TREATMENT OF DISEASES. Ill 



"Here, then," remarks Prof. Hubbard, "was all that remained to mark 

 the beginning, progress and cure of a case of tubercular consumption, occupy- 

 ing twelve years in its period of activity. A legible record surpassing in inter- 

 est and importance, to the human race, those of the slabs of Nineveh or the 

 Punic inscriptions. " — Peninsular Owner (Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 1st, 1885.) 



Remarks. — This publication in the Courier was within about a year of the 

 death of President Day. The paper having been prepared by Prof. Hubbard 

 soon after the president's death, and published in one of the New Haven papers, 

 from which I obtained it, as I, at that time, published the Courier. And in 

 looking over the bound volume of that year, after commencing to write this 

 book, I was so forcibly struck with the " Medical Incident," as the paper was 

 originally headed, I wrote to Prof. Hubbard to see if I could ascertain anything 

 more definite as to Dr. Sheldon's treatment of the case The professor answered 

 my letter by saying, so far as he knew, "there was no record of the prescription 

 or any part of the treatment." But, thinking it possible that there might be 

 some one in Litchfield — Dr. Sheldon's home — who might have, some knowledge 

 of it, I wrote to the postmaster there, and found a Mrs. Lucy Beach, a daugh- 

 of Dr. Sheldon — the doctor having also passed away, — but there was no further 

 knowledge to be obtained, no record having been made of the treatment. And 

 all I can say further is, if iron and Peruvian bark would and did (of which I 

 have not a doubt) cure President Day, it— the combination, properly made — 

 wil' cure others. The compound tinct. of Peruvian bark, 1 pt, into which 

 put pyrophosphate of iron, 2 drs., taken in 1 to 2 table-spoonful doses, just 

 before or just after meals and at bed-time, will fill the bill, and I have not a 

 doubt will cure very many cases, especially if the careful feeding with whole- 

 some food is properly attended to, as Dr. Sheldon above indicates he did with 

 President Day, to which I should add plenty of out-door exercise, with every 

 other needed care of the general system. But remember that in President- 

 Day's case it took two years to accomplish the cure. So don't get discouraged 

 and give it up for one year, at least. There is now a proprietary, or patent 

 medicine kept by druggists, known as Eli.xir of Calisaya (which is Peruvian 

 bark) and Iron, that may answer all purposes. It was not made in Dr. Shel- 

 don's time. I have often recommended its use for frail and weakly females, 

 and always with success. Still, I should prefer the compound tinct. of the bark 

 and iron above directed, if the tincture has 2 ozs. of the unground red Peru- 

 vian bark used in making each pint. The bark should be coarsely ground or 

 bruised when made. What I mean is that the powdered or ground bark kept 

 by druggists must not be used, as it is generally made of inferior kinds of 

 bark, and is also often adulterated by mixing other cheap things with it, so 

 much so, at least, that it can not be depended upon. 



4. Consumption, New French Remedy for.— M. J. Guyot in- 

 forms the profession that the phosphate of lime, in the colliquative (rapidly 

 exhausting) night sweats of consumptives, is not only almost a specific (positive 

 cure), but tends also to improve the general health. Dose — From 30 to 40 grs. 

 in a little sweetened water, at night. 



