Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-10
Err He Ennuirf1

FIR LRe enquirer.
BLACK UE-TREATMENT FOR.
n many sections Of this Stale and North Caro-
lima, and as have received many requests soi-
citing the best mode Of treatment, beg leave 10
prescn, the treatment have invariably instituted,
and always with success, 10 The public through The
medium OF your widely circulating paper hoping
thus 20 be The means OF saving many valuable lives.
II is useless 10 enter into The history of the disease
as the symptoms are well marked. Suffice it to
say, il is combination OF Scarlat,na .Haligna
and EIysipclus. Upon The first prcmoniIion of
the disease, The patient should take an emelc of
LoJeiia Iat--either The tincture-one teaspoon
fnl every len minutes, using some bland aronat-
lc tea, or Two lable-spoonfuls OF the decociion.-
This will cleanse he stomach excite The salt
valy glands 10 action, and produce a sympathel.
ic action upon The surface. This is, al times,
sufhcientto arrest The disease. If il should pro-
eress, however, The emetic must be repeated and
a strong infusion OF Capscuum Cayenne pep
per) and IMyriea Cesife,a (baybery) administered
every hour and used as gargle. The bayberry
being an astrineenl, coaguaes The morbid in
ccusaions on The tongue, mouth, tauces, &c. IA
cilila,ing lis discharge, while The Cayenne stimu-
lates The glands 10 healthy action, and also ex-
cites copous perspiraton, very important desi-
dera,um in this disease. The linrlure Of Lobe.
liza should also be given in broken doses, Just
sufficient TO keep the patient slightly nSuseated.
This article seems TO exert peculiar action upon
Inc glands and the mucous membrane, pro-
ducbg a noImal action in both. rs an external
application 10 The throat caiaplasm Of sIiung
Iye, cayenns salt, and slippery elm, should be pre-
pared and apple! 10 the whole surface Of The
throat, which will produce a revusion OF the
fuids. from The internal 10 The external surface
thus decreasing The force .. tic disease. Diapho.
relics should also he administered, in connection
with The Cayenne, 10 keep up The action upon
The surface. The best articles Of this class are
Ssrpenaria, Virginia Snake root) Ascle2ius,
(Pleurisy root,) &c.
The vapor bath should be frequently used. 1t
purifies the Skin, induces determination TO the
sarlace, eScites perspiralion, &c. One o! he
principal difficulties in this disease is The want Of
proper oIygenalion Of The blood from the i'm
peicd respiration. The vapor bath is thus use
tul, especially in he last stages from The qIanti-
" of oxygen absorbed iuc The system By The Gu
ianeous atsorheD,s from the varor The warmth
Of The steam rendering he ab-orben,s more active,
d much Ia ger quantity OF oxygen is thus alb
sorbed than would be supposed Thus in Phh;-
sis Palmonalis have krowE he patient keep
alive icf days-by The absorp.ion, resume, o.
oxygen by this neans-from an occasional yapor
bath; The waste of the system, BY culaneous
Transportation, being sufpliei by warm diluent
drinks This, however, is mere hypothesis. lie,
every one, however afflicted with Black Tongue,
institute the above treatment, for wobat,,m cst
Respectfully, An EclEcrlc PHYSICIAN.
Lombardy Grove, Virginia