Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-03-10
4 Sovereign Remedy for Smallpox aud
Scarlet Fever.

From the Philadelphia Record.
About two years ago The RscorR made
| known through its columns smallpox
specific which had been given To the
/ public by "A CORES pondent of the Stock.
! ton lCul. Hrad, who declared that it
| had bCel cco siully used to his knowl'
| edge in hundreds of cases, and would
prevent smallpox, or cure it even though
the pittngs were filling. Tie recipe
was originally published as q panacea
for smallpox by soI.Ie of the most sci.
entific schools OF medicine in Paris. 1t
Is claimed 10 be OF iniallible efficacy.
II is "A cure also for scarlet fever, and
it is harmless when administered TO
well persons. The following is the pre-
scrlption:
Suip..aie of zinc, one grain ioxglove
ldigitalisl, one grain; half Il teaspoon
full of sugar mix with two tablespoons
tuls OF water When thoroughly mix.
ed add four ounces Of water. Take
spoonful every hour. The disease will
disappear in twelve hours. For chill.
dren smaller doses should be given, ac.
CO. ding TO their age
A subscriber OF THs Record called at
this office with slip cut from the issue
of this paper which contained the re.
cipe above given, and stated that the
preparation had cured his child of small.
pox in one day. The remedy appears 10
I toe precisely the sa he AS that now being
+ dispensed to scores of people daily at
st. Joscph's Orphan Asylum, at the
corner OF Seventh and Spruce streets,
in this city, and which has been found
remarkably etlicac'ous. Mother Coma.
"a, the venerable head OF the institu.
ton. who is busily engaged in com.
pounding the medicine, has been a
/ member of the order OF Sisters OF CHAR.
/ Is FOR tifty.four years, and is now the
I Mother Superior OF the order in this
/ city. She states that she celyed the
/ specific from Father kenrich, Of Ger
mantown. some ten Yeas aro, VINO first
/ had it from a French physician, who
/ discovered it during the prevalence of
I n smallpox epidemic in Paris, where
/ it had been used with great success.
I When the Sister first began to make It
. she voluntarily sent a bottle or two to
I families that she knew were suffering
\ from small uox the result was so sur
| prisingly beneficial that the report rap.
/ idly spread, and in a short time the
news was known all over the ueighbor.
hood Several priests in the city have
/ not only recommended 1t but announo.
| ed to their congregations where 1t could
\ be procured, and the additional publicI
/ ty thus given has necessitated the con
/ slant labor Of all the Sisters in the work
of preparation. 1t is made in large
copper vessel, which holds eight gallons,
and not infrequently twenty gallons a
day are distributed. Any person can
procure it. no distinction being made
on account of religion. 1t is given free
where persons are unable to pay, but
those who desire can make small of.
| fering in re.ufn for it. 1t is the custom
Of the Sisters to send out a printed
prayer and a small scapula of the Sacred
Heart with each bottle. Many cases Of
cure are recounted by people in the
vicinity, and the Sisters say that in no
case where it has been used has it failed
| to give the best results.