The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-12-28

| lllal Is necessary Is 10 dnbiil me DoNahic
practice, rails, the internal heat, give them
1 boiling oil, red hot shot, or any thing else
that will do it, for the end juslifes tn"
means, but keep up the Internal heat, and
( nian will never die. can scarcely be
forgiven for wasting Time with the shall
low phantoms, the meaningless pratings
The offspring Of the gangres,nus brain of
AN idiot, but will quote two or three 9th.
er short extracts which | consider per-
feet cuiIosi'Ies in their way-n speaking
of the two rrilanls cold aud heat as pro-
duclive Of inflammation he says
"FGEEz AND BURNS"
"'rhese two names of disorder are oae
'and the same thing. a freeze is dir, CT
'coId and burn is attracted cold, foras>
much a, the heat opens the pores of the
skin more than usual, the cold follows
and closes them as much more than they
were before The operation of the heat,
this stops the perspsration from going
through the surface and the walter col>
iecls under the grain Of The skin which is
-calIed bllslering"
This ! suppose is his theory of obsruc-
ton for he tells us that Instructions pros
ducc Camkcr and they are caused by cold,
but leave, the solution Of the rationale Of
the process 10 the inventive genius of the
reader.
OF this serious effect from obstruction he
has given no analysis further than what
we can gather from the following articles.
ILGa."-"Thc piles is Caukcr be,
low TIC reach Of medicine given in the
usual way, and must be cured by using
a wash OF No. 3, made strong, and by
giving injections of the same with No.
-, Cayenne Pcpper)
SORE Llrs. '-"Thcy are very cons
mon in very hot or very cold weather
when there is nearly balance of pow>
'er al the outward aud inward heat or
outward and inward cold which produ-
ccs 'Canktr.W
The schoo!master has certainly been
abroad in the state of New Hampshire
where the discovery has been made tina,
''Sorc Lips" aid "PiIes" like ..Flcexes and
bnrns" are one and the same thing. Here
Is his article uIon ''BlItous Chuilc."
"The name given to lhis complaint is
erroneous for bilious means the bile
'and no one ever heard Of bile cholic,
or pain caused by the gall, as it IS a
friend to health and never causes dis,
ease or dcatllo aud with the following
extract which is about half his arlicl.
upon "Consumplion,n | will cease to
h"rc the reader with such trash. "Wher
/. the patient Is very low he will have " Ia,
is called cold swcale; The cause Of ,hi.
Is no: unhcrstood; the water that col,
lects on the ska docs not come through
l'e pores but Is attracted from lie air in
the room, which is warmtr tlian the pa,
HeniS body, aud condenscs on the sur.
j lace; the same may be seen on the out
side OF mug or tumblcr on a hot day
when filled with cold water, which i,
from the same cause"
1t will be asked, if it be possible tina
: such insulrrablc nonsense ever lssuet
, from an american press? and the wondel
Is no less than that such system Shout,
have its friends and supporters.
The author and inventor OF the ..Botan
ic Practice" directs an entire avoidance
of every means of depletion, such al
bleeding, Blislering, active purging an.
A every other means whereby the reduc
5 ton OF Tie excitement i'll a patient is eli
I Iected, las altogether objectionable ii
il Every case as it gives cold the victory
: over htat,o now what is the practice
! why instead of Bleeding, Give EN-
sweat" Instead of clustering, Give EN-
4 sweat" aud instead Of depicting in any
$ way shape or fora, "Give EN- u swea
i with No. |, 2, to 6, as the case may re-
Il quire. Is not this most conclusive esi
t dence Of the ignorance Of this offspring
| of the" Granite State, of any one Of mans
c natural functions, that he knew nothing
' of the manner in which sweating i,
= brought about, and that he was totally I'M
= acquainted witt, the fact that IL is one o
: the most powerful modes Of depletion
p Lie certainty could not have known TIA