St. Landry democrat., 1885-04-18

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the finger with tobacco, and a single
nights application removed all the
pain and soreness, and the finger
since then (some weeks have passed.
appears to be entirely well. AS to
certain other cases, [ give you the
statement of DR.. John Ell. Williams,
prominent physician, who has a
large practice here
GENERAL CLNdMAN
DEAR SIR lin answer to your inquiry
| am glad to be able to state that l have
since reading your article on the medl-
cinal use of tobacco, given it very
thorough trial in several instances. 10
be as brief as possible, / have used It IN
three cases of orchitis, with immediate
benefit and speedy cure. In case OF
irritable ovary, with all the nervous
and hysterical phenomena that accom-
pany it. with very marked benefit: In
one case of swollen breast with enlarg-
ed and painful glands under the arm,
with intense shooting pains OF neu-
raIgic character, with speedy relief;
and also in my own case when l was
kicked on the knee by horse, produc-
! ing a very painful Inflammation, SO
much SO as to entirely prevent the use
of the limb. I applied large warm
tobacco pOultice on retiring, with the
result that the pain was entirely re-
moved by morning, and second appll-
cation removed the swelling, leaving
the limb in its normal condition.
| think it is peculiarly useful IN all
pains of neuralgia character, and IN
removing pain and swelling OF an in
hammatOry nature.
Very truly yours,
JOHN p. WILLIAMS, A. NJ, NJ. d.
Asheville, N. O., October 10, 1884.
Dr. Cain further says that he was
called to see a negro woman whose
knee had been sprained on the day
previous. He found it swollen to
double it's natural size and very
painful. He directed tobacco
to be applied, and on the next day
he found the swelling and soreness
entirely gone, and the woman was
walking about.
What a pity it is that the good
Queen Victoria, who suffered SO
long from sprained knee, had not
known the virtues of the tobacco
poultice, SO that she would have
been relieved in a day. Even if she
still suffers, she may be relieved, as
was the gentleman who suffered
year from the kick Of the horse on
his knee.
Besides these cases. many per
sons have been relieved who suf-
fered from that disease with which
Philistines were SO sorely afflicted
while they had the ark Of the Is
raelites in their possession.
A gentleman who had for a long
period served as a judge in Virginia
told me that he had for years been
a great sufferer from that disease,
and to an extent that he was often
unable to sleep. After reading my
original article in your paper, ap-
piled the tobacco for a single night
and was entirely relieved. When I
last saw him, more than two months
after the application, he continued
to be well, and thought himself en-
tirely cured.
One of my legal friends, Mr.. EN-
DRY Fl. Merrimon, at my suggestion,
cured a swollen wrist in a single
night, and then by a single applica-
ton removed corn Of longstanding.
Yesterday 7 saw him walking about
the streets bandage Of tobacco on
his throat. In answer to my inqui-
~, be said his throat had been sore
for some days, and that he had, on
that morning, put a strip Of tobacco
on it. He stated that his throat
had been SO much swollen and was
so sore that for forty eight hours he
could not swallow, and did not,
therefore, taste food, and yet, that q
single nights application Of the to-
bacco had relieved him entirely.
Should tobacco cravats become
fashionable, it is probable that scar
let fever, choking quinsey, diptheria
and other forms of sore throat will
abandon the country.
Last week Mr.. S. Garter, a res
pectable citizen of the northern part
Of this county, about fifty years OF
age, met me on the street and gave
me q statement of his case.
For more than two years he had
been sufferer from dropsy, which
extended itself to his whole system.