TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 89 



3. Ague or "Chills" — Positive Cure, with Quinirie. — This 



receipt is from Dr. Joseph Spaulding, of Lafayette, Ind., in answer to an inquiry 

 from a lady through the Blade Household, which explains itself. He says: 



"Dear Madam: — You say 'don't prescribe whiskey nor quinine,' but I will, 

 and I know whereof I speak, as I was a sufferer with the ague for three years, 

 in the malarial district of Indiana, and this cured me, and I have not had a 

 chill for live years ; and I am sure it will do as much for others. The toper 

 who takes his morning bitters out of this, will not want them a second time 

 from the same bottle. 



I. "A thorough cathartic. Now, I mean thoi'ougk when I say it. 



II. " Two days after take quinine in 6 gr. doses every 4 to 6 hours, just as 

 ^u can stand it, till you have missed a chill ; then take the following: 



III. Tonic Bitters, to Strengthen and Tone up the System after Ague, oi 

 Chills and Fever have been broken, or for Oenei'al Use. — "Tinct. capsicum, 1 dr.; 

 citrate of iron and quinine, 1 oz. ; comp. tinct. of gentian, 1 oz. ; elixir cin- 

 chonia, 2 ozs. ; whiskey, 5 ozs. Dose — Take 1 tablespoonful 3 times daUy, 

 just after meals." 



The elixir of cinchonia is also known as " elixir of calisaya," or "elixir of 

 bark," meaning, of Peruvian bark. It is made as follows: Peru\ian bark, 1 oz.; 

 fresh orange peel, ^ oz. , cinnamon bark, coriander seeds and angelica seeds, 

 each 3 drs. ; caraway and anise seeds, each 1 dr. ; brandy and water, as given 

 below; simple syrup, 10 ozs. Bruise or coarsely grind the bark and aroma tics^ 

 and treat them with brandy until 10 ozs. are obtained; then continue the perco- 

 iation vrith equal parts of brandy and water, imtil 22 ozs. have been obtained; 

 then add the syrup to make 8 pts. tonic and cordial. 



Remarks. — I know that some people object to using quinine, believing thai 

 it causes rheumatic or other pains, etc. , but I am well satisfied that the pains, or 

 other difficulties supposed to come from the quinine, came from the disease, or 

 the climate, and not from the use of the quinine. It is not only a perfectly safe 

 remedy, but is indeed a valuable antiperiodic and strengthening medicine. It 

 can be obtained anywhere, and will cure ague everywhere, with only an occa- 

 sional exception. The position I have taken above, that it is the disease, or 

 malaria in the system, that causes the pain in the bones, etc., and not the qui- 

 nine that does it, I have since seen, is also claimed to be the fact by some of oui 

 most eminent pysicians. 



4. Ague, or Chills and Fever — Certain Cure for. — Quinine, 

 31 grs. ; aromatic sulphuric acid and laudanum, each, 31 drops; water, 3 ozs. 

 Dose — A teaspoonful 3 times a day, before meals. 



Remarks. — This was given me by Mrs. Catharine Baldwin, of Toledo, O., 

 formerly of Putin-Bay, where she obtained it, and knew of its curing several 

 of the most obstinate or long standing chronic cases, which "nothing," as the 

 saying goes, " would cure." I have used it with success, making only this dif- 

 ference with the receipt: Using 40 grs. of the quinine and 40 drops of the oil of 

 vitriol and laudanum, in 4 ozs. of water (to make the quantity a little more); 

 then, for an adult, directing a tablespoonful three hours, two hours and one hour, 

 before the chill should commence — which will break it. After that, 1 tea-spooi^ 

 fal 8 times daily, just after meals, till all is taken, will cure most cases. 



