Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-16
An Invaluable Discovery.

IL has long been n favorite theory with many
learned men, that the vegetable kingdom fur
nishes antdote for every disease the human
systefn is heir 20 and that thorough re-earch
into the medic al qualities Of the different herbs
aud weeds that grow spontaneously all around Us,
would do away with any Of the poisonous min
erals nov made u by the medical faculty.
yeIy important discovery which has Just come
10 our knowledge, talthoYgh made sOms ten or
fifteen years since. goes lar 20 prove this theory
correct H. has been thoroughly tined abd
proved not oiiy W the person Who maze The
dlssgyefy, bot ny a large number among u"
...e-i reliable families ia the country.
AZ tLefs Iz r5nsrtas..e esther singular ia The
10 annri u the discovery, siIl gave tia oiss,s-
efefs Own language aud Dssrsiy preface W say
iEg that b. s one ~ the Oldest AMI most ieiisble
dsAiis'a Ia Eo.tsn. ADD man veil read la AL
matters ielaiiag 81 medicine
oIs ,hs year 1881. my health Decafns very
much imptirsd. ia oYnssg psncs 81 applying my
self too clDssly 81 my BUSINESS, 40 that Nas OBJ
liged 10 rslibqsisb " and ~ abroad vent out
into the western country for the ppross 81 visit
ing my friends there. AID With tbs hops Of re-
covering my health. while there. ne was cross
ing ono ~ the large prsiries IN the great Fsilsy
Of the Mississipri, my at'sn'iyn wss a"efso "
large cluster Of beautiful Wild flowers sDo
never having seen tbs Like before I gathered .
few Of them aud found them 20 emit very 'gres-
abb. aromatic odor, which impressed me with the
thought that the plant might possess some valus-
bls medicinal properties. made considerable
inquiry about IL, but no one could give me any
intum.,ion except Dutch farmer who lived IN
the ne'ghborhood. He informed me that be had
known horses, when afflicted with the hsaves. and
turned out upon the praires TO grace to find this
weed and sat i, daily tin they got well. After
salts Sing myself fully that this statement Wa
correct, and that it had never been employed IN
the treatment Of disease in the human frame.
gathered a small quantity and brought It 70
Massachusetts, for the purpose Of ascert.inIns
VIII a. were its real medicinal propertiss. Since
then have proved IL TO be the most valuable
remedy for the cure of Consumption, and othe'
pulmonary Affections, that has ever been discov-
e,.d or employed in the treatment OF such dis-
eases. Please read the following account Of my
own case II being the frs. case Of Consumption
ever treated with tins neg remedy:
In the latter part Of January, 1854, / took .
slis hit cold, and very soon after 1 ooDmsncec
coughing, which. as Is generally the case.
thought of but little cOnseQusnc-. L took som'
simple medicines, believing IL would soon pas On
But instead Of getting better. my osngh gradu
ally grew worse, and q bronchial difhcuify wsd
which had been trou 81 more or les. for &c EZRA
years sesmed rapidly % increase. fearlng tha'
these culties might result in something NOR
ser,ous than at nrst anticipated, resortsd
.om. more poxerful IsInediss which were highl,
recommended but they afforded me no reiisf
For ,hre. long months tbs symptoms Of diss@,'
constantly increased. My c,ngh becams yer,
] severe, and my lungs were sof. that m,
| breathing vas Iaboriou. aud painful My thr"@
wn. no TO trosbiesoms than ever, the PAINS IN ~,
en.st ann sios. we're 10 severe that sofns night
I vas no, abe 20 sissp At all Ny sppsits hsa
I'm me. and the sisb. sud smell Of all k'nds O
fpd were dpayr~eab,s sud nsusesting. Disf
rho. In It's wort form was preyins upon me- %
oompAnied With hight ssssts. Ny nssh snr
.,rc.xth yer. fast wasting assy. Ny friend
rronounced me m consumption, and crpressse
IN. o,anion that couid not live but . fee month
At mo,t. several of my family having died Of ths
disease. verify thought should soon i"u''
them and be numbered with the dead.
(,pe. day, ~ ! was thinking Of my oonditsnp
ana endeavorinx TO reconcile myself 70 ny tsts,
"a. sovcsbly s~is~d with the thought that ID
mild ,c~sd which had discovered IN ths AissAs
s,up, valley in 1851, would help n. Ana' -
| drowning man viii grasp q straw sos -
s,e.. ssassd sroa ths ~, I'D ssuss 70 ~ -
4 v,sh h~sh esunes. I sspalled 70 mid ~ -
1 sulss Of NJ expssinsnss NTH q, and ~ rs1nse
- ~osses whssh bed knewa II % pesdso -
~ - a horsss n sssss q shssvss. ! -
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