The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-04-06
A4ritnltnraL.
Is sloth indulgence it's toll,
Encrvatcs man and damns the soil.
Young.
From The Soil of The South.
Sea- let Fever--Treatment.


DEAR SIR: AS am writing you upon
busincs, | concluded | would offer you q
practical hint upon Scarlet Fever, as con-
slider II corner of The Soil devoted to recipes
in medicine. For years | have been in the
habit of treating Scarlet Fever of every
grade, with an cmetic Of common table sah
use it in every stage, but like all other
remedies, to be speedily and surely effectual,
it should be given early | order it in the
following formula:
Table salt / teaspoonful, Warm water !
pint.
Let the patient drink it rapidly until pu-
king ensues. If one tumbler full does not
puke, give another, and another, until it does
come on. There is no harm in the remedy
1t pukes without much if any nausea, and it
Is not prostrating, which is quite an idea in
Scarlet Fever, where in almost every case
IN this cline, the proclivity is to debilitation.
Alter vomiting, apply warm pepper and
mush p0utlcc to the throat, and keep it
there. using garglc of vinegar and water,
ana opening the bowels occasionally with a
small dose of oil, or salts or an enema
Scarlet fever has n typhoid tendency rs
characteristic in most cases hence, a pros-
trating treatment is to be avoided conse-
qucntly, caiomel and b!oodletiirg arc danger
Gus remedies, which are to be cschewed.-
whenever the throat gets cloggcd up, the
puke must he repeated as above, and if one
pIking don't relieve, puke the case again and
agan-it is the life of the patient, for the
throat is the dangerous point of attack. Our
success has been so signal for many wears,
and even this winter, with the above plan
that we almost think the sail rs good rene
dy To cure Scarlet Fever, rs it is for pork.-
10 will not invariably save pork, nor will it
cure every case of Scarlet Ferer, but the
above plan will cure more cases than any
we have ever adopted. The great error
among medical men in treating Scarlet fever
is in DOSING too much with drastic medicine.
This practice will not do; it will kill oftencr
than cure. The practice comes from mis-
taken pathology, and has cost many n child
ITS life, and caused many n mothers heart to
bleed.
We repeat it-puke your case of Scarlet
Fercr repeatedly, If necessary ,oiih Salt and
wd!er; gargie The throat ,oith ,carm Vinegar
aud 'rdter; keep upolAiced keep the patient
moderdteiy cdrnr, and lei him drink ,oarm teas
?t any PalatdbLe kind: keep his bo,oels open
occdS'on0IiV; aroid purging, bleeding and
bHStTt"g; and AS general rule, the ice prac-
tce; and you will ceItainly cure n lot Of your
cases. If the throat continues to swell des-
pitc these efforts, send for physician and
have the tonsiis freely Scarifed, and then pukc
him. We have found the plan eminently
successful, and can confidently recommend
1t to others, as we have done through vari-
Gus medical Journals. wide Southern Me-
dlcal Journal, Boston Medical Journal, and
Philadelphia Medical Journal)
If you consider the matter worthy of
place in your Journal, you can insert it, as
1t may save the life of some child in the alb
sence of medical aid
Respectfully and truly,
II. A. RAMSAY.
Thompson, Ga, Feb, 1853.