Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-17
HOPE FOR CONSERVATIVES.
A Verona Physician Asserts thas Petre~
1eum Will Cure Them.

A Verona Physician Asserts thas Petre-
1eum VIII Cure Them.
A rather remarkable statement was
recently made to reporter that the
discovery had been made that petro-
leum was cure for consumption.
The informant stated that DIR. w. M.
Griffiths, of Verona, had made the dis
covery, and as this new use for carbon
oil seemed decidedly novel, news
paper man hunted up the gentleman.
and he made the following statement.
'In making the statement that con-
sumption is cured by medicine or
any other means, l fully appreciate the
seriousness and responsibility of the
assertion. never came in contact
with patient SO afflicted but with fear
and trembling, and asking myself,
shall assume the responsible y of this
case of life and death, most generally
the latter. In looking back over the
last eight years, the period during
which circumstances threw large
number of cases Of phthisis pulmonalis
in my care, there are but few cases,
had | the opportunity to do so, in which
the treatment would be much different.
Hence my conscience is clear / make
the assertion that Notwithstanding the
almost generally unfavorable prog
nosis, under favorable circumstances
recovery may be expected in a large
number of cases. The hope of re-
covery which is so strongly impressed
on the mind of the patientI encourage;
it is better to encourage than to shut
out from him the faintest ray of hope,
as is often done. have but one remedy
or treatment out of the usual line of
treatment. These are petroleum pills,
which called attention to several years
ago. For the benefit of those who have
not the formula, [ again present it:
II. Petroleum mass. OF.
L. Pulv. cubebs, "a OF.
Pulv. jpecac comp Y Or
Pulv bloodrOot, b grs.
Make 80 pills
sig. One pill from three to FIVE times daily.
"The line of treatment advised in in
cipient cases is to improve the general
health, in which Improvement the lung
trouble has its share; to prevent bodily
waste and increase the body income, to
keep the patient above par, not below
it. All conditions of the general health
out of order should be promptly at
tended to. If diarrhea or other disease,
attend to it; if dyspepsia, remove the
cause by the proper remedy and atten-
ton to diet. The cough, night sweats,
pains, restlessness and sleepiness and
painful respiration, symptoms usually
treated with sulphate of atropia, NOR
phia, cough mixtures, hydrocyanic
acid, ETC., are all promptly relieved by
the pill above referred to. Since using
it the necessity for cod liver oil has not
occurred. The flesh gained by the use
of the pills comes to stay, not like that
gained by cod liver oil, which seems to
vanish in night, as it were
The digestion is improved, the ap-
petite for food is restored, ght sweats
vanish and general Improvement of
all the functions takes place. These
pills possess peculiar healing and sooth-
ing effects on the mucous membranes
generally, but more particularly on the
and urinary. Hence they
give gratifying results in coughs, colds,
hoarseness, asthma and bronchial irri-
sations in general. In cases of so-called
eatarrh they do away with douches,
atomizers, etc. "-PStts6urgh
Dispatch.