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root,  acted  nearly  as  well,  but  I  preferred  the  other.  If  I  could 
have  obtained  blue  mass  or  calomel  I  would  have  begun  treatment 
with  a  dose  or  two  of  that,  but  none  was  to  be  had. 
"  Mayapple  root  or  peach-tree  leaves  made  into  a  strong  tea  and 
drunk  warm  would  act  on  the  bowels  as  certainly  as  senna,  but  with 
children,  where  too  much  tea  is  not  desirable,  I  often  gave  beef's  feet 
oil,  hog's  feet  oil,  or  even  lard  heated  with  syrup. 
"  In  cases  of  pneumonia,  pleurisy,  catarrhal  fevers,  etc.,  I  made 
local  applications  of  mustard  seed  or  leaves,  stramonium  leaves, 
hickory  leaves,  pepper,  etc.,  warm,  and  gave  alternately  butterfly  root 
and  sanguinaria,  and  continued  to  slightly  nauseating,  from  day  to 
day  (no  need  of  anything  else).  The  two  last  remedies  took  the 
place  of  Dover's  powder,  quinine,  and  all  other  diaphoretics,  febri- 
fuges, and  arterial  sedatives. 
"  Phytolacca  or  poke  was  another  favorite  remedy,  the  tincture, 
when  alcohol  or  whiskey  could  be  obtained ;  otherwise,  tea  of  root 
or  berries.  I  used  it  in  all  cases  of  chronic  rheumatism  or  neuralgia, 
enlarged  glands,  scrofula,  syphilis,  and  all  cases  requiring  alteratives, 
often  combining  with  American  sarsaparilla  root,  sassafras,  alder, 
and  prickly  ash. 
"  Female  complaints  gave  me  some  trouble,  but  I  soon  learned 
the  use  of  black  haw,  squaw  weed,  partridge  berry,  etc.  I  had  been 
taught  in  the  old  text-books  that  opiates  in  large  doses  would  control 
some  cases  of  threatened  abortion,  when  the  patient  had  not  lost 
too  much  from  hemorrhage.  I  found  that  the  black  haw  root  tea 
would  absolutely  stop  this  tendency,  not  only  in  cases  where  there 
was  but  little  hemorrhage,  but  where  large  quantities  had  passed, 
and  would  relieve  the  most  severe  cases  of  dysmenorrhea,  especially 
when  combined  with  squaw  weed,  partridge  berry,  or  red  shank. 
Substitutes  for  Opiates  and  Astringents. 
"  In  stomach  and  bowel  diseases  I  found  but  little  difficulty  in 
obtaining  plenty  of  substitutes  for  opiates,  astringents,  and  the  like; 
in  fact,  I  believe  that  an  All-wise  Providence  has  especially  provided 
the  best  antidotes  in  creation  on  the  hills  and  dales  and  by  the  vales 
and  streams  of  our  own  Southland.  In  ordinary  looseness  of  bowels 
or  diarrhoea  I  gave  an  infusion  of  raspberry  leaves  or  whortleberry 
leaves  (both  of  which  act  well  on  the  kidneys  and  bladder).  Where 
there  was  a  nausea  or  sick  stomach,  a  handful  of  peach-tree  leaves 
