The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-08-24
a Blister i'll tic ain a Remedy for Dis


We proclaim another mode of treatinp
disease-a treatment that casts honco.
pathy, hydropathy. steam doctoring. the
movement cure, and the secn,e of thera-
peutics itself entirely III the shade. 1t is
well known that all these systems though
they make a loud noise in the world, real
iy accomplish very little nearly all pa
sents who recover under the treatment of
physicians Of any school, would have recov-
cred without the aid OF the physician, and
1t Is very seldom indeed that fatal diseases
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 are, subject.
and 1t Will prevent them all. 1t Is as sim
pie as 1t is powerful; it is nothing more
than raising blister in the palm OF the
hand. The blister must not be raised bv
cantharldes or oteer poisonous irri:antS
but must be produced 10y frictioe, accom-
PANIED with an alternate contraction and
extension OF the muscles. Ifthe operation
acts as sudorific, inducing a sensible
perspiration between the clavicles aud
above the eyebrows, it Is all the more eff
cacloEs. Almost onv solid substance NAV
be employed for administering the friction.
though it has been discovered that the
of some tool such - a hammer, saw or
plane the very best Of all being the handle
OF plow or hoe.
This treatment produces the good effects
Of all the articles in the whole materia
medlca, and with more power and certain
ty than they For instance, it is a more
powerful opiate than opium, and. while the
sleep induced by narcotics i succeeded by
nd .!.ttt 20
this treatment Is wholly refreshing and in
sgorating, and is followed b. peculiarly
healtLtul and buovant exhilaration
~ q tonic II is more beneficial than
bark or iron, not only strengthening the
mnscles, hut actually enlarging their vol
ume.
To give an appetite, it is better than any
dinner pin. If the epjcure who sits down
TO his table with Indifference, and forces a
few mouthtulls Of his dainty viands into
his stomach, where they give him great
distress. Will adopt this treatment, be will
come 10 the table with keen desire that
viii give a leij>h u the pla nest food and
ind es,'on waits upon an appetite thus
produce l.
It = better remedy for ircip.ent con
sumption than cod LIVER oil and Is q SOW
eri-n cure for dyspepsia. jauudice liver
complaint, and Il long train Of chronic dis
ea=cs
twill not only remove bodily Ills. but
3 the best Of all mcdicincd for mind dis
ea>ed. If 4 man whr is suffering from hv-
pocordria-is who feels that the burdens Of
life are great r than he can L, ar, and who
sees the clouds of despair settling over his
futnre Will take hold Of shovel handle
and raise a blister in the palm Of his hand,
lie will Ls -urpli>-i To Sc how the troubles
that have oppressed him are brushed away.
and the future before him is i-tens d
New beauties VIII come upon the face Of
nature. and new ioys aud hopes will spring
up N his hear. Tbs IS tAc true elixir OF
lie.
While other mo-!es Of Treatment are ex-
pens.ve, this not only costs nothing, but il
IS a source Of revenue 10 the patient 1t
removes not only sickness and dospond
eacy, but poverty also. 1t Is remedy fol-
ali the ills that flesh is heir to
Though this system is the best of any
for the cure Of complaints, its great superi
ority IS as 4 prophylatic, If properlr adj
N ni>tered to 4 healthy subject, il will
prevent all disease. The next nei.hbor &c
the writer of this died At 81 of old age \
f,w days before his death. in conversation
with him we asked him If he had ever con
suited a physician. He replied that he
never had
Were you ever sick :?
No
Not day?
No"
r Not an hour
No
/ You were never sick in your life?'
No.
: This man knew nothing Of physiology
: he had never practced any system Of diet
e more tho eighty years, and generally ex
| cepting Sundays, through tie whole da,
: from before sunrise till after sunset. he la,
applied friction to the palms of his hand:
4 -.ScientyHc Ausricon.