The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-02-14
TUE UsED IN lIEDIcINE.
Things That the Public Do Not Readily
Understand-1Iany Remedies are Made
from Animals and Insects

Things That the Public Do Not Readily I
Understand-1Iany Remedies are Made
from Animals and Insects
Civilization is only a refined savagery- ,
We smile and look with. wonder at the !
antics Of the Indian medicine man with
his grOtesque toggery, medicine bag,
charms and Picturesquely indescribable
nostrums- But there is small reason for
mirth at the expense Of the savage witch
doctor and bis medicine case when one
reads Of the source Of supply Of the arti-
cles used in modern pbarmacoPOeis.
The use of vaccine taken from kline;
pepsin from the stomach Of a hog; anti
toxin from the serum of a horse; the
Pasteur anti-rabie specific taken from
the brain of rabbits; ingluvin from the
chicken gizzard and other extracts from
the glands OF animals are matters gener-
ally known. Then after all the hell
broth" Of the witches in Macbeth is no
extravaganza:
Round about the caldron 60;
In the pOisOn'd entrails throw.
Toad. that under coolest stone,
Days and nights hast thirty-One
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i the charmed pot.
Double, double, toll and trOublei
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
FiIiet of a fenny snake,
In the caldrOn boil and bake:
Eye of newt. and toe Of frog,
Wool Of bat, and tongue OF dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-wOrm'S sting.
Lizards leg, and Owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble;
Like a hen-brOth boil and bubble
Double double, toll and trouble;
Fire burn, and osldron bubble
| Scale of dragon. tooth of wolf;
Witches mummy, nav and gulf
OF the ravind salt-sea shark;
/ Root OF hemlOck digg'd L the dark;
Liver of disappearing jew;
Gall of goat, and slips Of yew,
Silver'd In the moon eclipse;
Nose Of Turk, and Tsrtar's lips;
Finger Of birth-strangled babe,
Ditch-deliver'd By a drab,
Make the Cruel thick and slab;
Add thereto a tigers chaudrOn,
For the ingredients OF our caldron.
Double. double, toll and trouble;
Fire burn, and caidron bubble.
Cool il with babOou-s blood.
Then the charm Is firm and good.
when the dear general public takes
the curiously written doctors prescrip-
ton to the drug store it's a very fOrtu-
nate thing that the aforesaid general
public doesn't know the ingredients of
some of the drugs prescribed"
So spoke an Old-schOOl doctor the other
evening, says the Philadelphia Press in
an article on the subject Of modern med
icines. Two or three allOpaths and q
2 couple Of hOmepaths were In the room,
/ and for the benefit of some of the lay
5 men present the doctors discoursed on
5 the @Odd things used IN medicine.
' Said the allOpath: "We of the old
school use more vegetables in our pre-
scriptiOns-the new school runs some to
g animals. Yet we aIIopaths use animals
? too. For instance, there's the musk
I It's taken from a deer's gland, and is
5 used as a stimulant after all other means
s have failed. Absolutely pure musk is
2 hard to get, and is very expensive. Ii
!, costs $50 an ounce, and the usual dose is
? 60 drops.
D "Then, too, we utilize pepsin-which
comes from a hogs stomach, and pan
cratin, which comes from the glands of a
! sleeps neck. Then we use suprarenal
capsules for indigestion-and the sheep
5 give US these, too. But in the main we
3 depend on the vegetable world for our
] medicines"
] Then the homeopath started. He
= told how the common North American
toad was often used in medicine. The
live animal is fastened to a slab of cork
by four strong pins stuck through the
webs of the feet. Then the poles of an
; induction apparatus in action are slowly
drawn over the back of the animal
whereupOn the poison soon issues from
> the dOrsal glands. This is removed with
Q a small horn knife, and mixed with the
y proportion Of one part toad to LOO
" parts sugar Of milk.
g The South American toad does no
E have the poison removed by electricity
q 1t is irritated with feather and then ii
e saliva Is scraped from its mouth and usec
q in the preparation Of certain medicines
e The virus from a copperhead snake i
q used with, good results in throat affec
Z tons, and rattlesnake venom is used 70
~ a variety of ills. The snake is chloro
formed and the poison gland between tn