The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-10


An Alleged Wonderful Discovery.
The following article is copied from the Boston
Coutir. We regard it a serious' duty, III Civ
ing place I'd il in the columns of The Rsps5ar, to
express the hope that no one willbe thereby in.
duced to rely upon it's recommendations, accept
under the sanction of competent medical counsel.
If the discovery be all that is claimed, it II most
valuable to the human family, and its author will
merit the gratitude of the world:
CuRE ron YfRuirNT SMALLPOX Oh ScARLATfrA,
And MEAsLEs.--A merchant and ship owner of
this city has had the following recipe sent him
from England, where it was furnished by Mr.. l..
Larkin, member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
and who vouches for it as 'smedicine that will
effect revolution in the healing art, as regards
the prevention and cure not only Of smallpox, but
also of measles and scariatina, however malig-
nant the type in a manner more efficient and ex-
traordinary than could ever have been hitherto an
ticpated even by the most ardent phiianthropist T"
sOn the first appearance Of fever or Irritation
ushering in attacks, whether occurring in families
or large communities, the subjoined mode Of treat
,nent should at once be entered on: Take one grain
each of powdered foxglove or digitalis valuable
in the ratio of its greenness-the dark should be
reiected) and of sulphate OF zinc, (this article
is commonly known as white vitrioI.) These
should be rubbed thoroughly in mortar, other
convenient vessel, with four five drops OF water;
this done noggin Cor about four ounces) more,
with some syrup or sugar, should be added OF
adult, and two teaspoonfuls to child every Sc
cond hour until symptoms of disease vanish
"Thus conducted, conyalescence, az if by magic,
will result The rapidity of an event SO suspicious
will equally delight and astonish. 1t may, how
ever be necessary further to note, that should the
bowels become obstructed in progress of the dis
ease, Gan evil by no means commonly then drachm
of the compound powder of jalap (tormed of two
parts cream of tartar with one of jalap) and one
grain of the herb, treated above, formed into a
pastil with syrup or sugar, should be given to an
adult, and half the quantity to child. This sim
pie medicine shuts out every other form article
ssThe methodas medendi of these medicines, ca
pable of effecting results 30 gigantic, remain now
only to be given, and appears to be follows: The
herb, by it's anti febrIe properties, lays hold at
it Immediately stranges, while the zinc acts the
part of tonic, instantly restoring the equil-
brium -
Mr.. Larkin adds: 'sNo emigrant or government
vessel should hereafter be allowed to put to sen
without few pence worth of these protectors, and
it is further ardentiy hoped that, as the dearest
interests of our common humanity arc 90 vitality
involved in this discovery, the press of all coun-
tries will give publicity to this announcement"
TRUANr CHILDREN.--New York, following the
example of Massachusetts, has adopted a law re-
atng to idle and truant children-one of the mo-
raj pests of all cities-which has been found to
work admirably, and capable, if vigorously en-
forced, of bringing about the happiest results. The
Express says of the operation of the law in the city
of New York:
ssThe class of children whom it is designed to
affect are much more numerous than people are
generally aware. They swarm around the docks,
pundering every thing they lay their hands
upon. They generally acknowledge no authority
but their own will. They are clothed in rags, for
the most part and are extremely reckless and des-
perate. This class also comprehends those little
triousy plying their brooms at the crossings, and
stretching forth their hands, with the whining
accents of beggary, for aims from every person
that passes by. The more respectable portion
Of the 'idle and truant' children of the city are
the juvenile pedIars who may be found col
ected at the corners OF the streets. When
the times go well with these, they are gene
rally clean and well dressed, and may be found
every evening at the Bowery theatre, in front
of the pit, cracking peanuts and reading the
play bills turned upside down. They occasionally
may be strutting along the streets in all the
iancied glory of standing shirt collars, smoking
stinkweed segars. and exhibiting all the precocity
of the full blown boy man. When fortune frowns
they turn in o'nights to the fret coal box they
chance to meet, dispose of their fnery and sell
papers on commission for the older boys large,
ignorant, and vicious class OF youth ia thus formed
in our midst, and which, in after times contri
bues to fill our jails and penitentiaries The law
relative to sidle and truant' children s designed to
mitigate in great measure the evil On We'd
nesday last nearly forty boys, between the ages of
eight and fourteen years, were arrested by the
police of the second and third wards, charged with
the crime of 'idleness.' On the following day, a
number of juveniles, known to be connected with
gang Of thieves and rowdies who prowl about the
upper part OF the city, were also arrested; and
these were succeeded by another batch Of fifty,
captured in the lower wards. The usual mode of
proceeding in these cases is to retain the children
till inquiry is made into the circumstances of the
parents, and if they found not to be in a con.
10 hrn Iol., -. 1L.l
Perly, the children sent to the House of Re
,fuge.''