The weekly Butte record., 1858-12-18
Salt that hath not lost its Sayot,r.

In consideration Of the alarming Ignorance
of many Of our readers concerning the science
of Materia Medica, and likewise and more par
ticularly ia consideration OF the sum of three
dollars tende:ed US by our San Francisco
friends Redington & Co., we herewith give
place in our columns to brief but elaborate
essay oa
SALT.-From the time Of the discovery oi
the great principle of vaccination by DIR. Jen-
ncr, in l115, up to the discovery of chloroiorm
in our day, there seemed TO be no new thing
under the sun in the science of medicine Ma
ny of the old fOgy school of doctors tried to ex-
plain this apathy in the profession by the hy-
pothesis that the whole field of medical re-
search had been explored and that noting was
left Tor the followers of Galen to discover or
invent.
From the days of honest Gil Bias and Doc
tor Sangrado, the hrains OF the whole prefes-
sion have been racked to discover some agent
by which the murderous practice of blood-let-
ting could be avoided, and the circulation of
the blood equalzed in cases cf violent infam-
nation; but in vain have science and skill
studied for that remedy, and the lancet, and
continued to hold undi>puted sway, and car
~ thousands upon thousands annually to their
grave.
There Is no member of the profession who
does not dread a resort to veLesection, and, if
their secret thoughts could be unveiled all
would tell us that they know in their own
practice of more than one fatal result from its
use.
This knowledge so preyed upon the mind OF
one OF the most eminent physicians Of modern
times, that he abar doned the practice of med
icine, and it Is probable that this is the true
secret of the change of profession of hundreds,
who afterwards rise to distinction in the poit-
cal arena, or at the bar.
Several years since, an eminent physician of
Boston, (Dr. f. Coggswell) who had spent
years of his life in this study, was suddenly
seized with an inspiration that peculiar COM
bination of chemical substances, resolved
into salt, would perform the Office of balanc-
ing the fluids of the human system, and equaliz-
ing, even in the most violent infamations the
circulation Of the blood. Weeks and months
OF anxious experiment upon this, at first
crude idea, gradually brought it to perfection,
and then the test of use proved its almost mi
raculous efficacy. Hundreds of cases were in
creased TO thousands, without a single failure,
until at last, feeling that the time had come,
this extraordinary discovery was made public.
a perfect furore of excitement followed the
announcement, and although the only class of
diseases it proposed to cure were those of an in
famatory nature, the demand was so enormous
that for two years DR.. Coggswe has been un.
able to keep sufficient supply to answer his
orders Numerous parties in this State have
made application for the antiphlogistic salt
but have never been able to get it. Now how
ever, DR.. Coggswel has appointed an agency
IN California = Messrs Redington & Co.,
wholesale druggists of San Francisco, and with
IN lew weeks they expect to receive small!
supply. Should it succeed as well here as in
the Atlantic States it will confer an in ines
unable boon upon the whole Pacific coast