140 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



cian who gave a case of a boy of 16 years, who had had nervous headache sev- 

 eral days each week from the time he was 6 years old, entirely cured by this 

 remedy, and at the time of the report he had been free from the disease sev* 

 eral months. See next item also for other uses of this new remedy. 



TONSILITIS — Salicylate of Soda for — Also as a Gargle in 

 Ulcerated Cases. — Given in 10 gr, doses, every 2 to 4 hours, internally, and 

 is also used as a gargle in ulcerated cases. Strength of gargle is not given; but 

 I should say, 5 to 10 grs. to the oz. of water, according to the degree of ulcera- 

 tion. 



Remarks. — I certainly expect much from its use upon a fair trial, and say 

 to all who need it, try it. 



ULCERATING TEETH OR SORE GUMS — Dr. Mason's 

 Remedy.— Take what the homeopaths call the "third decimal trituration of 

 mercurius" (quick-silver). [Quicksilver was named mercurius after the god 

 Mercury; it is also known as hydrargyrum, from another god or deity, wor- 

 shiped by the ancients. These deities were held in higher estimation by them, 

 as compared with other deities, from the fact that mercury or quicksilver wa3 

 held, long ago, to be a very important article or medicine in the treatment of 

 diseases, as compared with other remedies. But my school of medicine (eclec- 

 tic) generally claims and believes that it has been proven not only of little value 

 but to have been one of the greatest curses to humanity that ever found a place 

 in the annals or history of medicine. Of late, however, I am led to believe the 

 harm to have arisen from its over-doses and abuse in giving it for everything 

 rather than in the article itself. See my remarks following "Jaundice, Liver 

 Complaint, etc."] Dose— The size of a wheat kernel, every half hour or hour, 

 until cured, which will be in 2 or 3 days. 



Remarks. — Dr. Mason, in writing to me, said: "Doctor you know that I 

 am not a homeopath, but I know, after having used the above in my practice as 

 a dentist for over fifteen years for ulcerating teeth, that it is a good remedy. 

 In the winter of 1878-79 I extracted some teeth for my wife; and, in common 

 parlance, she took cold in the jaw. Although it was nearly 2 days after it com- 

 menced aching before I prepared the remedy, the pain entirely ceased in lesh 

 than 2 days from the time she began its use. But let no one put it off, as I did, 

 through pressure of business — ' a stitch in time,' etc." 



In case no homeopath or druggist is near, who keeps this triturated prepa 

 ration, see " Diphtheria, Sore Throat, etc.," (Dr. Mason's, or homeopathic rem 

 edy), for the manner of trituration, use the quicksilver instead of the biniodide 

 of mercury, as given in that ease. 



1. VOMITING — Ejects a Dime from the Trachea.— Lorenzo 

 Hubbard, M. D., reports a case to the Pacific Med. and Surg. Journal as follows: 

 ■ "Carpenter Simes, a private in Company A, First U. S. Cavalry, while 

 playing with a dime, by tossing it into his mouth, accidentally threw it far back 

 into the pharynx, where, coming in contact with the posterior nasal orifices, it 

 excited a strong disposition to sneeze. The spasmodic inspiration which fol- 

 lowed drew the piece through the glottis (the opening into the windpipe) into 

 £he trachea (windpipe), and subsequent inspirations lodged it at the point of tha 



