The use of brandy and salt, as a remedy for various internal as well as external diseases, inflammation and local injuries : containing ample directions for making and applying it / explained by Samuel Fenton and Wm. Lee.

  • Fenton, Samuel.
Date:
1842
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    pamphlet, published in October, 1839, as it may be of con- siderable service. I found it very efficacious to wet a piece of fine linen with the remedy, and bind it on my leg, which I kept moist by pouring a few drops on the linen ; the more frequently I did so the better. This I strictly attended to for abor three weeks, and though my leg had been very bad for many months, and bid defiance to the best medical aid I could pro- cure, which caused me to give up all hopes of recovery, to my great surprise the inflammation was entirely gone, the wounds healed, and the leg well in a month. This I pub- lish for the benefit and encouragement of the afflicted, as the cure it wrought upon me was so astonishing to myself and others ; had not this been the case, this pamphlet would never have been re-published by me ; but with great grati- tude to the Giver of all good, and thanks to the discoverer, I have complied with his request in making it as public as possible, both by newspaper and pamphlet. I am glad to Iiear and to see that this remedy is doing good to numbers, for both internal and external complaints. Any person re- ceiving benefit from the application would do well to let me know, as it may stimulate others ; but let no one expect to be cured without perseverance. DISEASES AND MODE OF TREATMENT. Dizziness in the Head is cured by washing the crown of the head with the remedy pure. It ought to be rubbed for half an hour, even when the dizziness is removed. Some- times it feels cured during the operation; sometimes in an hour after ; and even it has not been removed until after retiring to bed. There are instances of this complaint re- turning several times, but it is easily subdued by the manner of applying this remedy. Determination of Blood to the Head, which, by the regular mode of practice, is sought to be cured by bleeding with leeches about the temples, though it does not always cure, generally brings the patient to the borders of the grave. This complaint is greatly abated, and very often cured, by rubbing the crown of the head with the remedy. Some- times it is removed very soon, and generally by one opera- tion ; if not, it may be repeated once, in which case it is ne- cessary that the afflicted should take two table-spoons-ful of