The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-11-13
NUMBER AZ.

strong decoction and wash IN u, rub your
forehead with the leaves, and II you can
conveniently, lie down on Il and roll aS
you may have seen o cat do with cstnlp.
Thus far you have been skirmishing You
will now proceed 10 attack the disease In
good earnest. First take two grains OF
blue pill every night alternately tor .
week, following it In the morning with
quart bottle OF Congress water (every
drop must be drank, the virtue being
found rs cream In milk, In the stTipplngs).
MIX pint OF sulphur with molasses, and
take . teaspo0nful morning, noon and
night. On alternate days two grains
quinlne may be added three times . day,
andltcn drops Of Fowler's solution (arse-
nic) continued until sort Of pufiness ap-
pear about the eyes.
You are now well under way. II you
are faithful, signs Of faltering will soon
appear In your symptoms. You will 6nd
them much aggravated to leave. Re
double your exertions. Get An inhaler
and some tincture OF cubebs. FIJI the
former with hot water, and put q tea
spoonful of the tincturc to It, and suck
like newborn babe. Every time your
eyes ache pour some tincture OF camphor
Into bowl Of hot water. put towel over
your head, and steam your eyes.
II You can find tuberose blossoms, keep
them by you and smell Of thep often. BY
this time little tinctlrs Of Iobelid infdta,
taken four times day, will contribute to
the anomalous sensations which you Will
experience. Put chloride Of lime In your
sleeping room. and wash your hands and
face several times day In solution OF
Il.
II now symptoms Of asthma appear,
take courage! The remedies for asthma
are innumerable. Your field Is widening!
You are now near the end!
1t Is true, asthma Is not OF Itself lux
ury. But II leads you to an acquaintance
with the vegetable kingdom. which you
might have altogether missed. You Will
be seen wandering around barn-yards,
compost heaps, and old lots filled win
builders debris, hunting for stramonium
leaves. to be dried and smoked. You
will be seen sitting In room blue WIN
the smoke Of paper saturated with nitre.
You will stuff your pockets with frochrs
and such like small shot. with which 4"
pepper the enemy. The vegetable poppy
and the plant ipecacnanna. will now be-
come dear to you. Only to- think. tie
ipecac, quinine. and coffee belong to one
genius IA botany. and all Of them gooh
for asthma. except perhaps the two hr'i;
But II is needless for me to extend
this discourse OF remedies. In such
multitude of them one should be able 'o
pluck health as boys do whorileberrics 81,
4 New England hill. 1.-THE line which
have laid out be faithfully followed. one
may expect relief In from eight to ten
weeks. II one is unbelleving and will not
touch either Of them, he will recover In
four to six weeks.
If one subject to the disorder will. about
the time OF lis access. change the air who'll
ly. by sea voyage, a trip to the noun
tains II he lives In the city, or to the city
II he lives In the mountains, he will es-
cape entirely.
/ once wrote to Oliver Wendell Holmes
rs to his knowledge OF remedy. His
encouraging reply was:
"Gravel Is an effectual cure. II should
be taken about eight feet deep"
HENRY WARD BEECHER.