The Portland daily press., 1889-09-14
ARSENIC AS A MEDICINE.
ELEANOR KiRK's LETTER.

ELEANVh hlhh>S LEIIEhs
786 Lafayette-ave. Brooklyn, June %, 1889.
Among the questions just received Is the follow
stTongv sgaips IL saee ana yegn 80
the lady writes, shat am anxious to know what
you think Of 1t as medicine in the hands of a
Arsenic is no doubt very valuable remedy in
exceptional cases, as Is also strychnine, and 1
nave 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
week. Does 1t stand to reason that the use OF
sucn aeaaly drugs can be salutary? have case
In mind now, yea, verify, case right under my
eyes and very dear to my heart, which is certainly
cose In point and will answer my correspond
ents question practically. stubborn cough,
that rested not BY night or day the most profslse
and alarming expectOration, and general break
ing down Of the whole system-certainly condl-
ton alarming In every respect. The best physi-
clans had been tried In vain. But Job had his adj
visers. go and see my DOCTOR" they said "He
build you right up.S So the poor patient dragged
himself TO the last one recommended. and re-
senc a mIo 1eua Sne containing ar
drugs that would kill the strongest animal that
ever walked on four legs. The first result was
stomach to retain food. This cut OF the last
nope, for II the poor, weak body could not pc
nourished II there could be no slight opposition
made to the rapid decay Of the tissues, the outlook
was certainly not cheering. At last however the
consumer OF these poisons realized his danger and
had utterly failed to benefit this ease, and NV adj
vice was TO stop every kline Of medicine and build
up, possible on good nourishing food. Circum-
stances had made me daily visitor at one of our
finest hospitals for some mouths, and the contrast
between the treatment Of a 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 full diet, without a
drop OF edicine.-Murdock's Liquid Food was
administered with common diet three or four
times day. This is an extract of beef mutton
ana fruits, containing blood eorpuscles, soluble
aibumen, and is perfectly free from drugs, miner
ais, ACIDS and salts. Do not forget that In the
most OF these cases no medicine was given. IL
may have been an Illogical and an unjust inter-
ssnee, put could not help the thought that these
hospital patients must be got rid of TO make room
Tor others who were waiting, and that as medi-
cine would retard their recovery, they were given
mo edene' 1us were ust simply and naturally
bellies that my inference is correct one. Well as
everything else had been tried. and the patient
was about so far on the down grade as 1t was pas
sible for him to go without a funeral / suggested
the hospital treatment, May 20, and 1t was adopt
cd with results that were little less than magical.
In less than two weeks there was a decided
change In the condition and appearance Of the pa
tlent. Eyerybad symptom was modified. The
gain continued, with now and then a slight re-
lapse-of course a system reduced to such ex-
uemities conld not be expected TO rally without
an occasional protest-bnt 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 10 my own family, that Murdocks
FOOD VIII build up the tissue, enrich the blood
and strengthen the muscles and nerves. As
SAID before, in desperate cases, arsenic may be
called for but its use Is altogether Men
ana 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-
nitive supply must be equal 70 the demand
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