Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-20
IFrom tho New York Scientific Ametlcan.l
4 Rf,ster M tho PaIm Kennedy for Disease,

Blister IN tho Palm n Kennedy Tor Bipeasot
We nroolaim another mode Of treating
iiseasG-a treatment Of homeopathy, stem
Ioctoring, the movement cure, and the
science Of therapeutics itself entirely into
The shade 1t is well known that all these
systems though they make q loud noise in
the world, really accomplish very little y
nearly all the. patients who recover under
the treatment of physicians Of any school
would have recovered without the aid of the
! physician, and it is very seldom indeed that
fatal cases are diverted from their course
|. by putting drugs into the stomach. But
our system is effectual; it will cure many
| of the worst diseases to which mankind is
J subject and it will prevent them all. 1t is
| as simple as IL is powerful IL is nothing
more than raising a blister in the palm of
the hand. The blister must not be raised
by cantharides or other poisonous irritants,
but must be produced by friction, accom-
! panied by an alternate contraction and ex-
| tension of the muscles If the operation
acts as soporific, inducing Sensible per-
spiration between the clavicles and above
the eyebrows, it is all the more efffcacious.
| Almost any solid substance may be en-
pioyed for administering the.friction, though
it has been discovered that the best sub
stance for the purpose is the handle Of some
tool, such as a hammer, saw, or plane; the
very best of all being the handle of plow
or hoe. -r -~-. .; 10
This treatment produces the good effect Of
all the articles in. the materia medica, and
with more power and certainty than they.
For instance, it is q more powerful opiate
than opium, and, while. the sleep induced
! by narcotics is succeeded by nausea and
| 1ab; hat rnot.ltiprr fhia
| is wholly refreshing and invigorating, and
is followed by peculiarly healthful and
buoyant exhileration. ."
AS q tonic it is more beneficial than bark
or iron, not only strengthening the muscles,
but actually enlarging their volume.
To give an appetite it is better than any
dinner pill. If the epicure, who sits down
to his dinner with indifference, and forces
few mouthsful of his viands into his
stomach, where they give him great dis
tress, will adopt this treatment, he will
come to the table with q keen desire that
will give a relish to the plainest food and
digestion waits upon an appetite thus pro-
duced.
1t is better remedy for incipient con-
sumption than cod liver oil, and is a
sovereign cure for dyspepsia, jaundice,
liver complaint, and long train of chronic
diseases.
1t will not only remove bodily ills, but is
the best of all medicine for o mind dis
eased. If man who is suffering from hy-
pochondriasis, who feels that the burdens
, of life ale greater. than he can bear, and
, who sees clouds Of despair setting over his
, future, will take hold of shovel handle
: and raise blister in the palm of his hand
he will be surprised to see how the troubles
1 IL. L. I,,,a aA01 nd
: the future before him is frightened. New
beauties will come upon the face of nature
: and new joys and hopes will spring up IN
his heart. This is the true elixir of life.
a While other modes of treatment are ex
: pensive this not only costs absolutely moth
o ing. but it is q sort of revenue to the pa
5 tient. 1t removes not only sickness ant
: dependency but poverty also. 1t is {
d remedy for all the ills that flesh is heir to
5 Though this system is the best Of any 70
y the cure of complaints, its great superiorit..
is as prophylactic. If properly admins
= tered to a healthy subject, it will preven
Z. all diseases. The next neighbor to thu
r writer of this died at ninety-four years o
Q age. A few days before his death, in con
n versation with him, we asked him if eve
70 he consulted physician. He replied tina
d he never had.
"a "Were you ever sick ?"
"No."
n "Net day?'
= "No." .....
a "Not an hour?"
}. "No."
o "You were never sick in your life ~
!. "No." ....
d This man knew nothing of physiology; h
+ had never practiced any system of dieting
D but every day, Sundays and all, for NOR
i than eight years, and generally (exceptin
!. Sundays) through the whole day, from be
L fore sunrise till after sunset he had az
/, piled friction to the palms of his hands.