The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-08-14
Remedy Tor the Erysipelas.

( In looking over recent medica
journal we notice remedies for thi.
irritating disease. Our old medi
cal tutor laid down, and we have
never yet seen it controverted, thai
erysipilas was a sort of fermentation
of the blood, caused by lack oi
iron. Now, as we cannot immedi
ately convert shingle nails, in case
we had them in the stomach, we
cannot see the use of cranberry
poultices, washing in alcohol or a
shot gun wash, made up of carbolic
acid, alcohol, oil of turpentine, tine
ture of iodine and glycerine. We
don't see what the use of it is. At
the same time this is one of a differ
ent remedies. Whenever erysipe-
las comes ont on the surface
of the body anywhere it itches,
burns, aud will just about
make any one crazy. We have
been there ourselves. Now, what rs
to be done? 1t is an the surface
and people nave lost their lives
through some foolish wash, by
driving it back again, in the com
mon expression, and other people
have managed to make themselves
misersbls and boosy at the same
time by taking a good drink of spir-
itous iiquour to keep the erysipelas
out of the stomach, and then by
washing in alchol. If necessary,
or if taken in the night, or where
you cannot get at the drug store or
the old pasture white walnut tree,
you can get alcohol and water, gent
ly bathe it over after taking a cup
of hot tea or coffee or anything else
that is warm. You need not neces-
sarily take liquor into the stomach.
1t will soon cool of. Meanwhile
the stomach and bowels are irrita-
ted; Seidlitz powder,a little cream
of tartar water or something of that
sort should be taken to move and
cool the bowels. Then go for the
first white walnut tree you can find.
If the leaves are on it pull the ten
derest leaves you can find, put them
into hot water, steep them for an
hour or two until the liquid turns
black or colored. Strain this
through fine muslin, put a little su-
gar in, enough to keep it from fer
mentation, a teaspoonful or two of
alcohol, if necessary; take a wine
glassful or two in the course of the
day. This readily enters into cir
culation, and in a week the erysipe
las will have gone ont of sight, and
if you will live as you
ought to you will never see it
again. In case you do not live in
the country where white walnut
trees grow, go to the nearest drug
store, ask for Squi5b's muriated
tlncture of iron, and don't buy the
ordinary stuff. Take five, ten, fif-
teen drops of this (the smallest
dose for a child }, put into half tum-
bier of water, add half a teaspoon
full of sugar, if you wish, and if
you are pretty careful about your
teeth, take a straw or a clean pine
stem, suck it through so as to keep
lt away from the teeth, as it will |
blacken them. Use this few days.
taking care always not to allow the
bowels to become constipated, and |
for this purpose use a teaspoonful
Of cream of tartar, two of sugar,
put into half cup Of water; after
it gets cold take a teaspoonful or
two at time. 1t is cooling and |
slightly laxative. There will be no
erysipelas. Then if you have been
eating grease, meat, butter, cake,
pie, drinking strong coffee, little |
whisky now and then, it will only |
take few weeks to have the cry
sipelas come out again in the Same J