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Bemarhs. — He gave cases of acute, or just commenced, as well as those of 

 long standing, in which it was equally effective. It needs no further comment 

 nor recommendation of mine, only to say I trust too, with him, that in the cor- 

 rosive sublimate treatment for gonorrhea, I have at last met with the drug that 

 gives such entire satisfaction to the unfortunate, and one that will prove a flnaa- 

 cial boon to me, and hereby a boon to the unfortunate many, who may never 

 see Dr. McChesuey, nor myself. 



11. Gleet, Eflfeetual Treatment for.— Some of the first abwe 

 mentioned injections for gonorrhea, may be injected for gleet, or the following, 

 as used by Dr. S. L. Blake, of San Francisco, Cal., who has found it so effec- 

 tual that he deemed it his duty to place it before the readers of the Brief, in 

 1880, as follows: Sulphate of zinc, 12 grs.; tinct. iodine, 10 drops; distilled 

 water (soft water will do in all such cases), 8 ozs.; mix; inject 4 times a day. 

 Also, fl. ex. uva ursi, 3 ozs. ; fl. ex. pareira brava, 1 oz. ; fl. ex. cascara sagrada 

 and syrup of orange, each 2 ozs. ; water sufficient to make 8 ozs. ; mix. [The 

 pareira brava is a native of the West India Islands and the Spanish Main, says 

 King, in his American Dispensatory, " It is a tonic, diuretic and aperient, used 

 in chronic inflammations of the bladder, and various disorders of the urinary 

 organ." " The cascara sagi-ada is valuable in constipation, while the properties 

 of the other articles in these prescriptions are well known to be valuable for 

 what he recommends them.] Dose — Take a tea-spoonful 3 times a day before 



Remarks. — This, he says, I consider an invaluable remedy in obstinate 

 cases. Of course the principal readers of the Brief are physicians, which shows 

 that Dr. Blake was well satisfied with it or he would not risk the criticism he 

 would receive if it was not reliable. 



12. Gleet, for the Pain and Weakness in the Back.— For this 

 condition take Venice or white pine turpentine, and work into it as much finely 

 pulverized rhubarb as will make it pill. JIake into usual sized pills, and take 

 2 pills twice daily. 



13. Red Drops, Specific for Gleet, Gonorrhea, Leucorrhea^ 

 and Affections of the Kidneys. — Tinct. of guaiac and compound spirits 

 of lavender, each J^ oz. ; oil of cubebs and laudanum, each }4: oz. ; balsam of 

 copaiba, 1 oz.; mix. Dose — A tea-spoonful 3 or 4 times a day — one always 

 being at bed-time in these cases. 



Remarks. — Dr. Gunn says of these drops: "A specific (positive cure) for 

 gleet, gonorrhea and leucorrhea, and good for affections of the kidneys." They 

 are all, in a certain degree, of a similar character, i. e., there is an inflammation 

 of the mucus membrane of the parts in each disease; then, what will overcome 

 it in one case, will also do it in any of the others, and yet not be a "cure all," 

 as the mucus membrane is the same everywhere. 



BEE AND WASP STINGS— Sure Cure for.— I. Bees.—Kv. R. 

 L. Aylor, of Waterloo, Ky., in reporting his success in keeping his bees over 

 the winter of 1881-2, sends a recipe to the Bee Journal, headed "Bees," claim- 

 ing it as his own discovery. It is simple, easily obtained, and cheap; and if i\ 

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