thousands of respectable and intelligent people, who 
have been brought down to death's door themselves, 
or who are weeping for the loss of some loved one 
whom they believe to have been taken hence, not 
by disease, but through the instrumentality of their 
physician. I have the names and residences of 
thousands who are physical and mental wrecks from 
drug poisons, and they and their friends do not 
hesitate to declare the cause of their misfortunes, 
or to name the Allopathic charlatans who have 
brought this untold misery upon them. If I were 
to relate a full history of the individual suffering I 
have seen entailed through drug poisions and the 
criminal incompetency of physicians, the reader's 
blood would freeze in his veins, and he would de- PHYSICIANS A CURSE. 
269 
clare with me that physicians were " a curse to a 
patient suffering from a disease in the lungs," that 
" his examinations were a farce, his advice their 
shroud," and "that his prescriptions were the nails 
to their coffins." 
vetsus fionqoeopkt^y. 
H E drug trade several years ago was one of 
the safest and most lucrative in the mer- 
cantile list. Now how changed! Every 
day drug shops are growing less in number, and 
many of those left could not exist, were it not for 
the toilet and patent-medicine trade. As the peo- 
ple advance in knowledge, the less drugs they use. 
Homoeopathy is extending, and js fast destroying 
the Allopathic practice everywhere. New converts 
to Homoeopathy are being made by thousands 
every day, and the Allopathic physicians are taking 
on the infection, and are abandoning their large 
doses to adopt the smaller ones. A grand refor- 
mation is taking place. The people are becoming 
enlightened, and are using their own eyes and their 
own judgment to see and understand that which 
has heretofore been seen and understood for them 
by ignorant or designing men. flotiide Greeley dragged like k do^ 
to k ^fkd ILouse whcg he 
i|ot ^fcid, but Dyii}g? 
Gov. Seward's Disease not necessarily fatal, 
but Over-Doctored.-Louis Napoleon Killed 
Outright. 
HILE death had fastened its seal upon 
poor Mr. Greeley, it is said that he was 
dragged to a private mad house, by order 
of the attending physicians and thus denied the 
privilege of dying at home and among friends. Not 
satisfied with their work, the doctors were indignant 
because they were not allowed to mutilate the 
corpse, that they might get possession of his brain. 
Dr. Bayard, a Homoeopathic physician, who had 
been Mr. Greeley's physician and friend for twelve 
years, and who was discarded when Mr. Greeley 
was too low to choose for himself, tells us that 
" Mr. Greeley was not crazy, but exhausted, that 
sending him to a mad house was enough to make 
him crazy." During his last sickness Mr. Greeley 
was attended by several of the bright lights of Allo- 
pathy, and they exhibited their skill upon the help- 
less dying man, by heating to a white heat an iron 
and with it burning the flesh of their victim, the 
entire length of the spine, What they expected to 
accomplish by this infernal process does not ap- 
pear. HORACE GREELEY. 
271 
The doctors worked zealously, and Horace Gree- 
ley, one of the noblest of God's noblemen, has gone 
to his grave. May his soul rest in heaven, where 
Allopathy and hot irons are unknown. 
Ex-Secretary Seward's disease was not neces- 
sarily fatal, and in our opinion had doctors been dis- 
carded, his usual health would have returned in a 
few days. The science of Allopathy was too much 
for his shattered constitution, and he therefore 
bowed his respects to the doctor, and departed for 
the great unknown. 
Louis Napoleon was mutilated by his doctors 
and died before the operation was finished. Had 
he possessed the good sense to let doctors alone, 
he probably would have lived several years. 
The above are but repetitions of thousands of 
cases of butchery that occur every day. Oh ! Allo- 
pathy, what outrages have .there not been perpe- 
trated in thy name ? and Oh ! Heaven, how long 
shall these things be ? 
Dlea^e, Doctor, do :qot Kill 011T Ddflir^ 
8kby. 
HE doctors would make us believe that the 
greater proportionate amount of mortality 
among the children of cities than among 
the children in the country is due to the vitiated 
state of city atmosphere, This, however, is not so. 272 
don't kill our baby. 
The fact is that mothers who reside in cities are 
within easy call of the physician, and, when their 
babes are ill, they send at once for him. He, not 
knowing, and seemingly not caring, whether the 
children have pains in the feet or wind in the 
stomach, commences to dose, and one-fourth of the 
poor innocents entrusted to his care are torn from 
their mothers' breasts, and consigned to untimely 
graves. On the other hand, the rustic mother is in 
most cases her own family physician. She admin- 
isters a few doses of harmless herbs, and carries 
her children safely through all their infantile com- 
plaints. 
If all mothers would learn to attend their chil- 
dren during illness, many more would be saved to 
grow up, and many less homes would be made 
desolate. Homoeopathy is safe, and mothers who 
do not understand the wants of their children should 
patronize it. 
A.YS Mrs. Smith, " This is all false about 
the doctors killing people; I don't believe 
one word of it. Our doctor is such a noble- 
hearted man, so affable to me, and so kind to the 
children; and when any of his patients die, he weeps 
like a baby." Is not this a very important part of 
his trade, Mrs. Smith ? Should he not be affable 
to the ladies, kind to the children, and should not MRS. SMITH. 
273 
his funeral manner jbe superb when he is carrying 
his work home ? 
Reflect a moment, Mrs. Smith. Were he not so 
agreeable to you, so full of gossip, so interesting to 
your children, and so full of sorrow over his dead 
victims, Mr. Smith's pocket-book would be more 
plethoric. Politeness to you and flattery to your 
children (though he may think you all idiots) is 
part of his stock in trade, and in many cases his 
compliments are as sincere as is his belief in the 
efficacy of blue pills and horse-liver oil in the cure 
of consumption. Please reflect a little, Mrs. Smith, 
and you will save your poor husband many a hard- 
earned dollar that is now worse than thrown away. 
^Ir. Joi)e0. 
F YOU find yourself dying under Allopathic 
treatment, do not blame the poor doctor; he 
is killing you according to the latest rules as 
laid down in the books, and don't know any better. 
He does not possess the brains or manhood to 
think or act independently, and hence follows the 
formulas of dead and rotten ancestors, who never 
should have been born. If you are ill, a little re- 
flection on your part would teach you the danger 
of swallowing poison into your stomach, to be ab- 
sorbed into the blood, when your blood is already 
loaded with poison, and your illness is only an effort 
of nature to expel it. Reflect a little, Mr, Jones, 
and you will let doctors alone. Dodtoiy kqd ©erqop^; kfe they ip dop- 
spifady to Populate tpe Gvtkveykfd^ ? 
HE millions upon millions killed by allopa- 
thic drugs would indicate to a mind un- 
clouded by a false and wicked practice, 
that many of the allopathic physicians were in col- 
lusion with devils to fill the graveyards, expecting 
thereby to extensively populate the infernal regions, 
that they may there continue their diabolical prac- 
tices when they shall have finished here on earth. 
M. D. means money down, and according to the 
testimony of some of the brightest lights of allopa- 
thy, a diploma from one of their colleges is a license 
to kill with impunity. Error cannot always rule, 
neither can falsehood be forever triumphant. 
Dislike it as these allopathists may, the time has 
come when they must be examined, and. nothing 
must be left to escape our strictest scrutiny, how- 
ever old, sacred, or firmly rooted it may be ; though 
its foundations lie deep in the rubbish of ages, we 
must dig and discover whether it rests on sand or 
stone; though its head reach the clouds, we must 
possess the daring spirit to mount as the eagle and 
examine its top stone. 
Tremble, then, thou old grey-headed lie ; thou 
murderer of millions ; the day has come that shall 
drag thee to light and expose thy monstrous de- 
formities to thy blinded victims. The flood is rising 
that shall sweep away thy temple and leave nothing 
but the name of thy infamies behind. Ye crafty DOCTORS AND DEMONS. 
275 
sinners, the people have been blinded by your de- 
lusions whemthey had most need to see ; the peo- 
ple have been your dupes and slaves from a child- 
ish fear, which like a phantom revels in the dark- 
some night, but disappears in the light of reason. 
The few deluded creatures who remain under your 
deathly influences should make their peace with 
Heaven and buy a lot in the nearest cemetery. 
$orqetlp:q^ Sbout Youf^elf. 
(JPPOSING your age to be fifteen years, or 
thereabouts, you can be figured up to a dot. 
You have 160 bones and 500 muscles, your 
blood weighs twenty-five pounds; your heart is 
nearly five inches in length, and three inches in 
diameter ; it beats seventy times per minute, 4,200 
tim£s per hour, 100,800 times per day, and 30,722,- 
000 times per year. At each beat a little over two 
ounces of blood is thrown out of it; and each day 
it receives and discharges about seven tons of that 
wonderful fluid. Your lungs will contain a gallon 
of air ; and you inhale about 24,000 gallons per day. 
The aggregate surface of the air cells of your lungs, 
supposing them to spread out, exceeds 20,000 
square inches. The weight of your brain is three 
pounds; when you are a man it will weigh about 
eight ounces more, Your nerves number about 
10,000 or more. Your skin is composed of three 276 
ABOUT YOURSELF. 
layers, and varies from one-eighth to one-fourth of 
an inch in thickness. The area of your skin is 
about 1,700 square inches, and you are subjected to 
an atmospheric pressure of fifteen pounds to the 
square inch. Each square inch of your skin con- 
tains 3,500 sweating tubes, or perspiratory pores, 
each of which may be likened to a little draining- 
tile one-fourth of an inch long, making an aggregate 
length in the entire surface of your body of 201,166 
feet, of a tile-ditch for draining the body, almost 
forty miles long. 
$orqe Woftlf ^enienqberii|g. 
Remember that I have a perfectly safe and pain- 
less process for the cure of Piles or Hemorrhoids, 
without knife, caustic, or ligature, and without in- 
terruption to business or pleasure. I ask no fee 
for treating a patient suffering from this trouble- 
some disease until a cure is perfectly established. 
Remember that I also have a certain cure for 
Fistula and for Fever and Ague, and ask no fee in 
the treatment of these cases until the cure is made. 
Remember that my process for the removal of a 
Tape Worm is perfect, and that we never fail in 
getting the body and head in from one to three 
hours. No fee asked until we place him on exhibi- 
tion. I can also send this tape worm medicine by 
express with directions for self treatment. 
Remember that no cure no pay refers only to the WORTH REMEMBERING. 
277 
above named diseases. The remedies for the 
aforesaid complaints are applied in our office, under 
our direct supervision, and hence we are able to 
warrant a cure. 
Remember that my remedies are a positive cure 
for Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma, and the incipient 
stages of Consumption. 
Remember that my remedies are a radical cure 
for Fever and Ague, Malaria, Constipation, Dys- 
pepsia, Torpid, Enlarged or Inflamed Liver, For- 
getfulness, Nervousness, Weakness, Lassitude. 
Remember my remedies produce marvelous re- 
sults in any form of disease of the Kidneys, Blad- 
der, and Urinary Organs, in male or female, 
curing Diabetes, Gravel, Inflammation, Bright's 
Disease, Impotency, Nervousness, and Loss of Vital 
Force. 
Remember that I have a certain cure for Rheu- 
matism and Neuralgia. 
Remember that I can be consulted by letter and 
that my remedies can be sent by express. 
Remember that it is not wise, or safe to trifle, for 
an instant, with a seated organic disease, but that 
I should be consulted, either personally or by letter, 
the moment any symptoms of disease begin to 
manifest themselves. 
Remember that I make no charge for consulta- 
tions, examinations, or advice. 
Remember that when addressing me to write 
your name, residence, aud Post Office so plain that 
you can read it yourself . 278 
WORTH REMEMBERING. 
Remember that I acre young, middle aged, or old 
men, of any disease to which they are subject. 
Remember that I have had upward of twenty 
years' extensive practice and experience in diseases 
of the nose, throat, lungs, liver, kidneys, and urin- 
ary organs. 
Remember that I have reduced the cure of certain 
painful, and heretofore considered incurable diseases, 
to a mathamatical certainty and that I make no 
charge for the treatment of these diseases until a 
cure is effected. 
Remember that I want agents, both ladies and 
gentlemen to sell this book, and that good agents 
make $6 to $12 per day. 
COMPLAINING, nervous, frail compan- 
ion, never satisfied or happy, unable to as- 
sume her share of the responsibilities of 
life is one of the severest afflictions that can be im- 
posed upon a man. Many worthy men have such 
companions and are struggling along to sustain re- 
putation and family, but are doomed to disappoint- 
ment and trial for the remainder of their lives. 
Such a married life is the greatest curse that can 
befall a man and it is equally as great a misfortune MATRIMONY. 
279 
to the wife and her offspring to have a husband who 
is an invalid, a scold, a brute, or a libertine. 
The health, habits, and temperament of those 
who contemplate matrimony is of the first import- 
ance, and no consideration of money, station, or 
anything else should weigh a straw against health 
and morality. The first consideration then, in the 
selection of a wife or husband, is that they 
shall be physically sound. If a wife or husband are 
ignorant, they can be instructed, if poor or of 
humble origin they can be elevated, but if they are 
physically unsound they consent to a union that 
will make both unhappy through life and which will 
entail upon their offspring, if they have any, disease 
and early death. How can it be expected that 
children should have a strong hold upon life when 
mothers or fathers have so feeble a grasp upon it. 
Weak mothers must bring forth feeble children and 
an early death can only be expected for them. If 
marriages were contracted upon the principle that 
intelligent horse and cattle breeders raise their 
stock, and men and women led virtuous and regular 
lives after marriage, we would be able to raise a 
nation of physical and mental giants. A race that 
would live in health, wealth, and happiness until 
they reached an age of one hundred years. The of Tobacco. 
HAVE called the reader's attention to the 
evils of tobacco in one or two preceding 
articles. The injury it works upon its vic- 
tims and the sufferings endured by those who do 
not use it by being brought in contact with its filthy 
representatives, is my apology for mentioning the 
question again. No animal will touch it, even the 
filthy hog will grunt and turn in disgust and con- 
tempt from it. Its poisonous and loathsome efflu- 
via drives fleas, bugs, mQths and mosquitoes from 
our dwellings, and no living, creeping thing will 
begin to touch it except man and the filthy tobacco 
worm which feeds upon it; even the sweet scented 
polecat will lay his tail over his back and run from 
it as he would from a fire, and, excuse me for say- 
ing that he shows hjs high appreciation for the 
weed by giving it a parting salute as he retires. 
A very elegant and reliable gentleman has just 
told me that he rode twelve hundred miles under a 
broiling sun in Mexico on the top of a stage coach, 
because those who were inside, insisted upon pollu- 
ting the atmosphere with the fumes of tobacco. I 
would respectfully inquire, by what right, saying 
nothing of common decency and politeness does 
the victim to the tobacco habit impose his filthy 
practices upon those who do not smoke, drink, or 
chew ? He comes into public and private places 
and poisons the atmosphere, when common sense 
and the rules of propriety should teach him that THE FILTH OF TOBACCO. 
281 
the sufferer cannot escape the punishment he is in- 
flicting upon him. The user of this weed cannot 
enter a house where it is not used without vitiating 
the atmosphere with the stench from his person 
and apparel, so as to make it positively offensive to 
the inmates, as long as he continues his visits, and 
when we add to this, the promiscuous and random 
shots of tobacco juice upon the floor, carpet, stove, 
or whatever else happens to be in the way, the 
use of tobacco really becomes intolerable ; there is 
no doubt, but thousands have sickened and died, 
or been injured for life, and their days shortened 
from the stench of tobacco under circumstances 
which they could not avoid. I have seen the floors 
of smoking cars, bar rooms, and places of public 
resort so covered with pools of tobacco juice, that 
they looked like small rivers, and yet these crea- 
tures who are so filthy, claim to be gentlemen, and 
they have the effrontery to ask refined and delicate 
women to share their filthy abodes with them. If 
homes for women were not scarce, or if women 
were on a proper level with men in regard to the 
ways of making money, she would soon say to 
these filthy tobacco smokers and chewers, discard 
your filthy habits or you cannot become the fathers 
of our children. $nidide apd 
HAPPY marriage is conducive to a long 
life. Of those who commit suicide, over 
three-fourths are unmarried ; and of the 
insane there are, so far as is known, from three to 
four single persons to one married. It is every 
man's duty to marry, if he is in physical health and 
pecuniary circumstances to do so, and in making 
his choice he should be sure to select a perfectly 
healthy woman who is in every way his equal. Let 
love be the governing motive in marriage and when 
married do not -suspend your courtship. Let all 
your intercourse and relationships be as polite, af- 
fectionate and tender as when you were wooing the 
object of your choice, and above all be faithful in 
word, thought, and deed to your companion; then 
married life will be a heaven on earth. 
Watufe. 
HE growing increase in the population of 
the world goes to show that it will soon be 
densely crowded with human beings. 
Since land, when devoted to grain and roots, 
will sustain fifteen times as many stomachs, when 
the products are consumed by man, as when it is 
converted into flesh and then eaten, it could not 
have been the intention of nature that man should ECONOMY IN NATURE. 
283 
suffer this loss of fifteen hundred per cent. Why,, 
then, will the people continue the loathsome, cruel, 
and barbarous habit of killing animals, and then 
eating their dead bodies. 
lluiqa-q ^erqpe^uqeiit. 
HE temperaments are four in number, viz. : 
Nervous, Bilious, Sanguine,, and Lymph- 
atic. The existence of the temperaments 
depend upon the development of certain parts or 
systems in the body, and each is accompanied by 
different degrees of activity of the brain and corres- 
ponding difference in the capacity or mental mani- 
festations of the individual. When the brain and 
nerves are predominant, it is called the nervous 
temperament; if the lungs and blood-vessels consti- 
tutionally predominate, the sanguine; if the mus- 
cular and fibrous systems are in the ascendancy, 
the bilious, and when the glands and assimilating 
organs are in the ascendancy, it is termed the lym- 
phatic or phlegmatic. 
i. The nervous is indicated by thin skin, fine 
hair, small muscles, brilliant eyes, pale countenance, 
quickness,"sensitiveness, and is the mental or intel- 
lectual temperament. 
2. The sanguine is understood by a stout, full 
frame, florid complexion, full face, firm flesh, and 
moderate plumpness and generally sandy com- 284 
TEMPERAMENT. 
plexion. People of this temperament are generally 
tough and are more given to hard work than to 
books. 
3. The bilious is known by'a thin face, dark skin, 
firm flesh, with rough and strongly marked features. 
The possessor of this temperament has large will 
power, electricity, and great powers of endurance, 
and when combined with the nervous, generally 
makes an able man, capable of great undertakings. 
4. The lymphatic temperament is known by 
roundness of the form, softness of the muscles, 
sleepy, dull, and inexpressive face. In this tem- 
perament the brain and body appear to be dull, 
■slow and languid, and the body is given to fat. 
Coif^unqptio^ CSoiyth^iou^. 
r is a well established fact that consumption 
is contagious by contact: inhaling- the dis- 
eased vapor from the bed or room, or the 
exhalations of the consumptive himself, if long con- 
tinued, is liable to produce the disease. Con- 
sumption has recently been imparted from man to 
brute by inoculation. When men and women are 
known or supposed to have a taint of consumption, 
they should not under any circumstances sleep in the 
same bed or room together. Many cases are on 
record where young and healthy persons have 
contracted the disease from sleeping with those 
who were suffering from it. I am familiar with CONSUMPTION IS CONTAGIOUS. 
285 
several cases of young women who were in perfect 
health, marrying men who had consumption, and 
from sleeping with them, contracted the disease 
and died before their husbands, these husbands 
thrived, while their poor and unfortunate wives 
paled and died. The house and rooms in which a 
scrofulous or consumptive person dwells, should be 
thoroughly disinfected every few days, and the 
carpets and bedding should be shaken and exposed 
to the rays of the sun. 
® few why tl^e 0o-dklled "'fe^u- 
laf -phy$idikq0 " phould pot 
u put oq kii%" 
HE so-called " regular physicians have en- 
tailed more suffering upon the human race 
than war, pestilence, and famine. If my 
readers will carefully examine what some of the 
most distinguished Allopathists have affirmed rela- 
tive to the evil results of their remedies and prac- 
tice, together with such well-authenticated facts as 
I will hereinafter set forth, they will not for one 
moment, question the truth or justice of the grave 
charges I make against them when I say that Allo- 
pathic doctors have been a greater curse to mankind 
than all the man-slaying conquerors of earth, together 
with fire, flood, pestilence and plague. 
Professor Magendie, a celebrated Allopathist of 286 
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Paris, addressed his class in the Allopathic Medical 
College there as follows : 
Gentlemen : Medicine is a great humbug. I 
know it is called a science-science indeed. It is 
nothing like science, doctors are mere empirics when 
they are not charlatans. We are as ignorant as 
men can be. Who knows anything in the world 
about medicine ? 
You have done me the honor to come here to 
attend my lectures, and I must tell you frankly now, 
that I know nothing in the world about medicine ; 
I repeat it, there is no such thing as medical science. 
Who can tell me how to cure a headache ? or the 
gout? or disease of the heart? Nobody. You 
tell me doctors cure people. I grant you people 
get well. But how ? Nature does a great deal; 
doctors do devilish little when they don't do harm. 
Let me tell you what I did when I was head physi- 
cian at Hotel Dieu. Some three or four thousand 
patients passed through my hands every year. I 
divided the patients into two classes ; with one I 
followed the dispensatory and gave them the usual 
medicines without knowing the reason why or 
wherefore; to the other I gave bread pills and 
colored water, without, of course, letting them 
know anything about it, and occasionally I would 
create a third division to whom I gave nothing 
whatever. These last would fret a good deal, they 
would feel they were neglected, but they almost in- 
variably recovered. There was a little mortality 
among those who received but bread pills and 
colored water, and the mortality was great among REGULAR PHYSICIANS. 
287 
those who were carefully drugged according to the 
dispensatory. 
What curative power was once claimed for the 
lancet! yet Dr. Tully asserts, that in the days of 
its fame. " it annually slew more than the sword." 
Mercury is more deadly still. Dr. Headland, 
one of its admirers, says-" It decomposes the 
blood and wastes the body," kills not cures. 
Dr. Gallop declares " opium to have done seven 
times more injury than good, the world over." 
Dr. Holmes says, " the use of cankering min- 
erals," " the noxious growth of the vegetable king- 
dom," " the impurities of animal entrails," " the 
poison bags of reptiles," for pouring down the 
throats of mortals, suffering for some fault of or- 
ganization, nourishment, or vital stimulation, is a 
grand " colossal system of self-deception, and the 
disgrace of medicine." 
Dr. Sydenham said, " in consumption the best 
doctor is a horse, the best apothecary an ass." 
Dr. James Gregory a professor in the medical 
department of the university of Edinburg, says, 
" ninety-nine in every hundred of the so-called 
medical facts, are medical lies; and all medical 
theories are stark staring nonsense." 
Prof. Dunglingson, says, " if the philosophic in- 
quirer after truth will cast his eyes over the 
multitude of facts, as they are called, which have 
descended from one generation to another without 
any examination, he will be astonished to find how 
few of them rest upon any foundation." " You must 
know, said, Dr. Tanner the celebrated faster from 288 
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Minneapolis, Minn., " that I am a physician. 
Now, if you wanted to employ an engineer, would 
you be satisfied with one who knew all about the 
construction of an engine, but who knew nothing 
about the nature of steam, the force that drives an 
engine ? That is just the case with us doctors. 
We know a great deal about the body, but we know 
almost nothing about the force which drives it. 
We call it a nervous force. Now I hope to lead 
out in the right direction. I may not be right, and 
nothing may come of my experiment, but I hope 
to call attention to the subject and to furnish some 
facts on which men may argue intelligently. I have 
got disgusted with physicians, and particularly with 
the regular school." 
"But Dr. Miller, here," said the friend laugh- 
ing, " is of the regular school." 
"Well," Dr. Tanner continued, "if the coat fits 
let him put it on ; but I, too, am of the regular 
school, and all I say about him rebounds upon my- 
self. I got so much disgusted that I almost swore 
that I would never call myself a physician again 
until I had learned something as to the nature of 
life. I am not satisfied with the system on which 
our medical education is based. 
" I believe," Dr. Tanner added, "that many per- 
sons are buried alive. We have had a couple of 
instances of mistakes in regard to the presence of 
death lately. Only a short time ago a child was 
discovered to be a live while it was lying on a slab 
in the New York Morgue. Once I wrote a letter 
to a newspaper on the subject, and afterward a re- REGULAR PHYSICIANS. 
289 
porter in St. Louis interviewed the person who had 
charge of the removal of all the bodies in one of 
the city cemeteries. He learned from this person 
that there were evidences that in this one cemetery 
fifty persons had been buried alive. Only the an- 
nals of eternity can tell us how many persons have 
recovered after they have been supposed to be dead. 
I am opposed to forcing people to eat when they 
don't want to. I want to show that it is safe to go 
without food. Once physicians were committed to 
the doctrine of depletion. They starved patients 
and let their blood. Now they are at the opposite 
extreme. If a patient's stomach is not fitted to re- 
ceive food, they force it down. The cry is, ' Give 
lots of nourishment.' " 
" Some of the doctors, so-called, who drop in 
here," said the Minnesota man, "give more annoy- 
ance than anything else I know of. It is impossible 
to penetrate the dense atmosphere of self-opinion, 
and, in some instances, lamentable ignorance in 
which they are immersed. They know less about 
their profession than does the general public." 
Dr. Willard Parker, says, " Of all sciences medi- 
cine is the most uncertain." 
Prof. E. R. Peaslie said, " The administration of 
powerful medicines is the most fearful cause of 
deranged digestion." 
Prof. S. A. Gross says, " Of the essence of dis- 
ease very little is known." 
Prof. McClintock says, " Mercury has made more 
cripples than all the wars combined." 
Sir Astley Cooper says, " The practice of medi- 290 
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cine is founded in conjecture and improved by 
murder." 
Dr. Bailey, of London, says, " I have no confidence 
whatever in our remedies." 
Dr. Frank says, " Thousands are slaughtered an- 
nually in the quiet sick room. " 
Dr. Bostwick says, "Every dose of medicine 
swallowed is.a blind experiment." 
Dr. Evans, of Edinburgh, says, " The medical 
practice of the day is neither philosophical or com- 
mon sense." 
Dr. Rush said, " The practice of medicine was 
like a temple unroofed and cracked at its founda- 
tion." 
A celebrated physician has said, " Nature is fight- 
ing with the disease; a blind man armed with a 
club, the physician, comes to settle the contest. 
He first tries to make peace, but failing to effect 
this, he lifts his club and strikes at random, if he 
happeps to strike the disease he kills it; but if he 
hits nature he kills her." 
Bicat, the French Physiologist, says, " Medicine 
is an incoherent mass of incoherent ideas, and of all 
the sciences best shows the caprice of the human 
mind." 
Prof. Chapman says, " Consulting the records of 
the practice of physic, we cannot help being dis- 
gusted with the multitude of hypotheses obtruded 
upon us at different times. To harmonize the con- 
tradictions of medical science is indeed a task as 
impracticable as to arrange the fleeting vapors 
around us." REGULAR PHYSICIANS. 
291 
Dr. Rush says, " I am insensibly led to make an 
apology for the instability of the theory and prac- 
tice of medicine, for those physicians generally be- 
come the most eminent and successful who soonest 
emancipate themselves from the schools of physic. 
Dissections daily convice us of our ignorance of the 
seats of disease, and cause us to blush at our pre- 
scriptions. What mischief have we done under the 
belief in false facts and false theories? We have 
assisted in multiplying diseases ; we have done more 
-we have increased their mortality. '' 
I have before me the testimony of at least one 
thousand of the most eminent men in the allopathic 
school confirmatory of the foregoing, but have not 
space in which to set forth their opinions and say- 
ings. 
I practiced the allopathic system sufficiently long 
to discover its utter worthlessness, that drug's never 
7 o 
cured anybody. 
I saw the grave yards rapidly filling day by day, 
and my neighbors in mourning, and when I care- 
fully examined my "illustrious " band of " fraternal 
brothers" I came to the solemn conclusion that we 
were practicing an imposition upon the people. 
That of knowledge we had none, in regard to the 
cure of diseases of the human body, that egotism, 
bigotry, and assumption was our stock in trade, and 
I left the practice fully resolved to do what I could 
to right the wrongs that were being perpetrated 
upon an unsuspecting people by these so-called 
" physicians " who lay claim to the title of "honora- 
ble members of an honorable profession." Now 292 
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my readers, let us lay aside all prejudice, let us be 
just and honest toward these gentlemen and toward 
ourselves while we examine their right to the title 
of " honorable members of an honorable profes- 
sion." 
According to the most careful estimates there are 
more than 200,000 confirmed opium eaters in the 
United States. This accursed habit has been en- 
tailed upon 95 per cent, of these poor creatures 
through medical prescriptions and advice, and while 
this vast army of slaves are tasting of death and 
hell, these " honorable members of an honorable 
profession " are abroad in the land doing their ut- 
most to swell the ranks of these terrible sufferers. 
A large per centage of the cases of confirmed 
drunkenness has been brought upon the victims 
through prescriptions calling for alcoholic stimu- 
lants and still these gentlemen proclaim that they 
are " honorable members of an honorable profes- 
sion." 
Paraselsus, a "distinguished" allopathist of the 
fifteenth century, introduced quicksilver into the 
family of medicines. This act originated the epi- 
thet of quack, but the so-called "regulars" not 
liking the title, have ever since been trying to 
fasten it upon those who do not believe in their 
practices. But, 
They may puff themselves up as high as they will. 
The odor of quack will stick to them still. 
e Quicksilver has killed its millions and entailed REGULAR PHYSICIANS. 
293 
untold sufferings upon millions more. The world 
is full of paralytic, rheumatic and broken down vic- 
tims to this accursed mineral poison. We see the 
poor creatures standing on every corner asking for 
bread; its ghosts stalk abroad everywhere, and are 
living monuments to the " Science and Skill of these 
"honorable members of an honorable profession." 
If the grave yards of the country were to be 
carefully examined, the form of many a loved one 
would be found missing, and if the body could be 
traced, it would be learned that it had furnished a 
44 subject" for dissection in some medical institution. 
Hence it appears that these "honorable members of 
an honorable profession " are unwilling that the 
dead should rest in peace after they have killed them, 
and that their thirst for blood is not satiated until 
they have boiled and mangled our idols into shapeless 
masses. The testimony and certificates of some of 
these " honorable members of an honorable pro- 
fession " has sent to a dungeon cell in some prison, 
for crime or insanity, a wife, a husband, or a rela- 
tive who stood in the way of fie successful consumma- 
tion of some scheme or infamy. If the prisons of 
the world were carefully examined by competent 
and honorable men and women, thousands of inno- 
cent persons would be found thus suffering. 
The purchased testimony and certificates of these 
"honorable members of an honorable profession" 
has consigned to mad houses, prisons, disgrace and 
death, tens of thousands of honorable men and 
women who zvere perfectly sane. A committee, with 
women in the majority, should be made up from 294 
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among our best citizens, and the asylums, poor 
houses, prisons, and public institutions of the 
country should be searched, from cellar to attic, 
and every person carefully examined, not by pro- 
fessed doctors, but by intelligent men and women- 
the intuition of a noble woman would discover the 
right and the wrong. 
Examine the testimony of doctors in the first 
trial of Stokes for the murder of Fisk, and then 
ask yourselves where is medical science. One 
doctor contradicted the other, until it became a 
farce, and the jury refused to consider their testi- 
mony. And yet these physicians were among the 
most distinguished allopathists of New York. Dr. 
Schoeppe, of Pennsylvania, was convicted and sen- 
tenced to be hung for poisoning one of his patients, 
upon the testimony of doctors. A new trial was 
granted him and he was honorably acquitted. Every 
person who reads is familiar with the Wharton 
trial at Baltimore, and the ignorance displayed by 
the medical experts on that occasion. 
The untrustworthy character of the evidence of 
medical experts in murder trials has been even 
more forcibly attested in a recent trial in Belgium, 
than it was in the three above-mentioned cases in 
this country. A man-servant, named Agnel, was 
arrested and placed on trial, in Brussels, for the 
murder of his master, M. Rigaud. The circum- 
stantial evidence of ' his guilt was very strong. 
Master and man had had a serious difficulty on 
the day of the former's death. M. Rigaud had left 
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the trouble, and Agnel was known to be in urgent 
need of about this sum to clear off debts that were 
pressing him. It was shown that Agnel had. on 
the same day, procured some arsenic at a neighbor- 
ing drug store, for the purpose, as he said, of kill- 
ing rats. When, in addition to this circumstancial 
evidence, medical experts came in and testified that 
M. Rigaud had died from poisoning by arsenic, 
there seemed to be a positive proof of Agnel's 
guilt. Among those who attested the presence of 
sufficient poison to cause death, were M. Girault, 
of the Imperial Laboratory, Paris, and M. Conde, 
a celebrated analytical chemist from Brussels. 
These gentlemen demonstrated the presence of 
arsenic in the stomach of the dead man by a subtile 
process of analysis, depending upon the test of 
affinity. Against their evidence, M. Coterie, also 
an eminent chemist of Brussels, came in and testi- 
fied that this process was not only inadequate to 
prove the presence of the poison, but that it was 
one which would generate arsenic by its own opera- 
tion. By a preconcerted arrangement between the 
counsel for the prosecution and the counsel for the 
defence, the final evidence establishing the inno- 
cence of the accused had been withheld until the 
testimony of the medical men had all been taken. 
Then it was that a letter from the deceased was 
produced, of the genuineness of which two persons 
gave evidence, which confessed that M. Rigaud 
had produced his own death, not by arsenic, but 
by a dose of antimony. 
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American women. Who are the murderers of this 
immense army of innocence? Hundreds of women 
have told me that it was these "honorable members 
of an honorable profession" who had "helped them 
out of their difficulty." Servants in livery and 
brown stone fronts are not, generally, supported by 
legitimate practice. If one of these "honorable 
members," who is in good standing with his breth- 
ren, gets into difficulty through malpractice or lust, 
his fellows are bound to come to his rescue, and 
their aid and testimony is usually all sufficient to 
extricate the unfortunate from the penalties that 
should follow his acts. A man, or woman injured 
by them has no show for justice. 
I will not discuss the millions of seductions, un- 
necessary amputations and murders committed by 
these " honorable members of an honorable pro- 
fession' neither will I dwell upon their availability or 
volubility as expert witnesses in courts, upon either 
side of a case (particularly the side that will pay the 
most) but I offer the foregoing as a few out of the 
many reasons why the so-called " regular phys- 
icians" should not put on airs. 1$ ]\fedidiije a ? 
HE following article was published in the 
New York Herald of July 25th, a. d., 1880. 
A perusal of the article will richly repay 
those people who place their reliance upon medical 
men in the hour of sickness : 
" POPULAR DOUBTS ON THE SUBJECT WHAT THE 
DOCTORS THINK ABOUT IT AND THE TROUBLE 
THAT TANNER'S FAST GIVES THE SCHOOLS. 
The many opinions which have been broached 
by both scientific and unscientific persons in con- 
nection with the Tanner fast, and particularly the 
differences of opinion which have prevailed among 
medical men on what might be justly termed a 
purely physiological question, have aroused in the 
public mind a condition of doubt as to the exact 
scientific character of the practice of medicine. In- 
deed, the views of the public with regard to this 
subject have tended in this direction in recent years 
with considerable emphasis, and the establishment 
and success of directly opposite schools and systems 
of medical practice, and the fact that the practice 
in all the schools has materially changed during the 
past quarter of a century, have awakened a large 
amount of public distrust. 
So much is this the case that two years ago a 
prominent physician complained at a meeting of 
one of the medical associations that his patients no 298 
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longer relied implicitly and ignorantly on his direc- 
tions, but insisted on knowing the nature of his 
prescriptions and their probable result. There is, 
indeed, a general feeling of 'wanting to know, you 
know,' in regard to the genuineness of medical 
knowledge and medical practice, and, reprehensible 
as this species of this curiosity may be, the Herald 
has felt called upon to clear up the doubts which 
prevail as far as lies in its power. A Herald re- 
porter has accordingly interviewed a number of 
leading physicians of all schools to obtain from them 
their conclusion as to the question 
IS MEDICINE AN EXACT SCIENCE ? 
The replies to this question will be found below, 
in the language of the eminent gentlemen appealed 
to, accompanied by much valuable information, 
cognate or extraneous, freely dispensed by them in 
their responses. The first physician appealed to 
was Dr. George M. Beard, well known as a medical 
man, expert as a dialectician and an eminent mem- 
ber of the Neurological Society. Dr. Beard was 
found in his cosey consultation room at his resid- 
ence, in East Twenty-ninth street. 
" What you ask is not a question among scientific 
men," said Dr. Beard. "No one professes that 
medicine is an exact science who is accustomed to 
reasoning on these subjects. There is a degree of 
exactness in medical science and in the medical art, 
but it is approximate rather than absolute." 
" But is medicine itself a science?" persisted the 
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" There is science in medicine, but medicine 
strictly is not wholly a science. Science is only 
science when it reaches the deductive stasfe where 
we know beforehand without investigation or trial. 
There are very many things in medicine that we 
know beforehand, and that are therefore truly 
science-that is, organized, verifiable knowledge.. 
We know, for example, beforehand, without trial, 
that chloroform will produce anaesthesia; that opium 
will kill, and that, so far as it goes, is science. But 
we do not know, in any individual case just how 
much chloroform will be needed to produce anaes- 
thesia or how large a dose of opium will be needed 
to kill." 
Here the reporter reflected that he somewhere 
heard that medical practice was designed to cure 
and not to kill, but he did not say so. 
" In medical practice, considered as a science, 
how would you view the changes made by time in 
methods-as, for instance, the changed treatment 
of fevers in the past twenty-five years ? " asked the 
reporter. 
" Amid all these changes,"* Dr. Beard replied, 
" there have been a number of permanent truths, 
just as there are a number of permanent truths in 
astronomy, physics, &c. Amid all these changes 
the use of opium, for example, is entirely scientific, 
and the fact that it can relieve pain is as well estab- 
lished as the Copernican theory, and has been for 
hundreds of years. Chloroform is another in- 
stance." 300 
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" Do you not consider that medicine to-day in its 
large practice, is experimental ?" 
" No. There is much experiment in it, and must 
be ; but we know beforehand, without experiment, 
the general action of a large number of remedies 
of which even fifty years ago nothing was known. 
Among these are electricity, the bromides, chloral, 
ergot in its application to nervous diseases, and 
iodide of potassium. Their general action we know 
deductively. In their special application to indi- 
viduals, where idiosyncracies come in, their use is 
in a certain degree experimental. Practice of med- 
icine is based on these facts. If medicine were in 
all respects an absolutely exact science there would 
be no need for doctors." 
"Is there any scientific certainty in diagnosis by 
symptoms alone ; and in the case of disease, where 
does absolute diagnosis begin and end?" 
"There is no absolute, mathematical dividing 
line in diagnosis. Physiology shades into pathology'1 
-health into disease-by insensible gradations. 
There is an evolution in disease, a change of type, 
from age to age, which requires and obtains an 
evolution in its treatment. There has been enor- 
mous progress in the treatment of disease in the 
last fifteen years." 
dr. hammond's views, 
This closed the interview, and the reporter pro- 
ceeded to call on Dr. William A. Hammond, at his 
residence in fifty-fourth street. The doctor was 
found in his picturesque study, seated in his Eliza- MEDICINE. 
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bethean chair, and surrounded by books and bric-a- 
brac. He kindly consented to inform the public as 
to the scientific nature of medicine, and proceeded 
to do so in the following language 
" No physician who knows anything about his 
profession will contend for one moment that med- 
icine is an exact science. In fact he will be ready 
to admit that it never can be an exact science, be- 
cause the factors are always variable. If I take two 
cannon balls of known weight and roll them against 
each other at a certain velocity I get a certain result, 
which will always be the same under like circum- 
stances, because the factors are the same. But in 
the practice of medicine the factors are never the 
same, and therefore the results will always be differ- 
ent. Bor instance, I give John Smith a grain of 
opium. Now there I have two factors-the grain 
of opium and John Smith. I find that that grain 
of opium puts John Smith to sleep. But it will be 
exceedingly unphilosophical for me to assume from 
the fact that a grain of opium will put John Brown 
to sleep, because John Brown is a very different 
man from John Smith. No two men are exactly 
alike. Therefore you have pne variable factor 
every time, although your opium may be pure. 
But there are a sufficient number of men in the 
world like John Smith to enable us to say, with a 
reasonable degree of probability, that a grain of 
opium will put them to sleep. If it does not, we 
give another grain, and so on, until we give enough 
to make the man sleep. Thus we see that medicine 
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wise. For what is true of opium is true of every 
other drug, and so of every other man. What there- 
fore is written by physicians of the action of drugs, 
is written in a general sense, and without any pre- 
tence to exactness. We find, for instance, that one 
man is not appreciably affected by repeated large 
doses of mercury, while another man is salivated 
by an infinitesimal dose. Therefore, what is being 
done by Tanner, for instance, is of no value, be- 
cause, even if honestly conducted, it only proves 
what Tanner can do, and nothing more. This ap- 
plies simply to the practice of medicine and not to 
diagnosis. The main advances in medicine in the 
last twenty-five years have been in the direction of 
diagnosis, or the determination of the nature of 
the affection under which a patient suffers. This 
is mainly due to the fact that we have a great 
many instruments of precision, invented by our- 
selves, for the examination of cases of disease, such 
as the ophthalmoscope, by which we can see the 
whole interior of the eye ; the laryngoscope, for 
examining the larynx; the otoscope, for examining 
the ear ; the endoscope, for examining the bladder ; 
the gastroscope, for observing the interior of the 
stomach ; the various speculums for examining the 
organs in women ; the aesthosiometer, for determin- 
ing the sensibility of the patient; the dynamometer, 
for measuring his strength; the dynamograph, an 
automatic instrument for recording the condition 
of the strength; thermometers of very delicate 
construction ; the thermo-electric differential calori- 
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of temperature ; the microscope, and various forms 
of electrical apparatus, which are of great service in 
the diagnosis of very many diseases, and last, but 
not least, by which we can determine the nature of 
a disease of the heart or lungs with almost absolute 
certainty." 
And then Dr. Hammond proceeded to exhibit 
to the reporter a number of the instruments which 
he had named, leaving him in a condition of awe at 
the amount of human sagacity as displayed in in- 
ventions to assist the Doctor, mingled with wonder 
that there are so many people who die with disease. 
THE HOMCEOPATHIC IDEA. 
Dr. Sinclair Smith, of the homoeopathic school 
of medical practice, professor of diseases of child- 
ren, was found in his study at his residence in 
thirty-eight street, and in answer to the question. 
" Is medicine an exact science as viewed from a 
homoeopathic standpoint?" he said : 
" It is not an exact science, but as to diagnosis 
there are certain diseases which physicians can cer- 
tainly diagnose without the shadow of a doubt. I 
cannot say as much with regard to therapeutics, 
though even that is becoming more and more exact, 
as we become better acquainted with remedies. 
The treatment of disease has been modified greatly 
the last twenty years. In regard to the practice of 
medicine, though, I do not think it can be called 
an exact science, though I believe the time will come 
when it will become so." / 
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known to the public as a leading practitioner in the 
school of Hanhemann. He was found in the 
possession of a few moments' leisure, though this 
was speedily broken in upon by the arrival of a 
number of patients. 
" So far as diagnosis is concerned," said Dr. 
Marcy, "medicine is in many respects an exact 
science. As, for example, with regard to the heart 
and lungs, whether diseased, how and where, so far 
as these questions are to be answered, medicine is 
an exact science. So with regard to diseases of 
the kidneys. The symptoms of Bright's disease 
are absolutely positive. A physician may stake 
his life on it. By the microscope, too, he can tell 
the exact stage of the disease, and if it be impossi- 
ble to recover. Now as to " Materia Medica." The 
great advantage claimed by homoeopathic physicians 
over other schools is that this school proves all its 
drugs in healthy cases, and is exact so far as these 
provings are conducted on the persons of the prac- 
titioners, the belief being that a medicine should 
act on the diseased parts and not on the healthy 
parts, as in the other practice (by revulsion). A 
dozen provers experiencing the same symptoms 
from a drug (say belladonna) it may be considered 
exact." 
The Doctor proceeded to describe the nature of 
the drug glonoine (employed in headaches and 
epilepsy) with half a dozen pellets of which laid 
upon the tongue Dr. Marcy said he would guaran- 
tee to produce five distinct symptoms. 
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moeopathy," said the Doctor, " is 'to adapt the 
remedies to the increased sensitiveness of the dis- 
eased parts." 
THE "OLD SCHOOL" AGAIN. 
Dr. Alanson S. Jones, of West Thirty-sixth 
street, is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine and 
member of the New York County Medical Society.. 
Of course he is a practitioner of the old school, 
"Doctor," said the reporter, "is medicine an 
exact science ? " 
" It certainly is not." 
" Is there any certainty in the use of drugs ? " 
"The result of the administration of drugs is 
reasonably certain, but not sufficiently so to make 
it an exact science. Because there are circum- 
stances and conditions that we cannot be absolutely 
certain about. Yet the investigations of modern 
science in physiology and pathology have con- 
stantly tended to make this more sure. As to diag- 
nosis I consider it to be almost absolutely certain. 
There are cases in which the combination of cir- 
cumstances is such as to render diagnosis extremely 
difficult, but they are very rare. In regard to cu- 
taneous diseases diagnostic conditions are not com- 
plete until eruption appears. The completion of 
these conditions is termed pathognomonic, or indi- 
cating the disease which produces the symptoms. 
As to the evolution of disease I do not believe it. 
Diseases remain the same, but changed conditions 
in localities produce a different class of diseases." 
The reporter next sought Dr. Meredith Clymer, 306 
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a well-known specialist in nervous diseases and in 
medical jurisprudence, a voluminous and esteemed 
writer. In answer to the question, " Is medicine 
an exact science ? " Dr. Cylmer said, briefly, 
" No; though it is impossible to hold a scientific 
man to categorical answers. Medicine compre- 
hends anatomy, which is certainly an exact science. 
Physical diagnosis, if the physician is careful, is an 
exact science-as in diseases of the chest, by per- 
cussion and auscultation. Diagnosis, in most of the 
diseases of the eye, has become positive and exact 
by the use of the opthalmoscope. Whenever you 
can use physical means of examination the diagno- 
sis can be exact, but symptoms are misleading. 
The examination of the blood by chemical and 
microscopical means is exact. Again, the use of 
medical thermometry is exact. The old method of 
pulse means was deceptive, but in the past fifteen 
years we have been able to tell' the exact rise in 
temperature, as in fevers. The application is 
specially valuable in first discerning a case of 
phthisis. As . far as diagnosis and the detection 
and differentiation of disease are concerned medi- 
cine is almost an exact science. Pathological ana- 
tomy is exact. But when you come to the practice 
of medicine-which is what the public employ the 
doctor for-it is empirical. Here is where the 
patient don't want the science, he wants the art, 
and yet here is where it is empirical. Accumu- 
lated experience is worth something, and just here 
the contemned country doctor has the advantage 
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wits, makes him observant, and he is successful, 
because he must be successful or go under." 
DR. FRANK II. HAMILTON'S OPINION. 
The last medical gentleman consulted on this 
question was Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, the eminent 
surgeon, who was found at his residence in West 
Thirty-second street, and gave his views with great 
directness and in the most concise manner. 
"Medicine in general cannot be considered an 
exact science, though I consider anatomy to be as 
exact as astronomy, and physiology and pathology' 
approximate exactness. Surgery approaches much 
more nearly exactness than medical practice. There 
are too many conditions of climate, atmosphere, 
constitution, and varying states of the constitution, 
age, &c., to render it possible that medicine should 
ever become an exact science. The human system 
is a very complicated laboratory, and medicines 
pass through too many changes after being re- 
ceived into the system to enable us to calculate ab- 
solutely and accurately what will be the ultimate 
result. Surgery, just inasmuch as it approaches 
the nature of a mechanical science or art, ap- 
proaches more nearly the character of an exact 
science. The old writers said of surgery:-Quod 
in therapiea mechanicum est; " but modern surgery 
comprises a great deal more than what is purely 
mechanical. The larger part of surgery, as we now 
understand it, is strictly therapeutical, and in so 
'much partakes of the uncertainties of general thera- 
peutics. We believe that both of these depart- 308 
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ments are moving in the direction of the final re- 
sult of an exact science. But both are far - from 
having yet attained it. There is still room enough 
for study, and for the application of genius, in dis- 
covery and invention." 
This closed the series of interviews on this im- 
portant question. 
The foregoing is the opinion, as expressed, of 
several of the leaders or representatives of the two 
medical schools in New York. They have been 
put in the humiliating position where they were 
obliged to confess that medicine " was not an exact 
science" but if the reporter of the Herald had gone 
further and demanded of these doctors, in the 
name of suffering millions, what diseases they had 
ever cured, or what diseases they could treat with 
any certainty of success, these pretenders to " science 
in medicine" would have been forced to admit that 
they had never cured anybody, and that they had 
no remedies that could be relied upon in the 
cure of disease ; all they could say to sustain their 
pretensions to science was that somebody had " in- 
vented instruments that would determine the nature 
of disease." Of what use are these instruments, or 
of what account is the knowledge of disease if you 
are impotent to relieve or cure it ? Of what ser- 
vice is it to a drowning man in mid-ocean that 
some person stands afar off and sees his distress 
who has no means of rescuing him ? In the name 
of sickness and distress ; in the name of physical 
health and common sense ; in the name of every 
thing that is dear or sacred to us in life, are not the MEDICINE. 
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admissions of these doctors coupled with the fact of 
our knowledge of the millions that have been in- 
jured and slain by them, sufficient to deter us from 
bringing them to our bedsides when sickness comes ; 
it is enough for poor human nature to overcome 
the disease. Shall we then demand it to overcome 
the ignorance or infamy of the doctor ? 
Opiqioi) of 
DR. TANNER'S OPINION OF HIS PROFESSION. 
FTER he had examined these gifts Dr. 
Tanner asked for a glass of water. As 
. the Herald watcher was about to hand it 
to him one of the medical students insisted upon 
measuring it, to ascertain if the glass did not con- 
tain a drachm more than four ounces, the quantity 
usually poured out. This delay nettled the faster, 
evidently, for he exclaimed with some warmth, 
addressing his conversation jointly to the Herald 
watcher and one of the older physicians : 
" I am sick of seeing those men higgle over half 
a drachm of water. I have seen them do it when 
I was really suffering. • I have long since grown 
disgusted with my profession. They are diametric- 
ally opposed to each other in their views. In court, 
for instance, the so-called expert testimony in mal- 
practice and will cases is often ex parte testimony. 310 
DR. tanner's OPINION. 
Each one takes his own view. There is no class, 
in the world in such vassalage as are doctors. If 
you think for yourself or depart from the code 
they want to whip you into line. For years I have 
been the target of the profession in Ohio and 
Minnesota, but have managed to live through the 
ordeal. I have a way of thinking and acting for 
myself, and I long ago found out that I could not 
practice my profession and be a strictly honorable 
man." 
A medical visitor remarked : " Any man who can 
do what you are doing need not fear for the future." 
To which Dr. Tanner quickly rejoined : " You can 
all do it if you would be men. You have got to 
rise up and throw off the shackles. When you do 
that, you and your profession will be better off." 
Old $dl)ool v^. ©f. filood. 
OME of my readers may inquire how it is 
that I claim to be able to cure diseases when 
I maintain that there is no science in the 
so-called " practice of medicine ?" I will anticipate 
this inquiry by saying that the regular schools of 
medicine have been illiberal, their representatives 
have iron bands around their heads and they have 
accepted nothing unless it has come to them in the 
so-called "regular way." While I have been reach- 
ing out for new things that promised reform. I have 
paid vast sums of money for a knowledge of reme- THE OLD SCHOOL. 
311 
dies that were known to cure. I have been a pur- 
chaser in the market for many years, for any valu- 
able information regarding the cure of diseases, and 
I have no hesitation in saying tha€ I have expended 
more than $150,000 for medical formulas and med- 
ical secrets. I have, myself, reduced the cure of 
eight, heretofore considered incurable diseases to a 
mathematical certainty. I do not claim to be infalli- 
ble in all diseases, but in special diseases, which 
have been named in other pages of this book, I 
claim to be successful in their treatment and cure, 
and so confident am I in my ability to cure these 
diseases that I and my representatives ask no fee 
whatever until a cure is established. I have had 
from twenty to one hundred and fifty physicians 
representing my practice for the past quarter of a 
century, and they or I, with remedies invented or 
owned by me, have treated and cured more than one 
hundred thousand persons in different parts of the 
United States who had been treated and dismissed 
as incurable cases by other physicians. I have the 
names and residences of these people. These so- 
called " regular physicians " do not admire me 
because I 'have been the means of bringing sun- 
shine and happiness where they have brought deso- 
lation, and I do not love them because I believe 
many of them to be seducers, abortionists, and 
false pretenders to a science where no science ex- 
ists. Some of my conservative friends have mar- 
veled at my audacity in writing so plainly of these 
so-called medical men; they have suggested that 
these men might combine together to get me into 312 
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difficulty, but these friends do not know them as 
well as I do. They have not heard the million con- 
fessions of women in regard to their seductions and 
murder that I have; they have not seen the broken 
hearted lovers and husbands that I have seen and 
heard in regard to their immoral practices. They 
have not heard the story of the nation of 
cripples and physical wrecks that I have seen and 
heard, and whose afflictions have been brouQ-ht 
upon them by these so-called "doctors." 
When the people shall hear and know what I 
have heard and know they will believe with me 
that these so-called "doctors," would be more dan- 
gerous with blue pills, dead men's bodies, and the 
beautiful wife or daughter of some trusting husband 
and father than with a live man who knows their 
infamies, upon whom they were perpetrated, and the 
names of the perpetrators. 
S^iTly fii^tofy of a Boy I Knew. 
HE subject of this article was a proud, am- 
bitious boy, who was born in a town in 
Massachusetts, not more than fifty miles 
from what is denominated " the Hub," or the sup- 
posed " centre of the universe." This boy was 
born, so far as is known, in the usual way. His 
parents were respectable, industrious, well to do 
people, and had they properly understood the HISTORY OF A BOY. 
313 
science of life, their full duty to their child and the 
nature, capabilities, and high aspirations of their 
boy, I am sure they would have conformed to 
the requirements of his tastes, and shown him their 
love and regard by furnishing him with a respect- 
able and presentable wardrobe, to enable him to 
appear as the equal, at least, of other boys in his 
neighborhood, and thus established in his mind the 
high principles of self-respect and honor, together 
with that instinctive, or natural respect and love 
for the mother and father who gave him life. But 
these parents, although abundantly able to respond 
to the trifling and simple wants of their boy, 
dressed him in old clothes, sometimes barely cover- 
ing his little body, barefooted, and with his old 
clothes patched, battered and torn, and in the 
place of gentle looks, kind acts, and loving en- 
couraging words, he was cuffed, kicked, cowhided, 
threatened, and told of his faults and follies until 
the idea became firmly rooted in his mind that he 
was the inferior of other boys mentally, morally 
and socially, and that he was but a vagabond or 
waif, only to be sustained through the condescen- 
sion or charity of his parents. Degraded and 
humiliated in his own estimation, this boy became 
a sneak, he would go a mile out of his way rather 
than meet a well dressed lady or gentleman. His 
imagination became distorted, making him dis- 
obedient, high tempered, revengeful and untruth- 
ful ; kind acts, or kind words would have dissipated 
all these vile propensities ; but they were scarcely 
■ever received until he grew to an age to go out 314 
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into the world and receive them from strangers. 
When strangers began to show an appreciation of 
this boy and to bestow upon him kindness and 
friendship, he began to regard his parents as the 
assassins of his youthful rights and happiness, and 
he turned his back upon their dwelling place to seek 
a home among strangers. 
In the long years that have elapsed since this 
boy's childhood, and when he has remembered that 
the forms of his parents were becoming bent with 
age, and that life to them would soon cease to have 
its pleasures and its sorrows, he has struggled hard 
to forget their misunderstanding of his nature and 
their injustice toward him, and when he has nearly 
succeeded in burying the terrible ordeals of his 
youth, some humiliation he has suffered, some hor- 
rid privation he has endured or some ambition that 
has not been reached in consequence of his treat- 
ment in early life, coupled with the fact that his 
parents in all these years have been as silent as 
the grave upon the question of his youthful treat- 
ment, appears before him like a ghastly nightmare 
to destroy the natural yearnings of his heart. This 
boy has grown to middle life, has prospered and 
been honored in spite of the hardships of his youth. 
How much better would have been his position in 
life now, had he been properly cared for by his 
parents in youth, of course is problematical, but 
had they treated him gently and justly they would 
now have the consciousness not only of their justice 
toward him, but of possessing his full love and re- 
spect, without a shadow or without a reproach. HISTORY OF A BOY. 
315 
This boy's parents are but the type of thousands 
of parents the world over. They bring children 
into the world only to misunderstand and misuse 
them, and when in consequence of their own ignor- 
ance and harshness, they have destroyed the self-re- 
spect, pride, and obedience of their children, and have 
degraded them until they become thieves, drunkards, 
liars, or murderers, they heap their reproaches upon 
fate or God Almighty, for sending them such vaga- 
bonds. God Almighty, fate, and the devil have a 
great many responsibilities charged upon them of 
which they know nothing. 
Men and women who take upon themselves the 
responsibility of producing children, should learn 
how to treat them after they have brought them 
into the world; they are responsible for the child's 
life, and largely for his future existence and useful- 
ness. A child should always be treated gently, he 
should be neatly and properly clothed, and led to 
believe that he is just as good, if not a little better 
than the neighbor's children. His tastes should be 
studied and catered to, a blow or a kick should 
never be suggested or threatened. He should be 
controlled through his affections and through his 
sense of honor and justice. All his rights should 
be respected and his reasonable desires gratified, if 
within the parent's means to gratify them: if not 
within their reach or ability, the child should be 
told the reasons why. No misrepresentation 
should ever be made to a child to accomplish an 
end; always speak the truth to them. If these sug- 
gestions are followed by parents they will have the. 316 
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love, respect, and confidence of their children, and 
home will be man's and woman's paradise. 
fof the $idk l^oorq. 
HE following rules should be observed in 
preparing, cooking, and serving food for 
the sick: 
All the utensils employed should be scrupulously 
clean. 
Never make a large quantity of one thing at a 
time. 
Serve everything in as tempting and elegant a 
form as possible. 
Put only a small quantity of an article on a dish 
at a time. 
Keep milk and other delicacies on ice in warm 
weather. 
Never leave food about a sick room. 
Never offer beef tea or broth with the smallest 
particle of fat or grease on it, nor milk that is sour, 
nor meat or soup that is turned, nor an egg that is 
bad, nor vegetables that are underdone. 
If the patient's mouth be foul, as in small-pox or 
putrid fever, it should be cleansed when he is fed. 
The administration of nutriment should then be 
so frequent that it is not allowed to become again 
foul. Food should, as a rule, be as near the natu- RULES FOR THE SICK ROOM. 
317 
ral temperature of the body as possible. But when 
the febrile heat is very high, or there is much nau- 
sea, some of it may be iced, with advantage. When 
life seems passing away under their eyes, the friends 
will often shrink from tormenting (as it seems to 
them) the sick man with food. Let them not des- 
pair ; many a one has recovered after the doctor 
has taken his leave with a sad shake of the head, 
and without making a fresh appointment. And let 
them also be stimulated by this fact, namely, that 
the pains of death are aggravated, if not mainly 
caused, by the failure of nutrition. Even when ap- 
parently insensible, the dying suffer much increased 
distress from want of food, though they cannot ex- 
press their sufferings. 
ATHING is an important matter, not only 
in hygiene, for the preservation of health, 
but for the treatment of many ailments. 
Every person should bathe several times a week. 
ALKALINE BATHS. 
Add about a quarter of a pound of carbonate of 
soda to the water in the bath-this will be found 
useful in skin diseases. 
IRON BATH. 
Put an ounce of sulphate of iron in the water of 318 
BATHING. 
the bath. This bath is excellent for scrofulous 
subjects. 
MUSTARD BATH. 
Two ounces of mustard added to the water of 
the bath makes an effective stimulant, and is ex- 
cellent in cases of debility, exhaustion, colds, etc. 
SULPHUR BATH. 
Two ounces of powdered sulphur added to the 
water of the bath will be very effective in cases of 
itch, or diseases of the skin. 
TURPENTINE BATH. 
Baking Soda, two pounds. 
Turpentine, eight ounces. 
Oil of Rosemary, half ounce. 
Add the above to the water of the bath and it 
will be found to soften the skin, quiet the pulse, 
and make respiration easy. 
SALT WATER BATH. 
Introduce a half pound of salt into the bath. 
Useful in scrofula, dryness of the skin, colds, etc. 
HIP BATHS 
Consist of a vessel containing warm water, and 
large enough for the patient to sit in, so that the 
hips will be completely immersed. They are use- 
ful in kidney diseases. 
FOOT BATHS 
Are very useful in drawing the blood away from 
the brain, lungs or any congested organ. They 
also excite perspiration and persuade sleep. The BATHING. 
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foot bath can be prolonged for twenty or thirty 
minutes, a blanket being thrown over the limbs to 
prevent taking cold. 
VALERIAN BATH. 
Mix two drachms bruised valerian leaves in a 
glassfull of boiling water and add to the bath. 
This bath will produce sleep when internal med- 
icines fail. 
MEDICATED VAPOR BATHS. 
Place dried herbs, such as thyme, rosemary, 
lavender flowers or any others it may be proper to 
use in water. When the water is brought to a 
boiling point, place the unclothed patient on a cane 
bottomed chair, with a large blanket fastened about 
the neck and reaching to the floor, under the chair 
and the vessel put a spirit lamp, so soon as the 
water boils the body will be surrounded with a 
vapor. This bath is useful in cases of general 
debility, skin diseases, colds, fevers, kidney, liver 
and urinary diseases. The bath is also good for 
disinfecting sick rooms, or houses in which there 
are malarial poisons. 
^orqe:qth,tior^, or 
OMENTATION istheapphcation of warmth 
and moisture to the surface of the body by 
by means of a flannel or soft cloth. Steam- 
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FOMENTATIONS. 
from a piece of flannel wrung out in boiling water; 
it is often employed in affections of the eyes. 
AN ORDINARY FOMENTATION. 
Immerse a piece of flannel in boiling water, re- 
move it and put it in a wringer made by attaching 
stout toweling to two rods. The wringer is twisted 
around the flannel very strongly, till as much as 
possible of the water is pressed away. The wringer 
is useful, as the flannel is too hot, when first re- 
moved from the boiling water, to be grasped by the 
hand. When wrung as dry as possible, fomenta- 
tions prepared in this way may be applied very 
hot, without fear of scalding or blistering the skin. 
The flannel when applied to the part, should be 
covered with a piece of oiled silk or rubber cloth, 
and changed before it becomes cold. On the re- 
moval of the fomentation the skin should be at once 
gently dried and covered with a piece of dry flan- 
nel. 
If the precaution of covering the fomentation 
with oiled silk, muslin, or paper, or a rubber cloth, 
be neglected, the warm, comforting flannels will be 
converted, in a few minutes, into cold, clammy, wet 
ones, disagreeable and hurtful to the patient. 
TURPENTINE FOMENTATION, 
u 
Steep a piece of lint or linen in oil of turpentine, 
place it over the part, and immediately apply over 
it flannel, heated as hot as it can be borne. 
This is, frequently, more effectual than a mus- 
tard plaster. ANOTHER TURPENTINE FOMENTATION. 
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Sprinkle the flannel, wrung out of hot water in 
the manner described, with a tablespoonful of tur- 
pentine. 
This will act as a counter-irritant, rapidly redden- 
ing the skin, and relieving pain in many cases. 
MUSTARD FOMENTATION. 
Add a quarter of a pound of mustard to a pint of 
boiling water. Wring the flannel cloths out in this 
solution, in the manner above directed. 
This fomentation quickly reddens the skin, and 
is frequently useful in allaying pain. 
DiHnyfecta^ 
ISINFECTANTS are substances which pos- 
sess the power of destroying poisons capa- 
ble of producing disease, and of removing 
disagreeable odors and gases by decomposing both 
them and the bodies from which they proceed. 
The principal disinfectants are carbolic acid, coal 
tar, creosote, charcoal, chlorine, permanganate of 
potash, quicklime, sulphate of iron (copperas or 
green vitriol), sulphur, and fresh earth. 
CARBOLIC ACID AS A DISINFECTANT. 
Take of 
Pure carbolic acid, one ounce. 
Water, one gallon. 
Mix. Sprinkle over the floors of privies, about 
sinks, etc. 322 
CHARCOAL AS A DISINFECTANT. 
Powder some wood charcoal and expose it, in 
open pans, in the place to be disinfected. It has 
the advantage over lime preparations, of being with- 
out odor. 
CHLORINE AS A DISINFECTANT. 
Chlorine water, to be obtained from any drug- 
gist, is a useful agent for correcting stenches, and, 
diluted with water, for washing foul sores. 
PERMANGANATE OF POTASH. 
Take of 
Permanganate of potash, a teaspoonful. 
Water, a quart. 
Expose, in saucers, in the sick room. Useful 
for musty closets and foul cellars. It has no odor 
itself. 
G{atgle0. 
A.RGLES, to be of benefit, must be frequently 
repeated, and their use persevered in. 
GARGLE OF BRANDY. 
A mixture of equal parts of brandy and water 
makes a useful gargle in some cases of sore throat. 
GARGLE OF ALUM. 
Take ol 
Alum, two teaspoonfuls. 
Water, a tumblerful. 
Mix. Used to remove offensive breath depend- 
ing upon inflamed throat. GARGLE OF LIME-WATER. 
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Pour upon a quarter of a pound of fresh unslack- 
ened lime two quarts of hot water. After standing 
several hours carefully decant the clear liquid; with- 
out shaking up the lime. This is a valuable gargle 
in diphtheria and croup. 
GARGLE OF CHLORATE OF POTASH. 
Take of 
Chlorate of potash, a teaspoonful. 
Water, a tumblerful. 
Mix. An excellent gargle for ordinary sore 
throat. 
GARGLE OF SAGE AND LINSEED. 
Take of 
Sage, two ounces. 
Linseed, one ounce. 
Boiling water, one pint. 
Mix. To be used cold in the early stages of in- 
flamed throat. 
5<ye-Wci^l|e0 of Wktef^, 
YE-WATERS are solutions applied directly 
to the eye or eyelids. 
ALUM EYE-WASH. 
Take of 
Alum, one grain. 
Pure water, two tablespoonfuls. 
Mix. A useful wash, night and morning, for in- 
flamed eyes. 324 
BRANDY EYE-WASH, 
A teaspoonful of brandy to two tablespoonfuls 
of water makes a serviceable eye-water when a 
stimulant is wanted. 
ARNICA EYE-WASH. 
Take of 
Tincture of arnica, five drops. 
Pure water, two tablespoonfuls. 
Mix. Often of benefit in weak or sore eyes. 
TEA EYE-WASH. 
Ordinary tea, when cold, makes a valuable eye- 
water in many cases. < 
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LEMONADE. 
Take of 
Sugar, two or three lumps. 
Lemon, one. 
Rub the sugar on the rind of the lemon, 
squeeze out the juice, and add to it half a pint or a 
pint of cold or iced water; or, better still, one or 
two bottles of soda water, 
ANOTHER LEMONADE. 
Pare the rind of three lemons as thin as possible, 
add a quart of boiling water, and a quarter of an 
ounce of isinglass. Let them stand till next day, 
covered, then squeeze the juice of eight lemons 
upon half a pound of lump sugar ; when the sugar DRINKS. 
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is dissolved, pour the lemon and water upon it, mix 
all well together, strain it, and it is ready for use. 
EFFERVESCING LEMONADE. 
Squeeze two large lemons, and add a pint of spring 
water to the juice, and then four or five lumps of 
white sugar. When required for use, pour half of 
it into a smaller tumbler, and add half a teaspoon- 
ful of baking soda ; stir and drink while foaming. 
BARLEY WATER. 
Take of 
Pearl barley, half a quarter of a pound. 
Wash with cold water. Boil for five minutes in 
some fresh water, and then throw both waters 
away. Then pour on two quarts of boiling water, 
and boil it down to a quart. Flavor with thinly- 
cut lemon rind, and sugar to taste, but do not 
strain, unless at the sick person's special request. 
This is an excellent receipe for making hard 
water more digestible. 
LINSEED TEA. 
Take of 
Whole linseed. 
White sugar, each one ounce. 
Liquorice root, half an ounce. 
Lemon juice, four tablespoonfuls. 
Pour on the materials two pints of boiling water, 
let them stand in a hot place four hours, and then 
strain off the liquor. 
This makes an admirable soothing drink, which 
acts also upon the kidneys. 326 
ARROWROOT DRINK. 
Take of 
Arrowroot, two teaspoonfuls. 
Cold water, three tablespoonfuls. 
Mix together and pour in about half a pint of 
boiling water. When well mixed, add, by degrees, 
half a pint of cold water, stirring all the time, so as 
to make it perfectly smooth. It should be about 
the consistence of cream ; if too thick, a little more 
water maybe added. Then pour in two wineglass- 
fuls of sherry, or one of brandy, add sugar to taste, 
and give it to the invalid in a tumbler. A lump of 
ice may be added. 
' MILK PUNCH. 
Take of 
Good brandy, two tablespoonfuls. 
Cold, fresh milk, one tumblerful, 
Mix with sugar and nutmeg to taste. 
This is a useful drink when a stimulant is re- 
quired in conjunction with a nutrient. It is a med- 
icinal drink, and must not be given indiscrimin- 
ately. 
WINE WHEY. 
l ake of 
Fresh milk, one pint. 
Boil it, and so soon as the boiling point is reached 
add as much good madeira or sherry as will coagu- 
late it. Strain, and sweeten or flavor for use. 
This preparation, when nicely made, renders 
great service to the sick in proper cases. 
EGG AND SHERRY. 
Beat up an ^^till it froths, add a lump of sugar DRINKS. 
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and two tablespoonfuls of water. Mix well. Then 
pour in a wineglassful of sherry, and serve it before 
it gets flat. Half the quantity of brandy may be 
used instead of sherry. 
This is a valuable preparation in cases of great 
prostration, when stimulants and concentrated nu- 
triment are required. 
ICE. 
It has been found by experiments on the gastric 
juice that low temperature does not exercise any 
deleterious influence upon it, though it is quite 
spoiled by heat. The supply of the juices necessary 
to digestion is arrested by feverishness of the sys- 
tem in hot weather and in hot rooms. It can- 
not, therefore, but be beneficial to the stomach to 
reduce the unusual temperature to which it has 
been brought by the overheated blood. Hence, 
ice makes a most valuable addition to the tables of 
both sick and well. It is very injurious during the 
exhaustion following violent exercise, or the real 
cooling attending excessive perspiration. Lake ice 
is much superior to pond or snow ice. 
TOAST AND WATER. 
Take of 
Bread, one slice, from a stale loaf. 
Boiling water, one quart. 
Toast the slice of stale bread (a piece of hard 
crust is better than anything else for the purpose) 
to a nice brown on each side, but do not allow it 
to burn or blacken. Put it into a jug, pour the 
boiling water over it, cover it closely, and let it 328 
DRINKS. 
remain until cold. When strained it will be ready 
for use. 
NUTRITIOUS COFFEE. 
» 
Dissolve a little isinglass in water, then put half 
an ounce of freshly ground coffee into a saucepan, 
with one pint of new milk, which should be nearly 
boiling before the coffee is added. Boil both to- 
gether for a few minutes. Clear it by pouring 
some of it in a cup, and dashing it back again. 
Add the isinglass and leave it to settle before the 
fire for a few minutes. Beat up an egg in a break- 
fast cup and pour the coffee into it: or, if preferred, 
drink without the egg. 
MILK AND ISINGLASS. 
Take of 
Isinglass, a pinch or two. 
Milk, a tumblerful. 
Mix well and boil. Serve with or without sugar, 
as preferred. 
A SOOTHING DRINK. 
Take of 
Isinglass, a pinch. 
New Milk, a tumblerful. 
Bruised sweet almonds, half a dozen. 
Sugar, three lumps. 
Boil together. 
MILK AND CINNAMON DRINK. 
Boil in a pint of new milk, sufficient cinnamon to 
flavor it pleasantly, and sweeten with white sugar, 
This maybe taken cold, with a teaspoonful of DRINKS. 
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brandy, and is very good in cases of diarrhoea. 
Children may take it milk-warm, without the 
brandy. 
CAUDLE. 
Beat up an egg to a froth, add a wineglassful of 
sherry, and half a pint of gruel; flavor with lemon- 
peel and nutmeg, and sweeten to taste. 
APPLE WATER. 
Slice two or three ripe apples, without paring, 
into a pitcher, pour on a quart of scalding water, 
let it stand till cool, and sweeten with sugar. 
CHOCOLATE. 
Put milk and water on to boil. Scrape the choco- 
late fine, one or two squares to a pint, as will best 
suit the stomach. When the mixture of milk and 
water boils, take it off the fire, throw the chocolate 
into it, mix it well, and serve it up with the froth. 
The sugar may be mixed with scraped chocolate, 
or added afterwards. It should never be made 
before it is wanted, as heating it again injures the 
flavor, and causes a separation of the oil. 
CHOCOLATE MILK. 
Dissolve an ounce of scraped chocolate in a pint 
-of boiling new milk. 
THE invalid's TEA. 
Pour into a small china cup or earthenware tea- 
pot a cup of boiling water: empty it out, and 
while the teapot is still hot and steaming, put in 
the tea. Add enough boiling water to wet the tea 330 
DRINKS. 
thoroughly, and set it close to the fire to steam, for 
five or six minutes. Then pour in the quantity of 
boiling water required from the kettle, and it is 
ready for use. 
ROSE TEA. 
Take of 
Red rose-buds (the white heels being taken off) 
half an ounce. 
White wine vinegar, three tablespoonfuls. 
White sugar candy, one ounce. 
Put them in two pints of boiling water, and let 
them stand near a fire for two hours, then strain. 
Similar sour drinks may be made of apple jelly, 
guava jelly, syrup of gooseberries, etc. A variety 
is always agreeable. 
kqd $owp£. 
ROTHS, soups and beef tea should not be 
kept hot, but heated up as required. 
Neither should they ever be made in the 
sick room. 
CHICKEN BROTH. 
Skin and chop up small a small chicken, or half 
a large fowl, and boil it, bones and all, with a blade 
of mace or sprig of parsley, and a crust of bread, in 
a quart of water, for an hour, skimming it from 
time to time. Strain through a coarse colander. 
Chicken broth, poured on thin pieces of bread 
laid on the bottom of the dish, makes a good BROTHS AND SOUPS. 
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sauce for boiled chicken or partridge, when the in- 
valid is well enough to be allowed solid food. 
MUTTON BROTH. 
Take of 
Lean loin of mutton, one pound, exclusive of 
bone. 
Water, three pints. 
Boil gently till very tender, throwing in a little 
salt and onion, according to taste,. Pour out the 
broth into a basin, and, when it is cold, skim off all 
the fat. It can be warmed up as wanted. 
If barley or rice is added, as is desirable during 
recovery from sickness, it must be boiled first, sepa- 
rately, till quite soft, and put in when the broth is 
heated for use. 
WHOLE BEEF TEA. 
The virtue of beef tea is to contain all the con- 
tents and flavors of lean beef in a liquid form, Its 
vices are, to be sticky and strong, and to set in a 
hard jelly when cold. 
Take half a pound of fresh-killed beef for every 
pint of tea required, and remove all fat, sinew, 
viens and bones. Cut up into pieces under half an 
inch square, and soak for twelve hours, in one-third 
of the water. Take it out and simmer for two 
hours in the remaining two-thirds of the water, the 
quantity lost by evaporation being replaced from 
time to time. Then pour the boiling liquor on the 
cold liquor in which the meat was soaked. Dry 
the solid meat, pound it in a mortar, freed from all 
stringy parts and mix with the rest. 332 
BROTHS AND SOUPS. 
When the beef tea Is made daily, it is convenient 
to use one day's boiled meat for the next day's tea, 
as thus it has time to dry and is easier pounded. 
A wholesome flavoring for beef tea is fresh 
tomato. A piece of green celery stalk, or a small 
onion and a few cloves, may also be boiled in it. 
Leeks give it a rusty flavor, and mushroom ketchup, 
sometimes introduced, is of doubtful composition. 
While this is cooking, some more hastily pre- 
pared, in the following way, may be used. 
QUICKLY MADE BEEF TEA. 
Take one pound of raw beef, minced, for each 
pint of water. Stir up cold and let it stand for one 
hour. Then place the vessel in which they are 
mixed in a pan of water, and heat for another hour, 
over a slow fire, beino- careful not to boil, as then 
the preparation becomes gluey, and is not equally 
nutritious or digestible. Run the tea through a 
coarse strainer, and flavor at discretion. 
VEGETABLE SOUP. 
Take of butter, half a pound. Put it in a deep 
stew-pan, place it on a gentle fire till it melts, shake 
it about, and let it stand until it has done making 
a noise. Have ready six medium-sized onions, 
peeled and cut small; throw them in and shake 
them about. Take a bunch of celery, cut in pieces 
about anjnch long, a large handful of spinach, cut 
small, and a little bundle of parsley, chopped fine ; 
sprinkle these into the pan, and shake them about 
for a quarter of an hour; then sprinkle in a little BROTHS AND SOUPS. 
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flour and stir it up. Pour into the pan two quarts 
of boiling water, and add a handful of dry bread- 
crust, broken in pieces, a teaspoonful of pepper, 
three blades of mace, beaten fine; boil gently 
another half hour. Then beat up the yolks of two 
eggs, a teaspoonful of vinegar, and stir them 
in, and the soup is ready. 
The order in which the ingredients are added is 
very important. 
F 
BREAD SOUP. 
Take the crust of a stale roll, cut it in pieces, 
and boil it well in a pint of water, with a piece of 
butter as big as a walnut, stirring and beating them 
until the bread is raised. Season with celery and 
salt. 
SPINACH SOUP. 
Pick all the stalks from one and a half pounds of 
fresh spinach ; wash it and clip it; put it in a three- 
quart stewing pan, with a quarter of a pound of 
butter; stir it over the fire for five minutes; add 
an ounce of flour, and stir again for three or four 
minutes, then stir in two quarts of chicken broth till 
it boils. Simmer it on a cool stove for half an 
hour, and add a small teaspoonful of cream. Serve 
with it some fried or baked bread. 
Endive or lettuce soup may be prepared in the 
same way. 
BEEF AND CHICKEN BROTH. 
Take of 
Lean beef,one pound. 
Chicken, one-half, boned. 334 
BROTHS AND SOUPS. 
Pound together in a mortar; add salt; put in a 
stew-pan with two and a half pints of water, and 
stir over the fire till boiling. Then add carrots, 
onions, leeks, and celery, cut fine. Boil for half 
an hour. Strain and serve. 
Jellied fof Lqvklid^. 
ISINGLASS JELLY. 
Boil an ounce of isinglass and a dozen cloves (if 
liked), in a quart of water, down to a pint. Strain, 
hot, through a flannel bag, on two ounces of sugar- 
candy, and flavor. 
STRENGTHENING JELLY. 
Simmer, in two quarts of soft water, one ounce 
of pearl barley, one ounce of sago, one ounce of rice, 
till reduced to one quart. Take a teacupful, in 
milk, morning noon and night. 
MUTTON JELLY. 
Take of 
Shanks of mutton, six. 
Lean beef, half a pound. 
Water, three pints. 
Crust of bread, toasted brown. 
Pepper and salt, to taste. 
Soak the shanks in water several hours, and 
scrub them well. Put the shanks, the beef and 
other ingredients into a saucepan, with the water, JELLIES EOR INVALIDS. 
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and let them simmer, say, gently, for five hours. 
Strain it, and when cold, take off the fat. Warm 
up as much as is wanted at a time. 
BREAD JELLY. 
Take the crumb of a loaf, break it up, pour boil- 
ing water over it, and leave it to soak for three 
hours. Then strain off the water containing all 
the noxious matters with which the bread may be 
adulterated, and add fresh. Place the mixture on 
the fire and let it boil till it is perfectly smooth. 
Take it off, and after pouring out the water, flavor 
with anything agreeable. Put it into a mould, and 
turn it out when required for use. 
RICE BLANC-MANGE. 
Take of 
Ground rice, one-quarter of a pound, 
Loaf sugar, two ounces. 
Butter, one ounce. 
Milk, one quart. 
Flavoring of lemon peel. 
Mix the rice to a smooth batter, with a little 
milk, and put the remainder into a saucepan, with 
the butter, sugar and lemon peel. Bring the milk 
to boiling point, stir in the rice. Let it boil for ten 
minutes, or till it comes away from the saucepan. 
Grease a mould with salad oil, pour in the rice, let 
it get perfectly cold, and turn out. 
ARROWROOT BLANC-MANGE. 
Take of 
Arrowroot, two tablespoonfuls. 336 
JELLIES FOR INVALIDS. 
Milk, three-quarters of a pint. 
Lemon and simar to taste, 
o 
Mix the arrowroot, with a little milk,to a smooth 
batter; put the rest of the milk on the fire and let 
it boil. Sweeten and flavor it, stirring all the time, 
till it thickens sufficiently to come from the sauce- 
pan. Put it into a mould till quite cold. 
SAGO JELLY. 
Take of 
Sago, two tablespoonfuls. 
Water, one pint. 
Boil gently, until it thickens, frequently stirring. 
Wine, sugar and water may be added, according to 
circumstances. 
TAPIOCA JELLY. 
Take of 
Tapioca, two tablespoonfuls. 
Water, one pint 
Boil it gently for an hour, or until it assumes a 
jelly-like appearance. Add sugar, wine and nut- 
meg, with lemon juice to suit the taste of the 
patient and the character of the ailment. 
PANADA. 
Take of 
Bread crumbs, one ounce. 
Mace, one blade. 
Water, one pint. 
Boil, without stirring, till they mix and turn 
smooth. Then add a grate of nutmeg, a small 
piece of butter, sugar according to taste. Poultide^. 
OU LT ICES are blessings or curses, as they 
are well or ill made," was a saying of the 
celebrated Dr. Abernethy. They should 
be spread thickly, as a general rule, otherwise they 
dry quickly, and irritate the part they are intended 
to soothe. 
A ll poultices should be covered over by a piece of 
oiled silk, muslin, or paper, to retain the heat and 
moisture. 
BREAD AND WATER POUTICES. 
Scald out a basin, for, in order to make a good 
poultice perfectly, boiling water is necessary ; then, 
having put in some hot water, throw in coarsely- 
crumbled bread, and co^er it with a plate. When 
the bread has soaked up as much water as it will 
imbibe, drain off the remaining water, and there 
will be left a light pulp. Spread it, a third of an 
inch thick, on folded linen, and apply it when of 
the temperature of a warm bath. 
Or, carefully pare away the hard, brown crust 
from a slice around the loaf of stale bread, dip it 
into hot water, lift it out once, and apply immedi- 
ately if not too hot. 
FLAXSEED MEAL POULTICE, 
The celebrated Dr. Abernethy gave the follow- 
ing directions for making this poultice : 
" Get some linseed powder, not the common 338 
POULTICES. 
stuff full of grit and sand. Scald out a basin ; pour 
in some perfectly boiling water ; throw in the pow- 
der, stir it-round with a stick, till well incorporated ; 
add a little more water and a little more meal; stir 
again, and when it is about two-thirds the consist- 
ence you wish it to be, beat it up with the blade of 
a knife till all the lumps are removed. If properly 
made, it is so well worked together, that you might 
throw it up to the ceiling, and it would come down 
again without falling to pieces; it is, in fact, like a 
pan-cake. Then take it out, lay it on a piece of 
soft linen, spread it the fourth of an inch thick, and 
as wide as will cover the whole inflamed part; put 
a bit of hog's lard in the centre of it, and when it 
begins to melt, draw the edge of the knife lightly 
over and grease the surface of the poultice. 
THE BRAN POULTICE 
Is a sort of "entire." or half-and-half, partly poult- 
ice, partly fomentation, and is a very good applica- 
tion for setting up and keeping up perspiration on 
a part; but it requires to be often changed, for it 
very quickly becomes sour, and then has not the 
most agreeable smell. It merely consists of bran 
moistened, but not made wet, with hot water; and 
enough of it should be put into a flannel bag, suffici- 
ently large to cover the part, to fill it about one- 
third ; if more bran be put in the bag becomes un- 
pleasantly heavy. It must then be held before the 
fire, and the bran turned about again and again, till 
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quickly applied, and the bran should be gently 
spread, so as to cover the whole extent of the bag. 
STIMULATING POULTICES 
Are required for two purposes; either to hasten 
the suppuration of a part or slough, or, as it is called 
in common language, " a setfast," or " core ; " or to 
irritate the skin where it is inconvenient to a apply 
a blister, or for the purpose of rendering the opera- 
tion of a blister more speedy. For the first of these 
objects, yeast, stale beer-grounds, or molasses is 
used ; for the second, mustard. 
YEAST POULTICE 
Is made by mixing a pound of flour, or linseed- 
meal, or oat-meal, with half a pint of yeast or beer- 
grounds. The mixture is to be heated in a pot, 
carefully stirred, to prevent burning, and, when 
sufficiently warm, must be spread on linen, like any 
other poultice. 
MOLASSES POULTICE 
May be made according to the same proportions, 
heated and applied in the same way. 
STARCH POULTICE. 
Add a little cold water to the starch, and blend 
the two into a pap ; then add sufficient boiling 
water to make a poultice of the required consist- 
ence, which must be spread on linen. 
Useful in skin eruptions attended with much heat 
of pain, and, in general, when a soothing applica- 
tion is required. 340 
CHARCOAL POULTICE. 
The charcoal may either be mixed with the in- 
gredients of the poultice or sprinkled over the part 
and covered with a simple poultice, or the following 
recipe may be usqd ; 
Take of 
Wood charcoal, in powder, a tablespoonful. 
Bread, three or four slices. 
Flaxseed-meal, three tablespoonfuls. 
Boiling water, one tumblerful. 
Mix. A useful application to offensive wounds 
and sores. 
CARROT POULTICE. 
Boil the carrots till they become quite soft, mash 
them with a fork, and spread the pulp on linen, in 
the ordinary way. 
A turnip poultice may be made in the same 
manner. 
ALUM POULTICE. 
Composed of the whites of two eggs and a tea- 
spoonful of powdered alum. An excellent as- 
tringent. 
MUSH POULTICE. 
Stir Indian-meal, in small quantities, into water 
kept boiling in a pan, until the whole has acquired 
the proper degree of thickness. 
MUSTARD POULTICE. 
Mix powdered mustard with boiling water and a 
little vinegar and make a thin paste. Spread on 
brown paper with a piece of thin muslin over it. It 
should be kept on from 5 to 20 minutes. SLIPPERY ELM POULTICE. 
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Made by moistening with hot water the inner 
bark of slippery elm ground into a fine powder 
BREAD AND MILK POULTICE. 
Upon the crumbs of stale whedt bread, in a basin 
pour boiling .milk, stirring with a spoon until the 
mixture has the thickness of mush. 
dold ^ffu^ioi|0. 
WET SHEET PACKING. 
SHEET dipped in cold or warm water, and 
well wrung out, is wrapped around the 
patient and covered with blankets. The 
patient should lie upon his side, thus wrapped up, 
for half an hour or an hour. Perspiration is pro- 
duced and a sedative effect upon the system 
obtained. 
THE WET COMPRESS. 
A piece of flannel or muslin, wrung out in cold 
water, is put around the seat of the pain and cov- 
ered over by a piece of oiled silk or muslin. 
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THE SPONGE BATH. 
Sponging the body once or twice a day in fever, 
with cold water and vinegar, is exceedingly com- 
forting to the restless patient and may be used with 
safety if the patient is not exposed to a current of 
air. 342 
COED EFFUSIONS 
Are excellent to break up colds and fevers, but 
they should be used with great care. 
Clyster^ or Iijedtioi^. 
LYSTERS or injections are solutions thrown 
into the lower bowel, in order to act as pur- 
gatives, or astringents to check diarrhoea,, 
or stop bleeding, or as nutrients; to nourish the 
patient in those exhausted conditions when food 
cannot be given by the mouth. 
A PURGATIVE INJECTION. 
Take of 
Epsom salts, one ounce. 
Sweet oil, two tablespoonfuls. 
Starch water, one pint, 
To be given when a purgative is required. 
Common salt and molasses also make an excel- 
lent purgative injection; a tablespoonful of each in 
a pint of water, with or without the addition of a 
little soap. 
AN ASTRINGENT INJECTION. 
Take of 
Subnitrate of bismuth, twenty grains. 
Tincture of catechu, a teaspoonful. 
Milk, a wineglassful. 
For one injection, to be repeated in twelve hours. 
Useful in checking the purging of consumption,, 
fevers, etc. NUTRITIVE INJECTIONS. 
343 
Life can be prolonged and in many instances 
preserved by the persistent use of nutritive injec- 
tions, when, in ailments like ulceration of the 
stomach, it is impossible to give food by the mouth, 
as it is at once rejected by the stomach. Nutritive 
injections are made of strong beef tea, milk, and 
eggs, cod-liver oil, and in extreme cases, of diluted 
brandy. 
datpaiTi^ or Purgative^. 
ATHARIICS or purgatives are medicines 
which loosen the bowels. Those which act 
violently are called drastics, those which act 
mildly, aperients or laxatives. 
Remarks in regard to their use. The habitual 
employment of purgatives is a practice productive 
of great injury, causing dyspepsia and many other 
troubles of the stomach and bowels. Purgatives 
should not be given so that their operation will in- 
terfere with the regular hours of rest. They should 
not be taken immediately after a full meal. The 
action of every purgative is followed by a greater 
or less amount of costiveness. This is especially 
true of rhubarb, least so of castor oil. In cases of 
great debility cathartics should be avoided. 
EFFERVESCING CREAM OF TARTAR. 
Take of 
Cream of tartar. 344 
CATHARTICS, ETC. 
Carbonate'of soda, each three drachms. 
Water, a tumblerful. 
Put the whole into a stone jug or bottle, and at- 
tach the cork firmly. To be taken in the morning 
before eating. 
MAGNESIA AND RHUBARB. 
Take of 
Magnesia, one ounce. 
Rhubarb, two drachms and a half. 
Powdered ginger, two scruples. 
Mix and divide into eight powders. Take one 
or two in the evening, at bed-time, to obtain a lax- 
ative effect in the morning. 
MAY APPLE, OR MANDRAKE. 
Take of 
Powdered resin of May apple (Podophyllin), one 
grain. 
Powdered hyoscyamus leaves, eight grains. 
Powdered ginger, twelve grains. 
Mix and divide into four powders. One or two 
at bedtime in torpor of the liver and bilious dis- 
orders. A much better and safer pill than blue 
mass or other mercurials, so frequently employed 
indiscriminately in these cases. 
JALAP AND CREAM OF TARTAR. 
Take of 
Powdered jalap, one drachm. 
•Cream of tartar, six drachms. 
•Mix and divide into six powders, Dose, one, in 
molasses. 
CALCINED MAGNESIA. 
Take of 
Husbands' or Ellis' magnesia, thirty grains, CATHARTICS, ETC. 
345 
And dissolve it in a little milk or water for one 
dose. This is an excellent cooling laxative. Its 
operation is promoted by the drinking of lemonade. 
RHUBARB AND EPSOM SALTS. 
Take of 
Powdered rhubarb, one drachm. 
Epsom salts, one ounce. 
Spirit of peppermint, two drops. 
Water, a tumblerful. 
One or two tablespoonfuls will produce a laxa- 
tive effect. 
SEIDLITZ POWDERS. 
These are to be obtained of any druggist. Two 
powders are given together, a white and a blue one; 
each of which is to be dissolved, separately, in a 
tumbler one-third full of water, and the two solu- 
tions then mixed, and drank while foaming, in the 
morning, before breakfast. This is a very popular, 
gentle laxative, and well borne by the stomach when 
other medicines of the kind disagree. 
PURGATIVE MINERAL WATER. 
Take from a bottle of the solution of the citrate 
of magnesia, to be .had of any druggist, a teacupful 
every two hours, until it operates. For a child five 
years old, a wineglassful is the proper dose. This 
preparation, which tastes like lemonade, is one/)f 
the most agreeable of laxatives. ^fedidhl f{euqedie0 fof Silrqer(t^ of 
day OdduiTende. 
A CURE FOR RING-WORM TETTER AND SCALE HEaD. 
ELT together eight ounces of lard, and 
twor ounces of white wax, stir constantly 
until it cools, this forms the common 
ointment known as simple cerate, so much used for 
blisters and sores of every description. To one- 
eighth of a pound of sulphuric acid, add half pound 
of the simple cerate ; triturate together and it will 
be ready for use. 
Another remedy for Ring-worm.-Take one 
drachm sulphuric acid, and reduce it with twenty- 
five parts water, if still too strong add more water, 
use a camel's hair brush, and apply to the sore twice 
a day. 
How to Cure Prairie or Seven year s Itch.-Take 
a bath of pure castile soap and water, and rub the 
parts affected with an ointment of iodide of sul- 
phur. Or another good remedy, is to take simple 
sulphur ointment, and mix with it a small quantity 
of sub-carbonate of iron, use freely ; at the same 
time, if the case is severe, resort to mild alterative. 
To Cure Barber s Itch and Tetter.-Take saliva 
o? (spittle) and*dampen the eruption, and sprinkle 
over the ashes of a good segar, rub it in well. As 
simple as this treatment may seem, it has cured 
many severe cases. REMEDIES. 
347 
Another Remedy for the Cure of Tetter.-To 
one quart of cold water, add one ounce of sulphuret 
of potash. Pour it into a bottle, cork tight, bathe 
the afflicted parts six or eight times a day, with a 
rag or sponge, dipped in the liquid. 
A Cure for Salt Rheum.-Use plenty of castile 
soap and water, and wash the parts well, next paint 
with a solution of tincture of iodine. After it is 
dry, use a small quantity of citrine ointment. If 
the rash should make its appearance upon the face,, 
neck or hands, make a solution composed of two 
scruples of sulphide of zinc, one drachm of cor- 
rosive sublimate, three drachms sal ammoniac, two 
drachms of salt and three ounces of sugar of lead, 
diluted with fifteen parts water ; apply in connec- 
tion with tincture of iodine, using one in the morn- 
ing and one in the afternoon. 
A Remedy for the various Eruptions of the Skin. 
-One-half ounce dulcamara (bitter-sweet) one-half 
ounce of mezereon bark, one-half ounce of sassafras; 
bark, steep these in one quart of boiling water, let 
the whole mass boil slowly until reduced to one- 
half pint, strain, and put into it, one ounce of alco- 
hol, and two pounds of sugar. A wineglassful 
twice a day. Pay' strict attention to the diet for a 
few days or until the eruptions disappear. 
Varnish of Glycerine for Eruptions of the Skin.. 
-Take the yelk of four eggs and two ounces 
of glycerine, place in a vessel, and stir together 
until they are thoroughly mixed. Used as a varnish 348 
REMEDIES. 
to exclude the air from the skin. Excellent for 
burns, erysipelas and cutaneous effections, 
How to Cure Bed Sores.-Should there be a pro- 
fuse discharge from the sores, take a soft linen rag, 
and gently wash the afflicted parts with pure cas- 
tile soap and water; then paint with collodion pre- 
pared in the following manner: mix ten ounces of 
ether, with three ounces alcohol, and add one-half 
ounce cotton freed from impurities. Place this 
mixture in a bottle, and shake now and then until dis- 
solved. Apply it to the surface of the sores, and 
when it has become perfectly dry, take soft lint or 
wadding, and lay over the parts to exclude the air. 
Keep them thoroughly clean, by washing them in 
brandy and water, then apply elderberry leaves, 
changing several times a day. A poultice of rot- 
ten apples are sometimes of very great service. 
Take something at the same time to cleanse the 
blood. 
How to Treat Ulcers.-The first thing to be 
■done is to see that the ulcer is kept perfectly clean, 
and excluded from the atmosphere, wet occasion- 
ally with salt and water, and use upon it a salve 
composed of the following : Olive oil, one-half pint; 
bee's-wax, quarter ounce ; common resin, quarter 
ounce; turpentine, one-eight ounce. Melt. Let the 
oil come almost to a boiling point, then gradually 
add one to two ounces powdered red lead, while on 
the fire ; be careful not to let it burn, boil the whole 
together until it becomes a dark brown ; take it 
from the fire and when nearly cold, add one-half REMEDIES. 
349 
drachm powdered camphor. This is an excellent 
salve for bruises, scalds,, fistulas and all other 
ulcers. 
How to treat Ulcers of the Mouth.-A common 
ulcer of the mouth may be speedily cured by awash 
of carbolic acid or permanganate of potassa ; using 
one part acid or permanganate, to one hundred of 
water. Should the ulcer be of a syphilitic taint, an 
internal remedy will be needed. Use the wash 
several times a day. 
How to treat Ulcers that are very Irritable 
and Tender.- Ulcers are generally painful and 
irritable, and sometimes very tender. In such 
cases, steam with some bitter infusion, and wash 
them now and then, with a wash of chamomile 
flowers, or wild cherry bark. Then apply a poultice 
of slippery elm, or flaxseed. Should the ulcer be- 
come very much inflamed, and assume a bluish ap- 
pearance, use a wash of tincture of myrrh, diluted 
with water, and apply a poultice, composed of char- 
coal, yeast, slippery elm, and a small quantity of 
cayenne pepper. Keep it on as long as it can be 
endured; when removed use a dressing of cold 
cream or vaseline, if the ulcer is on an exposed 
surface. After maturity, keep it excluded from the 
atmosphere, until healed. 
A Remedy for Felons.-Take one ounce of venice 
turpentine and stir into it half a teaspoonful of 
water, apply a coating of the varnish to the finger 
and wrap a cloth around it. In the early stages of 
the felon the pain will usually disappear. 350 
REMEDIES. 
Treatment of Carbuncles.-When a carbuncle 
makes its appearance, it shows debility, or great 
weakness of the system. It is a species of boil but 
larger and much more painful. In its first stages 
take Homoeopathic belladonna, 3rd dilution, and 
arsenicum, 3d dilution, and drop 6 drops of each 
into a tumbler, half full of water; take alternately 
one teaspoonful every hour. Apply a poultice of 
slippery elm, or flax-seed, or one composed of the 
following: 
Take the white of an egg, and beat it to a froth, 
and add one teaspoonful of gloss starch mixed with 
cream, keep it on as long as it can be borne. Car- 
buncles are very dangerous, and should be attended 
to at once. 
To cure a Felon.-As soon as a person discovers 
that a felon has made its appearance, take the tinc- 
ture of lobelia and wet a rag thoroughly and apply 
it to the sore, wrapping it well. 
A simple cure for a Bone Felon.-As soon as the 
pain is felt, apply to the spot a blister of Spanish 
fly the size of a ten cent piece, and let it remain on 
for about 5 hours, then take the point of a needle 
or lancet, and remove the felon. 
How to treat Whitlow or Felon.-The inflamma- 
tion in whitlow or felon is variable. The milder 
form generally yields to h^>t applications or poul- 
tices. The more aggravated form is accompanied 
by severe throbbing with much heat, redness, and 
swelling, an early incision with the lancet will pre- 
vent the bones from becoming affected. Bathe the REMEDIES. 
351 
hand frequently in strong lye-water, and place the 
hand over hot steam every few minutes. A poul- 
tice of flax-seed or slippery elm with a little salt 
and brandy mixed with the poultice is excellent. 
When a white spot makes its appearance tfnd the 
felon seems sufficiently ripe for probing, take a large 
needle and prick the spot so that the matter will 
escape, then apply a bread and milk poultice with 
plenty of castile soap mixed with it. After the 
discharge has ceased lay a linen cloth, saturated 
with Vaseline over the wound. 
When there is a disposition in the constitution 
to the formation of boils, keep the bowels regular 
and take a good tonic, and bathe 2 or 3 times a 
week with rock salt and water. 
The efficacy of Fine Clay as a Dressing.-Clay 
softened in water, and freed from all impurities, is 
one of the most simple and economical, as well as 
valuable applications which can be applied to a 
surface yielding a foul and moist discharge. A 
layer (previously moistened in water) is applied 
over the affected part, and as soon as it becomes 
dry, a second application is made, The clay rapidly 
absorbs the irritation and excludes the air. It is 
better to confine the clay in a linen rag, not too 
wet, to prevent the dirt of the clay when it dries. 
Treatment of Sprains of the Wrist or Ankle.- 
Immediately after the accident, take a muslin band- 
age one and a half or two yards in length and 
several inches wide, wet it in cold water and bind 352 
REMEDIES. 
it around the injured part, frequently moisten the 
limb with cold water. 
Remedy for a Sprained Back.-Rest as much as 
possible, and take twice a day, balsam of copaiba. 
Should there be much inflammation, resort to the 
use of cold water cloths. When the inflammation 
subsides, rub with a stimulating liniment. See 
that the bowels are kept regular. 
Treatment for Sprains of the Mziscles or Back.- 
To 12 ounces of soap liniment add i ounce of tur- 
pentine, and 2 drachms of laudanum, make a lotion 
and apply it to the back before a hot fire. 
Artificial covering for Cuts.-Collodion applied 
with a brush, to a wound or cut, makes a perfectly 
artificial covering, which is preferable to adhesive 
plaster, and quickly heals. 
How to treat Cuts.-Press the parts close to- 
gether, and hold them in their places by adhesive 
plaster stretched across the wound, or by covering 
the cut with collodion. 
How to treat Scratches.-If there should be in- 
flammation wash them in cold water, press them 
together as closely as possible, and apply a bread 
and milk poultice, or one of slippery elm. Where 
no inflammation exists, place over the injured sur- 
face a diachylum plaster, or wrap a linen cloth 
around the scratch to protect it from the air. 
A covering for Wounds which is said to be 
Water-proofi-This is simply a solution of white REMEDIES. 
353 
unmanufactured gutta-percha bisulphuret of carbon. 
Applied to a wound, it instantly forms a water- 
proof and air-tight covering. Chloroform which is 
much more agreeable in its smell, may be used as 
the solvent, but is more expensive. 
To treat Burns.-Numerous remedies are given 
for the treatment of burns, but the most universal 
remedy is linseed oil and lime water, equal parts, 
shake before using. This mixture is called carron 
oil, and should be kept in every house within easy 
access, with a large label affixed. 
How Superficial Burns should be treated.-When 
a simple surface burn is obtained, place a layer of 
flour over it, and cover with cotton, to protect it 
from the air. Salt sprinkled upon the burn with a 
little butter spread over it, is a fine application. 
A remedy for Burns and Scalds.- -An excellent 
remedy, for burns and scalds is a preparation of 
flaxseed oil, vinegar and salt. It relieves pain and 
rapidly effects a cure. 
Another remedy for Burns and Scalds.-Linseed 
oil, and white lead is one of the best applications 
which can be applied to a burn, or scald. In all 
cases, whether it is merely a surface burn, or the 
deeper structures are involved white, lead, rubbed 
up with linseed oil to a paste, and applied with a 
brush will give relief. Take internally sulphate of 
magnesia. • 
Treatment for a Sprain or Bruise.-Take worm- 354 
REMEDIES. 
wood and boil in vinegar, and apply hot. Bandage 
it thick enough to keep it from getting dry. This 
is a most excellent recipe. 
How to cure Sprains.-One of the most essential 
things in the treatment of sprains, is rest. At the 
time of the accident use hot applications to pre- 
vent swelling. A lotion of arnica should be rubbed 
over the parts to ease the pain, always dilute 
the arnica, if the skin is broken use half arnica, and 
half water. On some persons arnica will produce 
inflammation, should any redness make its appear- 
ance after its use, discontinue at once. Keep the 
strain well supported by a firm bandage. 
How to take out Splinters.-Splinters finding 
their way under the skin, frequently give great an- 
noyance unless immediately extricated, as it soon 
produces inflammation which is nature's remedy for 
expelling it. If it cannot be taken out by a needle, 
a clo^h dipped in hot water should be bound around 
the spot, or bathed thoroughly in hot water. 
A Preparation of Cotton for Staunching Hem- 
orrhage.-Take the best quality of cotton wadding, 
and cleanse, by boiling it for an hour, in soda and 
water ; four cups of water to one ounce of soda, 
rinse a number of times, squeeze out and dry. 
After this, steep it once or twice in perchloride of 
iron, diluted in water. Squeeze out again, and dry 
in the air, in a shady place. Then pull it out, 
place it in a box and put it where it will keep dry, 
as it is affected by the damp. REMEDIES. 
355 
In Hemhorrhages, how to distinguish whether 
the Blood is from the Stomach or Lungs.-Blood 
from the lungs may be distinguished from its ap- 
pearance, and also by the manner in which it is ex- 
pelled. The blood from the lungs is of a bright 
red color, and mixed with a frothy mucous. A 
short, tickling cough precedes the discharge, with 
a saltish taste in the mouth, great anxiety is felt, 
with oppression across the chest. Blood which 
comes from the stomach is of a dark color, and 
vomited in quantities. 
Remedy for the Spitting of Blood.-Anything 
that increases the action of the heart, or tends to 
irritate the body should be avoided. Exercise in 
the open air is conducive to health, but should be 
taken in moderation. A little salt and water will 
often arrest the spitting of blood; 2 drops of lauda- 
num, or 2 of elixir of vitriol, in half a glass of water 
is a good remedy. 
To treat Bleeding from the Nose.-Bleeding from 
the nose is often the result of an impoverished 
state of the blood. It is of more serious import- 
ance when it happens to persons in middle life. 
When any one has an attack of bleeding from the 
nose, let him raise both his arms above his head 
and hold them in that position some time, and it 
will generally stop the flow. Should the bleeding 
be profuse, a strong solution of alum to the inside 
of the nostril with a plug of cotton may be essen- 
tial. Improve the health by a nutritious diet and 
a good tonic composed of the following articles: 356 
REMEDIES. 
Syrup of orange peel 2 ounces, tincture of steel 
1 drachm, diluted muriatic acid 1 drachm, infusion 
of calumba 7 ounces. Mix all together. Dose, 1 
tablespoonful in a wine-glass of water before meals. 
How to make Styptic Paper.-Take some paper 
and dip it in a solution made by boiling one pound 
of alum and one pound benzoin, in four gallons of 
water. Boil together several hours, skim the top 
and renew the water if needed. 
Recipe for making Styptic Collodion.-Mix equal 
parts of collodion and chloride of iron. It is re- 
commended in cases of erysipelas. 
How to Staunch the Bleeding from Leeches.- 
Make a plug of cotton, the size of a small bean, 
press this plug of lint upon the wound, and hold 
it there for a quarter of an hour. Remove the fin- 
ger, taking care not to remove the lint. 
* 
A Recipe for making a Styptic.-Carbonate of 
potash 1 drachm, castile soap 2 drachms, and alco- 
hol 4 ounces; mix together. This preparation is 
better than the persulphate of iron in many cases. 
The causes of Rheumatism.-Rheumatism is fre- 
quently the result of pure debility. In such cases 
a tonic course of treatment, and good nutritious 
food are our best remedies. When rheumatism 
becomes chronic, particular attention should be 
paid to the diet, bowels kept regular, and flannel 
clothing worn next the skin. 
Rheumatic Remedy.-Steep the following articles REMEDIES. 
357 
for several days in i quart of rye whiskey: i ounce 
wahoo root, 2 ounces black cohosh root, half ounce 
swamp hellebore; 1 ounce prickly ash bark, 1 ounce 
poke root, powdered. Take 1 teaspoonful three 
times a day. 
A cure for Rheumatism.-An excellent remedy 
for the cure of rheumatism is to drink freely of 
limewater, or lemon juice. It is stated on good 
authority, that persistent use of the above acid for 
three or four days, refraining from any stimulating 
liquids, has cured some of the most severe cases. 
An Infusion for Rheumatism.-Sarsaparilla in 
powder, 6 drachms, Virginia snake root 1 drachm, 
burdock seed 2 drachms, poke root 2 drachms, white 
pine bark 2 drachms, cayenne pepper half drachm. 
Powder the whole together and add 3 quarts of 
water. Let it simmer so that 2 quarts can be made 
from the decoction. A wine-glass 3 times a day. 
A Remedy for Rheumatism.-Take a few pota- 
toes and boil them in water, then sponge the parts 
affected, with the water as hot as can be borne, im- 
mediately befor retiring. Should the first applica- 
tion fail to relieve, renew it the next night. 
A Cure for Rheiimatism.-Golden seal half an 
•ounce, black cohosh half an ounce, nerve powder 
half an ounce, and 1 pint rum. Mix. Take a des- 
sert spoonful three times a day. 
A simple cure for a Weak Back.-Take 1 pint 
alcohol and put into it a beef's gall, and bathe the 
back thoroughly. 358 
REMEDIES. 
A cure for Neuralgia.-Horse-radish grated and 
applied to the wrist of the affected side in cases of 
neuralgia, is said to be an excellent remedy. 
Another treatment for Rheumatism.-A liniment 
composed of equal parts of chloroform, sweet oil, 
and spirits of hartshorn. Shake well and rub it on 
the painful spot several times a day. 
Dr. Blood's Remedy for Neuralgia.-To 15 
grains of sulphate of quinine add one and a half 
drachms of iodide of potassa, 1 ounce ginger syrup 
and two and a half ounces of water. A table- 
spoonful to be taken three times a day. 
Nervines. 
Nervines are substances which relieve disorders of 
the nerves. In order to cure nervousness you must 
restore the healthy action of the stomach. Exer- 
cise in the open air, careful attention to the diet. 
Eat generously but be careful not to overload the 
stomach with indigestible food, never drink any 
fluids during a meal, they can be taken 20 minutes 
before, or 20 minutes after, but not while eating. 
Walks in the open air should be taken daily, avoid- 
ing fatigue. Valerinate of Ammonia is of great 
service in nervousness, taken in teaspoonful doses 
two or three times a day. Assafoetida is another 
valuable remedy. Take assafoetida 1 drachm, 
water 3 ounces; 1 tablespoonful 3 times a day. 
But there is no remedy for nervous disorders of 
every description comparable to the use of elec- 
tricity. REMEDIES. 
359 
How to make Nerve Powder.-Take i ounce 
scull-cap, i ounce valerian, i ounce catnip, i drachm 
cayenne pepper, and half an ounce coriander seeds. 
Pulverize, and mix all together. Dose half a tea- 
spoonful in a cup of boiling water, milk and sugar 
can be added if needed. This powder quiets the 
most irritable nerves without deadening their sen- 
sibility, and strengthens them. 
A good Nerve Tincture.-Ammoniated tincture 
of valerian one ounce, compound tincture of bark 
one and a half ounces, compound tincture of aloes 
quarter ounce. Excellent in low spirits, weakness, 
and nervous irritability. 
Excellent Nerve Mixture.-Compound tincture 
cardamon i ounce, mint water 6 ounces, oil of 
lavender 16 drops, liquid carbonate of ammonia i 
drachm. Mix. Take it in water 2 or 3 times a 
day a dessert spoonful at a dose. 
An excellent remedy for Nervous Headaches.- 
Take 10 grains carbonate of ammonia, one and a 
half ounces of cinnamon water, half an ounce of 
syrup, and three drops of oil of lavender. Dose, 
tablespoonful when needed. 
An excellent Nerve mixture.-Compound tinct- 
ure cardamon, one ounce ; mint water, six ounces ; 
oil of lavender, sixteen drops ; liquid, carbonate of 
ammonia, one drachm. Mix and take it in water, 
two or three times a day; a dessert spoonful at a 
dose. 
A Pill for Nervozisness.-Carbonate of ammonia, 360 
REMEDIES. 
one ounce ; assafoetida, one ounce ; extract of hops, 
one ounce; extract of valerian, twenty grains. 
Dissolve the ammonia and assafcetida over the fire 
and add the rest. Make it into pills. Take one 
twice a day, in case of extreme nervousness. 
Cure for Fever and Ague.-Wild cherry tree 
bark, one ounce; peruvian bark, one ounce; cin- 
namon, half drachm ; sulphur, quarter ounce ; capsi- 
cum, one teaspoonful; port wine, one quart. Get 
the peruvian bark in substance and pulverize it, so 
as to be sure it is not adulterated. Take a table- 
spoonful two or three times a day until the chill is 
broken, then once a day until all is taken. This 
compound is said to be an infallable remedy in in- 
termittent fevers, and fever and ague. 
A not her cure for Intermittent Fever and Ague.- 
Forty grains of sulphate of quinine, thirty grains of 
powdered liquorice, and ten grains of gum myrrh ; 
make into sixty pills, take one pill for the first day 
every two hours, and one pill every four hours the 
second day. 
Treatment for Spasms.-Acetate of morphia, one 
grain: camphor julep, four ounces ; spirit of sal- 
volatile and sulphuric ether, of each one ounce. 
Shake all together, be careful to keep it tightly 
corked, and in a cool place. Shake before using. 
Dose. A tablespoonful in a wineglassful of water. 
A recipe for making Ague Pills.-Ten grains 
dover's powder; twenty grains of quinine, and ten 
grains sub-carbonate of iron. Mix these ingredients REMEDIES. 
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with molasses or gum arabic into twenty-five pills. 
Dose. One every hour, commencing several hours 
before the chill comes on, for the first day, after 
which take one every night and morning. 
In all cases where quinine is to be adminstered, 
give a dover's powder, or some slight cathartic to 
cleanse the bowels, and avoid taking cold. 
A remedy for Coughs.-Irish moss, one ounce ; 
pearl barley, one tablespoonful; white poppy pul- 
verized, one ounce; tincture of lobelia, one ounce ; 
water, two quarts, and one ounce of molasses. 
Place it on the fire and let it simmer down to one 
pint, then add while hot, half pound loaf sugar. 
Dose. A tablespoonful as often as needed. 
Another remedy for Coughs.-Take half ounce 
of cubebs ; hoarhound, one ounce ; boneset, half 
ounce; comfrey root, half ounce. Boil together 
for four hours, adding one quart of water, and boil- 
ing down to one pint, then add one cup of molasses. 
Dose. One tablespoonful. 
Remedy for a Cough.-A person affected with 
chronic catarrh, is frequently troubled with a cough 
in the morning caused by an accumulation of 
phlegm in the throat, it can instantly be relieved 
by a teaspoonful of the following : half ounce of 
muriate of ammonia ; half ounce pulverized liquor- 
ice, then take a bottle holding about eight ounces, 
and put the mixture into it, filling it with hot water, 
and shake carefully, also shake before using. 
Another remedy for a Cough.-Take a small 362 
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bunch of horehound ; two or three tablespoonfuls 
of flaxseed. Let it boil to a jelly, then strain, 
then add half a pound of rock candy, or loaf sugar, 
more can be added if needed, and half a pound of 
honey. The best way for making this preparation 
is to make a tea of horehound and flaxseed, adding 
about one quart of water, then add the other ar- 
ticles. Use a small quantity of wine or brandy to 
keep it. Dose. A tablespoonful. 
Syrups for Coughs and Bronchial affections.- 
Pulverized lobelia, quarter ounce ; blood root, pul- 
verized, two and half ounces ; rock candy, quarter 
pound ; water, one-half pint. Place it over a slow 
fire, and let it steep for two hours, when cool, add 
one dessert spoonful of paragoric elixir. Dose. 
One tablespoonful about twice a day. 
A simple remedy for a Cold with a Cough.- 
Make an infusion of the pine tree, and sweeten 
with the best molasses. Take a draught, while 
warm upon retiring, and through the day take it 
cold. A wineglassful twice through the day. 
A mixture for Catarrh.-Take powdered gum- 
arabic, two drachms ; and powdered liquorice, two 
drachms ; four ounces of hot water, put this mix- 
ture in a bottle, and add one drachm of spirit of 
nitrous ether, and two drachms of antimonial wine, 
tincture of opium, fifteen drops. Dose. A table- 
spoonful. 
Simple remedy for Cold in the Head.-Take 
heartshorn or salts of ammonia, and inhale it every 
few minutes for a half hour. REMEDIES. 
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How to treat Asthma-The fumes of burning 
clothing paper, which has been previously soaked 
in spirits of nitre and dried, sometimes give great 
relief, in some cases, a stimulant, as whisky or a 
cup of strong coffee will benefit, also apply a mus- 
tard plaster over the chest. A good recipe is half 
an ounce of powdered liquorice ; half ounce ani- 
seed ; one teaspoonful of sulphur ; quarter ounce of 
powdered elecampane root. Make this mass into 
pills, using a little tar. Dose, two pills upon retire- 
ing. 
Treatment of Croup.-Saturate a piece of flannel 
with turpentine, and place it upon the throat, and 
in severe cases, one or two drops, in a little milk 
may be taken internally. 
How to treat Quinsey, or Inflammation of the 
Tonsils.-This troublesome disease is usually 
brought on by exposure to cold, the symptoms are 
a slight fever, difficulty of swallowing, with pain,, 
and swelling of the tonsils. If it is possible, remain 
in a warm room dqring an attack, and steam the 
throat with hot vinegar and hops, through an in- 
haler or through the spout of a tea-pot; or roast 3 
or 4 large onions, peel them and then crush, place 
them in a muslin bag large enough to reach half 
way across the throat, apply them as hot as can be 
borne. Keep it on as long as any strength 
seems to be left in the onions, and then make 
another application. After removing the poultice, 
wear a flannel around the throat for a few days. 
Remedy for Whooping Cough.-Carbonate of 364 
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potassa i scruple, dissolved in 6 ounces of water, 
sweeten it with a little sugar. Give to a child 5 
years of age, 1 teaspoonful 3 times a day, just be- 
fore meals. 
Another remedy for Whooping Cough.-Take 1 
drachm aqua ammonia, and 1 ounce spirits of wine, 
cochineal 1 grain. Give to a child, 2 years of age, 
6 drops in water. 
How to make a good Syrup for Whooping Cough. 
-Garlic 1 gill, onions 1 gill, put them in a covered 
dish, and stew them in 1 tablespoonful of sweet oil. 
Put them in a bag and press the juice out and add 
1 gill of honey, paregoric half ounce, camphor one- 
eight of an ounce. To a child three years of age 
give 1 teaspoonful three times a day, keeping the 
child in-doors as much as possible. 
How to treat Diphtheria.-Make two bags about 
7 inches long and 3 wide, fill them with salt and 
ashes, and wet them in hot, water, being careful to 
squeeze them out tight and apply them to the 
throat, wrapping flannel around the throat to keep 
them warm. Change as often as they become cool 
and until the throat become irritated and inflamed. 
Then remove and apply cold. At the same time 
gargle with the following: 
Hot water, 1 teacupful. 
Cider vinegar, 1 gill. 
Pepper, cayenne, quarter teaspoonful. 
Salt, 1 teaspoonful. 
Molasses, 1 teaspoonful. REMEDIES. 
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Do not add the vinegar until cool, and gargle 
every io minutes until relief if obtained. 
A good remedy for Diphtheria.-A good remedy 
for diphtheria is permanganate of potassa. The pro- 
portion used for external application is i drachm 
to a pint of water, for internal use add i pint more 
water. Dose, i teaspoonful.. 
Treatment of diphtheria.-Cauterise the false 
membranes with lunar caustic and make injections 
against the fauces with a solution of common salt. 
Give internally chlorate of potassa, and make a local 
application of tincture of iodine. 
A Specific for Diarrhoea.- 
Blackberry juice, i quart. 
White sugar, i pound. 
Cloves, i tablespoonful. 
Allspice, i tablespoonful. 
Cinnamon, i tablespoonful. 
Boil the above together fifteen minutes and add 
a wine-glass of brandy. Bottle while warm, cork 
and seal. 
A wine-glassful for an adult and half dose for a 
child. 
Cure for Cholera.-Combine equal parts of tinc- 
ture of rhubarb, laudanum, and spirits of camphor. 
Take 30 drops on sugar, repeat the dose after each 
evacuation and increase the dose if necessary. 
Remedy for Dysentery.- 
Hot water, 1 gill. 366 
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Vinegar, a half pint. 
Mix and add common salt as long as it will dis- 
solve. Give to adult a tablespoonful until bloody 
discharges cease. Children half the above dose. 
Remedy for Dropsy.- 
Infusion of dandeloin, 8 ounces. 
Carbonate of soda, 2 drachms. 
Tartrate of potash, 3 drachms. 
Tincture of rhubarb, 4 drachms. 
Tincture of henbane, half ounce. 
Mix, and give tablespoonful every 3 hours. 
A good Liver Remedy.- 
Fluid extract of rhubarb, half ounce. 
Fluid extract of senna, half ounce. 
Water, 4 ounces. 
Mix, and add- 
Fluid extract of Teraxacum, half ounce. 
Acetate of potash, 3 drachms. 
Compound tincture of gentian, half ounce. 
Muriatic ether, 1 drachm. 
Dose, tablespoonful 3 times a day for an adult. 
Half the above for children. 
Recipe for making Vermifuge or Worm-mixture.- 
Oil of turpentine, 1 drachm. 
Oil of worm-seed, quarter ounce. 
Pink root, quarter ounce. 
Hydrastin, 5 grains. 
Castor oil, three-quarters of an ounce. 
Syrup of peppermint, quarter ounce. REMEDIES. 
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Give to a child 6 years of age a teaspoonful half 
hour before meals. 
The above is a good tonic and cathartic for grown 
persons. 
Mixture Jor Diarrhoea or Cholera Morbus.- 
Tincture of opium, i ounce. 
Elixir of Rhubarb and Paregoric, i ounce. 
Essence of peppermint, io drachms. 
Tincture of capsicum, 6 drachms. 
For adult give a teaspoonful in a wine-glass of 
water. Give a dose after each evacuation. 
How to cure a Stiff Neck.- 
Apply the following liniment. 
Cayenne pepper, i ounce. 
Table salt, i teaspoonful. 
Alcohol, i ounce. 
Spirits of turpentine, 4 ounces. 
Camphor, quarter ounce. 
Vinegar, 4 ounces. 
Bottle, and let it stand one day, shaking it oc- 
casionally. 
Take a mild aperient in connection with the 
above, such as the following : 
Take senna leaves, 2 ounces. 
Pulp of prunes, half pound. 
Molasses, 1 pint. 
Boil the above to the consistency of honey, 
unite the above with quarter of an ounce of flowers 
of sulphur, and take from 1 to 3 tablespoonfuls at 
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Cure for. Sick Headache.-Mix in half a glass of 
water one tablespoonful of finely powdered char- 
coal and take the same in two doses. 
Treatment for painful Menstruation.-Apply 
mustard poultice, or flannel wrung out of hot water 
and spread over the lower part of back, or paint 
with tincture of iodine. 
To cure Vomiting in Pregnancy.- 
Carbonate of magnesia, i drachm. 
Tincture of calumba, half ounce. 
Peppermint water, 5 ounces. 
Dose, tablespoonful twice a day. 
Another cure for Vomiting in Pregnancy.- 
Tincture of rhubarb, 2 ounces. 
Compound tincture of gentian, 1 ounce. 
Mix. Teaspoonful three times a day. 
Dr. Blood's Specific for Dyspepsia.- 
Bi-carbonate of soda, half ounce. 
Aromatic spirits of ammonia, 2 drachms. 
Tincture of henbane, 6 drachms. 
Compound tincture gentian, 6 drachms. 
Tincture of ginger, 2 drachms. 
Cresote, 3 drops. 
Ginger syrup, half ounce. 
Water, 3 ounces. 
Take tablespoonful after each meal. 
Cure for Acidity of Stomach.- 
Calumba, powdered, 10 grains. 
Magnesia, 10 grains. REMEDIES. 
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Mix together and take tablespoonful three times 
a day. 
Another cure for acidity.- 
Bi-carbonate of potash, 3 scruples. 
Powdered rhubarb, 3 scruples. 
Powdered peppermint, 3 scruples. 
Aniseed, 1 ounce. 
Add half a pint of water and steep for an hour, 
and when cool, add an ounce of brandy. Table- 
spoonful three times a day. 
Leucorrhcea Injection. - 
Alum, 6 drachms. 
Sulphate of zinc, 4 drachms. 
Water, 1 quart. 
Mix and inject loo warm three times a day. 
Gonorrhoea Injection.- 
Sulphate of zinc, 15 grains. 
Acetate of lead, 15 grains. 
Rose water, mix and inject four times a day. 
Treatment for Nocturnal emissions.- 
Bromide of potassa, 25 grains. 
White sugar, 25 grains. 
Aromatic powder, 25 grains. 
Mix into fourteen powders. Dose, one powder 
three times a day. 
How to cure troublesome Urinating.- 
Oil of turpentine, 1 scruple. 
Extract of 'henbane, 12 scruples. 
Soap, 12 scruples. 
Divide into 12 pills, give one pill twice a day. 370 
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To cure Disease of the Kidneys.- 
Pareira brava, i ounce. 
Water, 3 pints. 
Boil together, so that the above will make 1 pint. 
Dose. 1 tablespoonful 3 times a day. 
To cure Incontinence of Urine.-In aged persons 
take one drop of the tincture of iodine once a day, 
for one week. 
A cure for Dropsy in Scarlatina.- 
Extract of foxglove, 6 grains. 
Acetate of potassa, 1 drachm. 
Vinegar of-squill 2 drachms. 
Syrup of ginger, 6 drachms. 
Water, 2 ounces. 
Mix the whole together. Dose. 1 teaspoonful 
3 times a day. 
Treatment for Scarlet Fever.- 
Chlorate of potassa, half ounce. 
Hydrochloric acid, half ounce. 
Spring water, half ounce. 
Mix, and give six drops in a wine-glass of sweet- 
ened water every four hours. 
Recipe for Intermittent Pills.- 
White oxide of arsenic, 10 grains. 
Muriate of ammonia, .1 drachm. 
Gum opium, 6 grains. 
Mix, and make into 70 pills. Dose, 1 pill 3 times 
a day. REMEDIES. 
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Intermittent Fever Remedy.- 
Tannin, 5 grains. 
Sulphate of quinine, 12 grains. 
Syrup of ginger, 1 ounce. 
Water, half ounce. 
Dose, 1 teaspoonful every 2 hours, in absence of 
the fever. 
Cure for Sea-Sickness.-Camphorated spirits of 
sal-volatile and Hoffman anodyne, of each 3 drops. 
To be taken in a little water, after an attack. 
Cure for Shortness of Breath.- 
Spirits of ether, 1 ounce. 
Camphor, 12 grains. 
Mix, and take a teaspoonful during the paroxysm. 
Another cure for Shortness of Breath.- 
Liquorice, powdered, half ounce. 
Powdered elecampane root, quarter ounce. 
Aniseed, quarter ounce. 
Flowers of sulphur, one-eighth ounce. 
Pulverized sugar, 2 ounces. 
Make all into pills using a small quantity of tar. 
Dose, 2 pills upon retiring. 
To relieve Palpitation of the Heart.- 
Plain soda-water or that prepared from efferves- 
cing soda powder will frequently give relief. 
To cure Lockjaw.- 
As soon as the attack commences take a small 
quantity of spirits of turpentine slightly warmed, 
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wound is situated or what the nature of it may be, 
and relief will follow in less than one minute. No 
better application can be made to a bruise or cut 
than cold turpentine. 
Remedy for Cancer.- 
Take some red clover tops, and make a tea 
by pouring boiling water over them and let- 
ting them steep some time. Apply it to the sore 
night and morning and drink a wine-glassful 4 times 
a day. 
Cure for White Swelling.- 
Oil of hemlock, half ounce. 
Oil of sassafras, half ounce. 
Gum Camphor, half ounce. 
Tincture opium, 60 drops. 
Dissolve, and bathe the affected parts frequently, 
and apply a bran poltice mixed with charcoal, salt, 
and cayenne pepper. 
Remedy for Scrofula^- 
Bichloride of gold, 30 drops. 
Tincture of iodine, 30 drops. 
Tincture gentian, 1 drachm. 
Simple syrup, 7 drachms. 
Rosewater, 5 ounces. 
Give a dessert-spoonful 3 times a day in water, 
being careful to shake well before using. 
A remedy for Scrofula.- 
Aqua fortis, 1 ounce. 
Drop into it 2 old-fashioned copper cents, when 
it ceases to ferment add vinegar, 2 ounces. REMEDIES. 
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Wash the affected part with castile soap and 
water before using the mixture. Apply twice a 
day. 
To relieve Night Sweats.- 
Sulphate of quinine, 15 grain. 
Essence of tansy, half ounce. 
Alcohol, quarter ounce. 
Water, quarter ounce. 
Muriatic acid, 15 drops. 
Dose, half a teaspoonful twice a day. 
How to prevent Scarlet Fever.-Belladonna has 
been found to render persons unsusceptible to 
scarlet fever. Dose, 3 to 5 drops of the tincture in 
half glass water. Teaspoonful every half hour for 
four hours. 
How to treat Measels.-In ordinary cases, to 
hasten the appearance of the eruption, a small half 
teaspoonful of sulphur in milk may be given, and 
if much hoarsness be present of a croupy character, 
apply to the throat flannel wet in the following 
mixture : Salt, 1 teaspoonful, vinegar 1 teaspoon- 
ful, and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper. Should 
diarrhoea make its appearance, allow the child to eat 
nothing but burnt rice, boiled and taken with a 
little butter and salt. Keep as quiet as possible. 
Administer stimulants, a little at a time to support 
the strength and keep the temperature of the room 
as even as possible. 
To avoid Perspiration.- 
Water, 2 ounces. 
Diluted sulphuric acid, 20 drops. 374 
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Compound spirits of lavender, 2 drachms. 
Mix. Dose, a dessert spoonful twice a day. 
Cure of Night-sweats in Consumption.- 
Pulverized borax, 5 drachms. 
blowers of Sulphur, quarter ounce. 
Sub-nitrate of bismuth, 1 half drachm . 
Make into fifty powders, one to be given every 
3 hours. 
Another cure for Night-sweats.- 
Phosphate of zinc, 1 drachm. 
Taken several times a day in 30 drop doses. 
Remedy for a Black Eye.-To remove discolora- 
tion from the eye take Solomon's seal. W ash the 
root and peel them, scrape, and apply to the eye in 
the form of a poultice. A tingling sensation will 
be felt, and as soon as the sensation passes off 
renew the application. 
A lotion for Black Eye.-• 
Nitrate of potassa, 1 drachm. 
Sal-ammoniac, 1 drachm. 
Water, 3 ounces. 
Vinegar, 4 drachms. 
Keep the part bruised wet with the lotion by 
means of a bandage. 
Lotion for Weak Eyes.- 
Rock salt, half ounce. 
Sulphate of zinc, half ounce. 
Water, 3 pints. 
Boil together until dissolved, then add rose 
o 
water, 1 ounce. REMEDIES. 
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Mix. One teaspoonful diluted with the same 
amount of water. Bathe the eyes frequently. 
Lotion for Specks on the Eye.- 
Oxymuriate of mercury, half grain, 
Rose water, 4 ounces. 
Mix. Valuable for removing the white specks 
which are frequently seen on the eye. 
Lotion to allay Irritation in the Eye.- 
Frequently bathe the eye with loo-warm milk 
and water, or rose water. A poultice of tea-leaves 
is a good remedy. Bathing the eye in salt and 
water; a tablespoonful of salt to half gallon of 
water is excellent. 
Cure for Cataract.- 
Extract of belladonna. 1 drachm. 
Glycerine, 1 drachm. 
Mix. Used for dilating the pupil of the eye, by 
anointing the eyebrow and temple. 
A lotion for Inflamed Eyes.- 
Extract of lead, 10 drops. 
Distilled vinegar, 2 drachms. 
Distilled water, 4 ounces. 
Mix, and bathe the eyes occasionally. 
Cure for Earache.- 
Chloroform, half ounce. 
Laudanum, half ounce. 
Saturate a piece of cotton in the mixture and 
place it in the ear. 376 
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Another cure for Earache.-- 
Take a small piece of wool, make a hole in the 
centre, and fill with ground pepper, make a ball and 
tie it up. Dip it in sweet oil and place it in the ear. 
Cure for temporary Deafness.- 
Sassafras oil, io drops. 
Glycerine, i drachm. 
Olive oil, half ounce. 
Mix, and drop into the ear every night. 
Remedy for the Cure of Bites of Insects.- 
Borax, i ounce. 
Water, i pint. 
Boil the water and allow it to cool before using. 
Mix, and wash the sore frequently. For the stings 
of bees or wasps use the borax double strength. 
How to destroy the taste of Castor Oil. - 
Beat the white of an egg with the castor oil until 
thoroughly mixed, pour into a wine-glass previously 
wet with liquor. 
Cure for Bed Sores.- 
Pulverized alum, i tablespoonful. 
Whiskey, i teacupful. 
Mix, and bathe the sores several times a day. 
To cure Chapped Hands.- 
Wash the hands in fine soap and scrub with In- 
dian meal, and rinse, using in the last rinsing half 
a teaspoonful of glycerine. 
Corn Remedy.- 
Ivy-leaves dried and ground to fine powder remedies. 
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moistened with vinegar, sprinkle a little of the 
powder on the corn and wrap a rag around it. 
To remove Soft Corns.- 
Dip a small piece of cotton in turpentine and 
apply it to the corn night and morning apd the corn 
will soon disappear. 
Cure for itching feet from Frost Bites.- 
Hydrochloric acid, i ounce. 
Water, 8 ounces. 
Mix. Bathe the feet three times a day. 
To relieve Corns.- 
Take a lemon, and cut a small piece of it and 
bind it on the corn. Do this several days in suc- 
cession and you will find you can take a blunt knife 
and remove the corn. 
To cure Soft Corn.- 
Take a knife and cut away the thick skin from 
the corn, then apply a lint of friar's balsam. Tinc- 
ture of arnica is also good. 
To cure Blistered Feet after long walking.- 
Rub the feet with alcohol and melted tallow after 
the walk. 
A remedy for Chilblains.- 
Collodion, 4 ounces. 
Venice turpentine, i ounce. 
Castor oil, i ounce. 
Petroleum mix tier c for Chilblains.- 
Take ordinary petroleum or common kerosene 
oil, and bathe the feet with it. 378 
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Chilblain Ointment.- 
Olive oil, io ounces. 
Turpentine, 2 ounces, 
Yellow wax, 1 ounce. 
Boil together, and while hot, add- 
Balsam of Peru, two and a half ounces. 
Camphor, 9 grains. 
Spread on a soft rag, and apply to the parts. 
Remedy for Toothache.- 
Pulverized alum, 2 drachms. 
Spirits of nitric ether, 7 drachms. 
Mix, and apply to the tooth with a piece of lint, 
An excellent Pain Destroyer.- 
Laudanum, 1 drachm. 
Gum camphor, 4 drachms. 
Oil of Cloves, quarter drachm. 
Oil of lavender, 1 drachm. 
Alcohol, 1 ounce. 
Sulphuric ether, 6 drachms. 
Chloroform, 3 drachms. 
Mix all together, and shake well. For toothache 
rub on the gum and upon the face. 
Cure for the smell of Onions upon the Breath.- 
Parsley moistened with vinegar and eaten, will 
destroy the smell of onions. 
Remedy for Bad Breath.- 
Hydrochloric acid, 5 drops. 
Water, 3 gills. 
Add a little lemon juice and sugar to sweeten. 
Dose, teaspoonful 3 times a day. REMEDIES. 
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To cure a bad Breath.- 
Liquor potassa, i ounce. 
Chloride soda, i ounce. 
Phosphate soda, I drachm. 
Water, 3 ounces. 
Mix. Dose, 1 teaspoonful after each meal. 
To cure a bad breath caused by Constipation.- 
Epsom salts, 4 drachms. 
Tincture columba, 8 drachms. 
Infusion of roses, 6 ounces. 
Mix. Dose, a wineglassful every other day. 
Shake before using. 
To remove the Prostrating effects of Excessive 
Drinking.- 
Sulphate of quinine, 5 grains. 
Aromatic sulphuric acid, 10 drops. 
Compound tincture of cardamon, 2 drachms.. 
Compound tincture gentian, half ounce. 
Ginger syrup, 1 half ounce. 
Water, 2 ounces. 
Mix and give one tablespoonful 3 times a day. 
Treatment of Poisoning by Poison Ivy.- 
Bathe the affected parts with pure water, and 
paint the spot two or three times with a brush dip- 
ped in tincture lobelia. Be careful and avoid bring- 
ing the lobelia in contact with any flesh wound. 
Cure for Hydrophobia.- 
Elecampane root, 1 ounce. 
Milk, 1 pint. 
Boiled together until reduced to half pint. To 380 
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be taken at a dose. Wait two days and then take 
another dose, this time using- one-and-half ounces 
of the root to one pint of milk, third dose the same 
as the above, waiting two days again. 
A n excellent way of taking Senna.- 
Senna, i drachm. 
Water cold, i cup. 
Let them remain over night and strain in the 
morning. Prepare coffee, the same as you would 
for breakfast, using the infusion instead of water. 
The use of Citric Acid in after Pains.- 
Citric acid, 5 grains. 
Water, 3 ounces. 
Mix. Dose to be given every five hours. This 
remedy acts as a nervine, and as a preventive of in- 
flammation. 
Cure for Suppressed Menstruation.- 
Sulphate of iron, 1 scruple. 
Powdered cloves, 6 grains. 
Powdered aloes, 2 scruples. 
Venice turpentine, sufficient to work into a mass, 
and make the whole into thirty pills. Dose, 1 pill 3 
times a day after eating. 
A remedy for Obstructed Menstruation.- 
Ammonia liquor, 1 drachm. 
Milk, 1 quart. 
Use twice daily as an injection, commencing with 
a minute quantity of ammonia. 
Cure for Dry Tetter.- 
Borax, 15 grains. REMEDIES. 
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Glycerine, i ounce. 
Rose water, 2 ounces. 
Oil rose, 8 drops. 
Mix and apply externally every night. 
A remedy for Kidney Difficulty.- 
Bayberry', 1 ounce. 
Queen of the Meadow, 1 ounce. 
Peppermint, 1 ounce. 
Tincture of mix vomica, 20 grains. 
Mix, and add- 
1 ounce collins^nia. Dose, 1 teaspoonful three 
hours after meals. 
A remedy for Irritable Bladder.- 
Buchu leaves, half ounce. 
Water boiling, half pint. 
Let this infusion steep for 3 hours. Dose, 2 
tablespoonfuls twice a day. 
Borax Cerate.- 
Powdered borax, 1 drachm. 
Spermaceti ointment, 1 ounce. 
Mix together, stirring thoroughly if desired, 1 
drop of otto of rose may be added. 
Ointment for Neuralgia.- 
Cyanide of potassium, 2 drachms. 
Chloroform, 2 drachms. 
Lard, 1 ounce. 
Mix, and make into an ointment for external use. 
Ointment for Wounds.- 
Red precipitate, half ounce. 382 
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Sugar of lead, half ounce. 
Burnt alum, i ounce. 
White vitrol, half ounce. 
Mutton tallow, half pound. 
Pulverize the above and stir into the tallow. 
Stirring until cool. 
Salve for Sore Nipples.-■ 
Glycerine, half ounce. 
Tannin, half ounce. 
Rose water, half ounce. 
Rubbed together and applied to the affected 
part. 
Pile Salve.- 
Powdered opium, half scruple. 
Flowers of sulphur, i scruple. 
Simple cerate, i ounce. 
Ointment of Tannin for Piles.- 
Tannin, 2 drachms. 
Water, 2 drachms. 
Mix together, and add lard one and a half drachms. 
To prevent Ointment from becoming Rancid.- 
Dissolve a small quantity of benzoic acid in 
fat by heat, or stir it into the lard when melted. 
Salve for Burns.- 
Yellow dock root and dandelion, equal parts, and 
half the quantity of celandine and plantine. Press 
out the liquid by squeezing with the hand, and 
simmer with sweet cream or mutton tallow. The 
above is an excellent healing ointment for sores 
and cuts. REMEDIES. 
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How to make a good Itch Ointment.- 
Chloride of lime, i drachm. 
Alcohol, 2 drachms. 
Rub together and add, 
Sweet oil, half ounce. 
Soft soap, 2 ounces. 
Oil of lemon, half drachm. 
Common salt, i ounce. 
Sulphur, half ounce. 
Mix perfectly. 
Cure for Cutaneous Eruptions.- 
Extract Henbane, half drachm. 
Red precipitate, three-quarter drachm. 
Fresh butter, one and a half ounce. 
Yellow wax half drachm. 
Powdered zinc, three-quarter drachms. 
Melt all together and add camphor, three-quarter 
drachm, dissolved in sweet oil. 
Salve for Salt Rheum.- 
Aqua fortis, 1 ounce. 
Quicksilver, i ounce. 
After it has ceased fermenting rub into it lard, i 
pound. 
Soap (previously dissolved) i ounce. 
Chalk, i ounce. 
Turpentine, i teaspoonful. 
Put this compound into a vessel and beat all to- 
gether. 
To make Tar Cerate.- 
Tar, half ounce. 384 
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Mutton suet, half ounce. 
Melt together and stir until cold. Useful in 
scald-head and ring-worm. 
Ointment for Sore Breasts.,- 
Spikenard, i pound. 
Tobacco, i pound. 
Comfrey, half pound. 
Boil together in 3 quarts chamber lye until almost 
dry. Press out the juice, and add equal parts 
pitch and bees-wax, place the whole over a slow 
fire and steep until it becomes thick; set it aside to 
cool. 
Lard Ointment.- 
Lard, 2 pounds. 
Rose-water, 2 ounces. 
Melt and beat well together, add a little white 
wax if desired. 
An excellent Salve for Wounds.- 
Lard, 1 ounce. 
White lead, 2 ounces. 
Bees-wax, 2 ounces. 
Black resin, 2 ounces. 
Turpentine, 2 ounces. 
Put this mixture into a dish and boil half an hour. 
This is a good remedy for all wounds. 
A Recipe for Camphor Ointment.- 
Powdered camphor, 1 ounce. 
Lard, 2 ounces. 
Mix. It is good to ripen indolent tumors. REMEDIES. 
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Simple Ointment of White Wax. 
White wax, 4 ounces. 
Olive oil, six and a half ounces. 
Melt together, and stir while cooling. 
Ointment of Carbolic Acid,.- 
Lard, 5 ounces. 
White wax, 2 and a half ounces. 
Balsam of fir, half ounce. 
Melt together, and when it commences to cool, 
add half ounce of carbolic acid. Used as a dressing 
to old sores, burns, &c. 
Belladonna Ointment for Neuralgia.- 
Belladonna extract, 3 drachms. 
Opium powdered, quarter drachm. 
Chloroform Cerate for Neuralgia.- 
Chloroform, 1 drachm. 
Spermaceti ointment, 1 ounce. 
Salt, 1 teaspoonful. 
Mix, and keep in a wide mouthed bottle. 
Nitric Acid lotion.- 
Dilute nitric acid, 2 drachms. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Mix. Useful for foul and foetid ulcers. 
Muriatic Acid lotion.- 
Hydrochloric acid, 1 ounce. 
Water, 19 ounces. 
For unbroken chillblains. 
Startins Glycerine lotion.- 
Trisintrate of bismuth, half drachm. REMEDIES. 
386 
Tincture of fox-glove, half drachm. 
Dilute nitric acid, i drachm. 
Glycerine, 4 drachms. 
Rose water, 4 ounces. 
Place in a bottle and shake well before useing it. 
For skin diseases. 
An excellent Arnica lotion for Bruises.- 
Arnica flowers dried, 1 ounce. 
Place in a bottle and cover them with boiling 
water and add alcohol, 1 pint. 
A lotion for Burns.- 
Glycerine, 1 ounce. 
Gum arabic dissolved in water, 2 ounces. 
Lime water, 7 ounces. 
Mix. Good for chapped hands, burns, scalds, &c. 
A wash of Muriate of Ammonia.- 
Sal-ammoniac, 1 drachm. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Dissolve. Used as a wash for tender feet and 
swelled joints. 
Carbolic Acid wash for Carbuncles.- 
Carbolic acid in crystals, 5 drachms. 
Water, 1 ounce. 
Dissolve. For external use for ulcers. 
How to make a good Camphor wash.- 
Diluted diacetate of lead, 5 ounces. 
Spirits of camphor, 2 drachms. 
Mix, and shake well. Used in erysipelis, sprains, 
&c. REMEDIES. 
387 
Lotion for Inflamed Surfaces.- 
Tincture of myrrh, i drachm. 
Tincture of camphor, 3 drachms. 
Alcohol, 1 ounce. 
Goulard's extract, 1 ounce. 
Sulphate of morphia, half ounce. 
Tincture of arnica, 2 ounces. 
Water, 4 ounces 
Mix. * 
Excellent remedy for Wounds.- 
Camphor gum, 5 drachms, dissolved in half pint 
spirits of wine, add half pint of ox-gall and 60 drops 
of laudanum. Shake it well and bottle. Excellent 
for fresh wounds, cuts, bruises, &c. 
Wash for Irritation of Skin.- 
Glycerine, 1 ounce. 
Water, 1 ounce. 
Borax, half a teaspoonful. 
Mix. This wash removes chaps from the face 
and hands. 
A lotion for Disinfecting.- 
Chloride of lime, 3 drachms. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Dissolve. 
* 
How to make Mercurial lotions,- 
Calomel, half drachm. 
Lime water, half pint, 
Mix, and shake well. Valuable in all kinds of 
syphilitic sores. 388 
REMEDIES. 
An excellent lotion for Nervous Headaches.- 
Sulphuric ether, i ounce. 
Rose water, 3 ounces. 
Alcohol, 1 ounce. 
Solution of acetate of ammonia, 1 ounce. 
LINIMENTS. 
An external embrocation or Liniment.- 
Alcohol, 1 quart. 4 
Sweet oil, 1 ounce. 
Oil of origanum, 2 ounces. 
Turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Gum camphor, 4 ounces. 
This liniment is excellent for cuts in horses and 
cattle. 
A Magic Liniment.- 
Alcohol, 2 quarts. 
Oil of sassafras, 1 ounce. 
Hemlock, 1 ounce. 
Tincture guaiacum, 1 ounce. 
Tincture of Catechu, 1 ounce. 
Spirits of turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Balsam of fir, 1 ounce. 
Chloroform, 1 ounce. 
Used in rheumatism, headache,, bruises, sprains^ 
and neuralgia. 
An excellent Liniment. 
Sweet oil 1 pint. 
Tincture of Arnica, 1 ounce. 
Excellent for wounds, stiff joints, &c. REMEDIES. 
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A Rheumatic Liniment.- 
Oil of Hemlock, i ounce. 
Camphor, i ounce. 
Opium, i ounce. 
Spirits of wine, I pint. 
Mix. Used for quinsy, gout, inflamed breasts, 
and white swellings. 
Liniment for Bruises.- 
Olive oil, i ounce. 
Chloroform, i ounce. 
Spirits of ammonia, i ounce. 
Acetate of morphia, io grains. 
Excellent for any kind of sprain, bruise, or in- 
flammation. 
A compound Liniment.- 
Tincture of capsicum, half ounce. 
Chloroform, i ounce. 
Laudanum, i ounce. 
Spirits of camphor, i ounce. 
Good for rheumatic pains and neuralgia. 
Liniment for Skin Diseases.- 
White castile soap, cut fine, 2 pounds. 
Camphor, 5 ounces. 
Oil of origanum, 2 ounces. 
Oil of rosemary, 1 ounce. 
Alcohol, 1 gallon. 
Dissolve the above into a jug by the aid of hot 
water, and when cool, add 11 ounces of ammonia, 
then add, 
Belladonna, 4 drachms. 390 
REM EDI ES. 
Glycerine, i ounce. 
Put into bottles, and cork tight. Useful for 
skin diseases and painful swellings. 
One of the best Liniments known for wounds.-• 
Salpetre, I ounce. 
Alcohol, i quart. 
Gum camphor, i ounce. 
Table-salt, I tablespoonful. 
Use as soon as dissolved. 
Liniment for Chillblains.- 
Olive oil, half pint. 
Spermaceti, three-quarter ounce. 
Camphor, three-quarter ounce. 
Balsam of Peru, half ounce. 
Mix over a gentle heat, and then add three- 
quarters of an ounce of hydrochloric acid. Stir 
well until cold. 
Horse Liniment.- 
Origanum Oil, 2 ounces, 
Oil of hemlock, 2 ounces. 
Oil of spike, 2 ounces. 
Sweet oil, 4 ounces. 
Spirits of ammonia, 2 ounces. 
Gum camphor, 2 ounces. 
Spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces. 
Alcohol, 2 ounces. 
A good Nerve Liniment- 
Oil of rosemary, 2 ounces. 
Oil of hemlock, 2 ounces. REMEDIES. 
391 
Oil of origanum, 2 ounces. 
Oil of amber, 2 ounces. 
Spirits of turpentine, 1 quart. 
Linseed oil, 2 gallons. 
Mix. 
An excellent Horse Liniment.- 
Ammonia water, 1 ounce. 
Oil of spike, 1 ounce. 
Oil of camphor, 2 ounces. 
Tincture of opium, half ounce. 
Oil of origanum, half ounce. 
Spirits of turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Olive oil, 2 ounces. 
Mix together. 
A n embrocation for a Weak Back. 
Petroleum, 2 ounces. 
Ammonia water, 1 ounce. 
Brandy, 1 ounce. 
Mix, and apply with the hand. 
Volatile Liniment.- 
Aqua ammonia, 1 ounce. 
Sulphuric ether, 1 ounce. 
Alcohol, 1 ounce. 
Mix. An excellent instantaneous pain cure. 
Liniment for Chillblains.- 
Balsam of peru, half drachm. 
Laudanum, 2 drachms. 
Muriatic ether, 2 drachms. 
Mix. Used externally. REMEDIES. 
392 
Iodine Solution.- 
Iodine, quarter ounce. 
Iodide of potassium, half ounce. 
Water, io ounces. 
Liniment for Sore Nipples.- 
Powdered gum arabic, half drachm. 
Chlorate of soda, i o grains. 
Tincture of myrrh, I drachm. 
Mix. Use as a wash. 
A n excellent Liniment for Inflammations.- 
Alcohol, 2 ounces. 
Tincture of arnica, 2 ounces. 
British oil, 2 ounces. 
; Oil of tar, 2 ounces. 
Mix, and slowly add sulphuric acid, half ounce. 
Used as a liniment where there is much inflamma- 
tion. 
A Liniment extensively used for Rheumatism.- 
Alcohol, 1 gill. 
Beef's gall, 1 gill. 
Turpentine, 1 gill. 
Sweet oil, 1 gill. 
Gum camphor, 4 ounces. 
Put in a bottle and shake well and add spirits of 
ammonia 1 ounce, table-salt half ounce. Useful 
also for frost bites. 
Liniment for Neuralgia.- 
Extract of belladonna, 3 grains. 
Oil of turpentine, quarter ounce. REMEDIES. 
393 
Tincture of opium, half ounce. 
Olive oil, half ounce. 
Ammonia water, 3 ounces. 
Mix, and apply when needed. 
Another Neuralgia Liniment. 
Chloroform, 1 ounce. 
Camphor, one and a half ounces. 
Oil of Cajeput, 2 drachms. 
Veratrim, 12 grains. 
Tincture of aconite root, half ounce. 
An excellent Pile Liniment.- 
Melt lard, half pound. 
And stir into the melted fat 1 ounce muriatic 
acid, and 1 ounce oil of turpentine, half ounce tinc- 
ture opium, 1 drachm of camphor. When cool it 
is ready for use; rub well the affected parts. 
How to Make Poultices. 
A good recipe for a Linseed Poultice.- 
Water, half pint. 
Powdered linseed, 4 ounces. 
- Sprinkle the powder into the water with the 
hand, and stir well with a spoon. An excellent 
poultice for all kinds of inflammation. 
A Poultice for Bruises, Black Eyes, &c.,- 
Soak bread in vinegar, and apply cold. 
A Poultice for I he Gout.- 
Balm of mecca, 6 drachms. 
Alcohol, 16 ounces. 394 
REMEDIES. 
Mix. Agitate for 48 hours. 
Cinchona bark, 1 ounce. 
Sarsparilla, 1 ounce, 
• Sage, 1 ounce. 
Saffron, half ounce. 
Alcohol, 32 ounces. 
Filter, and mix with the solution of mecca, and 
add twice their weight in lime water. Sprinkle 
half a cupful upon the surface of a hot linseed 
poultice, and apply to the effected part. 
How to make an Alum Poultice.- 
Powdered alum, 1 drachm. 
And the white of 2 eggs. Shake together. Used 
for sore nipples, chronic inflammation of the eye, 
&c. 
A recipe for making Yeast Poultice*- 
Take milk luke-warm, 1 pint. 
Yeast, 1 gill. 
Thicken with slippery elm bark. This is a good 
antiseptic poultice, also good in various inflamma- 
tions. 
Mustard Poultice.- 
Take best mustard, mixed with vinegar, and 
spread it on a piece of tarleton or muslin. Wet 
the parts first with vinegar, and apply the poultice 
hot to the affected parts. 
An External Application for a Fester.- 
Boil bread in 8 ounces of strong beer. Apply to 
the affected part. This is excellent for grangrene 
and mortification. REMEDIES. 
395 
A Poultice for Sprains and Bruises.- 
Vinegar, 2 pints. 
Carbonate of ammonia, 2 ounces. 
Alcohol, 3 pints. 
Mix the ammonia and vinegar together, when 
the fermentation ceases, add the alcohol. For in- 
flammation of the joints, mix with aniseed meal, 
and apply a poultice twice a day. It is also excel- 
lent for all kinds of injuries. 
Soap Poultice for Scalds and Burns.- 
Sliced white soap, 1 ounce. 
Boiling water, quarter pint. 
Mix with sufficient bread to make a poultice.. 
A recipe for Lobelia Poultice.- 
Slippery elm, 1 ounce. 
Linseed meal, half ounce. 
Powdered lobelia, one and a half ounce. 
Ginger, 1 ounce. 
Mix with whiskey. Valuable for the pain in 
pleurisy, liver, complaint rheumatism, &c. 
An excellent Hemlock Poultice.- 
Linseed meal, 4 and a half ounces. 
Pour over it half a pint of boiling water. When 
thickened, spread on a cloth and sprinkle upon 
the surface of the poultice, 1 ounce of hemlock, 
softened with hot water. Useful for application in 
tumors, cancerous and syphilitic sores. 
Poultice for Gout.- 
Boiled carrots bruised, 1 ounce. 396 
REMEDIES. 
Butter,, half ounce. 
Flour, 1 ounce. 
Mix with sufficient flour to form a paste. 
Poultice of Indian Turnip.- 
'fake of the root of an Indian turnip a couple of 
handfuls, and add slippery elm bark, sufficient to 
form a paste. Used in the treatment of scrofula, 
in preference to any other poultice. 
Poultice for Inflammation of the Eyes.- 
Boil several white potatoes until soft, mash them, 
and then mix equal parts of slippery elm bark 
powdered, if too thick, add a little water. Apply 
to the affected part hot 
Hop Poultice.- 
Hops dried, i handful. 
Life everlasting dried, i handful. 
Vinegar, i teaspoonful. 
Boil altogether, and thicken with indian meal. 
To be applied warm. 
PLASTERS. 
How to prevent plasters from adhering to paper.- 
Dust the paper or cloth over with French chalk, 
or. take a piece of paper and moisten with olive oil 
and wipe dry and lay it over the plaster. 
A good Strengthening Plaster.- 
Litharge plaster, 20 ounces. 
White resin, 6 ounces. 
Yellow wax, 2 ounces. 
Olive oil, 2 ounces. 
Red oxide of iron, 6 ounces. REMEDIES. 
397 
Rub the oxide with the oil and add the remainder 
melted, and mix the whole together. Valuable for 
relaxation of the muscles, and weakness of the 
joints. Spread the plaster on leather and cut into 
strips 2 inches wide and bind around the joints. 
A good Plaster for Pains.- 
Melt an ounce of adhesive plaster and while cool- 
ing add a drachm of powdered opium and the same 
amount of camphor (dissolved in olive oil). 
Spread on leather, excellent for rheumatic pains. 
A recipe for an excellent Mustard Plaster.- 
Take a small quantity of black mustard seed and 
bruise with a rolling pin or pestle and mortar to a 
coarse powder. Then take a piece of linen or 
muslin and spread over it a thin solution of gum 
arabic, and sprinkle the powder over it, then put 
it away to dry. When needed a plaster can be cut 
of any size and moistened with tepid water, and it 
is ready for use. 
A Plaster for Cancer.- 
White oak bark bruised, 4 ounces, add urine to 
cover it, let it steep for 4 days, then place it over 
the fire and let it boil until it becomes thick. Add 
turpentine gum 2 ounces. Honey, 2 ounces. 
Spread on soft linen; if a caustic is necessary for 
the wound, add white vitriol, 2 drachms. This is 
good for white swellings and all kinds of ulcers. 
A Plaster of Burgundy Pitch.- 
Burgundy pitch, 2 pounds. 398 
REMEDIES. 
Prepared frankincense, i pound. 
Yellow resin, 4 ounces. 
Bees-wax, 4 ounces. 
Oil of nutmeg 1 ounce. 
Mix, and stir until the proper thickness is ob- 
tained, spread as above. 
Recipe for Cantharides Plaster.- 
Venice turpentine, four and a half ounces. 
Burgundy pitch, 3 ounces. 
Cantharides, 3 ounces. 
Bees-wax, 1 ounce. 
Finely powdered verdigris, half ounce. 
Powdered mustard, 2 drachms. 
Black pepper, 2 drachms. 
Mix by a gentle heat. 
An excellent Cough Plaster.- 
Castile soap, one ounce. 
Lead plaster, 2 drachms. 
Sal-ammoniac, 1 drachm. 
Melt the soap and lead plaster together, and 
add the ammonia when nearly cold. Apply the 
plaster upon the chest immediately after it is spread, 
and renew it in about 18 hours. Valuable in 
whooping-cough and asthma. 
An excellent Counter-irritant.- 
। 
Tar, 1 pound. 
Burgundy pitch, half ounce. 
White pine turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Resin, 2 ounces. 
Powdered mandrake root, 1 ounce. REMEDIES. 
399 
Blood root, i ounce. 
Poke root, i ounce. 
Indian turnip, i ounce. 
Boil the tar, pitch, and turpentine together, and 
stir the remainder into the melted mass while hot. 
This plaster renewed daily is a valuable irritating 
plaster. 
A Recipe for making Court Plaster.- 
Bruise a small quantity of isinglass, and let it 
soak over night. Place it over the fire and let it 
remain until the greater part of the water has 
evaporated, then add alcohol sufficient that when 
the mixture cools it will form a jelly, next take a 
piece of black or flesh-colored silk, adhere it firmly 
to a board and paint the surface of the silk with 
the jelly, using it while warm; as soon as the first 
coating becomes dry renew the application, and if 
needed a third, and when dry, cover it wi;th 2 or 3 
layers of balsam of peru. 
Gargles. 
Wash for Ulcerated Sore Throat.- 
Peruvian bark, half pint. 
Sulphate of zinc, 1 drachm. 
Water, half pint. 
Mix. To be used frequently. 
Another wash for Sore Throat.- 
Vinegar, 3 teaspoonfuls. 
Honey, 2 teaspoonfuls. 
Tincture of myrrh, 2 teaspoonfuls. 400 
REMEDIES. 
Port wine, i glass. 
Water, i pint. 
Mix. Gargle 4 times a day. 
Gargle for Mortification.- 
Tincture of cayenne pepper, 6 drachms. 
Infusion of roses, 3 drachms. 
Honey of roses, 3 drachms. 
Mix. 
Another Gargle for Mortification.- 
Peruvian bark, 5 ounces. 
Capsicum, 6 drachms. 
Port wine, 3 ounces. 
Mix. Use frequently. 
Simple Gargle for Sore Throat.- 
Strong sage tea, 1 pint. 
' Chlorate of potassa, 1 teaspoonful. 
Honey, 2 tablespoonfuls. 
Mix, and shake before using. Good in inflamed 
and ulcerated sore throats. 
An excellent Gargle for Sore Throat.- 
Sage tea, 1 pint. 
Honey, 1 tablespoonful. 
Salt, 1 tablespoonful. 
Vinegar, 1 tablespoonful. 
Cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoonfuL 
Mix, and bottle for use. 
Carbolic acid Wash for Dipt her ia.- 
Carbolic acid, 20 minims. REMEDIES. 
401 
Acetic acid, half drachm. 
Tincture myrrh, 2 drachms. 
Honey, 2 ounces. 
Water, 6 ounces. 
Shake the carbolic and acetic acid together before 
adding the other ingredients. 
An Iodine Wash for Lucorrhoea.- 
Tincture of iodine, 45 drops. 
Carbolic acid, 6 drops. 
Glycerine, 1 ounce. 
Water, 5 ounces. 
This solution will not soil the linen in using. 
Mix, and use half a tablespoonful in water as an in- 
jection. 
Remedy for Ulcerated Gums.- 
Hypochloride of lime, 10 grains. 
Mucilage of gum arabic, one and a half drachms. 
Syrup of orange peel, 2 and a half drachms. 
Mix thoroughly. To be applied to ulcerated 
gums with a camel's hair brush. 
Gargle for threatened Mortification of the Throat. 
Honey of roses, 3 drachms. 
Tincture of capsicum, 6 drachms, 
Tincture of myrrh, 6 drachms. 
Decoction of sage, 1 teacupful. 
Mix. Gargle frequently. 
A Gargle for Inflamed Throats.- 
Mucilage of gum arabic, 7 ounces. 
Tincture of myrrh, 3 drachms. 402 
REMEDIES. 
Mix. This gargle is good when the saliva is of 
an acrid character. 
Compound for a Cough or Cold.- 
Put one teacupful of flaxseed to soak, and let it 
remain over night. In the morning put the follow- 
ing ingredients in a vessel with 2 quarts of water: 
one handful of licorice root split ; quarter of good 
raisins cut in pieces. Boil until the strength is 
thoroughly extracted, then add the flaxseed, and 
boil again for half an hour, being careful that it 
does not burn. Strain, and add lemon juice, and 
sweeten to taste. Let it cool and take a table- 
spoonful several times through the day, and a tea- 
spoonful upon resting. 
Tea for Cold on the Chest.- 
Marsh mallow root, 4 ounces. 
Licorice root, 1 and a half ounces. 
Orris root, half ounce. 
Colt's foot leaves, 1 ounce. 
Red poppy flowers, 1 ounce. 
Mullein flowers, 1 ounce. 
Aniseed cut up small, and mix together. 
Dose, wine-glassful. 
A good Cough Syrup-- 
Precipitated sulphuret of antimony, 4 scruples. 
Anise, 4 scruples. 
Gum arabic, 8 ounces. 
Extract of licorice. 2 ounces. 
Opium, 6 grains. 
Teaspoonful at a dose REMEDIES. 
403 
Sugar, 2 pounds. 
Mix. Dose, a^teaspoonful twice a day. This 
remedy is good for catarrh, and bronchial affections, 
Syrup for Hoarseness.- 
Gum arabic, 15 drachms. 
Syrup tolu, 5 drachms. 
Maiden hair, 5 drachms. 
Nitrate of potassa, 1 grain. 
Cherry laurel water, 1 drachm. 
Dose, a tablespoonful to be taken in sweet balm 
tea. 
Tincture for Coughs.-- 
Oil of caraway, 2 drachms. 
Oil of aniseed, 2 drachms. 
Saffron, half ounce. 
Benzoic acid, 3 quarter ounce. 
Opium, 5 drachms. 
Champhor, half ounce. 
Alcohol, 6 ounces. 
Honey, 6 ounces. 
Mix. Dose, a teaspoonful 3 times a day. 
Syrup for Whooping Cough. 
Onions sliced, 1 gill. 
Garlic sliced, 1 gill. 
Stew together in one gill of sweet oil, covering 
the dish to retain the juices. Strain, and add 
honey one gill; paregoric half ounce ; spirits cam- 
phor, half ounce. Bottle and cork tight. Dose 
for a child 3 years of age, one teaspoonful 3 or 4 
times a day, or whenever the cough is troublesome. 404 
REMEDIES. 
An excellent Vermifuge.- 
Santonin, 16 grains. 
Senna, i ounce. 
Pink root, i ounce. 
Mix. Dose for a child 3 years old, one tea- 
spoonful every night. This is good to expel 
stomach worms from childhood. 
Worm Confections.- 
Rub to a fine powder, chloride of mercury, one 
drachm. 
Sugar, 10 drachms. 
Then add sugar, 25 drachms. 
Santonin, 6 drachms. 
Mix together and make 400 lozenges. 
Vermifuge Mixture. 
Tin fillings, 1 ounce. 
Worm seed, 1 ounce. 
Resinous extract of jalap, 1 drachm. 
Fern root, 3 quarter ounce. 
Sulphate of potassa, 1'drachm. 
Honey to form a syrup. Dose, a teaspoonful. 
Carminatives. 
Carminative Drops.- 
Oil of caraway, 10 drops. 
Oil of peppermint, 10 drops. 
Oil of fennel, 10 drops. 
Rub them together with ten ounces of white 
sugar and five ounces of carbonate of magnesia, 
then add one and a half drachms of sal-tartar, and 
half ounce of laudanum. Mix with three and a REMEDIES. 
405 
half pints of water. Dose, i teaspoonful when 
needed. Useful for flatulency and spasmodic pains. 
Carminative Drops for expelling Wind from the 
Stomach.- 
Angelica, i ounce. 
Ladies slipper, half ounce. 
Anise, half ounce. 
Catnip flowers, half ounce. 
Sweet flag, one-eight ounce. 
Fennel seed, quarter ounce. 
Pleurisy root, i ounce. 
Motherwort, half ounce. 
Steep in i pint of alcohol 3 or 4 days. Shake 
and keep in a warm place, then add water, 1 pint; 
capsicum, 1 teaspoonful. Dose, 1 teaspoonful. 
DIAPHORETICS. 
An excellent Drink in Fevers,- 
Lemon juice, 1 ounce. 
Balm leaves, 1 ounce. 
Sugar, 1 teaspoonful. 
Steep in one pint of water for 15 minutes. Valu- 
able in colds and fevers. 
Another good Or ink in Fevers,-• 
Balm, 1 ounce. 
Elder flowers, 1 ounce. 
Marsh mallow, 1 ounce. 
Spearmint, 1 ounce. 
Arnica flowers, quarter ounce. 
Aniseed, half ounce. 
Infuse in boiling water. 406 
REMEDIES. 
Tea of Bone set.- 
Boneset, i ounce. 
Pour over i pint of boiling water, let it steep 40 
minutes. Dose, 1 winegassful upon retiring 
• 
Diuretic Pills.- 
Calcined magnesia, 1 drachm. 
Copaiba, 2 ounces. 
Extract of cubebs, 1 ounce. 
Oil of juniper, 6 drops. 
Oil of turpentine, 4 drops. 
Form into pills of 2 grains. Dose, 1 or 2 three 
times a day. Valuable for diseases of the bladder 
and kidneys, gravel, whites and venereal complaints. 
Diuretic Specific.- 
Sweets spirits of nitre, 2 ounces. 
Oil of cubebs, one and a half drachms. 
Balsam of copaiba, 2 ounces. 
Oil of turpentine, 1 drachm. 
Oil of Cinnamon, 20 drops. 
Gum arabic mucilage, 3 ounces. 
Mix, and take 30 drops 3 times a day. Useful 
for kidney and bladder difficulty. 
Infusion for Gravel and Bladder Difficulties.- 
Parsley seeds, quarter ounce. 
Burdock seeds, three-quarter ounce. 
Cleavers, three-quarter ounce. 
Spearmint, half ounce. 
Coolwort, three-quarter ounce. 
Linseed, half ounce. 
Gum arabic, quarter ounce. REMEDIES. 
407 
Place the above in a vessel, and pour upon them 
2 quarts of boiling water. Cover, and let them 
steep from 3 to 4 hours, then strain and add 1 pint 
of gin ; 4 ounces of honey, and a half ounce of slip- 
pery elm. Good in all urnirary affections. Dose, 
1 teaspoonful. 
Remedy for Kidney Complaints.- 
Balsam copaiba, 1 ounce. 
Spirits turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Sweet spirits of nitre, 2 ounces. 
Queen of the meadow, 1 ounce. 
Tincture of kino, half ounce. 
Mix, and add 1 scruple of camphor. Dose, half 
teaspoonful taken in mucilage. A sovereign remedy 
for scalding urine, inflammation of the kidneys, &c. 
Juniper Compound.- 
Bruised juniper berries, 7 ounces. 
Bruised caraway, 2 ounces. 
Bruised fennel, 2 ounces 
Water, 1 quart. 
Distil to 1 gallon. 
Copaiba Mixture'- 
Copaiba, half ounce. 
Acaica powdered, 2 drachms. 
Sugar, 1 drachm. 
Sweet spirits of nitre, half ounce. 
Compound spirits lavender, 2 drachms. 
Water, 1 ounce. 
Opium, 1 drachm. ' 
Dose, a tablespoonful. Useful in gonorrhoea. 408 
REMEDIES. 
Henbane Necklaces.- 
Beads made from the root of henbane, and use as 
a necklace, will allay the pain of teething. 
TONICS. 
An Excellent Nerve Tonic.- 
Take sulphate of quinine, l^alf drachm. 
Ginger syrup, i ounce. 
Compound tincture Cardamon, 2 drachms. 
Tannin, 6 grains. 
Valerian extract, 6 drachms. 
Mix. Dose, 1 teaspoonful, 4 times a day. 
Aromatic Tonic.- 
Powdered pale cinchona bark, 1 ounce. 
Bruised cloves, 2 drachms.. 
Powdered columba root, 3 drachms. 
Iron filings, half ounce. 
Peppermint water, 16 ounces. 
Place all together in a close vessel, and macerate 
for 3 days, shaking frequently ; then add 3 drachms 
tincture of orange peel, and 3 ounces of tincture 
of cardamon. Dose, 1 table-spoonful 3 times a 
day. 
Tonic Elixir.- 
Orange peel, 1 ounce. 
Rhubarb-root, 1 ounce. 
Fennel seed, 1 ounce. 
Digest with 1 pint of brandy. Dose, a table- 
spoonful 3 times a day, after each meal. 
Beef * Tea Tonic.- 
Chop fine 1 pound lean beef, pour over it half REMEDIES. 
409 
pint of luke-warm water, place it in a wide-mouthed 
bottle, and let it boil vigorously for a half hour, 
then strain again ; pour over the undissolved por- 
tion i pint of water, and let it boil for another half 
hour and strain, mix the juice with the above 
liquid and bottle. Add salt and pepper, being 
careful to keep the bottle well corked. 
A Good Tonic for Weak Digestion.- 
Bitter orange, sliced, i ounce. 
Virginia snake-root, half ounce. 
Gentian, 2 ounces. 
Bruise, and macerate for several days in 1 pint 
of brandy, and add 1 pint of water. Used for 
indigestion, flatulency, &c. Dose, 2 table-spoon- 
fuls twice a day. 
Columbo Tonic.- 
Columbo, 1 drachm. 
Boiling water, half pint. 
Let it steep for 5 hours and strain, then add a 
half ounce of cinnamon. Dose, 1 wine-glassful 2 
or 3 times a day. This makes an excellent tonic. 
An Excellent Tonic of Orange Peel.- 
Chamomile flowers, 1 ounce. 
Ging-er, 1 ounce. 
Boiling water, 1 pint. 
Infuse together, and add 2 ounces of brandy. 
Dose, 1 table-spoonful. 
Stomachic Bitters.- 
Balmony bark, 1 pint. 
Poplar bark, 5 ounces. 410 
REMEDIES. 
Boil together in water, 6 gallons, and let it 
simmer until 2 and a half gallons remain, then 
add 3 and a half pounds of sugar, and nerve 
powder 2 and a half ounces, while hot, strain, and 
add Malaga wine, 3 and a half gallons, meadow 
fern, 1 quart. Dose, 1 table-spoonful twice a day. 
These bitters are excellent, giving tone to the 
digestive organs. 
Peruvian Bark Decoction.- 
Bruised red, Peruvian bark, 1 ounce. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Assafoetida, 1 drachm. 
Place in a covered vessel and boil 10 minutes, 
strain. Dose, 1 table-spoonful. 
BALSAMS. 
Hore ho tend Balsam. - 
Extract of horehound, 2 ounces. 
Extract licorice, 2 ounces. 
- Water, half pint. 
Dissolve, and add, when cold, three-quarter pint 
paregoric, 10 ounces honey, 6 ounces oxymel of 
squills, 2 ounces benzoin, mix, and strain. Dose, 
1 teaspoonful. 
Glycerine Balsam.- 
White wax, 1 ounce. 
Oil of almonds (sweet), 9 ounces. 
Spermaceti, 2 ounces. 
Melt together by a gentle heat, and add 3 ounces 
glycerine, balsam of Peru half ounce, and stir until 
cool. If desired, a little ottar of roses may be 
added. REMEDIES. 
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Ar^tn^r Balsam of Horehound.- 
Herb of horehound, 3 and a half pounds.. 
Water, 8 pints. 
Licorice root, 3 and a half pounds. 
Steep for 12 hours, then strain, making 6 pints o£ 
the whole, then add 10 drachms of camphor. 
Opium, 1 ounce. 
Benzoin, 1 ounce. 
Squills, dried, 2 ounces. 
Oil of aniseed, 1 ounce. 
Alcohol, 12 pints. 
Infuse for 1 week, and then add honey, 3 and a 
half pounds, mix and strain. 
A Recipe for Nerve Balsam.- 
Oil of mace, 4 ounces. 
Beef marrow, 4 ounces. 
Melt toxether and dissolve in 4 ounces of alco- 
hol. 
Rosemary, 2 drachms. 
Balsam of tolu, 2 drachms. 
Oil of cloves, 1 drachm. 
Oil of camphor, 1 drachm. 
Then mix all together. This is a valuable 
remedy in rheumatism. 
Balsam to Relieve Pain.- 
Opium crude, 2 drachms. 
Alcohol, 9 ounces. 
Steep them together for three days and strain, 
and add 3 drachms of camphor. This balsam is ex- 
cellent for rhuematism. Apply with the hand near 
the fire. 412 
REMEDIES. 
Balsam of Copaiba. 
Yellow resin, I pound. 
Powdered gum benzoin, 2 ounces. 
Canada balsam, half ounce. 
Castor oil, 1 quart. 
Oil of savin, half ounce. 
Oil of juniper, half ounce. 
Essence of lemon, 4 drachms. 
Essence of orange, 2 drachms. 
Dissolve the resin and gum benzoin together by 
a gentle heat, and add a little castor oil. Mix, and 
add the rest of the ingredients. Good for kidney 
complaints. 
Balsam of Tolu.- 
Orange shellac, 1 pound. 
Guin benzoin, 1 pound. 
Alcohol, 5 gallons. 
Dissolve in a closed vehicle, filter and distil off 
the spirit until the proper consistence, and then add 
3 drops of cassia, and 4 drops of oil of nutmeg. 
For diseases of the throat. 
Nervine Balsam.- 
Oil of mace, 4 ounces. 
Prepared ox-marrow, 4 ounces. 
Oil of rosemary, 2 drachms. 
Camphor, 1 drachm. 
Balsam of tolu, 2 drachms. 
Dissolve the balsam and camphor in 4 drachms 
•of alcohol, and add the other ingredients. Stirring 
until cold. For nervous affections. REMEDIES. 
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A Balsam for Cuts and Bruises.- 
Powdered gum benzoin, 6 ounces. 
Gum storax, 2 ounces. 
Balsam of tolu, 3 ounces. 
Gum myrrh, 2 ounces. 
Frankincense, 2 ounces. 
Powdered aloes, 2 ounces. 
Alcohol, 1 gallon. 
Mix them all together, and put them in a vessel 
and give them a gentle heat, for three or four days. 
It may also be taken internally. Dose, 30 or 40 
drops, taken on a little sugar, for wind or pain in 
the stomach. And in old age, when a stimulant is 
needed, cannot be surpassed. Also for external 
use in wounds, and every variety of sores. 
Balsam for Coughs and Colds.- 
Tincture tolu, 2 ounces. 
Compound tincture of benzoin, 2 ounces. 
Alcohol, 4 ounces. 
Mix. Given in teaspoonful doses for coughs 
when needed. 
Hot Fomentations.- 
Hot fomentations are very simple yet very use- 
ful remedies for allaying pain, relaxing and remov- 
ing spasms, and relieving irritation. Cloths dipped 
in hot water, and wrung out and applied, in cases of 
cramps, are sometimes of great service, but in some 
instances it is better to employ substances possess- 
ing medical properties. Always use two flannels 
in making hot applications, two or three yards in REMEDIES. 
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length, sewed together, while one is applied get the 
other ready. 
A mica Fomentations.- 
* 
Arnica flowers, 2 ounces. 
Rue leaves, 1 ounce. 
Boiling water sufficient to make 6 ounces after 
infusing one hour. Used in bruises especially in 
black eyes. 
Simple Fomentations.- 
Dried mallows, 1 ounce. 
Chamomile flowers, half ounce. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Boil one half hour and then strain. 
Strenghtening Application. 
White-oak bark, 1 ounce. 
Alum, 3 drachms. 
Mix. This is a powerful astringent, when ap- 
plied to weak parts. 
An excellent Stimulating Fomentation.- 
Capsicum, 3 ounces. 
Mustard seed bruised, 2 ounces. 
Whiskey, 2 ounces. 
Steep all together for a few minutes. Useful in 
paralysis, palsy, rheumatism and cholera. 
Alteratives for the Liver.- 
Fluid extract of dandelion. A dessert spoonful 
twice daily in a little water. REMEDIES. 
415 
A Good Blood Purifier.- 
Sulphate of magnesia, half ounce. 
Water, I pint. 
Mix. Wine-glassful three times a day. 
Dandelion Alterative.- 
A good medicine for the liver. 
Extract of ignatia, i scruple. 
Bean St. Ignatius, one and a half drachms. 
Bromide of potassa, half drachm. 
Carbonate of iron, half drachm. 
Piperine, i scruple. 
Extract of henbane, i scruple. 
Make into 60 pills, take one after each meal. 
Dr. Blood?s Aromatic Elixir.- 
Cardamon seed pulverized, i drachm. 
Coriander seed pulverized, 2 drachms. 
Orange peel pulverized, 4 and a quarter drachms. 
Angelica seed pulverized, 2 drachms. 
Steep the whole together in 12 ounces of alcohol, 
and 12 ounces of water, 5 ounces of glycerine, and 
7 ounces of syrup, making in all 2 pints of the mix- 
ture. Useful in flatulency and wind colic. 
Liver Remedy.- 
Mandrake, 2 drachms. 
Lobelia seed, 2 drachms. 
Blue flag, 2 drachms. 
Blood root, 2 drachms. 
Capsicum, 1 drachm. 
Guiacum, 2 drachms. 
Dandelion, 6 drachms. 
Oil of peppermint, 2 drops. 416 
REMEDIES, 
Mix, and add enough of simple syrup to form 
into pills. Dose, one pill twice a day. Valuable 
in diseasesd joints, boils and carbuncles. 
If desired (Dr. (Blood will compound any of the 
medical or chemical formulas contained in this book, 
and will forward them via Express to any address 
for a slight advance upon the cost of preparation. 
Ointment for. Tetter and Scald Head.- 
Powdered sulphate of zinc, 4 ounces. 
Liquid borax, 1 ounce. 
Lard 16 ounces. 
Mix by means of heat and stir until cold. Apply 
night and morning, keeping the parts clean. 
Salve for all kinds of*Sores.- 
Resin, half ounce. 
Bees-wax, 1 ounce. 
Mutton suet, 1 ounce. 
Tallow, 1 ounce. 
Melt together. Excellent for every kind of 
wounds. 
Ointment for Rheumatism.- 
Opium, 1 ounce. 
Belladonna, 1 ounce. 
Cinchona, 1 ounce. 
Ammonia, one and a quarter ounces. 
Lard, 25 ounces. 
Mix, and apply several times a day. REMEDIES. 
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A n excellent Itch Ointment.- 
Iodide of potassium, half drachm. 
Lard i ounce. 
Mix. 
Tar Ointment.- 
Lard, 12 ounces. 
Mutton suet, 12 ounces. 
Tar, 6 ounces. v 
Bees-wax, 3 ounces. 
Powdered black hellebore, 4 drachms. 
Melt and strain, and add, 
Flowers of sulphur, 4 ounces. 
Used for salt rheum, tetters, itch, &c. 
Tobacco Ointment for Gathered Breast.- 
Tobacco leaves, sliced, 10 ounces. 
Dilute acetic acid, 3 pints. 
Resin, 10 ounces. 
Yellow wax, 4 ounces. 
Lard, 16 ounces. 
Boil the tobacco in the acid, down to 4 ounces, 
then add the other ingredients, stirring constantly 
until cold. 
Another Ointment for Gathered Breast.- 
Tobacco leaves, 5 ounces. 
Vinegar, 2 pints. 
Resin, 5 ounces. 
Yellow wax, 4 ounces. 
Lard, 13 ounces. 
Boil the tobacco in vinegar to one pint, and 
strain, and then add the other ingredients. 418 
REMEDIES. 
An excellent Salve for Burns.- 
Oil of hemlock, i ounce. 
Linseed oil, i quart. 
Mix. 
A Salve for Ulcers, Bruises, &c.- 
Resin, 2 pounds. 
Burgundy pitch, quarter pound. 
Bees-wax, quarter ounce. 
Mutton tallow, quarter ounce. 
Melt slowly, when nearly cool add, 
Oil of hemlock, 1 ounce. 
Balsam fir, 1 ounce. 
Oil origanum, 1 ounce. 
Red clover, 1 ounce. 
Turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Oil of wormwood, 1 ounce. 
This salve is most valuable for rheumatic pains 
or weakness of the sides, back, and shoulders. 
A valuable Cancer Salve.- 
Take sulphur, white arsenic, powdered flowers 
of lesser spearwort, and stinking chamomile, of 
each a small quantity. Mix together and form into 
a paste with the white of an egg. Spread a linen 
cloth with the salve, and apply to the wound. 
An Ointment for Sores.- 
Bitter-Sweet root, one and a half pound. 
Sweet elder root, one and a half pounds. 
Hop leaves, half pound. 
Hop vines, half pound. 
Garden plantain tops, half pound. REMEDIES. 
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Plantain root, half pound. 
Tobacco, half ounce. 
Make into a decoction and strain. Boil down to 
half pint, then mix with i pound of sweet butter, i 
ounce resin, i ounce bees-wax. Heat slowly until 
all the water has evaporated. This- makes an ex- 
cellent healing salve. 
A Lotion for Neuralgia.- 
Sulphuric ether, i ounce. 
Chloroform, quarter ounce. 
Laudanum, quarter ounce. 
Alcohol, i ounce. 
Mix, and shake before using. Good for all pain- 
ful affections as a local application. 
Lotion for Corns.- 
Iodide of iron, 12 grains. 
Chloride of antimony, half ounce. 
Tincture of iodine, half ounce. 
Pare the corn, and apply this lotion with a 
camel's hair brush 
Lotion of Potassa.- 
Water, 12 ounces. 
Chlorate of potassa, half ounce. 
Rose water, two and a half ounces. 
Used as a wash for foul mouth, gums, &c., par- 
ticularly where there is a syphilitic taint. 
Turpentine Chillblain Lotion.- 
Oil of turpentine, 1 ounce. 
Sulphuric acid, quarter ounce. 420 
REMEDIES. 
Olive oil, io ounces. 
Apply with a brush to the affected parts, night 
and morning. 
Anesthetic for Removing Pain in Extracting 
Teeth.- 
Aconite root, quarter ounce. 
Chloroform, quarter ounce. 
Alcohol, quarter ounce. 
Morphia, one and a quarter grains. 
Mix. Used for lessening the severity of the pain 
in removing teeth. Apply a lint wet with the mix- 
ture. 
Syrup for Hives.- 
Syrup of squills, i ounce. 
Seneca snake root, i ounce. 
And pour over the above i pint of boiling water 
and let it remain to simmer to a half pint and 
strain,.then add i pint honey, and 12 grainstar- 
trate of ammonia. Dose, 10 drops for a child 
every morning, this is also an excellent remedy for 
croup. 
Remedy to relieve Spasms.- 
Tincture of scullcap, 1 ounce. 
Valerian, 1 ounce. 
Myrrh, 1 ounce. 
Capsicum, 1 ounce. 
Lobelia, half ounce. 
Soda, half teaspoonful. 
Mix, and add a little water. Dose, a teaspoon- 
ful every three hours if the pain is severe. REMEDIES. 
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Whooping-Cough Liniment.- 
Olive oil, 8 ounces. 
Oil of cloves, i ounce. 
Oil of amber, 4 ounces. 
Mix, and rub on the chest to stimulate the skin, 
also good in severe coughs. 
Liniment for Pains.- 
Oil of turpentine, 3 ounces. 
Acetic acid, half ounce. 
Yelk of one egg. 
Rose water, 3 ounces 
Oil lemon, 1 drachm. 
Mix for use. 
Wine for Fever and Ague.- 
Loaf sugar, 2 ounces. 
Sulphuric acid 1 2 drops. 
Quinine, 25 grains. 
Epsom salts, 2 ounces. • 
Water, 1 pint. 
Brandy, 1 gill. 
Dose, a wine-glassful 3 times a day. 
House leek in Fevers.- 
Bruise the houseleek. Place it in a rag, and 
press the juice out. Add to the juice its weight in 
sugar. Dose, a tablespoonful every 2 hours This 
remedy is an excellent cooling application to sores, 
ulcers, &c. Mixed with cream it is good for inflam- 
mation of the eyes and erysipelas. 422 
REMEDIES. 
Powder for Fevers.- 
Lobelia herb, half ounce. 
Skunk cabbage, half ounce. 
Crawley root, i ounce. 
Pleurisy root, i ounce. 
Powder, and mix them together. 
Dose, quarter to a half teaspoonful every two 
hours until free perspiration takes place. It may 
be given in common tea. This compound is most 
excellent in inflammations, colds and influenza. It 
is sure to arrest a cold if properly taken. Keep it 
well corked. 
Cure for Fever and Ague.- 
Saffron, half ounce. 
Opium, half ounce. 
Ipecacuanha, half ounce. 
Camphor, half ounce. 
Virginia snake root, half ounce. 
Holland gin, one and a half pints. 
Steep for three days. This is almost a panacea 
for fever and ague. 
Another Mixture in Fevers..- 
Take the juice of two or three lemons, making 
about one and a half ounces of the juice ; carbonate 
of potassa, i drachm; Water, 12 ounces; sugar 
white, 3 drachms ; essence of peppermint, 30 drops. 
Mix all together. Dose, a wine-glassful to be taken 
often in inflammatory fevers and throat difficulties. 
Recipe for making Lobelia Water.- 
Lobelia leaves, 1 ounce. REMEDIES. 
423 
Boiling water, half pint. 
Brandy, quarter pint. 
Pour the boiling water over the lobelia and let it 
infuse 7 days, then add the brandy. Useful in sore 
and inflamed eyes. 
Recipe for making Fennel Water.- 
Oil of fennel, half drachm. 
Carbonate of magnesia, 1 drachm. 
Rub the two together, and add water, 2 pints. 
Filter through paper. 
Valerianate of Ammonia.- 
Extract of valerian, 2 scruples. 
Fluid extract of valerian, 2 drachms. 
Water, 7 ounces. 
Dissolve the extract in the fluid extract, and 
pour in the water. Strain, and add valerinate of 
ammonia; 2 drachms ; orange flower water, half 
ounce ; and simple syrup half ounce. Dose, a tea- 
spoonful in nervous affections and headache. 
An excellent Drink in Fevers.- 
Take the juice of 1 lemon, 1 teaspoonful of cream 
of tartar, water 1 pint. Mix, and sweeten with loaf 
sugar. In fevers, drink freely. 
To make Lime Water.- 
Take a piece of lime, say about 2 ounces; water, 
2 quarts. Boil the water first and let it cool. Slack 
the lime with a little of the water, then pour on the 
remainder of the water, and stir all together. Cover 
the vessel tight, and set it aside for 4 hours. Tut 424 
REMEDIES. 
the mixture in a glass-stoppered bottle, and when 
wanted for use, pour off the liquor. It is valuable 
in promoting digestion, looseness of the bowels, 
diabetes, scrofula and lucorrhoea. 
Recipe for making' Peppermint Water.- 
Take i drachm of oil of peppermint, and rub with 
i drachm of carbonate of magnesia, gradually add- 
ing 2 pints water. Filter through paper. 
To make Tar Water.- 
Tar, 2 pints. 
Water, i gallon. 
Mix together with a stick for 15 or 20 minutes, 
and let it settle. Strain the liquor, and put it in a 
bottle, cork tight. Useful in chronic bronchitis. 
Dose, 1 wine-glassful often as desired. 
To make Camphor Water.- 
Take half an ounce of camphor, and place it in 
a muslin bag, with a marble or stone ; then put this 
into a wide-mouthed bottle, next take one quart of 
water that has been boiled, and left to cool, and 
pour it upon the camphor, letting it stand three 
days, when it is ready for use. 
A ssafoetida Tinctu re. - 
Assafoetida, 4 ounces. 
Alcohol, 2 pints. 
Macerate for 2 weeks, and filter. 
Arnica Tincture.- 
Arnica leaves, 6 ounces. 
Alcohol, one and a half pints. REMEDIES. 
425 
Water, half pint. 
Bruise the arnica leaves, and moisten with a little 
of the alcohol, and let it stand a few moments, then 
put it into a wide mouthed-bottle and pour over 
the remainder of the alcohol and water, let it stand 
for about two weeks, shaking it frequently. This 
is an excellent domestic recipe for making arnica 
tincture for wounds, bruises, &c. 
Wine of Iron and Beef.- 
Take one ounce of Leibig's extract of beef and 
dissolve it in 3 ounces of water, and half drachm of 
bruised allspice. Let it stand twelve hours, then 
add 16 ounces of sherry wine, and syrup 2 ounces. 
Dissolve 16 grains of citrate of iron in 2 ounces of 
water. Mix, and strain, or filter, and add water 
enough to make in all 24 ounces. Each ounce con- 
tains 1 ounce of fresh beef, and 4 grains of citrate 
of iron. 
A recipe for making Rennet Wine. 
Take one rennet, making about 8 ounces. 
Common salt, 1 ounce, 
Alcohol, 6 ounces. 
White wine, 16 ounces. 
Wash the rennet until thoroughly clean, and cut 
it into pieces. Place them in a bottle with the 
wine, agitate frequently, and let it remain 2 weeks, 
add the alcohol, and strain. It is then ready for 
use. Dose, 1 tablespoonful directly after eating. 
To make Elixir of Pep sine.- 
Dissolve 1 ounce of pepsine in Bounces of water, 426 
REMEDIES. 
then add three ounces of garus, and 4 ounces of 
syrup of cherries. Dose, 1 tablepoonful directly* 
after eating. 
Aromatic Wine of Iron.- 
Peruvian bark, powdered, 1 ounce. 
Columba root, in coarse powder, 2 drachms. 
Filings of iron, half ounce. 
Bruised cloves, 2 drachms. 
Macerate for three days in a covered vessel with 
occasional agitation, with as much peppermint 
water as will make 12 ounces, then add tincture of 
cardamon 3 ounces, and tincture of orange peel 3 
drachms. Put it in bottles tightly corked, it is 
tonic in its properties being useful in debility'. 
Dose, one tablespoonful three times a day. 
Recipe for making Wine of Calisaya Bark.-• 
Macerate one ounce of powdered peruvian bark 
in twelve ounces of white wine for 24 hours. Then 
filter and it is ready for use. Valuable in various 
forms of debility. Dose, one teaspoonful 3 times 
a day. 
Bitter Wine of Iron.- 
Sulphate of cinchona, 6 drachms. 
Sulphate of quinia, 2 drachms. 
Citric acid, 1 ounce. 
Orange syrup, 1 pint. 
Citrate of Iron, 4 ounces. 
Sherry wine, 4 pints. 
Alcohol, 1 pint. 
Dissolve the sulphates of cinchona of quinia and REMEDIES. 
427 
and the citric acid in one and a half pint of hot 
water, and the citrate of iron in half a pint of hot 
water. Mix the solutions, and add the other ingre- 
dients. Dose, one teaspoonful. 
Chloroform Elixir for Colic.- 
Chloroform, one and a half ounce. 
Tincture of opium, one and a half ounce. 
Tincture of camphor, one and a half ounce. 
Aromatic spirit of ammonia, one and a half 
ounce. 
Oil of cinnamon, 20 drops. 
Brandy, 2 ounces. 
Mix. This is an excellent mixture for colic. 
Dose, one tablespoonful. 
How to make Honey of Borax.- 
Clarified honey, 1 ounce. 
Borax, 60 grains. 
Mix together. A good remedy for sore gums, 
mouth, and lips. Diluted with water it forms an 
excellent skin or mouth wash. 
How to make Honey of Violets.- 
Expressed juice of Violets, 1 ounce. 
Clarified honey, 2 ounces. 
Mix together cold, in a glass dish. Used as a 
mouth wash to perfume the breath. 
To make Blackberry Syr tip.- 
Blackberry juice, 2 pints. 
Brandy, 1 pint. 
Bruised cinnamon, half ounce. 428 
REMEDIES. 
Sugar, white, i pound. 
Nutmegs, 6 in number. 
Allspice, 2 drachms. 
Cloves, 2 drachms. 
Boil together into a syrup. Useful in diarrhoea 
and wind colic. 
To make Compound Syrup of Hemlock.- 
Water hemlock seeds, bruised, 2 ounces. 
Queen's root, 2 ounces. 
Red Peruvian bark, 2 ounces. 
Pour over them 2 pints of boiling water, and let 
them simmer for 20 minutes. Set it aside to cool 
and when cool strain, then set it upon the fire and 
boil down to one pint. Add 2 pounds sugar, dis- 
solve with a gentle heat, remove the scum and 
strain the mixture while hot. Dose, one table- 
spoonful 3 or 4 times a day. Good for nervous 
debility. 
To make Syrup of Chamomile.- 
Fluid extract of Chamomile, 4 ounces. 
Simple syrup, 12 ounces. 
Mix while the syrup is moderately warm, and 
strain. Dose, one teaspoonful 3 times a day. Ex- 
cellent in nervousness and debility. 
A Recipe for making a Syrup of Rhubarb and 
Senna.- 
Bruised rhubarb root, 6 ounces. 
Senna leaves, 6 ounces. 
Cardamon seed, 1 and a half ounces. 
Alcohol, 6 pints. REMEDIES. 
429 
Mix all together, and macerate for 2 weeks. 
Strain, and place it over the fire, and let it boil 
down to 3 pints, then mix 12 ounces of this, with 
syrup made of two ounces of sugar, and boil down 
to 1 and a half pints. Excellent in diarrhoea and 
bowel complaint. 
To make Bitter Essence.- 
Wormwood, 4 ounces. 
Gentian root, 1 ounce. 
Bitter orange peel, 1 ounce. 
Blessed thistle, 1 ounce. 
Alcohol 2 ounces. 
Mix all together, and let it digest for a week. 
Dose, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls twice a day. An excel- 
lent tonic. 
A n excellent remedy for Seasickness.- 
Rue, half ounce. 
Thyme, half ounce. 
Rosemary, half ounce. 
Absinthe, half ounce. 
Tumeric, half ounce. 
Green walnut rind, half ounce. 
Anatto, 1 sixth ounce. 
Pearlash, 1 eighth ounce. 
And one head of poppy. 
Digest the whole together, in 1 quart of alcohol. 
Boil for half an hour, and strain. Dip 4 or 5 strips 
of filtering paper in the infusion, and dry ; upon 
one side of these are fastened some light fabric by 
the end, and some wadding placed inside, then 
fasten strings to the bandage, and tie it around the 430 
REMEDIES. 
body so as to cover the region of the heart. This 
is a sure preventive of sea-sickness. 
How to Remove Liver Spots.- 
Sulphate of zinc, 20 grains. 
Elder flower ointment, 1 ounce. 
Mix, and make into a pomade. 
Apply to the spot on a linen rag, upon retiring. 
In the morning, wash it off with castile soap and 
water, and bathe during the day with a lotion com- 
posed of 30 grains of citric acid, and half a pint of 
infusion of roses. Continue this treatment for 
about two weeks. By that time, the spots should 
be removed, then apply a regular use of glycerine 
and borax to prevent the recurrence. 
To disguise the Taste of Epsom Salts.- 
Peppermint water, almost destroys the taste of 
epsom salts. Milk disguises the taste of Peruvian 
bark. Extract of licorice, the disagreeable taste of 
aloes. 
Plaster for Severe Wounds.- 
Black pitch, 15 drachms. 
Dry resin, .15 drachms. 
Dried earth-worms, two and a half drachms. 
Oil of turpentine, 8 drachms. 
Crude alum, 1 scruple. 
Mix well. This plaster is excellent for the cure 
of wounds, fractures and tumors. 
Sulphur Wash for Roughness and Eruptions of the 
Skin - 
Sulphur flowers, 1 ounce. REMEDIES. 
431 
And pour over it i quart of boiling water, allow 
it to stand, and steep it for twelve hours, and apply 
it to the face three or four times a week, also used 
for any eruptions upon the skin. 
If desired Dr. Blood will compound any of the 
medical or chemical formulas contained in this book, 
and will forward them via express, to any address 
for a slight advance upon the cost of preparation. 
dolo^e^. 
Lavender Water.- 
English oil of lavender, one and a half ounce. 
Alcohol, 95 per cent. 
Mix by agitation. A delicate and agreeable 
scent. 
Cologne Water.- 
Cologne spirits, one and a half gallon. 
Oil of neroli, half drachm. 
Oil of orange peel, one and a half drachms. 
Oil of rosemary, half drachm. 
Oil of bergamot, one and a half drachms. 
Oil of lemon, one and a half drachms. 
Mix thoroughly, and allow it to stand several 
days without disturbing the bottle. 432 
COLOGNES. 
Imitation Orange-flower Water.- 
Orange flowers, i pound. 
Fresh yellow peel of bitter oranges, one and a 
quarter ounces. 
Water, one and a half quarts. 
Macerate 24 hours and then distil to. one pint 
Fine Millefleur Water.- 
Balsam of Peru, 1 ounce. 
Essence of cloves, 1 ounce. 
Essence of musk, 2 ounces. 
Essence of neroli, quarter ounce. 
Essence of bergamot, 2 ounces. 
Essence of thyme, quarter ounce. 
Eau de fleurs d'oranges, 1 quart. 
Mix well together. This makes a fine perfume. 
Eau de Bouquet- 
Oil of bergamot, three-quarter drachm. 
Oil of cloves, three-quarter drachm. 
Oil of lavender, 2 drachms. 
Essence of musk, quarter drachm. 
Oil of verbena, quarter drachm. 
Otto of roses, 2 to 3 drops. 
Alcohol, half pint. 
Mix, and agitate frequently for a day or two. 
This is a strong and excellent perfume. 
Essence of Musk.- 
Essence of musk, 2 drachms. 
Essence of ambergris, half drachm. 
Essence of civet, half drachm. 
Strongest essence of d'ambrette, quarter pint 
Mix. COLOGNES. 
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Essence of Royal.- 
Ambergris, 20 grains, 
o 1 o 
Grain musk, 10 grains. 
Carbonate of potassa, 5 grains. 
Oil of cinnamon, 3 drops. 
Otto of roses, 3 drops. 
Oil of Rhodium, 3 drops. 
Alcohol, 95 per cent, 2 ounces. 
Agitate for ten or twelve days; very delicate and 
fragrant. 
Essence of A mbergris.- 
Grain musk, one and a half drachm. 
Ambergris, 5 drachms. 
Alcohol, 1 pint. 
Put the contents into a bottle and attach the 
cork firmly. Keep the bottle in a room exposed to 
the sun for a couple of months agitating briskly, 
then draw off the clear portion and filter. This is 
deliciously fragrant. 
Method for Extracting the Essence of any Flower. 
Fake any kind of a flower and pick it to pieces, 
place a layer in a clean earthen dish and coverthem 
with fine salt, lay another layer of the flower over 
the salt, and repeat the operation until the pot is 
full. Put the vessel in a cool place, (the cellar is 
the best) and cover closely. Let it remain undis- 
turbed for about 6 weeks, then strain the whole 
through a piece of crape by pressure. Place the 
essence thus extracted in a clear bottle and expose 
it to the rays of the sun for 6 weeks to purify. 434 
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One drop of this essence will perfume a pint of 
water. 
Recipe for Otto of Roses.- 
Fake the flowers of the damask or hundred-leaved 
rose and place them in a jar with just water enough 
to cover them. In about ten days a butyraceous 
oil, or in other words the otto will form a scum on 
the surface which can be taken off with a piece of 
cotton. 
Essence of Patchouli.- 
Patchouli leaves and tops, i pound. 
Alcohol, 3 pints. 
Let the whole digest together for one week, in a 
tightly corked vessel, add oil of lavender quarter 
ounce. Dissolve by agitation. Filter through 
paper. 
Essence of Musk Seed.- 
Musk seed, 20 ounces. 
Alcohol, one and a half pints. 
Grind to a fine powder and macerate 3 or 4 
weeks. Keep the bottle tightly corked. 
Essence of Lavender.- 
Oil of Lavender, 1 ounce. 
Best alcohol, half pint. 
Mix together, agitate frequently and add a few 
drops of essence of musk. 
Best Cologne Water.- 
Oil of bergamot, half ounce. 
Oil of lavender, half ounce. CukuGNES. 
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Oil of neroli, half drachm. 
Oil of cinnamon, 5 drops. 
Oil of jasmine, quarter drachm. 
Oil of musk, 2 drachms. 
Cenzonated tincture, three-quarter ounce. 
Pure rectified spirits, 1 quart. 
Rose water half pint. 
Let the mixture stand 12 or 14 days before fil- 
tering. 
Simple Perfumes.- 
Essence of bergamot, 1 ounce. 
Alcohol, 1 pint. 
Mix, or take otto of petit grain quarter ounce, 
and half ounce otto of orange peel, with one pint 
of alcohol. Mix together by agitation. 
Another simple Perfume.- 
Otto of bergamot, quarter ounce. 
Otto of lavender, quarter ounce. 
Otto of cloves, quarter drachm. 
Alcohol, 1 pint 
Imitation Bay Rum.- 
Oil of bay, quarter ounce. 
Oil of allspice, quarter drachm. 
Alcohol, 1 gallon. 
Mix together, and add gradually one gallon of 
water, shaking constantly. Should the mixture 
become milky a little alcohol added will clear the 
solution. 
Genuine Bay Rum.- 
Leaves of the myrtus acris 4 ounces. 436 
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Cassia, 2 ounces. 
Cloves, three-quarter ounce. 
Rum, four and a half quarts. 
Distil to three-quarters of a gallon. 
Tincture of Musk.- 
Take quarter ounce of musk and place it in a 
mortar with a little sugar, rub the two together. 
Digest for 4 weeks in three and a half ounces of 
alcohol containing half ounce each tincture of am- 
bergris and tincture of vanilla. Filter, and add a 
few drops of otto of roses. 
Best Florida Water-. 
Oil of lemon, 2 drachms. 
Oil of bergamot, 2 drachms. 
Oil of lavender, 2 drachms. 
Tincture of turmetic, i drachm. 
Oil of neroli, 1 drachm. 
Oil of balm, 30 drops. 
Oil of rose, 10 drops. 
Alcohol, 2 pints. 
Mix, and filter. 
Heliotrope Perfume.- 
Vanilla, quarter ounce. 
Essence of ambergris, quarter drachm. 
Orange flower water, quarter pint. 
Alcohol, 1 pint. 
Macerate for 8 days then filter. 
Tincture of Vanilla.- 
Vanilla, 2 ounces. COLOGNES. 
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Cut it into small pieces and steep in 1 pint of 
alcohol for about 4 weeks, stir often, and filter. 
Tincture of Cardamons.- 
Bruised cardamons, 2 ounces. 
Alcohol, 1 pint. 
Macerate for 2 weeks, press through a cloth and 
filter. 
If desired (Dr. (Blood will compound any of the 
medical or chemical formulas contained in this book, 
and will forward them via Express to any address 
for a slight advance upon the cost of preparation. 
* 
COSMETICS FOR SOFTENING THE SKIN AND BEAUTIFY- 
ING THE COMPLEXION. 
Cosmetic Cream for the Complexion.- 
White wax, i ounce. 
Spermaceti, i and a half ounces. 
Pure sweet oil, 6 ounces. 
Melt all together in a vessel immersed in boiling 
water, stirring constantly. When of the consist- 
ence of butter, remove from the water-bath and tri- 
turate until the mass has a creamy appearance, 
add slowly i ounce of double distilled rose-water, 
and i ounce of glycerine, and assiduously stir the 
mixture until an emulsion is formed ; add 8 
drops of essence of roses. Stir for 30 minutes 
briskly. Put into jars, and attach the cork firmly. 438 
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Freckle Cosmetic.- 
Honey, 2 ounces. 
Glycerine, half ounce. 
Mix together by a slow heat, when cold add citric 
acid, 1 and a half drachms. 
Alcohol, 1 ounce. 
Essence of ambergris, 6 drops. 
Bottle for use, to be applied to the face every 
night and morning. 
To make Cold Cream.- 
White wax, 1 ounce. 
Spermaceti, 1 ounce. 
Oil of almonds or sweet oil, quarter pint. 
Melt, and pour the cdmpound into a porcelain 
basin or bowl, which has been previously immersed 
in boiling water, add by degrees 4 ounces of rose- 
water and constantly stir the mixture until an emul- 
sion is formed, or until the whole is nearly cold. 
Lastly, put it into china jars for use. 
Glycerine Lotion for the Skin- 
Glycerine, 1 ounce. 
Water, 19 ounces. 
Mix. Used as a lotion to allay irritation of the 
skin, prevent chapped lips and hands. Glycerine 
in the pure state, when rubbed on the hands, should 
be perfectly inodorous. Glycerine should never be 
applied to the face or hands without mixing it with 
a little water, as glycerine alone absorbs all the 
moisture from the surface that it touches and dries 
up and parches the nerves. Mtxed with water it 
maybe applied to the most sensitive skin without COSMETICS. 
439 
injury. To increase its efficacy for toilet or per- 
sonal use, add i or 2 drachms of borax to every 
pint of lotion, this renders it more effective in ex- 
coriations, chaps and skin diseases ; in like manner, 
by the addition of a drachm of iodide of potassium 
a cosmetic was*h is obtained, which is useful to per- 
sons of a syphilitic taint. 
How to make Glycerine.- 
Spermaceti, 1 ounce. 
White wax, 1 sixth ounce. 
Sweet oil, 1 sixth pound. 
Melt the wax and spermaceti in the sweet oil, 
over a water bath, then remove from the fire and 
add orange flower water, three-quarter ounce, beat 
constantly until nearly cold. Perfume with any oil 
preferred. 
Lotion for the Face.- 
Elder flower water, 4 ounces. 
Tincture of Benzoin, 2 drachms. 
Add the water very slowly to the benzoin, agita- 
ting briskly. This wash is excellent for softening 
the skin, and rendering it clear. 
Red Lip Salve.- 
White wax, half ounce. 
Lard, 4 ounces. 
Spirits of nitre, 2 drachms. 
Pulverized alum, 2 drachms. 
Mix the whole together and use carmine and alk- 
anet to color. 440 
COSMETICS. 
To make Almond Paste.- 
Take a quantity of blanched almondsand reduce 
them to a paste, by pounding them in a marble 
mortar, when nearly dissolved, add gradually a little 
rose water. Beat the mixture constantly until 
nearly cold. 
Mecca Balsam for the Face.- 
White wax, i drachm. 
Spermaceti, half ounce. 
Melt the two together, and add gradually sweet 
oil, four ounces; mecca balsam, three drachms; 
rose water, six drachms. Stir constantly until cold. 
Glycerine Cold Cream.- 
White wax, i ounce. 
Spermaceti, half ounce. 
Glycerine, 4 ounces. 
Oil of sweet almonds, 2 ounces. 
Mix the white wax, spermaceti and sweet oil to- 
gether first, then add the glycerine, a little at a 
time, stirring the mixture until cold. Perfume with 
otto of roses. 
Lotion to Remove Freckles.- 
Bi-chloride of mercury, 6 grains. 
Pure Hydrochloric acid, 1 drachm. 
Distilled water, quarter pint. 
Mix, and add alcohol and eau de rose, of each 2 
ounces; Glycerine, one ounce. To be used at 
night, with a sponge on the face to remove freckles 
and to whiten the skin. COSMETICS. 
441 
Iodine Wash for Eruptions of the Skin.- 
Iodide of potassium, 30 grains. 
Iodine, 15 grains. 
Dissolve in one pint of water, add only one table- 
spoonful of water at first, by constant agitation, the 
solids are dissolved, then add the remainder. It is 
useful as a wash in enlarged and hardened glands, 
itch, &c. 
Glycerine for Toilet Use.- 
Transparent soap, 1 ounce. 
Inodorous glycerine, 24 ounces. 
Water, 4 ounces. 
Dissolve the soap and water together, by a gen- 
tle heat, adding 1 ounce of glycerine. When en- 
tirely dissolved add the remainder of the glycerine 
and 16 ounces of water. When nearly cold, add 
any perfume desired, and pour into glass jars. 
This is a fine preparation for the hands, rendering 
them soft and smooth. 
How to make Camphor Ice.- 
White wax, half pound. 
Spermaceti, half ounce. 
Camphor, 1 ounce. 
Sweet almond oil, half pound. 
Place the whole into a porcelain bowl or vessel 
and set it on the fire over a wrater-bath or in a pan 
containing boiling water sufficient to reach nearly 
to the top of the vessel. Melt together, and 
gradually add the oil, stirring briskly until all is in- 
corporated, then add rose-water 1 pint, stirring it 442 
COSMETICS. 
in slowly, so that the water will blend thoroughly 
with the oils, then perfume with otto of rosemary 
i drachm. 
How to make Cacao Pomade.- 
Sweet oil, half ounce. 
White wax, half ounce. 
Cacao butter, half ounce. 
Melt them together and add. when nearly cold, 
a perfume to please the fancy. This pomade is 
used for softening the skin, also for chapped hands 
and lips. 
Cream for the Lips.- 
Spermaceti, i ounce. 
White wax, i ounce. 
Sweet almond oil, 5 ounces. 
Melt all together, and stir into it 1 drachm mecca 
balsam, agitate the mixture until nearly cold. 
A Wash for Sore Gums and Nipples.- 
Powdered borax, 3 drachms. 
Distilled water, half pint. 
Mix, and apply 3 times a day as a wash for sore 
gums, excoriations, &c. 
An excellent Skin Cosmetic.- 
Best sweet oil, 4 ounces. 
Hog's lard, 3 ounces. 
Spermaceti, 3 ounces. 
Melt all together, and add the expressed juice of 
house-leek 3 ounces, stir constantly until cold. 
Perfume to suit the fancy. Used for wrinkles and 
freckles and also as -a skin cosmetic. COSM ETICS. 
443 
Rouge for the Cheeks and Lips.- 
Powdered carmine, 2 drachms. 
Place it in a tightly corked bottle with 4 ounces 
of best ammonia, and let it digest for 2 days, then 
add rose water 1 pint, and essence of roses 4 
ounces. Let it stand for a week and then pour off 
the clear liquid and bottle. It is then ready for 
use. 
An excellent Lip Salve.- 
Take of cold cream quarter pound, alkanet root 
2 drachms, agitate together by a gentle heat until 
the cream has acquired a deep red color, then 
strain and add glycerine 1 ounce. When the liquid 
has nearly cooled add balsam of peru one and a 
half drachms, stirring assiduously, in a few minutes- 
pour off the clear portion from the dregs, and add 
10 or 15 drops of oil of cloves, then pour the 
pomade into glass jars or boxes. This will be 
found an excellent lip salve. 
How to Remove Freckles.- 
Sulphate of zinc, 20 grains. 
Best glycerine, 25 grains. 
Diluted cologne water, 5 grains. 
Rose water, 25 grains. 
Mix, and apply daily; leave it on the face about 
half an hour, then wash the face in cold water.. 
An excellent Lip Salve.- 
Lard, half ounce 
Cacao butter, quarter.ounce. 
Melt together, and add essence of lemon. Color 
with carmine if desired. 444 
COSMETICS. 
Enamel Powder for the Face.- 
Take equal parts of finely powdered French 
chalk and pearl-white, mix together. Used to 
whiten the face. If a slightly tinted hue is desired 
add a little powdered carmine or rouge. 
Borax Lotion for Chaps and Sunburns.- 
Glycerine, three-quarter ounce. 
Powdered borax, 6 drachms. 
Elder-flower water, 12 ounces. 
Mix together; used as a cosmetic wash morning 
and night to make the skin soft and white, and 
prevent and remove sunburns, and irritation of the 
skin. 
Blanched Almond Lotion for the Face.- 
Blanched almonds, 1 ounce. 
Bitter almonds, 2 drachms. 
Distilled water, half pint. 
Beat the almonds to a meal in a marble mortar, 
and triturate with the water gradually added. This 
forms an emulsion, strain and add 15 grains of 
bichloride of mercury previously dissolved in half 
pint of water, then add enough water to make the 
whole quantity 1 pint. Bottle for use. Used as a 
cosmetic; apply with, a soft sponge letting it dry on 
the face and washing off with clear water. 
To Perfume Oils.- 
In adding essential oils and essences, the melted 
fat must be nearly cold ; whilst substances like the 
balsams and aromatic resins, are better added to 
the fat while in a melted state, aiding their solution cosmetics. 
445 
and union by stirring with a wooden spoon or spa- 
tula. If it is necessary to add the essential oils 
with the resins or balsams, it is better to allow the 
mixture to stand a short time, and pour it off from 
the dregs, before adding the essential oils, or essen- 
ces. In finishing pomades,, those which it is in- 
tended should be white, should be stirred constantly 
with a paddle, or knife, until the fat begins to ac- 
quire considerable consistency before putting it in 
jars, but when it is desired that they should be 
transparent, the clear melted fat is poured into bot- 
tles previously warmed, and the whole is allowed to 
cool very slowly without being disturbed, free from 
any draughts of air. 
Pomade for the Hair. 
Good washed lard, half ounce. 
Clarified beef suet, quarter ounce. 
Balsam of peru, quarter ounce. 
Melt them slowly together over a slow fire and 
stir the mixture until it begins to thicken, then add 
oil of nutmeg, half drachm, and pour the mass in 
pots or wide-mouthed bottles. This makes an ele- 
gant hair dressing. 
To make Plain Pomade.- 
Hog's lard pure, 2 ounces. 
Beef suet, 1 ounce. 
Melt together by a gentle heat. 
How to Purify Fat.- 
This is done by melting the fat by the heat 
of a steam bath in a porcelain vessel, and gradu- 446 
COSMETICS. 
ally adding one ounce powdered alum, and two 
ounces common salt to every fifty pounds of fat. 
Let it come to boiling point, and remain at that 
temperature until the scum ceases to rise to the 
surface, which contains all the impurities, this must 
be skimmed old as fast as it forms. The fat is then 
strained through a cloth and poured into clean jars 
to cool. It is spread upon a slanting stone slab, 
and a rolling pin is revolved over it, while at the 
same time, cold water is allowed to trickle over the 
fat. This process dissolves the saline impurities 
remaining in the fat. Afterward the fat is heated, 
until all the water has evaporated. Fats treated 
in this way will be found to be very pure. 
To make Philocome.- 
Take equal parts of purified beef-marrow, oils of 
noisettes and sweet almonds. Mix all thoroughly 
together in a marble mortar, then add a sufficient 
quantity of a mixture of rose, jasmine, acacia, orange 
flowers and tuberose. This compound is made 
without heat. 
Vanilla Pomade.- 
One pound of plain pomade, and add 4 drachms 
essence of vanilla ; otto of roses, 10 drops. 
Citronella Pomade.- 
Take equal parts of pure lard and the white of 
an egg, beat to a froth, then add 1 drachm citron- 
ella, mix all together. This makes a simple but 
excellent hair drsssing. COSMETICS. 
447 
A good Pomade for the Flair.- 
Grate a carrot fine, and add lard, 2 ounces. 
Melt together for one hour, then strain through a 
fine sieve, and add essence of bergamot and oil of 
rose, of each 5 drops. 
Some Remarks about using Hair Colorings.- 
Hair dyes of all kinds are not permanent, but can 
be applied satisfactorily if the hair is perfectly clean. 
The slightest oily substance will lessen their action, 
and make it unequal in different parts. Care should 
be taken to wash the' hair thoroughly before apply- 
ing them. In the majority of cases, lotions which 
are extensively advertised, and sold under the name 
of hair restorers, puporting to restore the color, and 
promote the growth of the hair, may be harmless 
and unattended with mischief, but it is well to re- 
member that palsy is produced by long continued 
use of cosmetics containing lead, and that to-day 
our asylums contain hundred of lunatics brought 
there through the use of these hair dyes. 
A Dye for Blonde Hair.- 
Protochloride of tin, 2 ounces. 
Hydrated lime, 3 ounces. 
Mix well together, and moisten the hair with the 
mixture, and after an hour, touch it with a solution 
of equal parts of sulphide of potassium and water. 
Another Dye for Flaxen Hair.- 
Nitrate of silver, 1 ounce. 
Acetate of iron, 1 ounce. 
Nitrate of bismuth, 2 ounces. 448 
COSMETICS. 
Mix the whole together in ten ounces of water. 
Apply to the hair by means of a sponge, wet in the 
mixture. An hour after use the solution of potas- 
sium as in the above recipe. Being careful not to 
let any get into the eyes, as it might fatally injure 
them. 
How to Color the Hair.- 
Lac-sulphur, half drachm. 
Glycerine, i ounce. 
Sugar of lead, i scruple. 
Distilled water, i ounce. 
Mix. Add oil of lavender and bergamot, of each, 
5 drops. 
An excellent Coloring for the Hair.- 
Acetate of lead, i drachm. 
Milk of sulphur, i drachm. 
Glycerine, 2 ounces. 
Muriate of soda, 2 ounces. 
Bay rum, 8 ounces. 
Jamaica rum, 4 ounces. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Mix together and shake well before using. 
Bran for the Hair.- 
Powdered bran, 4 ounces. 
Orris root powdered, half ounce. 
Mix, and perfume at will. Used to powder the 
hair. 
Powder for Blonde Hair.- 
Finely powdered starch, 2 ounces. 
Powdered orris root, 2 ounces. COSMETICS. 
449 
Use yellow ochre for the coloring substances. 
Mix all together. 
To make Sachets Poivder.- 
Powdered orris root, half pound. 
Powdered bergamot peel, 4 ounces. 
Powdered cinnamon and cloves of each, 2 ounce. 
Powdered orange flowers, 1 and quarter ounces. 
Starch, half pound. 
Mix. 
A n excellent Hair Restorer.- 
Sugar of lead, half ounce. 
Lac sulphur, 3 drachms. 
Glycerine, 3 ounces. 
Aqua ammonia, 1 and a half ounces. 
Mix, and water to make 1 pint. Perfume to suit 
the fancy. 
A Dye for Black Hair.- 
Sulphuret of potassium, 6 drachms. 
Distilled water, 2 ounces. 
Liquor of potassa, 1 and a half drachms. 
Shake them well together and let them settle, 
and pour off the clear liquid into a bottle and cork 
tight. This is liquid, No. 1. Next take crystals of 
nitrate of silver, 3 drachms: Distilled water, 2 
ounces. Place it in a bottle to dissolve. .This 
constitutes the hair dye or liquid No. 2. First 
thoroughly wet the roots of the hair with liquid. 
No. 1 previously diluted with 4 or 5 times its weight 
in cold water. Do not use it sufficiently strong to 
irritate the skin, or make the hair too wet with the 450 
COSMETICS. 
Solution. A tooth brush is generally used for the 
purpose, after waiting about five minutes the hair 
is lightly, but thoroughly wet with the liquid No. 
2, being careful to touch the scalp as lightly as 
possible, any stains left on the skin can be removed 
by rubbing them with a rag wet in the liquid No. 
i, diluted with water, and in a few minutes, sponge 
clean with a little warm water. 
Hair Curling Flzcid.^- 
Take borax 2 ounces, gum arabic half drachm, 
add hot water 1 quart. Dissolve and add 3 table- 
spoonfuls of camphor. Used instead of water upon 
retiring, to put the hair in papers. This is an ex- 
cellent liquid to keep the hair in curl. 
Curling Liquid for the Hair.- 
White gum arabic, 1 ounce. 
Moist sugar, half ounce. 
Hot water, three-quarter pints. 
Dissolve the whole together, when cold add 2 
ounces alcohol, 6 grains of corrosive sublimate, and 
sal-ammoniac powdered 6 grains, mix the sub- 
limate with the sal-ammoniac adding the alcohol, 
then add it to the above mixture, then add enough 
water to make 1 pint of the solution. Perfume to 
suit the taste. 
How to Darken the Hair.- 
Iron rust, 2 drachms. 
Old ale, 1 pint. 
Oil of rosemary, 12 drops. 
Put the mixture into a bottle and cork tightly, CobM ETICS. 
451 
shaking frequently for about 12 days, then draw off 
the liquor for use. Moisten the hair upon retiring. 
Af Gloss for the Hair.- 
Spirits of jasmine, 1 pint. 
Aniline, 5 drops. 
Pure glycerine, 4 pounds. 
Mix together, and apply upon going to bed. 
Bandoline for the Hair.- 
Gun tragacanth, 3 ounces. 
Rose water, half gallon. 
Steep together for 18 or 20 hours, stirring it fre- 
quently, strain through a cloth and let it stand for 
a week, then strain the second time and work into 
it 4 drachms oil of roses. 
How to Clean the Hair or Scalp.- 
Powdered borax, 1 teaspoonful. 
Spirits of ammonia, 1 tablespoonful. 
Water, 1 quart. 
Mix all together and apply to the hair with a 
sponge. Dry with a coarse towel rubbing the scalp 
thoroughly. 
How to make Violet Powder.- 
Wheat starch, 4 pounds. 
Powdered orris root, three-quarter pound. 
Mix together, and add otto of lemon one-eighth 
ounce, otto of bergamot three-quarter drachms, 
otto of cloves three-quarter drachms, otto of roses 
one-eighth ounce. Mix. 
Dr. Bloods Hair Tonic.- 
Steep one ounce of tea in one ounce of boiling 452 
COSMETICS. 
water. Let it set away and then strain. Next add 
borax one drachm, rose water two ounces, glycerine 
one and a half ounces, cantharides quarter ounce, 
bay rum one pint. Mix well together and apply 
once a day. 
• 
Shampooing Liquid.- 
Half ounce carbonate of ammonia, I ounce borax 
and i quart water. Dissolve the borax and am- 
monia in the water and add two ounces of glycerine^ 
3 quarts rum, and i quart of bay rum. Moisten 
the hair with the fluid and shampoo with the hand 
until a slight lather is formed, then wash off with 
clean water. This is a very good wash for the hair 
keeping the head clean and the hair soft and 
glossy. 
A Wash for Moist, Lax Hair.- 
Oil of almonds, I drachm. 
Oil of cassia, half drachm. 
Essence of musk, half drachm. 
Alcohol, 2 ounces. 
Mix, and add gradually 16 ounces of distilled 
water and one ounce of gum arabic, previously dis- 
solved. Moisten the hair and scalp slightly with 
the mixture, and arrange the hair at once while 
it dries. 
Treatment for Dry Stubborn Hair.- 
Take i ounce glycerine and dissolve it in I pint 
of rose or elder-flower water, and add 15 grains of 
carbonate of potassa. This makes an excellent 
wash for dry hair. A good way to cleanse the hair COLOGNES. 
453 
is to take the yelk of an egg and rub it thoroughly 
in the hair until it produces a soapy lather, after- 
ward rinse in cold water and dry with a towel. 
Wash for the Teeth.- 
Borax, 2 ounces. 
Boiling water, 3 pints. 
Dissolve together, and before it is cold add one 
teaspoonful of spirits of camphor. It is then 
ready for use. A tablespoonful of the liquid mixed 
with an equal quantity of tepid water, and applied 
to the teeth daily preserves and beautifies them 
and arrests the decay. 
An excellent Tooth Wash.- 
Rub well together 1 ounce honey and 1 ounce 
borax, then gradually add 1 quart alcohol and add 
1 ounce gum myrrh and 1 ounce red saunders wood 
Let in infuse for 2 weeks and strain. This is a 
valuable wash for the teeth and gums. 
A Wash to Heal the Gums.- 
Take alum, 1 teaspoonful. 
Pulverized saltpetre, 1 teaspoonful. 
Pulverized myrrh, 1 ounce. 
Holland gin, 1 pint. 
Mix well together. This is an excellent wash to 
heal and harden the gums. 
How to make a good Tooth Paste.- 
Gum arabic, 1 ounce. 
Tincture myrrh, 1 ounce. 
Water, 2 ounces. 454 
COSMETICS. 
Mix together and shake well before using. Use- 
ful in rotten and decayed teeth also to purify the 
breath. 
Wash for the Teeth and Gums.-• 
Powdered alum, half teaspoonful. 
Jamaica rum, half pint. 
Pulverized saltpetre, half teaspoonful. 
Pulverized myrrh, 1 ounce. 
Mix together. Valuable w<sh for hardening the 
gums. 
If desired Dr. Blood will compound any of the 
medical or chemical formulas contained in this book, 
and will forward them via express, to any address 
for a slight advance upon the cost of preparation. 
ai|d (Poli^e^. 
To Polish Black Walnut.- 
Take pulverized asphaltum put it into a bottle^ 
and pour over it twice its bulk in turpentine, or 3 
times its bulk if it produces too dark a stain. 
Place it in a warm place and shake it frequently 
until dissolved, then strain. It can be applied 
either with a cloth or brush. If it makes too dead 
a surface, a mixture of linseed oil and turpentine.. VARNISHES, ETC. 
455 
can be rubbed over the furniture. When the oil 
is entirely dry, if a polish is desired, the following 
is best: 
Shellac varnish, i ounce. 
Boiled oil, half ounce. 
Shake well before using. Pour a few drops on 
a woolen cloth, and rub briskly for a few moments. 
A good Furniture Polish.- 
Gum copal, pulverized, quarter ounce. 
Sandarach, pulverized, quarter ounce. 
Shellac, pulverized, i ounce. 
Alcohol, i pint. • 
Put the gums into the alcohol in a can tightly 
corked, and set them near the fire and shake often; 
as soon as the gum is dissolved, strain it through a 
cloth, and bottle it ready for use. This is an ele- 
gant furniture polish. 
Mixture for Polishing Furniture.- 
Dissolve in i pint of alcohol, 2 ounces of best 
shellac, and add 1 pint of linseed oil, and half a 
pint of spirits of turpentine. Mix all together, and 
add 2 ounces of sulphuric ether, and 2 ounces of 
ammonia. Shake well, so as it will be thoroughly 
mixed. Apply it with a soft brush before using it. 
This is an excellent mixture for polishing furniture. 
To Clean Old Furniture.- 
Linseed oil, 1 pint. 
Alcohol, quarter pint. 
Vinegar, 4 ounces. 
Turpentine, 4 ounces. 456 
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Butter of antimony, 4 ounces. 
Mix, and shake before using. Pour a little upon 
a woolen cloth, and apply well to the surface of the 
furniture. Sometimes several applications is neces- 
sary. 
Another excellent method for Cleaning Old Furni- 
ture,- 
Take a quart of vinegar or stale beer, put a hand- 
ful of salt, and tablespoonful of muriatic acid into 
the mixture, and boil the whole for 15 minutes. 
Rub the furniture well with a damp cloth before 
applying the above liquid. After its use, the furni- 
ture may be well polished, with any good polishing 
mixture. 
How to Polish Varnish,- 
Put 1 ounce of powdered tripoli into a basin and 
cover it well with water, then rub with a piece of fine 
flannel several times double, laid over a piece of 
cork rubber. Polish the surface of the varnish, 
wetting the flannel in the tripoli and water. Wipe 
a portion of the work occasionally with a sponge to 
see whether there is an even gloss upon its surface ; 
as soon as a gloss is observed, wipe off with a bit of 
mutton-suet and flour. Be careful not to rub the 
work too hard, or longer than is necessary to make 
it perfectly smooth and even. 
How to Polish Marble.- 
Rub the marble back and forth with a very fine 
sand stone, and wash the marble with sand and 
water until it appears equally rough, then take fine VARNISHES, ETC. 
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emery powder and a piece of felt or an old hat, wrap- 
ped around a stone or some hard substance, and 
polish it until all the marks left by the former pro- 
cess are erased, afterward rub the marble with putty 
powder and a fine clean rag, until the face appears 
a good gloss, then take the rags with the powder 
remaining on them and rub briskly, until a fine pol- 
ish makes its appearance. 
Acids Hurtful to Marble.- 
Marble slabs on which acids are allowed to stand, 
soon lose their polish and beauty, the reason of this 
is that marble is a carbonate of lime, and has no 
affinity for the acid, for that reason acids of every 
kind should not be allowed to touch marble. 
To make Drawings Resemble Oil Paintings.- 
Spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces. 
Canada balsam, 1 ounce. 
Mix both together. Before applying the varnish, 
size the drawing with a solution of isinglass in 
water, when dry apply with a soft camel's hair brush. 
Varnish for Boots and Shoes.- 
Take half a pound of gum shellac and break it 
into small pieces, put into a good sized bottle 
and cover it with alcohol, cork it closely, and place 
it in a warm place, shake it several times a day, 
then add a piece of camphor as large as two wal- 
nuts, shake it frequently. If good alcohol is used, 
it will dissolve in two or three days. It is then 
ready for use. Shake well before using. Apply 
with a small piece of sponge fastened on to wire. 458 
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It will dry in about five minutes and makes a beau- 
tiful gloss. This is also an excellent application 
for harness. 
A good Method for making Picture Varnish.- 
Pale picked gum mastic, 2 and half pounds. 
Glass powdered very fine and dried, 3 quarters- 
of a pound. 
Best turpentine, 1 gallon. 
Put the mass into a clean tin can, and cork 
securely, place it on a hard substance, and wheel it 
back and forth until the gum is dissolved. Set it 
aside for a few minutes, strain it through muslin 
into a bottle and let it settle. It is not ready for 
use under eight or nine months, it is then very 
tough and clear. This is a valuable picture varnish. 
A Colorless Varnish.- 
Take of pure white wax 1 pound, melt the wax 
by a gentle heat, and then add warm alcohol, 1 pint. 
Mix thoroughly, and pour the liquid upon a marble 
surface to dry ; then grind it to a perfectly smooth 
paste, add alcohol as required. Next put the com- 
pound into a marble mortar and make an emulsion 
with three and a half pints of alcohol, gradually 
adding the alcohol, then strain. This varnish is. 
used for paintings. When dry, apply heat by pass- 
ing an iron over it to render it transparent. When 
cold, polish with a linen cloth. This varnish will 
protect pictures for any length of time. 
A Varnish for Baskets, Card Boards, &c.- 
Take any colored sealing-wax desired, and break 
it into small pieces, and add enough rectified alco- VARNISHES, ETC. 
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hoi to cover it. Let it stand in a warm place for 
48 hours, or until dissolved. Before varnishing the 
article give it two coats of sizing, prepared as fol- 
lows. Dissolve the best isinglass in boiling water, 
and let it flow over the article to be varnished. 
Afterward varnish with a brush and let it dry. 
This is a valuable varnish for card baskets, fret- 
work, &c. 
01uc^ kqd CSen|ei(t^ 
Tragacanth Mucilage.- 
Gum Tragacanth, powdered, i drachm. 
Glycerine, 6 drachms. 
Mix together, and add by degrees, io ounces of 
water. This is a good paste. By adding a little 
acetic acid it will prevent fermentation. 
Mucilage for Glass or Polished Surface.- 
Mucilage made by the above recipe is excellent 
for adhering labels, or similar objects on glass or 
polished surfaces. The glycerine prevents the 
paste from drying and cracking. A very little gly- 
cerine is needed. 
To make soft Sealing Wax for Diplomas. - 
Yellow wax, 16 ounces. 
Olive oil, i ounce. 
Turpentine, 3 ounces. 
Melt all together, if coloring is needed use cinna- 
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A Paste for Office Use. 
Gum arabic, i ounce. 
Glycerine, 3 drachms. 
Water, boiling, 3 ounces. 
Dissolve the gum arabic in the boiling water, 
and add the glycerine. 
A Paste for Soda or Seltzer-water Bottles.- 
Make a paste of rye flour and glue, 1 pound of 
each, to which add linseed oil varnish, half ounce, 
turpentine, half ounce. Mucilage prepared in this 
way is not affected by dampness. 
A good Mucilage for Household Use.- 
Gum arabic, 3 ounces. 
Vinegar, 3 ounces. 
White sugar, 1 ounce. 
Water, 3 ounces. ' 
Mix, and apply as usual. 
How to prevent Glue from Cracking.- 
Frequently in glueing articles the glue becomes 
brittle, and cracks; to prevent this dry and brittle 
condition, the addition of a small quantity of gly- 
cerine mixed with the glue will be found to accom- 
plish the desired end. • 
How Good Strong Glue is Made.- 
Dissolve an ounce of the best isinglass in 1 pint 
of water by a gentle heat; strain this solution 
through a piece of cloth, and add to it 1 ounce of 
the best glue, previously soaked in water for 24 
hours; then add 1 gill of vinegar. After the whole 
lias dissolved, put it on the fire and boil, then GLUES, ETC. 
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strain. This glue will be found well adapted for 
any kind of work requiring extra strength. 
To prevent Gitte from Souring.- 
By stirring'a small quantity of muriatic acid into 
glue when it is being made, will retain the glue in 
the same condition for a long time, and prevent its 
souring. 
How to make Glue without Heat.- 
fake any amount of glue desired, and use com- 
mon whiskey instead of water. Put both together 
in a bottle and let them stand for three or four 
days, when it will be ready for use without boiling. 
It is ready for use at all times except in very cold 
weather when it should be set near the fire, or in 
warm water before using. Isinglass made in the 
same manner is an excellent cement for leather. 
To make Paper-hangers Paste.- 
Take 4 pounds of wheat flour and mix into a 
paste with sufficient cold water to form a stiff batter, 
beating it well to take out all lumps; then add 2 
pounds of alum; have ready some boiling water, 
and pour it quickly over the batter, stirring rapidly, 
let it boil for about 20 minutes and then cool. 
When it is ready for use put one pint of cold water 
over the top to prevent its skinning. Before using 
thin with cold water. Where great adhesiveness 
is required add half ounce of powdered resin to 
each half gallon of the above batter. In dissolving 
the resin, set the pan containing the mixture over 
the fire stirring constantly until it thickens. To 
reduce the paste use gum arabic water. 462 
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Another recipe for making Paste.- 
'Fake two and a half ounces gum arabic and dis- 
solve it in two quarts of water, thicken to a paste 
with wheat flour. Add to this a mixture of two 
and a half ounces of alum and one and a half ounce 
of sugar of lead, then heat the solution to boiling 
point, and set it aside to cool. 
A Paste for laying Cloth or Leather on Table Tops. 
To one pound of wheat flour add two tablespoon- 
fuls of finely powdered resin; alum one spoonful. 
Mix all together and put into a pan and add water, 
stirring constantly until a cream is formed, then 
place it over the fire, and stir until a stiff paste is 
made. Be careful and do not let it burn. Empty 
it into a pan and cover until cold. It is then ready 
for use. 
How to Paste Cloth or Leather on Table Tops.- 
Spread the paste evenly on top of the table, and 
lay the cloth upon it, smoothing it with a flat piece 
of wood, let it remain until dry; next trim the 
edges but not too close for if you cut it close at 
first it will shrink in drying. If leather is used in- 
stead of cloth it must first be moistened, and then 
spread the paste upon the table and proceed as 
above. 
Recipe for Liquid Glue.- 
Best white glue, 16 ounces. 
Dry white lead, 4 ounces. 
Rain water, 2 pints. 
Alcohol, 4 ounces. GLUES, ETC. 
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Dissolve the glue and lead in the water, by 
placing the vessel containing the mixture into a 
pan of hot water. When dissolved add the alco- 
hol and let it remain a few minutes longer on the 
fire. This makes a superior glue. 
To make Green Sealing Wax.- 
Shellac, 4 ounces. 
Venice turpentine, 2 ounces. 
Resin, one and a half ounce. 
Sulphuret of arsenic half ounce. 
Mineral blue, half ounce. 
Mix together, and color with a mixture of yellow 
and indigo. 
A Cement for Uniting Stones, &c.- 
Resin, 4 ounces. 
Wax, half ounce. 
Finely sifted plaster of Paris, 1 ounce. 
Melt together. Clean well the articles to be 
joined, and warm it until hot enough to melt the 
cement. Spread the cement lightly on both sides 
of the article, then press them together very closely, 
so as to leave as little of the cement as possible 
between the joints. The thinner the layer of 
cement in all cases, the more firmly it will adhere. 
A very Useful Cement.- 
Take alum and plaster of paris, equal parts 
mixed well in water, and applied in the liquid state 
forms a hard composition, and a very useful cement. 
A Cement for Fastening Iron to Iron.- 
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ly hardens, and makes an excellent cement for iron 
upon iron, and especially for adhering iron to stone, 
it is insoluble and not affected by strong acids. 
Cement for Fastening Knives and Forks into their 
Handles.- 
Resin, i pound. 
Sulphur, 8 ounces. 
Melt them together, and reduce to powder, then 
mix half of the quantity with half as much iron fil- 
ings, fine sand or brick dust. Fill the cavity of the 
handle with the cement, then heat the stem of the 
knife or fork and insert it into the cavity ; when 
cold, it will be firmly fixed in its place. The re- 
mainder of the cement keep for future use. 
Waterproof Cement.- 
Resin, 4 pounds. 
Linseed oil, 1 pint. 
Red lead, 2 ounces. 
Mix all together, and stir in pulverized sand un- 
til the proper thickness is obtained. Apply warm. 
This cement readily becomes hard, and is durable 
and waterproof. Used for leaky house roofs. 
Cement for Plumbers.- 
Black resin, 1 pound. 
Melt, and stir in two pounds of brick dust, some- 
times a little tallow is used. This makes a good 
cement for plumbing. 
Cement for Glass and Crockery.- 
Take mastic, 2 ounces. 
Dissolve in just enough alcohol to make a liquid. glues, e;tc. 
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then take 2 ounces of isinglass, and let it soak until 
it softens; next dissolve the isinglass in sufficient 
alcohol to form a stiff glue. Add finely pulverized 
ammonia, 1 ounce. Warm the two compounds 
over a slow fire until thoroughly mixed, bottle and 
seal tig-ht. This cement solidifies in about fourteen 
hours. In using, place the bottle in a little warm 
water, also heat the articles before joining them, 
being careful to have them well cleaned. Glass 
and crockery mended with this cement, are as 
strong as they were before being broken. This is 
an excellent cement for other articles. 
* 
Cement for Bottles.- 
Take resin, 1 ounce. 
Bees-wax, 1 ounce. 
Melt them together, and add three-quarter ounce 
of finely powdered red chalk, then a small quantity 
of neat's foot oil, and let the whole boil 2 minutes, 
remove it from the fire, and stir two or three times ; 
if too thick, add a little more of the oil. It is then 
ready for use. This cement is used for sealing 
corks in bottles. 
A Cement for Sealing Corks in Bottles.- 
Sealing wax, quarter pound. 
Resin, quarter pound. 
Bees wax, 2 ounces. 
Melt all together, until the mixture froths, then 
stir with a tallow candle ; as soon as melted, dip the 
mouths of the corked bottles into the liquid and 
leave them to dry. 466 
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Cement for Volatile Liquids.- 
Very finely ground litharge and concentrated 
glycerine mixed together and painted around the 
cork, after it is fitted into the bottle, will prevent 
the escape of the most volatile liquids. It quickly 
dries and becomes extremely hard. It is easily 
scraped off the cork by means of a knife when it is 
necessary to open the bottle. 
To mend Ornaments of Alabaster or Plaster of 
Paris.- 
To join together alabaster or plaster take the 
white of an egg, thickened with finely powdered 
quick-lime, or finely powdered plaster paris mixed 
with a small amount of water; apply to the surface 
of the broken article and press firmly together. 
Recipe for mending Crockery Ware.- 
Take lime and the white of an egg equal quanti- 
ties. To prepare for use, take only enough egg to 
mend one article at a time and scrape the lime, 
then mix the two together thoroughly. Apply 
quickly to the edges and press together firmly. 
This is a strong cement, and easily applied. 
A Colorless Cement.- 
Take powdered rice and mix with a little cold 
water, then add hot water gradually until proper 
thickness is obtained, stirring constantly; boil for i 
or 2 minutes using for the purpose an earthen ves- 
sel. This makes a beautifully white and almost 
transparent cement. It is used principally for 
fancy paper work. GLUES, ETC. 
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Cement for mending Marble or Alabaster.- 
Vinegar, half pint. 
Milk, half pint. 
Add the vinegar to the milk which forms a curd 
then add the white of 5 eggs, well beaten, and pul- 
verized plaster paris sufficient to form a paste. 
This cement resists water unless very hot. Useful 
in joining small pieces of marble together. 
^fetl^od^ of OlehTppg $ilvef. 
How to Remove Stains from Knives.- 
Take a potato and cut it into two pieces, dip one 
of the pieces into brick-dust, such as is used for 
knife-cleaning, and rub the knives with it. This 
process of cleaning knives is much preferred to 
using a cloth. 
How to clean Silver after it is Soldered.- 
Make the silver very hot, and set it aside to cool; 
when cool boil it in alum water, and it will be as 
bright and clean as when new. 
How Silver-ware can be protected to Prevent Tar- 
nishing.- 
First warm the silver, to be protected from tar- 
nishing, then apply a thin solution of collodion 
diluted with alcohol, using a soft brush for the pur- 
pose. Silver-ware treated in this way will remain 
untarnished for years. 468 
CLEANING SILVER. 
Powder for cleaning Silver and Plated Ware.- 
Jeweller's rouge, quarter pound. 
Prepared chalk, three-quarter pound. 
Mix. Or take putty powder quarter pound, half 
pound burnt hartshorn, i pound prepared chalk, 
and i ounce rose-pink; mix. Apply with a cotton 
or linen rag. 
How to clean Silver Ware.- 
Take some hot soap suds and pour into it 2 tea- 
spoonfuls of ammonia, then put the silver into the 
suds and wash it well, using a finger-brush for the 
purpose. 
Another method of cleaning Silver or Plated Ware. 
Take one quart of water, and put into it one 
ounce finely powdered hartshorn, and place it on 
the fire to boil; then throw in the silver, and after 
they have remained a short time take them out, 
and polish well with prepared chalk. Flannel rags 
boiled in the above solution and hung up to dry, are 
excellent for polishing silver, as well as for cleaning 
brass door knobs. 
How to clean Silver Plate.- 
Whiting finely powdered and moistened with a 
little sweet oil, is very fine for cleaning silver. Let 
it dry on the silver, and rub it off with chamois 
leather or a woolen cloth. Silver well done in this 
manner will stay clean a long while. 
A remedy for removing Egg Stain from Spoons.- 
Take a little common salt, moisten with water 
between the thumb and finder, and rub it on CLEANING 'SILVER. 
469 
The stain briskly for a few seconds, and the stain 
will quickly disappear. . ' 
A remedy for removing Dark Stains from Silver. 
Fhe most inveterate stains on teaspoons and 
other silver ware can be removed by pouring a lit- 
tle sulphuric aqid into a shallow vessel, and wetting 
a soft rag with the solution, and rubbing it on the 
silver until the.dark stains disappear, then apply a 
coating of powdered whiting mixed with whiskey 
■or alcohol. 
Flow Ink Stains can be removedfrom Silvey.- 
It frequently happens that silver ink-stands and 
other pieces of silver become discolored with ink. 
In such cases a little chloride of lime made into a 
paste, and rubbed upon the stain will completely 
eradicate it. 
the E^lowef Gvkfdei} ^ield. 
How to Restore Faded Flowers.- 
You can generally restore faded flowers, by im- 
mersing them half way up their stems in hot water, 
and allowing them to remain in the water until it 
cools, then remove them and cut off the ragged 
portion of the stems, and place them in clean cold 
water. A great number of faded flowers may be 470 
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restored in this manner. There are a number of 
deficate flowers which nothing can restore. 
To Preserve Flowers.- 
Place the vase containing the cut flowers in a 
flat dish filled with water, then take a glass shade 
or bell glass, and place over the Vase, making an 
air-tight chamber. By this means the air surround- 
ing the flowers will be constantly moist, if the dish 
is kept filled with water. This is an excellent way 
of keeping flowers, for those who love to have 
them around them. A rose bud or small spray of 
flowers may be experimented with, by placing them 
in a saucer, and turning a glass tumbler over it. 
A small piece of camphor dissolved in the water,, 
will greatly assist in keeping them. 
How to Raise Hyacinths in Winter.- 
Place the bulbs in glasses or earth, and set them 
in a dark closet to sprout, If put in glasses, the 
water should not be higher than i inch below the 
bulb, until the roots have reached the water, then 
fill the glasses up, place a piece of charcoal in the 
water, and set them in the sun to grow. If a little 
care is taken, you will soon be amply repaid for 
your trouble. 
To Change the Color of Flowers by Charcoal.- 
The light faded hue of a rose, can be changed to- 
a lively rose color, by covering the earth in the pot, 
about an inch thick with pulverized charcoal. Both 
white and violet petunias, are equally sensitive to- 
its action, it gives great vigor to the red and violet GARDENING, ETC. 
471 
of the flower, the white petunias becoming varied 
with red or violet tints, and the violet with bluish 
or'almost black tints. 
7b assist the Growth of Roses.- 
Place soot obtained from the pipe or chimney of 
a wood fire into a pitcher, and pour hot water upon 
it. When cool, pour off the water, and occasion- 
ally water the« rose plants with it. Its effects are 
wonderful in strengthening the growth of the plants, 
and flowers. 
Recipe to Hasten the Blooming of Flowers.- 
Sulphate of ammonia, 2 ounces. 
Nitrate of potash, 1 ounce. 
Sugar, half ounce. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Dissolve the mixture together, and place it 
in a closely corked bottle. For flowers in pots, 
add a few drops to the water, used to moisten them, 
for hyacinths or bulbous-rooted plants, put 6 or 8 
drops into the water of a hyacinth glass or jar. 
To Destroy Worms in Flower Pots.- 
Securely cork all the drainage holes in the pot, 
and flood it several days with lime water. You will 
have no further trouble with them. 
How to Preserve Flowers.- 
Put into the water, which contains the flowers a 
little saltpetre or carbonate of soda. Flowers 
treated in this way may be preserved for 2 weeks. 472 
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Another Method for Preserving Flowers.- 
Take the flowers as soon as gathered, and dip 
them in perfectly limpid gum water, allow them to 
drain two or three minutes, and arrange them in a 
vase. Flowers may be preserved for many months 
in this way, as the gum water forms a complete 
coating, and preserves their shape, and color long 
after they become dry. 
I 1 
To prevent Cattle from Barking Trees.- 
Take two-third the quantity of cow's dung and 
half of lime. Mix together with a little water, 
enough to make a thick wash, and lay the paste on 
the stem of the trees, as far as the cows can reach. 
How to prevent Maggot in Onions.- 
Make some strong lime-water and add to it as 
much soot (from wood ashes) as will make it into 
a thin paint, and water the crop with the liquid the 
moment the maggot or grub makes its appearance. 
This also is an excellent stimulating manure for in- 
creasing the weight of the crop. Ground intended 
for a crop of large onions, should be prepared in 
the autumn and watered with a mixture of sulph- 
uric acid, strongly diluted with water. Make it 
strong enough to burn the tongue. This prepara- 
tion will destroy every animal in the soil, and the 
winter rains will entirely destroy the effects before 
spring, 
How to destroy Maggots in Roses.- 
Take half a bushel of powdered unslacked lime, 
and 5 ounces of powdered sulphur. Mix these well GARDENING, ETC. 
473 
together and add water enough to make a thin 
paste, and let the whole boil for about an hour. 
Then add soot, previously mixed in water enough 
to darken the mixture. Lay this paste all over the 
stock and head of the roses with a brush during 
the latter part of March. 
To prevent Insects and Moss on Fruit Trees.- 
Fruit trees should be washed well every two 
years in a strong brine, so as to dampen the bark, 
stem and branches. This not only destroys the 
moss and insects of all kinds, but is advantageous 
to the trees. 
How to Prevent the Bottom of Plant-sticks from 
Rotting.- 
Dip the bottom of the sticks as far as they are 
inserted in the ground into hot tar, three or four 
times, this will preserve them a long time. 
To Prevent the Accumulation of Gum in Fruit 
Trees.- 
Wash and clean the parts well where the gum 
has accumulated, then, stop it up well with a paste 
made of horse dung, clay and tar. This will pre- 
vent the accumulation of the ^um. 
How to Protect Potatoes and other Roots.- 
Tuberous roots as those of the dahila, paeonia 
tuberose, &c., intended to be planted in the follow- 
ing spring, are preserved through the winter in dry 
earth. Roots of all kinds may be preserved in an 
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the lowering of the temperature, vegetation is so 
much suspended that all roots intended to be kept 
fresh for replanting, can be preserved unimpaired. 
An excellent Artificial Manure fior Wheat and 
Grass.- 
Crude potash, 7 pounds. 
Salt, 25 pounds. 
Bone dust, 50 pounds. 
Plaster paris, 50 pounds. 
Wood ashes, 5 bushels. 
Mix the whole ingredients together. It is then 
ready for use. 
c 
How to Keep Cucumbers Fresh.- 
Take fresh cucumbers, and put them in a box 
just made to fit them. Bury the box in some dry 
sand, covering it over to the depth'of a foot. If 
placed in a box without hay or moss, they will re- 
main for two weeks as fresh as when first plucked. 
Melons can be preserved in the same manner. ^fi$deH<meou0 ^edipe£. 
RECIPE FOR THE PREPARATION OF HOME-MADE WINES. 
To every four pounds of fruit, add three pounds of sugar; 
water, i gallon ; cream of tartar dissolve one and a quarter 
ounces ; brandy two to three per cent. Flavor. This makes 
an excellent family wine. 
No. 2. To every five pounds of fruit, add four pounds of 
sugar ; water, i gallon ; cream of tartar, one and a quarter 
ounces, dissolved as above; brandy, two to three per cent. 
No. 3. As the above, adding two pounds of fruit to two of 
sugar, this makes a very superior wine, excellent without 
brandy; two and a half pounds of raisins may be substituted for 
each pound of sugar. These wines may be made from any of 
the fruits of the season. 
A PROCESS FOR MAKING BLACKBERRY WINE. 
Take a quantity of ripe blackberries and press out the juice, 
until you have obtained four and a half gallons, wash the re- 
maining substance in about 5 gallons of water, to each gallon 
of water, add 6 pounds of white sugar. Shake the compound 
so that the sugar will be well dissolved, then pour the juice 
(which was previously squeezed from the berries) into the 
syrup. Pour the contents into a cask, and throw a covering 
over the bung hole, and put the cask aside where it will be un- 
molested. Fill the cask entirely full, reserving some of the 
mixture for future use ; let it ferment for 3 or 4 weeks, then 
refill the cask and cork it tightly, nail a piece of leather over 
the hole and let it remain until the following spring. 
HOW TO MAKE CIDER WINE. 
Put aside some new cider, and leave it to ferment from two to 
three weeks. After a lively fermentation, add to each gallon 
of the cider from one two pounds of crushed sugar, let it fer- 
ment, tasting it now and then, to see if the proper taste is ob- 
tained, next pour out a quart of the cider, then add quarter 
ounce of sulphate of lime to each gallon of cider, stir it until 476 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
completely mixed, and return it to the fermenting liquid. 
Shake it a few minutes and set it aside to settle. When the 
cider has become clear, draw off carefully and bottle. If the 
■corks are not pressed down tight for a few days, you will have 
a sparkling cider wine which can be kept any length of time. 
A RECIPE FOR GRAPE WINE. 
Take twenty pounds of ripe grapes, and pour over them six 
and a half quarts boiling water. Set it aside to cool ; when 
sufficiently cool, put the grapes in a clean cloth, and squeeze 
well, then place the residue with the juice in a vessel and cover 
tightly, let it remain three days. Again, squeeze out the juice, 
and add eleven pounds of sugar. After letting it stand a week, 
skim off the top and bottle. Do not drive the corks in too 
tight. 
HOW TO MAKE WHITE WINE. 
Boil together eighteen pounds of white sugar in six gallons of 
water, add the white of two eggs well beaten ; as soon as a 
scum rises to the top, remove it, and put into it quarter of a 
peck of white elder berries. Remove them from the fire. 
When the liquid is nearly cool, add six spoonfuls of lemon juice, 
and stir it well ; then add five spoonfuls of yeast, agitate a few 
minutes briskly. Let it stand a few days and stir occasionally, 
then put six pounds of raisins unstoned, into a cask, and pour 
the liquor over it, leave the cask open (with a piece of gauze 
tacked over the bung hole) for three or four weeks, then bung 
the cask tightly and bottle in six months. This makes an ex- 
cellent wine when well kept. 
SUPERIOR TABLE MUSTARD. 
Take of the best ground mustard i pound, fresh chervil 
quarter ounce, parsley quarter ounce, celery quarter ounce, 
and tarragon quarter ounce; i garlic, i teaspoonful of cloves, 
12 anchovies well chopped. Grind them well together and 
add i ounce salt, enough sugar to sweeten, and water sufficient 
to form into a thin paste. Beat all together thoroughly and 
put into a pot, then take a red-hot poker and thrust into it; 
afterward add a little vinegar. MISCELLANEOUS. 
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A FEW REMARKS ABOUT PREPARING CATSUP. 
In preparing catsups, pickles, etc., only vessels of stoneware 
or earthenware should be used, as salt and vinegar corrodes 
copper, lead, and pewter, and makes the results poisonous. 
Even a plated spoon left in a bottle of catsup for some time 
will render its contents poisonous. Dangerous attacks of 
vomiting, colic, and diarrhoea frequently result from neglect of 
these precautions. 
TO KEEP A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF CHEAP VINEGAR. 
Toi quart of vinegar add i gallon of molasses and n gal- 
lons of soft water. This mixture will become good vinegar in 
about three weeks. Put the contents into a cask or keg with 
the bung-hole open but protected against insects with gauze. 
HOW TO STRENGTHEN WEAK VINEGAR. 
Turn the vinegar out of the vessel and heat it scalding hotr 
set it aside to cool, when hike warm put in a piece of alum the 
size of a filbert and a piece of brown paper wet with molasses. 
Let it stand two weeks; if it does not sharpen in that time the 
vinegar is worthless, or freeze it and remove the ice which 
forms on the surface. The water of the vinegar alone freezes 
leaving the acetic acid at the bottom. 
TO MAKE CIDER VINEGAR. 
Take io gallons of apple juice and let it ferment, then add 
8 gallons of cider for producing a second fermentation, let it 
ferment for about two weeks, and add 8 gallons more fresh 
cider. Now stop the bung-hole with a bottle leaving the neck 
downward. When it produces a good vinegar taste, draw off 
half into a cask and set it in a cool place. It is ready for use, 
as soon as the liquid clears. The balance can be retained for 
making more cider, if needed. When making the vinegar a 
moderate degree of heat is necessary, and free access of exter- 
nal air. 
HOW TO MAKE QUICK VINEGAR. 
Molasses, i quart. 
Yeast, i pint. 
Warm water, 3 gallons. 478 
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Put the mixture into a cask, leaving the bung-hole open, but 
protecting it with gauze against insects. 
TO MAKE RASPBERRY VINEGAR. 
Infuse 2 pounds of raspberries with i pint of vinegar for two 
weeks and strain. It is then ready for use. 
PICKLES. 
Never use any but the best cider vinegar in making pickles, 
place them in glass or hard stone-ware unglazed; keep them 
well covered with vinegar; examine frequently and pick out all 
the soft pieces. As soon as the pickles show any sign of soft- 
ening strain off the vinegar and boil, adding to each gallon a 
cupful of sugar, and return it while hot, back in the pickle jar. 
TO REMOVE RESIN SPOTS FROM SILK. 
When stains are caused by wax, turpentine, resin, or any sub- 
stance of a resinous nature, it can readily be removed by use of 
pure alcohol. Oftentimes, when common turpentine is em- 
ployed to remove paint, grease or varnish from silk, a stain is 
•left which presents as objectionable an appearance as the stain 
itself. The resin which is held in solution by the turpentine, 
occasions the stain which remains in the silk after the spirituous 
portion has evaporated. By applying alcohol with a clean 
sponge, the stain can instantly be removed, the alcohol dissolv- 
ing the resin. Moisten the silk stains with the alcohol, allow it 
to remain for a few minutes, after which fresh alcohol is applied 
with a sponge, rubbing it briskly. Then wipe it as dry as pos- 
sible and afterward leave it to dry perfectly in the open air. 
TO REMOVE VARNISH, PITCH, OR OIL-PAINT STAINS. 
When pitch, varnish or oil-stains have become dry, soften 
them with a little butter or lard, before using turpentine or 
soap. Chloroform will generally remove paint from a garment, 
when everything else fails. Benzine is another good vehicle. 
TO REMOVE GREASE SPOTS. 
It is frequently most difficult, and often impossible to remove 
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depends upon skillful manipulation. Although various ingre- 
dients are employed ; good castile soap is the best. Ox-gall is 
another excellent remedy; it removes grease, and can be used 
with almost any color to fix and brighten it; it has a greenish 
tinge, which prevents it being used for white articles. Aqua 
ammonia is also good. 
TO REMOVE IRON STAINS. 
Take a basin or saucer, pour into it a little hydrochloric 
acid, making it slightly warm. Dip the stain into the acid for 
about one minute, then wash the cloth well, first in water and 
afterward in a little soda and water. Oxalic acid may be used 
instead, but it is not so effective. Be sure and remove all 
traces of acid from the cloth. 
TO REMOVE GREASE FROM SILK OR VELVET. 
Dip a clean cotton rag into chloroform, rubbing the spot 
lightly and rapidly, then finish with a clean dry cloth. Be 
careful to use these precautions, or otherwise a stain may be 
left. Benzine will also remove paint or grease from the most 
delicate fabric. 
HOW TO ERASE GREASE STAINS FROM WALL PAPER. 
Marks of oil on wall paper where persons have rested their 
heads, can be taken out by mixing pipe clay with water, to the 
consistency of cream ; apply it to the spot, and let it remain 
until the following day; then erase it with a penknife or brush, 
HOW VARNISH CAN BE REMOVED FROM OIL PAINTINGS. 
First wash the picture with a weak solution of carbonate of 
ammonia, wiping it off with a wet sponge, as soon as its object 
is completed. Do not allow it to remain too long, as it will in- 
jure the oil colors. A thick coating of wet fuller's earth laid 
over the varnish, and left long enough to soften it, is another 
good remedy, it may then be removed by a wash. 
AN EXCELLENT WAY OF CLEANING OIL PAINTINGS. 
Put into half pound of Genoa soap, cut very fine, 2 quarts of 
strong ley, leave them on the fire for half an hour and then 
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the dirt is not all removed apply a second time, and then wipe 
with a sponge. After which take a little nut-oil warmed and 
rub over the picture, and put it aside to dry. It will make it 
look as bright as when it came out of the artist's hands. 
STAINS FROM MOURNING DRESSES AND BLACK CRAPE 
REMOVED. 
To a handful of fig-leaves add 2 quarts of water, place it 
over the fire and boil down to a pint. Strain the liquid and 
put it away for use. Crape, cloth, bombazine, etc., sponged 
with this solution, can be cleaned from all spots or stains. 
HOW TO STIFFEN SILK. 
Take either beer or ale mixed with water, or a weak solution 
of gum arabic. Wet the silk on the wrong side and iron while 
damp. By this method, old flimsy silk can be made stiff for 
trimming. 
TO TAKE OUT MILDEW. 
Mildew can readily be removed by applying a strong lather 
of yellow soap on the article and then a little salt and starch on 
that. Rub it thoroughly into the garment and put it in the sun- 
light, or apply salt and lemon juice to the linen, previously 
soaping and wetting it on both sides. Expose it to the sun for 
several hours. 
A GOOD PROCESS OF WASHING RED FLANNEL. « 
Take a quart of cold water, and sprinkle in a handful of 
flour, let it boil from ten to fifteen minutes. Pour it into some 
warm suds and place the flannel into it. Do not rub the flan- 
nel, but sluice it up and down in the water; then rinse it 
through several waters, and hang up to dry. Castile soap is a 
better article for washing woolen garments than the common 
yellow soap. 
A VALUABLE RECIPE FOR CLEANING SILKS. 
Soft soap, i pound. 
Brandy, 1 teaspoonful. 
Alcohol, half pint. 
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Mix. Spread with a sponge on each side of the silk, keep- 
ing the silk smooth, rinse in clean water 2 or 3 times, and iron 
on the wrong side. 
TO TAKE OUT OLD BLOOD STAINS. 
Iodide of potassium, quarter ounce. 
Water, 1 ounce. 
Mix, and wash the stains with the liquid or saturate the 
stains with the fluid, and let remain 20 or 25 minutes, and then 
wash off with water. 
TO PROTECT KID GLOVES. 
Persons who perspire freely, will find that injury to the gloves 
will be prevented by rubbing, or sprinkling upon the hands 
common corn starch before putting on their gloves. 
HOW TO PRESERVE CARPETS. 
Before laying a carpet upon the floor, if the regular padding 
is not to be used, cover the floor with large sheets of paper to 
prevent the dust from rising between the boards. A carpet 
will last twice as long if this precaution is taken. 
A SIMPLE METHOD OF SHARPENING A RAZOR. 
Put the razor for half an hour in water in which has been 
added one-twentieth part of sulphuric or muriatic acid, and 
after letting it remain several hours, set it on a hone. This is 
a simple but very effectual way of sharpening a razor. 
TO RENOVATE WOOLEN CLOTHES. 
Take one-half ounce of ammonia-water; one-half ounce sul- 
phuric ether, and three ounces of water. Mix. Apply with a 
sponge, and cleanse with warm water. Then press with a hot 
iron, using a wet towel over the goods; while the steam is rising 
brush the nap with a clothes brush. 
TO TAKE GREASE FROM RIBBONS. 
Lay the ribbon evenly on a board and wet it thoroughly with 
a cloth or sponge. Next take a ribbon block a little wider than 
the ribbon, and wind the ribbon tightly around it, and let it 
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HOW TO BLEACH STRAW BONNETS. 
Take a deep box, have it air tight if possible, place at the 
bottom a stone, and on the stone a flat piece of red hot iron 
or a pan of charcoal, on which scatter powdered brimstone; 
close the lid and let the bonnet remain over night. For bleach- 
ing straw it is best to soak the goods in caustic soda, and after- 
ward make use of chloride of lime. The excess of chlorine is 
afterwards to be removed by hyposulphite of soda. There 
should be hooks on the box on which to hang the bonnet. 
A FRAGRANT DISINFECTANT. 
A few drops of oil of sandalwood dropped on a hot shovel, 
will diffuse a most delightful perfume through the room. 
A GOOD DISINFECTANT. 
If onions are placed in a room where there is small-pox, the 
onions will blister and decompose rapidly. They will also 
prevent the spread of the disease. As a disinfectant they have 
no equal. 
CHLORIDE OF LIME AS A DISINFECTANT. 
Chloride of lime is a great purifier. To 3 gallons of water 
use 1 pound of the lime, the clear solution is the best. To 
purify a room sprinkle it upon the carpet. For the water- 
closets, drop a quantity of the crude article down the pipes. 
Wherever there are offensive gases, sprinkle it around and the 
smell will disappear. 
HOW TO DISINFECT SLAUGHTER-HOUSES AND STABLES. 
Mix together chloride and hypochloride of zinc. It possesses 
the properties of assimilating freely with the liquid matter of 
the slaughter-house and not tainting the meat with any un- 
pleasant odors. 
TO MAKE A GOOD FAMILY SOAP. 
Shell-lime or quick-lime, 3 pounds. 
Common washing soda, 3 pounds. 
Water, 5 quarts. 
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over night to settle; then draw off the ley and add i pound of 
common resin, and 7 pounds of fat. Boil for half an hour, and 
stand until cool, when cold cut into bars for use. 
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A GOOD WASHING COMPOUND. 
Dissolve 1 pound of hard soap in 6 gallons of water, by a 
slow heat and add quarter ounce of turpentine, half ounce 
of spirits of ammonia. Set it aside to cool. Pour from 1 to 3 
table spoonfuls in a boiler of warm water, and put the clothes 
in it without rubbing, and let them come to aboil; then remove 
from the fire, and wash through the hot suds, and rinse. Or 
put the clothes to soak over night, adding to each tub of clothes 
1 teacupful of the liquid. This is an elegant washing fluid. 
HOW TO CAN FRESH FRUIT. 
• 
Take as many fresh cans as needed, and fill them quite full 
with the fruit, and solder them tight ; then, pierce a small pin 
hole*in the top of each can to allow the air to escape ; place the 
cans in a boiler, and pour into the boiler, boiling water sufficient 
to reach to within an inch of the top of the cans ; keep the 
water to boiling point* until the air ceases to escape, and then 
seal the air holes with solder. Next remove the cans from the 
water, and wipe dry and allow to cool. When cold, if the 
cans have become perfectly air tight, the vacuum inside will 
cause the top and bottom of the cans to hollow inward. To 
ascertain whether all the air has been expelled, place one drop 
of hot water on the air hole, the absence of bubbles passing 
through it, will denote that the cans are ready for sealing. 
TO CAN PEACHES WITH COLD WATER. 
Pare and halve the peaches, place them in a can, and pack as 
closely as possible without any sugar. W'hen the can is full, 
pour in enough cold water to fill all the places between the 
peaches, and to reach to the brim of the can. Let it stand for 
about six hours, then pour over them enough water to replace 
what has sunk away. Seal up the can, and it is ready for use. 
Peaches canned in this way, retain all their flavor and freshness. 484 
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HOW TO PRESERVE FRESH FRUIT. 
Glycerine of the best quality rubbed over fruit is said to pre- 
serve them for several months. Before eating, the glycerine 
should be removed by washing them in cold water. 
RECIPE FOR MAKING FERMENTED YEAST. 
Take wheat flour, and mix it in two quarts of water to the 
consistence of thick gruel. Let it boil slowly for half an hour 
and set it aside to cool; when nearly cold stir into it £ a pound, 
of sugar and four spoonfuls of yeast. Put the contents into a 
large jug and place it near the fire until it ferments. Pour off 
the liquor from fermentation and throw it away ; keep the re- 
mainder in the jug, securely tightened, in a cool place for future 
use. About five tablespoonfuls is sufficient to use for baking 
purposes. 
TO MAKE YEAST WITHOUT FERMENTING. 
Take nine pints of cold water and stir into it two ounces of 
hops. Boil them together half an hour, and strain ; then add 
two ounces table salt and half a pound of sugar. Set it aside 
to cool ; when nearly cold put one pound of sifted flour into a 
basin and make a hole in the centre ; add the liquor by degrees 
until all is added, stirring constantly. Let it stand in a warm 
place for several days, stirring occasionally. Boil about eight 
potatoes, mash them and mix with the flour ; after standing 
twenty-four hours a dark scum will arise at the top, stir it 
thoroughly, and strain. Put in a stone jar and cork. Use 
about three-quarters of a cupful for an ordinary baking. 
HOW TO IMPART A FINE FLAVOR TO TEAS. 
Put into the tea-canister a few rose-leaves, or place i drop 
of the oil of roses, on a piece of brown paper and put it into 
the tea-canister among the tea leaves, and it will impart the 
flavor of roses so much admired. 
TO MAKE TEA YIELD DOUBLE ITS AMOUNT OF 
STRENGTH. 
If tea be ground like coffee, it is said to yield double its. 
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TO DESTROY RED ANTS AND COCKROACHES. 
Borax is one of the best exterminators of cockroaches and 
Ted ants. Sprinkle it around the surbases and cupboards, and 
in every place where a roach has made its appearance, and 
you will find that they will all disappear. 
TO CATCH RATS AND MICE. 
Make a bait of a drop of oil of rhodium, and set it in the trap 
and in a short time the trap will be full. Rats and mice pos- 
sess great fondness for the oil, and will run any risk to obtain 
it. 
HOW TO KILL BED BUGS. 
Wash the article infested with the bugs, in a weak solution 
of chloride of zinc. This is an effectual banisher of these 
pests. 
BED-BUG POISON. 
Turpentine, 4 ounces. 
Camphor, 2 ounces. 
Corrosive sublimate, 1 ounce. 
Alcohol, 1 pint. 
Mix all together, and use as a wash. Apply with a feather 
or brush. 
HOW TO KILL COCKROACHES. 
Boil 1 ounce of poke-root in 1 pint of water until the strength 
is extracted. Mix it with molasses and spread upon plates, 
then set it in places which are infested by these insects and 
they will soon disappear. 
CHARCOAL AS ANTISEPTIC. 
Meat either before or after it is cooked may be kept for a 
considerable length of time, even in warm weather, by being 
closely surrounded by pieces of common charcoal. Charcoal 
immediately deprives putrid meat of its bad smell. It should 
be carefully preserved, out of contact with the air, until about 
to be employed. 
HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS. 
Linseed oil rubbed upon the shell of an egg will protect it 
from any alteration for a considerable time. Or coat the eggs 486 
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■with a couple of layers of collodion. To preserve the 
its natural state it is necessary to seal up the pores until they 
become air-tight. 
HOW TO RESTORE RANCID BUTTER. 
Wash the butter well in good fresh milk, and afterward with 
cold spring water. 
SUPERIOR SMELLING SALTS. 
Liquid ammonia, half pint. 
Otto of roses, half drachm. 
Otto of bergamot, quarter drachm. 
Otto of rosemary, half drachm. 
Otto of cloves, half drachm. 
Mix together by agitation in a wide-mouthed bottle, being 
careful to have it.tightly corked. Take a piece of sponge and 
cut it in fine pieces and drop it into the bottle, and pour over 
it as much of the salts as the sponge will absorb. 
TO PURIFY WATER. 
If two ounces of permanganate of potash be thrown into a 
cistern of water, it will render the foulest water sweet and pure. 
Permanganate of potassa in solution, is one of the most effi- 
cient of all disinfectants. A tea-spoonful in a soup-plate of 
water left in a room quickly removes any disagreeable or offen- 
sive odors. It is used to correct the smell of guano from ships. 
One ounce of the crystallized salt costs as much as a pound of 
the crude, which is quite as good for deodorizing purposes. 
RECIPE FOR MAKING MOULD CANDLES. 
Suspend the wick in the centre of the mould, by placing a 
thin stick through the loop at the top, then take a darning 
needle, and thread it with coarse thread, and fasten it to the 
end of the wick, at the bottom of the mould, take another 
stick corresponding with the one at the top, and securely tie 
the wick by means of the thread, going from one to the other 
until completed, then pour the tallow, previously melted, into 
the mould, letting it stand from five to seven hours in a cool 
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the mould to loosen the candles, when they can be removed 
and put away for use. Before using the mould lay it for one or 
two hours in cold water to prevent the candles from sticking. 
A PROCESS FOR HARDENING TALLOW FOR MAKING 
CANDLES. 
Take 5 pounds of tallow, and place it over the fire, and stir 
into it one pound of dissolved alum, stirring slowly. It is then 
ready for use. 
HOW TO HARDEN TALLOW WITH RESIN. 
To every two pounds of tallow, use half a pound of resin. 
Melt as in the preceding recipe, this will make a much harder 
candle than tallow alone, and give a more brilliant light. 
PROCESS FOR HARDENING TALLOW. 
Take five pounds of tallow, and place it over the fire, stir 
into it one pound of pulverized alum, previously dissolved in 
water. Candles made from tallow hardened in this way, will 
be white, and as hard as wax. Instead of alum, resin can be 
used if desired, in proportion of quarter pound of resin to one 
of the tallow. Resin is said to give to the candle a superior 
lighting power, but darkens the tallow a little. 
TO PREPARE TALLOW FOR SUMMER USE. 
Add a little bees-wax to the tallow, and boil it gently for two 
or three hours for two days, adding weak ley. Skim off the 
scum that rises to the top. Set it aside to cool. When cold 
take it from the pot, and scrape off the soft portion underneath 
and give it a second boiling, again adding weak ley. The 
third day skim it in water containing half pound of alum, and 
half pound of saltpetre to fifteen pounds of the tallow. When 
entirely cold, take it off the water. It is then ready for use. 
This process makes hard white tallow for summer use. 
HOW GOOD LEY CAN BE MADE. 
Beach, maple, or almost any kind of hard wood ashes can be 
used for making soft soap. Hickory is perhaps the best. A 
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makes a good leach. In the bottom of the leach put a few 
sticks, and spread over them a piece of carpet, then add a few 
inches of ashes, and from three to ten quarts of lime, fill with 
ashes and after dampening, fill the barrel to the top, packing 
firmly in the centre. To obtain the full strength of the ashes, 
remove them after each days filtering. Stir them up and 
replace the ashes. For second filtering use boiling water. 
RECIPE FOR MAKING SOFT SOAP. 
To four gallons of ley, add twelve pounds of grease, boil up 
slowly, and as the ley is obtained from the filtering, keep add- 
ing, stirring frequently, until about a barrel of soap is secured, 
or boil the grease and ley together and put in a barrel, and 
gradually add the best of the ley ; but the best soap is made 
by boiling. 
ANOTHER RECIPE FOR MAKING SOFT SOAP. 
Take an iron pot, and pour into it three gallons of boiling 
water, then break eight pounds of potash into small pieces, and 
drop into the water. Melt in another vessel, eight pounds of 
pure fat; next take a barrel and put into it, three or four gal- 
lons of hot water and add alternately, first a dipperful of ley 
and then of fat : stir all the time, and keep on adding the ley 
and fat, a dipperful at a time of each until all is added. After- 
ward add hot water a little at a time until the barrel is full. 
Place it in the cellar for three or four months, and you will 
have an excellent soft soap. Bloody CSookir^ 
DR. BLOOD'S BAKING POWDER. 
OST of the baking powders now in use are not only 
unhealthful, but they are absolutely dangerous, inas- 
much as they lead to serious disorders of the stomach, liver and 
kidneys. I have analyzed several of the prominent baking 
powders that are now on the market and have discovered large 
quantities of alum, phosphates, lime, white clay, etc. This dis- 
covery has led me to compound and keep on hand a supply of 
baking powder that is perfectly pure, and to remove from the 
consumer the temptation to purchase an adulterated and inju- 
rious mixture, called " baking powder," I have placed the 
price of mine below that charged for several brands that con- 
tain the objectionable and injurious adulterations before 
named. My baking powder will pay your grocer a smaller 
profit than any other baking powder in the market; he may, 
therefore advise the use of other preparations and decline to 
keep mine. If mine cannot be obtained through your grocer 
I will send it by mail, postage paid, upon receipt of its price, 22 
cents for a half pound can, or 40 cents for a pound can. Never 
purchase baking powder in bottles or in bulk, as they are 
generally adulterated when thus put upon the market; my bak- 
ing powder is put up in tin boxes containing one-half pound, and 
one pound of the powder. My baking powder is cheaper than 
cream of tartar and soda, and will make more healthful bread, 
cake, or pastry, and of a much lighter and more pleasing qual- 
ity. A trial of my preparation will settle the question of its 
value. 
C. L. BLOOD, M. D. 
38 West 30th St., 
New York. 
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COOKING FORMULAS. 
No. 1. RYE BREAD. 
Take i pint rye flour, f pint wheat flour, | pint corn meal, 
and sift together. Add i teaspoonful salt, i teaspoonful sugar, 
and 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder ; rub in i 
teaspoonful of cold lard : add J pint of milk, and mix the whole 
into a batter as for cake. Bake in a well greased tin, in a 
moderate oven forty-five minutes. 
No. 2. BOSTON BROWN BREAD. 
Take £ pint of rye flour, i pint wheat flour, i pint corn meal, 
and sift thoroughly together ; add i teaspoonful salt, i tea- 
spoonful brown sugar, and 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking 
powder. Rub through sieve two thoroughly boiled potatoes, 
diluting them with the water, and when quite cool, use it to 
mix the flour as into a batter ; put same in a well greased 
covered mould, and let it simmer one hour in a saucepan half 
full of boiling water ; then remove, uncover mould, and finish 
cooking by baking it thirty minutes in a fairly hot oven. 
No. 3. OAT MEAL BREAD. 
Boil half pint oat meal in pints salted water, for one 
hour, to which add f pint milk, and set whole aside to cool. 
Mix together | pint flour, 3 teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking 
powder and i teaspoonful of salt ; and when the oatmeal is 
perfectly cold, add it to the flour, &c., mixing same thoroughly 
together. Bake in a well greased tin, in a moderate oven for 
forty-five minutes. 
No. 4. RICE BREAD. 
Boil 1 cupful of rice, in I pint of water, with a pinch of salt 
in it, until the water is entirely absorbed ; then dilute with | 
pint of milk ; take i| pints of flour, 1 teaspoonful of sugar, 2 
teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, and i teaspoonful 
of salt. When rice preparation is perfectly cold, mix thoroughly 
with the flour, &c., and bake in a well greased tin, in a mod- 
erate oven forty minutes. 
No. 5. CORN BREAD (PLANTATION STYLE.) 
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sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, and i tea- 
spoonful of salt, and sift thoroughly together ; rub in I table- 
spoonful of lard ; add two eggs well beaten, and mix with 
pints of milk, into a moderately stiff batter. Bake in a shallow 
cake pan, in a rather hot oven thirty minutes. 
No. 6. GRAHAM BREAD (FOR INVALIDS.) 
Take I pint of graham flour, i pint of wheat flour, i teaspoon- 
ful of sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, t 
teaspoonful of salt, and sift together. Add pints of milk, 
and mix quickly into a soft dough. Bake in well greased tins, 
for twenty-five minutes, in a rather hot oven. 
No. 7. ROYAL APPLE BREAD. 
Take half a pint well-stewed apple sauce, and dilute with 
half a pint of milk ; Sweetening with white sugar to suit taste. 
Sift together one and a half pints of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of 
Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful of salt, and mix 
thoroughly into a stiff batter. Bake thoroughly in a well 
greased tin, forty minutes in a moderate oven. 
No. 8. GRAHAM ROLLS. 
Take 1 pint of graham flour, 1 pint of wheat flour, 2 teaspoon- 
fuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful of salt, and 
mix together. Rub in 1 tablespoonful of lard, cold ; add f 
pint of milk, and mix the whole into a dough that can be 
handled. Turn out the dough on aboard well floured, and form 
into rolls, the size of a large finger ; lay on greased baking sheet, 
well separated, and wash their surface with a little milk to 
glaze them. Bake ten to fifteen minutes in nice hot oven. 
No. 9. VIENNA ROLLS. 
Sift together 1 quart of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's 
baking powder and half teaspoonful of salt. Rub in one table- 
spoonful of cold lard, and mix with one pint of milk, into a 
firm dough, which can be easily handled. Turn the dough out 
on a well floured board, and roll with rolling pin to the thick- 
ness of half an inch Cut with a large round cutter, and fold 
together, or double it. Place them well separated, on greased 492 
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baking sheet, wash with a little milk, to glaze them, and bake 
fifteen minutes in hot oven. 
No. 10. FRENCH ROLLS. 
Sift thoroughly i quart flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, and 1 teaspoonful salt; rub in 1 tablespoonful 
cold lard, add 1 pint milk and mix into a firmer dough than 
ordinary, turn out on to a well-floured board, and divide the 
dough into pieces half the size of an egg, which mould with 
the hands into short thick rolls, tapering sharply at the ends; 
place two of the pieces side by side together, and unite them 
by pinching the ends together; wash the surface with milk, and 
bake on a greased tin, in a hot oven 15 minutes. 
No. 11. OATMEAL ROLLS. 
Take half pint oatmeal, 1 pint wheat flour, half pint graham 
flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful 
salt, and mix with three-quarters of a pint of milk into a firm 
dough; turn the dough on to a board well floured, and roll 
with rolling-pin to the thickness of half an inch; cut with large 
round cutter, and double over in centre, laying one half over 
on the other; lay separately on greased tin, wash over with 
milk, and bake 15 minutes in a good hot oven. 
No. 12. BREAKFAST ROLLS. 
Take one and a half pints flour, half pint white corn meal, 
2 teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful salt, 
and sift together, rub in 1 tablespoonful cold lard, and mix the 
whole with three-quarters of a pint of milk into a firm dough, 
turn the dough on to a board, well floured, and divide into 
pieces half the size of an egg; roll with the hands each piece 
until it is as long and half the thickness of the little finger, 
wash them over with milk, and bake on a greased tin, in a hot 
oven 8 or 10 minutes. 
No. 13. TEA BISCUITS. 
Take 1 quart flour, half a teaspoonful of sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls 
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together; rub in i tablespoonful cold lard, and mix with r 
pint of milk into a firm, consistent dough; turn dough on to 
board well floured; roll with rolling pin to the thickness of 
three-quarters of an inch, and cut with small round cutter, wash 
with milk, lay close together on greased tin, and bake 20 
minutes in a good hot oven. 
No. 14. RUSKS. 
Take one and a half pints of flour, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 2 
tablespoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, half teaspoonful salt, 
and sift together; rub in two tablespoonfuls cold lard, add 5 
eggs well beaten, and 1 teaspoonful each extract cinnamon and 
nutmeg. Mix the whole with three-quarters of a pint of milk 
into a dough soft enough to handle; flour the board, turn out 
the dough and roll with the hands, into round balls, a little 
smaller than an egg; bake in a shallow greased pan, close 
together, for 30 minutes in a moderately heated oven, when 
cold sift sugar over them. 
No. 15. SUGAR BISCUITS. 
Take one and a half pints flour, 1 coffee cup sugar, 2 tea- 
spoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 pinch salt, and sift well 
together, rub in one tablespoonful lard, add two eggs well 
beaten, 1 teaspoonful extract nutmeg, and mix whole with half 
pint milk into a soft batter; drop on a greased tin with a table- 
spoon, sprinkle tops with sugar, and bake 8 or 10 minutes in a 
hot oven. 
No. 16. LONDON CRUMPETS. 
Take one and a half pints flour, 1 teaspoonful sugar, 2 tea- 
spoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, half a teaspoonful salt, 
and sift well together, add one egg, well beaten, 1 teaspoonful 
extract cinnamon, and mix whole with one pint milk and cream, 
(equal parts) into a firm batter, bake in muffin rings half filled, 
on well greased hot griddle; bake on one side only, and serve 
hot with cheese. 
No. 17. SALLY LUNNS. 
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i teaspoonful salt, and sift together; rub in two-thirds cup of 
cold butter, and add 4 eggs well beaten; mix w'hole with half 
pint milk, into a firm batter-like cake. Bake in two round cake 
tins for 25 or 30 minutes, in a hot oven. 
No. 18 NEW ENGLAND JOHNNY CAKE. 
Take 1 pint of flour, 1 pint of corn meal, half cupful of sugar, 
2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, half teaspoonful 
salt, and sift well together. Rub in 1 tablespoonful of cold lard, 
add 3 eggs, well beaten, and mix the whole together, with 
pints of milk, into a firm batter. Bake in a shallow, square 
cake pan, for forty-five minutes in a hot oven. 
No. 19. CLARENDON BISCUIT. 
Take 2 pints of flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, one and a 
half teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful 
of salt, and sift together. Rub in 4 tablespoonfuls of cold 
lard, beat well two eggs, and add, with 2 tablespoonfuls car- 
away seeds, to flour, &c. Mix whole with 1 pint of milk, into 
a firm dough. Roll dough on well floured board, to the thick- 
ness of one quarter inch. Cut into biscuits, fair sized, prick 
with fork, and bake in a well greased tin, in hot oven fifteen 
minutes. 
No. 20. ENGLISH MUFFINS. 
Sift together, 1 quart of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, half teaspoonful sugar, and 1 teaspoonful of 
salt. Mix with i| pints of milk, into a firm batter. Place 
muffin rings on a well greased griddle, heated all over, and 
half fill them. When well risen to top of rings, gently turn 
them with a cake turner. Bake to a buff color-not too brown, 
and when all are cooked, open in half, toast lightly, well butter 
them, and serve hot. 
No. 21. YANKEE MUFFINS. 
Sift together, half pint of corn meal, one and half pints of 
flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoon- 
ful of sugar and 1 teaspoonful of salt; rub in 1 tablespoonful of 
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extract of cinnamon. Mix whole with i pint of milk, into good 
stiff batter. Have griddle regularly heated all over and well 
greased, on which place the muffin rings, also greased, and half 
fill them with the batter. When well risen to top cff rings 
gently turn them with cake turner, and bake to nice brown on 
both sides. 
No. 22. FRENCH MUFFINS. 
Take one and a half pints of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, and half teaspoonful of salt. Rub in 
2 tablespoonfuls of butter cold ; add 3 eggs well beaten, and 1 
cupful of strained honey. Mix with two-thirds pint of milk, 
or thin cream, into a batter as for pound cake. Carefully 
grease the sponge cake tin, fill half full, and bake in a steady 
oven seven or eight minutes. 
No. 23. SWISS MUFFINS. 
Take one and a half pints of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of Dr. 
Blood's baking powder and half teaspoonful of salt. Rub to- 
gether 2 tablespoonfuls of butter and 3 tablespoonfuls sugar in a 
bowl, to a light cream, to which add the yolks of four eggs, one 
at a time. Whip the whites of the eggs, with half a pint milk 
to a dry froth, and mix the whole quickly and carefully, so 
that the whites of the eggs do not get beaten out. Bake in 
well greased muffin pans, half filled, in hot oven for twelve 
minutes. 
No. 24. ENGLISH EGG MUFFINS. 
Take 1 quart of flour, 1 tablespoonful of sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls 
of Dr. Blood's baling powder, and 1 teaspoonful of salt and 
sift together. Rub in 1 large tablespoonful of cold lard, and 
add 3 beaten eggs. Mix whole quickly with pints of milk, 
to a firm batter, and bake in well greased muffin pans, two- 
thirds full, for fifteen minutes in nice hot oven. 
No. 25. OATMEAL MUFFINS. 
Take i| pints of flour, 1 cup of oat meal, 2 teaspoonfuls of 
Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful of salt, and sift to- 
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eggs. Mix the whole in i pint of milk to a thin batter ; fill 
muffin pans, well greased, two-thirds full, and bake fifteen min- 
utes in good hot oven. 
No. 26. RICE MUFFINS. 
Take r pint flour, i tablespoonful sugar, one and a half tea- 
spoonful Dr. Blood's baking powder, i teaspoonful salt and sift 
together; then dilute 2 cupfuls of cold boiled rice with half a 
pint of milk, to which add three eggs well beaten; mix the 
whole into a firm batter, and bake in.well-greased muffin pans, 
two-thirds full, in hot oven for 15 minutes. 
No. 27. ENGLISH FRUIT MUFFINS. 
Take 1 pint corn meal, half pint flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, 4 teaspoonfuls sugar, half teaspoonful 
salt, and sift together; rub in 1 large tablespoonful butter, to 
which add 2 beaten eggs and a half pint of any kind of berries 
(or fruit peeled and sliced.) Mix whole with three-quarters 
pint milk into a firm batter, and bake in well greased muffin 
pans, two-thirds full, for 20 minutes in hot oven. 
No. 28. SOFT WAFFLES. 
Take 1 quart flour, 1 teaspoonful sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, half teaspoonful salt, and sift together; 
rub in 1 large tablespoonful of butter, and add 2 eggs well 
beaten. Mix whole with one and a half pints milk into a con- 
sistent batter, thin enough to run easily from pitcher. Heat 
waffle iron well and carefully grease each time, fill two-thirds 
full, close it, and when brown turn over; serve hot. 
No. 29. RICE WAFFLES. 
Prepare a batter the same as for soft waffles, into which stir 
1 cupful of well-boiled rice, and bake in same manner as soft 
waffles. 
No. 30. SWISS WAFFLES. 
Take one and a half pints flour, one and a half teaspoonfuls 
Dr. Blood's baking powder, half a teaspoonful salt, and sift 
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sugar together, to a light cream, add 4 eggs, one at a time, 
beating 3 or 4 minutes between each addition, also add 1 tea- 
spoonful each extract vanilla and cinnamon. Mix whole with 
half pint thin cream into a good batter. Heat waffle iron well, 
and carefully grease each time, fill two-thirds full, close it, and 
bake (on both sides) 4 to 5 minutes. Serve hot, with powdered 
sugar. 
No. 31 GRAHAM GRIDDLE CAKES. 
Take 1 pint graham flour, half pint wheat, half pint corn 
meal, I large teaspoonful brown sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, half teaspoonful of salf, and sift to- 
gether; add one egg well beaten. Mix whole together with 
half pint each of milk and water, into a batter thin enough to 
run from a pitcher in solid stream; have griddle hot and well 
greased; bake in cakes size of tea saucer, and carefully brown 
them on both sides; pile one on the other, lightly buttered, and 
serve hot, using maple syrup or sugar and cream. 
No. 32. BUCKWHEAT GRIDDLE CAKES. 
Take one and a half pints buckwheat, half pint flour, 2 large 
teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful brown 
sugar, 1 teaspoonful salt, and sift together; add two beaten eggs, 
and mix whole together with 1 pint milk into a batter as de- 
scribed in 3 1, and bake on hot, well greased griddle in cakes 
size of tea-saucer; carefully brown them on both sides. Serve 
hot, using maple syrup or molasses. 
No. 33. INDIAN GRIDDLE CAKES. 
Take two-thirds quart corn meal, one-eighth quart of flour, r 
teaspoonful brown sugar, 2 large teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, half teaspoonful salt, and sift together, and add 
2 eggs well beaten; mix whole with 1 pint milk into a batter as 
described in 31, and bake on hot, well greased griddle, to a 
nice brown, and serve hot with molasses or maple syrup. 
No. 34. RICE GRIDDLE CAKES. 
Take 1 pint flour, 1 teaspoonful sugar, one and a half tea- 
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and sift together; add to it 2 cupsful cold boiled rice, diluted 
with one beaten egg and a little more than a half pint milk; 
mix whole into a batter as described in 31, and bake into large 
cakes, browning them nicely, and serve with maple syrup. 
No. 35. CRUSHED WHEAT GRIDDLE CAKES. 
Take one and a half pints flour, 1 teaspoonful brown sugar, 
2 teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, half a teaspoonful 
salt, and sift together; boil 1 cupful crushed wheat in three- 
quarters of a pint of water for 1 hour, and when quite cold add 
to it 1 beaten egg, and dilute with 1 pint of milk; mix whole 
into a batter as described in 31, and bake on hot griddle, deli- 
cately brown on both sides. 
No. 36. FLANNEL GRIDDLE CAKES. 
Take 1 quart flour, 1 tablespoonful sugar, 2 large teaspoonfuls 
Dr. Blood's baking powder, 1 teaspoonful salt, and sift together; 
add 2 beaten eggs, and mix whole with one and a half pints of 
milk into a batter as described in 3 1, and bake in cakes size of 
a tea-saucer, on a good hot griddle; brown nicely, and serve 
hot with maple syrup. 
No. 37. CORN STARCH CRACKERS. 
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Take one and a half pints of flour, half pint of corn starch, 1 
teaspoonful of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking pow- 
der, half teaspoonful of salt, and sift together. Rub in 1 table- 
spoonful of cold lard, and mix the whole with half pint of milk, 
into a firm dough. Turn out the dough on a well floured 
board, and work with a few quick turns, and let it set under a 
cloth for about ten minutes. Then roll with rolling pin quite 
thin, cut into crackers with round cutter, pricking each with a 
fork, and wash over with milk. Bake on a slightly greased tin, 
in a hot oven, for seven or eight minutes. Store when cold. 
No. 38. FIFTH AVENUE CAKE. 
Take I cupful of butter, and one and a half cupfuls of sugar, 
and rub together to a light cream ; beat in one cupful of eggs, 2 
at a time, beating four or five minutes between each addition. 
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baking powder, and add to the butter,.&c., also add i cupful of 
■dried cherries, I teaspoonful extract of vanilla, half cupful of 
cream, and mix the whole together into a firm batter. Bake in 
cake tin, paper lined, for about forty minutes in a steady mod- 
erate oven. 
No. 39. CITRON CAKE. 
Take one and a half cupfuls of butter, and 2 cupfuls of 
sugar and rub together to a light cream ; beating in six eggs, 2 
at a time, say five minutes between each addition. Sift together 
1 pint of flour, and 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking powder, 
and add to the butter, ,&c., also add 1 cupful citron, cut in 
large thin slices, and 1 teaspoonful extract of nutmeg. Mix the 
whole into a firm batter, and bake in shallow cake pan, paper 
lined, about fifty minutes in a steady, moderate oven. 
No: 40. CREAM CAKE. 
Take 1 cupful of butter and 2 cupfuls of sugar, and rub to- 
gether to a light cream ; beating in five eggs, two at a time, 
beating a few minutes between each addition. Sift together 
pints of flour, and add 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking 
powder, which with 1 cupful of milk, add to the butter, &c., 
and mix the whole to a rather thin batter. Bake in well 
greased jelly cake pans, in hot oven for about fifteen minutes, 
when cold spread between each layer the following : 
, PASTRY CREAM. 
Boil one and a half pints of milk, with two cupfuls of sugar, 
to which add three large tablespoonfuls of corn starch, dissolved 
in a little water. As soon as it reboils, withdraw from the fire, 
and beat in the yolks of five eggs ; return to the fire a couple 
of minutes to set the eggs, and, then add one large tablespoon- 
ful of butter, and two teaspoonfuls extract of vanilla. When 
cold, use as directed. 
No. 41. COCOANUT CAKE. 
Prepare as for cream cake (40) spreading between the layers 
one cupful of grated cocoanut, to two cupfuls of pastry cream. 
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No. 42. CUP CAKE. 
Take I cupful of butter, and 2 cupfuls of sugar, and rub to- 
gether to a cream adding four eggs, two at a time, beating four 
or five minutes between each addition. Sift together 3 cupfuls 
of flour, and 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking powder, which, 
with half a teaspoonful of extract of almonds, add to the butter, 
&c. Mix the whole into a consistent batter, and bake in well 
greased cups for twenty minutes, in a rather hot oven. 
No. 43. CURRANT JELLY CAKE. 
Prepare in same manner as for cream cake (40) substituting 
currant jelly for the pastry cream. 
No. 44. COCOANUT MERINGUE. 
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Prepare in same manner as for cream cake (40) then beat 
the whites of six eggs to a dry froth, adding I cupful of sugar, 
and 1 cupful of cocoanut. Mix thoroughly but gently to- 
gether, and when the cake is ready, cover the top and side with 
it. When thoroughly covered, place the cake in a cool oven 
until delicately browned. 
No. 45. ENGLISH CURRANT CAKE. 
Take one and a half cupfuls butter, and 2 cupfuls sugar, and 
beat to a light cream, and add 7 eggs, 2 at a time, beating 4 or 
5 minutes between each addition. Then sift together one and a 
half pints flour, and 1 teaspoonful Dr. Blood's baking powder, 
and add to the butter, etc., together with 2 cupfuls currants, 
half cupful citron, cut in thin slices, and 1 teaspoonful extract 
nutmeg; bake in pan lined with thick paper, for 1 hour and 25 
minutes in a good steady oven. 
No. 46. IMPERIAL CAKE. 
Rub together one and a half cups butter and 2 cupfuls sugar, 
to a light cream; add 1 2 eggs, 2 at a time, beating from 5 to 6 
minutes between each addition. Sift together 1 quart flour, and 
half a teaspoonful Dr. Blood's baking powder, to which add 
one and a half cupfu's raisins, half cupful blanched almonds, 1 
cupful chopped citron, 1 teaspoonful each extract nutmeg and COOKING FORMULAS. 
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almonds, and i gill each of brandy, wine and cream; mix whole 
together into a consistent batter, and bake in pan well lined 
with thick paper, for 2 hours in a steady oven. 
No. 47. DELICATE CAKE. 
Rub together one and a half cupfuls each of butter and 
sugar to a light cream, sift one and a half pints flour with one 
and a half teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, to which 
add the whites of 5 eggs, one at a time, beating a few minutes 
between each; also 1 teaspoonful extract of peach, and 1 cupful 
milk; mix whole together, with the butter and sugar, into a 
rather thin batter, and bake in a paper lined tin, for 50 minutes 
in a steady, hot oven. 
No. 48 ABERDEEN CAKE. 
Rub 1 cupful butter, with 2 cupfuls sugar, to a smooth cream; 
add six eggs, 2 at a time, beating a few minutes between each 
addition; sift together one and a half pints flour, and 1 tea- 
spoonful of Dr. Blood's baking powder, and add to the butter, 
&c., also add 1 teaspoonful each extract orange and cinnamon; 
mix whole with 1 cupful milk, to a medium batter, and bake in 
paper lined tin in hot oven for about 40 minutes. 
No. 49. NUT CAKE. 
Rub half a cupful butter with one and a half cupfuls sugar to 
a light cream, to which beat in 3 eggs; then add two and a half 
cupfuls flour, and one and a half teaspoonful Dr. Blood'sbaking 
powder, (well sifted together) half cup of milk and 1 cupful of 
the meats of any kind of nuts; mix whole into a firm batter, 
and bake in paper lined tin, for 35 or 45 minutes in a good, 
steady oven. 
No. 50. GINGER CAKE. 
Sift together one and a half pints flour, and one and a half 
teaspoonful Dr. Blood's baking powder; rub three-quarters 
of a cupful butter, with 2 cupfuls sugar, to a light cream, to 
which add 4 eggs, beating in 2 at a time, a few minutes be- 
tween each, and 1 tablespoonful extract ginger; mix whole with 
1 cupful milk to a medium batter, and bake in cuke pan, 40 
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No. 51. GINGER SNAPS. 
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Rub half a cupful of butter, half cupful of lard, and I large 
cupful of brown sugar, into a smooth paste. Then rub in one 
quart of flour, and one and a half tablespoonfuls of Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, well sifted together, to which add, one table- 
spoonful of extract of ginger, and one teaspoonful of each ex- 
tract of cloves and cinnamon. Mix the whole with one cupful 
of water, into a firm dough. Roll dough thin, on a well floured 
board, cut with round biscuit cutter, end bake on a greased 
pan, 8 to io minutes in a steady, hot oven. 
No. 52. LOUISA CAKE. 
Rub two-third cupful of butter with 3 cupfuls of sugar to a 
cream ; then rub in 1 pint of flour, and half teaspoonful of Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, sifted together, 1 cupful of milk, and 1 
teaspoonful of extract of almonds. Mix the whole into a con- 
sistent batter, to which gently add, the whites of eight eggs, 
whipped to a dry froth. Again thoroughly mix, and bake in 
a shallow, papered cake pan, in a steady oven about forty min- 
utes. Ice the bottom and sides, when cool with the following : 
No. 53. WHITE ICING. 
Take 3 cupfuls of extra fine sugar, half teaspoonful of cream 
tartar, 8 drops extract of rose, and the white of 3 eggs, and 
beat together in a bowl with a wooden spoon, for several min- 
utes, until it maintains a thread like appearance, as it runs from 
the spoon. Then use as directed. 
No. 54. SPONGE CAKE. 
Whip together 7 eggs and 2 cupfuls of sugar, until thick and 
white; add 1 cupful of flour, 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, 1 pinch of salt (well sifted together) and 1 tea- 
spoonful extract of lemon. Mix quickly together, place in pan, 
lined with buttered paper, and bake thirty-five minutes in hot 
oven. 
No. 55. WHITE SPONGE CAKE. 
Sift together half cupful of flour, half cupful of corn starch, 
1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking powder, to which add the COOKING FORMULAS. 
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white of 8 eggs, whipped to a dry froth, and one teaspoonful 
extract of rose. Mix thoroughly together, and bake in a well 
buttered cake pan, for about thirty minutes, in a quick oven. 
No. 56. PRINCESS CAKE. 
Rub together 2 cupfuls each of butter and sugar, to a light 
cream, to which add ten eggs, two at a time, beating a few 
minutes between each addition, also add one quart of flour and 
one teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking powder (well sifted to- 
gether) one cupful of citron, cut into thin slices, 2 cupfuls of 
currants, half cupful of blanched almonds, thinly sliced, half an 
orange peel cut thin and small, and one teaspoonful each 
extract of cinnamon and allspice. Carefully mix the whole 
into a soft batter, and bake in a shallow cake pan, well lined 
with stout paper, for about two and a quarter hours, in a steady, 
moderate oven. 
No. 57. GOLDEN CAKE. 
Rub two cupfuls of sugar, with J cupful of butter, into a 
white cream, to which add the yolks of ten eggs, three at a 
time, beating one or two minutes between each addition ; add 
one and a half pints of flour, and two teaspoonfuls of Dr. 
Blood's baking powder (well sifted together) one cupful thin 
cream, and one teaspoonful each, extract of nutmeg and 
lemon. Mix the whole into a firm batter, and bake in paper 
lined cake pan, for fifty minutes in a good, steady oven. 
No. 58. POUND CAKE. 
Rub 2 cupfuls of sugar, and one and a half cupfuls of butter 
together to a light cream, to which add seven eggs, three of 
them at a time, and the next two at a time, beating four or 
five minutes between each addition ; add one and a half 
pints of flour, and one teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking pow- 
der, sifted together and one teaspoonful extract of nutmeg. 
Mix into a good smooth batter, and bake in paper lined cake 
pan, for about thirty minutes, in a steady oven. 
No. 59. NEW ENGLAND LUNCH CAKE. 
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cream, to which add 2 cupfuls of eggs, two at a time, beating 
well, a few minutes between each addition; also add one and a 
half pints of flour, and one teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking 
powder, well sifted together, one teaspoonful each extract of 
cinnamon, nutmeg and rose, and one gill of wine. Mix the 
whole into a good firm batter, and bake in a shallow cake pan, 
thickly papered, for one and a quarter hours, in a moderate 
oven Ice the bottom and sides, when cold with white icing 
as (No. 53.) 
No. 60. QUEEN'S POUND CAKE. 
Prepare same as for pound cake (No. 58) and when baked 
and cool, cover with the following : Take one and a half cup- 
fuls of sugar, whites of two eggs, one teaspoonful of lemon 
juice and one teaspoonful extract of rose, and beat together 
twelve or fifteen minutes with a wooden spoon ; add one table- 
spoonful of vanilla chocolate, finely grated, and one cupful of 
blanched almonds pounded to a paste with a little water. 
No. 61. JAVA CAKE. 
Rub together 1 cupful butter, and 2 cupfuls sugar to a white 
cream, to which add 3 eggs, 1 at a time, beating a few minutes 
between each; then add one and a half pints flour, and one and 
a half teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder (well sifted to- 
gether), 1 cupful extra strong coffee, 1 cupful raisins, (cut in 
two), half cupful chopped citron, 1 teaspoonful each extract of 
nutmeg and allspice, and half cupful milk; mix whole into a 
good batter, and bake in paper lined pan for 50 minutes in a 
steady oven. 
No. 62. OOLONG CAKE. 
Prepare same as for Java Cake, No. 61, substituting 1 cupful 
extra strong tea for the coffee. 
No. 63. ALMOND SPONGE CAKE. 
Take 8 eggs and whip them thoroughly, for about 1 o minutes; 
then boil one and a half cupfuls cut sugar, in one and a half 
gills water, until it will break quite brittle when taken up on 
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the eggs, and continue whipping 15 or 20 minutes longer; then 
add one and a half cupfuls flour, half a teaspoonful Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, sifted together, and 1 teaspoonful extract of 
bitter almonds. Mix thoroughly together and bake in pan, well 
buttered, for 30 minute in a quick oven. 
No. 64. BONANZA CAKE. 
Prepare same as for Golden Cake, No. 57, substituting the 
whites of 10 eggs, instead of the yelks. 
No. 65. COCOA-NUT SPONGE CAKE. 
Prepare the same as for Almond Sponge Cake, No. 63, sub- 
stituting for the almonds, 1 cupful grated cocoa-nut. 
No. 66. NUT JUMBLES. 
Rub together one and a half cupfuls butter, and 2 cupfuls 
sugar, to which beat in thoroughly 6 eggs; then add one and a 
half pints flour, half cupful cornstarch, 1 teaspoonful Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, well sifted together, and 1 teaspoonful extract 
of lemon; mix thoroughly to fine dough; roll dough rather thin 
on floured board, and then roll in half a cupful chopped pea- 
nuts, mixed with half a cupful granulated sugar; cut with bis- 
cuit cutter and bake on well greased tin, for 8 or 10 minutes, in 
a rather hot oven. 
No. 67. GRAHAM CUP CAKE. 
Rub two-thirds of a cupful of butter with 1 cupful of sugar 
to a light cream, to which beat in 2 eggs, one at a time, a few 
minutes between each; then add 2 cupfuls graham flour, 1 tea- 
spoonful Dr. Blood's baking powder, well sifted together, half 
cupful of cream, and 1 teaspoonful extract of lemon; mix to a 
moderate batter, and bake in well greased cups, in a steady 
oven, for 20 minutes. 
No. 68. HANOVER CAKE. 
Rub 2 cupfuls butter, with one and a half cupfuls sugar to a 
light cream, to which beat in 8 eggs, two at a time, a few min- 
utes between each addition; then add one and a half pints of 
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one and a half cupfuls of raisins, I cupful dried currants, half 
cupful cream, I teaspoonful each extract vanilla, nutmeg and 
cloves; mix whole into a firm batter, place in shallow paper- 
lined pan, sprinkle over top I cupful coarsely chopped almonds, 
and bake one and a half hours in a moderate oven. 
No. 69. CHOCOLATE CAKE. 
Prepare same as for Cream Cake, No. 40, spreading between 
the layers of cake the following: 
Bring 1 pint of milk to a boil, stir in half a cupful grated 
chocolate, 1 cupful sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls cornstarch, and boil 
5 minutes more; then remove from fire, and stir in rapidly the 
yelks of 3 eggs, return to fire to set the eggs; add 1 tablespoon- 
ful good butter; then cool and add 1 teaspoonful extract of 
vanilla; then spread as directed. 
No. 70. SWEET CIDER CAKE. 
Rub together 1 cupful of butter, with 3 of sugar, to a light 
cream; add one and a half pints of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, sifted together, one and a half cupfuls 
sweet cider, and 2 teaspoonfuls jsxtract nutmeg; mix rapidly 
as possible to a smooth batter, and bake in paper-lined pan, for 
45 minutes, in a steady, quick oven. 
No. 71. CURRANT CAKE. 
Rub together 1 cupful each of butter and sugar, to a light 
cream, to which beat in 4 eggs, 1 at a time, a few minutes beat- 
ing between each; then add 1 pint flour, 1 teaspoonful Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, sifted together, one and a half cupful 
currants, 2 teaspoonfuls extract of cinnaman and 1 of lemon; 
mix whole into a medium batter, and bake in paper-lined pan, 
in a moderate oven for about 50 minutes. 
No. 72. APPLE JELLY CAKE. 
Rub together 1 cupful butter, with 2 of sugar to a white 
cream, to which beat in 4 eggs, 2 at a time, beating 8 or 10 
minutes between each addition; then add 3 cupfuls flour, one 
and a half teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder, sifted to- 
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and bake in carefully greased jelly-cake pans; in meantime peel 
and slice 6 apples, and place them on the fire with 6 ounces 
sugar; when tender rub through a fine sieve, and add I teaspoon- 
ful butter, spread when cold, between the layers of cake, cov- 
ering the cake with sugar, plentifully sifted over the top. 
No. 73. CRULLERS. 
Sift together I quart flour, i cupful sugar, and one and a half 
teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's baking powder; rub in half a cupful 
butter and lard in equal parts, and add 2 eggs well beaten, £ 
pint milk and 1 teaspoonful extract nutmeg; mix into a dough, 
soft enough to conveniently handle; roll on a well-floured board 
with rolling-pin; cut into strips about a half inch wide, twist 
into various shapes, and fry in plenty of hot lard, to a light 
brown color; sift with sugar and serve. 
No. 74. ALMOND CAKE. 
Rub together 2 cupfuls of sugar with half a cupful of butter 
to a smooth cream, to which beat in 4 eggs, one at a time, beat- 
ing a few minutes between each addition ; then add one pint of 
flour, one and a half teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, 
sifted together, half cupful blanched almonds, cut in fine slices, 
half teaspoonful extract bitter almonds, one glass of brandy 
and half cupful of milk. Mix into a medium batter and bake 
in a cake pan, for thirty minutes, in hot oven. 
To blanche almonds, pour boiling water on them until the 
skins slip off easily. 
No. 75. RIPE FRUIT CAKE. 
Rub one cupful of butter with two and a half cupfuls of 
sugar to a cream, to which beat in 4 eggs, one at a time, beating 
a few minutes between each addition ; then add one pint of 
flour, one teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking powder, sifted to- 
gether, one cupful each, ripe raspberries, red currants, sliced 
canned peaches, and half cupful of milk. Mix into a firm bat- 
ter, and bake in shallow pan, paper lined, in steady hot oven, 
for about fifty minutes. 508 
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No. 76. CLOVE CAKE. 
Rub together one and a half cupfuls of butter, with 3 cup- 
fuls of sugar to a light cream, adding 4 eggs, one at a time, 
beating a few minutes between each addition ; then add one 
and a half pints of flour, one teaspoonful of Dr Blood's baking 
powder, sifted together, one cupful of raisins, two teaspoonfuls 
extract of cloves and one cupful of milk. Mix into a firm, 
smooth batter, and bake into a shallow pan, for forty minutes, 
in a quick oven. 
No. 77. CHOCOLATE CREAM CAKE. 
Prepare same as for chocolate cake (No. 69) and finish as 
follows : Boil in small saucepan, one gill of water, one and a 
half cupfuls of sugar and half a cup of grated chocolate, until 
it becomes thick and looks like velvet ; remove from fire and 
add the whites of two eggs, without beating ; while hot cover 
sides and top of cake, and as it cools it will grow firm. 
No. 78. HUCKLEBERRY CAKE. 
Rub one cup of butter and two of brown sugar together to 
a light cream, adding 4 eggs, two at a time, beating a few min- 
utes between each addition ; then'add one and a half pints of 
flour, two teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, sifted 
together, two cupfuls of huckleberries, one teaspoonful each 
extract of cinnamon and cloves to a consistent batter, and bake 
in paper lined pan, for fifty minutes, in a quick oven. 
No. 79. PEACH SHORT CAKE. 
Sift together one quart of flour, two teaspoonfuls of Dr. 
Blood's baking powder and one teaspoonful of salt, and rub in 
two tablespoonfuls of butter. Mix the whole with one pint of 
milk into a soft dough, just enough to handle well. Divide in 
half and roll each about size of breakfast plate. Bake on well 
greased tin, in hot oven, for twenty minutes ; and then separ- 
ate the cake, if possible without cutting. Carefully peel and 
slice two dozen of peaches. Placing one-half of them on the 
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sugar and cream, and the rest of the peaches lay on the upper 
crust of the short cake ; again sprinkling plentifully with sugar. 
No. 80. STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE. 
Prepare same as for peach short cake, No. 79, substituting 
strawberries for peaches. 
No. 81. WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE. 
Rub together one cupful of butter, with two and a half cup- 
fuls of sugar, to a light cream, to which add 3 whole eggs, one 
at a time, and 3 yelks, all at once, beating a few minutes be- 
tween each ; then add one pint of flour, one and a half tea- 
spoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, sifted together, one cup- 
ful of milk and one teaspoonful extract of vanilla. Mix into a 
light batter, and bake in a shallow pan, for forty minutes, in a 
moderate oven. Cover top of cake when cold with the follow- 
ing : 
Beat one cupful red currant jelly, whites of 3 eggs and two 
cupfuls of sugar together, until stiff and light, then cover cake 
as directed. 
No. 82. HIGHLAND COOKIES. 
Take 2 ciipfuls sugar, 1 of butter, and 5 eggs, and mix to- 
gether smooth; add i| pints flour, f teaspoonful Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, sifted together, and 1 cup milk; mix into a soft 
dough convenient enough to handle well, roll thin on floured 
board, cut with biscuit cutter, and bake on well greased tin $ 
or 6 minutes in a hot oven. 
No. 83. MADEIRA CAKE. 
Rub together 2^ cups butter, with 2 of sugar, to a light cream, 
to which add 7 eggs, 2 at a time, beating a few minutes between 
each addition; then add 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking 
powder, sifted together, and 1 gill of Madeira wine; mix. to a 
moderately stiff batter and bake in tin, thickly lined with paper, 
for hours in a steady oven. When removed from, oven, 
cover with the following: 
No. 84. CLEAR ICING. 
Mix smoothly together in a bowl, 1 cup of sugar, r table.- 510 
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spoonful lemon juice, and the whites of 2 eggs, and pour over 
the cakes; if not hot enough to dry it, put it in the mouth of a 
a cool oven. 
No. 85. PASTE No. 1. 
Sift together 5 cupfuls flour, and | teaspoonful of Dr. 
Blood's baking powder, rub in 1 cupful each of cold butter and 
lard; add 1 cupful w^ter and mix into a smooth dough. 
No. 86. PASTE No. 2. 
Sift 2 cups flour with | teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking 
powder, and place in a bowl; add V pound finely chopped suet, 
and 1 cupful water; mix into a firm, smooth dough. 
No. 87. PASTE No. 3. 
Sift together 3 cupfuls flour, | teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's 
baking powder and 3 tablespoonfuls sugar; rub in 1 large cup 
ful butter, add half cupful milk, and mix into a medium soft 
dough. 
No. 88. PASTE No. 4. 
Sift together 3 cupfuls flour, with 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, and form it into a ring on a pastry board, put 
in the centre the yelk of one egg, with a little salt, add a little 
ice-water and gradually mix the flour and egg, adding from 
time to time a little more ice-water, about 1 cupful in all, until 
a fine, smooth paste is made; place it for 15 minutes in the 
ice-box, then withdraw it and roll it to the size of a dinner 
plate; spread the dough, and place in the centre 2 cupfuls but- 
ter, carefully folding over the edges, so as to entirely cover it, 
turn the dough upside down, and carefully roll it out very thin; 
then reverse it three or four times, rolling it each side with a 
rolling pin; then place it on a thin tin in the ice-box until 
ready for use. / 
No. 89. PASTE No. 5. 
Take 3 cupfuls flour, 4 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's baking 
powder, sifted together, i cup lard and 1 cupful water, and 
mix into a firm, smooth paste, set aside to cool for 15 minutes; COOKING FORMULAS. 
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then take i| cupfuls butter, place it in a clean, wet towel, well 
floured, and press from it the milk and salt; roll out the dough 
on a board well floured, put butter in centre and carefully fold 
the dough over it until it is entirely covered; roll lightly to the 
thickness of half an. inch, turn it over, fold together twice, flour 
it and roll again as before; repeat this three times, when it is 
ready for use. 
No. 90. CUSTARD PIE. 
Take one and a half pints of milk, one cupful of sugar, four 
eggs and one teaspoonful extract of lemon ; beat well together 
and strain. Then line a well greased pie plate, with paste 3, 
(No. 87), the thickness of quarter of an inch. Fill while in the 
oven, with the milk, &c., and bake for twenty minutes, in a 
moderate oven. 
No. 91. LEMON CREAM PIE. 
Boil one and a half pints of milk, to which add three table- 
spoonfuls of corn starch, dissolved in a little of thq| milk. 
When it reboils, remove from fire and beat in one cupful of 
sugar, yelks of 4 eggs, two tablespoonfuls of butter, the juice 
of two lemons and I teaspoonful each extract of lemon, cinna- 
mon and cloves. Pour into pie plates lined with paste 4 (No. 
88) inch thick, and bake for 20 minutes, in good hot oven, 
until paste is thoroughly cooked. 
No. 92. RASPBERRY PIE. 
Line a pie plate with paste 5, (No. 89) and prick with a fork 
Fill with 3 cupfuls of raspberries and 1 cupful of sugar, and 
cover with a top crust of the paste, cut a little larger than the 
other. Prick with a fork and bake. If fruit is ripe, they will 
steam tender, if not return to oven till cooked through. 
No. 93. PEACH PIE. 
Line pie plate with paste 4, (No. 88) and wet the edges. Peel, 
stone and slice 8 peaches, and carefully arrange them in the 
plate, covering them with 1 cupful of sugar. Cut six narrow 
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Wet again and lay a rim around edge. Wash the whole over 
with an egg, and bake 20 minutes, in a moderate oven. 
No. 94. RHUBARB PIE. 
Strip the skin from one and a half bunches of rhubarb, and 
cut it into small pieces. Stew it in a shallow pan (very fast) 
with i| cupfuls of sugar. When cold prepare the same as for 
peach pie, and bake fifteen minutes in a quick oven. 
No. 95i APPLE PIE. 
Peel, quarter and core 5 or 6 apples and stew with 1 cupful of 
sugar and one-third cup of water until tender; then remove, and 
when cold, add 1 teaspoonful extract of lemon. Fill pie plate 
lined with paste 4, (No. 88) wet edges and cover with thin crust. 
Wash with milk* and bake in steady, moderate oven, about 20 
minutes. 
No. 96. BLACKBERRY PIE. 
Line pie plate with paste 4, (No 88,) put in 3 cupfuls of ber- 
ries ?nd 1 cupful of sugar Wet edges. Cover with thin paste. 
Wash with milk, and bake in quick oven twenty minufes. 
No. 97. CHERRY PIE. 
Line pie plate with paste 5, (No. 89.) wet the edges, fill with 3 
cupfuls of cherries and 1 cupful of sugar. Cover with thin 
paste, and bake in quick, steady oven, 25 minutes. 
No. 98. DEVONSHIRE PIE. 
Line a deep pie plate with paste 4, (No. 88.) Take one and a 
half cupfuls stewed apples and 3 eggs, and beat together for 5 
minutes, to which add 8 macaroons, beaten fine ; then add 1 
tablespoonful melted butter, 2 tablespoonfuls of brandy, 2 table- 
spoonfuls of chopped citron, and 1 gill of cream. Mix well to- 
gether and pour in plate. Wet edges of paste, lay on thin rim. 
wash with egg, and bake 25 minutes, in a moderate oven. 
No. 99. RICE PIE. 
Boil half cupful of rice, in half pint of water, and half pint 
of milk until very soft. Rub through a sieve, and then add to COOKING FORMULAS. 
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it half pint cream, 3 beaten eggs, 1 cupful of sugar and a pinch 
of salt. Line pie plate as directed for custard pie, No. 90. 
Pour in the mixture, and bake carefully, 25 minutes in a hot 
oven. 
No. 100. CRANBERRY PIE. 
Line pie plate with paste 1, (No. 85,) fill with 3 cupfuls of 
cranberries stewed with one and a half cupfuls of sugar, and 
strained. Wet edges of paste ; cut 6 narrow strips, and lay 3 
across each way, fastening the edges. Cover edge with a rim' 
of the same; wash with egg, and bake in quick oven, until the 
paste is cooked. 
No. 101. COCOANUT PIE. 
Prepare same as for Custard Pie, (No. 90,) leaving out half 
pint milk, and adding cupfuls grated cocoanut. 
No. 102. LEMON PIE. 
Soak 2 soda crackers, crushed fine, in a bowl with 1^ cupfuls 
of boiling water; cover with a plate and when cold add 2 well- 
beaten eggs, cupfuls coffee sugar, the juice of two lemons, 
and the grated rind of one. 
Line the pie plate with Paste 3, (No. 87,) and add the mixture; 
wet edges of paste, cover with a thin crust, wash over with milk, 
and bake 25 minutes in a quick oven. 
No. 103. PUMPKIN PIE, No. 1. 
Stew your pumpkin as follows: Cut it into small slices, with- 
out peeling, and put with half cup water into a shallow sauce- 
pan and cover tightly; when steam arises place it where it will 
not burn, and as soon as pumpkin is tender pour off the liquor 
and replace it where it will steam dry; strain when done and 
measure out 1 pint, to which add pints boiling milk, 1 cup- 
ful sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls ginger, 1 teaspoonful each cinnamon, 
cloves, nutmeg, and mace, and one pinch of salt; mix the whole 
well together and then add 3 eggs well beaten. lane pie plate 
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in the pumpkin prepared, and bake 30 minutes in a quick, 
steady oven until the pie is solid in centre. 
No. 104. PUMPKIN PIE, No. 2. 
Take 1 pint pumkin, stewed as for Pie 1, (No. 103,) and place 
in bowl; stir in half a cupful sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls molasses, 1 
egg, and 1 tablespoonful extract ginger; then add half pint each 
of boiling milk and cream, and mix whole well together. Line 
plate as for Pie 1; pour in pumpkin and bake in good, hot oven 
30 minutes, until solid in centre. 
*No. 105. LEMON CREAM MERINGUE PIE. 
Prepare your pie same as for Lemon Cream, (No. 91); whip 
the whites of 4 eggs to a dry froth, to which gently add 1 cup- 
ful sugar; spread this over the top of pie, and replace in oven 
till a nice fawn color is obtained. 
No. 106. MINCEMEAT, No. 1. 
Pick, wash, and dry 7 lbs currants; stone 2 lbs raisins; re- 
move the skin and sinews from three and a half pounds each of 
beef and suet; peel and core three and a half pounds apples; 
take half pound each of citron, orange, and lemon peel, and 
chop each ingredient separately, very fine; place in large pan, 
adding two and a half pounds coffee sugar, one ounce cinna- 
mon, four nutmegs, half ounce each mace and cloves, one bot- 
tle good brandy and one bottle white wine; mix the whole 
thoroughly together, pack in jars and store in a dry, cold place; 
thus prepared it will keep from 12 to 18 months. 
No. 107. MINCEMEAT, No. 2. 
Take 2 lbs currants picked and washed; 1 lb stoned raisins; 
2 lbs suet, free from skin, 4 ounces of orange peel and 2 of 
lemon; chop each ingredient separately, very fine, and place in 
large pan; add one and a quarter pounds coffee sugar, 1 tea- 
spoonful each nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon, and 2 gills each 
of red and white wine; mix whole thoroughly together, pack 
in jar and store in a cold place. 
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the edges, cover, wash over with egg, and bake in quick oven 
25 minutes. 
No. 108. HUCKLEBERRY PIE. 
Line plate with Paste 5, (No. 88); add three cupfuls huckle- 
berries well washed and picked, and one cupful sugar; wet the 
edges, cover with paste, washing over with milk, and bake 20 
minutes in quick oven. 
No. 109. CHEESE CAKES. 
Drain 2 quarts clabbard milk through a fine seive until it 
makes 2 cupfuls of curds; add to this 1 cupful sugar, yelks of 2 
eggs, half cupful cream, 1 teaspoonful extract nutmeg, and 1 
tablespoonful brandy; mix well together, and bake in patty 
pans lined with Paste 5, (No. 89), in quick oven for 10 minutes. 
No. 110. ALMOND CHEESE CAKE. 
Soak 1 cupful almonds in boiling water until they skin easily, 
and then pound them to a fine paste; add 1 cupful curd, half 
cupful sugar, half cupful cream, yelks of 3 eggs, and 1 teaspoon- 
ful extract rose; mix well together and bake in patty pans, 
lined with Paste 5, (No. 88), for 10 minutes in a moderate oven. 
No. 111. COCOANUT CHEESE CAKE. 
Mix together 1 cupful curd, 1 of cocoanut, 1 of sugar, 1 of 
cream, and the yelks of five eggs, and place on the fire in 
saucepan; when thick, remove from fire, and when quite cold 
add 1 teaspoonful extract rose. 
Bake in patty pans lined with Paste 4, (No. 88), for 10 min- 
utes in a steady oven. 
No. 112. ENGLISH APPLE PUDDING. 
Line an earthen pudding dish with Paste 2, (No. 86); pack 
in 12 or 14 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced; to which add one 
and a half cups of sugar, and 1 teaspoonful nutmeg; cover with 
paste, wet and pinch the edges together, and place in saucepan 
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No. 113. BREAD PUDDING. 
Cut the tops and bottoms very thin from 3 Vienna rolls, No. 
9, and put them in 1 pint milk; when soaked, squeeze dry and 
place in a bowl; add half pint cream to the milk and place it 
on the fire; beat together 5 eggs, half cupful sugar, 1 table- 
spoonful butter, half cup currants, 1 tablespoonful chopped 
orange peel, and add to the soaked rolls; when the milk boils 
pour it over them, and stir the whole well together; bake in a 
well buttered pudding dish, in a steady oven for 40 minutes and 
serve with 
No. 114. VICTORIA SAUCE. 
Take 2 ounces grated chocolate and boil in half pint milk for 
five minutes, beat together the yelks of 2 eggs, half cup sugar, 
and half gill cream, and strain on the milk and chocolate; re- 
turn to the fire and stir till thick as honey; then remove and 
add 1 teaspoonful extract vanilla. 
No. 115. BLACKBERRY PUDDING. 
Prepare as for Cottage Pudding, No. 123, adding one and a 
half cups blackberries, and serve with the following: 
No. 116. SPICE SAUCE. 
Take 1 cupful sugar, and boil in three-quarter pints water, 
for 20 minutes; remove from fire and add 1 teaspoonful each 
of extract mace, ginger, and cloves. 
No. 117. BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING. 
Slice and butter 4 Vienna rolls, No. 9, and lay them in a'well 
buttered pudding dish. Beat together 4 eggs and a cupful of 
sugar, to which add one and a half pints of milk and one tea- 
spoonful extract of nutmeg. Pour over the roll, sprinkling be- 
tween the slices half a cupful of currants. Bake in quick oven 
for 30 minutes, and serve with the following: 
No 118. BRANDY SAUCE. 
Take 2 tablespoonfuls sugar and 1 of water, and stir together 
on fire until very dark. Put this in half pint boiling water, to 
which add 1 cupful sugar, half teaspoonful corn starch, dis- COOKING FORMULAS. 
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solved, and boil the whole for ten minutes. Strain, when ready 
to serve, and add half cupful brandy, and i teaspoonful each 
extract of vanilla and bitter almonds. 
No. 119. CABINET PUDDING 
Take 4 English muffins and cut them into very thin slices, 
and place a layer of them in a well buttered pudding dish. 
Then take 1 cupful each of dried cherries, apricots or any other 
preserved or canned fruits, and half a cupful blanched almonds, 
cut into thin strips, and place a layer of them on the slices ; 
then another layer of slices, and so on, until all the ingredients 
are used. Then beat together 4 eggs, 4 yelks, 1 cupful sugar, 
half pint of milk; 1 pint of cream and 1 glass of wine or cordial 
and pour over the fruit, &c. Let the whole stand half an hour 
before baking. Then set in saucepans, filled with boiling water 
till two-thirds of dish is covered. Steam it then for 1 hour, and 
carefully turn it on a dish and serve with 
No. 120. CREAM SAUCE. 
Set two-thirds pint of cream, in a stew-pan of boiling water, 
and when it has reached the boiling point, add half cupful of 
sugar. Then pour it on the whites of 2 eggs, well whipped, to 
which add 1 teaspoonful extract of vanilla and use. 
No. 121. UNIVERSITY PUDDING. 
Grate 3 stale English egg muffins, No. 24, in a bowl, pour 1 
pint of milk over them,, and let them stand covered for 20 
minutes ; then add 3 beaten eggs, half cupful of sugar, half 
cup of currants, quarter cup each chopped citron, orange and 
lemon peels, 1 tablespoonful of melted butter and mix whole well 
together. Bake in well greased cups, for twenty-five minutes, 
in a quick oven, and when ready to serve, turn out on plate, 
and serve with sauce 188, substituting wine for brandy. 
No. 121^. BOILED BATTER PUDDING. 
Sift together one and a half cupfuls of flour, 1 t<£aspoonfu[ 
of Dr. Blood's baking powder and half teaspoonful of salt. 
Rub in 1 tablespoonful of cold butter, and 2 eggs well beaten, 
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together into a firm batter and put into a well buttered dish. 
Set in saucepan of boiling water, covering two thirds of pud- 
ding dish, and steam for one hour. Serve with spice sauce 
No. 116. 
No. 122. INDIAN PUDDING. 
Take one and a half teacupfuls of corn meal, half cupful of 
flour, half cupful of syrup, one-third teaspoonful of salt and 
mix together, and pour I quart of boiling milk on it. Stir once 
in a while for half an hour, and bake in a well buttered pudding 
dish for two hours, in a moderate oven. Serve with sauce 
No. 118, substituting wine for brandy. 
No. 123. v COTTAGE PUDDING. 
Sift i pint flour with one and a half teaspoonfuls Dr. Blood's- 
baking powder, beat together 2 eggs, and 1 cup sugar, to 
which add 2 cups cream, and 1 pinch salt; mix whole into a 
smooth batter, and bake in well buttered pan for 30 minutes 
in good hot oven, serve with Brandy Sauce No. 118. 
No. 124. RICE PUDDING. 
Boil 1 cup rice in 1 pint milk until tender, and then remove 
from fire; beat together 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 pint milk, 1 pinch 
salt, and 1 tablespoonful butter; add to the rice, and mix whole 
together; bake 30 minutes in steady oven, and when ready 
serve with Brandy Sauce No. 118. 
No. 125. ANOTHER EXCELLENT RICE PUDDING. 
Take one-third cupful of rice, three-quarters of a pint of 
milk, 4 apples pared, cored, and stewed, 4 eggs and one-eighth 
cupful of sugar. Let the rice boil in the milk until reduced to 
a pulp, and then mix it well with the apple sauce and sugar for 
fifteen minutes; let it cool, then mix in the whites of the 4 eggs 
whipped to a froth, butter the mould and pour in pudding; 
steam for 25 minutes in a saucepan set in hot water half up its 
side. Ijet it stand five minutes and it is ready for use. 
No. 126. PLUM PUDDING, [English Style.] 
Take 2 cupfuls each raisins and currants, 2 cupfuls suet^ 
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citron, orange, and lemon peel, chopped fine, i cupful sugar, 8 
eggs, half cupful cream, I gill each of brandy and wine, and t 
tablespoonful extract nutmeg, and mix together in large bowl; 
sift together 2 cupfuls flour, 2 cupfuls grated English Egg Muf- 
fins, (No. 24) 1 large pinch salt, and 1 teaspoonful Dr. Blood's 
baking powder; add to the fruit, and mix whole well together; 
steam in well buttered mould, set in saucepan of boiling water 
covering half the sides of mould, for about 5 hours. When 
ready carefully turn out in dish, serve with the following: 
No. 127. ENGLISH WINE SAUCE. 
Slowly boil half pint of wine, to which add the yolks of 4 
eggs and 1 cupful of sugar Whip, while on the fire to a high 
froth, and then use as directed. 
No. 128. PLUM PUDDING [Yankee Style.] 
Take 2 cupfuls of flour, with 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, well mixed in it 1 cupful each, grated Vienna 
rolls, No. 91, one cupful each very finely chopped suet, 
raisins, currants and coffee sugar, half cupful each of citron, 
milk and orange marmalade, 4 eggs and one teaspoonful each 
extract of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix the whole well 
together, and steam in well buttered mould, set in saucepan of 
boiling water, covering half sides of mould, for three and a half 
hours. When ready carefully turn out on dish and serve with 
English wine sauce No. 127. 
No. 129. ANOTHER EXCELLENT PLUM PUDDING. 
Take two and a half cupfuls of flour well filled, with 1 tea- 
spoonful of Dr. Blood's baking powder, 2 cupfuls of raisins, 1 
cupful each currants and suet, finely chopped, half cupful 
each coffee sugar and finely chopped citron, 1 cupful of milk, 
1 teaspoonful each extract of lemon and nutmeg, and 1 glass of 
white wine. Mix whole into a firm batter, and set in saucepan of 
boiling water, covering half sides of mould for two and a hah 
hours. Turn out carefully when ready, and serve with 
No. 130. HARD SAUCE. 
Beat together 1 cupful of sugar, and half cupful butter to a 520 
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white cream. Add i tablespoonful of brandy, i teaspoonful 
extract of nutmeg and the white of 2 eggs. Beat few minutes 
longer, and then set on ice until needed. 
No. 131. QUEEN ANNE PUDDING. 
Rub together 1 cupful qf sugar and two-thirds cup of butter 
to a smooth cream, to which add 3 eggs, 1 at a time, beating a 
few minutes between each. Sift in 1 large cupful of flour, half 
teaspoonful Dr. Blood's baking powder, and one small glass of 
brandy. Mix well together, and steam for one and a half hours 
in well buttered mould, set in saucepan of boiling water, cover- 
ing half sides of mould. Carefully turn out when ready, and 
serve with 
No. 132. LEMON SAUCE. 
Boil together for fifteen minutes 1 cupful of sugar and 1 of 
water. Remove from fire, and when a little cool, add 1 table- 
spoonful of lemon juice and half teaspoonful extract of lemon. 
Use as directed. 
No. 133* "POOR MAN'S" PUDDING. 
Take 1 cupful of flour, with 1 teaspoonful of Dr. Blood's bak- 
ing powder well mixed in it, one half cupful grated corn bread 
(No. 5) half cupful each, brown sugar, chopped suet, raisins 
seeded, and currants. Mix whole together with 1 pint of milk 
and steam for two hours, in well greased mould, set in sauce- 
pan of boiling water, covering the sides of half the mould, 
When ready, carefully turn out on dish, and serve with butter 
and sugar. 
No. 134. TAPIOCA PUDDING. 
Soak 1 cupful of tapioca, in 1 quart of water over night. 
Boil the tapioca in one pint of milk, until tender; then remove 
from fire, and add one cupful of sugar, 4 eggs and half pint 
more milk. Mix thoroughly together, and bake for 30 minutes 
in steady oven. 
Serve with brandy sauce (No. 118.) 
No. 135. • YORKSHIRE PUDDING. 
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teaspoonfuls of Dr. Blood's baking powder, to which add 3 
eggs, beaten in one and a half pints of milk. Also add one 
pinch of salt, and mix the whole into a moderate batter. Bake 
in a well greased pan, in hot oven for 25 fninutes. 
Serve with roast beef. 
No. 136. APPLE DUMPLINGS, No. 1. 
Prepare Paste 5, (No. 89), roll it out thin and cut into pieces 
4 inches square., lay on each piece an apple peeled and cored, 
with the aperture in apple filled with sugar, fold the four cor- 
ners of the paste over the apple and fasten it; sprinkle plenti- 
fully with sugar, and bake on a tin for 25 minutes in a hot oven, 
serve with Hard Sauce, (No. 130). 
No. 137. APPLE DUMPLINGS, No. 2. 
Line 6 cups, well greased, with Paste 2, (No. 86), rolled thin, 
peel, core, and slice six apples, and fill the cups with them, 
sprinkle I cupful of sugar over the six, cover each with more 
paste, and steam for forty-five minutes in shallow pan, with boil 
ing water covering half of the cups; when ready turn out on 
■dish, sift with sugar, and serve with Spice Sauce, (No. 116.) 
No. 138. PEACH DUMPLINGS. 
Prepare as directed for Apple Dumplings, (No. 2.) 
No. 139. HUCKLEBERRY DUMPLINGS. 
Prepare as directed for Apple Dumplings, (No. 2.) 
No. 140. STRAWBERRY DUMPLINGS. 
Prepare as directed for Apple Dumplings, (No. 2.) 
No. 141. COMMON BATTER. 
Sift together 1 cupful flour, half teaspcAWiful Dr. Blood's bak- 
ing powder, and 1 pinch salt; add two eggs, well beaten, 1 cup- 
ful milk, 1 tablespoonful sweet oil, and mix whole into a batter 
as for griddle cakes and use as directed. 
No. 142. APPLE FRITTERS. 
Peel, core, and cut in quarters, 4 large apples, and put in 522 
COOKING FORMULAS. 
bowl; to which add half gill wine, I teaspoonful extract nutmeg 
and two teaspoonfuls sugar, cover bowl and set aside, for two 
hours to steep; then dip each piece apple in Common Batter, 
(No. 141) and fry in ^plenty of hot lard to a light brown, serve 
with sugar. 
No. 143. POTATO FRITTERS. 
Boil 3 large potatoes, and rub them through a sieve, adding 
two tablespoonfuls each flour, butter, and sugar, and the yelks 
of 3 eggs; when nearly cold, mix in thoroughly the whites of 
the 3 eggs whipped to a dry froth; drop in tablespoonfuls in 
plenty of hot lard, and fry to a light brown color; serve with 
sugar. 
No. 144. DR. BLOOD'S BAKING POWDER FRITTERS. 
Sift together one and a half cupfuls flour, and 1 tablespoon- 
ful Dr. Blood's baking powder; rub two-third cupfuls each of 
butter and sugar to a light cream, adding 3 eggs, 1 at a timer 
beating a few minutes between each; add half cupful cream, 
and 1 glass each of brandy and apple marmalade; mix whole 
into a firm batter, and fry in hot lard about eight minutes, 
dropping the batter in tablespoonfuls; when thoroughly done, 
roll in sugar and serve with Brandy Sauce, (No. 118.) 
No. 145. VICTORIA FRITTERS. 
Boil 1 pint of water to which add two tablespoonfuls butter 
and one teaspoonful salt; then stir in, for four or five minutes, 
one pint flour; remove from fire and beat in four eggs, one at a 
time, beating a few minutes between each; fry in pieces size 
of small egg, in plenty of hot lard; test before taking up, if 
hollow in centre they are ready; serve with sugar. 
No. 146. BUSTARD FRITTERS. 
Beat together half a cupful of sugar, half a pint of milk, one 
gill cream, and five eggs; strain in bowl, and. steam gently 
about twenty minutes, in saucepan of boiling water, covering 
half the sides of bowl; when cold, cut in pieces about one 
and a half inches square; dip in Common Batter, (No. 141), and 
fry in plenty of hot lard; serve with sugar. COOKING FORMULAS. 
523 
No. 147. OYSTER PLANT FRITTERS. 
Scrape one bunch of oyster plant, and as done, put them 
into weak vinegar and water; then boil them in salted water 
for half an-hour, adding three or four sprigs parsley; when cold, 
cut into two or three strips, dip in Common Batter, (No. 14J,} 
and fry in hot lard. 
No. 148. RICE FRITTERS. \ 
Boil one cupful rice in one pint milk, until the rice is soft 
and the milk absorbed; remove from fire; add one tablespoon- 
ful sugar, two tablespoonfuls butter, and the yolks of three eggs, 
whip the whites to a froth and and when cold; fry in spoonfuls, 
in plenty hot lard, and serve with Hard Sauce, (No. 130.) 
No. 149. ORANGE FRITTERS. 
Peel and quarter four or five oranges, carefully removing the 
-white pith; dip each piece into Common Batter, (No. 141,) and 
fry to a light brown in plenty hot lard; serve with powdered 
sugar. 
No 150. ENGLISH PAN CAKE. 
Sift together one cupful flour, one teaspoonful Dr. Blood's 
baking powder, and one pinch salt; add to it two eggs and one 
tablespoonful sugar, well beaten in one pint milk and one cup- 
ful cream; mix whole into a thin batter; melt a little butter in 
a small frying pan, and pour in half cup batter; fry over a 
sharp fire, and brown on both sides; when done butter each, 
roll up and serve with powdered sugar. 
No. 151. BEEFSTEAK PUDDING. 
Line a well buttered pudding dish with Paste 2, (No. 86}, 
and wet the edges; cut two and a half pounds of steak in small 
pieces, and place a layer in the dish; chop very fine one onion 
and four or five sprigs parsely, and mix on a plate with one tea- 
spoonful each celery salt and thym&, and a little white pepper 
and salt to suit the taste; sprinkle this over the layer of beef; 
then place another layer of beef, another of the seasoning, 
and so on till all is used; and fill up with cold water, cover 
with paste, and steam for two and a half hours in saucepan of 524 
COOKING FOEMULAS. 
boiling water, covering two-thirds sides of dish. When done 
•carefully turn out on dish, and pour over it any gravy desired 
when it is ready to serve. 
No. 152. BEEF STEAK PIE, No. 1. 
Take 2 pounds round steak and one veal kidney, and pro- 
ceed as for beefsteak pudding (No. 151) using paste 5 (No. 89) 
lining the edge of the dish only. When the pie is covered; 
wash it over with milk, and bake one and a half hours, in a 
moderate oven. 
* 
No. 153. BEEFSTEAK PIE WITH OYSTERS. 
Prepare as for pie one (No. 152) adding twenty-five oysters 
with their liquor. 
No. 154. MUTTON PIE. 
Prepare as for beefsteak pie one (152) using mutton cutlets 
instead of beef. 
» 
No. 155. CHICKEN PIE [Queen's Style.] 
Cut the chicken into small joints, and stew gently, with half 
pound salt pork (cut fine) in half pint of water, until nearly 
cooked. Mix together half teaspoonful each celery salt and 
thyme, with pepper and salt to suit taste. 
Line edge of pudding dish with paste 5 (No. 89) place in 
it layer of chicken, pork and seasoning. Sprinkle with three 
or four sprigs chapped parsley; fill with the gravy. Cover 
with paste, washing same with milk, and bake for forty min- 
utes in a steady oven. Piles or Hemorrhoids. 
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made. 
There are two classes of Piles: the external and inter- 
nal. There are two types of external-the cutaneous and 
the varicose; and four varieties of the internal-the venous, 
the capillary, the arterial and fibro-elastic. No matter of 
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Chills and Fever. 
No quinine, nauseous draughts, or poisonous mixture, 
but a pleasant, harmless medicine, that makes a sure cure 
in from one to ten days. No fee until cured. 
Dr. Blood's Tape Worm Remedy 
Can be sent by Express to any address and can be applied 
by the patient himself. Worm, with head, can be removed 
in from two to four hours. INDEX. 
PAGB. 
A Banquet of Disease 82 
Are we a Nation of Nose Blowers 86 
A sure cure for Cholera and Cholera 
Morbus 95 
Acute Bronchitis 125 
Asthma 157 
A Tropical Climate for Consumptives, 
a Snare and a Delusion 173 
An Excellent Remedy for Diphtheria... 190 
A few reasons why the so-called " Regu- 
lar Physicians" should not put on 
airs 285 
A cure for Ring-Worm, Tetter, and Scald 
Head 346 
A cure for Salt Rheum 347 
A remedy for Skin Diseases 347 
A remedy for Felons 349 
A Waterproof Covering for Wounds.... 352 
Artificial Covering for Cuts 352 
A cure for Burns and Scalds 353 
A preparation of Cotton for Staunching 
Hemorrhage 354 
A remedy for Rheumatism 357 
A cure for Neuralgia 358 
A simple remedy for Weak Back 357 
A good Nerve Tincture 359 
A remedy for Nervous Headache 359 
An excellent Nerve Mixture 359 
A remedy for Coughs 361 
A remedy for Whooping Cough 364 
A good remedy for Diphtheria 365 
A specific for Diarrhcea, 365 
A good Liver Remedy 366 
A remedy for Vomiting in Pregnancy... 368 
A remedy for Acidity of Stomach 369 
A cure for Dropsy in Scarlatina 870 
A remedy for Shortness of Breath 371 
A remedy for Scrofula 372 
A cure for Night Sweats 374 
A lotion for Black Eye 374 
A lotion for Inflamed Eyes .. 375 
A remedy for Chillblains 377 
An excellent Pain Destroyer 378 
An excellent way of taking Senna 380 
PAGB. • 
A remedy for Obstructed Menstruation. 380 
A remedy for diseases in the Kidneys... 381 
A remedy for Irritable Bladder ... 381 
A good salve for wounds 384 
A recipe for Camphor Ointment. 384 
A lotion for Burns 386 
A wash of Muriate of Ammonia.. 386 
A lotion for Disinfecting 387 
An external Liniment 388 
A good Liniment ; 390 
An excellent Horse Liniment... 391 
An excellent Gargle 400 
An excellent Counterirritant 398 
A good Cough Syrup 402 
A Stimulating Fomentation 414 
B. 
Bathing 10 
Bronchitis and Asthma ; 191 
Brights Disease 222 
Bathing .• 317 
Brothsand Soups.,. 330 
Borax Cerate 381 
Belladonna Ointment. 385 
Balsam of Copabia / 412 
Balsam for Coughs 413 
Bitter Wine of Iron 426 
Blackberry Syrup 427 
Blood Purifier'. 415 
C. 
Communicable Disease 57 
Cooked Air 74 
Constipation and Liver Disease 76 
Catarrh 104 
Catarrh in the Throat and Lungs 105 
Consumption 106 
Cancer Ill 
Cold in the Head, Catarrh,Consumption 116 
Chronic Laryngytis or Clergyman's Sore 
Throat 123 
Chronic Bronchitis 127 
Consumption 125 
Complications with Consumption...... 147 II 
INDEX 
PAGE. 
Curability of Consumption .. 150 
Consumption is Contagious .. 284 
Cold Effusions 341 
Clysters or Injections 342 
Carthartics or Purgatives 343 
Cure for Night Sweats.... 374 
Cure for Cataract 375 
Cure for Earache 375 
dure for 't emporary Deafness 376 
Corn remedy 376 
Cure for Itching Feet from Frost Bites. 377 
Cure for offensive breath from Onions.. 378 
Cure for Hydrophobia 379 
Cure for Dry Tetter 380 
Copabia Mixture 407 
Columbo Tonic... 419 
Camphor Water 424 
D. 
Death by Nature 7 
Disease from Foods 23 
Disease from Errors of Dress 27 
Disease from Impurity of Air 34 
Diseases Incident to Infancy and Child- 
hood 48 
Diseases of the Kidneys 58 
Diseases of Men. 63 
Deafness ■ 69 
Diseases of Men 72 
Dizziness of the Head-Vertigo 73 
Dyspepsia 79 
Death in the Refrigerator . 91 
Dyspepsia .. 107 
Diseases of the Hair... 115 
Diseases of the Digestive Organs 177 
Directions for applying Dr. Blood's 
remedies 190 
Diseases of the Throat 191 
Diseases of the Kidneys and Urinary Or- 
gans 192 
Diet 206 
Diseases of the Human Body and the 
Homoeopathic remedies used for their 
treatment 206 
Directions foi applying Homoeopathic 
remedies 212 
Directions for using Liquids and Pow- 
ders 219 
Directions for using Globules or Pellets. 220 
Drugs vs. Homoeopathy 269 
Doctor, do not Kill our Baby 371 
Doctors and Demons 274 
Dr. Tanner's opinion of Doctors 309 
Disinfectants 321 
PAGE 
Diuretic Specific 406 
Dr. Blood's Aromatic Elixir 415 
Disease of the Kidneys 407 
K. 
Economy in Food 61 
Economy in Nature 282 
Eye Washes 324 
Eruptions of the Skin 347 
F. 
Female Diseases 60 
Fevers 113 
Fever and Ague 192 
Fever 195 
Fluid Extracts 222 
False Prejudices 221 
Fomentations 319 
* G. 
Gargles 322 
Gonorrhoea Injection 369 
II. 
How to avoid Colds 43 
How to Feed and Nurse Children. 44 
Hemorrhoids or Piles 65 
Headaches 73 
Hints for Sudden Emergencies 94 
Hemorrhoids or Piles 193 
How to take Homoeopathic Medicine.... 205 
Homoeopathic Medicines 212 
Hemorrhoids or Piles 244 
How to cure Bed Sores 34s 
How to cure the Itch 346 
How to treat Ulcers 348 
How to treat Ulcers of the Mouth 319 
How to make Mercurial Lotions 387 
How to cure Stiff Neck 368 
How to cure Sick Headache 368 
How to prevent Scarlet Fever 373 
How to treat the Measles 373 
How to destroy the Taste of Castor Oil.. 376 
I. 
Introductory, ....... 3 
Ice 19 
Influence of ihe Passions in inducing 
Disease 29 
Intermarriage of Disease 55 
Impotency 65 
Infantile Consumption . 140 
Is a Flesh Diet productive of Brute 
Force 253 
Is Medicine a Science 297 III 
INDEX. 
PAGE. 
Jellies for Invalids 334 
Io 
Light, and Digestion 21 
Lame Back . 66 
Loss of Vital Power 73 
Liver Diseases 108 
Leucorrhcea. . . 114 
Latent Consumption 138 
Linr.iment for Bruises 389 
Lotion for Specks in the Eye 374 
Lotion for Weak Eyes .. 374 
M. 
Man mostly Water 19 
Marriage 54 
Malarial Poison 88 
Mites and Ticks 90 
Medicines employed by the Eclectics... 220 
Midwifery 226 
Marriage 247 
Medical Science Illustrated 265 
Mrs. Smith 272 
Mr. Jones 273 
Matrimony 278 
Mixture for Diarrhoea 367 
N, 
Nursing 11 
Noises in the Bowels 60 
Neuralgia 68 
Nervous Diseases 70 
Nervousness or Hypochondria 70 
Night Sweats 174 
Nutritious and Soothing Drinks 324 
O. 
Old Age comes Creeping on 41 
One or two reasons why Female Physi- 
cians should supersede Males is the 
Treatment of Women 259 
One great duty Parents owe to Children. 254 
Offensive Breath 8-1 
Ointment for Wounds 381 
Ointment of Carbolic Acid 385 
Ointment for Sore Breasts 384 
P, 
Poor Young Man 71 
Parasitic Diseases 93 
Practical Applications 97 
Pork Disease 112 
PAGE. 
Pathology of Consumption 145 
Popular Modes of treating Consumption. 150 
Poisons and Poisoning 185 
People should not Sleep together 245 
Physicians a Curse to Consumptives 266 
Poultices 337 
Pile Salve 382 
Plasters for Pains 396 
Plaster, Mustard 397 
Plaster for Qancer 397 
R. 
Reader, Wash your Feet 41 
Rheumatism and Neuralgia 67 
Rheumatism 67 
Rheumatism and Neuralgia 193 
Rules for the Sick Room .. 316 
Remedy for Bad Breath 376 
Remedy for Toothache 378 
Remedy for Spitting Blood 355 
Remedy for Dysentery 365 
Remedy for Dropsy 366 
S. 
Sunlight 9 
Seminal Weakness 64 
Secret Vices . 64 
Skin Diseases 109 
Scrofula 110 
Symptoms of Consumption 130 
Sub-acute Phthisis 143 
Scrofula, Syphilis and Blood Poisioning. 192 
Something About Yourself 275 
Something worth Remembering 276 
Suicide and Insanity 282 
Sulphur Wash for Roughness.... . .. 430 
To Epicures and Eaters of Dead Bodies. 12 
The Skin 14 
The Pulse 20 
The Hair 39 
The Teetn 40 
The Eye 69 
The Pores of the Skin 85 
Trichine 90 
To Invalids .. 95 
Tape Worm 114 
TapeWorm 193 
The Human Stomach 243 
To Invalids 244 
The Slave to Tobacco .. 247 IV 
INDEX. 
PAGE. 
The familiar association of Boys and 
Girls conducive to refinement and mor- 
ality 250 
The filth of Tobacco 280 
The Temperaments 283 
The Old School vs. Dr. Blood 310 
The Early History of a Boy I Knew.... 312 
Treatment for Spasms 360 
Treatment for Croup 363 
Treatment for Nocturnal Emissions 369 
Treatment for Scarlet Fever 370 
To cure Chapped Hands 376 
To cure Blistered Feet 377 
Vermin on the Body and Head 19 
Varnish for Eruptions of the Skin.. .. 347 
Vermifuge or Worm Mixture 366 
W. 
Women's Headaches 175 
Where are our Reformers 246 
Was Horace Greely Dragged to a Mad 
house when he was dying? 270 
Wine of Iron and Beef 425 
Water, Lime 423 
Water, Tar 424 
Water, Peppermint 424 
COLOGNES AND PERFUMES. 
Water, Lavender 431 
Water, Cologne 431 
Water, Orange-flower 432 
Water, Millefleur 432 
Musk, Essence of 432 
Boquet, Eau de 432 
Royal, Essence of 433 
Ambergris, Essence of 433 
Flowers, How to Extract Essence 433 
Roses, Otto of 434 
Patchouli, Essence of 434 
Musk-Seed, Essence of 434 
Lavender, Essence of 434 
Perfumes, Simple 435 
Bay Rum 435 
Musk, Tincture of 436 
W ater, Florida 436 
Heliotrope Perfume 436 
Vanilla, Tincture of 435 
Cardamons, Tincture of 437 
COSMETICS. 
PAGE. 
Cosmetic Cream for the Complexion.... 437 
Freckle Cosmetic 438 
Cold Cream 438 
Glycerine Lotion for the Skin 438 
Glycerine, How to Make 43!) 
Lotion for the Face ' 439 
Red Lip Salve 439 
Almond Paste, How to Make 440 
Mecca Balsam 440 
Cold Cream Glycerine 440 
Lotion to Remove Freckles 440 
Wash, Iodine 441 
Glycerine, Toilet Use 441 
Camphor Ice, How to Make 441 
Cacao Pomade .-... 412 
Cream for the Lips 442 
Sore Gums and Nipple Wash 442 
Skin Cosmetics 442 
Cheeks and Lips Rouge 443 
Lip Salve 443 
Freckles, How to Remove 443 
Powder for the Face 444 
Borax Lotion for Chaps and Sunburns.. 444 
Blanced Almond Lotion for the Face... 444 
HAIR OILS, POMADES, HAIR 
DYES, HAIR TONICS, TOOTH 
POWDERS, WASHES, Ac. 
Oils, for the Hair 444 
Pomade 445 
Plain Pomade 445 
Purify Fat 445 
Philocome, How to Make 446 
Vanilla Pomade 446 
Citronella Pomade 446 
Some Remarks about Using Hair Col- 
orings 447 
Dye for Blonde Hair .,. 447 
Dye for Flaxen Hair 447 
To Color the Hair 448 
Bran for the Hair 448 
Powder for Blonde Hair 448 
Sachet Powders, How to Make 449 
Hair Restorer. 449 
Dye for Black Hair 449 
Dye for Flaxen Hair 447 
To Color the Hair 448 
Curling Fluid 450 
To Darken the Hair 450 
Gloss for the Hair 451 
Bandoline for the Hair 451 
To Clean the Hair or Scalp 451 INDEX. 
V 
PAGE. 
Violet Powder, How to Make 451 
Dr. Blood's Hair Tonic 451 
Shampooing Liquid 452 
Wash for Moist. Lax Hair 452 
Treatment for Dry Stubborn Hair 452 
Wash for the Teeth 453 
Wash to Heal the Gums 453 
Tooth Paste. How to Make 453 
Wash for the Teeth and Gums 454 
VARNISHES AND POLISHES. 
From page 454 to 459. 
GLUES AND CEMENTS. 
From page 459 to 467. 
METHODS OF CLEANING 
SILVER. 
From page 467 to 469. 
RECIPES FOR THE FLOWER 
GARDEN AND FIELD. 
From page 469 to 474. 
MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 
Home-made Wines, How to Make 475 
Blackberry Wine 475 
Cider Wine 475 
Grape Wine 475 
White Wine 476 
Table Mustard 476 
About Preparing Catsup 477 
Cheap Vinegar, How to Make 477 
Weak Vinegar, How to Strengthen 477 
Raspberry Vinegar 478 
Pickles........ 478 
To Remove Resin Spots from Silk . . 478 
To Remove Varnish, Pitch, or Oil Paint 
Stains. 478 
To Remove Grease Spots 478 
Iron Stains, How to Remove 479 
PAGE. 
Grease from Silk or Velvet, How to Re- 
move 479 
How Varnish can be removed from Oil 
Paintings 47!) 
Excellent way of cleaning Oil Paintings 47!) 
Stains from Mourning Dresses and Black 
Crape removed . 480 
How to Stiffen Silk 480 
To Take Ont Mildew 480 
A Good Process of Washing Red Flan- 
nel 480 
A Valuable Recipe for Cleaning Silks... 480 
To take out Old Blood Stains 481 
To protect Kid Gloves : 481 
How to Preserve Carpets 481 
Sharpening a Razor 481 
To Renovate Woolen Cloths 481 
To take Grease from Ribbons 481 
To Bleach Straw Bonnets 4 2 
Fragrant Disinfectant 482 
Good Disinfectant 482 
Chloride of Lime as a Disinfectant... .. 482 
How to Disinfect Slaughter-houses and 
Stables 482 
To make a good Family Soup.. 482 
A good Washing Compound 483 
How to Can Fresh Fruit. .. / 483 
To Can Peaches with Cold Water 482 
How to Preserve Fresh Fruit 481 
Recipe for making Fermented Yeast.... 481 
To make Yeast without Fermenting.. . 484 
How to impart a Fine Flavor to Teas... 481 
To make Tea Yield Double its Amount 
of Strepgth 480 
To Destroy Red Ants and Cockroaches. 48> 
To Catch Rats and Mice 485 
How to Kill Bed Bugs 485 
Bed Bug Poison 485 
Charcoal as an Antiseptic 585 
How to Preserve Eggs 485 
How to Restore Rancid Butter 486 
Superior Smelling Salts 486 
To Purify Water 486 
Recipe for Making Mould Candles 486 VI 
INDEX 
DR. BLOOD'S 
COOKING FORMULAS. 
PAGE. 
Dr. Blood's Baking Powder 489 
Rye Bread 490 
Boston Brown Bread 490 
Oat Meal Bread 490 
Rice Bread 490 
Corn -Bread 490 
Graham Bread . 491 
Royal Apple Bread 491 
Graham Rolls 491 
Vienna Rolls 491 
French Rolls 492 
Oat Meal Rolls 492 
Breakfast Rolls .. 492 
Tea Biscuits 492 
Rusks ..... 493 
Sugar Biscuits 493 
London Crumpets ... 493 
Sally Lunns 493 
New England Johnny Cake 494 
Clarendon Biscuit.... 494 
PAGE. 
English Muffins 491 
Yankee Muffins 494 
French Muffins 495 
Swiss Muffins 495 
English Egg Muffins 495 
Oat Meal Muffins 495 
Rice Muffins 4% 
Soft Waffles 49t> 
Griddle Cakes; 497 
Corn Starch Crackers 498 
Fifth Avenue Cake 498 
Cakes 499 
Cocoanut Meringue 500 
Nut Jumbles 505 
Cakes 506 
Pies 513 
Puddings 516 
Dumplings.. 521 
Fritters 522 
Beef Steak Pie 524