The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-01
He Tried Lemons.

And Recommends Them as an Excellent Remedy
for the SMALLPOX.
The Scientific american publishes
some interesting particulars respecting
the practice of DR.. A. S. Payne, late
Professor in Southern Medical College,
Atlanta, Ga. DR.. Payne says that as
early as 1916 he noticed that the initial
smallpox fever could be discovered by
its peculiar pulse before any other symp-
tom appeared. Having discovered this
pulse, he proceeded to vaccinate. If
this is done within ten or twelve hours
after the inception of the fever the patti
ent viii have slight indisposition, with
out sign of eruption, and as positive
exemption from a recurrence of the dis
ease as if he had passed through its
stages. A remarkable feature of this
experience is that if the patient is vac
einated early after the initial fever sets
in he may be allowed TO go where he
pleases without fear of spreading the
disease. Professor Payne has tried his
plan for thirty-four years on more than
a hundred cases, without failure. He
advises the discontinuance of smallpox
hospitals, as tending to increase the
rayages of the disease. and instead rec
commends isolation OF patients, and
where parties are exposed to the small
pox, visit them twice a day, and as
soon as the fever is recognized vaccinate
them. He believes this method would
soon stamp out the disease which is now
becoming so prevalent.
Last April DIR. James Moore, of Iron
ton, Ohio, published his experience with
lemons as remedy for smallpox. 1t
is as follows:
I was taken sick April IA with what
supposed was a severe cold, having had
my hair singled the previous Friday.
The 18th [ was quite feverish with q Sc
we're pain In the head and back. Satur-
day, 10th, / was no better; Sunday, fe-
yer somewhat reduced, / presume by
the aid of-aconite, which had been adj
ministered to me by Drs. Morris and
Dunn; eruption very indistinct under
meath the skin.
Monday morning, 18th, eruption I'M
mistakably that of smallpox. Tuesday
morning eruption very abundant, crop
increasing rapidly in size and number.
Wednesday morning a very dense crop
all over the face, forehead scalp OF
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
mentioned parts. By evening / was
suffering intensely from those on the
scalp BY 1890 o'clock the pain was
almost intolerable. My nurse had re-
tired and was sound asleep in bed. My
feet were SO tender that dare not let
them touch the footboard of the bed.
Nv head I could not suffer to lie on the
pillow. / lay, raising up on my elbow,
my neck resting on my hand. had by
this time become so nervous I dare not
shut my eyes from fear of seeing IN.
pleasant visions. Pulse about ninety.
had upon the table at the bedside a
pitcher. of water and a drinking glass,
box of seidlitz powders, and an ounce
of elflorate of potash in crystals. L had
also at my bedside q paper OF lemons,
also one of oranges Ihese We're all the
agents within5fny reach.
!, I fecoIlected that lemon juice in suf1i-
cie11f quantity was a sedatite, and
would lower the hearts action, and by
so doing might relieve me of those I'M
pleasant visions. | therefore squeezed
all the juice possibly could out OF one
of the lemons into the glass, to which /
added about two tablespoonsful of wa
ter, and drank it. j then opened the
rind and sucked the balance of the juice.
Ia about twenty minutes took another
lemon and used it in the same manner
In q short time felt very cold, as If ]
were lying in close proximity to . large
mass of snow or ice. Ny pulse had
dropped to sixty. I shut my eyes to see
If the unpleasant visions were gone.
I not only found that they were gone.
but by placing my hand upon my head
I found the pox had gone also. My
head was bathed with gunimous-like
fluid, which had .exuded FROM the pox.
Tt stained the napkin I had applied to
vine it eff It seemed as If such had