Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-12-03
AIledged Cure for Small Pox. /

AIledged Cure for Small Pox. 50
| A correspondent in Covington sendssns
the following aAlledged Cure for Small
Pox." He saysh he cut it from paper sew
eral years since. The remedy may sbeS q
good one, and if so, its publication atthis
time may be attended with benefit to those
who are so unfortunate as to contract that
loathsome disease, now becoming so preva.
lent in different portions of our Confedera-
cy:-Guardiam. a5Ss -
The United States Consul at the Rio
Grande de Sui, Brazil, has transmitted to
the Department of State very interesting
Communication from DR.. r. Landell, OF
Post Allegro, claiming the discovery of a
cure for the small .pox. Dr:4Landell, states
that the idea Of. using the remedy to be
mentioned first occurred to- him during a
terrible epidemic of the disease in 1887 ;
but that he first administered it in 1912,
since which time his success, and that of
his son, Dr. John Landell, and ,other COL
leagues.i in the treatment of small pox, has
been most Aattering. As the Secretary Of
State has communicated DR.. LandelHs pa.
per entire to the leading journal of the
medical profession in the United States,
Gays the Washington Union, from which
We scopy,) it is only necessary for our pur-
pose to extract that portion of the, paper
which discloses the remedy and its proper
exhibition: ~ So 4ss
: Dissolve the vaccine that is contained in
d seab on pair Of plates or a capillary
tube, which is about four or ak ounces of
cold water and give to the patient atabie.
spoonful every two or three hours n
The favorable result of this exhibition is,
that it mitigates the symptoms, modifesthe
species, and cures the small pox. 4
|RsI recognize that as vaccine applied ex.
ternally prevents the small pox, 50, also,
being taken inwardly, in the manner above
indicated, it cures quickly and efhoaciously
the small pox in all its stages. = sss.s
Under its use, the fever, Che delirium,
the boarseness, diarrhea, pneumonia, cere.
bal congestion, and finally, the secondary
fever disappear. 30. s
Beginning the treatment on the second
or third day Of the eruption, the small pox
becomes as varicella, or vari,loid ;although
the epiderm is thickened aud 10 a state of
congestion, and in five days becomes dry
without suppuration. 90, >
Applying the same treatment on the
fourth or fifth day of the eruption, the small
pox become as if they were the true vac
vine fll and dry in the space Of ten days,
with suppuration. ~
Considering then that the vesiclegard
pustules ought to be opened, for two or
three times, always that they contain any
liquid, and beginning the third day to rre-
vent the secondary fever. Ihave had since
184s more than thirty cases, add ID four
teen paid particular attention; there we're
three severe continent cases, and eleven less
severe, although distinct. y
Since I had recourse to this treatment, 1
have not lost single patient BY small pox.
At my request, some Of my colleagues are
using this system, and they, as we'll as
have reaped the most aattering results:
These effects are superior to my expecta-
tion, and even to my comprehension; in
fact, the vaccine nentralizes the variolic vi
rus, or one morbid action destroys the ef-
fects of another By this treatment have
seen disappear the fever, delirium, hoarse-
ness, diarrhea, pneumonia, cerebei conges-
tion aud the secondary fever.
1t may be mentioned here that the use
of emolieut clysters or castor oil internally,
to keep the bowels loose, andsin children
calomel, is very necessary, asealso gargles
of nitrate of silver and chloruret Of lime.
After the fifth day give baths OF warm
water, with little cblornate Of lime, or
chloruret of soda, or sponge the body. So
Also have given vaccine inwardly as
therapeutic remedy in whoopiug cough, and
with benefit; in some cases the whoop or
convulsion cough disappeared in ten hours,
remaining onlya a simple cough, which ex-
tinguishes in four or twelve days