The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-09-03
REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA.
A Familiar Plant is Claimed to be a
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A Familiar Plant is Claimed to be O
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Joseph Bonaparte, ex-king of Spair
SYf. Naples, and elder brother of the
lS>< Napoleon, lived for number OF
yearsSp, Bordentown. He and Com
modore SCewart were close friends,
and it was ON the advie 'n, .11nre latta'
that the Frenehman mafu-~-slisS,. 20.
for a number OF years on the Danks>o y
the Delaware. One day workman OF
Bonapart'sc was attacked so violently
with neuralgia that the attending
physician said he could not live more
than day or two, unless he obtained
relief. The sufferer had the agonizine
ailment all through his body, and
was in such torture that death would
have been welcome.
AT this crisis the prOverbial old wo-
man appeared, and the poor fellow, by
her directions, was Swathed from head
to foot in the common burdock leaf.
Twenty-four hours later he resumed
work in the bayfield,
Some time afterward neuralgia seiZ-
ed Stewards right leg, and forced him
to bed. He suffered excruciatingly,
and when Bonaparte sent the same
woman to him he told her he would
submit to any experiment that held
out hope. The woman came with an
armful of burdock leaves, from which
she had removed the ribs, and the
limb was bound in them. After time
Stewart fell asleep, and did not
awaken for hours
When he opened his eyes there was
no pain in the limb. He supposed
however, it was because he had se-
cured an easy position, and he lay for
a long time without moving. Finally,
by way of experiment, he timidly
twitched his great toe; there was no
answering twinge. Then he worked
the ankle still there was no pain.
Then the whole limb was swung back
and forth with much vigor. The next
moment the happy victim emmitted
shouts and leaped out upon the floor,
for the neuralgia was gone.
Commodore Stewart was later in
command Of the Philadelphia navy
yard, and he told his brother officers
of the wonderful remedy.
"Some months afterward," said he,
I" | was surprised by a call from several
ladies, wives of the officers whom I
knew. | inquired to what was in
debted for the honor Of the visit, and
they replied that they had called to
thank me for my remedy for the neu-
ralgia, which | had told their hus-
bands, and which in their cases had
produced the happicst results. as
sured them that | was very glad to
learn that such was the fact; but when
they said the neuralgia was in their
heads, l expressed regret that they
must have beef obliged to part with
their hair. 'Oh, no, they made haste
to answer, I'VE just put it on over the
hair, and it answered perfectly"
The commodore always resorted to
the burdock, for, of course, the neural
gia was liable to return. He fouLd,
after writing a good deal, that it was
liable to attack him in the wrist, in
which event never failing remedy
was at hand. There were always q
large number OF the plants growing
during the season on his place.
The method is to remove the ribs
from the leaves and then simply bind
them over the part affected every por
tion of which should be covered. The
remedy certainly can hurt no one. and
may be the means OF preventing q
great deal of suffering