The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22
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| to the swelling around them. heallZtnt
the danger, secured a piece of tobacco
at the cigar stand, and went into Mil
burns drug store to get some cloth to-
bandages. On calling for it the proprie
tor said with astonishmens, "What is tht
matter? did not know you till yor
spoke" I stated it to him, and he an
swered, "You had better see a doctor
you don't know how you look" Aftel
reaching my room, as soon as l coule
wet the tobacco, placed it over my fore
head, temples, eyes, cheeks and nose
barely leaving breathing space for tht
nostrils. Covering it, as usual, witt
four thicknesses of cotton cloth, wrap
ping bandage over all, would put my
face into bowl of water every ten OF
fifteen minutes, so as to keep bandage
thoroughly wet. After about four hour.
had elapsed, I raised the bandage, and
was grati6ed to see that the outlines 0;
my nose we're visible, the eyes enlarged
and my cheeks much less full. | con.
tinued the application, however, till
morning, and had the satisfaction OF
seeing that I was relieved. Several gen
tlemen who had seen me the evening
before, came in and expressed surprise at
nv rapid recovery. ] remember that
lDr. Hambleton said, "No doctor could
have cured you in three weeks"
I have heard of, a number of cases
where erysipelas has been cured by per
SONS whose attention / had called to the
use of tobacco. I also, last summer,
when in New York, by applying large
poultices of tobacco to my hip, cured
myself of terrible attack of sciatica,
which had been greatly aggravated by
the treatment of two physicians.
One evening. in Washington, I found
! two of my friends sitting with their boots
off. They both were suffering from bun
ions of long standing. J. advised the
use of tobacco, and they Immediately
sent for it and applied it. Application
for single night made permanent
cure, as they have assured me, though
two or three years have elapsed. About
! two years ago QUE 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 eau be cured in like
manner. A Senator told me within q
few weeks that be believed he had saved
his life last year by applying tobacco as
I had previously advised him us TO !ts
use. He stated that from imprudence IN
diet and over.exertion, 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 so increased
that it seemed impossible for him to live
under it. Remembering what I had told
him as to tobacco, he applied a quantity
of it wet to his side and back, and In q
half hour the pain ceased, his system
was relaxed, and he Immediately re-
covered.
There is another class of cases that
ought 70 be referred to; but as my
paper is getting rather too long, | will
reserve them to future occasion. l
must, however, consider for moment
such objections as have been presented
to me. A lady said she put tobacco on
her child's sore throat, that it went to
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 two OF three
hours, there would not have been nausea.
a physician told me that he had seen
child whose stomach and sides 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, 1t
cannot readily be removed.
When the wet tobacco is applied the
first effect is stimulating. In twenty OF
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 nc
more feeling than if wet cloth were
applied. Most persons sleep under the
| Influence, but some do not. Tobacco
though the most powerful sedative to the
blood circulation is nerve toni. While
most persons sleep under the influence o1
morphine, some do not. Tobacco, like
morphine, keeps me awake, though they
both diminish pain. If the tobacco be
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 a few minutes after the bandage
has been removed, the nausea ceases to
be felt. Generally after about two hours
application, the sedatiye effect is attain
ed but in obstinate cases 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
more readily found, I generally used that
as after 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
eyer, I made discovery which it is i'm
portant should be known, not only to in.
valids, but also to tobacco chewers.
obtained at cigar store piece of man
ulactured tobacco, but after applying il
found that instead of being a sedative
the effect was irritating, even after it had
been kept on the skin for several hours
I 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, a revenue
collector of North Carolina, who had for
many years been manufacturer o
tobacco. He informed me that it was q
practice to flavor the highest priced kinks
of tobacco with certain drugs. I think
he mentioned Tonqua bean, Wintergreen
and some other things. He told INT
that he knew these drugs were poisonous
because of what occurred at tobacco
factory about two miles distant from hi:
own. One of the negro men employed
in that factory, having some pain in hi