Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-06-05
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MEDICAL STATISTICS.
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,,nt of chIls and fever, many were induced 10
IN ,,on h,,, for his aid. Mr. D. who suffer
a from an allnck Of fever n the autumn Of 1870 |
sas sahiec, to occasional "'hh'ons oil GNU ana
ever dunus the winter and spring VA ono oil
heSe occa,lons uhlc labourng under chill he
,assed the door Of DR. "Esculapus," vino, see
mo tina, Mr. d had chill on hla, invited him 10
Ia his office, and assured hln that It no would
submit to his Treatment he would check Inc cAili
~ re-, q, fifteen minutes. Mr. ID said he would |
certainly submit, provided no Dr. ~ could cure
the ch!ll IN so short "A lmci whereupon the Dr. I'm |
rned,,rly took hnn back INTO his dlsullery and !
ubbmg.down foum-mXed up large bow OF
hot Composition tea, aud commenced giving II by
balfpm doses 10 the patent at The same TINE or
0.reJ his son 10 commence rubbing Mr. D's cX.
lremtcs. Altei continuing the lubbng and com
oosl,on tea for an hour, he found Mr. ID vas be
ro,,,o,, colderand colder. lie then concluded
to change his practice, and gave MI Mr. u dose
of the nIahbe Eye-Brghl and Lobela rmetc,
Bu To M, great astonishmcnt Mr. ID, notNth-
standing the Doctors strong prutesla,ions and
remedies, discovered the cold making rs way
nboye Ina knees and elbows, aud That no was
rettlnn MO Il most horrible blue stdie-and there
lore observed 10 the Dr., that he had not fulfilled
has promise; that lusleOd ol relieving his chill IN
fifteen minutes, be had subjected flm TO an hour
aud halls rubbing aud medication, and N place
Of beng we'll OF better, he was much worse The
DIR. replied, Il YOU will call again will glye you
medicines which will keep your chill from coming
an. Nh ID responded, thus was not the contract
YOU promised that you would stop mas EMU III ten
or fifteen muules. You have laIed to 90 So
The Dr. insisted on his returning 10 get remedies
IN n event a return OF the chill; but Mr. ID lett the
| Doctors rubbing and dstlIery room ioI his boar
| ding house, where he took bis bed, aud did not
become warm Tor an hour aud hat, with the and
! Of hot bricks and other means. MI u afterwards
called ON some NJ DIS, who bed Inn m The cold
stage or during the chill, which checked the chill
| ia few minutes.
Case 2nd;-Alr III VAS attacked on the 1T
day Of May While residing at the "ae hoyse on
the ryer, with chill and fever, aud hearing OF the
prcat success Of DR. .Esculapus, II the treatment
| iths disease, Notwithstanding his former preJu'
dIces against steam Doctors, sent Tor DR. lt'cu'
lnpus. The Doctor visited Mr. II and common
ced, as usual, BY giving hot teas, when he follow
ed with dose Of his nerd"omHted "bllous
physlc." Alter the latter had operated on hls
bowels, he gayo hun the fever and ague pulls to
prevent tetun OF his chill, Inns IS what The
steamers call course OF medicine, and AS snch,
# the first dose not relieve, all that Is necessary,
is TO repeat it. So MI II was subjected 10 teas,
bilious physc and pdS,and then teas bilious phys
&c and pills. aud again teas, bilious physc and
pills, until he was beached and reduced, almost
10 n skeleton HIS whole system became pros
ltated; hts skin and bowels CONSTRUCTED aud ton
ptd, win the superyeGuon oil u most threatening
cough, the result Of DR. lE's malpractice, Nhcr
the Dr. hrst saw Nj IL he promised INN that he
should not have more than two on three ehlliS al
NEST This, however, he found 10 be untrue.
Alter having been Hunuyed some time by The
: Doctors courses, with an additional Lubeha EN-
acic, Mr. II concluded 10 dispense with ID HI
further services, Finding that he was last vast
t, lns, and Ihal he was greatly harassed Win hi
hteatculng cough, he determined TO seek Tor al
1 al the hands Of CERTAIN NJ DIS, who, 10 his ute
: aslou,,hmcut, instead Of administering as he la
!. expected, g,eot deal OF strong medicine, CAV
: HIM single pursauye pull, tho c"Id bath aud t.
mic remedies BY which he was 80 much suensu
]. encd as TO be able TO cStoI the recurrence OF NJ
y other chlt Aud thus was Mr. il cured oI b
disease and the disposition TO "make amy mo
steam experiments"
My obJrc, IN giving tbs foregoing cases is
Al show, not oaly how UTTERLY incompetent DR. II
N culap,us has saoNn himself ~ their treatment, b
IA TO deyclDpelo the public how suprcmeIy udc
50 aus aud empty are ms pretensions. Motor
at so, but to show how pulUl, how contemplate u
NJ degrading his mode ct eecilOneeIng himself
as to nuuer and business, Now we ask the disp,
.. sonate aud r,Avcung portion OF the commuh
l., 10 say how lar such stale, WINDY and SELF si0
al. ous prelepsons ought 10 be counlenaoced--
ltd SAY how lat low aud knavlsh cant bespcaks
ng mn OF ruth, Integnluuud pure ccascienee!
nc pause for reply,
w 4, But again. am remnded that II was not 10
',a since when an NJ ID vas called upon 10 visit O
IL. examine bedrIddrn negro man, who vas u
Ia. confined III some cabins uu Tie h,ils back o NJ
n Us. Whst alchung tfom Wis horse he NJ
We esped one DR. -EscuMplus exanlaIng, on
nd back slite the arms and face OF a nesress "
hd had some crupllons upon these pats OF her boz
' The circumstance excited sumo surprise 10
~, mind Of ,he NJ - at the ume, as he Learned /
nth the negress was the property OF Maj d, wh'
IS said to be thorough Gaiente Whist the NJ
to vas IN the cabin examining the negro boy,
oil negro woman referred 10, came IN and observed
am The negro mar who was her husband, that
~, s's -Esculapus SAID he tthe boy would hob
- down town and ret his master, or masters az
ing TO let HIN Or .E) tteGi has case, we would c
W. HIM ~ SIR ,cetks. Now all this actually aud p
pct lively occurred. What, gentle reader, can
us lhmks ofa Doctor vino goes about and On
lis h,rk ,,ae,s inns ,oIk. ,,,,h isnotant and 81,
80 slltious negroes, with The view OF getting pa
's. tee. eask # such conduct becomes the 81
cad the renowned aud non.IoaIorrng DIR A1sculop
cal Ii these things happened IN Columbus, ~hIt h
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