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

| Lor,- W mo, Oelleve l saved
poy,s eye with your tobacco. He ha
oeen MT in it with chip, and when
Eot 10 MIN 1t was so much in1amed tha
thought he would lose it; but I put O,
the tobacco, and next morning / foun'
the Inflammation gone, and the eve soo,
became we'll" The other physician said
i did a better thing than that, A,
elderly gentleman, somewhat intoxicated
was thrown out of his carriage in Centra
parkE, and badly bruised. When %
70 his house, never saw any one =,
frightened as was his young wife. will
h:7 groaning and cursing. Wrapped m
his wounds with tobacco and be feIf
asleep and was we'll in the morningrp
some years ago, on the streets O
AsheVille, n. e., met prominent law
yer OF the town. His eyes were fiery
red ard much swollen, and he said, "M,
eyes are very sore, and l am hunting :
doctor-where is Williams office ?r
ADVISED him to try tobacco on them
Alter hearing my statement as to lis
advantages, he said, 81 will try it." and
s1ePPed into store, procured piece
and went home. On the next day [ me,
him on the street, and his eyes we're well
and clear. He told me that he had an.
piled it as directed, and kept it on du
rlns the night, and in the morning found
his eyes entirely relieved. He has since
told me that he had recommended it 70
several persons for sores and that thew
mad all been relieved. At point in
North Carolina, where red sore ewes
were an epidemic, l recommended it to
three young ladies suffering from it, who
Sept with tobacco on their eyes, and in
the morning found them we'll, In sever.
al other cases where knew it to be- tried
tor !nAammaticrs Of the eye, i: has beet:
used invariably with success.
About dozen years ago, being in this
city III the month of March, nv throat
became extremely sore. Not apprehend-
ing danger, continued to move about
in the raw weather, my throat getting
worse all the while. Being anxious to
60 bone about sunset, went in an ON.
nlbus to the boat that went down the
river to Acquia Greek. After had got
ten on board, found that my throat was
elarmingly worse. was, from the
swelling, so bad that l could not swallow,
and the air passage was 10 closed that
found itdifficultt to breathe. Remembering
how suddenly the Hon. Preston S. Brooks
had been choked to death, l regretted
much that l had attempted to travel
then. AS, however, the boat was starting,
could net get off in time to return to
the city. l thought tobacco would be
my only chance for safety aud after q
search, obtained some from one of the
colored hands on the boat, got it on my
throat, and by keeping a wet towel on it
for the three hours that were spent on
tins boat, by the time reached Acquia
Greek the swelling was subdued, and
travelled home on the railroad without
Inconvenience.
Some years since called at the Arl-
ington Hotel to see couple of ladies
from New York. 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 prominent physician of
the city. 1 walked Immediately to the
cigar stand, got piece of tobacco, gave
it to her, and explained how it was to
be used. On the next day I called, and
she informed me that the tobacco had
been applied as l directed, and that her
friend was 30 we'll, that for the first time
in many days she had come down to the
breakfast table. Some years after this
occurrence, I saw the lady who bad been
Ill. and she stated that after the tobacco
was applied her throat became easy, she
slept well, and in the morning found the
soreness end swelling entirely gone.
My brother, who is a practicing ply
sicien in North Carolina, to whom I 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 of
their patients, having treated them differ
emily.
My next application of tobacco was
for erysipelas of the head. Some years
ago, when in Raleigh, N. c., l had
several injuries of the head, which were
so serious that an apprehension was felt
for some days that / might not be able
to recover. After I had been for per-
haps week under the treatment of DR..
E. Burke Haywood, and, was improving,
concluded 10 make 4 little experiment.
ON one of the swollen wounds. Deins
near the outer corner of the eye, its
swollen condition interferred with my
sight, and as I hid learned from Chief
Justice Pearson that an application OF
spirits of turpentipe would soothe boil,
touched that protuberance with it. In
the morning I found that instead of re.
moving the swelling, it had increased
On Or. 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 fol
tobacco, covered tbs nprss wound With
it, and the forehead and temple between
that and the lower wound, keeping the
bandage 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 tho wounds
MY next attack of erysipelas was q
much more formidable one. In the
month of May, 1880, I tried to remove
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 my forehead aud temples with
It. and AFTER it had been on q few hours,
feeling lonesome in my room, put on
soft hat and walked about tho streets IL
the sunshine. After the blister plaster
had been on six or seven hours, l re-
moved it, and was surprised to observe