The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-09
Msefal aud Curious.
he TRIED LEMONS
A nd Recon- m nds Them nm X xeeilens Ren
edy fer the 9aaii-psx.

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The Scientific Imericaa publishes some interes-
ting particulars respecting the practice Of DIR. A
s. Payne, late Professor in Southern Medical
College, Atlanta Ga. DR., Payne says that as early
rs 1896 he noticed that the initial smallpox fever
could be discovered by its peculiar pulse before
any other symptoms appeared. Having dscov-
cred this pulse, he proceeded to vaccinate lfrhis
Is done within ten hours after the inception of
the fever the patient will have slight indispo-
sition without SIGN Of eruption. and as positive
exemption from a recurrence of the disease as il
he had passed through its stages. remarkable
feature of this experience is that if the patient
Is vaecnated early after the initial fever sets in,
he may be allowed to go where he pleases with
out fear of spreading the disease. Professor
Payne has tried his plan for thirty-four years on
more than hundred cases, without failure.
He advises the diseontinuanee of smallpox hos
pltals rs tending to increase the ravages of the
disease, and instead recommends isolation Of
PATIENTS and where parties are exposed to the
smallpox, visit them twice a day, and as soon As
the fever is recognized, yaccinate them. He be-
lieyes this method would soon stamp ont the
disease which is now becoming so prevalent.
Last April DIR. James Moore, of lronton, Ohio,
published his experience with lemons as a REM
edy for smallpox. 1t is as follows:
HIS ExPEnEScE.
] was taken sick April Ia with what supposed
the previous Friday. The 14th was quite fe-
verish, with severe pain in the head and back.
Saturday, 10th, was no better; Sunday, fever
somewhat reduced, presume by the aid Of AGO.
mite, which had been administered to me; erup-
ton very indistinct underneath the skin.
Monday morning, 18th, eruption Enthusiastically
that of smallpox Tuesday morning eruption
very abundant, crop increasing rapidly in size
and number. Wednesday morning q very dense
crop all over the face and body. Upon the arms,
ted, but not SO closely packed as upon the other
parts. By evening l was suffering intensely
from those on the scalp. By 1890 o'clock the
pain was almost intolerable. Ny nurse had re-
tired and was sound asleep. Ny feet were so
tender that dare not let them touch the foot
board of the bed. My head l could not suffer to
lie on the pillow. j lay, raised up on my elbow,
my neck resting on my hands. had by this
time become so nervous dare not shut my eyes
from fear of seeing unpleasant visions. Pulse
about ninety. had upon the table at the bed
side pitcher of water and a drinking glass, a
box Of siedlitz powders, and an ounce of chlorate
of potash in crystals. I had also at my bedside
paper Of lemons, also one of oranges. These
were all the agents within my reach.
HE TRIES LEMONS.
recollected that lemon Juice in sufficient
quantity was n sedative, and would lower the
hearts action, and by doing might relieve me
of those unpleasant visions. therefore squeezed
all the juice possibly could out of one of the
lemons into the glass, to which added about
two tablespoonfns of water, and drank it. l
then opened the rind and sucked the balance OF
the juice In about twenty minutes took ano-
Their lemon and used it in the same manner. In
a short time felt very cold, as if l were lying
in close proximity to large mass Of snow or ice.
Ny pulse had dropped to sixty. shut my eyes
to see if the unpleasant visions were gone. /
not only found that they were gone, but by pla-
cling my hand upon my head found the pox had
gone also. My head was bathed with gnmmous-
like fluid, which had exuded from the poI. 1t
stained the napkin | had applied to wipe it of.
1t seemed a. if each had given up its contents
and wilted down to n level with the surface. The
same had taken place with those upon my face.
My beard was glued togeather with the same
kind of fiuid. Those upon my neck had not
bursted, but had shrunk in size considerably. /
laid down and slept two hours comfortably.
awoke, presumed, from cold, although | had
plenty of cover over Inc and the fire was still
burning in the CRATE. ! felt so well pleased that
took little more lemon juice. / kept my pulse
at from sixty to sixtyseven for thirty-six hours,
when all eruption had disappeared from my skin.
then bid goodbye to lemon juice and smallpox.
So strongly am convinced Of the power of
lemon Juice to abort any and every case of small
pOx, if administered as l administered ID myself,
that look npon it as specific of as much GER
rainty and power in smallpox guinine is in
intermittent fever. / therefore publish my ex-
periments, hoping every physician having a case
of smallpox will give it a fair trial, and report
the result to me.