St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
A SMALLPOX Remedy.
A CURE FOR THE DISEASE THAT IS RE
LIABLY CLAIMED TO BE 1NFALLIBLE.
New Orleans Times-Democrat. !

New Orleans Times Democrat
The Times-Democrat published yes
terday a remedy for small-po which
is said to have the recommendation OF a
number of the leading medical insti-
tutes of Europe. The following let
ter. which we publish, from we'll
known citizen Of New Orleans, who has
had many opportunities Of seeing the
disease, strongly indorses and approves
the remedy.
To the Editor of the Times-Democrat:
In your paper of this date (2Oth9 L
see you have published remedy Tor
small pox-a reprint from the Boston
Herald-and you say :" it might be well
for some of our physicians to try 1t anG
make public statement OF the result.
This remedy-which is also said to be
good in scarlet fever and any eruptlve
fever-has been published in our pa
pers on repeated occasions. L cut It
from paper in this city seven or eight
years ago. | had noticed it once or
twice before, and determined to have
it tried by some OF our physicians TO
prove the truth of what was claimed
for it, for if it was true, it was certainly
valuable. / had at the time relative
who was a resident student at the
Charity Hospital. To him handed 1t
with the request that he would call the
attention of the faculty to it and nave
it tried when occasion offered. He
told me some time afterwards that he
had done so and that several OF the
physicians were favOrably impressed
with it, among them the late Prof. Haw-
thorne, and DR.. Jos. Holt. OF this, city:
Some three years ago, having heard
that DR.. Holt had tried the remedy,
asked him on meeting him what he
thought of it. He replied that it was
an excellent one that he had just used
it with q very bad case OF continent
smallpox and that it worked like
charm. From what DR.. Holt said to
me, /: determined, if occasion came,- l
would test it. As before stated, the
remedy is said to be equally good for
scarlet fever; and last spring two OF
my own children were taken with that
disease. saw my physician and told
him desired to have that remedy used:
He consented, and it was used, and
worked admirably. The eldest child
was in a highly nervous condition-lt
soOthed and quoted almost Immediate
". We used nothing else, and both
children speedily recovered. This has
00'" re- Rssspectfully. FRS.
In view Of this letter, we think it
well to reproduce the remedy alluded
to. 1t is as follows:
At the time of the smallpox scare,
in 1869, when Boston was so sorely
afflicted, a recipe for a remedy was
twice published in the Hartford Times,
and some one in Boston obtained a
COPY accompanied by letter from the
editor, who stated that there were peo-
pie in Hartford who could vouch for it's
efficiency. It was said that a person
who tried it in Ohio in a case of small
pox, where the doctor had little hope,
found that it saved the patients life.
Other cases were then tried and every
one was successful. The remedy was
said to be equally sure in scarlet fever,
and to prevent OF cure the smallpox,
even though the pittings We're filling.
The recipe was as follows:
'Sulphate OF zinc, one grain; fox
glove (digitalis), one grain; half tea
spoonful of sugar; when thoroughly
mixed add four ounces OF water. Take
spoonful every hour. Either disease
will disappear in IL hours. For a child
smaller doses, according to age"
!" When Jenner discovered cow-pox in
England, the world of science hurled
an avalanche Of fame upon his head !;
when the most scientific school of medi-
cine in the world-that of Paris-pub-
Iished this panacea for the smallpox it
passed unheeded. 1t is as nnfailiDg as
fate, and conquers in every instance.
It is harmless when taken by well per-
sons. 1t is remarkable that this remedy
should not be more widely known il it
is what 1t is claimed.