Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-01

party of thirty Epworth League
membrs drove to Sonora last evening to
participate in exercises at the NJ. e.
church there.
OLD TIME REMEDIES.
The Rev. John wesley's collection
of RecelptsD For the Treatment OF
the Ills and Aches of HuManity.
Bleedinx . Consunaptive.
In these days of hygienic reform and
''methods" Of treating disease withou.
medicine at all 1t is interesting to read q
volume printed by Parry Hall, Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, in 1747 and compil-
ed by John Wesley. 1t is curious mix
ture of material remedies and religious
exhortation. There are a few copies OF
the book in existence, but one unearthed
recently was the occasion of much amuse-
ment at cony ention of physicians. The
book is substantially bound in leather,
and the few illustrations are as primitive
as the remedies.
The preface deals with the raison
d'etre of the work, incidentally recalling
how '.man was sent from the hands Of
God perfect, needing no physic; but, re-
belling against the sovereign Of all, the
seeds Of pain and sickness weru lodged
In the body and thousand disorders,
Increased by everything around us. The
sun and moon shed unwholesome infiu-
ences from above; the enrth exhales poi
sonous damps from below; the air itself
1 that surrounds us is replete with the
shafts of death; yea. the food We eat
| daily saps the foundations OF life"
The preface further states: "As to the
manner of using the remedies here set
down, should advise. as soon as you
! know your disorder (which Is easy unless
| In case Of complication OF disorders,
! and then you would do well to apply to q
/ physician who fears Cod: First, use the
| medicines first advised for that disease;
4 the second, IL that is OF none effect; the
4 third. and SO on. To persevere in tho
course is often more than half the cure.
Above all, add to the rest (for 1t is not
labor lost that old fashioned medicine.
prayer and faith in God"
A postscript to the preface is addressed
| to the members Of the Methodist Episco-
! pal church and signed by Thomas Coke
and Francis Asbury, introducing the
work to American brethren. 1t begins:
Friends and brethren. the great inter
est Of your souls will ever be near our
hearts, but We cannot be unmindful Of
your bodies"
The work proper is entitled "a COLES.
ton of Receipts" and recites in alphabet
ical order the disorders" Of that time
and their remedies. In the AS are a list
of panaceas against ague. To "go into
cold bath just before a at" is added the
wholesome advice. Nothing tends more
to prolongue an ague than indulgence In
lazy. incident disposition" Anothe,
remedy for ague is to apply to the stom'
ach large onion, split" Still another Isl
Make six middling pills Of cobwebs
Take one before the cold fit, two little
before the next. the other three, II need
be. before the other fit"
Parentheticaily are introduced some
gentle hints for tender persons" and
"the studious." Tender persons should
constantly so to bed at and rise at oil
5. Studious people should frequently
battle and frequently wash their feet 8
great John Weslcy's family medicin,
book. He gives the formula for maxim,
it: "Put gallon of water (cold) on {
quart Of Norway tar. stir them together
with fiat stick for five minutes. Aftel
it has stood for three days pour the wa
ter off clear; bottle. cork. For ST. An
thongs fire take wineglassful every
hour"
There is no mention made OF f1ytime il
this pungent remedy for badness: "Rul
the part night and morning with raw
onion until red: rub afterward with hon
; ey. Tried. Or electrify daily"
i Flow does modern hydropathy compar
with this instance: miss Bates Of Leices
tershire bathed daily. using the cold batl
for month and drinking only water
: This cured her of cancer in the breast
. consumption and sciatic rheumatism.
There are various remedies for con
sumption. After recommending the coll
bath Mr.. Wesley says: Take no foo
but new buttermilk churned In bottl
and White bread. On every morning GU
up little turf of fresh earth and, lyin
down. breathe into the hole for quartz
Of IN hour. i have known deep cor
sumptive cured this way"
He further states: "Mr. Mathers o
Evesham was so far gone in consumE
ton that he could not stand alone. Di
Dover tof the celebrated Dover's pow
der) advised him to lose six ounces G
blood daily for q fortnight-if he live
that long-and then every other da,
then every third day. and so on. In thre
months he was we'll.
For dull sight: Drop in two or thre
drops of the juice of rotten apples often.
This one does not sound unreasonable
as rosemary forms an ingredient in man
l. hair restoratives: ITO mike the ha
e grow wash every night in q strong deco
l. ton of rosemary"
d "t'or hoarseness: Rub the solcs of I'll
feet before the ERE with garlic and lar,
l. well beaten together"
al For the lilac Passion (colic): Hold
live puppy constantly on the breast; o
is take. ounce by ounce, pound or poun
$ and half OF quicksilver"
To prevent wrinkles and insure lor
IT life: ''Take tar water night and NOR
tie ing, or decoctiou of nettles (cither |,