The Portland daily press., 1889-09-02

ELEANOR KiRK'S LETTER.

7s6 Lafayette-ave. Brooklyn, June 22 1889.
Among the questions just received Is the follow
ing from new correspondents "You inveigh so
strongly against arsenic in face and scalp lotiOns,
the lady writes, "that am anxious to know what
you think Of it as medicine In the hands Of
Arsenic is no doubt very valuable remedy. in
exceptional cases, as Is also strychnine, and L
have no call to crfticise the work Of scientific
physician" but have seen more mischief result
from the use Of arsenic than could tell II wrote
week. Does 1t stand to reason that the use OF
such deadly drugs can be salutary? have case
in mind now, yea, verify, a case right under my
eyes and very dear to my heart which Is certainly
IN sGSbbopn
that rested not by night or day, the most profuse
and alarming expectoration, and general break
ton alarming in every respect The BEST physi-
clans had been tried in vain. But job had his ad-
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-
turned with four prescriptions. one containing ar
senic, and one strychnine. besides various other
drugs that would kill the strongest animal that
ever walked on four legs. The first result was
Just what knew it would be-the. inability of the
hope, for If the poor, weak body could not be
nOurished, If 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
threw the deadly stuff away; Now, physicians
vice was to stop every kline of medicine and build
up, II possible, on good nourishing food. Circum-
stances had made me daily visitor at one of our
between the treatment Of majority of these pa
tients and the patients a 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 medicine: -Murdock's 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 from drugs miner
ais acids and salts. Do not forget that in the
most OF these cases no medicine was given. 1t
may nave been an illogical and an unjust inter-
ence, but could not help the thought that these
hospital patients must be got rid of to make room
ior others who were waiting, and that as medi-
no medicine, but were Just simply and naturally
nursed back to health. do, however, sincerely
Denes mat my inference is correct one. Well as
was about so far on the down grade as 1t was pas
slble Tor him to go without funeral, suggested
the hospltal treatment, May 20, and 1t was adopt
ed with results that were little less than magical
In less than two weeks there was a decided
change In the condition and appearance of tine pa
tient. Every bad symptom was modified. The
gain continued with now and then slight re-
lapse-of course system reduced to such ex-
tremities conld not be expected to rally without
an occasional pTotest-blt that was not discour-
aging. When the patient commenced to gain In
weight. then | 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
said before, in desperate cases, arsenic may be
called for but its use is altogether tOocommon. MeL
and women take medicine because they are too
law or too ignorant to take proper food. When
the situation becomes alarming, then the friends
of the patient lose Their heads ana iSrggt tnat
'''''' ELEANOR KIRK:
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