The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-05-30

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"gnEUMATiz.'
happened to be at the Doctors one
day, when he came in laughing. You
must know he drives all over the country
aud does all sorts Of kind turns for people.
A man gave him his watch to take to the
jewelers. as he was not himself coming to
the village And he was laughing at The
verdict:
Made of poor material and poorly put
together We must treat Il tendcrly and
patch il up.
just what say Of some Of my patients.
Nothing could be better, Flesh and blood !
poor material and poorly put together,
patch them up and treat them tonderlyl
and lie laughed again, Three cases Of
rheumatism to-day, and one case of gout,
so they said. thought II was tight boots
as much as any thing. Why win people
torture themselves and all to deface the
forms which God has given? As TO the
rheumatism, one was a case Of inAamed
muscles or flesh, from draught of air or
sudden check of persplration.
What doyou do for that?
What do do? /? Nothing, toll them
10 rub it. Keep them warm wear a piece
of cotton wadding or red flannel and quiz
etly wait till the inflammation subsidies
You can't cure any such thing in a minute
or an hour. If they are very anxious to do
something more, tell them they may iron
the place with a warm iron. The heat
sometimes helps matters and gives some
relief. And when man raises his arm
and says, Doctor il hurts me to do so, |
tell him, Then don't do SO if 1t hurts you.
But about the real decentralization il
seems to be 80 very common nowadays.
All, if you are wanting lecture now,
you shall have 1t. The story is not told
in sentence. Here it is, in language
non-professioAal and untechnical:
Rheumatism depends upon an impure
state of the blood, from imperfect assimi-
lation. There are acid particles in the
blood which 60 roaming about with the
circulation and rasp and scrape the nerves,
which thereupon cry out; and the crying
out of the nerves we call pain.
So you see alkalies are given, which
also, as they go roaming about, meet OF
overtake the acids and neutrallze them
Fo far so good, but we must do more
See that the skin acts freely, so as to car
ry off impurities through its millions o.
pores; have plenty of fresh air, so tha
the lungs may take In that which is pure
and do their utmost to throw off oil waste
matter; keep up healthy action by exer
else, and cat. Was Agur man or wo
man? ANY way, that was the best prayer
Feed me with food convenient for me.
lay too much stress upon food, do |
How can when the one great question i
one of demand and supply? The one bust
ness is to grind out good blood TO g
around and build up the waste places ant
supply all demands. You can not maxi
good blood out of poor material, and !
you make poor blood, It is like the poo
mans watch, or rather the mans poo
watch, Ifyou want first-rate flour, yol
must put frst.rate wheat into the hopper
never knew first quality -four to b,
ground out of poor, shriveled, brown an'
smutty wheat. The only thing that peo
pie really expect to make good out Q
poor material is flesh and blood, and thei
expectations are, as they should be, sadl
disappointed.
This is not wandering as far as yol
might suppose from our text which !
rheumatism. Some have great faith j
red hannels. II may be--there may b
something in the dye.stuil, or ia the fric
, tion-red is not very soft color Ifpec
pie have such fancies, far be Il from me I
oppose them. My business is to kee
. them well, and not TO have them sick If
, can help 1t.
There are outward applications, lin
{ ments, embrocations; these belong 10 Ii
prescribing line, and are TO be used undt
advice. Many Of them have chloroforI
in them, and might not be safe TO use
! discretion, Used freely at night and lea
, ing the fumes to be breathed In the sleel
! they have done mischief People shoul
: not meddle with edge tools unless the
/ have learned the trade.
: How about bathing or rubbing vii
: spiritf
D Yes, believe IN that--and ! Won
c keep alcohol, for outward application.
{ is sometimes fdiluted) just the s,imua
ing application the skin needs.
q Good bye--poor material and poor
put together. If any one asks you VIII
j, causes rheumatism, tell them II Is poist
IN the blood, and tell them to get rid of
b a. soon as possible. Good bye, DOctc
L Adraace.
A New York chemist has declared th
one-haf ~ The vinegar III use II made