The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-01

Northwest this winter. Neyertha,oss q.
lew cases OF scurvy seems To h, unaynfs
aoie, Three or four cases are renor.es
"t Eagle none or them Very serious They
euasr beaical care. and as a variety
% 1000 Us ohEa!nable they viii douhtlass
readily yield TO treatment.
1here IS saiS. 10 be q sure preventiva
ana an almost inyaria5ie cure for the
uisrase III the use OF spruce tea "a a
beverage Many physicians sheer AZ
spruce tea, and continue to dose patients
WITH iron, quinine, etc. But the fact re-
.s'si"s lhat IL IS the great medicine of
ihe Northern Indians, who have used
u since the beginning OF their earl;es,
uaailions, aud IL is said they ara never
trouoied win scurvy. 1t is an interesting
49, w1teh manifeses itself in a va
Ilety of ways. The following statement
~ "eii known miner OF seventy Mile
with seem 70 be pretty good testimony
as ~ me efficacy OF spruce tea:
M ) SELF and FIVE partners worked n lay
on bonanza creek last winter and every
one got the scarvy but me- Three OF them
were ooatged TO so out on the first boat
i!i the spring. Yes we had an ahundanre
OF gruo. and good variety. Including con
oensed milk fruit. butter. etc Yes II
was Well cooked. too, one man attending
worked on the claim
The cock was the arst 10 get IL.
sInai1 piack spot appeared about the sligo
- dime, on the inside Of his leg near
tae knee. In about six or eight weeks
this had spread so thai the Whole leg
was dlscolored and locked Ike IT was GO
ing 10 mortsfy- You could press your
finger into the flesh and the in1nressicr
would De visible some time after rarn,v~
Ing your buger. He didn't get rnuc, bet
Ter. even with the arrival OF spring and
tnS boats, ana he was Stfil in pretty had
shane when he went out on the boar
Then Jack got IL It came on him I'm
the regular way II attacks sailors at SEA
His gums got sore. turned black and I'm
q
loose that they pretty near rattied lie
finally got where he could chew OF, fresh
inC@t and with that and spruce tea he
Joe was next The cords az the hack of
MS legs began % get stif and sore re
thooeht II was a touch % rheumatism
could not straighten them. and he VS.
fafG ND ~ TIE spring hut pulled ont ~
u wlth the arrival % fresh vexeta hlse
- - one ~ TIE h>aithiest men on the
"pau caHpe back from a stans,esa one
.'AY ana said he believed he had spYajn,a
tsi~ snkie ~ u VAS painful and a utt1s
Swoiiea- He knew he didn't have scurvy
ava continued 70 FGo aruIca IMMINENT on
that aasis untn IL bad turned black to
ine Snee ne bad % go cut on the first
ot&', along with Harry who bad much
the same symptoms as the cook sxy-ers
th0t hsg gums were also attacked ana he
lost scEs,a ~ pa teeth
No. u47@ ~ them would bother 20 drink
spruce tea. ild not SIT touch -
tAe etss}so. and attribute Il % TIRE Fact
thRt drank a CuFf03 % she tea several
fff0es week. 7 make fae tea Nv strIvs-
EtpS 1H tae Es'w growth Tire short srats
- spruce branches. 7 regulate ssa
St~e0Eta ~ the Infusion 81 suit r1fy "a see
Neter PAT any cottonwood or .psspr,l a.
HaS& I6tss g ire sTEct IS lad We arsak
spFure TEA IS a beverage az o2sr cabin ard
tks1 y. II HaS th@ pleasant httter tassa
~ ~Nrfsc@ hsa"s which eur Erandsnoth hers
&See g maxi and * ia practically the
sa~es th!ng
SrarFf HeEEiS stsaVs IL very slew -
iFkr'sBa7s@F}t4 Tee apostle remains coed
ard aTsses fn}&A all functions us usual
Hn% 90 tAa first aSA sWreSt signs - a
strong Discrimination TO exnrttoa''