Recipe for consumption, asthma, bronchitis, scrofula, &c.

  • Wilson, Edward A.
Date:
[1863]
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Credit: Recipe for consumption, asthma, bronchitis, scrofula, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BEOIPE FOR Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, gcrofula, &c. Extract Blodgetti, - Hypophosphite of Lime, Alantin {Pura), Meconin {Pura), Extract Cinchona, - Loaf /Sugar, Pure Port Wine, - Warm Water, Three Ounces. One half Ounce. One Drachm. One half Scruple. Two Drachms. One Pound. One half Pint lne Quart. To prepare the above Kecipe properly, all the powlers and extracts should be thoroughly compounded and mixed well together, and placed in a vessel or bottle holding at least three pints; then pour in the bottle about a half pint of hot water, and shake well, which will turn the whole a bright red color. Let it stand a few moments, then add the other pint and a half of hot water with the sugar dissolved in it; also add the wine, (or, if you have not wine, rum or Holland Gin will do.) Shake well, and when cold it is ready for use. Dose—One large table-spoonful four times a day. The above Prescription is sent to the Consumptive sufferer, not from any mercenary or selfish motives, but from a sense of Christian duty by one who, from the most severe and bitter experience, knows how to sympathise with an afflicted fellow, and who is truly thankful to an all-wise Providence for Ids complete restoration to health and vigor through the agency of the same. In order that my friends and fellow sufferers may more readily understand the nature and effects of the above Prescrip- tion on the Consumptive patient, and also my object in making it public at this time, X will endeavor to give a | history of my own case in as brief, intelligible, and con- j cise a manner as possible; and then leave each sufferer to draw his own conclusions and judge for himself, and [ act in the matter as seemeth to him best in order to se- cure his own health and happiness, at the same time feel- ing satisfied that I have done Toy wnole duty in the pre- mises. . Tne history of my own case is as follows :— I am a native id' Augusta, Maine, where most of my relatives now reside. In the fall of 1848 I removed to New Haven, Conn., where in the spring of '49 I com- ! menced my labors as a minister of the Gro.-pel, as pastor of a small congregation of the Methodist Episcopal de- nomination. I labored for six years on the different cir- [ cuits of the New England Conference, when, in the fall ; of 1855, my health began to fail, and I was reluctantly ! obliged to suspend my labors in the pulpit, being very ' badly afflicted with wuat I then only supposed to be tlie Clergyman's Sore Throat. I sought the best medical advice, and used every means in my power that I thought would aid in my restoration to health; but from all my j efforts relief came not. I felt myself slowly wasting away day by day—all the medicine I took only seeming to palliate the disease; and after eight months'steady | and expensive treatment, I found myself given up by my physicians as a confirmed consumptive, with no hope and without the least encouragement in regard to a re- turn of health. My symptoms were of a serious and alarming character, such as: Severe and debilitating Night Sweats, Wasting away of the Muscles, Irritation j of the Nerves, Loss of Memory, Loss of Appetite, &c.; sharp pains in the lungs, sore throat, aud inaction of the | bowels, with nausea at the stomach. I was also raising | about a half pint of matter per day, which, with my pro- fuse night sweat-, reduced me so much that I had hardly strength to walk. Still my ambition to recover was not the least diminished. Such was my condition in the spring of 1856, and hav- ing tried faithfully all the known remedies and the best physicians to no effect, my physicians, Drs. Mott and Cilhnan of New York City, recommended a sea voyage and change of climate. Acting on their suggestion, I sailed in August, 1850, for Europe. The voyage did me no good, as I was very sick during the whole passage; and I landed on the ottier side of the Atlantic much more reduced and weaker than ever, and much depressed in spirits. After visiting several noted resorts for consump- tives, I finally, as a last resource, visited Paris for the purpose of placing myself for a short time under the care of .Doctor J. F. Cnurcnill, a physician who was gaining a high reputation from his cures of Consumption by the use of his preparations of the Extract of Blodgetti (a prepa- ration from the sea weed), in combination with the Hy- pophosphate of Lime, &c. I had conversed with several who hail been completely cured of Consumption by Dr. Churchill's preparations, which inspired me with some hope. I immediately placed myself under his care, and I was soon only too happy in the realization that I was fast gaining in health and vigor. The Blodgetti and Hy- pophosphate seemed to have a beneficial effect almost instantly, and when taken in combination with the ingre- dients as per the above prescription, its effects seemed magical. 1 began to improve so rapidly that I could hardly believe my own senses. The improvement was marked and very visMe, not only at the very seat of the disease, but in the^pitem generally. My spirits, for- merly so much depressed, soon became buoyant; my ap- petite gradually returned ; my sunken cheeks began to fill, and a soft bloom took the place of the warning hectic flush- that glowed in my countenance. My night sweats soon entirely left me, and my shattered nerves soon gained their original strength. In fact, there was not a single symptom that it did not seem to take hold of and dissipate. After nine weeks' treatment, I was deemed sufficiently restored to be able to travel, and being anxious to join