Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-07-21
Pills and Liberty.

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The medical society of Allegany
county have combined to get up a
corner in prescriptions by the passage
of resolution in which they declare
''that it is the duty of the members of
this society to withdraw their, pre-
scriptions from any druggist who puts
up any nostrums, or who prescribes
or recommends any patent or other
medicines for any class of cases,
whether grave or trivial" To this tho
druggists have replied by: resolution
in which they will, "in the alleviation
of suffering amidst all classes, pursue,
as heretofore, the legitimate mode of
conducting our own affairs" :" The is
sues are, therefore, made up, and
ruthless war is declared between the
"nostrum' and the legitimate pre-
scription. A terrific discharge of
long-range pills is opened upon the
venders of patent medicines, who re-
ply by heavy mortar practice and
bombshells. A CALLING fire of blood
purifiers, liver regulators, hair tonics,
cough lozenges, ambitious psrsua-
sives, kidney comforters and worm
ejaculators will be kert up on the
doctors. The regular physicians ad-
vance in solid phaJsnx With legitimate
small arms-sedatives, narcotics, feb
rifuges, sudoriGcs, olisters, caustics,
probangs, lotions and muzzle-loaders
and breech-loaders of all descriptions.
The druggists number among their
warriors men whose very names show
that they are not to be trifed with.
There is Mr.. Lefevre, who is not to
be reduced by any febrifuge or cooling
draught which the doctors will be
likely to fire off at him. Then there
is Mr.. TIL. Rohrbach, whose stentorian
voice will hurl back with scorn any
improper remark that may be address
ed to him by the medical legions.
Finally there is the firm of II. G. w.
Damn, very possibly the initials of a
huge and vigorous damn, whereby
they swear never to yield to any die
tation of conspiring doctors. Mean
time, it is fearful to consider the con-
ditlon of the lungs, intestines, kid
neys, diaphragms, livers, colons and
knee-pans of the good people of Cum
berland. Any disease, "grave or
trivial" must be borne patiently until
the fight is over. 1t is possible that
some compromise might be made, for
many things which were once most
ruins are now the property Of the
medical professionalism Hoffman's ano-
dyne, McMunn's elixir, Dover's powd-
ers, and hundred similar things.
This might furnish the basis of nego-
tiations, but until the battle is ended
COLES and catarrhs must be endured.
There is no doubt that a learned pre-
scription in the Latin Of the period
does powerfully influence the bucolic
mind A doctor once gave nurse
very learned description of the mala-
dy of the patient, who received it
deeply impressed and confded to her
friends that the patient must die, be-
cause the doctor said "he had lost all
the Latin part Of his bowels. ." There
can be no doubt that the prescription
Rx. Tinct. camph. comp. ex hydro
pipy, 3oz., must exert an effect beyond
simple blood purifier although
possibly. composed of he same ingre-
dents. The druggists, however, have
the side Of free pills. and liberty.
Should the doctors subdUe them, they
may advance next npQr the venders
of stimuli, and no man would be able
to assuage the pargs Of thirst unless
he were armed with legitimate pre-
scription: Rx. FoIi@ menth@, saach.
alb. l o., spirit vini otardi 8 o.,
glacis pulv. quaint. suf., ct shakete
violenter ct suckite dulciter cum
strawum. Shall this be? Never
The druggists have in their care and
keeping the cause of liberty. The
eyes of all Europe are upon them
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