Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-19
CURING SMALLPOX.
An Ohio Man Gives his Experience in Curing
Himself Of the Disease.

DIR. James Moore, of Ironton,
Ohio. furnishes the following for
pub licstion, which is OF especial
interest At this time:
| was taken SICK April ID, with
what l supposed was d severe cold.
having had my bsir shingted the
day previous. Friday, 18th, l Was
feverish, with severe pam II head
and back. Saturday, l6b, was
no better. Sunday, fever, some
what reduced. presume by lie
aid of sconite; eruption very indis-
tioct under the skin.
Monday morning, 18th, eruption
upmistakably that of smallpox
Tuesday morning, eruption very
abundant, crop increasi ng rapidly
in size and number Wednesday
morning a very dense crop all over
the face, forehead, seal p OF heal,
neck and soles of feet Upon the
arms, hands, legs and body they
were pretty evenly distributed, but
not so closely packed as upon the
above mentioned parts By even
ing l was suffering intensely from
those upon the scalp. By half-past
ten o'clock the pain was almost in-
tolerable. My nurse had retired
and was sound asleep in bed be-
hind me. My feet were so tender
that dare not let them touch the
footboard of the bed. My head l
could not suffer to lie upon the
pillow. Iraised up on my elbow,
my neck resting upon my hand.
l had by this time become SO
nervous l dare not shut my eyes
from fear of seeing unpleasant
visions. Pulse about ninety. L
had upon the table, at the bedside,
pitcher of water and a drinking
glass. Il box of seidlitz powders,
and one ounce Of chlorate of pot
ash in crystals. / had also at my
bedside paper Of lemons aud also
one of oranges. These were all the
agents within my reach.
l recOllected that lemon Juice In
sufficient quantity was sedative,
and would lower the hearts ac-
ton. aud by 80 doing might re.
lieve me Of those unpleasant vis-
ions. 1 therefore squeezed all the
juice I possibly could out of one of
the lemons into the glass, to which
l added about two tablespoons of
water, and drank it. then opened
the rind and sucked the balance of
the juice. In about twenty min.
utes l took another lemon, and
used it In the same manner. In q
short time felt very bad, as if l
were lying in close proximity to q
large mass of snow or ice. NY
pulse had dropped to sixty.
shut my eyes to see If the IN.
pleasant visions were gone. 1 not
only found that they were gone,
but by placing my hand upon MY
head l found the pOcks on my
head had gone also. My head was
bathed in a grumous-like fluid
which had exuded from the pox.
1t stained the napkin 1 had APP
piled to wipe it OF, 1t seemed as
II each had given up its contents
and wilted down to level with
the surface. The same had taken
place with those on my face.
My beard was glued together with
the same kind Of fluid. Those
upon my neck had not burst, but
had sbruDk away and diminished
in size considerably. lay down
and slept two hours comfortab
swoke, / presume from cold. al.
though L had pieuty Of cover upon
me and the lire was still burning
IN the CRATE. l felt so well pleased
that / took little more lemon
juice. l kept my pulse al from so
TO 81 for SO hours, when ali erup
tons ana elevations had disappear
ed from my SKIN then bid good
bye to lemon juice and smallpox.
So strongly am / convinced in
the power of lemon juice TO absorb
any and every case of smslIpox, if
admins cred az | administered it
to myself. that 1 look upon it as a
specific of as much certainty and
power in smallpox rs quiniDe is in
intermittent fever. L therefore
publish my experiment., hoping
that every physician having q case
Of smallpox will give it fair trial
and report the result to me.