THE 
MEDICAL INSTRUCTER: 
CONTAINING 
THE SYMPTOMS OF DISEASES, AND DIRECTIONS 
FOR TIIEIR REMOVAL, 
BY THE USE OF 
DR. DANIEL J. COBB’S 
HIGHLY CELEBRATED AND INVALUABLE 
FAMILY MEDICINES; 
TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED. 
CERTIFICATES AND OBSERVATIONS RECOMMENDATORY 
OF THEIR SUPERIOUR VIRTUES IN THE PRE- 
VENTION AND CURE OF DISEASES. 
“ What wc have felt and seen, 
“ With confidence we tell.” 
BY DANIEL J. COBB, 
BOTANICK PHYSICIAN, 
Author of the “Family Adviser,” and “Plain System ot 
Midwifery.” 
WARSAW: 
J. A. HADLEY, PRINTER. 
1 8 3 7. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1837, 
by Daniel J. Coee, in .the Clerk’s Oilice of the District 
Court of the Northern District of NeAV York. P li EFACE 
The great varieties of medicines now in use, appear 
to forbid tiie introduction of additional compounds; but 
when an individual has, by his own suffering?, bee 
prompted to researches which terminate greatly to bl- 
own benefit, and that of many of his friends, humanity 
points to the claims which the publick holds against him, 
and forbids that he should remain an idle spectator to 
the sufferings around him. If, then, the publick has a 
elaiin upon such an individual, such an individual cer- 
tainly has an equal claim upon the publick—the one to 
labour for the good of the many, and the many to inves- 
tigate and appreciate the value of his labours, and award 
to him his due. 
The cbject of the publication of this volume, is to 
point out a systematick course to bo pursued in the ap- 
plication of a variety of Botanick Compounds, when 
used as preventives and curatives of diseases. 
I laving witnessed the good effects of the medicines here- 
in recommended, not only in the first stage of diseases’ 
but also in the removal of those diseases, which had held 
their victims in captivity in defiance of all other reme- 
dies ; and having received testimonials from very many 
who have used them, showing, in unqualified terms, the 
success which has invariably attended their use, I confi- 
dently trust that this little volume will be thankfully re- 
ceived by the languishing, the sick, and their friends. 4 
I have full confidence in the belief that an impartial in- 
vestigation, and a practical application, of the medicine, 
upon the principles herein contained, will enable any 
person of understanding, to do much towards effecting a 
cure in all of the common diseases of the country. 
It is universally admitted, even by those who oppose 
the botanick practice, that every country contains vege- 
table remedies for the removal of all curable diseases of 
its inhabitants, provided they were known and properly 
used. It is equally certain to all who have investigated 
the subject, that enough is known of the curative prop- 
erties of the indigenous plants of America, to justify tho 
exclusion of all minerals, and deadly poisonous vegeta- 
bles, from the list of medicines ; and [ look forward with 
pleasing anticipation to the time when these, and the 
lancet, shall give place to the more humane and effica- 
cious use of botanick remedies, exclusively. 
To those who hail with gratitude, every effort for the 
advancement of the cause of Medical Botany, to the ex- 
clusion of disease creating remedies, this volume is 
respectively submitted, by the author, 
DANIEL J. COBB. 
Castile, N. Y., May, 1837. ADVERTISEMENT, 
The proprietor gives notice to the publick, and his 
friends generally, that he is now prepared to furnish his 
invaluable family medicines, either at wholesale or retail. 
. Those who wish to avail themselves of his skill in the 
science of medical botany, are hereby informed, that on 
Saturday of each week, he will devote his time to those who 
call at his Dispensary, situated in the town of Castile, 
Genesee county, N. Y. Those who have sought in vain 
for remedies elsewhere, are particularly invited to call. 
In view of past success, and present superiour advan- 
tages, he confidenily trusts that increasing benefits will 
be realized by those who may favour him with their pat- 
ronage. Neither minerals nor vegetables, operating as 
deadly poisons, are used in any of his compounds ; and, 
instead of that narrow, inefficient, and often fatal, sys- 
tem of quackery which promises to cure every disease 
with one remedy, a variety of remedies are kept constant- 
ly on hand, to answer the important purposes for which 
medicines are required, in the removal of the diseases 
incident to the inhabitants of this climate. 
The following principles are the result of much obser- 
vation, through a long course of practice, in which fre- 
quent opportunities have offered for testing the intrin- 
sick worth of vegetable remedies, after patients have suf- 
fered much from the use of minerals, and deadly pois- 
onous vegetables ; yet their great value has often been 
more clearly manifested in the first stage of diseases. No medicines, prepared of minerals, or deadly poison- 
ous vegetables, can be taken into the stomach without 
essentially enfeebling the system, and thereby predis- 
posing it to any disease to which it may be exposed. 
Melallick substances, being composed of solid and inso- 
luble particles, when taken into the stomach, pass into 
the circulation, and, acting mechanically, have a very in- 
jurious effect; whereas, the medical properties of suit- 
able vegetable remedies, being composed of soluble par- 
ticles, become lluid, and pass off without injury. 
And again: it is much more difficult to restore the 
health of a person who has been thus enfeebled, by the 
use of improper remedies, than that of one who is dis- 
eased from natural causes. Hence the importance of 
administering medicines, in all cases, which will remove 
disease, and not produce an injurious effect upon the 
system. ' < 
But, although medicines composed of-vegetables are 
less injurious in their effects, than those composed of 
minerals, yet it is of the utmost importance that great 
care should be taken in collecting, curing, and com- 
pounding, as well as in administering them. 
To show how far the proprietor of the medicines here 
recommended, has succeeded in these very important 
particulars, a few of the many certificates that might be 
presented, are inserted, which are deemed sufficient to 
satisfy even the most incredulous, of the intrinsick 
worth of the compounds. 
6 C E R T I F I C A T E S. 
Wethersfield, Genesee co., N. Y-, } 
Sept. 15,1835. 
Dr. I). J. Cobb: Sir:—In answer to your inquiry, 
with regard to my success in the use of the medicine I have 
had of you for the year past, I can, with much pleasure, 
inform you, that I have given them a thorough trial in 
many cases of acute diseases, with the most complete 
success, having in no case failed of effecting the desired 
object. 
I have also administered the medicine in very many 
chronick cases, in all of which I have been able to give 
relief; and in some cases the effect has been truly sur- 
prising. 
In Scarlet Fever, your Canker Powders, and Vege- 
table Cough Drops, given alternately, with an operation 
or two of the Vegetable Emetick, in the first stage, and 
a dose of Anti-Bilious Pills, or Catbartick Powders, in 
the latter stage, have, in every case for which I have 
prescribed, removed the disease in a short time. Your 
Anti-Dyspeptic Bitters I have used with great success, 
in many cases of diseases attended with costiveness ; 
and, a number of times, and always to advantage, in con- 
nexion with the Preparatory Bitters. 
Your other compounds I have found equally necessa- 
ry and efficacious, in cases for which they are recom- 
mended; and I believe them to be well calculated to 
save much sickness and expense.in families where they 
are kept, to be administered when necessary. 8 
1 have full confidence in the efficacy of your Prepara- 
tory Bitters,* and the Anodyne Infusion, Tonick Nerve 
Powder, Sedative Powder, and Vegetable Restorative, 
which accompany them. The Preparatory Bitters have 
been used in my own family with surprisingly good effect, 
during pregnancy; and I have much reason to believe 
that their use, together with the other compounds, great- 
ly mitigated the severity of labour and its attending con- 
sequences. I have also furnished many others with 
them, by all of whom they have been highly extolled. I 
confidently believe, that every man, having a proper re- 
gard for his wife, who shall become acquainted with the 
intrinsic’: virtues of these medicines, will plaee them in 
her hands, (if he can obtain them) as often as her situ- 
ation may require them. 
Your compounds for female complaints, I believe to 
be more efficacious than any other system of practice 
whatever. So great is my confidence in their curative 
virtues, that I firmly believe that every female, labouring 
under complaints peculiar to her sex', can bo essentially 
henefitted by their use. 
RICHARD L. CHARLES. 
*The medicines here recommended, have a tendency to 
obviate the difficulties for which blood-letting is prescribed 
in time of pregnancy ; a practice which, every reflecting 
mind will at once perceive, is in direct violation of the laws 
of nature; and which, instead of strengthening, actually 
enfeebles the female and her offspring; whereas, these medi- 
cines ipvariably invigorate the powers of life, and thereby 
cause both mother and child to be more healthy. 
These medicines are put up in packages, with sealed 
wrappers, containing the directions, at two dollars per 
package. Further particulars concerning the use and effi- 
cacy of these medicines, and directions for the treatment of 
diseases, peculiar to females, will be found in the “Female’s 
Medical Guide.” 9 
Slateuville, Tompkins co., N. Y., <1 
October, 1835. ( 
Impressed with a full conviction of the superiour effi- 
cacy of the medicines prepared by Dr. Daniel J. Cobb, 1 
feel it my duty to state to the community the unparal- 
leled success which has attended the use of his com- 
pounds, witnessed by me, in a practice of more than four 
years, during which time I have not only administered 
them with perfect safety to the patient, but they have 
also been universally productive of the best effects, by 
searching out and removing the causes of the several 
diseases for which they were given ; and I am fully of 
the opinion that his compounds for female complaints 
were never equalled in the history of medicine, if used 
agreeably to the directions which accompany the medi- 
cine. 
CORNELIUS STILWELL. 
Avon, Livingston co., N. Y., ) 
Feb. 1G, 1835. £ 
This may certify, that for many years my wife had 
been, at times, severely afflicted with nervous headache, 
and had tried many prescriptions.without the least ben- 
efit. About three years ago, 1 became acquainted with 
Dr. Cobb’s Anodyne Tincture, by which she has been 
greatly benefitted. I believe it to be an invaluable rem- 
edy in cases for which it is recommended. It is the only 
medicine used in my family to relieve pain ; and it has, 
in every case, proved efficacious. 
Myself and family have also used various other com- 
pounds prepared by Dr. Cobb, and have always found 
them to effect the objects for which they are recom. 
mended. 
DAVID M. SMITH. 10 
New-Yoek, Oct. 22, 1835, 
Dk. Daniel J. Cobb : Dear Sir :—Believing that 
the publick have a right to expect and receive such in- 
formation from individuals as tends to serve the cause 
of philanthropy, I foci it a duty to give to the publick, 
my decided approbation to the use of yOur Anodyne 
Tincture, and Vegetable Pills, having used the Pills, 
particularly, while afflicted with the small pox, and the 
Anodyne Tincture in a very severe case of dysentery. 
The relief I felt in the use oftlio Tincture, was so great 
as to cause me to place a great estimate upon its value. 
1 think the Pills superiour to any anti-billions pills with 
which I am acquainted, giving no pain in their operation, 
and effectually cleansing the bowels. 
ARCHELAUS STEVENS. 
Bennington, Genesee co., N. Y., 
August 22,1830. £ 
With a deep sense of gratitude for the benefits myself 
and family have received from the use of Dr. Daniel J. 
Cobb’s Family Medicines, [ feel it a duty to certify, that 
after suffering much pain from the rheumatism, I was 
speedily relieved by the use of his Stimulating Bitters, 
and Anodyne Liniment, and was soon restored to my 
usual state of health. His other compounds, which have 
been used in my family, have fully answered the pur- 
poses for which they were recommended. 
His preparatory medicines have been used by a num- 
ber of my friends and acquaintance, with the most grat- 
ifying success, and I believe them to be of the utmost im- 
portance to all females whose situation requires their use. 
I therefore cheerfully recommend them, and his med- 
icines generally, as being well worthy the attention of 
the afflicted. ' CYNTIIIA IIADLEY. 11 
Mr. E. W. Gaston certifies that after being severely 
afilicted with the rheumatism for two years, he was 
greatly benefited by the use of the Stimulating Bitters. 
Mr. J. S. Herrick certifies that he was cured of an af- 
flicting pain in his breast, of seven years standing, with 
less than one bottle of the Anodyne Tincture, and has 
known of a number of others equally benefitted by the 
same remedy. 
Mr. L. Tousey certifies, that in a case of excruciating 
pain and swelling, caused by the sting or bite of a pois- 
onous reptile, he applied the Anodyne Tincture, which 
gave instantaneous relief, and in a short time effected a 
cure. 
Mrs. Cemantha Waldo certifies, that she has, in her 
family, made use of the Anti-Bilious Pills, Anodyne 
Tincture, Cleansing Powder, Tonick Nerve Powder, 
and Vegetable Cough Drops, which she Considers supc- 
riour to any medicine with which she is acquainted. 
Mrs. Ann Lewis certifies, that she was greatly bene- 
fitted by the use of the Anodyne Tincture, while severe- 
ly afflicted with palpitation, and a rhcumatick affection. 
Miss Almira Luther certifies, that she was cured of a 
rheumatick affection of several years standing, by the use 
of the Anodyne Liniment. 
Mr. E. Gaston certifies, that by the use of the Ano- 
dyne Tincture, he was cured of a pain in his side, which 
was so severe that he could not rest day or night, for 
two weeks. 
Mr. Gorshom Rice certifies, that his grandson, resi- 
ding in his family, was cured, by the internal use of the 
detergent compounds, of a very afflicting humour, over 
the whole surface of the body, but more particularly on 
the hands and feet. Mr. G. Rossman certifies, that for four years he was 
severely afflicted with chronick catarrh, by which his 
health was very much impaired, and after trying many 
prescriptions without benefit, was very materially reliev- 
ed by the use of the Catarrh Snuff, and the other medi- 
cines, us herein recommended, for catarrh, and consid- 
ers himself in a fair way to recover his health. 
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This list of certificates might be increased to thou- 
sands, if necessary ; but a sufficient number has been in- 
serted to show that an imposition upon community is 
not intended, by introducing the medicine above recom- 
mended. It is believed that these medicines will be 
found more universally applicable to all constitutions, 
than any other medicines-now in use, as the utmost 
pains have been taken, during a long course of practice, 
and critical observance of the effects produced by the 
medicine, in different constitutions ; and in cases in 
which the medicines have failed to produce their usual 
good effects, a change has been made in the compound 
so as to render it more congenial, and at the same time 
the objects to be aimed at, in administering it, have been 
kept in view and preserved. 
As it is a work of much labour to collect and prepare 
the necessary medicines for family use, it is believed that 
families can be supplied, from the Botanick Dispensary, 
much cheaper than from any other source. REMARKS ON DIET, DRESS, AND 
EXERCISE. 
When the powers of the system are enfeebled, the 
food should be light and easy of digestion, especially af- 
ter taking an emetick or cathartick, as the operation of 
either removes the power ofdigestion (thegastrick juice) 
from the stomach. If solid food be taken into the stom- 
ach at such a time, it will not readily digest, therefore, 
the food should be prepared in a liquid form for those 
who have taken active medicine, and continued until 
the stomach is again supplied with the gastrick juice, 
which will be a longer or shorter time, according to the 
strength of the system, and activity of the fluids. 
If the system has not been diseased but for a short 
time, nature will soon furnish the deficiency, should the 
operation of medicine remove the disease. Light food 
must be continued until the cause is removed, when it 
may be gradually exchanged for more substantial food. 
Great care must be taken not to over-load the stomach, 
or give any article, either of food or medicine, to which 
he patient has a constitutional aversion, as either can- 
not fail to be injurious. 
Broth, made of various kinds of wild game, is consid- 
ered best, as it is easier to digest, and is more strength- 
ening than that made of domestick animals ; but these 
are not otherwise'objectionable. Some of the meat may 
be eaten, if boiled tender, unless in case of extreme de- 
bility ; in that case, bread should be the chief part of the solid food, as that is less liable to putrifaction than any 
other article of food. Prefer that which is perfectly 
sweet, light, and at least twenty-four hours old, . A 
small quantity of this may be taken with the broth, if the 
stomach can bear it. Use a reasonable quantity of salt 
and pepper, ifdesired. 
Fresh oysters are suitable for the debilitated, prepared 
in various ways; also, milk porridge, water gruel, and 
boiled milk. Boiled milk, seasoned with pepper, and 
mutton broth, are preferable in bowel complaints. Beef 
tea, buttermilk pop, panado toast, &c., are often used to 
advantage in many cases of disease. 
The diet may, as a general rule, be suitably adapted 
to the inclination of the patient, with safety, unless the 
quantity required at a time appear unreasonable. The 
following statement will illustrates the principle : 
I was called upon to visit a woman, several miles dist- 
ant, whose case had been pronounced incurable, by her 
attending physicians, and whom I found so much exhaust- 
ed and emaciated, that I declined making a preserption 
for her, as 1 considered her case hopeless. After I had 
expressed my opinion that she could not live but for a 
short time, she said to her husband, as tile doctors ail 
say tjrere is no help for me, do give me what I want. 
On inquiry, I found that from the first of her illness, she 
had expressed a great anxiety for new milk, and fresh 
beef, which had been strenuously refused by her phy- 
sicians. I advised that her appetite should be gratified, 
as much as possible, because, if it had a bad effect, it 
would not shorten her life but a few hours, and if it pro- 
duced good effects, which I thought most probable, there 
would be a possibility of her recovery. She was soon 
furnished with a quart of new milk, the most of which 
she drank, and soon after observed that she felt almost 
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well already ; and she was soon restored to her usual 
state of health. • 
Another, who had been dangerously sick with pleurisy, 
desired her mother to prepare her some boiled cabbage, 
which was refused, until I should visit her again. The 
first thing I heard on entering her room, was, “Doctor, 
may I have some boiled cabbage 1” Tins interrogation I 
hardly knew how to answer, but I finally told her that I 
would consent to her eating the cabbage, on condition 
that she would take an cmetick, in case it proved injuri- 
ous. She replied, “ I had rather take a dozen emeticks 
than not have the cabbage.” It was accordingly prepar- 
ed, and she ate all she desired, without the least appa- 
rent injury. 
When my wife began to recover after a dangerous ill- 
ness, she desired a meal of our “ boilded dinner,” as it is 
familiarly termed. Her mother, fearing it would mate- 
rially injure her, told her she would consult my feelings 
on the subject, and on my return, met me at the door, 
and gave me a strict charge to persuade her not to eat 
such hearty food, while so weak, as she was afraid it 
would prove fatal to her; but, in accordance with long 
established principles in such cases, I consented that she 
might have a small quantity, which her mother prepared 
with a trembling hand ; the cabbage, in particular, she 
strongly objected to. My wife, however, partook of a 
small quantity of each, pork, potatoes, and cabbage, and 
to all appearance it proved beneficial, without the least 
apparent injury. 
I was present when a woman, exercised with pain, 
drank from a tumbler fdied with spirits, with as much 
apparent freedom as she would have done from a glass 
filled with water, and afterward observed, she did not 
believe that she ever drank so much spirits in all her 16 
life before. *lt had not the least intoxicating- effects, but 
produced an action which nature, to appearance, re- 
quired. 
There should be a great distinction made between the 
demands of nature and those of a depraved appetite. 
Such substances as coal from the fire place, clay, slate 
stones, &c., should be withheld from every person in- 
clined to swallow them, as they are a useless burden to 
the stomach and bowels, and prevent the food from nour- 
ishing the system. 
Great caution is required in gratifying the appetite in 
any case, and especially in cases of debility. Warm 
bread, or biscuit, should be carefully avoided when the 
stomach is in a debilitated state. 
The dress should sit easy, and be suitably adapted to 
the seasons, and their changes. Flannel is proper to be 
worn next to the skin, in most cases of disease. 
The exercise should not exceed the strength, at any 
time, and especially in cases of debility. All the exor- 
cise that can be enjoyed without fatigue, will prove ad- 
vantageous. Violent exercise, heavy lifting, and cold, 
damp places, should be carefully avoided. REMARKS. 
The diseases of the human system appear in so many 
forms, that any one unacquainted with the operations of 
nature, might suppose that many volumes would be re* 
quired in their description; hut it is a well known fact 
that diseases may differ very much in their symptoms 
and appearance, and still require a smilar course of treat- 
ment, which in all cases should be calculated to assist 
the operations of nature. 
Many, by their practice, appear willing to induce a be- 
lief, that disease ought to be treated like some monstrous 
animal, on the death of which the safety of nations de- 
pends ; as they, in addition to blood-letting, give to their 
patients the most dangerous mineral and vegetable pois- 
ons that can be found. By removing a disease by such 
unnatural agents, another disease is often created, more 
to be dreaded than the first, as the following, from the 
pen ofthe great Dr. Rees, of London, will clearly show : 
“ We know not whether we have most reason to hail 
the discovery of mercury, as a blessing, or regard it as a 
curse, since the diseases it entails, are as numerous as 
those which it cures. There are serious objections, al- 
so, to other articles of the metallick world ; antimony, 
iron, and arsenick, are dangerous remedies, in the hands 
ofthe ignorant; and mankind, perhaps, in the aggregate, 
would be benefitted by their expulsion from the medical 
practice.” 
Another sentence from the same pen, may not be 
amiss in this place : 18 
“ Poor must be the resources of that physician’s mind, 
and very narrow his knowledge of medical botany, who 
could not, from the vegetable kingdom, alone, cure most 
of the diseases of the human frame.” 
These remarks, from one so eminent in the profession 
of medicine, should be received as evidence against the 
use of minerals, as medicine, and in favour of the cause 
of Medical Botany. 
I have no hesitation in saying that a case has occur- 
red within the knowledge of every person of observation, 
throughout our country, on which the skill of the medi- 
cal faculty has been exhausted without benefit. At length 
the afflicted individual is induced to try remedies which 
he is assured will not do him an injury, and to his as- 
tonishment (I speak from experience) he soon finds 
himself able to attend to business again. 
Will any one of reflection assert, that this case of 
disease might not have been cured, in its first stage, by 
equally simple remedies 1 As well might he assert, that 
the unfortunate debtor must be totally stripped of proper- 
ty before he can be in a situation to be benefltted by the 
kind assistance of his friends. 
Should an estate be stripped of every thing of value, 
to prevent the creditors of its possessor from calling 
for an adjustment of their demands, when by the assist- 
ance of his friends, and his own exertions, his estate 
might have been as easily preserved, unimpaired ? The 
man who could willingly consent to such injustice would 
justly merit the indignation of community; while the 
man who suffers his system to be reduced, that disease 
may have nothing to act upon, is applauded by many for 
the soundness of his philosophy and wisdom. Diseases 
are caused, either by a vitiated state of the fluids, or by 
obstructions. A vitiated state of the fluids, (in which a foul stomach is included,) is generally the cause of all 
lingering diseases ; and obstructions, the cause of acute 
diseases. Obstructions soon cause a vitiated state ofthc 
fluids, and when obstructions are removed by suitable 
remedies, the vitiated state of the fluids is also removed ; 
but when the superabundance of the fluids, which are 
retained in the system by obstructions, are removed from 
the arm, with the vital fluid, without promoting the nat- 
ural evacuations of the system, the greater part of the 
vitiated fluids remain, to lay the foundation of lingering 
dieases. Health depends upon a due performance of all 
the functions of the system ; and a derangement of these 
functions constitutes disease. Attend to the natural 
evacuations, keep the stomach and bowels in good or- 
der, eat to live, and not live only to eat; drink for com- 
fort, and not to gratify a depraved appetite ; shun every 
kind of vice, and intemperance, and all violent, useless 
exertions, and you may enjoy health through a long life 
of usefulness, and go down to the grave beloved. 
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Remarks on preserving Health, by Rev. John Wesley. 
To this end, we should avoid whatever, in meat, drink, 
motion, or rest, is likely to produce any considerable 
change in the blood. The body, likewise, should be as 
far as possible accustomed to bear some change of food, 
air, and other externals, that if we should at any time be 
constrained to make such a change, no ill consequence 
may ensue. But no precise rule can be laid down which 
will suit all constitutions. Every man must consult his 
own reason and experience, and carefully follow them. 
The animal machine is like a clock, the wheels where- 
of may be in ever so good order, the mechanism com- 20 
plete in every part, and wound up to the full pitch; yet, 
without some impulse communicated to the pendulum, 
the whole continues motionless. 
So fearfully and wonderfully are we made ! Made 
of such complicated parts, each so nicely fashioned, and 
all so exactly arranged ; every one executing such curi- 
ous functions, and many of them operating in so myste- 
rious a manner! And since health depends on such a 
numerous assemblage of moving organs; since a single 
secretion stopped, may spoil the temperature of the fluid, 
a single wheel clogged may put an end to the solids ; 
with what holy fear should wc pass the time of our so- 
journing here below ! Trusting for continual preserva- 
tion, not merely to our own care, hut to the Almighty 
Hand, which formed the admirable machine, directs its 
agency, and supports its being ! TH E 
MEDICAL INSTRUCTER. 
Of Ague and Fever. 
This disease consists of three stages—cold, hot, ami 
sweating. These are succeeded by a perfect intermis- 
sion from either. The cold stage is preceded by yawn- 
ing and stretching ; the whole external surface appears 
rough, with cold pimples, and the back feels as if cold wa- 
ter was running on it. These symptoms are soon fol- 
lowed by shivering, which is, after an hour or two, suc- 
ceeded by the hotstage, the violence of which is in propor- 
tion to the severity of the cold stage, as also the sweat- 
ing stage, which succeeds the hot stage. 
This disease is generally attended with a tedious pain 
in the head and back. The three stages occupy from 
six to twenty-four hours, according to the violence of the 
disease. 
This disease is confined to new, uncultivated coun- 
tries, and is supposed to originate in the effluvia from 
low, damp places. 
Treatment.—Use the Anti-Bilious Infusion, and 
Cleansing Powders, for three or four days, then take a 
dose of Anti-Bilious Pills. After the operation of the 
Pills, repeat the same course, and if the case be severe, 
the third course will be necessary. After the second or 
third course, according to the magnitude of the disease, use the Jaundice Bitters, observing the use of the pills 
once in four or five days, as before. Bathe the head and 
back with the Anodyne Tincture, which will relieve the 
pain. A spoonful of cayenne may be added to the water 
in which the feet should be bathed at the commencement 
of each return of the cold stage. (See general direc- 
tions, No. 4.) The Vegetable Fever Powders should 
be used during each paroxysm of the fever. 
This course of treatment removes the cause of the dis- 
ease from the system,and leaves the man in the enjoyment 
of health, and not subject to a return of the disease. 
In a few extremely bad cases of this disease, I have 
found the Vegetable Emetick ofgreat importance, which 
may be administered between the paroxysms, in any 
stage of the disease; and in cases of extreme debility, 
the course prescribed in general directions, No. 3, has 
proved an invaluable auxiliary. 
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Of Ague in the Breast. 
At the commencement of this disease, the patient is 
severely afflicted with hot flashes, chills, pain through- 
out the system, sharp darting pains and soreness, through 
the breast, headache, and pain in the back. 
Treatment.—Use the Anodyne Infusion freely, un- 
til the chills and pains subside, bathe the feet, (see gen- 
eral directions, No. 4,) and apply draughts, bathe the 
breast with the Anodyne Tincture, and if necessary, ap- 
ply a piaster of the drawing salve to the affected breast. 
Asthma. 
Treatment.—The Astlimatick Pills, Cough Drops, 
Cleansing Powders, and Anodyne Tincture, have prov- 
ed highly beneficial in this disease. All are not equally benefitted by the same remedy. One kind or the other, 
or the whole, used alternately, will be found beneficial, 
in any case of the disease. 
Of Bleeding at the Nose. 
An unequal balance of the blood is the cause of this 
complaint, therefore the remedies must be calculated to 
equalize the circulation. The most alarming hemorrhage 
I ever witnessed from the nose, was checked in a few 
minutes by the use of the Stimulating Bitters, and bath- 
ing the feet; and its return was effectually prevented 
by the use of the Bitters. The use of the Bitters will 
also prevent habitual nose bleeding, which often occurs 
in hot weather. 
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Of Biles. 
As these are caused by a vitiated state of the fluids, a 
cleansing course must he pursued in order to effect a 
cure. When the tumour first makes its appearance, re- 
lief may be obtained by bathing it a few times with the 
Anodyne Tincture, and covering it with the Strengthen- 
ing Plaster. The Detergent Infusion, &c., must be used 
to cleanse the humours from the system. 
Of Bruises and Falls. 
It is the commonly received opinion, that blood-let- 
ting is absolutely necessary in cases of bruises and faiis, 
but as an injury of this kind does not increase the quanti- 
ty of blood in the system, I cannot see the propriety of 
removing it. It is true, that to remove a part of the 
blood will cause an action in the blood vessels, which 
will gradually extend to the whole system, but debility 
is the unavoidable consequence of a loss of blood. Ac- tion can be caused by a course of internal and external 
remedies, equally efficacious, and by far more to the ad- 
vantage of the patient than blood-letting possibly can be, 
and which will more effectually prevent soreness, and 
the congealingofthe blood in the bruised part. In case 
of a slight bruise, the use of the Anodyne Tincture will 
be sufficient; but in cases of a severe bruise, or a fall, see 
general directions, No. 6. External friction to the part, 
immediately after the injury, is highly beneficial; and a 
dose of Anti-Bilious Pills, or Cathartick Powders, must 
not be long neglected. If costiveness ensues, see gen- 
eral directions No. 7. Should the flesh be mangled, 
pursue the course as directed for wounds. 
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Of Barns and Scalds. 
When the skin is not removed by a burn or scald, 
bathe the part immediately with the Anodyne Tincture > 
and secure it from the air by a linen cloth, kept con- 
stantly moist with the Tincture until the pain and sore- 
ness are removed, which will prevent blistering. 
When the skin is off, apply a soft poultice, oiled over 
with linseed oil, until the inflammation is removed, after 
which the Healing Salve, Cleansing Ointment, or 
Strengthening Plaster, can be advantageously used. 
When a hand or a foot is the injured part, great care 
must be taken that the fingers or toes do not unite when 
the sore heals ; to prevent which, keep cloths, moist- 
ened with linseed oil, constantly between them. 
Of Canker. 
#The mouth is generally the seat of this disease, 
yet the stomach is often affected by it. In most cases 
of this disease, it is necessary to cleanse the stomach. 25 
either by the Anti-Bilious Pills, or Vegetable Emetick; 
and in extremely bad cases, both will be required. After 
cleansing the stomach, the Vegetable Canker Powders 
will in all cases prove efficacious. 
Of Canker-Rash, Scarlet Fever, Scarlctia. 
In the mild form of this disease, the first symptoms 
are a sense of weariness, dejection, chills, hot flashes, 
dry cough, &c. On the second day, an eruption, rough 
to the touch, appears about the face and neck, in small 
points, of a bright scarlet colour, which in a few hours 
extend over the whole body, yet it is most distinct about 
the joints. In a more violent attack of the disease, there 
is an inflammation of the face, the heat of the skin is in- 
tense, an uneasiness of the throat, and difficulty of swal- 
lowing, are experienced,and the throat appears swelled, as 
in quinsey. In this form of the disease, the eruption 
does not appear until the third or fourth day, and will 
frequently vanish and reappear; the throat is clogged with 
phlegm, and the disease frequently goes on to suppera- 
tion and to death. 
Treatment.—At the first appearance of the disease, 
the Vegetable Emetick should be administered, and may 
be repeated in any stage of the disease. The Vege- 
table Canker Powder, Vegetable Cough Drops, and Ve- 
getable Fever Powders, must be alternately given through 
the whole course of the disease; and after the disease 
has in some measure disappeared, a dose or two of the 
Anti-Bilious Pills, or Cathartick Powder, must be ad- 
ministered. In case of swelling of the throat, apply to 
the part affected, cloth, moistened in a strong decoction 
of smart weed, and change them often. For debility, 
see general directions, No. 3. Of Catarrh. 
26 
This disease is caused by a cold, seated in the glands, 
and mucous membranes of the head and throat, and is 
characterized by a discharge of a sharp serum from the 
nose, and a dropping of a fetid fluid from the head into 
the throat. 
Treatment.—The Catarrh Snuff, and Headache 
Snuff, are indispensably necessary in this disease. If 
the stomach and bowels are out of order, they must not 
be neglected. 
In slight affections the snuff is sufficient; but in cases of 
long standing, the stomach and bowels become affected, 
and in extremely bad cases, the fluids of the whole system 
become vitiated. 
The medicine commonly required, in addition to the 
above, when the stomach and bowels are affected, is the 
Anti-Bilious Infusion, Cleansing Powders, and Anti- 
Bilious Pills; but when the fluids of the whole system 
become vitiated, the Detergent Infusion, &c., must be 
also used. Use the Anti-Dyspeptick Bitters, in case of 
costiveness, and in case of general debility, see genera: 
directions No. 3. 
Chapped Hands. 
Wash them in buttermilk at bedtime, and after wiping 
and drying them, apply the Healing Salve. Repeat this 
as often as necessary. 
Of Cholera Morbus. 
The characteristick symptoms of this disease, are, a 
violent puking and purging, caused by overloading the 
stomach with food or fruit—commonly unripe fruit, or 27 
by a vitiated state of the fluids in the stomach. It is an 
effort of nature to free herself from offending matter; 
and the action of the stomach is generally increased, and 
continued by bilious irritation. 
Treatment.—Use a weak preparation of the Anti- 
Bilious Infusion, or Stomaehick Bitters, in small doses, 
until the vomiting ceases, and increase as the stomach 
can bear. The Anodyne Tincture has given great relief 
in many cases of this complaint. The Anti-Dysenter- 
ick Pills may be used if the relax and pain in the bowels 
do net cease. If the patient bo much debilitated, see 
general directions, No. 3; and if costiveness ensue, see 
general directions, No. 7. 
Of Colds. 
Colds cause obstructions, which are the common cause 
of al! acute diseases; therefore, the first appearance of 
a cold should receive prompt attention, and more espe- 
cially, as it usually seats upon the vitals. The irritation 
•ofthe lungs causes a cough, which, if neglected, may 
end in consumption ; and when the symptoms are violent, 
an inflammation of the lungs is to be apprehended. The 
obstructions ofthe lungs require expectorating remedies. 
Treatment.—At the commencement of a cold, a few 
doses ofthe Cleansing Powders, or Cough Drops, assist 
greatly in removing the complaint; but in case these fail, 
or when the symptoms are urgent, the Sudorifick Infu- 
sion, bathing the feet, &c., (see general directions, No. 
4.) in addition to the Powders or Drops, will be neces- 
sary. In case of distress, or pressure at the stomach or 
bowels, the Vegetable Emetick, or Anti-Bilious Pills, 
must be employed. The Compound Sirup of Wa-ahoo 
may also be advantageously employed. 28 
The cause of this complaint, is either indigestible sub- 
stances in the stomach, or wind pent up in the bowels, 
and is generally attended with an obstinate, constripat- 
ed state of the bowels. It is often attended with a twist- 
ing sensation, near the navel; some times with cramp, 
cold extremities, &c. 
Treatment.—Give a dose of Colick Powder, and 
Anodyne Tincture, and repeat the dose in fifteen or 
twenty minutes, if necessary. Bathe the feet, and ap- 
ply draughts to them, and warm applications to the seat 
of pain. A dose of Cathartick Powders must be admin- 
istered, and a cathartick operation encouraged, by in- 
jections, composed of a strong preparation of the Anti- 
Bilious Infusion. Continue the use of these prescrip- 
tions until relief be obtained. 
Of Colick. 
Of Consumption 
The characteristick symptoms of this disease, are, a 
gradual wasting away of the strength and flesh ; gener- 
ally a severe cough, hectick fever,* pulse quick and 
weak, the eyes bright and clear, and the tongue clean and 
smooth. An uneasiness and pain in the breast, or side, 
is experienced, which is increased by exercise; a dry, 
tickling cough, a husky dryness of the palms of the 
hands, and soles of the feet, and a flush of the cheek at- 
*This fever has usually two paroxysms in a day—one 
about noon, and the other near midnight. Each paroxysm 
is preceded by a degree of coldness, and terminates with 
considerable evacuation through the pores. In many ca- 
ses this fever is without regularity as to the time of its ap- 
pearance, and is neither preceded by chills, nor terminated 
by sweating. It is, however, easily distinguished from any 
other fever, by the symptoms which accompany it. 29 
tends each paroxysm of the fever. The urine, on cool- 
ing, deposites a reddish or ropy sediment. 
As the disease advances, the cough and expectora- 
tion increase ; the patient is drenched with night sweats, 
and notwithstanding the appetite may be good, the 
strength and flesh continue to waste away. 
The chief causes of this disease arc, neglect of reme- 
dies in the first stage of the disease, or the use of those 
which have an injurious effect upon the system, and a 
predisposition to the disease. 
Treatment.—The Cleansing Powders, Sedative 
Nerve Powder, Vegetable Cough Drops, and (in time of 
the fever) the Fever Powder, must be alternately used. 
For •sourness of the stomach, sec general directions, No. 
8. The Vegetable Emetick must be used until the 
stomach is well cleansed. For costiveness, see general 
directions, No. 7. For a diarrhoea, use the following,* 
or the Anti-Dysenterick Pills; and the Anodyne Tinct- 
ure, to relieve pain. After a perseverance in the use of 
the above remedies, until the stomach shall be well cleans- 
ed, and the fever has measurably subsided, see general 
directions, No. 3. The Compound Sirup of Wa-ahoo 
may be occasionally used for eight or ten days in suc- 
cession, instead of the above course. 
These prescriptions have cured many cases which 
would have terminated in an incurable consumption, in 
a short time ; and I have prescribed them to a number, 
after the disease had advanced to an incurable stage, and 
from such I have received the highest expressions of 
*To one pint of fourth-proof brandy, add two table-spoon- 
fuls of finely pulverized altpice, and four of loaf sugar, 
and after burning the brandy until it goes out, add a half 
a table-spoonful of flour, and stir them well together. Dose, 
one tea-spoonful, at intervals of from one to eight hours. 30 
gratitude, for the relief afforded them even in a dying 
hour. 
Great attention should be paid to diet, dress, and ex- 
ercise. (See page 15.) 
Of Costiueness. 
As many lingering diseases are traced back to cos- 
tiveness, as their predisposing cause, I wish to impress 
the importance of a seasonable attention to it, npon the 
mind of every one, and especially those affected with it. 
The importance of an evacuation from the bowels, 
daily, is obvious to every person of reflection, since.the 
retention of the excrcmental part of food, is a useless 
burthen to the alimentary canal, and thereby obstructs 
the regular operations of nature. 
Treatment.—In slight cases, the Anti-Dyspeptick 
Bitters are sufficient, but in cases of long standing, see 
general directions. No. 7 and8. 
Of Cough. 
Cases ofcough differing from those attending either a 
cold or consumption, arc often met with, and require 
medical aid. 
The common course of treatment required, is a thor- 
ough perseverance in the use of the Cleansing Powders, 
and Vegetable Cough Drops, assisted by the use of the 
Vegetable Emetick, once in six or eight days. 
Of Cramp. 
This is an involuntary contraction of the nerves, and 
when violent, is very distressing. Cases of cramp, which 
occur in the feet and legs, while in bed, tnav be relieved 31 
by stretching the limbs at full length, and pressing the 
feet against a solid substance ; but when it is violent, use 
the Vegetable Anti-Convulsive, and bathe the feet.— 
(See general directions, No. 4.) It is not unfrequently 
produced by a vitiated state of the stomach and bowels, 
and a derangement in the circulalation. When this is 
the case, cleanse the stomach and bowels, with the Ve- 
getable Emetick, and Anti-Bilious Pills, and regulate the 
circulation by the use of the Stimulating Bitters, or Ve- 
getable Anti-Convulsive. 
Of Croup, or Rallies. 
The characteristics symptoms of this disease, are a 
shrill noise in coughing, nearly resembling the barking 
of a puppy, a rattling in the throat, and difficulty of 
breathing. 
It is not unfrequently preceded by symptoms of a com- 
mon cold, but in some cases, its attack is without any 
previous indisposition. Fever, with a hard, quick pulse, 
and a restless, uneasy sensation, usually attends this 
disease. If the disease be not arrested in its progress, 
the cough and rattling continue to increase, the breath- 
ing becomes more difficult, and in three or four 
days suffocation ends the life of the suffering victim. 
Children, from one to three years old, are most liable 
to it. Prompt attention to the first symptoms is abso- 
lutely necessary. 
Treatment.—A dose of soft animal oil should be 
given once an hour, and the Cleansing Powders, or Ve- 
getable Fever Powders, once in fifteen minutes, as m?tch 
as the stomach can bear. Keep a poultice of pounded 
garlick, or onions, oiled over with soft oil, or an oiled 
brown paper, constantly over the region of the throat ttnd lungs ; give the Sudorifick Infusion for drink, bathe 
the feet and apply draughts. If this course does not give 
relief, it will prepare for the operation of the Vegetable 
Emctick, which must be administered in two or three 
hours, unless relief be obtained in that time. 
A repetition of this course may be necessary, and be 
sure to keep the feet, and region of the lungs, secured 
from the air as much as possible. 
32 
Of Diarrhoea. 
This complaint usually attends dentition, or teething-, 
and does not require the use of remedies, unless it be so 
violent as materially to reduce the strength. Should the 
strength fail, and fever appear, administer the Vegetable 
Fever Powders, and the Sudorifick Infusion ; and if'ne- 
cessary, the Tcnick Sirup may be used. 
In cases of Diarrhoea, in more advanced life, I have 
found it necessary to give the Vegetable Emetick, and 
regulate the stomach by the use of the Anti-Bilious Infu- 
sion, Cleansing Powders, and Anti-Bilious Pills, and in 
some cases the Anti-Dyscntcrick Pills are necessary. 
See general directions, No. 3, for debility. 
Of Dysentery. 
In a violent attack of this disease, the patient is afliic- 
ted with cold and shivering1, succeeded by heat, griping 
pains in the bowels, and a frequent discharge from them 
of mucous, or blood, or both, mixed. In some cases the 
discharge is thin and putrid, attended with a burning 
heat, and bearing down of the parts. It is not unfre- 
quently the case, that the excrements are retained, not- 
withstanding the discharge of blood, or mucous, or both, 
bo violent. When this is the case, a dose of the Anti- Bilious Pills, or Cathartick Powders, should be adminis- 
tered, and a Cathartick operation encouraged, by the use 
of injections, composed of an infusion of vegetable as- 
tringents ; but in cases in which there is no appearance 
of costiveness, or after it is removed, give the Vegetable 
Emetick, and follow it with the Sudorifick Infusion, so 
as to produce perspiration, and, if necessary, use the 
Anti-Dysenterick Pills. 
The anodyne Tincture is efficacious in removing the 
pain, and has proved of great efficacy in arresting the 
progress of the disease. Warm applications to the feet 
and bowels, in most cases of this disease, afford great re- 
lief. Bathing the feet, &c., (see general directions, No. 
4,) must not be neglected. For debility, see general di- 
rections, No. 3. 
It must be remembered, that in this disease, no article 
either of food, drink, or medicine, must be taken into the 
stomach, of a less temperature than blood heat, in any 
stage of the disease. Great attention must be paid to 
the (See page 13.) 
33 
Of Dysury. 
A suppression of urine attends many complaints, and 
disappears as soon as other symptoms yield to their rem- 
edies ; but in case it should not, give the Anodyne Infu- 
sion, freely, or a strong infusion of clivers. 
The symptoms need no description. Tiie Anti-Scrof- 
ulous Tincture is a remedy, if it be taken as freely as the 
stomach can bear, and cotton wool, wet with it. be 
kept constantly in the affected ear. 
Ear Ache and Ulceration. 34 
Of Fever. 
The term fever is applied to all diseases in which 
there is a greater degree of heat than in a state of health ; 
and this increased heat is usually spoken of as the origin 
of the disease, when, in fact, it is only one of the symp- 
toms of a disease lurking in the system. The heat ot 
the system is maintained by the circulation of the fluids, 
principally of the blood, and the blood is invigorated by 
the oxygen which it receives in its circulation through 
the lungs. When the operations of nature are duly per- 
formed, the action of the circulation is only sufficient to 
preserve a due temperature of heat to rarify the fluids, 
that they may regularly perform their functions. 
When the regular movements of the fluids are prevent- 
ed by obstructions, an increased excitement is the con- 
sequence, and by this excitement heat is increased ; and 
as the constant accumulation of the fluids continues to 
increase the friction, or excitement, the whole animal 
economy is at once thrown into disorder and confusion. 
When obstructions prevent the fluids from performing 
their regular functions, alternate changes of chills and 
heat will be experienced until the obstructions are re- 
moved, either by the operations of nature, unassisted, or 
by the assistance of remedies, or by the increased excite- 
ment gaining sufficient strength to maintain the power of 
heat, which is called a settled fever. 
It is a well established fact, that more is thrown off by 
insensible perspiration than by all the other evacuations 
combined; therefore the excessive heat, pressure through- 
out the system, dullness and inactivity of body and mind, 
1 pain, a quick, full pulse, hurried breathing, &c., are easi- 
ly accounted for, when this important evacuation is re- 
tained in the system by obstructions. 35 
This for.n of disease, instead of exhibiting a proba- 
bility that the blood has increased, daring this accumu- 
lation of disease, barely exhibits the fact, that the insen- 
sible perspiration is retained in the system by obstruc- 
tions, together with the obstruction of those fluids which 
support the growth of the hair, nails, and the waste of 
the skin, by exercise, &c. The blood is increased only 
by a healthy action of the animal economy; consequent- 
ly the large quantity drawn from the arm, is the fluids 
above alluded to, stained with the vital fluid, which have 
forced their way into the blood vessels, in consequence 
of the impossibility of their passing from the system 
through the pores of the skin, as nature has designed. 
As soon as the fever abates, after a course of depletive 
remedies, the powers cf nature sink for want of sufficient 
strength to support the powers of life, and in many cases 
the greatest exertions are required to preserve life, even 
in its most feeble state; but when cause and effect are 
properly understood, and remedies administered judi- 
ciously, the disease is removed by promoting the natur- 
al evacuations of the system, and the strength is pre- 
served. 
Cases in which there is. an excessive continuation of 
heat, dryness of the skin, quick, full pulse, pain in the 
head and back, thirst, pressure at the stomach, and 
throughout the system, hurried breathing, &c., no more 
prove that there is more blood in the system than ne- 
cessary, than they do that there is too much flesh or bone. 
All that is thus made manifest, is a retention of the nat- 
ural evacuations, by obstructions, a vitiated state of the 
fluids, or a useless, burdensome mass in the stomach 
and bowels. And does not this state of things point to 
remedies ? 36 
Treatment.—When hot flashes and chills, which 
precede a fever, first appear, bathing the feet, and a thor- 
ough use of the Sudorifick Infusion, and Anti-Bilious 
Pills, or Cathartick Powders, are generally sufficient; but 
in cases in which these fail, or remedies have been neg- 
lected until the symptoms of a settled fever are thorough- 
ly seated, give the Vegetable Fever Powder, or Cleans- 
ing Powder, so as to nauseate the stomach, and the Su- 
dorinck Infusion as freely as the stomach can bear ; bathe 
the feet, and the whole external surface, (see general di- 
rections, Nos. 4 and 5,) and if these fail to give relief, 
in four or five hours, give the Vegetable Emetick, fol- 
lowed by the Anti-Bilious Pills, or Cathartick Powders, 
and repeat the whole course, if necessary. (See general 
directions, Nos. 2, 3, and 6.) 
This course is the result of much solicitude for many 
years, and has been instrumental in restoring the health 
of hundreds, in a short time. 
Of Fits and Spasms. 
These sometimes occur in consequence of a wound. 
The most violent spasms I ever witnessed, were caused 
by a wound in the foot, by a pitch fork, and were relieved 
by a fomenting application of a strong infusion of smart 
weed to the part affected, and the internal use of anti- 
spasmodicks. The Vegetable Ar.ti-Convulsive is supe- 
riour to any Anti-Spasmodick with which I am ac- 
quainted, and is a remedy for most cases of fits, spasms, 
or cramps. 
Of General Debility. 
In this complaint, the patient is usually afflicted with 
a distressing faintness at the stomach, trembling through- 37 
out the system after exercise ; the pains either sharp and 
darting-, or more dull and seated, and in some cases, little 
or no pain is experienced. Many of the symptoms at- 
tending indigestion or dyspepsia, are not uncommon in 
this complaint. 
Treatment.—To regulate the stomach, use the Anti- 
Bilious Infusion, and Cleansing Powder, for live or six 
days in succession, then cleanse the stomach and bow- 
els with a dose of Anti-Bilious Pills, or Cathartick Pow- 
ders. The Vegetable Emetick should be preferred for ca- 
ses in which a cathartick operation increases the debil- 
ity, and in many cases both are required to cleanse the 
stomach effectually. See general directions, Nos. 1 and 
2. When the symptoms are similar to those attending 
indigestion, or dyspepsia, follow the directions given for 
that complaint. After the stomach and bowels are suf- 
ficiently cleansed, observe the use of the tonick medi- 
cine, as prescribed in general directions, No. 3, and for 
pain, &c., those given in No. 6 ; and if costive, see No. 
7, of general directions. 
Of Headache. 
This complaint is caused either by costiveness, foul 
stomach, obstructions in the head, a pressure of blood to 
the head, or nervous debility. When it is caused by 
costiveness, follow the prescriptions in general direc- 
tions, No. 7; if by foul stomach, the use of the Anti- 
Bilious Pills, or Vegetable Emetick, or both, may be ne- 
cessary ; if by obstructions in the head, use the Headache 
Snuff; if by a pressure of blood to the head, take a dose 
of Anti-Bilious Pills, and after the operation of the pills, 
use the Stimulating Bitters ; if it proceeds from nervous 
debility, it is termed 38 
Nervous Headache. 
For this most distressing of all the varieties of head- 
ache, the Headache Drops have proved far superiour to 
any medicine with which I am acquainted, having proved 
a specifick for most cases in which it has been used. In 
some severe cases of long standing, I have found the 
Stimulating Elixir, and Nervine Liniment, of great im- 
portance, to be used in connexion with the drops ; and 
for cases in which the nervous system is much debilita- 
ted, use the Sedative Nerve Powder ; in addition to 
which, if necessary, follow the directions for general de- 
bility. The Anodyne Tincture is useful in every va- 
riety of headache. < 
Of Heartburn. 
This complaint is caused by an acrimonious fluid in 
the stomach, and is attended with a sense of heat, at the 
pit of the stomach, and a discharge of a watery fluid 
from the mouth, accompanied with heat. This is caus- 
ed by a foul, acrimonious fluid in the stomach, and is ex - 
ceedingly troublesome in many cases of pregnancy. 
Treatment.—The Anti-Bilious Infusion, and Clean- 
sing Powder, should be used for five or six days ; then 
give a dose of Anti-Bilious Pills, or the Vegetable Emet- 
ick, or both, as the case may require. In addition to 
these prescriptions, in case of pregnancy, use the Pre- 
paratory Bitters. 
Of Hooping Cough. 
This is a contagious disease, and is attended with a 
hooping noise, when the breath is drawn in while coughing. 
The use of the Vegetable Cough Drops, and Cleans- 39 
ing Powders, renders the disease very mild, and if the 
patient vomits frequently after coughing, no other med- 
icine will be necessary; but if not, the Vegetable Emet- 
ick Should be occasionally used. 
Of Hypochondriack Affection. 
The characteristic!?: symptoms of this complaint, which 
is confined to the male sex, are, the apprehending great 
danger, without sufficient cause, as fear of poverty, while 
blessed with abundance ; of approaching death, &c. 
Sometimes, too, the imagination leads its victim to con- 
clusions still more absurd, the reality of which must be 
admitted in order to facilitate a cure, of which the fol- 
lowing, from Ewell’s Medical Companion is an illustra- 
tion : 
“ Mr. B. had for a long time been labouring under 
many of the awful sensations caused by the hypochon- 
driack affection, and on being inquired of by his physi- 
cian concerning his health, he declared that he had died 
at twelve o’clock the preceding night. This being ad- 
mitted by his physician and friends, poor Mr. B. volun- 
tarily entered his coffin, and was carried to the grave 
yard. On the way, the procession was met by a num- 
ber, who, on inquiry, were informed by the doctor, that 
it was poor Mr. B., and all declared their joy at the death 
of so infamous a character. At length, Mr. B. finding 
himself the subject of the most vile epithets, and that his 
death caused so much joy to all who were made acquain- 
ted with it, concluded to bear it no longer. He burst 
the lid from his coffin, made a pass at the calumniator 
of his character, when a race commenced, from which 
Mr. B. returned to his house, where he lived for many 
years without the least return of the disorder. 40 
Another man fancied that he had a bottle growing 
from the end of his nose, and would not be persuaded to 
the contrary, either by the reasoning or ridicule of his 
physician and friends. A physician, on hearing the par- 
ticulars of the whim, who lived at a distance, undert&ok 
the case, purchased a bottle corresponding in size with 
the imagined one, and proceeded to effect a cure. On 
entering the room in which the patient was confined, he 
affectedly expressed great astonishment at seeing a bot- 
tle at the end of a man’s nose. The sufferer was great- 
ly delighted to find that another person could realize 
how much he suffered, and earnestly entreated for relief. 
He readily consented to be blindfolded, when the doctor 
applied the bottle to the nose, and gave it such a twist as 
to lacerate the affected part, and the cure was thereby- 
effected, to the great joy of the patient. 
Another man, on whose case his attending physician 
had exhausted his skill without benefit, and had frequently- 
urged upon him the importance of his taking a journey, 
but this he could not prevail upon him to do. At length 
the doctor informed him that there was a physician in a 
certain city, at about sixty miles distant, who was very 
noted for his skill in such complaints; and as his business 
was very extensive, he could not be persuaded, under any 
consideration, to leave the city in which he resided, and 
therefore advised him to lose no time in availing himself 
of his skill, which he considered his only hope. Tiie 
patient finally yielded to the proposal, and on arriving at 
the proposed city, made diligent inquiry for the celebra- 
ted doctor, but he could not be found. Day after day 
was spent in fruitless exertions, until he became satisfied 
that no such person was known in the city. He then 
returned, eager to wreak his vengeance on the doctor, 
for the imposition he had practised upon him : and on arriving at home, caused him immediately to be called 
in, when he inquired of him why he had abused him so. 
Why do you accuse me of abuse, says the doctor, you 
are well, are you not 1 Yes, but no thanks to you, was 
the stern reply. To this the doctor replied—sir, I had 
prescribed for you until I found I could not help you, and 
I could not prevail upon you to travel, until I persuaded 
you to go for the sake of visiting a celebrated physician. 
By this you were encouraged to £g.ke the journey, and 
your anxiety to find the doctor kept up your spirits ; 
and on your return you have been equally anxious 
to scold me. Your journey, sir, has greatly benefitted 
you, in which I heartily rejoice. 
Treatment.—In this complaint the patient i3 gen- 
erally costive', for which see general directions, No. 7. 
If exercised with pain, see No. 6. If afflicted with sour- 
ness, wind, &c., in the stomach, see No. 8. See, also, 
Nos. 1, 2, and 3, of general directions. See remarks on 
exercise, diet, &c., page 13. 
When a man sits down to brood over troubles with 
which he is unacquainted, except in imagination, he ex- 
hibits himself as a victim to his own folly. It is better 
to brave a thousand real misfortunes, than to be depres- 
sed by one, either real or imaginary. 
Persevering diligence, in useful employment, will, in 
most cases, outlive adversity, and secure a competency 
of the good things of this world, and prevent you from 
disappointing poverty of its victim, by blowing out your 
own brains, or other acts ofviolence. 
41 
Of Hystericks. 
The peculiarities of this complaint, which appears only 
in the female sex, are, a sense of suffocation, by an im- agined ball rising in the throat, apprehension of great 
danger, or of death, without any visible cause for alarm; 
sudden change of mind, occasioning alternately laugh- 
ing, crying, &c. Sometimes the patient falls down sud- 
denly, and during the fit is insensible of what passes ; 
her limbs are variously agitated, and she appears in great 
distress. 
To give relief in time of the fit, loosen the clothes 
around the stomach, bathe the feet, and give a dose of 
the Sedative Nerve Powder, which should be coniinued. 
The cause must be removed by the use of the Vegetable 
Emetick, Anti-Bilious Pills, and the use of the medicine 
as recommended in general directions, Nos. 3 and 8 ; 
and if costive, No. 7 also ; and for a local seat of pain or 
debility, No. 6, of general directions. 
42 
Of Indigestion, or Dyspepsy. 
The symptoms usually attending this complaint, are- 
loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, alternately 
diarrhoea, and costiveness, sourness of the stomach, un- 
easiness and pain after taking food, a rising of an acri- 
monious fluid, with undigested food, and at times an un- 
natural craving for food. 
Causes.—Inactivity, intense study, excessive evacu- 
ations, sensual indulgences, overloading the stomach 
with rich or indigestible food, drinking cold water or any 
other fluid to excess, also, the immoderate use of tobac- 
co, opium, and o.ther poisonous drugs, may be the exci- 
ting cause. 
A rigid abstinence from the cause, whatever it may be, 
is absolutely necessary, in order to admit a cure. 
Treatment.—This should be varied according to the 
symptoms. The Anli-Dyspeptick Bitters, and Stomach, ick Bitters, used alternately, will regulate the appetite, 
remove costiveness, prevent pain after taking food, and 
an unnatural craving for food. The Anti Bilious Infu- 
sion, Cleansing Powders, and Anti-Bilious Pills, will re- 
move the nausea, vomiting, sourness of tho stomach, 
heartburn,ithe rising of acrimonious fluid, &.c. For di- 
arrhooea use the Anti-Dysenterick Pills ; for a languid 
state of the system, the Stimulating Bitters, and for de- 
bility, see general directions, No. 3. Repeat the whole 
course, or so much of it as the case may require, until 
health be restored. When the stomach is foul, use the 
Vegetable Emetick. (See general directions, No. 2.) 
43 
The characteristick symptoms are a painful prickling 
sensation, as if sand were in the eyes, followed by red- 
ness, and an effusion of fluid from the eyes, producing a 
scalding sensation. As it increases, light becomes in- 
tolerable, and pain darting into the head and through the 
eye balls, is severely afflicting. 
Treatment.—In most cases, an application of the 
Eye Water, and a dose or two of the Anti-Bilious'Pilis 
will effect a cure, but when there is an inflammatory ex- 
citement in the system generally, use the Anti-Scrofu- 
lous Tincture, Detergent Infusion, and Detergent Pow- 
ders, in addition to the above. Bathe the head and a- 
round the eyes, frequently with the Anodyne Tincture. 
Of Inflammation of the Eyes. 
Of Inflammation of the Lungs. 
The characteristic!;: symptoms of this distressing dis- 
ease, are a sense of fulness and tightness, accompanied 
with heat across the chest, difficulty of breathing, severe 
cough, with a scanty expectoration, mixed with blood, 44 
pain under the breast bone and between the shoulders, 
quick, hard pulse, hot breath, the tongue coated with a 
yellowish fur, the veins of the neck full, the face appears 
swelled, and of a dark, red colour. Lying on the side 
affeeted, aggravates the complaint ;and if the patient can 
rest in a reclining position at all, he generallly prefers 
lying on his back, with the head considerably elevated. 
A sudden, violent cold is the most common cause of 
this complaint, but it is sometimes caused by a transfer 
of a disease to the lungs, such as measles, small pox, 
&c., and by the use of ardent spirits. 
Treatment.—Bathe the feet, (see general directions 
No. 4,) and give the Cleansing Powders, Cough Drops, 
and a strong preparation of the Anodyne Infusion, or 
Sudorifick Infusion, as freely as the stomach can bear, 
for three or four hours, then give the Vegetable Emetick. 
Should these fail to give relief, continue the use of the 
Powders, Drops, Bathing and Infusion, as before. Give 
a dose of Anti-Bilious Pills, or Cathartick Powders in 
six or eight hours after the Emetick has done operating. 
(See general directions, Nos. 2, 3 and 6.) 
A thorough perseverance in the above course will cure 
any curable case of the disease in a short time, without 
the use of disease creating remedies. 
Of Jaundice. 
Thin complaint is attended with a bitter taste in the 
mouth, yellow appearance of the eyes and skin, high 
coloured urine, slow pulse, sleepiness, and a sense of 
weariness in the joints of the lower extremities, after 
exercise, and especially after walking up stairs. 
Treatment.—After using the Anti-Bilious Infusion 
and Cleansing Powders four or five days, take a dose of 45 
Anti-Bilious Pills_. After the operation of the Pills, re- 
peat the same course, and in cases of long standing, the 
third course will be necessary. After the second or 
third operation of the pills, use the Jaundice Bitters, and 
repeat the whole course, if necessary. 
This course of treatment is very beneficial in all bil- 
ious complaints which do not recpiire more active rem- 
edies, and even then should not be dispensed with. 
Of Liver Complaints. 
The c’naraeteristick symptoms of the acute stage of 
this complaint, arc a pungent pain and sense of bloating 
in the right side of the abdomen, increased by pressure. 
The pain rises to the shoulder, and considerable general 
fever attends this stage of the disease. 
In the chronick stage, there is a seated pain in the 
right side, between the hip and ribs, extending to 
the right shoulder blade, between the shoulder blades, 
and a sense of weariness in the back of the neck, as 
though the head were too heavy. 
In the acute stage, use the Cleansing Powders and 
Anti-Bilious Infusion, as freely as the stomach can bear, 
for a few hours ; then give a dose of the Anti-Bilious 
Pills, and continue the use of the Infusion and Pills un- 
til a thorough cathartick operation is produced. Fo- 
menting the part affected, by tiie application of cloths 
moistened in a strong infusion of tag-alder bark, is very 
beneficial. The Sudorifick Infusion and Vegetable 
Ernetick, may be advantageously employed, if the first 
prescribed course fail of giving relief. The Cleansing 
Powders and Anti-Bilious Pills should be used as freely 
as the stomach and strength can bear, whether the Emet - 
jck is used or not. 46 
In the chronick stage, use the Cleaqsing Powders and 
Anti-Bilious Infusion as freely as the stomach can bear, 
for five or six days; then take a dose of the Anti-Bilious 
Pills, and repeat this course two or three times. Exter- 
nal bathing is beneficial. (See general directions, No. 
6.) After pursuing the above course for from two to 
three weeks, as the case may require, use the Jaundice 
Bitters. If costive, see general directions, No. 7. 
Of Measles. 
This is a contagious disease, which appears at the sur- 
face, in an eruption of a darkish red colour. It first ap- 
pears at the fauces, then on the forehead and face, grad- 
ually progresses downward over the whole system, and 
when it arrives at the feet, it begins to disappear on the 
face. The first symptoms of this disease differ but little 
from those of an approaching fever. In this disease, 
however, the eye lids and eye balls appear swollen, the 
eyes are watery and exceedingly sensitive to the light. 
The patient is also afflicted with a severe cough, which 
is attended with a distressing soreness of the throat and 
lungs, hoarseness, difficulty of breathing, great heat of 
the skin, and drowsiness. In many cases the symptoms 
are exceedingly mild; in some cases the eruption is 
the only symptom, while in other cases the symptoms 
are more severely afflicting than above described, for 
from three to six days, before the appearance of the 
eruption. 
Treatment.—In the mild form of this disease, noth- 
ing more is necessary than to guard against taking cold, 
and a potion or two of the Anti-Bilious Pills or Cathar- 
tick Powders, after the eruption, in passing off, gets be- 
low' the breast, which will clear the relicks of the disease 47 
from the system. But when the eruption does not ap- 
pear on the fourth day of the symptoms, or should the 
eruption disappear by taking cold, or in case of great 
distress for want of breath, or a pressure at the stomach, 
the Vegetable Emetick must be administered without 
delay, which will drive out the eruption and give great 
relief to other afflicting symptoms. The Cough Drops, 
Cleansing Powders, Fever Powders, Sudorifick Infusion, 
or Vegetable Emetick, may be administered in any stage 
of the disease, when the symptoms require their opera- 
tion: and if costive, move the bowels gently by the use 
of the Anti-Dyspeptick Bitters ; but a drastick purge 
must not be administered until after the eruption has 
passed off belovy the breast, and is then necessary. 
In the summer of 1824, I was called to visit a woman 
whom I found in great agony and very much distressed 
for breath, and the eruption began to appear on the face. 
I gave the Vegetable Emetick as soon as possible, which 
gave great relief. In a few hours the symptoms return- 
ed with considerable violence, and I gave another emet- 
ick to equal advantage; and in a few hours after, I gave 
her another, making three in twenty-four hours’ time, 
and all apparently with increased benefit. She enjoyed 
better health from this time than she had for some months 
previously, until about two months afterward, when she 
gave birth to a fine, healthy son, who, as yet, bids fair for 
future usefulness. She had previously been confined 
with six or seven children, and had not, in either case, 
been more highly favoured than in this instance. 
Of Palpitation. 
This is an increased motion of the blood through the 
heart, and when violent, is very distressing, causing a 48 
death like sensation and paleness. It is caused either by an 
unequal balance oftbe blood, by which the heart is compel- 
led to perform an unnatural labour ; by a debility of the 
heart and blood vessels, which renders their action un- 
equal ; by nervous debility, or by strong emotions. 
If it be caused by a fulness or unnatural balance of the 
blood, the Anti-Bilious Pills and Stimulating Bitters, or 
Anodyne Tincture will give relief. If by debility, see 
directions for general debility; if by nervous debility, 
use the Anti-Bilious Pills, Sedative Nerve Powder, and 
Anodyne Tincture ; and if by strong emotion, learn to 
govern your passions. 
Of Piles. 
If costive, sec general directions, No. 7, apply the 
Drawing Salve to the affected part, and bathe the loins 
and small of the back two or three times a day with the 
Anodyne Tincture. 
Pimpled Face. 
For this complaint use the Anodyne Tincture. 
Of Pleurisy. 
The characteristick symptoms of this disease, are a 
sense of weight across the chest, severe pain in the left 
side, near the sixth or seventh rib, darting thence in va- 
rious directions, especially to the breast, back and shoul- 
der blades, a distressing,dry cough,the pulse quick, strong, 
and full, the tongue thickly coated, scanty, high colour- 
ed urine, and uneasiness. 
Treatment.—Bathe the feet, (see general directions, 
No. 4,) and give the Cleansing Powders as freely as the 49 
stomach can bear, and a strong preparation of the An- 
odyne Infusion, and continue their use until a thorough 
perspiration is produced, which will, in most cases, soon 
remove the pain. But should a thorough perseverance 
in keeping up the perspiration for three or four hours, 
fail of giving relief, give the Vegetable Emetick; and af- 
ter its operation, repeat the above prescribed course, if 
necessary, and give a dose of the Anti-Bilious Pills, or 
Cathartick Powders, in four or five hours after the 
Emetick has done operating. (See, also, general direc- 
tions, No. 6.) 
In the fall of the year of 1827,1 was called to visit a 
man labouring under the most violent attack of the pleuri- 
sy I have ever witnessed ; and in twelve hours the dis- 
ease was completely removed by the above course, and 
in three days he commenced his labours again in better 
health than he had enjoyed for a number of weeks pre- 
viously. 
This was the third attack of pleurisy in the same in- 
dividual, and this attack he declared the most violent of 
either. With the first attack, as he informed me, (in 
which he was treated fashionably,) he was confined to 
his room three weeks, and seven from his labour ; and 
with the second, (treatment also fashionable,) it was 
three months before he enjoyed as good health as he did 
in three days from the time of the third attack. 
I have related the particulars of this case, in conse- 
quence of its having been a case of uncommon severity, 
in a constitution predisposed to the disease. 
Of Rheumatism. 
In the acute stage, the violence of this disease varies 
in magnitude in different cases, from a slight pain in one 50 
oint, to an affection of the whole system, with symptoms 
of general fever, swelling of the joints and limbs, and an 
acuteness of pain surpassing description. 
In the early part of my life, I was severely afflicted 
with this disease, and have been perfectly stiffened with 
it in every joint, so that 1 was as helpless as an infant; 
and it was not until the disease had been eradicated by 
Botanick Remedies, that I have been free from it for any 
length of time. 
In the chronick stage the pain is also severe, and va- 
ries from an affection of one joint, (and some times scats 
between the joints,) to the most excruciating pain and 
stiffness of the whole system, which in some cases Re- 
mains in defiance of all remedies ; but to the joy of phi- 
lanthropists be it said, such cases arc rarely to be met 
with. 
Treatment.—In the acute stage bathe the feet, (see 
general directions, No. 4,) and use the Cleansing Pow- 
ders, Anodyne Tincture and Sudorifick Infusion, to pro- 
mote a free circulation, and give a dose of Anti-Bilious 
Pills; or if the febrile symptoms are violent, the Vege- 
table Emetick must not be omitted. Bathe the part af- 
fected with Anodyne Liniment, and keep it wrapped 
in flannel. Repeat the whole, or such a part of the 
course, as the case may require, and after the febrile 
symptoms are removed, see general directions No. 6. 
In the chronick stage, the internal use of the Stim*- 
lating Bitters, Anti-Bilious Pills, and Sedative Nerve 
Powder, and the external use of the liniments, &c., (see 
general directions, No. 6,) will in most cases give relief 
in a short time. For cases which seat between the joints, 
use the Rheumatick Balsam. 51 
Of Salt Rheum.. 
This is a cutaneous disease, which sometimes forms 
cracks, and discharges a watery fluid. It is attended 
with a troublesome, burning, itching sensation. 
Treatment.—Cleanse the blood with the Detergent 
Infusion, &c., and apply to the part affected, the Salt 
Rheum Ointment. The Stomachick Bitters should be 
occasionally used eight or ten days at a time. 
Of Scrofula, or King's Evil. 
The characteristick signs of this disease, are swel- 
lings of the lymphatick glands, a thick upper lip, smooth 
skin, florid complexion, and large veins. When it makes 
its appearance it is attended with hard, unequal, or knot- 
ty tumours in the glands, under the jaw near the ear. 
Treatment.—Use the Anti-Scrofulous Tincture, 
fee., internally, and the Anti-Scrofulous Balsam, exter- 
nally, until it breaks, and a poultice of lily root, or spot- 
ted plantain afterward. Change the poultices two or 
three times a day, and occasionally drop a few drops of 
the Anti-Scrofulous Tincture into the ulcer. 
Of Stitch in the Back or Side. 
In this complaint a severe, piercing pain is suddenly 
experienced, which materially hinders the voluntary mo- 
tion of the part, so that by bending, great exert ions are 
required to get into an erect position again. 
Treatment.—Use the Anodyne Tincture internally 
and externally, and bathe it in by a good fire. Repeat 
this a few times, and it will effect a cure. Toothache. 
52 
For toothache, use the Anodyne Tincture or Anodyne 
Liniment. 
Of Worms. 
There are three species of worms found in the human 
stomach and bowels, viz: the ascarides, which some- 
what resemble short pieces of white thread; the teres 
is the most common, and generally a number of inches 
in length ; and the tape worm, so called from its flatness. 
This is a short, flat worm, but by the union of a number, 
they sometimes form a worm of an immense length* 
which appears to be full of joints, and by this appear- 
ance the number so united can be ascertained. 
The cause of worms is chiefly, if not always, owing to 
a fold, disordered stomach and bowels, which also cause 
all of the variety of symptoms upon which so much de- 
pendence is placed, as indicating their presence. The 
remedies administered in worm complaints, should be 
calculated to cleanse, regulate, and strengthen the 
stomach and bowels. When this is accomplished, the 
symptoms disappear, and the worms, if any there be, 
cease to be troublesome. 
Treatment.—I have used the Vermifuge Powders to 
great advantage, in many cases where the symptoms ap- 
peared to indicate the presence of worms. Sometimes 
large numbers have been expelled, but not the least ap- 
pearance of them at other times, and in both cases the 
patient appeared equally benefitted. The Vegetable Fe- 
ver Powders and Cleansing Powders, in other cases, 
have proved equally beneficial. These, as well as the 
Vermifuge Powders, must be followed, in a day or two, 53 
by a dose of Cathartick Powders. The Vegetable Emct- 
ick, also, has proved highly beneficial in many alarmiDg 
cases of worm complaints, and is perfectly safe. 
Of Wounds. 
The Anodyne Tincture is of superiour efficacy when 
applied to a recent wound or broken bone ; and in slight 
wounds nothing more is required than to bind it up in a 
linen cloth, and keep it wet with the Tincture. It will 
ease pain, prevent soreness, and dispose the wound to 
heal. 
The management of deep wounds many times requires 
the attention of an experienced surgeon ; therefore but 
little car. be said upon the subject in this 
volume. 
The Strengthening Plaster is a healing application to 
wounds, and shields them from the air, which is of great 
importance. 
Inflammation must be reduced by poultices, after 
which the Healing Salve, or Cleansing Ointment is 
proper. 
In cases of costiveness, while confined with a wound, 
see general directions, No. 7. GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 
Number 1. 
In gfving medicine for the removal of complaints of 
long standing, it will be necessary to continue the use of 
it for a considerable length of time, that the disease may 
be thoroughly eradicated from the system ; and to pre- 
vent the medicine from losing its good effects, a change 
will be necessary as often as once in six or eight days, 
or two weeks at most. 
Number 2. 
The stomach and bowels must be well cleansed in all 
cases of disease, by an emetick or cathartick, or both ; 
but either operation should not be repeated oftcner than 
once in five or six days, unless the symptoms requiring 
their use be urgent. 
Number 3. 
In cases of debility, usetheTonick Sirup, or Vegeta- 
table Restorative, after the stomach and bowels have 
been cleansed, or both alternately, six or eight days 
each, and the Sedative Nerve Powder in case of nervous 
debility. 
Number 4. 
Bathing the feet in warm water is very beneficial in 
many cases of disease, and should be continued for at 56 
least half an hour, in order to effect any considerable 
change in the circulation of the fluids, which is the ob- 
ject to be aimed at in the operation. Warm water must 
he often added while bathing-, to preserve a proper tem- 
perature of heat; and as soon as the feet are removed 
from the water, wipe them dry, and wrap them in warm 
flannel. As soon as this is accomplished, apply draughts, 
if necessary; keep the feet from the air, and preserve 
their natural warmth. Half a tea-spoonful of cayenne 
may be added to the water, in case of a ague and fever, 
or cold extremities. 
Number 5. 
In cases of settled fever, the external surface may be 
bathed with water in which a sufficient quantity of pearl- 
ash has been dissolved to make it a little slippery, which 
will assist in opening the pores at the surface, and quiet 
nervous irritation. The whole surface may also be bath- 
ed in cold water, which may be often repeated, if it cause 
an agreeable sensation, and is followed by perspiration. 
This, however, must be carefully avoided in all cutane- 
ous eruptions. 
Number G. 
In case ofa local seat of pain, use internally either the 
Anodyne Tincture, Stimulating Elixir, or Stimulating 
Bitters, and apply externally either the Anodyne Tinc- 
ture, Anodyne Liniment, Nervine Liniment, or foment 
the affected part by the application of cloths, moistened 
in a strong infusion of smart weed, or bitter herbs, which, 
in addition to the above, is of great service in case of a 
severe bruise. In case of painful swellings, inflamma- 
tion of the lungs, pleurisy, &c., apply to the region of the disease, a poultice of cat-tail dag roots, boiled in milk 
and water, and pounded. Change as often as it be- 
comes cool. 
. Use the Anodyne Tincture and Strengthening Plaster 
in cases of local debility. 
Number 7. 
In case of costiveness, use the Anti-Dyspeptic Bit- 
ters, or the Compound Sirup of Wa-ahoo ; and 
when of long standing, change to the Anti-Biiions 
Infusion, Cleansing Powders, Stomachick Bitters, 
Stimulating Bitters, and Tonick Sirup, or Vegetable 
Restorative, and repeat the course. 
Number 8. 
Use the Anti-Bilious Infusion and Cleansing Powders; 
and the Anti-Bilious Pills, or Vegetab e Ernetick, 
in case of sourness of the stomach, or bilious affections ; 
the Anodyne Tincture for pain in the stomach ; and the 
Vegetable Carminative, or Stimulating Elixir, in cases 
of wind in the stomach. 
It should be remembered, that in cases in Which the 
stomach has been out of order for any considerable 
length of time, the regular action, so necessary to health, 
is enfeebled, if not wholly destroyed ; and therefore, the 
Cleansing Powder, or Sudorifick Infusion, should be 
used as freely as the stomach can bear, for a few hours, 
at least, before an ernetick or cathartick is administered ; 
which will cause the operation to be more easy and effi- 
cacious. Two or three days have been advantageously 
employed in preparing the stomach for the operation of 
an ernetick. 
Experience abundantly proves, that one man may bo 
57 58 
greatly benefitted, and another materially injured, by the 
same article, owing to a constitutional aversion to it; 
while the article to other persons is perfectly harmless, 
even in larger quantities than is necessarily used in any 
case. This shows the importance of a careful attention 
to the operation of all medicines, and especially the first 
prescription fora patient, and in changing one compound 
for another, that the suffering sick may not receive an 
injury in the use of that which is intended for their 
relief. INDEX. 
Page. 
Ague and Fever, : : : 21 
Ague in the Breast, : : : 22 
Asthma, : : : : 22 
Bleeding at the Nose, : : 23 
Biles, : : : : 23 
Bruises and Falls, : : : 23 
Burns and Scalds, : : : 24 
Canker, : : : : 24 
Canker Rash, Scarlet Fever, Scarletia, : 25 
Catarrh, : ; : 26 
Chapped Hands, : : : 26 
Cholera Morbus, : : : 26 
Colds, : : : : 27 
Colick, : : " : : 28 
Consumption, : : : 28 
Costiveness, : : : 30 
Coughs, : : : : 30 
Cramp, : : : : 30 
Croup, or Rattles, : : 31 
Diarrhoea, : : : : 32 
Dysentery, : : : : 32 
Dysury, : : : ' : 33 
Ear Ache and Ulceration, : : 33 
Fever, : : : : 34 
Fits and Spasms, : : : 36 
General Debility, : : : 36 
General Directions, : : : 55 60 
Headache, : : 37 
Heartburn, : : : 38 
Hooping Cough, : : : 38 
Hypochondriack Affection, : : 39 
Hystericks, : : : 41 
Indigestion, or Dyspepsy, : : 42 
Inflammation of the Eyes, : : 43 
Inflammation of the Lungs, : : 43 
Jaundice, : : : • : 44 
Liver Complaints, : : : 45 
Measles, : : 46 
Nervous Headache, : : : 38 
Palpitation, : : : r 47 
Piles, : : : : 48 
Pimpled Face, : : : 48 
Pleurisy, : : : 48 
Remarks, : : : : 17 
Remarks on Diet, Dress and Exercise, : 13 
Remarks on preserving Health, by Rev. J. Wesley, 19 
Rheumatism, : : : 49 
Salt Rheum, : : : 51 
Scrofula, or King’s Evil, : : 51 
Stitch in the Back, or Side, : : . 51 
Toothache, : : : 52 
Worms, : : : : 52 
Wounds, : : : : 53