Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-12-17

read the following account of my own case.
IL being the first case of Consumption ever
treated with this new remedy.
In the latter part of JAN, 1854, l took a
slight cold, and very soon after | commence
ed coughing, which, as is generally the case,
| thought of but little consequence l took
some simple medicines, believing it would
soon pass off. But instead of getting better,
my cough gradually grew worse, and a
bronchial difficulty with which / had been
| troubled more or less for several years
seemed rapidly to increase. Fearing that
these difficulties might result in something
more serious than / at first anticipated, |
| resorted to some more powerful remedies
which were highly recommended; but they
afforded me no relief. Forthree long months
| the symptoms of disease constantly increas-
| ed. My cough became very severe, and my
| lungs were so sore that my breathing was
| laboriOus and painful. My throat was more
| troublesome than ever. The pains in my
chest and sides were so severe that some
nights 1 was not able to sleep at all. My
| appetite had left me, and the sight and
smell of all kinds of food were disagreeable
and nauseating. Diarrhpa in its worst form
was preying upon me, accompanied with
night sweats. My flesh and strength were
fast wasting away. My friends pronounced
me in consumption, and expressed the
| opinion that 1 could not live but q few
months at most, several of my family hav-
ing died of that disease. verify thought
| should soon follow them and be numbered
| with the dead.
One day, as / was thinking of my condi-
ton, and endeavoring to reconcile myself
to my fate, | was forcibly seized with the
| thought that the wild weed which had dis
covered in the Mississippi valley in 1851,
would help me. And, as drowning man
who will grasp at a straw for assistance, |
seized upon the idea, and arose to my feet
with fresh courage. | recalled to mind the
results of my experiments with it, and the
remarkable effects which l had known it
to produce upon the lungs of horses in
cases of heaves, l came to the conclusion
that if it was good for the lungs of horses,
it must also be good for those of man. Ac-
cordingly, l decided to make the expert
ment, although some of my friends thought
| it rather hazardous to take an herb the me-
| dicinal properties of which were wholly
| unknown to the medical world. But l was
so forcibly impressed with the idea that it
would help me, that / felt perfectly safe in
trying it. l had about two ounces of the
| herb, which was all there was this side of
| the Alleghanies. | prepared some of it as
| thought best, and commenced taking it
| three times day, teaspoonlul at time
| one hour before eating. | also put some of
the herb into an inhaler and stepped it thor
oughly, and then inhaled the vapor which
arose from it while it was hot, about ten
minutes at time, three times a day. I'm
der this treatment my health began to i'm
| prove. Inc pressure at my lungs was very
soon relieved and my breathing became
easy and natural. All my difficulties SEEM
ed to be fast leaving me.
! My sleep soon became sweet and refresh
ing, my appetite began gradually to return,
| and within three weeks from the time that
| commenced taking my new remedy, my
| cough, bronchitis, neuralgia palms. diar-
rhea and night sweats had entirely left me.
| | was well, with the exception of some
large swellings which the medicine drove
| out upon the surface of my body, and q
general debility, from both of which l very
soon recovered. / have not had occasion
to take any kind of medicine since, and it
is truly surprising to me, and all of my
friends who understood my case, that not
one of my old difficulties have returned to
trouble me since. My health has not been
better at any time since l was fifteen years
of age than it is at the present. All of my
family who have been attacked with con-
sumption, have died and all the medi-
cines that they took seemed to aggravate
the disease. | therefore did not believe
that consumption could be cured and
should probably have fallen a victim to it
| myself had / not been guided by an over
new medicine. 1 am now fully persuaded
that, by the use of "Prairie Weed Balsam," )"
! consuinp.jor c-'~ he cured. I have pre-
scribed CNer a hundred pounds of this
herb to my patients durlng the last winter,
with unparalleled success, in cases of con-
sumption coughs, bronchitis, asthma, sore
throat, pains in the chest and sides, disease
of tho kidneys, and nervous affections of
| y-orioug kinds ~