The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-03 00:00:00

BRANDY AND SALT.

We copy the following letter on the efficacy of " Brandy
and Salt' as a family remedy for all diseases, from a late
number of the Leeds Intelligeneer; the editor of which paper
observes, that " Mr. Lee writes enthusiastically, but it is
because his experience warrants him in assuming a confident
tone."

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN
GENERAL, BUT PARTICULARLY TO THOSE PROFESSIONAL
GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE THE CARE OF HOSPITALS, THE
GOVERNORS OF COLONIES, AND RELIGIOUS MISSION-
ARIES.
Perhaps an humble indiyidual like the one who writes this
address will be thought presumptuous in laying it before the
inhabitants of this great empire, but as he has no interest of
his own to serve, and he has some years ago made a discovery
which, though very simple, is, very useful for the health of
man, and, therefore, the most conducive to his happiness :
among the discoveries in medicine, he believes it to he the
greatest, perhaps it can truly be said to be the greatest that
ever was made, of any description, and there are a great
many by which money may be got, yet they are nothing
without health, as that gives the true enjoyment of life.
With a moderate use of this cheap and almost universal re-
medy, sickness, sores, and lameness of various descriptions
are cured. as I have proved in innumerable instances, not
only upon myself but upon my friends, neighbours, servants,
and workmen, of which, if I were to give the detail, no
periodical publication could assert it. It not only cures or-
dinary complaints, but it cures such as have long been con-
sidered incurable, without the use of the knife ; it is of the
greatest efficacy in the cure of cancers, of which it has already
cured several ; and the best of it is, that the cures are effected
without pain ; of course' a great many persons, inconsequence
of its universality, will be slow to use it ; but I can assure
all such that they have no occasion to have the least fear of
an) bad effects from it, as I can truly say that I believe it
never did the least harm, and I do not write without expe-
rience. I can only account for its curing complaints which
appear of an opposite character, by the supposition that all
complaints of whatever description, have their commence-
ment and are continued by inflammation, against which it is
the most powerful antidote which, I believe, is at present
known. In the reduction of inflammation of fractured limbs,
I believe this remedy would be of great advantage, and for
incurable sores, in our hospitals, where there are great num-
bers of miserable beings who drag on existence through
sleepless nights from one day to another, this remedy would
be of great relief to them ,• though it might not cure the sore,
it would so far relieve it (I write from facts not opinions) as
to enable them to sleep at nights, and after a fortnight's ap-
plication, enable them to leave the hospital and resume their
work. I have not the least doubt but of those who have
long been confined and under treatment for sores of this de-
scription, one half of the beds would be at liberty in a month :
though this would be the result, I am afraid that medical
gentlemen will be slow to adopt this remedy, as it is not
ushered into the world in the name of some eminent man of
great science ; but they ought to recollect that many useful
discoveries have been made by men of comparatively little
learning, and cria.,cp Leto taintrib.t,a auuntig to this, ois-
covery ; it has all been done by the situation in which I was
placed, which has also enabled me to get to know many of
its good properties, as it is generally used by my numerous
servants and workpeople.
If this address falls into the hands of any person who wishes
to do good to his fellow men, and he from situation can spread
the knowledge of it in those countries where inflammatory
complaints are prevalent, such as the plague in Turkey, the
black and yellow fever in the West Indies, Sierra Leone, and
other parts of Africa, the cholera in the East Indies, with all
the bites and stings from noxious animals and reptiles, lie
will confer benefits which will be lasting on the countries in
which they may be propagated, for it has only to be known
and applied, and there is no danger of its ever being forgot-
ten ; and I beg of all such that they would have the goodness
to cause the diffusion of the knowledge of it to be as free as
this communication of its discovery.
DIFFICULTY TO INDUCE PERSONS TO USE THIS RE-
MEDY.—Though I can attest from actual knowledge of facts
which are stated in this paper, that it has cured all these
complaints of which I have given the cases, yet there are a
many persons who think it impossible, and facts are nothing
against such persons' opinion. In a neighbouring town there
were three families the children of which were afflicted with
ringworms upon their heads, to whom it was recommended ;
two of the ladies used it, by washing the crowns of the beads
of their children, and they were soon cured ; indeed, the ef-
fects would be felt upon the first application ; the other lady
would not use it, and the children suffered for a long time
after. A lady of my acquaintance was attacked with a com-
plaint, which at the commencement would have been easily
cured, but when the use of it was urged upon her, said she
would not be cured by this remedy, and as she is now dead
she has not been cured with any other.
THOSE TO WHOM IT DOES NO GOOD.—There is a large
class in society to whom it does no good--they are those who
will not use it ; but I have no doubt that they are daily di-
minishing in number, for after any one has applied it to any
complaint, the benefits are so manifest, that it would be to
suppose them not endowed with common sense not to apply
it again in case of need ; it only requires very little reflection
to know how to apply it to any complaint, whether external
or internal, and there is not the least fear of any bad effects
from it. An experience of several years has convinced me
that it has never yet done any harm, but.its efficacy is much
more certain when it is used clear.
INFLAMMATION.---I saw it stated in a newspaper that a
professional gentleman had published a treatise to prove that
complaints of all kinds are caused by inflammation; this
coincides with my opinions and observations, and this being
the case, it is not surprising that this remedy has cured al-
most every complaint to which it has been properly applied,
or has greatly relieved them ; but the universality of its effi-
cacy has been thought by some a great objection to it. A
lady to whom it was recommended said, " I have no faith in
it, for you say that it cures so many complaints ; if you said
it only cured one, I could use it for that ; but as you say there
are so many, I will not use it for any ;" this may be wisdom,
but as I have known it cure the head, ear, and tooth-ache,
inflammation in the eyes, ague, cholic, pains in the side,
chilblains, burns and scalds, cancers, and several others, and
some of them scores of times, I should be wanting in my duty
if I did not recommend it for them.
CANCERS.—It has been applied in six cases of cancer,
five of which it has cured, and that without pain; even the
first application did not give pain but relief ; three of these
were very severe, and had been of long continuance ; the
other two were at the commencement, and to the sixth it
was applied but once, which brought on a great bleeding,
which, I believe was necessary, as be was much better after
it • but it alarmed his friends : they called in his medical
advisers (he being a wealthy man, he had the best the place
could afford), they were very much offended by its applica-
tion, and said they would not come again if he continued to
use it ; he therefore promised he would not use it again, and
I believe he kept his promise, as he died in less than twelve
months after; and, judging from the others, I have no doubt
but he would have been cured if he had not been prevented
from applying it. The other five are all poor, and are cured
and living at present, or were a short time ago; the rich was
not cured, and is dead ; I wish this last had been otherwise,
as he is said to have been a worthy man.
SPRAINS.—Many persons suffer from sprains for months,
who might be cured by fomenting the part with this remedy,
in a few days, and some of them in a few hours. I have
known several who have suffered for weeks, though under
very able doctors, cured in a very short time with it.
OPEN SORES.— Soon after my return from England to La
Ferte Imbault, in France, in July last, I was informed that
one of my cottagers had not been working for two months,
from illness. When I saw him, he said he had got bled the
beginning of May, and that his arm had inflamed. On ap-
plcation to the doctor, he was told he must poultice his arm ;
he did so, but at the end of the first month it had become a
frightful sore. Upon application to his doctor, he said he
must continue to poultice it ; he did so, but his arm conti-
nued to get worse and in consequence of want of sleep, he
was reduced almost to a skeleton. I told him to send to the
castle for some of the remedy, and throw his poultices into
the fire, if he did not wish to lose his arm. He applied the
remedy that afternoon, and I saw him two days after ; he was
totally changed in appearance ; he said he bad slept well both
nights; and he was enabled to resume his work ten days
after.
Another man, soon after, had the misfortune to have one
of his hand severely bruised by a cart, and part of one of his
fingers taken off. Such remedies were applied as were in
general use in the country, and I did not see him for some
time after his accident. When I first saw him I thought
mortification had begun. The first application caused great
pain, which continued for about half an hour, but further
applications were not so painful ; the hand got better each
day, and he is now cured of that which would have cost hi
his life. The bone, to the joint of the finger, came away,
and it is cured also.
One of my gamekeepers had the misfortune to have his
face much burnt by the blowing up of a quantity of gun-
powder he could only see with one eye, and that very little.
The remedy was applied in the first half hour after the acci-
dent, and though it gave pain in the commencement, he had
the courage to continue it ; the result was, that after five or
six applications, it gave him no pain, and he was cured in
fifteen or twenty days, and his sight, which had been weak
for many years, is now better than ever it was.
ADDRESS TO THOSE GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE THE CARE
OF HOSPITALS.
Frlfm the foregoing cases, which have all occurred since
my visit to Leeds last year, I think that it is the duty of all
gentlemen who have the care of hospitals, &c., to make use
of this remedy, and I have no doubt if they condescend to•
use it, a great many will be cured, and the beds set at liberty,
and instead of the patients being a dead weight upon the
community, they will be able to get their livings and support
their families, though they are now dragging on a life of
' misery • and those who are afflicted with sores which cannot
he cured, may be so far relieved as to be able to get their
livings also in comparative comfort, which may be exempli-
fied by the cases of two men in the village near my house in
France, who are afflicted with incurable sores upon their
legs.
of misery, butthey nowuse this remedy their lives were truly
lives
they have very little pain and they
are able to work, and, in case of necessity, they can walk
two miles to their work. The leg of one of these men, is
little more than the bone and sinews. The manner of apply-
ing it will easily occur to those gentlemen who are accus-
tomed to such things. If one gentleman in each hospital
would adopt it, I have no doubt but in a short time it would
become the practice of all ; the effects would then be so de-
cisive and cheering,—it soon removes all sitfasts and other
impurities from the sores.
The experience of last year has furnished a case which
dd
ap-
pears most surprising of all, it is that of a
n his young
only son of his mother, and she is a widow. He appearedeath-be 'mnthe
in
the beginning of last July to be lying upon
his complaint a consumption ; lie was only able to be removed
to have his bed made ; the application of the remedy appeared
to be too late ; however, it was made, and the manner and
results are as follow :—First the crown of his head was well
washed with the remedy, after which, and immediately, lie
took two table spoonfuls diluted with hot water, and a piece
of soft linen was steeped in the remedy, and when doubled
into several thicknesses, was laid upon his breast, in order, if
possible, to allay the dreadful cough which was very distress-
ing, and came on in paroxysms, the phlegm hard and yellow.
He was requested to take two table spoonfuls every morning
before he broke his fast, diluted with hot water, which be did.
I inquired every day if there was any alteration, but for six or
eight days the answer was no,
that he coughed
stated that there was no alteration.He said and I gave him up when he
always, and the phlegm had become white and frothy which
i
continued the same for some weeks ; but in about six days
after the first change, he said that he had got such an appetite
he could eat anything ; he began then to gain strength and sat
up, and went to visit his neighbours. Soon after, a great
pain began in his left side, with much inflammation, but upon
application of the linen steeped in the remedy, the pain was
gain
removed,littleansdtrei
en-
tirely, and though the dischargewas great, he continued to
t hhappetite
good,
strength,—his
week it burst, when his cough ceased
take the remedy as before. A clever medical man, who hap-
pened to be in the village about this time,
said lie would get
better, which was the ~ene,. •
and he continued to
al opinion in the village, if he could
pass the winter, which he did, and he was living
when I left
1,4 Ferte Imbault; but I am
; afraid that the
labscess in his
.
side will be too much for him, as it was then open, and the
discharge was considerable before
this was formed. I con-
sidered him ,cured, and I ceased to call upon him, but I have
smallest the ajtest doubt if he had began
to,
remedy in
the early stage of his complaint that he wouldir the
avebeen cu red.
Now I put it to the medical gentlemen who attend upon such
cases, And the friends of such as are in consumptions, •
if it
would not be well to follow the same treatment ? •
ADDRESS TO GOVERNORS OF COLONID WHgRE INFLAM-
MATORY AND INPECTIPITS DISORDERS ARE PRF,VALENT.
As I have a great desire that a knowledge of this remedy
and its effects should penetrate into those regions mhere.iix.
ftammatory complaints are prevalent, I have made and for.-
warded this address, in order that the benefits Arisg fro 6
it may be known ; and to those who are residing us or border-