The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-05
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A NEW REMEDv SUGGESTED By sfrNNEsoTA
PHYSICIAN.

NEW kEMEDY SUGGESTED BY A MINNESOTA
/ PHYSICIAN.
! Iii d letter from Minneapolis, Nina, to the
Chicago Tribune, in which he declares that
no cough mixture can reach the lungs DR.. r.
D'Unger says:
need not describe the symptoms Of con-
sumption, as they are SO well known and so
frequently beheld that even the most unintel-
lfgent can diagnose the disease from the hectic
spots in the cheeks, the terrible exhausting
cough, the purulent expectoration, and vast
ing body ; nor will here put down the thou
sand and one opinions already printed as to
its causation. 1t will be enough to say that,
| when it is ONCE seated, strenuous efforts to
check its progress must be made. Nature
herself always tries to do this. and. with
slight aid, she usually succeeds. Be hopeful,
then, ye afflicted ones.
Let us compare life to a burning lamp. If
we supply oil as rapidly as the flame consumes
| it, the wick remains unburnt, and the lamp
throws out its given light but If we fail to
supply the oil needed to produce the fame 1t
is foregone conclusion; tho wick becomes
consumed, the light grows dim, fiickers, and
finally goes ont altogether. In other words,
the light dies because there is too much
oxygen and not enough carbon. So 1t Is with
a consumptive's life. The disease he suffers
from is wasting one, an internal fever which
consumes the carbon in his blood more rapid
| ly than the food he eats can supply it, If
carbon was furnished as fast as the disease
exhausted it, the body would not waste /; If 1t
was put into the blood Ia excess of what the
disease required, there would be an increase
in the strength and bulk of the body, instead
of decrease. Like the lamp, the supply of
mand or in excess Of it. If this be not SO,
the life, like the wick, will be consumed.
Some months ago the little daughter (aged
fourteen) of trunkmaker in this city, one
Mr.. Garden-I am permitted to use his name
was pronounced hopeless consumptive ;
aud to have seen her at that time one would
have supposed there was good ground for the
decision, as she was mere skeleton, had a
terrible cough, expectorated over half pint
day of greenish, blood streaked tubereulous
matter, and was so exceedingly nervous that
she could scarcely sleep at all, night or day.
She had been doctored long while with
cough and consumption specifics, and ono Oh
two physicians had tried their skill on her
but without avail, her life gradually drawing
to its close. Meeting her father-who was
almost heartbroken at the thought of soor
losing heroine day, gave him this pre-
scription:
One half pound finely cut up beefsteal
(fresh)
One drachm pulverized charcoal.
Four ounces pulverized sugar
Four ounces rye whskey.
One pint boiling water.
Mix all together; let it stand In cool
place over night, and give from one to two
teaspoonfuls liquid and meat--before each
meal.
This was tried, aud in four or Eve weeks
this little girl was SO rosy and healthy, free
from all cough and other symptoms of disease,
that it was considered almost miracle in the
neighborhood in which she lived.
What caused this great change? Simply
the supplying of her system with more carbon
than the disease could exhaust, thereby Civ
ing nature the upper hand in the conflict.
have used this preparation very freqnent-
ly, and have never found it act otherwise
than beneficial The dose should be small at
first, until the stomach becomes used to it.,
and then gradually increased.
Let all consumptives try 1t who read this,
weighing themselves before they commence,
and again after they have taken it for week
or ten days. To their establishment they will
discover that, instead of their bodies wasting
away, they will gain in strength and fesh
And then let them be kind enough to report
the result to the Chicago Tribune for tue
benefit OF that timid class of lung sick people
who are afraid to try any remedy Unless they
pay one dollar bottle for it,, or double that
sum for prescription.