TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 3M 



and keep in a cool place. Dose— Take 2 or 3 good swallows before each meal, 

 or in amount as found necessary from the following: 



Remarks. — These bitters are recommended in all cases reqmring a tonic 

 action, where there is a tendency to a chronic inflammation, as in catarrhal 

 headache, pain in other parts, kidneys out of order, etc. The gentleman froua 

 whom I obtained this, at Grass Lake, Mich., was a kind of "domestic doctor," 

 had a cure for everything. I have used these hop bitters, however, and am well 

 pleased with their action. They improve the appetite and strengthen the diges- 

 tion. One of his cures was for ague, by taking sulphur in m.olasses every 

 night. He claims to have cured over 100 obstinate cases with that simple rem- 

 edy. He said if the hop bitters did not loosen the bowels after a few days to 

 add a Uttle salts — Epsom — enough of it, for a day or two only, to loosen them. 



The following is claimed to be the real Hop Bitters which has made such a 

 stir in the world: Hop leaves, 3 ozs. ; buchu leaves, 1 oz. ; fl. ext. of dandelion, 

 1 oz. ; d. ext. of mandrake, 2 drs. ; whisky, 1 qt. Directions, Dose, etc.— 

 Boil Of simmer the hops and the buchu leaves in water, % gal., for 6 hours, 

 or dovvn to 1 qt., strain, and when cold add the fl. exts. and whisky. Dose — 

 From 1 to 3 table-spoonfuls 3 times a day, before meals. 



Remarks. — It will be found a tonic and laxative, and the amount taken 

 must be governed so as not to loosen the bowels but slightly, else its tonic cfldects 

 would be carried off too readily. I have not used this, but I have the first 

 above, with much satisfaction. 



TOBACCO— Its Use Frequently Injuring Sight and Memory. 

 — Dr. ]\Iackenzie, in his "Opthalmology," a work on the anatomy and diseases of 

 the eye, expresses his opinion that tobacco is the frequent cause of amaurosis, 

 diminution, or complete loss of sight, and says: " One of the best proofs of 

 this being the case, is the great improvement in vision (sometimes complete res- 

 toration), which ensues on the use of that narcotic being abandoned." Tobacco 

 Is a powerful narcotic, and often affects the nerves disastrously. This position 

 of Mackenzie, says a French writer, is confirmed by M. Michel, who classey 

 the disease among the two forms oi cerebral, or brain, amaurosis (loss or dimin- 

 ution of sight by the condition of the brain), which are but little known. One 

 of these conditions is seen in heavy drinkers, and is symptomatic of delirium 

 tremens; but the other, he thinks, is brought about by the use of tobacco; and 

 he also believes there are but few persons who have habitually, for a long period, 

 smoked more than 5 drachms, % of an ounce, daily, without their sight, and 

 often their memory, being more or less enfeebled. Then let those who already 

 realize either of these conditions, or think the prospect good for their occur- 

 rence, abandon the use of tobacco in any form, at once, and forever, and keep 

 their young folks from its use, if possible. Fortunate for the author he could 

 never tolerate its use at all ; but one can scarcely see an old man, or even young 

 men, and many boys, even passing along the street, without a cigar in theii 

 mouth, or gracefully (?) held in their fingers. If its use continues to increase 

 for the next century as it has for the last decade (10 years passed of this cen- 

 tury) we shall, I greatly fear, be the next thing to a nation of imbeciles; with 

 much larger per cent, of idiots than at this writing. A fearful responai 



