The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-10-13
FOR TUE OTTAWA FREE TRADER.
1obeIiu.

1.obeiia.
1fessrs E4itys-Havng recently been called 10
witness, in number of instances the mcIancho-
y effects Of Lobea, where i. had been admins
tered by ignorant preenders in their attempts to
cure the endemic diseases OF this climate, have
deemed it my duty, as one Of the professional con-
SENATORS Of the health of the community in which
reside, to lay before the public an abstract Of the
medical properties Of the plant which has obtain
ed such a wonderful cure-M celebrity.
shall not attempt to cure the epidemic0l mod-
ness Of taking lobclia cmctics or eating cayenne
pepper. To recall a certain class Of the commu-
nifty to reason on this subject, Of right belongs to
Mr., Thompson, the prince of modern empires.
who has too well succeeded in pcrsuadins them
out Of Their senses. My object is to remove the
erroneous belief SO prevalent ia the community.
that "he 'cho deab in rooiy and herbs can do no
ham ithe docs no good," and that itisuE forany
one to administer the vegetables that grow in our
climate
How "harmhss" lobcliais, in the hands of those
who know nothing of its properties, or of the hu-
man system, or Of the "thousand nameless ills to
which it is heir" and administer it iaa.,eyin.inqie
u in all discusses, the following extracts from the
"N1iTai ihstory Preparations Properties, Conn.
position, Egscts, md Uses II Ma.cioe, By JoxA.
THAN Panama, H. D., FRS, and Pty,iciq,! to
the Lo"don HpiiaL' will show.
Eriyacts f,on. the Art;ch-LonrLrA.
"Phg'iohgjcai EE,cts.-From the observations
hitherto made, IT'S operation appears to be very ST.
mIIar to that of tobacco; and, from this circum.
stance, it has been called tue haan 255acc0.
"On AaiUlaS geHeraAy.-Horses and cattle
have been supposed to be killed by eating it ac-
cdeutallv.
l"Nr. Proctor administered grain Of lobclina in
solution to a cat In less than two minutes it pro.
duccd violent vomiting and much proStraiun. from
which the animal fully recovered IN three hours
Again, one grain Of the substance in an ounce of
water was administered directly into the stomach
oI the animal by an elastic tuhc. Immediate ard
iOiai pTostratlon was the consequence, which, in
hall an hour rendered the animal almost notion
less; the pupils Of the eyes were much diatcd.
The animal gradually recovered its strength, but,
The ELECTS OF the prostraton were evident for if
teen hours afterwards. oemetIc or cathartic eff.
fecs resulted.
son Mm.-l7 small doses it operates as a dia-
Ph0retic and cTpcriOyard.
"L fYH medict9ai d0Sc', Gas 90 grains of the
pOwder,) it nets as powerful nauscatlng smeiic.
Hence 1t has been called the emelic weed 1t eau
SEES severe and speedy vomiting, attended with con-
tinucd and distressing nausea, sometimes purging
copious sweating, and great general relaxation.
These symptoms are generally preceded by giddi.
ness, headache, aud general tremors.
"I4 ercessiue doses, or il fill doses ton frequent
IN repeated, its effects are those Of powerful acrO-
narc0tic poison.
"The melancholy consequences resulting from
the use of obclia inilata, as lately administered by
the adventurous hands of noted empire. have
Justly excited considerable interest, and furnished
alarming examples of its dceterious properties
and fatal effects. The dose in which he is said
usually to prescribe it, and, frequently, with i'm
punity, is a common tca-spoonful of the powdered
seeds and leaves, and often repeated. If the me-
diclne does not puke or evacuate polccrtuNy, it
frequently destroys the patient and, sometimes in
five or six hours. Its effects according to Dr.
Wood, Omitted States DiSpens0twy,) are, 'cx-
ueme prosra,ion, great anxiety and distress, and
ultimately death, preceded by COMMISSIONS
ale also tells us that fatal results have been ex-
percnccd from its empirical use. These are the
more apt to occur when the poison, as is some
times the case, is not rejected by vomiting.
"USeS.-LobeIia is probably applicable to all the
purposes for which tobacco has been used
"a, an cmetic, 1t has been used by Dr. Ebcrc
in Groups; but It's operation is too distressing and
dangerous for ordinary use 1t deserves especial
notice, that the effects of obelia are very unegial
on different persons, and tina; some are exceeding
~ susceptible Of its influence. The dose Of the
alcoholic and ethereal tnciures, as an emetic and
is from one to two Irresponsible,
repeated every two or three hours until vomiting
occurs. For children of one or two years old, the
dose is from fifteen TO thirty drops"
How fcarfully dangerous and fatal to life me.
-cine of such poisonous properties and enervating
power must he in the hands of Ignorance, let those
Judge for themselves who have not yet sacrificed
their reason upon the altar Of any of the modern
systems Of quackery aud dcluSion. ii.
Ottawa, Oct. /, 1913.