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A   TREATISE
ON THE MEDICINAL USE OF
COD-LIVER   OIL..
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        BY EMERY SOUTHER.

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    The " Boston Medical and Surgical  Journal," for Dec. 1848, edited by J. V. C.
SMITH, M. D., says :—Mr. Souther, in Green Street, has acquired reputation for
the elegant manner of putting up the Oil of his make.  Till he gave us some statis-
tics in regard to the  extent of this comparatively new business in Boston, we had
no conception of the active demand for Cod-liver Oil. Mr. Souther, in the first place,
has quite a squadron of fishermen under his patronage, who are  deriving an unex-
pected revenue from a source never contemplated by them till  this new enterprise
was started.  Mr. Souther  manufactures hundreds upon hundreds of gallons, in  a
short  space of time,—and to keep his presses  working, he is receiving daily the raw
material, sometimes as many as ten barrels a day of the livers of  COD-FISH, from
which alone  the true medicinal Cod-liver Oil  is procured.  Boxes of beautifully
labelled bottles are  sent off in all directions;  and, although considerable compe-
tition  already begins to be exhibited, the supply from  all reliable  sources is repre-
sented to be inadequate to meet the influx of orders from abroad.
    This Oil  consists chiefly of oleic and  margaric acids,  in union  with glycerin,
combined with a small proportion of resinous  matter, phosphoric acid, iodine and
bromine.   Its medical properties are ascribed to the iodine, small as the quuniity  is
in any given quantity.
    In  strumous  diseases, much reliance  is placed  on its  action.   Its flattering
influences  are fully admitted by taking a few ounces habitually; and the complexion,
too, is represented  to become clear and much improved  by persisting in its use. 
       A  TREATISE

            ON THE USE OP


COD-LIVER  OIL,

        IN THE TREATMENT OF

CHRONIC RHEUMATISM, SCROFULA AND CONSUMPTION,
   BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA, AND ALL DISEASES
       OF  THE LUNGS AND THROAT.
    BY EMERY  SOUTHER,
          CHEMIST AND APOTHECABY,
CORNER OF GREEN STREET AND LYMAN PLACE, BOSTON.
      BOSTON:
MEAD'S PRESS, 4 STATE STREET.
        1848. 
 
PREFACE.
   The constant call on the subscriber from physicians of respect-
 ability, for Cod Liver Oil, has induced him to examine the various
 opinions expressed in  the European Medical  Journals as to the
 best mode of preparing it; and the result has demonstrated, that
 from the fish of this coast it can be prepared  with less disagreeable
 taste and in greater purity, than any that has  ever been imported
 from abroad.
   Within  the last  two   years the  demand  for it  has  so much
 increased, that he  has put in  operation an  establishment for  its
 manufacture on an extensive scale.  And  in ordinary seasons he
 assures the  profession  and dealers, he  will be able to supply  them
 with an uniformly good article.
   In connection  with the above he would state, that  the Oil which
 is generally sold throughout the United States, is  procured  from
 the livers and other internal parts of various kinds of fish, exposed
 for *a  long time  to  the  air and the  heat of the sun, the livers
 thereby becoming much decayed, and the oil from which produces
 nauseating effects,  and is deleterious  in its  operations upon the
 diseases for which it is used.   The Oil prepared by me I warrant
 to be the real purified Oil of the Cod-fish  Livers,  manufactured
 daily from  fresh livers.
   The subjoined opinions of the medical press show the cause for
 the increased demand.  It will also be observed, that this Oil is
 not a  nostrum, but one of the regular remedies of the Pharma-
 copoeia, which will  divest it of all appearance of quackery.
   It is put up in  pound bottles, at the low price of^£**cts. each,
 with the usual  discount to dealers; and can be sent  with safety
 to any part  of this  or any other  country.   All orders  promptly
answered, by addressing the Proprietor,
 
    TESTIMONIALS  IN  FAVOR  OF THE  USE  OF


               OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI,


PURIFIED  COD-FISH   LITER  OIL;
                        MANUFACTURED BY
EMERY SOUTHER, Corner of Green Street and Lyman Place, Boston, and is now used
    by the following Physicians, in their practice in this city and adjoining country:

JOHN WARE, M. D.; JOHN HOMANS, M. D.; J. B. GREGERSON, M. D.;
J. W. FLINT, M. D.; JONAS H. LANE, M. D.; SAMUEL MORRILL, M.D.;
WOODBRIDGE STRONG, M. D.; GEORGE BARTLETT, M. D.; ASA  B.
SNOW, M. D.; SILAS DURKEE, M. D.; E. C. DREW, M. D., of Boston ; and
DR. ALLEN, Cambridge, Mass.; AMOS TWITCHELL, M. D., Keene, N.H.;
HENRY CADY,  M.D., Monson, Mass; Dr. DOUGHERTY, Newark,  N. J. ;
Dr. SMITH, Maryland Penitentiary ; and other practitioners in the country.
[From the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Feb. 1848.  J. V. C. Smith,
            M. D., Editor, and Boston Quarantine Physician.]
   Oleum Jecoris Aselli.—From  the circumstances that  the  pro-
fession in Europe are giving unusual attention of late to the  Cod
Liver Oil, and that the New England physicians are as ambitious
as their  brethren in other places to avail themselves of all  new
agents,  it may be  serviceable  to them  to mention  that Mr. E.
Souther, Druggist, in Green Street, opposite the  head of Stam-
ford Street, in this city, manufactures the article—and his speci-
mens are excellent.  His process  is very exact, and being  con-
ducted  under  his own eye, the  quality is not  to  be questioned.
Livers are procured  from the  fish, immediately on being caught,
and  are not  partially decomposed,  as  they too  frequently  are,
before being  manufactured.   In strumous diseases, a degree  of
confidence  is  placed  in the  Cod-liver  Oil, that  encourages its
further use.  Its  importation hereafter is absurd, since, probably,
a  better Tj^Gs made at home, than can be procured in  England
or France.                 _______

             [Testimony of Dr. McRuer, of Bangor, Me.]

   Two  years ago, I first  had  the opportunity of witnessing  its
extensive and approved use, both in private and hospital practice
in Europe.   Since  then I have prescribed it freely to my own pa-
tients, and from  close and  impartial observation  of its effects, I
have no hesitation  in recommending it as a valuable addition to
the  materia  medica, and  particularly  useful  in  those chronic, 
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wasting diseases,  which  either arise  from hereditary causes, or
depraved  nutrition.   I feel very anxious that the medicinal char-
acter of the Oil may not be injured, through the selfishness of the
trade, either by its imperfect preparation, or its too  indiscriminate
use, and cheerfully lend my aid in confining its manufacture and
sale to  apothecaries of  respectable standing.   Judging  from  the
sample you have seut  me, I am satisfied that  you prepare it with
skill and fidelity.
   [Extracts from Pereira's Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Vol. II. p. 793.]
   The Oil obtained from the common Cod  appears to have been
for a long period a popular remedy in various countries of Europe,
for rheumatism and some other diseases.   In 1732 it was strongly
recommended by Dr.  T. Percival ; in 1807, by Dr. Bradsley, who
states that it was in high repute in Lancashire.  This Oil has been
analyzed by  Marder, and the following ingredients found in it:—
green soft resin ; brown hard resin ; gelatine  ; oleic acid ; margaric
acid ; glycerine; coloring  matter; chloride  of calcium ;  chloride
of sodium,  and  sulphate  of poiash.  Since  which, iodine and
bromine have been detected in this Oil.

   Physiological  Effects —At  the commencement  of  its use,  it
frequently causes nausea, disagreeable eructation, and occasionally
vomiling.  In the dose of a tablespoonful  it acts as a laxative,
diaphoretic  and  diuretic ;  and  when the habit has surmounted
the repugnance  to the nausea and sickness, these effects will
cease.   Dr. Bardsley  found  that  most patients  were disposed  to
get fat under its  use.  But  Taufflield declares, that in  doses of
from  two to  four  spoonsful a day, he never found  it " exert any
appreciable  influence  upon the urine or perspiration, or produce
any disturbance  in  the economy."

   Uses.—Though it  has been used  more or less successfully in  a
considerable number of diseases;  the cases in which it has proved
most  successful, are  those of  a  gouty,  rheumatic, or  scrofulous
nature.  As the Oil contains iodine, and as it  proves  most suc-
cessful  in those maladies in which this element  proves successful,
it has been suggested  that  iodine  is its active principle.  In rheu-
matism, it is indicated in the chronic forms  of this disease, where
the muscles and tendons are rigid, and the joints nearly inflexible.
In scrofula  it has  proved  successful in most of  the forms of this
disease, but  especially when  it affects the  bones,  (as in  rickets,
caries, &c.) and  in tabes mesenterica.  In the latter most  intract-
able  form of this disease, its  efficacy has occasionally been most
surprising.   Even in phthisis, benefit  is said  to have been obtained
by its use.  In chronic skin diseases attention was drawn to its 
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use, some years since, by Dr. Marshall Hall.  In chronic opthahnia,
especially of a  scrofulous  kind, it  has been given internally, and,
in some cases, applied to the eye with benefit.
 From Foreign Journals on  the  Use of the Cod-fish Liver Oil,
             in Scrofula and Chronic Rheumatism.

   Dr. Taufflield  relates,  in the first  place,  a case of scrofulous
 affection of the bones of the  back.   All remedies seemed to fail,
 till the Oil of Cod was  given and persevered in for some  time,
 until  the cure  was completed.  In the  second case, a girl of six
 years, whose foot was a shapeless mass, pierced  by a number of
 fistula openings,  two  spoonfulls  were given  daily for nearly  six
 months, with  the same  evident improvement, after the  failure of
 the ordinary  remedies.   Suffice  it to say, that in all  the  most
 marked good effects followed, and the  author comes to the con-
 clusion, that when the remedy is  administered with  perseverance,
 it is able to effect an alteration in the constitution, and imprint a
 favorable direction on the organs of nutrition.   This advantageous
 effect of the  Oil  has shown itself in  the  majority of the persons
 who'have taken it, by the more or less  speedy return of strength
 and plumpness, and  by an indisputable influence on the scrofulous
 disease itself:—hence the Oil of Cod will fulfil the indications of
 the general treatment.
   Dr. Taufflield proceeds to say,  that the Oil  was, moreover, ad-
 ministered  to two women who had lost  the use of their limbs for
 several years, in consequence of chronic  rheumatism of the joints.
 In these patients  the power of locomotion was so limited, from the
 swelling and  stiffness of all the  joints,  that it was  necessary to
 carry  them from one  bed  to another.   The use of the Oil gradually
 removed the swelling of the joints.   In five  or  six  months, the
 power of motion  was  re-established ;  at  present  the  patients are
 able to walk  with considerable ease.  The efficacy of the Oil of
 Cod, in these diseases, whether scrofulous or  rheumatic, is  fully
 confirmed  by  the observations  of Schenck,  Gunther,  Wesner,
 Moning, Schuttle, Brefeld, and other practitioners.   It is probable
 that its healing power depends primarily  on its restoring  the func-
 tions of nutrition  when it is  in a disordered state.
   The therapeutic properties of this Oil  have been attributed, by
 some  physicians,  to a small  quantity of iodine, which  M. Hopper
 has discovered in it.   The above  may be reduced to the  following
 proposition, viz :  The Oil of Cod-fish has a favorable influence on
 the general state  of  lymphatic patients who make use of it;  and,
 when  properly administered, it has the property of curing scrofula
of the bones, marasmus,  and chronic aurethetus of a scrofulous or
rheumatic form.  The Oil of Cod  must be administered with per- 
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severance, and for  several months, to produce  an advantageous
result.—[Abridged from the Gazette Medicate, Nov. 9, 1848 ]

   [Extract from the 25th Number of the British and Foreign Medical Review.]

   Dr. Roesch affirms  that  scrofulous  affections  are produced by
an excess  of acid  matters in the fluid  of the  body ; and that
Cod-liver Oil is, therefore, one of the most suitable remedies.
         [From the Providence Medical and Surgical Journal, 1840.]

  The Oil which Mr. Everett employs, and which he has found
an efficacious remedy in  tubercular diseases, is of a pale straw
color, and all I aim at is to add my testimony to  that of others who
have successfully employed it.
                  [From the Monthly Journal, 1847.]

  Dr. Graves corroborates the testimony of those  (and,  amongst
the rest, of Dr. Bennet) who have extolled the use of this medicine
in strumous diseases in general.   He has seen it do what he never
saw any other remedy effect.
                   [From the Medical Times, 1847.]

   Dr. Willshire says ; There is one agent I must not forget to speak
of, viz.,—Cod  Liver Oil,—this  has  lately been much praised.   I
have administered it in twenty  cases, and certainly found benefit
from its use.   Many persons speak very highly of it indeed.
              [From the British and Foreign Medical Review.]
   Dr. Bennett says,  that  the  Laplanders,  and the inhabitants of
some northern nations, take it habitually, and consider it a delicacy;
and even in  Shetland, that it  is used extensively when fresh, and
considered wholesome.  The Oil has been used  immemorially in
some  of the northern nations, as a cure  for rheumatism.   The
purified  sort, obtained from Mr. Donovan, who has experimented
for this purpose,  (has a specific gravity 0.934,) is  of a pale yellow
color.   Dr.  Brefeld states, that the Oil is  not the cause of the
diarrhoea which may occur during the  use  of it, and  that it is to
the iodine that the Oil owes its efficacy in  scrofula; and that the
iodine thus  occuring  in a natural  production may be supposed to
possess  a stronger  therapeutic  action  than when  obtained by
chemical means.   (After allowing that the odorous qualities are so
atrocious, it will  be  no objection, for when it is necessary the pa-
tient will little trouble himself about what will do him  good, and
will be willing to swallow any substance which holds out the hopes
of cure.) 
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  In  the January number. 1842, the  above Journal says:—"We
think  that from so respectable  an authority as Dr.  Bennett, a sim-
ple  intimation in any of  the journals,  that he had found Cod-liver
Oil  useful in such and such cases, and had witnessed its successful
employment in Germany, would have secured all  practical ends.)
Dr.  B. says, the diseases  this Oil is capable of curing, are rheuma-
tism, gout, scrofula, rachitis, malacosteon, scrofulous-caries of the
bones, atrophia mesenterica, phthisis pulmonalis, chronic skin dis-
eases, scrofulous ulcers,  scrofulous diseases  of the eyes.   Dr. B.
has, according  to his  own statement, cured vomica and  caverns
of the lungs, by the use  of this Oil.
  In  the  same journal, page 442, Dr. Forbes adds :—" That the
strong and recurring evidence of the beneficial  effects  of  the
oleum jecoris aselli,  forbids us to doubt  that  it  is an agent of
considerable efficacy in some cases;" and he  trusts that his pre-
sent notice of  it, " will  induce members  of the  profession  to
embrace  suitable opportunities of testing its merits.

               [From the London Lancet, June 27, 1846.]

  On the  Use of Cod-liver Oil in diseases of the Respiratory
System.—The efficacy of the Oil of Cod-liver  in  phthisis pulmo-
nalis,  (or consumption,) has recently  been  attested by several ob-
servers.  Dr. Thompson, who is  one of the  physicians  of  the
Hospital   for  Consumption  and Diseases of  the  Chest,  at
Brompton, states that  he has  derived more benefit from it  than
from any  other  medicine which he has tried.  Dr. Toogood and
Dr.  Huss speak of its value.
  The above journal, of 1848, says of the  use of Cod-liver Oil,
in phthisis :—" The  beneficial  effects of this  animal oil,  in Con-
sumption,  though undoubted  in  certain cases, appear to  be  but
little  known to the  generality  of the profession  in this country.
That it is  capable of effecting more good than any other medicine
with which we are acquainted, we  have convinced ourselves  by a
considerable experience."
  Dr. Madden, of Torquay, says, on  some  points  connected  with
Tubercle  of the Lungs, that  his experience of  Cod-liver Oil, in
phthisis, is extremely  favorable.
  The manufacturer has permission to refer all  invalids, who may
desire  it,  to  various  individuals  who have  used the  Oil.  For
obvious reasons, a parade of their names in a pamphlet  might be
unpleasant to them,  but they will  be given to any who wish to
consult them before using it. 
            CONCENTRATED COMPOUND FLUID  EXTRACT OF


SARSAFARILLA   AND   DOCK-ROOT.


    This Compound is offered to the public as a safe and  speedy remedy for the cure of
every disorder arising from an Impure state of the Blood; and, on a thorough  trial, it will
be found highly beneficial in Hall Klicmii, Kryniprlast, Pimplrs  on Ihc Face,
Chronic Rheumatism, Asthmatic Coughs, and Scrofula in all its forms.

    Having had much experience  in the compounding of various medicinal preparations,
iu Boston, and being thoroughly acquainted with the  wants  of the afflicted community, for
some preparation of SPANISH SARSAFARILLA, based upon scientific principles, to
supersede the various nostrums bearing the title of  Syrups, Extracts, &c, of Sarsaparilln,
that have been palmed off on the  public  for a long  time, has prompted the subscriber to
prepare himself, what he can warrant to be a real  Fluid Extract of Spanish Sausapa-
killa, of great strength, which, combined with Dock-Root, also a well-known purifier,
(each bottle contains one hundred  grains  of pure  Hydriodate of Potass, which can be
furnished with or without it, as physicians may wish,) makes one of the most powerful,
safe, and efficacious remedies for the above-named  complaints, that has yet  been before
the public, and can be taken with perfect safety by persons of all ages, after the following
    DIRECTIONS.—A child  may take from half to two teaspoonsful, and an adult
from two to four teaspoonsful.  In all cases to be taken three or four times a day, before
eating, reduced with a little water or syrup.  Shake  the  Bottle  before using, and use as a
Wash externally, as often as it is taken internally, where there is any eruption on the Skin.











DANDELION     PANACEA.


    This Compound is a preparation from the fresh DANDELION ROOT, combined with
other valuable tonics.  The  strength, elhcacy, and the following recommendation, can be
relied upon. It is a sure remedy for all  those Bilious complaints incident to a New
England Spring.   Such as general Weakness and  Debility of the System ; loss of Appe-
tite, Liver Complaint, Headache, and all diseases arising from Indigestion,Costiveness. and
all obstructions of the Stomach and  Bowels  To all  persons who are  liable to any disar-
rangement of the  system, this medicine will be found to be—just what Nature requires—
a real  Spring Physic; and is  highly recommended to take the place of the practice of
former years, of taking large quantities of Sulphur and Cream of Tartar.
    DIKb'OTIO>N.—After shaking the Bottle  well, an adult may take from a table-
spoonful to  a small  wine-glassful, three times daily, half an hour before each meal; and
children from one  to three teaspoonsfuls, according to the age and health of the patient.
    The above Medicines will stand the test of all other preparations of the kind, which
are now floating throughout the country in the shape of nostrums.  The articles of my
manufacture are used by respectable physicians, which fact divesis them of all appearance
of quackery, and will, upon a thorough  trial, be found to be just what they are here repre-
sented, and are  highly recommended  to all who are afflicted, to use with perfect safety,
from which much benefit may be derived, if not cures obtained, if their use is persevered in.

    N. B.   For security against fraud, see that one of these pamphlets accompanies each
Bottle of medicine.

    TESTIMONIALS of the beneficial effects and cures of various diseases, from the use
of the  Purified Cod-Liver Oil,  Extract of Sarsaparii.la and  Uock-Root. and
Dandelion Panacea, or Spring Bitters, can be had on application to


                EMERY  SOUTHER, Chemist and Apothecary,

Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer, corner Green  St. $  Lyman  Place, Boston.
    Sold, also, by Druggiets generally. 
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