The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-09

ARSENIC AS A MEDICINE.
ELEANOR KiRK's LETTER.

1856 Lafayette-ave. Brooklyn. June 20. 1889.
Among the questions just received Is the follow
ny i n new corres pohussnt: iou inyegn SO
the lady writes, THAT 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
physician" but have seen more mischief result
from the use OF arsenic than could tell If wrote
week. Does II stand to reason that the use OF
such deadly drugs can be Salutary? have a case
in mind now, yea, verify a case right under my
eyes and very dear TO my heart. which is certainly
ACES cose IN point and VIII answer my correspond
that rested not by night or day. the most proflse
and alarming expectoration, and general break
ton alarming in every respect. The best physi-
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-
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
stomach to retain food. This cut off the last
hope, for II the poor, weak body could not be
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
had utterly failed to benefit this case, and my ad-
vice was TO stop every kline Of medicine, and build
up III pOSSlDlc, OIL BOOQ nOuflSnlnB 1OOu. Jlfcum-
stances had made me daily visitor at one Of our
finest hospitals for some months, and the contrast
between the treatment OF majority OF these pa
tients and the patients Of private physicians
most remarkable. l had seen patients brought
from the operating rooms after most serious work,
and In some cases put on full diet, without
drop OF medicine .-Murdock's Liquid Food was
administered with common diet three or four
times day. This 10 an extract of beef, mutton
and fruits, containing blood corpusces, soluble
abumen, 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 have 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
for 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 back to health. do, however, sincerely
Denes tnat my inference Is correct one. Well as
everything else had been tried. and the patient
was about far on the down grade as 1t was pas
sible for him to go without funeral, suggested
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 the pa
tlent. 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 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 10 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
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 viii not answer for food, and that the nu-
trtive supply must be equal 70 the demand.
ELEANOR KIRK:
aus MW&Su