The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-12
Oak Grove Seminary!
ARSENIC As A MEDICINE.
ELEANOR KRIS LETTER.

7so Lafayette-aye. Brooklyn, June ~. 1889.
Among the questions Just received Is the hollow
ing nom nav correspondents: "You invelgh 40
tho lady writes. shat am anxious 10 Know what
yc,c ,nn. q y e. medicine In the hands OF
Arsenic g no doubt very valuable remedy IN
exceptional eases, IS 10 also stryehnine. ana r
hayeno eall % criticise the work Il ascientifc
from the use Of arsenic than could tell n w5ot
aweef. Does It stand TO reason that the use az
suc ,0 oeaoiy drugs can be sautAryt have case
IN mind now, yea, verify ease right under nv
eyes and very dear to my heart, which IL certainly
cose In point, and Will answer my Correspond
that rested not By night or day, the most profssss
ana alarming expectoration, and general break
, ,ng a9wn o. me whole system-certainly condi-
clans had been tried In vain. But JOB had he "A
ylsers. go and see my doctor" they said. sHs
right 50 ss pOOF potiss, and win
himself to the last one rscommended' and ~.
ssrIc WIN four prescriptions one containing ar
drugs that would kill the strongest animal that
ever ever walked on four legs. The arst result was
stomach 70 RETAIN so would pstns Inability Of the
nope ior ne poor. weak body could not Do
mada tn me- Liner mere could Be no slight opposition
was certainly not cheering. At last, however. tbe
consumer OF these poisons realized hts danger and
had utterly failed to Ssnet , cs S. Pasysss1 ans
wee Vas 70 stop every kline Of medicine and build
w, u possible, on good nourishinR food CIreum-
nnest hospitals for some months and the contrast
psetWeen tne treatment OF . majority OF these pa
uents and the patients OF private physicIans wa,
from the operating rooms after most serious work.
s snG N n, some eases PIT on full diet without
a osp " meolclne-Murdock's Liquid Food was
s.lla with common diet three or four
times day. This 10 an extract OF beef, mutton
a aha ts containing 6lo9d eorpuscIes soluble
81 ana salts DO not forget that In the
may have been an illogical and an unjust INFER
ence, but could not help the thought that thesa
for others who were waiting, and that az mall
cine would retard their recovery they were otva.
no medicine, but were Just simply and naturailv
bees that NV 70 , nss ao however sincerely
everything else had been tried, and the patIans
was about so far on the down grade as Ii was naas
h dor Hln 70 80 without funeral suggested
"a with results that were little less than maeIczi
~ Tess lnan I'VE weeks there was q decided
mango 10 the condition and appearance Of the ~.
gain continued, with now and then a slight ia.
apse.o course system reduced to such az
r s conld not be expected to rally without
lging. When the patient Commenced Ia gain IL
weight; then l knew that common sense had
rlumpned. NOW, knew from my hospital az.
months use 10 my own family, tnat Mnrdoeysnso
sood viii build up the tissue, enrich the 49,
' a prengtnen the muscles and nerves. Az s
allied for but ~ eases arsenic may be
ND women take medicine because thew sra yer
NY OF 700 ignorant to take proper food wh so0
I the patient Ge o.e alasmi1g then the friends
Lugs VIII not answer for food. and that ha ne.
iiuNe supply must be equal 10 the demand
aus ELEANOR KIRK;