The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-10
sIBPLR REMEDY FoR CAfARRH AND
BRONCHITIS.

It is now generally known that car
bolic acid is strongly disinfectant, and
very useful when applied to putrid sores
or parulent wounds Wood creOsote Is
similar, Is decidedly antiseptic, and
quite volatile. It Is therefore natural to
suppose It ia useful when applied to ca
tarrhRl and bronchial affections which
arise from disease of putrefyinE mucus.
We learned o. its use for this purpose
from DR.. Prescetto, q leading physician
in the noted Italian Medical school la
Genoa, from whose conversations We
CLEANED portions OF the important arti-
Gle on Catching Cold and the Rene
dies given in last December's Ameri-
can AqTtcuttsrist. We have since recon-
mended the following statement In
many cases with the best results. It
can do no harm, is simple, and eminent
ly worthy of a trial, both tor temporary
and chronic affections.
For BronchitiS.--Ge from the drug
Rist's little good wood creosote. Put
two drops OF it into bottle holding a
PITT or so. Pour in q little more than
half pint of clear water and shake it
well also shake it well before using Il.
Take a mouthful of this, throw the head
back, gurgle it sometime in the throat
and then swallow it. Repeat this every
two hours, more or less, so as to use up
the liquid within "a hours. For each
subsequent "a hours, use three drops of
the creosote in or 4 gills Of water.
This three drops day may be continu-
ed as long as any bronchitis appears.
Two to four days is usually enough,
though 1t may be continued indefinitely
without harm.
For Cdtdrrh. rh.-Prepare the creosote
QQ al in
rate OF one drop of creosote to one gill Of
water "A drops to the pint), or little
more water II the creosote be very strong
and the water too irritating. Make a
fresh mixture once in Two or three davs.
and as much oftener as more is needed.
Take handful Of this water. previous
ly well shaken, aud snuff it through the
mouth, and if need be, occasionally dur
ing the day. In fact, keep the nasal
passages washed out with the creosote
water. Its vapors will even penetrate
the bony cavities, and also be drawn in
10 the lungs with useful results. 1t de-
Sroys the purulent mucus, and teuds to
prevent its further secretion. 1t is use
ful for any discharges from the nose or
lungs produced by colds or general weak
ness.
For bronchitis. and especially for ca
nourishing food, and quinine if needed,
TO obtain and retain vigo -ous system,
are capital aids to the creosote or any
other medicine.
10 Insure accuracy, as usual I'm such
cases we sent prOOf-slip of the above
10 very competent regular physician.
who returned it without correction or
addition. except as follows The above
is valuable and entirely realiable. and
should be widely read. Nine-tenths of
the people who take nostT ums for ca
tarrh have no such disease, but have
been made to believe they suffer from it
by the quacks who sell their useless and
poisonous stuffs at an immense profit.
A common cold is ali acute catarrh. and
properly treated is soon well. Chronic
catarrh of any part of the mucus track
Is not so easily cured. but fortunately is
much more rarely seen by physician even
than people usually think. - ORANGE
Judd IN american Ag-iculturist