Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-06-26

In my lecture of last Wednesday I made
some assertions concerning the treatment OF
malaria in which did not stop to prove, al
| though what l said was very much al va.
rance to what is commonly taught ON the
subject. II is the purpose of this lecture tc
set forth more fully my reasons for claiming
that the remedy Peru ma is of more value in
this disease than any or all remedies hereto.
fore used.
need only to refer every one to their OWL
observation in malarial diseases to prove that
the usual remedies have not, as matter Of
fact, been successful in curing them. Go to
any malariOus section of the country AID YOU
| find its inhabitants taking regularly enor-
nous doses of the medicines that are lauded
as cures of these affections, with little or nc
effect. The various preparations Of cinchona
or calisays bark, known as quinine, ,,sulphate
of cinchona, sweet quinine and tasteless
| quinine, are taken with wonderful persIsten
cy, with seemingly no other effect than to
depresS the hearts action, lower the nervous
vitality, and produce most pernicious form
| of biliousness.
! l have much to say in favor of cinchona
bark in the treatment of malariouS affections
but these peculiar chemical salts-quinine
etc,-which are obtained from cinchona
barks, by adding to them poisonous acids, ]
can not 100 strongly denounce as dangerou;
drugs. which will inevitably produce q much
worse condition of the system than the dis
ease for Which they are taken.
But even the Peruvianbarks (calisaya and
cinchona) do not meet all the requirements
in the treatment of malaria, and taken I'M
combined with olher useful adjuncls. cures
only small fraction of cases. 1t is not de-
nied but that quinine and other salts of Gin
chona bark seemingly cure fever and ague
where the chills are distinct and the patient
strong, but in the vast majority of cases they
not only fail to cure, but do irreparabie
harm. To permanently cure any case OF
fever and ugue a remedy must combine two
general effects on the system. 1t must in
crease the power of the system to resist the
malarial poison and neutrallze or destroy
the poison itself. The best that can be said
OF cinchona or any Of its preparations is that
they stimulate the system temporarily to re-
sist the action OF the malariai poison.
In Pe-ru-na, as given in my formula Eow
prepared by the Peruna Medicine Company.
advantage is taken OF the beneficial action Of
Peruvian bark, but it is upon the peculiar
combination with the other ingredients of
this remedy that L chiefly rely for the perma-
nent cure of any kind of malarious disease.
In this compound the anti-perodic action of
cinchona is assisted by cedron (another
South American remedy Of great value), so
combined with other medicinal ingredients
as to destooy etfectuallv the malarial poison
which saturates the system. A person TAX
ing a course of treatment with Pe-ru-na for
any malarial affection will find not only that
he will be relieved quicker than with quinine,
I,,f 4l,.,AI i
slightest particular by the drug. Pe-ru-na
gently stimulates the nervous system TO re-
sist the malarial poison, and at the same
time gradually eliminates the poison itself
from the system, which quinine or similar
preparations can net do.
/ he great number of cases of malaria that
have been treated under my directions has
given me abundant opportunity to make q
thorough test Of the multitude OF n4alariai
cures, and ons by one l have been obliged to
reject them as either worthless or harmful,
except the few which have stood the rigid
test of actual practice. These | combined in
the compound Pe-ru-na.
| generally find it necessary in old cases to
use, IN addition to Pc ru-na. few b, tiles of
Man-a-lin 10 restore the action O. the LIVER
and bowels, VIII ch have been deranged, Us
the result OF former treatment Having con-
tinued the Man-a-lin long enough 10 thor
oughly regulate these orgass, the Pe-rG-!a is
continued llone until cure Is complete,
which IS sure TO occur unless some Serious
has set in before TIE treatment
was begun.
The third and last lecture on malaria will
appear Sunday, June %; also in the weekly
Of week beginning June 29:h.
DR.. Har,man's ddress Is Columbus, Ohio