The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
HOME HEALTH CLUB
rDaaeed b. Or David H. Reeder. Chi
cago.)

srEArn.Pox. Here Is something
hona -Clinscal Medicine. December,
1915. for you to treasure in your menu
sry and keep on file also.
-sThe conquest OF Smallpox by Cal
rfu11a S,uIphide in Mexico: The grand
est and most meritorious work Of my
life has been performed within the
past four months, namely succeeded
Ii arrestine the most deadly epidemic
Of Smallpox I have ever known. and
that without performing single vac
rlnation; and the death rate was IS
per cent, before / INTERVIEWED, which
practically was by force, without my
having been called by victims or the
ratified official. And I must confess
that / embarked on q very unpromis-
Ing venture. I read up the history oe
Smallpox and about what is known
De its ineffeetive medication I had ia
stock a meagre 1000 calcium sulphlde
EranuleS of IL grains each, ana no
chance to get more in reasonable time.
This was not q drop in the bucket IN
THIS urgent need ;and I had to en-
ploy them so that the value Of not
Dnel solitary pill would be wasted
Having used sulphur internally
against the oldtine $seven-year-ttch'
with cheering success, it struck my
fupid nogzin that this chemical should
exercise at least a modifying influence
upon any contagious affliction- How,
ever, failed to find a word in the
history Of sulphur, and in that Of the
treatment OF Smallpox, that 1t ever
had been employed in that distressing
L resolved to put my birthstone
theory to the proof.
I started out by thoroughly purg-
Ing every mothers son and the par
ents likewise. resident in the exposed
realm gave the grown folks. tea
c[Ta
night and morning and I annointed
Hhe bodies of the little ones. had
them repeat the sulphur dosing day
after day, while giving enough Of a.
purgative to aid the sulphur in in
surfing unobstructed clearing of 1the
the clothing and bedding, for lack
of others to replace them: but had
them boiled also had boiling water
aibefa1ly applied wherever there had
been any infection; and everybody
still liable to injection was bathed
with water as hot as could Re borne
without causing blistering
As a fresh case of infection appear
ed among those previously exposed, i
gave the patient calcium sulph1de,
pushed to saturation/ and sustained,
and alternated with echinacoid. In
this manner. every case ----S effectual-
dy aborted, the patients recovering the
same as those treated for the preva-l
lent fevers and they caused no new
infections.
Thus this smallpox epidemic of
well-radiated 'virulence, collapsed at
four popuious places. At 6ne place.
~ deaths out OF so people had oc-
Cured, in a few days, mostly before
smallpox was publicly suspected, the
cases having been reported as measles.
But not one person died after my
ca1eium suIphide and sulphur and
kdd1ing water called halt to the. i'm
nfolastion Before this treatment was
irsttihted, nearly every one attacked
lad died.
ROBERT GRAY.
The preceding statement is copied
from personal letter recently re-
c,eived from Doctor Gray. Just think
Of the terrific load this man is bear
ig Despite his advanced years, va
lisnt Doctor Gray is doing more for
the relief of suffering, under condi-
tsons which would appal the average
= Tnerican physician, than any man 7
C7I1a think Of-Ed.l