The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-03

ton, Esq, Member of the New
York Bar.
The ordinary quack is content to lay
claim to some special skill or knowl-
edge in the use of natural methods or
remedies Thus i'm February, 1906. one
John NJ. CrOus induced the same legis.
lature of Now York that in the fol-
lowing April chartered the existing
county and state mediCa. societies tn
Huthorize by special act the pnrchas"
for II .0OO and publication i'm the state
papers by his perfect ana infallihle
remedy and cure for the hydrophobla
ur canine madness" And wonderful
remedy IT was. Here Is the prescrip-
tion. and it certainly seems adequate
to put an end to hvdruphubn on any
other maladN'
First: Take OH, ounce ot the jaw
bone of dog, burned and pulvcrized, or
pounded to tine dust.
SECONDLY: Take the false tongue uf u
newly foalcd colt, let that Ice also dried
and pulverizvd: and,
"rhirdlN: Take one Srruplv OF N"rdiGriS.
which is ralycd CIV the surface of old
copper by lying iu the moist earth; tine
and best. AiiN these ingredients to-
ecthcr. and If the pr!suu De- an adult or
fun grown take one common t"aspoOniul
day. aud So in proportion for child ar-
curdng to its age. In one hour after take
the filings of the one. half Il copper Of
the above kind, it To be had; If not, then
a small increased quantity OF any has"r
metal of the kind this to be taken IN a
small quantity of water.
"'Ihe next morning fasting Tor before
catingl, repeat the same as before. TINS.
If complied with after the biting of It uug.
and before the symptoms of madness, VIII
cffrctually prevent any appearance OF
disorder; but after the symptoms Shdl
appear Il physician must Immediately ne
applied to, to administer the f"il"WinS'
viz.
"'rhree drachms of the N"rdigris of the
kind before mentioned. mixed with hatf
an ounce of culumel. to be taken at one
dose. This quantity the physician need
not fear 10 admiEiSte". as the reaction uf
the venom win then diffuse through the
whole system of the patient, neutraliZe
considerably the powerful quality of The
medicine; and.
second If in four hours thereafter the
patient H. not completely relieved, al
minister four grains of pure opium or one
hundred and twenty drops of liquid lauda-
mum
y, D. ! ne lFll'lll must w N'tl'lNl u
avoid the use of milk for several DAYS
after taking any of the foregoing medi-
cine John NJ. trouS.
In the following year an act Cch. lot
II. 1900 passed, prohibiting unlicensed
practice of medicine with the proviSo
roW"vor. that it should not Ia con
st"ucd to dehar any one from using, or
applying for the benefit of the sick
roots or herbs the growth or product
of the United States This exception
favored at orce the principle &c protec-
tion to the industry Of hom" herbs and
the teachings of the ThumsOuian ol
botanic school Of medicine, founded
upon the simple, obvious theory thai
mineral remedies are injurious because
their nature being to remain i'm tn,
earth, they tend to drag man dowr
to tho grave: while herbs. having by
nature an upward sliyward thrust
tend. on the contrary to the advance.
ment of those into whose midst they
penetrate.
AN EARlN CASE.
Thrs system, once as popular az
ChristIan science, furnished the leadin.
American case on manslaughter 10y
wealth V. Thomson &C Miss. 13D. I
there appeared that Samuel Thomson
founder Of the system, undertook L
cure "all fcVerS, whether black, gray
green or yellow" His staple rcmedie!
were Coffee so-Called. well my girls
tie" and "ram-Cats.' Being summon,
ed on January >, 1909, to attend ezra
Lovett, Ill of "a cold" he ordered a fir,
built. put LovettS feet on a stove q
hot Goals, wranped him III a blanket
and with a powder given i'm water
"puked" him-to use the simple Ian
puage of the duY-NiOlently thriC
within half an hOlr. meantime admin
ing COpiOuslE the warm coffee" IL
then put LOvett to bed, and Sweate,
and "puked' him pretty steadily 70
three days the patient growing weake
and weaker, until poor soul, he coult
pukc no more. Then Thomson aske,
"how far down thu medicine had got
and, Lovott indicating his chest, tn
quack said that the medicine "woul,
soon get down ana unscrcw his ma
vel" on the third day the patien
lost his mind and went into convu
siuns." which condition lasted until III
eighth day, January 10Th when h
died.
The coffee proved to he a decoctiol