The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-10
TOBACCO.

Use, eltner III tut plHt w III NV '''''' '
snuff, the cigar or the hlthy quid, has been
"a source of incalculable evil 10 the human
family, it IL also certain that Tobacco hNe
all natures other gifts, has It's Uses ana
fills an appropriate vacuum IN the SFe''
creative design entirely its own, 10 as
coyerithis vacuum, and the true mission OF
1.-THE weed" has been the object OF phiIan
thropic investigation for many years. ! hat
it is a potent medical agent has long been
suspected. and among the old women prac
titioners in the black settlements for hail
a century and more by no means "a secret
for we well remember, in our boyhood
days, in the mountain district, of Pennsyl
vania, where physicians were -carre ana sci.
dom called uIon, tobacco in IL crude state,
had beena long established aud universally
recognized So, ciic ina great Y4re4 OF hU'
man ailments, such as wounds, bruiNc', pun
ions, sore throat, sore eyes COLES, @arIe'lna,
rheumatism and in certain stages Of small
pox. II is only of late, however tlat the medi.
cal and scientific world has begun 70 wake
ND TO inquiry as to the place 70 which TO-
bacco is entitled in the materia medica.
The awakening seems to have begun in
North Carolina but has spread over irgln-
ia and Kentucky, and is beginning 10 NJ
tract the lively interest of scientists and
the medical profession everywhere. The
latest we have seen on the subject is
lengthy paper in Washington City -peci.
alist publication, written by Dr. t. Is.
Clingman, OF Asheville y {.
Promising that while the ordinary man
ufaC,ured tobacco of the cigar stores may
he used, much the better and safer way IS.
to use the pure leaf, cut dried and laid
away for ayear, ana then thrown into q
bowl OF warm water until il becomes soft
so that the stem in the center may be IA
ken out In this form, the tobacco, laid in
about two thicknesses on the part TO be re
lieved is always safe in its application
Thus applied he says cure is certain in
a great variety of human ailments, among
which he enumerates as the result OF eN
perience in innumerable cases
Cuts or wounds, kept on, in this and all
other cases until the inflammation is sub |
dued, or until nausea is produced, when
the bandage should be removed.
Bunions or corns are speedily and GER
tainly cured.
All cases OF erysipelss, whether on the ,
head, or face or any other part of the body,
are cured
All cases of sore eyes. whether caused
by injury or of disease, and whether old
gases or fresh ones, have been cured In
some cases where there was total blindness
, cure was at once effected and the sight
restored perfectly.
And DR. Cliugman proceeds
All wounds, whether cuts, bruises, or
contusions have been easily cured. SpraiuS
of the knee or ankle joints, where they
were swelled TO double the natural size,
have been completely cured by single
nights application Old cases where the
patient had suffered for months and years
have been cured.
In all cases whore the remedy was tried,
buniOns and corns On the feet have been
cured even where In some cases they We're
said to be forty years old
All cases Of sore throat are cured wheth
er caused by diphtheria, Group, scarlet fe.
yer or quinsy In more than one instance
he patient was cured when seemingly at
he point of death and the case pronounced
hopeless by the attending physicians I
All bone felons have been cured usually {
" single nights application of the to
Dacco
II tobacco should be applied to A wound
neither modification nor lockjaw would
,yer superyene In one case of lock Jaw !
where the surgeon had pronounced the !
,ase hopeless, according to the published {
statement Of gentleman, 4 cure was ef. |
ected by the application of tobacco poul. '
ice to the stomach q
For cholera mOrbus an application of
obaccO 10 the stomach gives relief
A great many cases of neuralgia, wheth g
# the case was accompanied With intlam
nation or not have been cured by tobacco
n one case the patient said his eve was so j.,
nutU lulldlltN tlltN II NtFAlrA dN't 10 8
'urst, and the application effected a com a
'lete cure I,
Many cases of rheumatism have also d
cen cured in this vicinity, some very r.
cute cases while others were of long
Also cases Of govt, and rheumat.
, govt, have been invariably relieved and
nth no evil effect on other parts of the ,
ystem II has often been stated that when
out was relieved by wet cloths, or some Il
Their soothing applications, il has been p
to some other part of the sys I
EN-, and in some instances attacked the '
tomaCh or heart With fatal results But &
When it has been relieved by \ tobacco ap. n
,lication, in no instance, that have heard o
Il. mas there been any subsequent evil re.
ult This | attribute 20 the penetrative
,ower of tobacco While it drives away
he inflammation at the place of its appli
alton, il Is a most powerful nerve Stimu.
ant. aud its Influence Is extended over the
Whole system When applied to the head
Y any part Of the body, within two hours
IS effect will be- perceived 10y a relaxing
influence on the lower intestineS and uriu
ny organs. Morphine, in small doses
With many persons, stimulates the nerves
,ut causes constipation, while tobacco