Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-20
s1mon Juice For Smayluox.

| The Scientific american publishes particu-
lars respecting the practice of DR.. A. s.
Payne, late professor in Southern Medical
college, Atlanta, Ga DR.. Payne says that,
as early as 1876, he noticed that the initial
smallpox fever could be discovered by its
peculiar pulse before any other symptom APP
peared. Having discovered this pulse, he
proceeded to vaccinate. If this is done with
in ten or twelve hours after the inception of
the fever the patient will have a slight in
disposition, without sign of eruption, and
as positive exemption from recurrence of
the disease as if he had passed through it's
stages. A remarkable feature of this expert
ence is that if the patient is vaccinated early
after the initial fever sets in he may be allow
ed to go where he pleases without fear of
spreading the disease. Professor Payne has
tried his plan for thirty-four years on more
than 100 cases without failure. He advises
the discontinuance of smallpox hospitals, as
tending to increase the ravages of the dis
case, and, instead, recommends isolation of
patients, and where parties are exposed to
the smallpox, visit them twice day, and,
as soon as the fever is recognized, vaccinate
them. He believes this method would soon
stamp out the disease, which is now becom-
ing prevalent.
Last April DIR. James Moore, of Ironton,
O., published his experience with lemons as
a remedy for smallpox. 1t is as follows
i WAS tEh6u S1CA apI14 lfbu WILL WuHG sup
posed was a severe cold, having had my hair
shingled the previous Friday. The 18th I
was quite feverish, with severe pain in the
head and back. Saturday, 10th, 1 was no
better; Sunday, somewhat reduced, pre-
sumo, by the aid of aconite, which had been
administered to me by Drs. Morris and
Dunn eruption very indistinct underneath
the skin.
Monday morning 18th, eruption unmis-
takably that of smallpox. Tuesday morn
ing, eruption very abundant, crop increas-
ing rapidly in size and number. Wednesday
morning, very dense crop all over the face,
forehead, scalp and head, 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 mon
toned parts. By evening I was suffering
intensely from those on the scalp. By 1890
O'Clock the pain was almost intolerable.
MY nurse had retired and was sound asleep
in bed. My feet were SO tender that I-dare
not let them touch the foot board of the
bed. My head could not suffer to lie on
the pillow. lay, raised up on my elbow,
my neck resting on my hand. I had by this
time become so nervous L dare not shut my
eyes from fear of seeing unpleasant visions
Pulse about 80. had upon the table at the
bedside pitcher of water and drinking
glass, box of seidlitz powders and an ounce
of chlorate of potash in crystals. I had also
at my bedside paper of lemons, also one
orange These were all the agents within
my reach.
I recolIected that lemon juice in sufficient
quantities was sedative, and would lower
the hearts action, and by so doing might
relieve nae of those unpleasant visions. I
therefore squeezed all the juice T possibly
could out of one of the lemons into the glass,
to which I added about two tablespoonsful
of water, and drank it. [ then opened the
rind and sucked the balance of the juice. In
about twenty minutes L took another lemon,
and used it in the same manner. In short
time felt very cold, as if / were lying in
close proximity to a large mass of snow or
ice NV pulse had dropped to 60. [ shut my
ewes to see if the unpleasant visions were
gone. not only found that they were gone,
but, by placing my hand upon my head,
found the pox had gone also. My head was
bathed with gummous-ike fluid, which had
sxuded from the pox. 1t stained the nap
kin I had applied to wipe it off. 1t seemed
as if each had given up its contents and
wilted down to a level with the surface. The
same had taken place with those upon my
face. My beard was glued together with the
same kind of fluid. Those upon my neck
had not bursted, but had shrunk away and
diminished in size considerably. lay down
and slept two hours comfortably. [ awoke,
I presume from cold although had plenty
of cover over me, and the fire was still burn
ing in the CRATE. L felt SO well pleased that
I took little more lemon juice. I kept my
pulse at from 60 to 81 for thirty-six hours,
when all eruptions, all elevations had disap- |
peared from my skin. then bid goodbye |
to lemon Juice and smallpox.
So strongly am convinced of the power |
of lemon Juice to abate any and every case |
of smallpox, if administered as I admin |
istered it myself, that I look upon it as |
specific of as much certainty and power in |
smallpox as quinine is in intermittent, fe-
YER. I therefore publish my experients, hop |
ing every physician having case of small
pox will give it fair trial and report the
result to me.