The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-02
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 to cause a sensation and call especial attention to some certain hospital by telling of a new cure for Cancer The sad and disappointing thing about all these loudly trumpeted cures IS that we never hear any more about them When radium was discovered there was no use for it., but it was known to exist in. very small quantities and 1t was full of a tremendous amount or energy. It was concluded that it must be cure for Cancer, but am 1ncHn7 ed to think that all of the reported cured from the use of radium no mat ter how much the sufferer paid for the service, could have as well been ac- comp1ished by simpler and less ex- penSive means.
 To illustrate; a number of years ago an old lady came into my office when I was located at La Porte, Ind She had Lupus or Wolf Cancer on her nose. She said it had troubled her for several years and that it had been treated by a number of physicians but had grown steadily worse l had at hand a one ounce bottle with tWen- ty per cent of Glacial Acetic Acid in Glycerine and Witch Hazel, the direc- tioqs for which was to apply with g soft cloth. night and, morning. This she used and also some of the cell salts indicated. The sore was entir- ly healed within 60 days and it never returned.
 The diet, the habits of life and the mental attitude as well inherited tendencies all have a bearing upon cancer and such being the case much can be done to prevent the develop ment of the disease in those known to have inherited tendencies. The re- searches of the Rockefeller institute destroyed before cancer of the ma ligaant type can be cured. It's in the stablished for 30 days, as there is per haps not one case in ten thousand in which a correct diagnosis can be made within that time it is just as well to say that surgery is useless.
 l A Cancer sore if different from any other kind of g. sore. The tissues seem to rot and at the same time in some form of Cancer a rapid growth of the tissues takes place. The stomacE1 is sometimes frightful, unless the proper remedies are used to kill the progress of the disease. My own ideas Of Can cer are that it is in the nature of a propagating ptomaine, which must be destroyed before a Cancer of the mali nant type can be cured It's in the blood, the local manifestation appears Generous sore is the result
 4 lump in the breast or sore on At4sA lip, tongue or cheek is not neces- sarily a, Cancer, but it is what is call-
 ed by some "the suitable soil' or ptomaine is in the blood and such Jumps and sores continue to develop and refuse to yield to ordinary means
 of treatment then it's time to adopI active means of destroying the pto- , maine. This I believe can be done
 but if the disease progresses too far before treatment is applied, there is little hope for cure.
 Temperance and wholesome food, } properly masticated, are powerful fac tors in preventing diseaset Constipa- ton, overeating under-eating and wOr- ry are important factors in the cause of disease
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 Dear Doctor: I would like to ask your advice regarding cure for chill plains. As soon as cool weather sets in in the fall begin to have trouble with my feet. They swell and itch and are so sore that I can hardly walk at times. I have tried all the have ever heard of without any last ing success. have heard that the ion1y way to doctor them is to purify the blood but have never taken any
 thing internally. Any advice you give me will be thankfully received as have been a sufferer every winter al- most as long as I can remember.
 From being frost bitten or exposed to great cold and then suddenly warmed, or by being suddenly exposed to cold when hot the skin suffers what is known as chilblains. As a pre- caution against the trouble do not warm cold feet very suddenly, and if they are frost-bitten, rub them brief 1y with snow or clothes soaked in , cold water. After the feet have become accustomed to the ordinary tempera- ture, a, stimulating liniment may be applied. j. common home remedy is petroleum bandages, but one of the } most effective remedies is the Com pound Tincture of Myrrh. Take pull Verized Myrrh two ounces, red pepper (capsicm), one ounce and alcohol one quart Mix and allow to stand one week when the tincture will be ready , for use. As an application for chil-
 plains it should be rubbed on night and morning. This formula was first : used by Dr. Thompson, to whom we are indebted for many good and eff fective home remedies.
 r If there is considerable swelling with inflammation, think you would be wise to secure the herb preparation of home make of which I have ire in Minnesota told how he cured himself of a very aggravated case of chilblains by boiling pickled beets and making a heavy hot poultice of them. These be kept on his feet for an hour each evening for several nights, the result being a complete cure.
 l Dear Doctor: have been suffering
 for three years with a drawing in my right foot. Three of the small toes
 draw under me. The drawing comes
 by spells, caused by taking cold.
 am one of those unfortunate persons who take cold easily and never can , Irecognize how. when or why I have l done so. My foot also swells up and . is hot and feverish all the time. Af-
 ter it gets over it's drawing it is very
 weak for several days. It has pug
 z1ed several doctors. Can you tell me what the trouble is and why cold ef-
 fects it? T. would appreciate a reme-
 dy very much
 z D. H.
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