The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22

portions of my eyes could be seen, owing
70 the swelling around them. Realizing
the danger, secured a piece of tobacco
AT the cigar stand, and went into Mil
oura's drug store to get some cloth 70,
oandages. On calling for it the proprie.
Tor said with astonishment, "What is the
matter? | did not know you till vol
spoke" | stated it TO him, and he an
swered, "You had better see a doctor
you don't know how you look" After
reaching my room, as soon as l could
wet the tobacco, placed it over my fore.
mead, temples, eyes, checks and nose
barely leaving breathing space for the
nostrils. Covering it, as usual, with
Tour thlcknesses of cotton cloth, wrap.
ping bandage over ali. would put my
face into n bowl Of water every ten OF
niteen minutes, SO as to keep bandage
thoroughly wet. After about four hours
had elapsed, raised the bandage, and
was gratihed to see that the outlines OF
my, nose were visible, the eyes enlarged
and my cheeks much less full / con.
tinued the application, however, till
morning, and had the satisfaction of
seeing that | was relieved. Several gen.
tlemen who had seen me the evening
before, came in and expressed surprise at
my rapid recovery. / remember that
Dr. Hambleton said, "No doctor could
have cured you in three weeks"
+. l have heard of number of cases
where erysipelas has been cured by per.
sons whose attention had called to the
!; use of tobacco. also, last summer,
! when in New York, by applying large
( ponltices Of tobacco to my hip, cr.rJ
. myself Of terrible attack Of sciatics.
whicls had been greatly aggravated by
the treatment of two physicians.
0no evening, in Washington, ! foun,.
two of my friends sitting with their boots
OFT. They both were suffering from bum
ions of long standing. 1 advised the
use of tobacco, and they Immediately
sent for it and applied it. Application
| for single night made a permanent
cure, as they have assured me, though
F, two or three years have elapsed. About
two years ago one of the North Carolina
members of Congress, on my suggestion,
/ relieved himself in the same manner,
and says there has been no return of the
soreness.
Corns on the toes can be cured in like
manner. A Senator told me within q
few weeks that he believed he had saved
his life last year by applying tobacco as
had previously advised him us to its
use. He stated that from imprudence in
diet and over.excrtion, he had brought
on terrible attack. The pain on the
lower part of his side and back was
almost intolerable. After being treated
! by two physicians two days and nights,
with no advantage, the pain 80 increased
that it seemed impossible for him to live
under it. Remembering what had told
him as to tobacco, he applied quantity
2 pf . l.;
half hour the pain ceased, his system
was relaxed, and he Immediately re.
covered.
There is another class of cases that
ought 20 be referred to; but as my
paper is getting rather too long, l wi
reserve them to future occasion.
must, however, consider for q moL...,
such objections as have been presented
to me. A lady said she put tobacco on
her child's sore throat, that it went 10
sleep, but when it woke in the morning,
though its throat was we'll, it was very
nauseated. Had this tobacco, however,
been removed after being on twc or three
hours, there would not have been nausea.
a physician told me that he had seen
child whose =:omsel, and si5ea had
been covered with tobacco, and it was
suffering greatly from nausea. This, too,
was an instance of an overdose of the
remedy. The tobacco, however, can
easily be removed when symptoms of
nausea are perceived, but when doctor
has got an overdose into the stomach, it
cannot readily be removed.
When the wet tobacco is applied the
first effect is stimulating. In twenty or
thirty minutes, however, the sedative
effect is perceived. When it is placed
on the eyelids, as some of the juice gets
into the eye, there is usually an itching
| sensation and little pain; but in few
minutes this passes off, and there is no
more feeling than if wet cloth were
applied. Most persons sleep under tho
influence, but some do not. Tobacco,
though the most powerful sedative to the
blood circulation is nerve tonic. While
most persons sleep under the influence of
morphine, some do not. Tobacco, like
morphine, keeps me awake, though they
applied only to the affected parts, no
nausea will be felt until the inflammation
has been subdued. When light nausea
begins to be perceived, it may be assumed
that the inflammation has been subdued !;
and in few minutes sfter the bandage
has been removed, the nausea ceases to
be felt. Generally after about two hours
application, the sedative effect is attain
ed I; but in obstinate cases o much longer
time maybe required.
Something ought to be stated as to the
kind Of tobacco to be used. Formerly,
because the manufactured tobacco was
moro readily found. I generally used that,
as alters piece had been kept in water
for twenty or thirty minutes, it would
become soft enough TO allow the leaves
10 be separated. About year ago, how.
ever, I made discovery which it is i'm.
PoTtans should be known, not only ~ in-
valids, but also to tobacco chewers. !
obtained at o cigar store piece of man.
ufactured tobacco, but after applying it
found chat instead of being q sedative,
the effect was Irritating, even after IL had
been kept on the skin for several hours.
/ was satisfied that the tobacco, which
was of the kind sold for the highest
price, must have something irritating
mixed with it. Fortunately that very
evening I found Mr.. Cooper, q revenue
collector of North Carolina, who had for
many years been q manufacturer of
tobacco. He informed me that 1t was q
practice to flavor the highest priced kinks
Of tobacco with certain drugs. / think
he mentioned Tonqua bean, Wintergreen,
snd some other things. He told me
that he knew these drugs were poisonous,
because of what occurred at tobacco
factory about two miles distant from his
own One Of the negro men employed
in that factory, having some pain in his
stomach, took some spirits ont of jug
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