The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-30
IMMUNE TO FEVERS.
TIE Remarkable Treatment That II
Used In south America.

Used In South America.
The world moves fast, but it is possible
that some of the most brilliant discover
les have not gone beyoad the simple prac-
tees of uncivilized peoples. A Jamaica
journalist gives his personal experience
of how the Indians Of South America
not only cure a patient of the most dan
gerous stage Of malarial fever, but Also
by incubation, insure for many years
lis immunity from future attacks. other
travellers have had similar experiences
and no less an authority than Sir Glenn
ents Markham has testified to the ell
cheney of these Indian cures. The writer,
after long escaping the terrible fevers OF
the country, succumbed at last. lie says:
Il lay in my hammock, rayaged by an
all consuming fever, with death in sight.
Medical aid, supposing 1t to be OF any
use, was not to be had within fort
nights Journey. A few miles from our
camp was an Indian settlement. ! had
had some dealings with and won the
good will of the head man, so l sent to
tell him that wanted the services of
peiman, or native doctor.
at was midnight when the messenger
returned with my friend, the old CHER
and the tribe medicine man. BY this
time l was past knowing anything OF
nv surroundings, My companions told
me afterward that | had already devel-
oped all the well known symptoms or
| febrile collapse.
1.-THE peiman tended me. administering
internal remedies by means of roughly
| devised but effective simultaneous and
other injections. Then followed the in
| eyitable mummery, when ! was shut up
with the pciman. and enough noise was
made to indicate dozen people inside.
"At about 3 O'Clock in the morning,
when the peiman issued forth and my
companions were allowed a sight of me.
was sleeping naturally, bathcd in profuse
Precipitation. which was already mosten-
ing the outer folds of the double blanket
that enveoped me. At 8 O'Clock | awoke
and then slept again for "a hours. the
peiman from time to time administering
subcutaneous injections. When | finally
awoke, there was not the slightest trace
Of fever. In three days was able to be
about, and in n week was fit to under
take a long journey
The most wonderful part of the story
however, is the sequel The peiman
|
ed to inoculatc his patient so as to rendel
him proof against all kinds of bush
fevers, 10 matter how much he might b,
exposed to them, for at least 100 moons
II he contracted fever, it would be Of thu
mildcst kind.
The traveller went to the settlcmen
and was inoculated. The operation con
sisted Of stahbng gently into the lief
wrist with bunch of exceedingly lin
needles pluckcd from hard spiny leaf
the needles being first passed through
flame and then dipped in a black liquid
In short time all the well know
symptoms of malarial fever developed
Then peculiarly nauseous medicine wa
administered, and deep sleep complete
the business When the patient awokt
he felt perfectly WELL except for tn
smarting of his wrist, which had to b
bandaged.
For Il long time after this he travele
in some of the worst swamps of Centre
America, undergoing considerable expt
sure, including a night spent under tn
+ trees after the upsetting Of his boat. q
. the four white men in the boat three ha
fever and two died in "a hours. Tt
, third returned to the United States wit
, health completely broken
Afterward he spent six years about Il
isthmus Of Panama, and in that hottie
Of fever, Colon. never experienced
, days fever. Not until ten years aft
incubation did a touch Of fever com
, and then no alarming symptoms were d
veloped. -Chanbers' Journal.