Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-08-26

mankind N its support. Well, perhaps he IS
ght, but he may rest assured that "nonsense
otherwise, it will MOI make =" rickety' or tooth
less children, and that the people quite as will
ling to be "gutied7 into health, as TO die "sca-
entifcally !"
1.-THE very course recommended by him Pm
lanthrophy) would inc vitality incur such ex-
pense," "a physician bill.) Do | understand
this win the course recommended by me,
which had nothing to do mith the Doctor, an
euitqblg incur Physicians bill Either the Ply
stefan must have some un-heard-of way ofrasing
Bill, or Sceptlcisms reasoning rs IN fault
1t seem that some person has swallowed Fa-
renhelts thermometer, by winch experiment
Scepticsm has earned that the 6 internal heat
is just about 10l 3D. degrees. Well, probably, he
is right here, for g facts stubborn things. =
But does he any improperly IN saying That
the C internal" and " external heat are equal,
or balanced, when both are Just about right for
health, notwithstanding one may be greater by
actual measurements than the other And when
we say that the " internal should be greater
than the external heat, would not plain COM
mon sense understand the meaning to be that the
{. Internal should be greater, compared NTH the
natural or healthy state Of The tndaptdual than the
- xternal" heat | think common sense will
meet with no difficulty here, however ready
Science may be to resort to the thermometer
few words upon " .Nitre' and will be done.
And here | wish to make an extract from Scep-
! ticism.'
Is Nitre, when taken into the stomach,
{" COOLING medicine Ifso, please state the mo-
dus operandi of such refrigeration Do not ply
| scians administer this medicine internally as
g stimulating remedy, for the purpose OF excl
ting vascular action, and thus promote free per-
SEPARATION, or cutaneous transpiratIon-b the
evaporation of which, by atmospheric AR, the
I" cooling process of the "external surface is
accounted for -
Presenting that the reader has carefully look
ed into his Dictionary to know the meaning OF
| all the BIG words in the above, we will now look
| it in the face Does not {" Skeptcism' indirect
ly acknowledge that "cooling" medicines are
| Improper in the Scarlet Fever? Does he not
convey the idea that the Physicians give nitre as
stimulating" medicine Surely he does
| Now the question arises, IS nitro cooling medi-
cine lit is, then it is improper according to
Scepticism own showing. To be sure, he has
not denied its 'cooling" effect unequivocaly.-
He has simply raised questions upon the subject,
from the implied meaning of which he can crawl
off
Respecting " Nitre," modern Medical writer
has the following -" This is of the 6 cooling
remedies" of the orthodox physicians, and is much
used by them in febrile and infammatory dIsea-
SEES. 1t is somewhat similar in its action to digl-
tails, weakening the action of the heart, ana
thereby lessening the heat of the body, and the
frequency of the pulse. 1T is so " cooling in
some instances to deprive the patient of motion
and life" New Guide to Health, page 1879.
" Notwithstanding the opinion Of many Pbysi
clans, nitro is poisonous to man and other ami
mails unless vomited up. 1t gives rise to obst-
nate sometimes to bloody vomitngs, to active
inflammation of the stomach, and of course, to
the whole train of symptoms which are the con-
sequences of such inflammation. 1t is to be re-
marked partic uarly, that it affects the nervous
system, and frequently occasions sort of intox
icaton, palsy of the limbs, and convulsions.
Mr. Orfla on Poisons p. 65th.
From the above Medical Authorities, it will be
seen that F." Nitre' is not exactly what Scepticsm
would indirectly represent it to be. But let the
public act for themselves hope no good moth
err will take fright, and throw away her " cat
mint" and " pennyroyal," but let her use g dri-
ring teas, how much soever they may be scout
ed by those who have some peculiar reasons for
rejecting them. assure our good physicians
| that have the best of feeling towards them all,
and | am glad-heartily so-that he is not one of
their number, who has readily "entered the
arena TO engage in the defence ofour citizens
Towards Mr.. Scepticism, whoever he may be,
have no i'll feeling to crafty, and assure him
most sincerely that, though shall say no more,
shall & not blame him, if he does not have much
opinion of my " knowledge and true philanthro-
ply nay | will not fndfault if he should dis
charge at me another portion of his "spleen."
PHILANTHRoPHY.