Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-03
From the cOuntry Gentleman.
PROF. TURNER'S PATENT MED
.--- IL me ICINE. f.-- Ill. 81

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!. Rrof J. B. Turner of Illinois-the su
: cessful intrOducer of Usage hedges, and OF
e who has contributed as much to impro,
e rural culture in his State as any otht
man-always writes in vigorous an
l bold manner, and scarcely ever without Vi
{ terng very good sense. In late numbe
of the Prairie Farmer he comes out in
, strong and original puff, of what he term
his patent medicine. This medicine i
"COAL OIL"-by which we understap,
him to mean Kerosene. First, he found i
very efficient, on account of its penetratin,
nature, in softening an old paint-brush
cleaning the rust from plows, and loosen
ing rusty nuts and screws He becom,
afflicted with terrible attack of scroful;
on his ancls The doctors could do moth.
ing, and could only advise him to use cold
water to sOoth the intolerable itching
We allow the Professor to tell the rest Of
the story in his own wOrds,-some of them
rather startling for the moment,-but we
have no reason to doubt his assertions
One night as the lamps were being filed
with coal oil, and thinking Of "a ttine extreme
penetrability of this oil, L thought l would
try it on my leg. 1 did so, and to NV
surprise it soOthed it entirely and i,astantIy
wherever it touched it. / continued to do
this for some weeks, as mere temporary
relief-hoW long l cannot say-as then
thought nothing of it except as tempo
rary relief; but my leg soon begun to heal,
and even all the rude scales. (like leprosy
or dandruf on the head) which had resis-
ted all applications for seven or eight years,
fell of, and the skin itself became as sonnd.
and fair and healthy. as that of the other,
and has remained so now for two or three
years. -- .--a ..-.
One of my sons had this fall such Sc
les of breaking out on his leg in the same
way, which confined him to the house for
some weeks. / applied this oil, and his
leg is now about well-se that he is about
his business again. Another son with
like eruption on his chest was similarly
benefited. 49,. =. H..
My children are constitutionally inelin-
ed to Group. 1 have generally wrapped
their necks in cloths wet in cold water, !
whenever the parexysm came on, with good
success. But in the last case rubbed the
throat of the child in this oil, smartly,
with seemingly with almost instantaneous
relief. have applied it for the past two
,r three years for about every local disease,
lin our family and among our neighbors
md personal friends such as rheumatism,
pains in the side, shoulders, back and
oints, Group, sore throat, bruises, strains.
,uts and lacerations of all sorts on men
Ind animals, with almost uniform success;
md as some doctors always prescribe Cal
,mel even for a broken leg, so now as q
Doctor of both Medicine and DiviiRity
BY my own inherent right by gift of Al
mighty Ged, always prescribe coal oils
or all human ais and SINS whatever-al-
Ways to be applied and used as follows
or all pains of the body apply the coal oil
lirectly to the parts, and rub it in well,
nd all unpleasant smell will soon be gone
for all sins and pains of the soul pour
he oil into a good lamp, and light it, and
it down and read the New Testament; and
ub its truth well into the conscience by
esolving to do whatever Christ commands.
md thus this simple Coal OIL is wsrth
lOre to both the bodies and souls of la
Oring and simple-hearted men. than all
be nostrums and creeds that both the two
,arned Faculties of Doctors have ever
oneocted or prescribed, so far as l know;
nd if it is not sovereign medicine for
,ul and body, as well as for old nuts {
otis, irons, plows, and paint-brushes, it 7
as near to it as l can come.
Recently our girl was afli ted with a /
lronic tic-douloureux in the face, giving t
er excruciating pain, often forbidding i
eep, even after hard work. A few ap- v
lications, after she came to live with us, t
eat in by the fire, entirely relieved her. t
favorite horse, which was strained in t
le cords of the fore legs below the knee, \
I'd which all around here had tried to #
Ire, for some years past, was cured ap- L
lrently by few applications t
After diseOursing in a general way and l
general principles at some length, he Il
inds up with the following proposed offer P
his patent-right,- h
But considering what vast amount of n
oHey our people pay out for liniments, l
E, that are at least only the same thing 81
sguised, or probably not One-half so good, te
r either man or animals, | thought it 10
1uld be well for me to state, even at this al
rly and (as cautious men will say pre- m
ature moment, what | have observed and
perienoed, and encourage others to do
e same, and report the result, and thus ca
least we shall get at the truth, by mu- ell
al frankness and mutual aid. For my SC
,ht then to the Patent to the above med S
ne, will charge every man who is ben OIL
tied thereby, report Of his case Through d
E columns Of the Co. GENT. 1-''PrO 6ono Fl
6ieo, and thus we will all make v,
tune cut of it together. d,