The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22
had never seen such a cure.

boys eye with your tobacco. he nae
been hit in it with a chip, and when
got to him it was so much inaamed thai
| I thought he would lose it; but l put on
the tobacco, and next morning found
the inflammation gone, and the eye soou
became WE'LL" The other physician said
"I did better thing than that. An
elderly gentleman, somewhat intoxicated
was thrown out;of his carriage in Central
Park, and badly bruised. When l go'
to his house, 1 never saw any one 50
frightened as was his young wife, with
his groaning and cursing. Wrapped Up !,
his wounds with tobacco and ne fell
asleep and was we'll in the morning.
Some years ago, on the streets oi
Asheville. N. c., met prominent law
yer of the town. His eyes were merry
red and much swollen, and he said, my
ewes are very sore, and I am hunting q
doctor-where is Williams office? 7" l
advised him to try tobacco on them.
Alter hearing my statement as to It's
advantages, he said, II will try it," and
stepped into o store, procured q piece,
and went home. On the next day | met
him on the street, and his eyes were we'll
and clear. He told me that he had ap.
piled it as I directed, and kept it on du:
ring the night, and in the morning found
his eyes entirely relieved. He has since
told me that he had recommended it to
several persons for sores and that they
had all been relieved. At a point in
North Carolina, where red sore eyes
were an epidemic, recommended 1t to
three young ladies suffering from it, who
slept with tobacco on their eyes, and In
the morning found Them we'll. ln sever.
al other cases where I knew it to be tried
for inflammations of the eye, it has been
used invariably with success.
About dozen years ago, being in this
city in the month Of March, my throat
became extremely sore. Not apprehend.
ing danger, 1 continued to move about
in the raw weather, my throat getting
worse all the while. Being anxious to
90 home about sunset, went in an om-
nibus to the boat that went down the
river to Acauia Creek. After 1 had got
ten on board, found that my throat was
alarmingly worse. I was, from the
swelling, so bad that could not swallow,
and the air passage was so closed thatl
found it difficult to breathe. Remembering
how suddenly the Hon. Preston s. Brooks
had been choked to death, I regretted
much that had attempted to travel
then. AS, however, the boat was starting,
I could net get off in time to return to
the city. 4 thought tobacco would be
nv only chance for safety; and after q
search, I obtained some from one of the
coloreds hands on the boat, got it on my
throat, and by keeping awet towel on 1t
for the three hours that we're spent on
the boat, by the time reached Acqnia
Greek The swelling was subdued, and L
travelled home on the railroad without
inconvenience.
Some years siucsI called at the Arl-
ington Hotel to see a couple of ladies
from New York. Z One of them came
down and stated that her friend had been
suffering for several days with a very
sore throat, and was undergoing medical
treatment from q prominent physician OF
the city. I walked Immediately to the
cigar stand, gotta piece of tobacco, gave
it to her, andaexplained how it was to
be used. On the next day [ called, and
she informed me that the tobacco had
been applied as directed, and that her
friend was SO we'll, that for the first time
in many days she had come down to the
breakfast table. Some years after this
occurrence, saw the lady who had been
i'll. and she stated that after the tobacco
was applied her throat became easy, she
slept we'll, and in the morning found the
soreness and swelling entirely gone.
Nv brother, who is practiciDg ply.
sicisn in North Carolina, to whom / had
explained the uses of tobacco, told me
that some years ago, when core throats
were an epidemic in his neighbor, he had
used tobacco in more than dozen cases,
always with success, while other physi.
clans in that vicinity had lost some CT
their patients, having treated them differ
emily.
My Dext application of tobacco was
for erysipelas of the head. Some years
ago, when in Raleigh, N. c., ! had
several injuries Of the head, which were
80 serious that an apprehension was felt
for some days that I might not be able
to recover. After l had been for per.
haps week under the treatment OF DR..
E. Burke Haywood, and, was improving,
I concluded to make little experiment
on one of the swollen wounds. Being
near tho outer corner of the eye, its
swollen condition interferred with my
sight, and as T had learned from Chief
Justice Pearson that an application OF
spirits of turpentine would soothe boil
1 touched that protuberance with it. In
the morning I found that instead of re:
moving the swelling, it had increased
considerably. On DR.. Haywood's arri.
val, he expressed surprise, and on being
told what I had done, he said, "You
have given yourself erysipelas in that
wound, and if it gets up into the large
one above, it will be very difficult to
save your life" His countenance. ex'
hibited much anxiety and apprehension
/ replied, "Doctor, will see that it does
not get up into that wound; come back
and see me in four hours" | sent for
tobacco, covered the upper wound with
it, and the forehead and temple between
that and the lower wound, keeping the
baudage carefully wet all the time.
About midnight the Doctor returned
and on the bandage being removed, all
the swelling had disappeared. Though
I was confined for some weeks to my
room, had no swelling of the wounds
afterwards.
My next attack of erysipelas was a
much more formidable one. In the
month of May, 1886, tried to remove q
frontal neuralgia, of which. will per.
haps speak hereafter. Having suffered
from it for long time, and tried many
remedies with no advantage, concluded
to try an old-fashioned blister of flies,
covered nv forehead and temples with
it, and after it had been on few hours,
feeling lonesome in my room, | put on 8
soft hat and walked about the streets in
the sunshine. After the blister plaster
had been on six or seven hours, I re-