86 DB. CHASE'S RECIPES, 



mid parsnip roots (the wild parsnip resembles our table vegetable, but the roots, 

 are poisonous), allowing them to simmer on the stove until they assume the 

 the consistency of paste; then spread on chamois skin, and apply to the cancer 

 At the beginning it will cause severe pam, and the cancer will contract and 

 loosen, until it may easily be extracted with its roots. The resulting opening 

 can be healed under any liniment or unguent (ointment) " 



The best unguent, he thinks, is balsam of Peru. 



Eemarks. — The author rejoices in the hope that, with one or the other of 

 Ihese receipts, all cancer sufferers shall be materially benefited, if not abso 

 lutely cured, adding many years to their lives. 



1. SCIATIC RHEUMATISM.— Successful Remedies.— I. In 

 iernal and Alterative. Fl. ex. of poke root, 1 oz. ; fl. ex. of gelsemium, 1 dr„; 

 mix. Dose. — Take 20 drops, morning and evening, in a little water. 



II. Fl. ex. of blue flag, 1 oz. Dose.— Take 15 drops, at noon and bed 

 time, in a little water. 



III. Apply externally, along the back part of the thigh, as a liniment, 

 tinct. of iodine and aqua ammonia, each 1 oz. ; mix, and rub on thoroughly 

 3 times daily. 



I cured a very bad caie, with this treatment, for a fat, fleshy woman, in 

 sbout a week's time, who could scarcely move when I took the case in hand. 



2. Sciatica Cured with Electricity.— A very Cheap, Simple 

 Battery.— How to Make and Use. — The following case of this disease 

 —a bad case — was published in the Physician and Surgeon, of Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., by Charles Ferhune, JI. D., of that city, for Oct., 1880. 



"An electric battery was constructed, consisting of a zinc and silver plate 

 about two inches in diameter, connected by a coil of insulated copper wire 

 long enough to allow the silver plate to rest on the front portion of the thigh, 

 the zinc resting over the sciatic nerve, on the back part of the thigh. 



"A thin slice of sponge was placed between the plates and the skin, and 

 these were kept wet with a strong solution of salt in water. This apparatus 

 was retained in its position by means of adhesive straps and rul)ber bandage. 

 ]t was necessary to change its location every other day on account of the 

 irritation caused" by the formation of chloride of zinc and electric current 



"In a week's time the patient was so much better that a battery was 

 placed on the left leg also, and these were kept on constantly, except when it 

 was necessary to replace the zinc as it would become corroded^ September 1st 

 the battery was taken off from the right leg, as there was no more pain and 

 felt perfectly natural. The battery is still kept on the left leg, which was 

 always the worst, simply on account of a little numbness of the toes; other- 

 wise this leg also is free from any unnatural sensation 



" Whenever convenient, 1 applied the following preparation the whole 

 length of nerve; 



"Menthol, 12 gre. ; alcohol, to dissolve the menthcl, 7 minims (drops); 

 oil of cloves, 1 oz. ; mix. [Menthol is one of the newer remedies, sometimes 

 also called Japanese camphor. It is made from a species of mint growing in 

 Asia, Japan, and I think in China also. It is in the form of crystals, and 

 smells much like peppermint.] 



"This mixture I have known to be of almost immediate benefit in neu- 

 ralgic affections. 



"Considering the lon^ standing of the disease, that it was located in both 

 legs, and the patient's habits (addicted to drink), and the great obstinacy and 



