118 DR. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



another physician has been equally successful with the same remedy in a veiy 

 bad case. It is as follows: 



14. G-allic Acid in Consumption.— Gallic acid, 1 dr. ; pulverized 

 Dover's powder, }4. dr- ; pulverized cubebs and pulverized gum arable, each, 

 1 dr., and pulverized licorice root, 3^ oz. Mix thoroughly. Dose — Half a 

 tea-spoonful, dry, every 3 or 4 hours. 



Remarks. — Dr. Hull said of this: " Out of 200 cases treated during the past 

 seven months, I found only 2 that this remedy would not relieve." Certainly 

 a very marked proportion of cures. The corroboration I referred to above in 

 the very bad case was reported also in the Brief by R. H. Holliday, M. D. , of 

 Guntley postofflce, N. C. His patient was a man who had been confined to his 

 bed for 170 days, and upon whom he had exhausted his book knowledge with- 

 out benefit, the man raising 2 quarts of thick, purulent matter daily that smelled 

 terribly, so that he says " the ferryman was waiting to carrj' him over, etc., 

 when, upon the appeal of the wife, if I could not do something more for him, I 

 took up the Brief, and fell upon Dr. Hull's gallic acid treatment (above given) 

 and saved my patient." 



15 Gallic Acid in Liquid Form.— The editor of the Bi-ief, in com- 

 menting upon the gallic acid in powders, gave the following formula as pre- 

 ferable. He said: Gallic acid, 1 dr.; glycerine, 3 ozs.; listerine, 5ozs. ; mix. 

 Dose — Take 1 or 2 tea-spoonfuls 4 or 5 times a day. 



Remarks. — This the editor found a better formula, from its fluid form no 

 doubt, and from its containing the listerine, which is considered a valuable anti- 

 septic, i. e. , as against the destructive tendency in cases where the matter raised, 

 smells terribly, as in Dr. Halliday's case above. The listerine is manufactured 

 at St. Louis, Mo., I think, and therefore can be obtained, if not found in the 

 drug stores, by inquiring through the Medical Brief, of that city. See the 

 next item, on the use of hot water, to know that the editor of the Brief is well 

 qualified to judge of the nature of any article of medicine which he may 

 recommend. 



1 6 . Consumption, Hot Water Cure for.— The latest thing claimed 

 to cure consumption was given in the St. Louis, Mo. , Medical Brief, by the 

 editor, J. J. Lawrence, A. M., M. D., page 561, 1883, and as it is more than 

 probable that it will help very many sufferers, I shall give it, not to be tried as 

 a last resort, but to be tried as early in the disease as any wasting of flesh and 

 debility is manifested; and to be tried faithfully for two or three months, 

 at least, remembering that the diet of tender beef and stale bread, (bread 

 never less than one day old) must be attended to, as well as the hot water. Dr. 

 Lawrence says: A young man who was compelled to resign his position in one 

 of the public schools of New York because he was breaking down with con- 

 sumption, and who had ever since been battling for life, although with little 

 apparent prospect of recovery, was encountered several days ago in a Broad- 

 way restaurant. " I see," he said, " that you seem surprised at my improved 

 appearance. No doubt you wonder what could have caused such a change. 

 Well, it was a Tery simple remedy, nothing but hot water." Hot water! 



