The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-01-15
SIMPLE REMEDIES.
Some Easy Methods OF Dealing with DIM
cultIes.

CultieB.
Permit me TO call attention TO a plant which
! have had frequent opportunity 70 prescribe in
smallpox, and which possesses more remarkable
virtues than any other remedies in the treat
ment Of vari0ia. / allude TO the Saracenia
purpnrea, which grows in North America, and
the common name of which is pitcher plant,
huntsman's cup, etc. 1t has the power to abort
the vaTiOla and 10 cure il in a few DAYS IFitis
given during the period Of incubation, the dis.
ease will not be developed. If it is given when
the eruption IS fully out, a few doses will cause
the papules TO become pale, to diminish in size
and TO disappear 50 completely, that in 10 days
no trace Of them will be left.-Dr p Balmous-
Siers IA CliHqae
J. L. Johnson tells the ST. Louis Globe Demo-
Graf; i have always had warts on my hands
ever since Was boy, and have tried thou
sand remedies for them, including all the
charms known to the oldest darky in the
country. The only thing that would suppress
them, even temporarily, was a red hot needle
somebody told me about il 10 or 10 years ago
but never tried il for a long time dreading
the pain. At last / had big Wart on the
knuckle of my left fOrefnger, whore was al
ways knocking 1t against something and keep
ing IL raw and sore. determined to try the hot
needle. So ! had a large needle fixed in an
awl-handle, heated il red hot in the flame of
lamp and thrust il through the big wart at one
punch. The pain was no greater than / had
been enduring from striking the wart against
everything j touched, and after the needle had
cooled / took it out. The wart began to dry
mp, and in three or four days / picked il OF
with my thum-nai. Since then, whenever
one makes its appearance / take hot needle
10 II, and the remedy never fails
Dr. Brown-Sequard, in one Of his lectures.
with reference 10 a check on sneezing, cough
ing, etc, says: Coughing can DO stopped by
pressing on the nerves on the lips in the
neighborhOod Of the nose. Sneezing NAV be
stopped by the same mechanism. Pressing in
tho neighborhOOd Of the ear, right in front of
the ear, may stop coughing IL is so also Of
hiccoughing but much less so than OTsneeZing
or coughing. Pressing very hard on the top of
the mouth Is also means of stopping coughing
and many say the will has immense power.
There are many other affections associated with
breathing which can DO stopped by the same
mechanism that stops the hearts action In
spasm OF the CLOTHS. which is terrible thing in
children, and in whOOping- cough, it is possible
10 afford relief by throwing cold water Oh the
feet, or by tickling the soles Of the feet, which
produces laughter. and at the same time goes to
the matter that is producing the spasm, and
arrests IL almost at once. i would not say that
we can always prevent cough by our will; bat
In many instances these things are possible, and
II you remember that in bronchitis and pneu-
mOnia, OF any acute affection Of the lungs
hacking or coughing greatly increases the trou-
bic at times, you can easily see how important
II Is for the patient to try TO avoid coughing as
best he can."-ELchaIiqe