Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-27
Warnings that Should be Needed BY
Every One.
TERRIBLE LIABILITIES FROM MODERN So
CIAL CUSTOMS.
Hope For the Afflicted Ones-Encouragement
for the Discouraged.
A Lecture that Every One Should Read,
Reflect Upon and Obey

| erwards breaks out into sores, or whether
the sores are first, which poisons the
| system, are questions which have been
much discussed by the medical frater-
| nifty but without any common agreement.
The exact nature of the poison also has
been the subject of much careful inves-
tigatlon, with conflicting results. Space
does not allow of any discussion of the
subject here, consequently my opinions
will of necessity be unsupported by
| lengthy arguments. The conclusions
which my reading and experience have
| led me to are that it Is an animal poison, ,
not a m1crobe, which first affects only
| the part receiving the poison, and after
wards the sore (chancre) communicating
| the whole system.
AT the time the patient usually applies
for treatment the disease has ceased to
be local, and nothing but constitutional
treatment is of any use. So all dis
| cussion as to VIII ether the first sore is the
cause or effect of the disease is of no use
in the treatment of the disease.
sYsPTOMs.
A few days after an exposure one or
wore small, innocent-Iooking blisters or
mater pimples make their appearance,
which disappear of their own accord.
For short time after the disappearance
of the blisters no symptom of any sort is
noticed, and the patient quite commonly
thinks all is over. After an interval,
which varies IN different cases, the
glands in one or both groins become en-
larged and painful. These may break
and become running sores (bubos).
After these disappear a respite from all
symptoms is had again, which once more
encourages the patient to believe that it
is ended. The next thing to be looked
for in the course of this dreadful disease
Is the appearance of rash on the skin,
congestion of pharynx, hoarseness and
alterations of the tonsils. There is in
some cases another interval of entire ces-
sation of the disease after the above;
symptom subsidies, to be again followed
by popular eruption Of the skin and
mucous membranes, and occasionally
fallingAf the hair, pains in the bones,
and iritfslsore eyes, %
All these pass by sooner or later, and
long time aEcomparative freedom is now
enjoyed by tre patient. BuHthe end is
not yet. Small gummys snmors make
their appearance in the assistance of the
tongue, bones, sin andBther organs of
the body. A geueFal Initiated, deterior-
ated condition of ths#hole body is very
apt to follow. frosa which the patient
never RECEIVERS unlassproperly treated.
OF course each case has its peculiar
tiles, and not eyEFyoneiRill run the exact
course 1 have dsscribedy sbut the general
outline is alikedn each case, although a
few of the symptoms may wanting en-
tirelv. y u
This most dreadful disease is very
easily TRANSMITTED from onsperson to
another. Hundreds of caseS occur as
the result Of the most ordinarysu sages of
society. The prevalence of theSsaisease,
together with the great variety Of ways
in which it can be communicated, ought
to excite constant watohfulness against
exposure. The habit of putting pencils
to the lips that have been used by others
III the same way ought to be avoided.
Drinking from the same drinking
cup or glass, using the towel, napkin,
or knife that is used by others, each
has been the means of spreading this
awful disease among innocent people.
The habit of indiscriminate kissing
cannot be too strongly condemned, as it
is a fruitful source of infection. A pipe,
spoon, pen-knife, dental instruments,
surgical instruments of many kinds,
each have been the means of conveying
this poison. Anything that comes in
contact with mucous surface which has
had previous use by another person is
liable to spread the poison. The milk,
saliva, tears and perspiration of an af-
fected person has been proven to be ca
able of causing the disease in another.
TREATMENT.
The external QocaI treatment which
is an important part of the management
of any case, will not be discussed in this
article, but the reader is referred to the
pamphlet ellis of life, - or the medical
work, "The Confidential Physician -
where the subject is July explained.
But as to the internal (constltutionaD
treatment, which is the only hope of
permanent cure, desire to show that
there is an absolute specific in reach of
all, which, if taken according to direc-
tons, will cure every case. l refer to
the compound known as La-ou- pi-a. 1t
is usually stated in works on the subject
that it takes from two to FIVE years contin-
IONS treatment to eradicate this poison
from the system, but great many cases
are permanently cured by the use Of La
cu-pi-a in years time Cor less eVen),
although some cases require longer treat
ment. Inc description tnat mas been
given OF the entire course of this disease
applies only to those cases where either
no treatment or useless treatment has
been employed.
In the vast number of cases that come
directly or indirectly under my observa-
ton many are cut short in their career by
the use of La-cu-pi-a. For instance, if
La-cu-pi-a, with proper local treatment,
is begun as soon as the first lesion appears,
the disease is often entirely eradicated
in the first year of its duration, and
many of the otherwise tedious history Of
symptoms prevented. Old cases that
have been allowed TO run unchecked for
a number of years find in La-cu-pi-a an
unfailing remedy; and. as it contains no
mercury, arsenic or other dangerous
poison, IT can be continued a long time
without any bad results following It is
the most perfect medicinal compound
ever yet devised for the treatment CT this
terrible disease. for it is equally applica-
Bile TO it in all its stages and after effects
(Sequelae), as well as the different ages
and conditions of life which the patient
may happen to present. It is wonderful
the number of cures this admirable COM
pound makes every year, saving multi
tude from lives of wretched misery