Treatment of Hernia 
Having wasted money in search of a 
cure for hernia on such fakers as Clothe* 
& Co. and I’lapo Laboratories, will you 
advise iu regard to cure by operation and 
statistics of some of your large hospitals 
on this trouble? G. 
New York. 
Since a hernia (inguinal) is but an en¬ 
largement of a natural channel, thus per¬ 
mitting the passage of the gut into an 
unnatural position, you will readily see 
that the only cute is to close that channel 
down to u proper size—a purely mechani¬ 
cal matter. Understanding this, one can 
appreciate the silliness of the advertised 
“cures” that depend upon medicines or 
outside applications, though a spontane¬ 
ous cure may sometimes occur if the pro¬ 
truding gut. is kept back iu place while 
the passageway contracts to its natural 
size. This partial cure often, takes place 
in part, only to be undone b.V some subse¬ 
quent strain. 
Whether or not an operation to take up 
slack iu the tissues and partially close 
the channel should he undertaken in any 
given ease depends upon several factors, 
such as age of patient, physical condition, 
etc. Only a competent surgeon who can 
examine the patient should advise with 
regard to this, and statistics as to results 
of operations would have very little sig¬ 
nificance in any one individual case. Your 
best course is to go to some surgeon, upon 
.whose advice you can depend, and consult 
with him. lie will explain the chances 
for success and for failure of an operation 
iu your case, and leave you to decide 
whether you care to take them or not. It 
is not always possible to cure a long-stand¬ 
ing hernia by operation, by any means, 
and ft is not always wise to undertake it. 
but there is nothing to take the place of 
operation in operable cases, and there is 
no use in wasting time and money upon 
quacks who make promises impossible of 
fulfillment. 
Sweeping Reduction of 
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A Warning as to “Cuban Itch” 
Can you give information as to a quick 
and permanent cure for Cuban itch? 
Some of om* folks have it; have used 
balsam of Peru externally, which gave 
relief, also lard and sulphur. The sul¬ 
phur seems to heal up the sores and cause 
the scabs to come off. But I think this 
disease is in the blood, and an internal 
remedy that will kill the germs in the 
blood and then purify or carry off the 
disease is what we need. One boy, aged 
17, had the itch, used balsam of Peru 
and lard and sulphur; killed the itching, 
seemingly, but left him iu a bad state of 
health, some sores on limbs and body. 
Then, too, the body commenced swelling 
from feet to head, swelling leaving hnud< 
and feet, going to stomach, chest and 
face, accompanied with cough. He seems 
to have cold. E. w. s. 
Virginia. 
“Cuban itch” does not mean anything 
to the physician, for it is a popular term 
applied by the laity to various skin erup¬ 
tions. and conveys no idea of the actual 
disease present. Since no one can pre¬ 
scribe intelligently for mere names, no 
reputable physician would attempt to 
treat "Cuban itch” by mail. Since the 
Spauish-American war, however, Cuban 
itch, in many places, has meant a mild 
variety of smallpox, and it should be 
treated as all smallpox, whether mild or 
vim lent, should be treated. Prevent it 
by Vaccination. The description of the 
cases given by you suggests smallpox very 
strongly, though if that disease is present, 
the local physicians would probably bo 
aware of it. In lute years smallpox of 
a very mild type has been prevalent 
throughout the United States, and has 
gone by various popular names in differ¬ 
ent sections. The disease has frequently 
been as mild as chicken-pox, and has 
passed unrecognized, even by physicians, 
in countless cases. Laymen, too, who 
have had no actual knowledge of the dis¬ 
ease. and who do not know of the exceed¬ 
ingly mild form in which it mav exist, 
have helped in its spread. If you know of 
any cases of “Cuban itch” in adults, sec to 
it that the physicians of your community 
are made aware of its presence. You mav 
save a widespread epidemic of mild, but 
very undesirable, smallpox by calling the 
attention of the health authorities to it. 
M. B. D. 
Seeding Millet with Buckwheat 
In your answer to II. H. S., on pagi 
22!), in regard to seeding millet with buck 
J’heat. I think you have made a mistake 
It is a common practice about, here. W< 
mix from 2 lbs. to 1 lbs. of millet with i 
bushel of buckwheat. The millet ripem 
about the same time. When thrashed, i 
makes better chicken feed, and the mille 
mixed in the straw makes better fodder 
\\ hen feeding buckwheat straw we some 
times build a pen in the yard, till it will 
straw, ami let the cows reach it throng! 
the fence. A cow will eat more if she car 
steal it. D . c. n . 
New \ork. 
In reading The TL N.-Y. of this wool 
I saw the question asked by H. II. S. 
and would like to say that a neighbor hat 
seeded millet and buckwheat for the nasi 
two years with success, but always ha« 
the grain thrashed, and it makes splendir 
chicken feed. I do not know how lu 
seeded, but should think thin, as both art 
quick to grow. M s 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
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