The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-20
Cuut!urnngo.

We have had the medical world agitated
of late over cundurango. And when the
medical world gets agitated the old-iashion-
ed notice in the almanacs is good, "Erpect
qreat storms about this time"
Not only has the medical world been
stirred over cundurango, but the Board Of
Health and the Medical association have
gone to war. and, pestle and mortar! pills
and lancet! but there be rows! There be
wars and rumors o wars, and Bliss follows
Cox in war of words wonderful in length
and Humorous in sound.
And, first of all, what is cundurango?
A pensive public wants to know what is
cundurango? Well, we are informed that
it is an herb of magic powers that has cured
Colfax's wife's mother of a cancer. 1t is
gathered in the heart of the Andes, and
was discovered by an Indian woman who
undertook to poison her husband with the
bark. Now, by George! whether it is an
herb or bark we don't know. We rath-
err incline to the belief that it is bark.
rev tired of her husband because he was
diving of cancer. Instead of going to In
diana or Chicago and securing divorce,
like Christian female, she repaired to the
woods to get the berry of cundurango to
make decoction that is deadly poison,
with which the simple natives kill dogs, UNI
faithful wives, and helpless husbands. Cum
durango is to the heart of the Andes what
our equity court is to us. Now it happen
ed that this useful tree was not in berry, so
the thoughtful wife took some of the bark,
and making a tea of this, favored it with
spices, and taking it to Mr.. Lo, told him to
hurry up and drink so that he could go to
his happy hunting grounds and take all his
dogs with him. The poor Indian, but q
good, obedient husband, meekly obeyed,
and swallowed the advice and the decoction
together. But, strange to say, instead OF
taking himself off as advised, the decoction
went right 10 the spot and killed the cancer
instead of the Indian. The thoughtful wife
resumed her sale of beaded moccasins at the
fashionable summer resorts in the heart OF
the Andes where our diplomatic represen,
tative, having nothing to do, passed his
time in little games of seven-up or old
sledge with the natives, heard of the Won
deriul cure of cancer, and Immediately pro.
cured and sent home to Schuyler Coltax
through the State department, ship loat
to cure his wife's mother. ',
Colfaxs wife's mother is cured. This is
fixed fact, for Schuyler himself testifes
thereto. And so Doctors Bliss and Cos
have sent out another ship manned by
dipomates for another load of cundurango
and the two are going into the business a:
cancer doctors, greatly to the disgust of al
the old cancer doctors of the country, whC
cured cancers by "a laying on of hands
instead of cundurango, and much to tn
wrath of the regular people, who have NJ
cmdurango, and swear that they dom
want any. Cox has been refused adms
sion to the Medical Association, and Bills
has been turned out. And now the Medi
cal Association has turned the matter int,
song, and all the meetings are opened an,
closed by solemn chant like unto the fol
lowing: mfatarG q tt
Snow Cox and Bliss, we let you know "
That cure the people as you may .,a
That ctlndurango is no go, gr
Out in the cold then you must stay ti
sI Singing-Cundurango, cmdurango,
Cundurango as you may
SynphonyQf po,odered mortdrs and ratified bone
Resumed--) s e.,.,s..,
"You're naught but cancer doctors now,i
Our medcated backs we turn, .a
There's no use kicking up row,
- We thus old cundurango spurn fi1Hs
-rf ~ inging, &C." ill.t.- 6t
There are sixteen more verses of thi
pleasing madrigal, but we reserve them fo
future use Capital. Is senls~