The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-12-22
a BLISTER IN THE PALM.
A Remedy for the Disease.

my, hydropathy, steam doc.
be movement cure. and the
4 therapeutics itself entirely
I'inS,1VHe shade. II is well known that
all these systems, though they make
a loud noise in the world, really ac.
compIish very little; nearly ali pa
tients who recover under the treat.
ment Of physicians Of any school,
would have recovered without the aid
Of the physician, and it is seldom III
deed that fatal diseases are diverted
by putting drugs into the stomach.
But our system is effectual; it will
cure many of tho worst diseases 10
which mankind are subject, and will
prevent them all 1t is as simple as it
is powerful it is nothing more than
raising a blister in the palm of the
hand. The blister must not be raised
by cantharides or other poisonous ir-
rltants, but must be produced by fric-
ton, accompanied with an alternate
contraction and extension of the mus
cles. If the operation acts as sudo-
rife, inducing a sensible perspiration.
between the clavicles and above the
eyebrows, it is all the more efficacious.
Almost any solid substance may be
employed for administering the tric-
tion, though it has been discovered
that the best substance for the pur-
pose is the handle OF some tool. such
as hammer, saw or plane, the very
best Of all being the handle Of plow
or a hoe.
This treatment produces the good
effects Of all the articles in the whole
mdterid medica, and with more power
and certainty than they. Forinstance
it is more powerful opiate than OPT
UNI, and, while the sleep induced by
narcotics is succeeded by nausea and
debility, that resulting from this treat
ment is wholly refreshing and invigo-
rating, and is followed by peculiar
Iy healthful and buoyant exhileration.
As tonic it is more beneficial than
bark cr iron, strengthening the mus
cles, but actually enlarging their vol
ume.
To give an appetite, it is better than
any dinner pill. If the epicure who
sits down to his dinner with indiffer.
ence. and forces a few mouthfuls of
his dainty viands into his stomach,
where they give him great distress,
will adopt this treatment, lie will come
to the table with a keen desire that
will give relish to the plainest food ;
and digestion waits upon an appetite
thus produced.
1t is better remedy for incipicnt
consumption than cod liver oil, and is
a sovereign cure for dyspepsia, jaun-
dice, liver complaint, and long train
of chronic diseases.
1t will not only remove bodily ills,
but it is the best of all medicines for
mind diseases. If a man who is suff-
ering from hvpochondriasis, who feels
that the burdens of life are greater
than he can bear; and who sees the
clouds Of despair settling over his fu-
ture, will take hold of u shovel han
die and raise a blister in the palm of
his hand, he will be surprised to see
how the troubles that have oppressed
him are brushed away, and the future
before him is frightened. Now beau
tics will como upon the face of nature,
and new joys and hopes will spring
up in his heart. This is the true elixir
of life.
While other modes of treatment are
expensive, this not only costs absolute
ly nothing, but it is source of rcvcn-
uc to the patient. 1t removes not only
sickness and dependency, but power
ty also. 1t is remedy for all the ills
that flesh is heir TO.
Though this system is the best OF
any Tor the cure of complaints, its
greW superiority is rs prophylactic.
Improperly administered to healthy
subject, it will prevent all disease. The
next neighbor to the writer of this died
at ninety-four, of old age. A.few days
before his death, in conversation with
him, we asked him if he had ever con-
suited physicians. He replied that he
never had.
Were you ever sick2'
"No."
"Not day?"
"No."
"Not an hour?"
mo"
"You wero never sick in your lifc?"
"Ne."
This man knew nothing of physiolo-
gy; he had never practiccd any sys-
EN- of dieting but every day Sun
lays and all, for moro than eighty |
years, and generally, excepting Sun
lays, through the whole day, from be-
ore sunrise till after sunset, he had
lpplied friction to the palms Of his
lands.- Scientific American.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Everything is beautiful when it is
title sxcept-souls.
Mr. Banting has achieved greatness
" growing lesA-Punch.