The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-01
viii Violet Leaves Cure canoer7
(From The Atlanta Constitutionl


British newspapers devong unlimited space 70 the
alleged cure OF cancer by the application violet leaves
On account of the fatal consequences which usually attend
this malignant disorder only natural that the
nent OF this remedy should be hailed with universal in
etes although the interest thus aroused will be mixed with
an alloy OF skepcsm As gathered by Public Opinion the
follows: - 80
Lady Margaret Marshau, sister of the earl Of Romnsv
was brought to the point of death by which defed
surgery \ visiting friend, who called bid the unfortunate
lady goodby since she believed by her physicians 10 he
IN eNtes recalled that when child she had heard an old
nurse that could be cured by the leaves az M
violet No objection being raised to the experiment n
the duration OF life secuted matter OF few hours NJ r,ot
punch OF fresh violet leaves procured maceraed
IN quart OF water Lint soaked in the preenish IN
fusion and applied to the the disease The ady dd
not die The treatment repeated daily and cojnciden
any win It the malignant growth subsidized last quite
uis@ppea'eu ne Daiy News which reports the facts is
authority Tor the further statement that Lady Naro,r.
now IN good health all trace of the caneerous trouble by
disappeared II assures its readers that the incidents of This
extraordinary correctly reported as to sequence ~
and effect ''''o
The best accessible medical talent agreed &C 70 H.. a.;
nosis so the caneeous of the growth as aested nv
cultures may he assumed in the absence proof to the
ray The violet treatment applied on the chance that
might 40 good and IN the certainty that it could not do
harm The disease subsidized it ultimately disappeared a
eeher and the patient is fully recovered but whether
voets mad anything TO do with is question which those
tor whom the matter has interest must decide for +b
selves The medical authorities consulted by the Dali,
News naturally refused pass specific judgment mon ne
curative value OF the violet in treatment Nevertb
less the demand fol vioes has been so great of late,
more than one occasion famine prices have been Maid f
punches OF them at Coyent Garden by those having friends
SHOWN 10 DC suffering from the too prevalent curse Of can
demand" '' " '''e "e"
Some one writing in the London Lancet takes the Do
uon mat the reported cures Of by means OF violet
leaves are undoubtedly based upon errors OF diagnosis b
e same writer goes on to observe that belief in the cra
I'VE virtues OF the violet Of early origin This an
hory gives the medicinal history OF the violet as fo,,
me violet leaf figures not nfrequently among ,Ss
recipes OF the old Ango-NoTman writer's whose rnnr.
eopoeas the violet is noted for its cathartic and e %
ss or to speak more accurately the Viola trcolo ~
pshsy possesses these useful attributes The lo ,.
aso IS HasHey recorded in an old edition of BaouP ,Bt
any SSs4l to have been at time or other nr.shsi
m skn disease In the age Of the Plantagenets months
Nv a @sl treated most diseases with the violet wheth
nnglea Win multiplicity of other ingredients the Dods,
gwer was used to treat q srsynsss Of the hsr, an ie
may suPPess 70 dyspepsia Il was said to be good