The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
ARSENIC As A MEDICINE.
ELEANOR KiRK,s LETTER.

7s6 Lafayette-aye. Brooklyn, June %, 1889.
Amosg the questions just received Is the follow
ing from a new correspondent: sYou nyeigh so
strongly against arsenic In face and scalp lotions
the lady writes. ''that am anxious TO know what
you think q It az medicine In the hands OF
Arsenic is no doubt very valuable remedy In
exceptional cases, as Is also stryehnine, and
physician" but have seen more mischief result
from the use Of arsenic than could tell II wrote
such deadly 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
eose In point, and will answer my correspond
ent's question practically. A stubborn cough,
that rested not by night or day, the most profuse
Ing down Of me Whole system-eertaniy condi
ti0n alarming In every respect. The best physl-
clans had been tried In vain But job had bis adj
is specialist in pulmonary troubles. and will
build you right up" So the poor patient dragged
himself to the last one recommended. and re .
senic and one strychnine, besides various other
drugs that would kill the strongest animal that
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stomach TO retain food. This cut OF the last
hope, for II the poor, weak body could not De
made to the rapid decay OF the tissues the outlook
was certainly not cheering. AT last, however, the
threw The deadly stun away. NOW physlcians
had utterly failed TO benefit this case and my adj
vice was 20 stop every kline Of medicine, and build
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 was
most remarkable. i 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 c0rpuseles, soluble
albumen, and Is perfectly free firm drugs, miner
ais, acids and salts. Do not forget that In the
most OF these cases no medicine was given. II
may have been an Illogical and an unjust inrer-
enee, but could not help the thought that these
hospital patients must 6e got I'D o. % make room
cine would retard their recovery, they were given
no medicine, but were Just simply and naturally
nursed back TO health. do. however, sincerely
everything else had been tried. and the patient
was about so far on the down grade as 1t was pas
sible for him to 60 without a funeral I suggested
the hospital treatment, May 20, and It 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 the pa
tient. Every bad symptom was modified. The
gain continued, with now and then a slight re-
lapse-of course system reduced TO such ex-
tremities conld not be expected 10 rally without
an occasional protest-but that was not diseour-
aging. When the patient commenced to gain In
weight. then 1 knew that common sense had
triumphed. Now, knew from my hospital ex-
perience, and this remarkable experiences 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
and women take medicine because they are too
lazy or too ignorant 10 take proper food. When
the situation becomes alarming, then the friends
q the patient mt lose sneG heads mead e. tnat
tritiye supply must be equal % the demand