The Portland daily press., 1889-09-23
ARSENIC As A MEDICINE.
ELEANOR KiRK,s LETTER.

786 Lafayette-ave. Brooklyn. June %, 1889.
Among the questions just received is the follow
ing from new correspondent: "You inyeigh so
the lady writes, shat am anxious to know what
you think Of 1t as a medicine in the hands of
Arsenic Is no doubt very valuable remedy I'm
exceptional cases, as Is also strychnine, and
have no call to criticise the work of scientific
physician" but have seen more mischief result
from the use Of arsenic than could tell If wrote
a week. Does 1t stand to reason that the use OF
in mind now, yea, verify. a case right under my
eyes and very dear to my heart, which is certainly
eose In point, and will answer my correspond
e e question practically. A stubborn cough,
that rested not by night or day, the most profuse
and alarming expectUraton, and a general break
ton alarming in every yespect. The best 1 Dfys
clans had been tried in vain. But job had his adj
yisers. go and see my DOCTOR" they said. "He
build you right up.' SO the poor patient dragged
himself to the last one recommended, and re
senc ANA one srychen Sne ar
drugs that would kill the strongest animal that
ever walked on four legs. The first result was
stomach to retain food. This cut off the last
nope, for II the poor, weak body could not pc
nours p, L there could be no slight opposition
was certainly not cheering. At last, however, the
consumer OF these poisons realized his danger and
had utterly failed to benefit this case and my adj
vice was TO stop every kline of medicine and build
up, II possible on good n0ur1shing food. Circum-
stances had made me a daily visitor at one of our
finest hospitals for some months, and the contrast
between the treatment Of majority Of these pa
tents and the patients Of private physicians was
most remarkable. had seen patients brought
from the operating rooms after most serious work,
and In some cases put on a full diet, without a
drop OF medcine.-Murdocks Liquid Food was
administered with common diet three or four
times day. This is an extract of beef. mutton
and fruits, containing blood corpuScles, soluble
albumen and is perfectly free fir IN drugs, MINER
ais, acids and salts. Do not forget that in the
most of these cases no medicine was given. 1t
may have been an illogical and an unjust iHrer-
ence, but could not help the thought that these
hospital patients must be got rid of to maze room
tor others who were waiting and that as medi-
cine would retard their recovery, they were given
no medicine, but were Just simply and naturally
nursed rack to health. l do, however, sincerely
bellies that my inference Is a correct one. Well as
everything else had been tried. and the atient
was about so far on the down grade as 1t was pas
sible for him to 60 without a funeral l suggested
ed with results that were little less than magical
In less than two weeks there was decided
change In the condition and appearance Of the pa
tent. Every bad symptom was modified: The
gain continued, with now and then a slight re-
lapse-of course system reduced TO such ex-
tremltieS conld not be expected to rally without
an occasional protest-but that was not discour-
aging. When the patient commenced to gain In
weight. then l knew that common sense had
triumphed. Now, knew from my hospital ex-
perience, and this remarkable experience OF one
months use IN my own family, that MurdOck's
Food will build up the tissue, enrich the blood
and strengthen the muscles and nerves. As L
SAID before. in desperate cases. arsenic may be
and women take medicine because they are too
lazy or too ignorant to take proper food. When
the situation becomes alarming, then the friends
OF the patient lose Their heads and forget that
drugs will not answer for food, and that the nu-
tritiye supply must be equal 70 the demand.
ELEANOR KIRK:
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