The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-10-19
CREEKS UNABLE
TO TAKE MEDICINE
THE REASON ASSIGNED FOR
DEATHS FROM FEVER IN
HOME OF c. APOSTLE.
1dltor Pensacola Journal:

Editor Pensacola Journal:
Some of the people Of Pensacola,
wise OF otherwise, were talking about
the "BOssO Medicine" as having
neither effect nor cure on the yellow
fever patients, drawing their infer
ence from the incident that two Of
the Greecian fever patients to whom
I offered a home ana a hospital in my
house. have died.
In reference to this incident
would simply and truthfully state that
the first patient could not take any
medicine whatever. neither BOssO nor
anything else This I can prove by
the nurse and by Dr. Blocker. This
caused me to engage the services OF
DR.. Blocker in order to assist me In
making him take medicine, and even
he succeeded only in giving him two
doses of medicine for he expired soon
afterwards.
The other patient who died in my
house took only half a bottle of BOs-
so. which was not sufficient to bring
about the desired effect. Inasmucb
as / had DR.. Blocker as the attending
physician I called on him to examine
this patient. He prescribed medicine
Of which the patient only took one
dose, but owing to the death of the
first patient which the people in my
house had found out, they refused TO
take any medicine from any doctor
This was the main cause that / 0iscon-
tnued the services Of DR.. Blocker for
those fever patients in my house. For
these circumstances which / could not
prevent. I cannot be held responsible
as they were all against any doctor
and medicine.
After having discontinued the SER
vices Of Dr. Blocker, City Physician
Pierpont, came to my house address
ing me as follows: Apostle, want you
to let me send these sick men to the
hospital. To this 1 replied mo,
sir, these men will not be transferred
to the hospital unless you carry them
in pieces"
He then challenged me threatening
": IF You refuse to comply with my
request I viii send the whole police
force to get the patients TO the city
hospital" / then suggested that the
police wOuld not be sufficient but that
he'd better call for the state militia.
No sooner had DR.. PierpOnt left
my house when the patrol mounted
with officers appeared, demanding of
me. in the name Of the Board Of
Health" the surrender of these patti
ents. But the patients refused the
hospitality Of the hospital, for fear
they might be transferred again to the
undertaker's Office After l reasoned
with the officers. they made no effoT5
to take them against their viii. Tn sse
patients are now all well and attend
ing 10 their daily business.
Thirty thousand people in the city
of Pensacola ana about fifty thousand
of the Escambia and surrounding coun-
ties have used BOsso-trfed and tested,
and weighed it IN the balances, and
found it not wanting.
Now my fellow citizens, do not on
the strength of malicious reports made
by some ignorant and stupid people,
deprive your brothers, sisters and
friends from enjoying humanity's
greatest blessing, the simple ana eff
fective cure for all ailents pertaining
to fever.
Take advice from and reason with
those thousands of citizens who have
used BOsso and never found it want
ing in its results.
c. APOSTLE.