The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-12

...u. Homeopathy uumorin. Patients
,,.,ni. Jhv advance rsN system Abuse.
r..,r..- a lr..nl requirement in this coun-
..,. a,.rv merchant vessel shall have Il |
r.. lt-,. hui It is not made anybodys |
. f.... taat % - k"p, we'll supplied. The |
,..uI interest ~ the captain" in Keeping /
, ....i. .n .an., itiun for work il supposed 90 /
.r.r,tnOi.sh {" secure ;hat In England /
rt.. sailors -a,. more stringent rcgula- /
...a. tIr-hir~ medicine chest and /
..r..i. ..ruur NOR carclc--n'Ss is allowed /
..tr. 7 ,- chaur- of recovery IT hc Is
,n .a go ~'p. OF course to the Captain
il..4..,. lui 81 the authority to- Kill or cure
....I-It,i hs own Intelligence and the chart
c,- "mrltM manual
NMtN i-af lity. hy the way, j. required oi
c.f.n' rn' duties IT his position make him
. g.-'f tr. vii ,-' ruW"rs extend even To- TIE
t..n.uilli,.; a.. must lr parson. II the pro
danau hi- int reference for marrying
DlrUn.: he must boz a merchant. OF times
vthuaorn knowledge of trade and enterprise
..g.upr, rtun ties for business; he must be
n..,-l,Igu. % surgeon. "a dentist. and withal.
.Ugl navigator. That hc meets the latter
oIDHi,a,ien = his stepping stone 10 all the
r-t
Sr,unrly. his docoring he generally finds
lc-td.Meu'is about. Perhaps that j. because
i a- In his navigation Of unknown waters.
h -af- hv wcll-d fined chart. And then. II
worst comes and $50 bo rs how the patient
dr.. why IL l. no more than might as likely
Inv, happened In the pra, ticc of a regular ply
sfan on land. Iut the Captains believe that
H., percentage Of lives lost undcr their treat
nr.nl is much lower thnu the physicians ashore
can boast Capt. Holmes of the ship Seminole
nov was at ST. Thomas a few years ago. when
tn island was cursed with even more than lis
ueunl complement Of deadly nalndios. Op'
whocs.apcd cholera WAS Liable to 10" taken 1T
by yellow fever. and If he escaped both. then
there WAS danger ~ viruent smallpox. some
al his men got ashore and imprudrutly drank
j ayily. The, got drunk. and got the yellow
fcyrr. The chorc WIS given th"mof being doc
rcd hy the CAPTAIN on shipnoard or hy rosu-
Lt ph,sirans i'm the hospital Oh shore. Four
w.ut to the hospital and were nll buried. IN
,nlnl number remained on board and all sot
I'm surgery. also. sone Captains achieve for
Themselves "a REPUTATION. Capt Mortimer now
ai one of tine ships ui tn" Black bull me- ON o"
il sailor fall from great hrieh, Ia IN" deck,
Tho poor fellows nose WIS halienrd out. ne
i",snt op.n biz jaw ir1"iurri ,o1' II hI,is
entire forehead WIS raNed IN, Ihr captain
managed to remove "a" shattered pies 81
mating its previous style. heal the Ia" and
jaw. and after furty-two days ot treatment ht
d. landed the man well advanced toward re-
re- first medicine chest. pu, up FOR shipe. in
Ilnmn- Ritter. a skiltul and emn"nty praot-
{ physician. who died two or three years ago,
unmr hy a successor. DR. Ritter improved ma
trally upon the English way olprcparing 81 Ii
chests and rcgulatin. the use of their contents.
H. kucw Just what sailors were mos, ik"S Ia
b. am ted with. and what was most lk"N e.
dies and liking the size II his doses upon his
knowledge OF nautical men. rather than upon
mIs OF General p rdticr; us Mr rair
terms tiat mere hoy may nndorstlnu. II
IT, by their numbers, what Is in each II tn,
bottles and packages in the chest. fiity o
these in the sailors chest are medicinal prep
arations. for both internal and external use
aud then there are some surgical appliances
For parRet ships and families, ilitrn more bot
T. Of drugs ar. supplied. The adult doses arr
o. the character and use Of each medicine, ano
somo pres riptlon- are given for desirable com
Ka9d I rrGp@2ns all tR thu s s'ru YIN sy @f re
our on rhiphoarl. together with dire tlnns
bow t. Distinguish synptom,r, and how
department Is as well provided for AZ the rest
Probably no better illustration OF the pratc
than the general rules laid down Tor dis
ease among scancn,' n follows;
4y9a The , g.s l 1T',@t n eS,9 m mT ,s
nom d, iGa s pi 2re Of S S 9G ns pa S3
tn stomach induces trembling, aui Increase te su
ray .riei resar % traulns'. Of geT.oHg AMI c.'l
ilt ltff-t u water. anu eat ifneiN OF Nfg'iNt
t.ecnll' on long voyascs koep tn bowels olen
Xxx or en tb shore e,psoia, n tne ,,s 80
E,cp HE drc.. dr., as pos.lb, aud adapt il To- "a
hme niure Of The climate 1t Is generally best 10 wea
c'rle,i, moisture Of the lodging apArtme nt' ever
s.ioci aaehoiase To- Ne windward OF tho land
ALA S'a e ' .s as u, ne cS alr, "a eIb n
.oi,, 81 ihc i,ad should be thrown overheard with m
uf hsgS,S be- , A. '"o aI p. s ''H p
b irqu0ntly aired aud IN The death % r.c"nerN ~
& e , os , '" S,, S 11 W VIM arr sni VIII
saa' ''' apartment or scatter about inc room ''''''
.Of course tho regular chests nro filed wit
hl"ptni' preparations. and the treatment
nli conducted on the old-s'hoo system. Sailor
have lite faith in homeopathy. They are III
rlm"d to form an estimate OF me z'oi me dns
h"y require 10y their appreciation 81 the mnl
nNulr Oi their sunrrln--, anu a lew dlminnti\
pellets To- combat - at zig PAIN thry view q
smuy ridioulous. But many Of the Captain
ar NOR" progress We. and. while they mum,
u" sailors whms IN favor OF nllnnaihy, H.
ihrn-cl,cs and families. The all1pathir chos
rug' iu price, from $40 up to so. The ilr-
nnm"i price applies to thM IN winch the med
rn's arr iut up ia two-oun"" Nlhl--cnpugh,
J. estimated, for CROW Of seven or "iEit m"l
j. 100 tis Nh" sz'' of the vinls in, rcus's M
~ DO a- would he laid in for TN" supply Of
81 Woi tN'nty,nine or tnirty, going ON u Ion
fls' In olt Tunes chests re put up r"i
IL u.n- li.ounre bottles ot dru-r, hut tht
ar. quIrd u0 longer. When tu" Low Broti
- Used 90 run thirteen I'm" puohN ships in'
nfniul 9" nay" IN each medicine 'h'
h-Nuh" nls and the -nmr r. wls h"
ln Sau FRANCISCO and East lnlla pa"i
e. Sow however, tn" sum" class of '--
'Itt 1000 their long voyu-' = chests II only a
Nnn Ouu e yIals costing from $50 to 81
A-n.N e.Nn less medicine thHn troy u- u q
.'N.n- iu that respect the leud oi th'
'Ir uoi 20" faculty on shor'. In st'amsnl ~
N'-"uu'" chests are Erurrtl.N used Sal
pyius tween Nnw YORK. nnl 81
.-n morally carry tu-uun." 'lnst
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