Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-17
TIE VILLAGE DOCTOR.
aeMlN SCIENCES OF THE TIME WHEN
EVERYBODY pRAcTlcED MEDICINE.

at uln....s "CalosneI aud Jalap."
Sweating o. out Patients Warned
Against Cold Water.
n one could disentangIe himself from the
telegraph wires OF today, get the shrek OF
the locomotive out Of his ears ana then taAe
a hack ward leap into old plantation times ne
would be nightly amused Among tne oo
,,-,ts of interest would be the pantry Of the
great house. where the housewife kept hef
stores II he peered curiOusly about he
amid -. a certain rather retired shelf on
which would bs punches Of herbs and roots,
also bottles Of decuctions made thereof.
These we're the household remedies, formula
copyrighted by tradition, proprietary 10 the
family In the country, where the doctors
bailiy wick was of extended area and where
drug stores were non existent, everybody
was to a large extent his own doctor As a
CONSEQUENCE he wanted to be every body eises
doctor, while everybody else yearned 10 be
/ hlA
PAucrrY or AILMENTS.
/ Alasi Our repertoire Of illnesses was lin
I ited, indeed, compared with today There
was paucity OF available Diseases a man
I couId NOT possibly have uerebro spinal men
! nights IL was not to b. had ~ he han
main la hiu chest no one soothed his anguish
+ by telling him be had pneumonia The word
1 pleurisy was remorsel,-ssly dung at him
/ Diphtber,a was uncom stable; putrid sore
throat filled that vacuum in the list III
man VA. wheezy and had trouble with his
breathing the rugged word phthisic was
nailed to him, no one dreamed OF bronchitia
| Brights disease had not been invented "a our
region and peoples hearts never troubled
them save when In love. Hefse Old time
p,.ople, when they came to die, hal con
tractssl list Of ailments from which TO choose,
and they died as they lived, plain and Inro-
mantle.
When the amateur doctors OF the commn-
nity desired assistance then the village DOC
tor was called in, and he confined himself to
two remedies -calomel and Jalap-adninis-
tered by the shovelfuL There must have
bcen fall ia the price Of these drugs when
III. last OF thsse doctors died II man
sprained M. ankle was bitten by mad dog
or had sick headache he was told To take
calonel or jalap. II ne refused and died, II
served him right II hc took them and died,
AZ was evidence that no human power could
save him Castor oil and paregoric some
times Appeared but they were dwaris com
par,d u calonel and jalap. The only rem
edies feared were the private remedies OF the
people The moment an old woman Thought
she could make a valuable medicine out oil
slue hertz or herbs she burned to administer
II to some suffering ueighbor
The good Samaritan Mrs Perkins, Otter
waIke,I miles To urge the use of snake root
t.s, in the measles 10 bring the disease rapidly
to the surface An old negro Aunt Kitty
uiaele a saive tor sores that was very famous
Its principal constituent was ducks fat, but
the fowl must tee KILLED at certain phase oi
the n,uon ami the tat melted over fire
A. nI
saIve was said to WORK miraculous cures, q
may be a loss To humanity that the astro
uotnicaI and botanical secrets OF its manu-
tacture were not perpetuated
SWEATING OCT DISEASE
There was a multiplicity Of remedies To-
colds. aud they generally were based OF
sweating out the disease. Boneset tea, tea o
wild cherry bark, onions stewed with sugar
and vinegar and molasses all had their warn
advocates. but "a highly esteemed rened
was a Thomsouian mixture hearing the rathe
Indefinite name of &c mpositiun.' Their
was nothing underlined about It's taste 9
effect, however II was Of an ardent, In
pnlsive nature Il burned the tongue whe
first tasted then il churred the windpipe an
liver ~ il went down. and finished by pa
uoiling the soles Of the feet Its forte va
causing sweating, and II did its duty 10 III
u
brought the original out, and the heart
secrets out. Nothing that could be move
rested beneath the cuticule after compos
y ton seance.
One old idea OF the doctors has great
changel-the objection 10 their patien
drinking water No matter how much q
invalid craved il he was told that even
ie moderate indulgence would he fatal and I
IS attendants were solemnly warned to turn
D. d,.af ear 10 bis cntreaties Al the tender a
n of ten wears | aimed the first blow at {
anti water regime, and it happened in q
- manner | wns visiting ON plantation a.
We the planters father. man OF advanc
v years was at deaths door, owing To pi
" tracted case Of dysentery Day by day
10 old man drew nearer to the grave, and
:. family awaited the coming Of the destroy
y. with sal hearts The one desire of the dyi
man WAS a draught OF cold water from one
eS the sparkling springs which abounded on /
Il farm 40 traveller. sand blinded and thi
he stricken In the arid desert, could have or
\. more piteously or more unavullingly, for
~ doctor had declared a draught OF water ia
IS 10 the sick man. and had sterply command
ng the family 10 refuse his requests
nd One morning was in his room, for he dea
ice ioyt4i children, and he begged me to steal
- ily fetch him pitcher of water from
en spring. heSitatel. Tor while no one
a forbidden me to give him water, knew
res family refused il 10 him Then the old II
We asked me 10 bring him his watch from
~, the table did so and he told me | sho
hayeit II would bring him pitcher
W water The watch was " silver, as larg,
VS. a small saucer, and longed TO possess s
q a treasure | brought the water. At I'll
try 10 think humanity made me bring
but then think OF the watch and doI
A. The old man swallowed the pitchers {
tents at a drnught and died-ten years az
of old age. ami have the watch yet ~
T." in Philadelphia Times
II At the Battle OF 6niiIord's C"Srt Hot
There are many incidents connected '
the battle which are mostly embalmad {
IN tradition and deserve most lasting p
q In history With Col Washington's cav
- was a volunteer trooper from Nirgi
- Peter Francisco, giant IN size, and !
- the courage and strength of Richard
Lion Hearted In short encounter IN
bloody corner OF the field, when Washin,
n~z ioiutsi the First Mary land IN its attack /