il 
__ fora fresh application, This method should be con 
- changed. Snails, also, answer the same purpose. M: 
a the present day have generally condemned as incurable ; at least by 
"GEE Benes will. become a dead maze , and may be taken out with — 
-cnieeiilllllllet ietaiamatiatias which ought | 
pe gr no and even from the — oC 
with fes:or-eok fanned: : : 
eens Thiet is one of those diseases which the feoult ae 
any other means than the énife ;—and it is unnecessary for me _ 
here to show the fallacy of that method, where there isa real can- — 
cer. ‘The experience of all who have resorted to it, to sa 
of its unreasonableness, should be sufficient to condemn this opera- 
tion in toto. AsI have already said of another disorder, cancer is 
incurable because we know not how to cure it :—not is, 
from its nature, irremediable. However, it is an ugly and obst 
malady, and requires considerable time to eradicate it thoroughly. 
My method of treatment is simply this; and which I conceive 
strikes at the root of the disorder : destroy the cancerous humor in 
the system by a thorough course of alterative and cleansing medi- 
cines. It is scarcely necessary for me to add, that in effecting this, 
I make use of the anti-mercurial syrup, w hich operates safely and : 
effectually, even when the patient is much reduced. Joined with 2 
this, I also give the iron and myrrh pills. These, or preparations - 
which will have the same effect, that is, to cut off the source of the 
cancer, are all the internal general remedies that are 1 
cept perhaps some little occasional medicines. = 
Externally, if the tumor is small, and not yet open, apply soften- 
ing and detergent ointments ; as the bitter-sweet ointment, MM. a 
electricity may be applied to it. If the tumor is of sufficien isize z 
to warrant the practitioner in drawing it out with plasters, he may __ 
pt it. Several plasters for this purpose will be found among 
the recipes. Their operation is somewhat painful, but that cannot be ? 
avoided, for we must take the life of the cancer or we cannot cure it, 
The use of plasters, however, does not render the internal remedies 
less necessary. eee a 
If the cancer has become open, and ulceration commenced, apply | 
cat skins, newly stripped off and warm; or the flesh of fresh killed 
chickens. These ‘will exttact the fever ‘and acrimonious oison 
tonishingly, and become in the course of two or three hi 
fectly rotten and corrupted with it They should then 
and life of the cancer is extracted, when_the whole 
ease, and without pain. If it is not convenient to obtain the skins 
or reiet iis they may be alternated with poultices 
of charcoal and yeast, which also extracts putridity. The flesh of 
any animal is good, but I consider cat-skins, or chickens, preferable. 
Angle-worms, or fish worms as they are called, are not in 
either of the above applications; they should be laid on alive, a 
remain till they become dead and putrid, when they sho id | 
any o' 
als, ‘particularly frogs and toads, draw powerfully when 
cer, and may be used when more convenient. 
ne. a" san! noieneities or 
