TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 18T 



week's time, six applications cured me, and I have had no return since of this 

 very troublesome disease. I have recommended it to quite a number of my 

 friends, who tell me it has cured them." 



4. Piles, Cured by a Simple Internal Remedy. — Another writer 

 claims to have cured piles of long standing by taking a tea-spoonful of glycer» 

 ine, iwice daily, only. 



5. Bleeding Piles, Valuable Laxative and Cure for. — A 

 nephew of mine, who had been troubled considerably with piles, gave me the 

 following recipe which liad done him much good. He said it was " going the 

 rounds of the newspapers," as we often hear remarked. It was as follows: 

 "Take nice soft figs, 1 lb.; best powdered senna, 3 ozs. ; manna and fennel 

 seed, each 1 oz. Directions — Trim off the stems, flower end and other hard 

 and dry spots, if any, from the figs; then chop them in a chopping-bowl, to a 

 salvy consistency, and mix in the other ingredients with the hand, using a little 

 molasses, if necessary, to work all in nicely and evenly. Then put into a tin 

 box, and put a moistened cloth over the top, and cover tightly, for use. And 

 if no fennel seed are to be had, anise seed or caraway seed may be used in 

 their place. The seed, whichever may be used, are a carminative, to prevent 

 griping from the action of the senna ; whichever is preferred, as to taste, may 

 be used. Dose — Take a piece the size of a common hickory nut, at bed-time, 

 to move the bowels next day; and continue to take such a sized piece every 

 night, or every other night, as will keep the bowels easy, or soluble, until cured. 

 If there is griping to any extent, use half as much more of whichever seed 

 was used. Additional flavor might be used, if desired, a little oil of pepper- 

 mint or wintergreen, as both are highly carminative." 



Remarks. — This was claimed to have been very effectual in bleeding piles^ 

 as well as where only tumors were present. 



6. Piles, Simple Laxative for.— Confection of senna, 2 ozs.; cream 

 of tartar and sulpliur, each 1 oz. ; syrup of ginger, enough to make a thick 

 paste; mix well. Dose — Take a piece the size of a medium sized nutmeg, 

 every bed-time, or sufficiently often to keep the bowels lax or loose. That is, 

 in piles, the bowels must be kept easy, as the soreness of the parts do not admit 

 ot strain without causing great suffering to the patient. With this laxative, or 

 the one before it, the tendency to costiveness can easily be avoided. Dr. War- 

 ren, in his "Household Physician," says this is one of the very best laxatives 

 for piles. 



7. Piles, Lead Ointment for.— Rub well together, lard, 3 drs.; sul- 

 phur, 1 dr. Then rub it between two plates of lead, or large flat pieces of lead, 

 until the whole is well blackened. Dr. Warren says: " It is not only soothing 

 but curative, both in bleeding and blind piles (where no tumors come down). 

 The food should be of a laxative nature — corn bread, rye mush, bread of un- 

 bolted flour (Graham), mealy potatoes, ripe fruit, pudding and milk, buckwheat 

 eakes, broths, and a little tender meat once a day." 



Remarks. — When the digestion and circulation are good, there never are 

 any piles. So keep the digestion and circulation good and have no piles, is tho 



