198 FOR PLAGUE BLISTER. 



FOE PLAGUE BLISTER. 



Take sassafras leaves and dip tliem in warm 

 water, then take castile soap and make a thick 

 lather, and apply with a soft hrush as far as the 

 sore or inflammation extends, then apply the 

 sassafras leaves, warm 3 or 4 thick, tie 'it up 

 loosely, renew every 8 hours. This cannot be 

 surpassed for inflammation of this nature. Give 

 it a trial and its efiects will soon be felt. Use 

 none but castile soap. 



The following certiiicate attests the value of 

 this simple cure: — 



MiDDLETOWN Frederick Co., Md. \ 

 June 5th, 1852./ 

 To all whom it may concern, greeting: — 



I hereby certify, that some time in March, 184Y, my wife "was 

 afflicted with a pain and swelling in her arm, which proved ex- 

 tremely painful, and appeared to be contracting the arm, leav- 

 ing a red or purple streak as far as the swelling extended. As 

 some three or four of my children were then lying sick with scar- 

 let fever, also a negro girl, several physicians were sent for to 

 attend them, who were consulted in relation to my wife. Some 

 pronounced it the hysterics, others attempted to effect a cure, 

 but all in vain; at length it was pronounced a pest or plague 

 blister and very dangerous. The person who informed me what 

 it was, recommended me to Mr. J. D. Koogle for a cure. Mr. 

 Koogle came aad applied poultices, which in an hour or two 



