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PREFACE.
   This book is  written and  published without any  intention
 of making money therefrom or selling the same.   It  is  our
 intention  to  give these books  away to all  persons  who  feel
 interested enough in the general  subject  of Home  Treatment
 and Home Remedies to call for the same.
   The labor of compiling the  book has been very great,  as  can
 be seen by anyone who will take the pains to look it all through.
   The general arrangement of the book is alphabetical,  the
 diseases being called by their common names.   When desiring
 to look up the  treatment of any disease look for the common
 name of the disease in the order in which it occurs in the book,
 and  you will find the proper treatment.
   The general instructions are based on certain  well-known
 symptoms.   It often occurs that even skilled physicians  are in
 doubt  when examining a patient what the disease actually is.
 From  this it is clear that a person may often make a  mistake,
 even in attempting to discover the cause of their  own symptoms.
 Often a mistake may be made  as to the disease from which one
 is suffering.  Again, people are oftimes  afflicted with a com-
 bination of diseases.
  We  are now  treating one case in which  there is a  complica-
 tion of cancer, rheumatism, eczema and blood poisoning.   This
 patient is suffering all over, his system being diseased.   All of
 these symptoms are l'esults  of  the same combination of causes,
 and yet it  would be impossible for this patient to determine  his
 own  symptoms as they vary from time to time.
  Fevers  of  various kinds all show symptoms of a similar
 nature.  Various  diseases of the throat are often mistaken for
each other.  Canker sore  throat is often mistaken for diptheria,
                             5 
fi
PREFACE.
and in some forms  a microscopic examination  is necessary to
detect  the difference.  In  cases  of  this kind or  of any other
serious nature we always recommend that a physician be called
as soon as symptoms of the disease  make their appearance, as
it is most important that the cause of the symptoms should be
determined as quickly and  certainly as possible.
  All the more simple maladies,  including aches  and pains of
all kinds, such as people are constantly suffering  from,  Can be
as well treated by  the people affected  as  by the  most  skillful
physician.
  In giving instructions  for the  use  of Ypsilanti Specific  and
our remedies,  of  which the Specific forms the  base, we enjoy
many advantages;  among  these, the greatest is  probably the
fact that Ypsilanti Specific is not only harmless to  the  human
system  in any quantities whatever,  but most beneficial  to  all,
whether sick or well, if taken in proper quantities and at proper
times.   More than  that, being  harmless,  there  is no  danger
resulting from an overdose or anything of that nature.   Again,
it destroys all poisons; it is an antidote for poison of any kind.
It will cure  the bite of a  mad dog  if properly applied  and at
once before the entire system is poisoned.  The instructions for
the application of  the  Specific  as an  antidote will be  found
under the head of kt Poisoning" and  under the separate heading
such as k' Snake-bite, Ivy  poisoning," etc.
  In addition  to the Specific itself, which is a natural mineral
water just as it comes from the well, we prepare  three  special
remedies.  Of these Ypsilanti Kidney cure is the chief.   It is
made by perfectly  natural methods, and from nature's  own
remedies.  It consists of  herbs  steeped  in  Ypsilanti  Specific
instead of alcohol.
  In the preparation of all extracts   and tinctures formed, the
universal custom is to use alcohol.   Ypsilanti Specific alone
among mineral waters contains the remarkable  property of ex-
tracting  virtues from  herbs and preserving the same.   The 
PREFACE.
(
 medicine will keep under any condition, and for any length of
 time.   It is not unpleasant to take, but on  the contrary most
 people find  it very pleasant.   Of a red wine  color and great
 brilliancy, it is distinctive  among all medicines, not  only the
 most valuable  remedy in all  kidney troubles such as  Bright's
 Disease, Diabetes, etc.,  but  a  remarkable tonic  and blood
 purifier.   We  believe it  to be  the best spring medicine ever
 placed upon the market.
   The second preparation is Ypsilanti Lotion as a hair restorer
 and wash for the scalp, and the face after shaving.  It is made
 in much  the same manner as Ypsilanti Kidney  Cure, the water
 being the  vital principle, certain  medicinal  properties being
 added and the whole being perfumed.
   The third preparation is Ypsilanti Specific Injection.   This
 remedy is prepared for use in all troubles of the urinary organs,
 both in men and women.   It  is furnished with  a complete out-
 fit for use, and  will be found prescribed under various headings
 for the  diseases of the organs mentioned.   Women will  find
 this  injection of vast  benefit  in  all common forms of female
 troubles.   We  have cured very severe cases of Falling  of  the
 Womb by use of  this remedy, as its tendency is to  strengthen
 the muscles and  restore  all  affected  parts to  their  normal
 condition.
  We have endenvored in the  preparation of this work to give
plain instructions and to use plain language, that all who read
may understand.
                   THE YPSILANTI  SPECIFIC  CO. 
INTRODUCTION.
  There is a deep and well  founded  prejudice  among our
people  against any  preparation or  nostrum  advertised  as  a
cure-all, a panacea for all ills of human flesh, etc.
  Such so-called medicines are usually worthless or nearly so,
and depend for support on enormous profits  and new  victims.
No one ever uses them a second time.
  We say this much at the outset, that no one may suppose us
ignorant on the  subject, for our greatest  fear  is  that  those
people  who read our literature  and have  never  used Yrpsilanti
Specific or one of our special  remedies will think  our claims
beyond belief, and reject our  statements as belonging to the
class of exaggerations (to use  a mild term) to  which we refer
above.
  Let us reason together for a moment.
  The  human body  is made up of  an  almost  infinite number
of minute living atoms.   Each atom is attracted to and  held
by its  neighbors by atomic cohesion.   Each  atom feeds or
absorbs food, each casts off or excreles waste matter.
  The blood in the human body  is  constantly  moving, kept in
motion by the automatic beating or pumping of the heart.  It
flows out from the heart through arteries  and back  to the heart
through veins.
  The blood in the human body  is  constantly  moving, kept  in
motion by the automatic beating or  pumping of the heart.  It
Hows out from the heart throught  arteries and back to the heart
through veins.
  We  might liken  this  flowing of blood through  the  arteries
and veins to the feed trough and sewer in a great  stable ; the
simile  is a coarse but forcible one.
                             8 
I.VTRODUCTIOX.
9
  The arteries are the feed troughs, dividing and sub-dividing
until they reach every living atom, every animal in the stable.
These atoms, like the animals, eat of  the food flowing through
the  troughs before them.   The cast'off matter, as well as the
dead atoms  themselves (Tor atoms, like animals, will die and
new ones come to take their places,) are carried away by the
veins, which in our homely simile, we liken to a vast sewer,
with its  branches, draining and  keeping clean the  mammoth
stable.
  We will cany the simile further, and suppose that the vast
sewer from  our great stable, a  river of impure water, flows
through enormous  filters,  which  purify it and take out all the
waste matter  it has brought from the  stables.  It flows  on
again a pure clear stream, and by a great pump could be taken
back again to  the  entrance of the stable  and  used  to convey
new food to  the waiting mouths.
  That is exactly what occurs to the blood from the body —
from the mass of living atoms — laden with impurities it flows
to a system  of filters to be relieved of its impurities.
  Now  in the  case  of our great sewer, if the filters become
clogged,  if they are not cleaned properly, if their accumulations
are  not removed, they will soon cease to  perform their duties
properly.  The water will no longer flow  from them  pure,
clear  and wholesome, but will  become  foul and tainted  with
elements  causing  disease.  These disease-causing  impurities
brought  back  by  the pump to  mingle  with the fresh  food,
bring an epidemic  of death to the poor animals before whom it
flows, and who must partake of it or die  of starvation.
  Exactly so  is it in  the human body.  If the sewers and
filters become clogged and do not perform their functions prop-
erly as cleansing agents, the  blood no longer flows from them
a pure stream to bear wholesome food to  the hungry atoms, but
it becomes  tainted  with  poisonous gases and disease-causing
impurities, and the result is an epidemic of death  among the 
10                  INTRODUCTION.
helpless atoms.  This we call disease.   We have many names
for it.   We say we are  "wasting away," we have a "fever,"
we have "consumption," we have a "cancer," we suffer with
an "ulcer," we have "rheumatism" or "gout."   We  decay
and die, and never  even think of the destruction  going  on in
some one or more of those great  colonies of atoms  that make
up our wonderful bodies.
  It is generally a case  of the survival of the strongest among
the many elements of disease science now knows as " microbes,
bacteria," etc.   The Comma Bacillus produces  cholera.  The
Bacillus Tuberculosis produces consumption, and so  it goes.
  It all mrans that some filter or  sewer is stopped.  Nature
hangs out a sign of danger, and we, poor, ignorant mortals, in
our blind rage and prejudice, attack the sign and often destroy
it, leaving the daiujcr untouched to perform its deadly work.
  What are these filters and  sewers that are so important?
  We are "talking facts"  now and  are going  to use  plain
English that all who read may understand.  We are sensible of
a responsibility in this matter, a responsibility for life or death.
  The  sewers of the body are the  lower intestines  or bowels,
the urinary  organs, and the surface of the body itself.
  The  respiratory  organs, consisting of the  bronchial  tubes,
trachea, or  wind pipe,  and  the nasal  passages,  are  like  the
escape  pipe that allows the  bad gases  to escape, rather than
like a sewer.
  The filters are the liver, kidneys  and  epidermis or skin.
  The lungs are more like a boiler or furnace, that  purifies bv
heat, than like a filter.
   The  waste  matter from the vast  colony or city of living
atoms called the body,  can escape in only four ways : Through
the bowels in  the form  of their excrement, through  the kidneys
in the form of the urine, through the skin in  the  form of per-
spiration, and through the mouth and nose  in the  form of the
exhaled breath. 
IN TROD UCTION.                  11
  If all of these sewers are open, if all the filters are working
properly, if the furnace, the lungs, performs its functions prop-
erly and the food and drink are wholesome, there  can be no
disease.   Such a thing as disease under such conditions is an
absolute impossibility.  This is not our statement merely, but
a scientific fact.
  In speaking of the  ways in which impurities escape the body,
we omitted purposely one most important one because it is  not
applicable to all.
  That is the Menses in woman.  This is  a  subject of vast
importance and we only mention it here  to avoid criticism  to
which its  omission might justly subject us.
  If the statements above are true, and no one  will  be found
bold enough or foolish enough to dispute their truth, it is  easy
to see  that it is of the highest importance that the filters be kept
clean and the sewers open.   That means  health.  The opposite
means disease.
  That is just  what Y'psilanti  Specific  does—it  scours and
cleans the filters and keeps the sewers  open.   That is  why
Ypsilanti  Specific keeps the body well, or if ill,  makes it well;
— no, not exactly that;  we  will say enables nature to  make
the body well, for with the obstacles to health removed, nature
will restore her own.
  Ypsilanti Specific  has one more   most  important  quality,
unknown  in any other product of nature.  In this quality it is
*o unique as  to stand  alone among  all mineral  waters and
medicines.
   Ypsilanti  Specific  Destroys Poisons.
  That is  a  fact, not  a theory.   It absolutely destroys  all
poisons, whether their nature and  origin be  animal, vegetable
or mineral.   It kills  all bacteria, all microbes, all  animalcule,
all germs of disease  of every kind or nature.   To  these  two
properties, its power  to open the sewers and clean the filters  in
the body, and its power to destroy poisons, are due  all its most 
12
INTRODUCTION.
remarkable uses as a medicine.   The most  certain, the most
pleasant, the most wholesome, the most harmless medicine God
in his mercy and love has ever given to mankind.
                   THE  YPSILANTI  SPECIFIC  CO. 
CHAPTER I.
ACCIDENTS.
  The most important thing in  most accidents  is  to
know what to do and how to do it.
  It is an  old saying that it is  the unexpected that al-
ways happens.  Accidents are never expected, at least
by the victim of them, yet they  are always happening
and too often with painful if not  fatal results.  In  case
of accident resulting in injury, quickness of  action and
some knowledge  are  two most essential  things.   If  a
limb is severed do not start for a distant doctor, but go
to work and stop the bleeding.  Then get the doctor.
  If poison is swallowed  in fatal  quantity do not leave
the  patient  to die  while  summoning a physician,  but
give the best obtainable antidote  Then get the doctor.
  If limbs  or ribs or other bones are broken, make the
sufferer easy before you do anything else.
  Above all things keep  a  clear  head  and cool  nerves
until you have done all yon can to relieve  distress,  then
faint away if you want to.  That is how to save lives.

ACCIDENTS ON THE  WATER.

  If thrown into the water and not able to swim draw
in the breath, turn on the back, keep the arms and legs
down.   You will float with the face out of water and can
breathe often enough  to  sustain life a long time.   This
gives help a chance to reach you.
  If you are on a boat and any one falls off, look for the
nearest thing that will float and throw  it to the  one in
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14          HOME  TREATMENT BOOK.

the water.  A wooden chair, board, oar, or boat seat, if
a life preserver is not at hand.

HOW  TO  USE A BOARD FLOAT.

  If  in the water you  can get hold of anything that
floats and yet is too small to sustain any considerable
part  of  your weight, seize it with  both hands, hold it
firmly  in front of and near to your chest.  That will help
keep the head out of water.
  See  that  your children learn  to swim.   It is the duty
of every parent who can get a child to a swimming tank,
pool, river  or other body  of water, to have  that  child,
either boy  or girl, learn to swim before ten  years old.
A child learns easily at any time from eight to ten years
of age  and  never forgets how to swim.

DROWNING.

   It is not  known how long a body can remain in the
water before  the heart ceases to  beat.   There have been
cases of resuscitation after the body has been  submerged
from fifteen to twenty minutes,  and sometimes an hour
of hard work is  required to restore animation.
   Directions. — Except in extreme cold weather do not
remove the body from the place of rescue, but  proceed
at once as follows: First place a bundle, log, keg, or
anything within reach not  sharp cornered, under the pit
of the  stomach and short  ribs.   This will cause the head
to hang down and lets the water flow out.  Press on the
back to aid in expelling  the water from the lungs.  If
no object is at hand to put under the chest, stand astride
the body, lock your fingers under the short ribs and lift
the body clear of the ground, or deck, if on a boat.
   As soon as the water is out, roll the body on its back
with something still under it, about at the  waist, then
press on the ribs with all your strength, suddenly let go,
then press again, let go, and so  keep pressing and relax- 
HOME  TREATMENT  BOOK.
15
ing about fifteen to twenty times a minute.   If smelling
salts, camphor or ammonia can be had, apply it to the
nostrils.   Have assistance, if possible, all the time,  and
rub the arms, hands,  limbs and  feet with rough cloths.
A pair  of  cotton socks are excellent for this purpose.
This treatment may be kept up an hour or more before
there is certainty that life can not be saved.
   In case of recovery give warm milk, and if it can be
had some whiskey or brandy.  A wine glass  about half
full or two tablespoonsfuls  with  hot milk or  water  if it
can be had.   Wrap the body as warmly as  possible and
let the rescued one sleep.

OTHER ACCIDENTS.

   Bruises. — In case  of stone bruise or other severe
bruises, and  in  case  of any bruise about the eye  that
might cause a discoloration, bathe the bruise freely  for
about  ten  minutes with  Ypsilanti Specific.  This  will
ease all pain and stop the swelling.  Bind on a compress
of white flannel wet with  the  Specific and  leave  it on
over night.   No further or other treatment is  necessary.

BURNS.

   In all  cases, however severe,  of external or surface
burns apply Ypsilanti Specific at once.   It is better than
oil or anything else ever known for this purpose.   If the
burn is on  the hand immerse the hand in the Specific in
a basin or dish.   In  five  to twenty minutes,  according
to the severity of the  burn, it  will stop all pain.   Then
bind the affected part in a compress of flannel wet in the
Specific.  In case of burns on  the head, body or limbs,
wet a soft woolen cloth  as wet as it will hold and lay it on
the burn.   Do not wring it  out but apply it thoroughly
saturated, press it against the burn and leave it until the
pain is gone.   Make a  compress as usual and apply to
the burned surface.  A glass of the Specific taken inter- 
it;          HOME  TREATMENT  BOOK.

nally will  quiet the  nerves  and aid in inducing sleep.
Leave the first compress on for about six to eight hours
or until the patient wakes, then if burn is severe renew it.
  Ypsilanti  Specific is a most wonderful  remedy  for
burns.   It  leaves  no  sore  or blister   but  cures  com-
pletely.
  If you have no Specific in the house  apply sweet oil
or unsalted butter, and if these are  not at hand put on
lard.
  In case of internal  burning let the  patient snuff the
Specific freely  into the nostrils and drink it in  small
quantities, a teaspoonful at a time, until the pain ceases.
Sleep will generally follow and should be  encouraged.
  Scalds should be treated the same as burns, with the
Specific, but if  none of this is at hand apply a lotion
made of lard or unsalted butter  and  finely  powdered
carbonate of lime or calcined magnesia on cotton.   In
severe cases always procure the Specific  ; it has no equal
for such uses.

BITES AND STINGS.

  Dog Bite-Rabies.—There are few cases of true rabies
or mad dogs, so-called, but most bites of  animals  are
poisonous, more to some people than to others.
  Ypsilanti Specific is  a  speed)- and certain cure  in all
cases.
  Drink freely  as much  as can  be  taken into  the
stomach, bind a saturated flannel on the wound and re
new it every two hours for half a day,  then every eight
hours for a couple of days  to thoroughly draw out  the
poison.
  Drink a tumbler full of  the  Specific every four to  six
hours,  except when sleeping.  Do not disturb sleep ex-
cept in  case  it is accompanied  by coma  or irregular
breathing  and  fever,  in  which case give the Specific
every two hours.  No other  remedy will be found  so
sure and speedy in its effect. 
            HOME  TREATMENT HOOK.          17

  Bites of other animals should be treated in the same
manner as dog bites.
  Snake Bites. — If possible immerse  the bitten mem-
ber in the Specific and drink a quart or more in as brief
a time as possible.   If the bite is elsewhere on the body
than on the  hand or foot, fill  a small cup  or glass with
Ypsilanti Specific and apply it to the bite, press it firmly
against the spot and hold in  place for twenty  to thirty
minutes.  This will draw  out  the poison not already  in
the blood.
  Bind on a compress and continue to drink the Speci-
fic as directed in case of dog bites.
  Bites and Stings of Insects. — Bathe for a few mo-
ments with Ypsilanti Specific.   If the bite is poisonous
as in case of spiders and some flies and bugs, put on the
regular compress and drink a  quart or  so  in about four
glasses, fifteen minutes apart.

(JUTS.

  For small cuts bind  the cut with  a strip of  flannel
wetting one  end  in  Ypsilanti Specific.   Leave on until
cut  heals.
  For severe cuts draw the edges  of  the  cut  together
and take a stitch  or  two with  white  silk thread.  Bind
on a compress.
  Severed  Arteries. — Take up the end  of the artery
from which  the red  blood is spouting or spurting in jets,
tie with silk  thread,  sew  up the cut and proceed to put
on the compress of  Ypsilanti Specific.   In all  severe
cases  it is best to call a  surgeon to take up the arteries
and sew up  the wound.
  Severed  Limbs. — In case  of a severed  limb the first
thing to do  is to stop the bleeding.
  The best  thing for this purpose is a  piece of rubber
elastic, stretched  and wrapped  around and around the
stump of the limb.   If  that  is  not to be  had, make a
tourniquet as follows: 
18          HOME  TREATMENT  BOOK.

  Take a handkerchief, fold one corner on to the oppo-
site and roll up toward  the  middle,  tie the  ends of  the
roll together, place around the stump and insert a strong
stick, twist  up  until bleeding  stops.   Take a  flannel
cloth and saturate it  in Ypsilanti Specific and bind over
the stump while sending post haste for a surgeon.  The
Specific will keep down all  inflammation and  ease  the
pain.

FRACTURES.

  Broken  bones should  always  be  attended  to  by
a skilled  surgeon,   as  badly set  bones cause  short,
long or crooked limbs, and  sometimes lead  to other
disorders.
  After the  bone is properly set and  the  splints  are
ready,  cut  strips  of white  flannel, moisten  these in
Ypsilanti Specific  and  wrap around the fracture, then
apply the splints and wrap all  in dry flannel or cotton
cloth.  When this treatment  is followed casts will be
unnecessary.  There will  be little or no pain or  inflam-
mation.
  In all cases  of fracture  apply Ypsilanti  Specific at
once to reduce pain  and inflammation until bone can be
set.
  If there is fever give Ypsilanti Specific in usual dose:
one gill four to six times per day to reduce  fever.
  It is best to give the Specific internally in all cases of
fracture, as it is a nerve sedative and febrifuge.

SPRAINS.

  Bandage the sprain  in  a  flannel compress with Ypsi-
lanti Specific.   Renew the bandage three times daily
for a couple of days.  If sprain  is severe continue three
to  five days.  Drink three  glasses per day  to keep
bowels open and to  prevent fever.   No  other treatment
necessary in most cases. 
HOME  TREATMENT BOOK.
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WOUNDS.

  In case of  gunshot wounds or stabs special treatment
is necessary if arteries are  severed  or any foreign sub-
stance remains in the flesh.  The wound should be care-
fully cleaned, washed with  Ypsilanti Specific and com-
press applied.

RUSTY  NAILS, TACKS, PINS, ETC.

  Wounds with  these are dangerous  because  of  the
danger of blood poisoning and tetanus or lockjaw.
  After removing the nail, tack,  pin,  splinter or other
object from the flesh, wash the wound thoroughly with
Ypsilanti  Specific.   Put on the  flannel compress  and
drink freely of the Specific for a day or two, or until all
unfavorable symptoms are over.

DISLOCATION.

  Reduce the dislocation by  forcing the  head  of the
bone  back into its socket, bathe with Ypsilanti Specific,
bind compress on joint  and drink freely for a day or
two.

POISON AND  POISONING.

  Poisons  are ordinarily  divided  into  three  classes:
mineral, vegetable and  animal.   It is  not necessary to
treat of them singly  except to  give the ordinary anti-
dotes when  Ypsilanti Specific is not  at  hand.  This
mineral water has the wonderful power of destroying all
known  poisons.  We have  had  careful  experiments
made with arsenic,  strychnine,  morphine and all the
well known acid poisons, and have found the Specific
an antidote for all.   We can not explain this and make
no pretense of doing so, but recommend in all cases of
poisoning by swallowing some poisonous substance, to
give at least a quart as fast a?  it can be  taken and keen 
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giving until the stomach will  hold no more.  Keep giv-
ing the water as fast as any can be  taken until relief
comes and sleep ensues.  It  is both an antidote and  a
cure.
  The more common poisons with their antidotes are as
follows :
Acids. — Poisoning by the acids, such as  Nitric Acid,
       Muriatic Acid, Sulphuric Acid, Oxalic Acid, etc.,
       often occurs by  mistake,  as  it is  usual to have
       these things about the  house.
         Give Ypsilanti Specific  lukewarm and induce
       vomiting by tickling the throat with some  suit-
       able instrument like a small  brush or feather, or
       even a broom straw.
       v Do  not lose a moment  but give a glass of the
       Specific at  any  temperature  it  is  found to be,
       then warm  a portion and give two or three glasses
       warm.  After the vomiting give Ypsilanti Speci-
       fic cool, to  soothe the inflammation.
         If  Ypsilanti  Specific  can not  be had,  give
       magnesia or lime in water — all the  patient can
       take.
Aconite. — Give Ypsilanti  Specific warm  until  vomiting
       ensues, then give a glass of it cold and  a second
       glass in fifteen minutes.
         If no Ypsilanti Specific can  be had, give an
       emetic of  mustard or  sulphate  zinc,  or use  a
       stomach pump.  Then give whiskey or  brandy.
Acetate of Lead. — Same  as  Aconite, except  that the
       emetic should be followed by Epsom or Glauber
       Salts if the  Specific  can not be  had.
Acetate of Copper, or Verdigris. — Give Ypsilanti Spe-
       cific as  above.  If  none  can  be   had   give  an
       emetic and  follow this with whites of eggs in milk
       or water.
Ammonia, or  Hartshorn. — Give vinegar  instantly  if
       Ypsilanti Specific  can  not be had.  If neither
       Specific or  vinegar is at hand, give lemon juice. 
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Antimony, or Tartar Emetic. — Give Ypsilanti Speci-
       fic as above.  If it cannot .be had give tea boiled
       thoroughly or a solution of tannin with laudanum
       in doses of twenty drops  at a time.  Or give a
       tea of flaxseed with the tannin.
Arsenic.—Treat  with  Ypsilanti  Specific as  follows:
       Heat from one to  two quarts of the Specific until
       blood warm,  give this until vomiting ensues or
       the patient has drank all that can be swallowed.
       It is best to induce  vomiting,  and for  this pur-
       pose  a  tablespoonful  of strong ground mustard
       in a teacup full of warm water is recommended.
       Follow this, after  vomiting ceases, with copious
       draughts of cool Ypsilanti Specific.
         Another treatment highly recommended  is to
       give hydrated sesquioxide of iron in tablespoon-
       ful doses in water every  ten  minutes until  six
       doses are given.   Treat the inflammation follow-
       ing with white of  eggs or gum arabic dissolved
       in water.  Sweet  milk is  very good  with  either
       the eggs or gum.
Corrosive Sublimate. — Treat  with  Ypsilanti Specific
       same as other poisons.  If  there is none  to be
       had use whites of eggs in water or milk.   Give
       the patient all that can be taken.
Dogwood, Ivy,  Nettle,  Etc.—Use  Ypsilanti Specific
       both  internally and  externally as  a  bath  and
       compress.   Bathe the affected parts freely in  the
       Specific and apply a compress with white flan-
       nel wet in the Specific in the  usual way.  Drink  a
       tumblerful once an hour for three or  four hours,
       then twice a day  in  severe cases until  all  signs
       of  poisoning  are  gone.   These  poisons  affect
       some people  much   more than  others, and  the
       treatment must be varied accordingly.
Narcotics, Belladona, Laudanum, Morphine, Opium,
       Tobacco, Etc. — Keep the patient awake and if
       possible get him or her into  the open air. 
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         It is always best to induce vomiting if possible
       by  giving  the . Specific warm  and  tickling the
       throat.  Keep  the  patient  moving  until three
       to  five  glasses  of  the  Specific   have  been
       taken  or  vomiting  followed by  from  two  to
       three glasses, then sleep  will often come safely.
       Watch for indications of  irregular heart action
       and breathing during any sleep following narcotic
       poison,  and if such  should be seen, awake the
       patient  and  continue the  treatment.    If  the
       Specific can  not  be had  use some  emetic, in
       duce vomiting and follow this with strong coffee
       and keep the  patient awake and  in the open air
       until the symptoms are gone.
Strychnine. — Proceed  as  in  other  cases  to  induce
       vomiting  as  quickly as  possible, or  fill  the
       stomach with Ypsilanti Specific  warm.   Sweet
       milk may also be given  after the  emetic has
       operated.   In  this  as  in  all  violent  poisons
       haste is everything, lose no time. 
CHAPTER  II.
DISEASES  OF  ADULTS.
  In this chapter we shall only try to give a few simple
hints for home treatment of the sick.   It is not intended
to be an  elaborate treatise on  nursing;  but  rather a
guide to the use of Ypsilanti Specific — the most mar-
velous water ever discovered.
  We believe  this water can not be too  freely used  in
the  sick-room and in the home.   Its use will save many
a dollar in doctors'  bills  and  medicine bills, and  is
daily saving lives that would otherwise  go to  swell the
death lists  from the so-called incurable diseases.
  It possesses wonderful power over pain and disease,
and yet is  itself perfectly harmless.   No  one can take
enough  of it into  the system to do any harm.   It makes
unnecessary the keeping in the  house of deadly drugs
so often taken by mistake and with fatal  results, and is
itself  an antidote for  all  poisons.   It is  better than
witch-hazel for outward application;  better than mus-
tard in  most cases where blisters have been used ; better
than plasters in cases where such have been applied.  It
works directly upon four of the great organs of the body,
the stomach, liver, kidneys and skin, or epidermis.   It is
the most wonderful  blood purifier ever  discovered be-
cause it does work  on these organs.  Mildly, but cer-
tainly   it  does its  work   without  causing  any  pain,
weakness  or evil results  of any kind.
  The  more it is used  and the  better  it  is understood
the greater becomes the faith of its friends, whose num-
bers are rapidly increasing.
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   General  Directions and  Hints  for  Use of
                Ypsilanti  Specific.

  The action  of Ypsilanti Specific is so  certain, so in-
variable  and  so  powerful  and seems to  be so  little
influenced  by the  individual  constitution, that is to say
it affects all  so  nearly in the same manner, that there
will seem to be a sort of sameness in  the treament of
various  troubles with it.  It must be borne in mind
that  the CAUSES of disease  are  few  and simple,  and
Ypsilanti Specific  acts   upon  those causes,  not upon
the  SYMPTOMS of  disease  which  are  many and often
complex.
  For instance, disordered kidneys may cause rheuma-
tism   or  rheumatic gout, dropsy,  eczema, gravel,  and
other SYMPTOMS in the same person.
  The CAUSE of all  is disordered kidneys.   Ypsilanti
Specific sets the kidneys right, excites  them to healthy
action and  restores  them  to  normal  vigor.   Nature
does  the rest.  That is  to  say  Nature  carries away
the  acids, lime and  other poisonous and foreign  mat-
ters that cause the  various symptoms of disease.
  The old  way was to doctor the  symptoms.   For the
eczema  salves and powders;   for  the  gravel the   sur-
geon's knife and  instruments;  for   the  rheumatism
lotions of  various  kinds, and opium  or  morphine to
deaden  the pain.   And all the time  the CAUSE  went
on working the ruin of  the  anguished  body; suffering
often almost as much from the  treatment given as  from
the disease.
  The new way is to doctor the cause and  remove it.
Then the symptoms  all disappear.
  Often  it  will be seen that the SYMPTOMS  grow worse
when the Specific is first used.   That is  because the
medicine is aiding Nature  to throw off the symptoms.
It is  a good sign, not a bad one.
  It  is useless to take most medicines with the Specific, 
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It destroys all poisons, and all medicines of a poisonous
nature, as most drugs are, only take the  strength from
the Specific which would  otherwise be expended on the
cause of the disease.
  There are  many  herbs that  can  be used with the
Specific to advantage.   It is of such  that the Ypsilanti
Kidney Cure  is  made.   But such  drugs as  opium,
morphine,  aconite, arsenic, etc.,  and  the acids  only
retard the action  of the Specific which in turn  destroys
the effect of any of those drugs when the two are used
together.
  Ypsilanti  Specific destroys  poisons.   It overcomes
almost all forms of pain and suffering. It cures all sores
and acts upon the bowels, kidneys and  liver in a most
salutary manner.   Its action is always mild.  It cannot
injure the most delicate system unless used to excess
and persistently,  which is almost  out of the  question.
It is not necessary to diet while using it, any more than
is always necessary for health.  The appetite if normal
is the best guide as to what to eat.   Tonics such as wine,
malt extracts, etc., may  be taken  with  it during con-
valescence with excellent  results.
  In  fact  it  will  be  found  that  for  most  diseases
and  in  all  ordinary requirements  of the  " household
medicine chest" Ypsilanti Specific is Nature's own true
remedy.
  We make no claims  for which  we have not a true
foundation  in  the cures it has performed.  It will not
restore the dead to life, nor does it perform miracles as
some  have  claimed.  It does cure  diseases for which
the medical profession knows no remedy, and by so
simple a method as the removal of the cause.
  For convenience this work is divided into  chapters
and each chapter is arranged  in alphabetical  order, by
common names of diseases or subjects.   This makes an
elaborate index unnecessary.  The chapters are:  First,
Accidents ;  Second, Diseases of Adults ; Third, Diseases
of Children;  Fourth,  Private  Diseases  of  Men and 
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Women;  Fifth, Domestic  Hygiene  and  the Care  of
the Body.
   Scientific  names and terms  are  avoided as far  as
possible, and  plain, simple language  used.  We  only
hope the good the work will do shall justify the trouble
and expense of it, and that  our friends will aid us in
spreading the good news by telling their friends and
neighbors about Nature's  Cure.  We  give  treatment
with Ypsilanti Specific for  most disorders, and in many
cases we also give hints for other treatment, and in some
instances the ordinary Homeopathic remedies are also
indicated.
   As  this is not intended  to be an elaborate  medical
work we only indicate the remedies, as the space at our
disposal does not permit an indication how  to  use the
remedies indicated.  Most Homeopathic  remedies are
now sold by druggists  with proper directions for  their
use, and  in the  absence of  a  physician  such  directions
may be followed.
Abscess. —  Indications.  Throbbing of the  arteries
       near  the part affected,  general redness and swel-
       ling of the surface, followed by the formation of
       a  head or point.  An  abscess  is a gathering of
       pus beneath  the surface, and sometimes  they lie
       very  deep and  near the  bone,  sometimes  they
       occur through an injury to the bone.
         Treatment.   Use  a  compress of Ypsilanti
       Specific  over the part  affected, bathe the  part of
       the body near the location of the gathering at
       least  twice a day with  the Specific warm.  Drink
       three  to five tumblerfuls per day.  If the gather-
       ing does not disappear but " heads," or shows a
       head  or  point, have  it  carefully  lanced,  after
       which continue the treatment.
         Another Treatment without Ypsilanti  Spe-
       cific   After  the head  is  fully formed lance  it
       carefully and let out  the pus, follow this  with
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       gone, then  apply bandages.   Diet carefully and
       give some strengthening tonic.
         Homeopathic.  Treat with  Calcarea  if any
       scrofulous symptoms.   If in arms or hands use
       Pulsatilla and Nux.   If on face use Bryonia and
       Calcarea.  If in bone  use Silecia.  Lance as soon
       as  " ripe" and  wash  with  Calendula Tincture.
       Diet carefully;  avoid alcoholic drinks.
Ague -Fever and Ague.—Symptoms.  The first symp-
       tom is a sense of coldness with extreme langour,
       paleness, skin covered with "goose flesh," shak-
       ing and chattering of the teeth.  These symptoms
       pass by  and a hot stage comes on ; this stage  is
       marked  by high fever, and is usualy followed by
       a sweating period which ends the attack.  These
       periods follow one another at longer or shorter
       but generally regular intervals, and  may occur
       every day, every other  day, or every third day.
       The cause is malarial  poison  from low,  swampy,
       or new land.
         TREATMENT.   Ypsilanti Specific destroys the
       poison and is the best known  remedy.  Drink it
       freely, three to five  glasses per day.  Use  no
       other medicine while using the Specific.
         Another Treatment.  Give a physic.  Then
       in the cold  stage give  hot drinks  and  hot foot
       baths.  In the hot stage give cooling drinks, with
       quinine in six  grain doses every half hour, and
       in the intermission between the attacks quinine
       in three  grain doses every three hours.  Continue
       for about two weeks after the attacks  cease.
Apoplexy. — A dangerous and often fatal disease caused
       by a rush of blood to the head, causing a burst-
       ing or rupture or some  one or more of the blood
       vessels of the brain.  Sometimes  one side only
       is affected,  sometimes  both.  Sometimes death
       is almost immediate,  and again there is a com-
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    Symptoms.   A sense of fulness and pressure,
  with severe headache, and sometimes nose bleed,
  sometimes  the  eyes are  affected and  the  sight
  becomes imperfect.   The symptoms  mentioned
  should be  carefully heeded, and complete  quiet
  should be secured as  quickly as possible.  Avoid
  the sun, eat sparingly, and if of  very full habit it
  is best to bleed the  patient slightly.
    Treatment.  Apply Ypsilanti Specific to the
  head by means of a cool compress with white
  flannel.  Give  a  tumblerful  and  repeat in an
  hour, to move the  bowels;  continue to  give
  three to five glasses  per day,  according to age
  and  strength of patient.  Continue the compress
  until the pain is gone and all feeling of fulness in
  the  blood  vessels of  the head  and neck  have
  ceased; then take  off the compress, bathe the
  neck and head twice or  three times daily with
  the Specific for a few days, and continue to  give
  the  Specific  internally  until  the  recovery  is
  complete.
    Another Treatment.  Apply cold water or
  ice to the head and neck  and mustard  draughts
  to the soles of the feet. Give two drops of croton
  oil in sugar, and administer a purgative injection
  until the bowels are  thoroughly moved; follow
  with restorative tonics.
    Homeopathic Treatment.  For first symp-
  toms, Aconite; if dull headache follows, Bella-
  dona;  if prostration with vertigo, Nux Vomica.
  Arnica may also be  given  both internally and
  externally.
ma. — Symptoms.  Difficult breathing, a sense of
  fulness across the chest, with close, tight feeling,
  as  if the lungs were  bound with  cords.   The
  sufferer generally has  to  sit or  stand during the
  attacks to avoid suffocation, and there is a  great
  desire for fresh  air. 
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         Treatment.  This disease being an affection
       of the  lungs  and air cells,  caused by nervous
       disorder in the nerves governing these organs,
       may  be  treated with  Ypsilanti  Specific.  An
       atomizer is a great aid, and the Specific can be
       reduced to a fine spray and  inhaled ;  also taken
       internally to regulate the nerve forces.
         Another Treatment.   Compound Infusion
       of Sarsaparilla one  pint, Iodide of  Potassium
       one-half ounce ; mix, and take a teaspoonful  four
       times per day.  With this take  Ypsilanti Specific
       as an inhalant.
Baldness. —If resulting from  disease bathe the head
       twice each day with Ypsilanti  Specific.  It  will
       generally effect a complete  cure.   It is  at all
       times an  excellent wash  both  for  the skin  and
       scalp.  Better still,  procure a supply of  our
       Barber's Lotion.  This preparation is a combina-
       tion of certain herbs with Ypsilanti  Specific, the
       infusion being made without the use of alcohol.
       It  is  a remarkable  hair  restorer as  well as
       a  perfect  wash  for the  face, especially after
       shaving.
Barber's Itch. — Treat with Ypsilanti Barber's Lotion,
       by using as a wash after  shaving  and  in  the
       evening daily.  If this preparation is not at hand
       use Ypsilanti Specific  freely.   It will cure  any
       case  if used freely  and persistently as a  wash.
       The only other treatment is to let the beard grow,
       and  wash the beard with  a  weak  solution  of
       oxalic acid.
Biliousness. — Symptoms  are  a  coated  tongue  and
       generally headache and yellowish skin and some-
       times vomiting of yellowish  or greenish fluid.
         Treatment.   On  first  indications, a large
       tumblerful of Ypsilanti Specific cool  will  almost
       always relieve completely.   If symptoms  do not
       wholly disappear repeat  the   glass  of Specific 
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       before each meal during the day, and  drink  a
       glass just before retiring.
Bilious Colic. — Symptoms.   Pain of  a griping and
       severe nature  in  the belly,  often  fluctuating.
       Sometimes  the abdomen is  relaxed, again it is
       extended with much bloating, accompanied with
       thirst and fever.  In this disease  the  costiveness
       is always severe and must be removed.
         Treatment.   Drink Ypsilanti  Specific  freely
       and frequently, and use an  anal  injection of the
       Specific  as  hot as the  hand  will bear;  inject
       about a pint.   Use a compress across  the  abdo-
       men covering the entire  belly,  use white flannel
       and have the Specific hot for the  compress.
         The sufferer should continue to drink a glass
       three times daily for at least  a  week after the
       attack is overcome, to remove  the cause, and  it
       is better to continue with a glass  or two  daily for
       a week or two more.
Bladder, Inflammation of.—See under Inflammation.
Bleeding of the Nose.—This is  often  a  troublesome
       and sometimes dangerous affliction.   The  writer
       has found no remedy so quick and effectual as a
       small coin, cent,  dime, or  nickel, placed  in the
       middle of the roof of the mouth and sucked tight;
       this is done by pressing the tongue firmly against
       the coin and sucking, at the same time removing
       the tongue.  It can be done after a trial or two.
       I have never seen a case it will not arrest at once.
Boils. — Painful and  annoying eruptions of the  skin,
       generally appearing as a local  inflammation, red
       and  very tender  to the  touch.   They gradually
       increase in size to that of an acorn, and if allowed
       to run their course they form a core, which comes
       away when  "ripe,"  leaving  a cavity  which
       gradually heals.  Sometimes and  in some systems
       they are recurrent, then  becoming very painful
       and annoying, though seldom  dangerous. 
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         Treatment.  There is no  medicine so good
       for this  trouble as Ypsilanti  Specific as it  not
       only relieves the distress but prevents recurrence.
       Apply a compress of flannel or clean washed
       wool  wet in the Specific.   Drink three  glasses
       daily before meals  until symptoms disappear.
       If commenced in  time this  treatment will often
       "scatter" the boil and prevent heading.  Boils
       are an indication of impure blood;  the  Specific
       corrects  the blood and removes the cause.
         Another Treatment.  Poultice with bread
       and milk, or flaxseed, and give a tonic  of iron,
       quinine,  etc.
         Homeopathic Treatment. Poultice as above,
       give Hepar. Sulph., four globules twice daily.
Bone,  Decay of. — See Necrosis.
Bowels,  Inflammation of. — See  Inflammation.
Bowels,  Looseness  of. — Chronic   Diarrhoea.   See
       Diarrhoea.
Brain  Fever. — This  is  an  acute  inflammation of  the
       brain and is usually  very  rapid  in   running its
       course and requires rapid treatment.
         Symptoms are intense  pain in the head, gener-
       ally all over the head, with  tight or drawn feel-
       ing over the forehead.   Throbbing  of temporal
       arteries, inability to sleep, great aversion to strong
       light or loud noises, a parched, dry  skin, coated
       tongue,  thirst,  nausea,  and  vomiting.   These
       symptoms are sometimes followed by a condition
       of unconsciousness, with twitching of the muscles,
       mutterings and groanings  and often complete
       coma or partial paralysis.  This disease some-
       times develops a fatal stage in twenty-four hours ;
       again it runs two or three weeks.
         Treatment.   Move  the  bowels  by giving
       Ypsilanti Specific  in cathartic  quantities.  If this
       does not operate at once use  the hot injection,
       and  give croton oil  in  two  drop doses every 
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       twenty minutes for an hour, or  until  the bowels
       move.  Apply the Specific  to  the entire head,
       except the face, as cold as ice will make it, and
       to  the  feet apply a  hot compress;  renew  both
       cold and  hot  compresses every hour  or oftener
       until the symptoms show a favorable  turn.
         In  Brain Fever  this  treatment  is  most  im-
       portant.  There is no other so  good.  In some
       cases  the  cold  compress on the head  may be
       modified after the first application and  applied
       cool, but it is  generally well to have the  Specific
       ice cold for six to ten hours.
Brain  Tumors. — See Tumors.
Bright's Disease.— This is a  very common  ailment
       among adults, and especially those whose habits
       are sedentary and who take little regular exercise.
       Yet there are  many cases among laboring men.
       The nature of the disease was first discovered in
       1837  by Dr. Bright, an English physician, from
       whom  the disease is named.    It is one  of the so-
       called incurable diseases, and  physicians  seldom
       treat it  with marked success.  We  consider  the
       cure of this disease one of  the  most  wonderful
       manifestations of the power of  Ypsilanti Specific,
       and there are  numerous well authenticated cases'
       of cures by the use of the Specific alone.   After
       fourteen years of constant  study and trial  we
       have perfected the Ypsilanti Kidney Cure, which
       has been  made especially for the treatment  of
       Bright's disease, but is found  to be a  wonderful
       blood  purifier and  useful in  the treatment  of
       many other ills, especially those resulting from
      disordered kidneys or liver.   The Kidney Cure
      will be frequently referred to in the course of this
      work and is explained here because the study of
      Bright s disease led to its discovery
        The   symptoms  of Bright's disease are  the
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decrease or absence of urea or uric acid.   The
albumen, a necessary element to the blood, is
secreted and  taken  away by the kidneys,  while
the urea, a poisonous  element, and one which
the kidneys alone can remove, is  not secreted
but is left in  the blood to  poison the  system.
There are frequently casts of albumen  and  blood
in the  urine  and  sometimes  a "brick  dust"
deposit of  a reddish  or brownish tinge.   Often
there is severe pain in the back over the kidneys
and a desire to make water  frequently.
  Treatment.   The only treatment we recom-
mend for this  disease is the  Ypsilanti Treatment,
and we believe this the only known  cure.  Drink
Ypsilanti Specific freely, and at least a glass  on
arising in the  morning and on  retiring at night.
  Take Ypsilanti Kidney Cure  three times  daily,
about  fifteen  minutes  before  each  meal, two
tablespoonfuls at a time.  If there is any pain,
or the disease  is severe, wear a compress wet in
the Specific day and night over  the kidneys,
change  the compress  every twelve  hours and
use clean  white flannel  for  the wet cloth each
time.
  It is  not necessary to diet  while  using this
treatment,  but alcoholic beverages should not be
used, or if  used at all in the  greatest moderation.
  TESTS.  To  test the urine for albumen, heat to
boiling  in  a test tube  over a  spirit  lamp.  If
albumen is present  there will  be  a   cloudy or
white appearance.  The specific gravity is gener-
ally above  the normal, that  is  lighter  in weight
than healthy urine.
  Patience and perseverance are necessary ; keep
at the treatment indicated until a cure is effected,
for a cure  is certain.  The worst cases  in the  last
stages have been cured.   If there is a craving
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      Nature knows what you need ;  do not refuse her
      call.
Bronchitis. — Inflammation of the Bronchial  Tubes.
      Symptoms.   Generally chills, followed by fever;
      a harsh, rasping or croupy  cough, watery eyes,
      hoarseness, difficult breathing, with some inclina-
      tion to cough up  thick ropy mucous.   There is
      often  pain in  chest  and head, and  a wheezy
      sound when breathing in.
         Treatment.  Apply  the flannel  compress
      warm over the chest.  Cover warmly in  woolen
      blankets.  Have  the  room  warm and the air
      moist.  Give Ypsilanti Specific in regular tumbler-
      fuls every four hours, and if  the atomizer can be
      had apply the Specific direct to the lungs three
      times daily in form of spray.  Be  very  careful
      not to expose any part  of the body to draughts
      or cold.  Mild cases can usually be cured in  a
      single night.   Severe cases  may require  careful
      treatment for several days.
         Another  Treatment.   For mild cases, hot
      lemonade on retiring,  after bathing the  feet in
      mustard water hot as can be borne.   Hot water
      bag or  warm cloths at the feet  and plenty of
      woolen  blankets  to  induce  a  good sweat.  A
      mild  physic   should  also   be  taken  and  the
      blankets gradually  reduced to two  after  the
      sweat.
         Homoepatiiic Treatment.  Aconite or bry-
      onia for the fever.  Follow with Belladonna and
      then Phosphorus.   Give  flaxseed tea for drink
      and a diet of toast and dropped  eggs, or  milk
      toast.
Bunion.—A swelling on the foot  generally located at
      the upper  joint  of the  great  toe;  often  very
      painful.
         Treatment.  Reduce the inflammation  by a
      compress wet in Ypsilanti Specific.   Remove all 
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       pressure by wearing a very loose boot or cutting
       the  side  out  of an  old  one  and wearing that
       until the bunion is cured.
Calculus. — Calculus is a small stone or pebble usually
       found in the bladder or kidneys, but sometimes
       in  the  gall bladder.  The former  are called
       stone in the bladder.  The latter  gall stones  or
       bilary calculi.   We will take them  up in order.
Bilary Calculi  or  Gall  Stones.—These  are accre-
       tions of bile in the form of stones, varying in size
       from that of  a pin  head to that of an acorn.
       They are  formed by a process of accretion  or
       crystalization about a nucleus  or center.  They
       often cause great  suffering when  passing from
       the gall bladder to the bowels.
         Treatment.   Drink three or four glasses  of
       Ypsilanti   Specific daily,  and  take  a  dessert-
       spoonful of sweet oil with or before each glass.
       Get the best olive oil  for this  purpose.   No
       other treatment is given  as there is none so sure
       and rapid in producing a cure.
Stone in the  Bladder or Urinary Calculus.—These
       painful  and dangerous formations often  exist in
       otherwise  healthy persons.  They are of several
       forms and of various chemical constituents.  The
       more common  forms are Uric Acid Calculus,
       Urate of Ammonia Calculus, Phosphate  of Lime
       Calculus and Oxalate of Lime Calculus.  These
       formations are hard  and pebble  like, or some-
       times chalky.   They  vary in  size  from  mere
       grains  to  the size of a walnut or even larger,
       and are generally found to be formed in layers
       or rings of the lime or uric acid about a center.
       The symptoms commonly observed are frequent
       desire to  urinate  with dull pain in the  urethra;
       sometimes  a  sudden stopping of the  flow of
       urine  and  increased  pain in  and  about  the
       bladder while or after urinating. 
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   It  is not  necessary to  treat separately or at
 length of these various forms of the Urinary Cal-
 culus, as Ypsilanti Specific dissolves all of them.
 This water contains Lithia  in well marked quan-
 tity, and other solvent elements and  acts quickly
 and thoroughly.   A  surgical  operation  is  not
 necessary, but in severe cases the water can  be
 injected into the bladder  through  the  urethra,
 and so  reach the  affected and  inflamed parts
 immediately.  When   an   injection  is  used  it
 should be blood warm; that is, neither  hot nor
 cold.  The  usual  quantity should be  taken for
 this trouble, that is, three to four glasses  daily.
r. — For the first time in  the history  of man a
 cure  has been  found  for  this  terribly frequent
 and  fatal  disease.  Heretofore  the only hope
 held out to  a sufferer with Cancer was the uncer-
 tain effect of the surgeon's  knife.   And the cases
 are very rare where a  cure  has ever been effected
 if the first  operation  proved unsuccessful.  The
 knife has frequently  terminated  the trouble at
 the  first  application,  when  used  in  the early
 stages  of the disease,  but the  operation is  so
 painful, so  dangerous and withal so uncertain,
 that  it has  done  little to diminish the awful
 mortality from this disease.
   Cancers  are  of two  recognized  and  well
 marked species — the  Scirrhus and Ulcerous.
   Scirrhus  Cancer is deep-seated.    Generally
 located in the fleshy  tissues of the neck,  breast
 or back.
   Ulcerous Cancer is  an open flowing sore, giv-
 ing forth a foetid discharge.  It is usually found
 in the face or breast.
   Again, cancers  are  distinguished as  of three
 forms, Carcenoma, Sarcoma  and Epithelioma.
 The last is  usually called  Rose  Cancer.  They
 are very similar in nature  and  effect, the micro- 
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        scope being  required  to  distinguish  between
        them.
          The medical virtues of the waters of the well
        from  which Ypsilanti  Specific  is  procured, were
        first discovered through  a  remarkable cure  of
        cancer in the case of John J.  Kimbel, a laborer
        at the paper mill near which the well was bored.
       This cure was followed by many others, some  of
       which have been published  from  time  to  time,
       and fourteen years of constant trial have never
       developed a case that the water could  not cure
       if  used  faithfully.   The  record  of  Ypsilanti
       Specific in this dread  disease is most wonderful,
       and the treatment used is the  same for all the
       forms  of cancer and for the  similar  growths
       known as tumors.  It is pleasant, easy,  painless
       and simple.   One marked feature of the Ypsi-
       lanti treatment  for these  diseases is the  entire
       absence of pain during  the  treatment.   Pain
       ceases in from one to three days  after the treat-
       ment  is begun  and  never  returns during the
       treatment.
         We would  say further,  while  on this subject
       generally, that  cancer usually appears  in adults
       and generally from the age  of thirty to the age
       of forty-five.    It is  more frequently  found  in
       women than in  men, and sometimes results from
       an injury, from a severe nervous  shock, from
       the use of a pipe or  excessive  use of  tobacco,
       and from menstrual  difficulties during change  of
       life in women.   In giving  rules for treatment we
       shall not distinguish between the forms of cancer,
       but will treat  of them  according to   location,
       that is external and  internal;  also  open and
       flowing or  scirrhus cancers, and  first  of  open
       surface cancer.
Open or Flowing Cancer. — Treatment.  Drink Ypsi-
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 daily after  the  first week or two.  It is well  to
 begin with about three glasses  daily.  If this
 quantity of the  Specific is  too  much  for the
 stomach, substitute  Ypsilanti  Kidney Cure  in
 doses of two tablespoonfuls at a time, four times
 daily.   This is to purify the blood and open the
 system.
   To treat  the  sore or  sores locally proceed  as
 follows: Procure a supply of soft white flannel,
 and  if there is  any cavity, a  small bulb  syringe
 and some washed wool.  Do not  use lint, cotton
 or antiseptic cotton ; use wool only.   Dress the
 sore two or three times daily, using  clean wool
 and flarmel at each dressing for the wet compress.
   To dress the sore use the syringe, and wash
 it  out thoroughly with  the  Specific, heated  to
 about blood heat, or  luke warm.  The Specific
 can  be  heated  by placing a quantity in a porce-
 lain  cup or bowl, and  placing  this  in a basin  of
 hot water.  Do  not use metal for the  Specific.
 Wet enough of the wool in the warm  Specific  to
 fill the cavity and pack it loosely.   Covering this
 with a double flannel, wet in the Specific, and the
 whole  with a dry wrapping or jacket of flannel.
 This dry wrapping need not be  changed more
 than twice  a week, when it should be washed and
 aired, and can be used again.
   This  wool can be omitted if  there is no cavity
 and the sore can then be washed  with a piece  of
 flannel, instead  of the syringe.
    In using the  above treatment, the symptoms,
 except  the pain are liable to be worse for a week
 or two,  and the  skin may break out  in boils  or
 eruptions.  This  is right and  as it  should be.
 Nature is  ejecting the  poison  from the system.
 Do not give up, for relief is near and certain.
hus  Cancer or  Deep  Cancer.—Treatment.
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       the preceding,  by drinking the water or taking
       the Kidney Cure or both; and wearing the flan-
       nel compress over the part  affected.  The only
       change  is that  instead of the washing  at  each
       dressing, the whole body should be sponged over
       with Ypsilanti Specific twice a week, and allowed
       to  dry in.
Internal  Cancer. — Cancer  of the Stomach, Cancer of
       the Womb, Cancer of  the Bowels, etc.
         Treatment.    Drink  Ypsilanti  Specific  as
       freely as  possible, from one  quart  to one gallon
       daily, according to the ability  of  the  system to
       receive  it.   Bathe  the   body  twice  or  three
       times a week with the Specific using  sponge or
       soft cloth, but not a towel, and allow it to dry in.
       Be  very  careful about  exposing  the body to
       draughts, cold  rooms, or in any way that  may
       result in colds,  as the  Specific  opens the system,
       and especially the pores of the skin. Let the diet
       be  plain and wholesome,  avoiding alcohol in all
       forms;  also ices, pastry or rich food of any sort.
       A plain diet is best in these cases.  A cure should
       be  effected in from six weeks to three  months.
         There is no other treatment  for Cancer known
       to  science.
Canker.—This troublesome  disorder usually  appears
       about  the tongue or lips.   It is often called cold
       sore, and  is really a  symptom of a disordered
       stomach.  It often assumes  a  malignant nature
       being accompanied with inflammation  and  much
       soreness and very tender to the touch.  So much
       so  that  it is sometimes very painful to eat  solid
       food.
        TREATMENT.   Drink two or three  glasses of
       Ypsilanti Specific per  day, for a few days to  cor-
       rect the  stomach.  Wash the mouth with the
       Specific,  holding a mouthful  for a  couple of
       minutes and then spitting it out. 
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         An easy way to remove simple cold sores is
       by the use of burned alum.  Touch the sore with
       a little of the burned  alum on the finger, or the
       end of a knife blade;  let  it remain as long  as
       possible and repeat in about an hour.  From one
       to three applications usually are sufficient.
Carbuncle. — This is like a boil in its nature,  but much
       larger and more painful, often causing  an inflam-
       mation as large as a saucer.  Usually it is located
       on the neck or back.
         Treat same as  boils, by drinking  Ypsilanti
       Specific to purify  the blood, and applying  the
       wet cold compress.
Catarrh. — People in this latitude seem peculiarly liable
       to this very  prevalent and distressing malady.
       It is  usually called  Nasal  Catarrh, because
       located generally in the  delicate mucous  mem-
       branes lining  the nasal passages.  All the mucous
       membranes are subject to it, and catarrh  in the
       bronchial tubes,  stomach, bowels and bladder,
       are not infrequent.
         The writer has  obtained great relief from a
       chronic case of thirty years' standing by the use
       of Ypsilanti  Specific alone,  and  many  people
       have reported cures and relief by the use  of this
       simple remedy.
         Treatment.   Drink two  glasses of Ypsilanti
       Specific daily ; on arising in the morning and be-
       fore retiring at night.
         Use a douche, either in form  of spray,  or by
       snuffing the water  into the nose.  If a spray is
       desired procure at  the druggists a good atomizer
       of rubber and glass.   Use no metal about Ypsil-
       anti Specific.  If it is desirable to use by snuffing,
       procure a small glass, as a whiskey glass or small
       medicine glass, or a small  tea  cup of  china will
       do.   Fill this with the Specific and apply to each
       nostril in turn, holding the other and snuffing in 
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       smartly.   The liquid will flow out  at the mouth
       and nostrils.  Repeat two  or three times twice
       each day.  Have the Specific luke  warm for the
       douche.  It gives a wonderful relief, and many a
       night of unbroken sleep.
         For Catarrh in the Bronchial Tubes use an in-
       haler and reduce the Specific to  a spray inhaling
       it twice  per day.
         In Catarrh of the Stomach, Bowels or Bladder,
       drink the  Specific  freely,  that  is,  three to six
       glasses daily until cured.
Chilblains.—Soreness of the hands or feet following frost
       bite, often accompanied by redness or blueness of
       skin, itching and burning, tingling sensation.
         Treatment.   This difficulty can generally be
       relieved by the wet compress. Use white flannel
       and  wet  in Ypsilanti Specific, wrap  the  afflicted
       member in the compress over night.  Repeat for
       a few nights if  symptoms do not disappear on
       first  application.
Cholera, Asiatic.—This dread disease is usually epi-
    -   demic in its attacks.   Symptoms.   Slight  diarr-
       hoea, pain  in the bowels, with  rumbling,  pain in
       the  loins  and  knees,  and  twitching  of  the
       muscles.   This  stage may last from a few hours
       to  three days,  and  is  followed  by the  second
       stage.  The symptoms are vomiting and severe
       diarrhoea,  passing  of a whitish fluid  like rice
       grains in water.  Severe and painful cramping in
       the legs,  also in the belly and bowels. The pulse
       becomes feeble,  the breathing hurried with pain
       about the heart,  great thirst and an entire cessa-
       tion  of the flow of  urine.  The "rice  grains"
       mentioned  are the serum or watery portion of the
       blood,  and the  loss of this leads  to  the  third
       stage, or stage of collapse, from which  recovery
       seldom is possible.
         This disease should be treated energetically in 
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       its first stages.   A healthy system  and  pure
       blood is almost a certain preventative,  and those
       who  systematically use  the Ypsilanti  Specific
       need have no fear of an attack of this disease.
         The " Sun Cholera Mixture " is one of the best
       and most generally used remedies.
Cholera Morbus. — Begins with severe pains in stomach
       and bowels, and then severe  vomiting  and purg-
       ing until the stomach and bowels are empty.  It
       is usually impossible for  the stomach  to  retain
       drink, although there is great thirst.
         Treatment.  The homeopathic treatment has
       been found good in many cases.   Four globules
       of nux vomica every fifteen minutes until vomit-
       ing ceases, then arsenicum  or  veratrum album
       in four globule doses every half hour.
         The Sun  Cholera Mixture  mentioned  above
       has also been used with good effect.
Colic,  Bilious. — This  is  a  dangerous disease, fortu-
       nately  rare.   Symptoms.  Severe griping pain
       in the belly, coming and going.   Sometimes the
       abdomen is  drawn  in,  then  again it  is swelled
       out.   There is thirst and  fever and vomiting of
       bile.  In severe cases the action of the bowels is
       sometimes reversed and the  stools are forced  up
       through the mouth.  There  is severe costiveness
       which is one of  the causes  of the disease, and
       the liver is torpid.
         Treatment.  Give a  tablespoonful of sweet
       oil in a  glass  of Ypsilanti Specific every hour.
       Use a hot injection of the Specific to move the
       bowels more quickly, and bind  a warm bandage
       of flannel, wet in  the  Specific, over the entire
       abdomen.   This   treatment  will  usually  give
       relief in a short time.
Colic,  Painters'. — A  distressing  malady   prevalent
       among painters  mostly,  and caused  by poison-
       ing with lead. 
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          The treatment is very simple.   Two to four
       glasses  of  Ypsilanti Specific  daily  until  cured,
       generally .about ten days to two weeks.  Then a
       glass every day or two to prevent any recur-
       rence of the  disease.   Every  painter should
       drink a  glass of this water every  day.   It will
       keep him in excellent condition and free from
       lead poisoning.
Cold in  the Head, Influenza.— In  mild  cases  it is
       usually well to  give a foot bath at  night, just
       before retiring.   For this use Ypsilanti Specific
       hot, or  hot water  with  mustard in it, a table-
       spoonful of  ground mustard to a quart of water.
       Give a hot lemonade or a generous hot whiskey
       with lemon and wrap up well in woolen blankets.
       The sweat that follows will  usually reduce the
       cold.  Give  a glass of Ypsilanti Specific to  move
       the bowels.   In severe cases give  a vapor bath,
       using Ypsilanti   Specific  instead of  plain water,
       over the  alcohol lamp, and give copious draughts
       of the Specific  hot.  Let  the  patient remain  in
       doors in  severe  cases until the attack is subdued.
         To give a vapor  bath.   Have a small alcohol
       stove  or oil  stove  and an open pan.   Put the
       stove on  the floor with  the Specific in the  pan,
       and when it boils set a cane  seat chair over  it.
       Let the patient  sit on this chair, taking care  to
       protect  the  clothing, if  any is  worn, from the
       flame.  Wrap a woolen blanket around the chair,
       lamp and patient.
Constipation,   Costiveness. — A  condition  of the
       bowels  in  which their  excrement is  retained
       instead  of being  passed  naturally,  and  when
       evacuated the  excrement  or stool  is  usually
       scanty and in the form of hard lumps and its
       evacuation is generally  accompanied by  much
       effort, straining, and sometimes paio.  Costive-
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 piles or hemorrhoids,  and at  times  to feverish
 symptoms  and  headache.  There is  often  a
 gradual cessation of the desire to evacuate the
 bowels, and this indicates a dangerous condition.
 In health the bowels should move freely at least
 once a  day.   It  is generally best to have this
 movement  at  a certain  hour  in  the morning.
 The habit becomes a fixed one and  does much
 to retain regularity.
   Treatment.  Ypsilanti Specific is  one of the
 best remedies  ever discovered  for this disorder.
 A glass  in the  evening  before   retiring  and
 another on arising in the morning, persisted  in
 for a reasonable time, will effect a complete cure.
 In some cases a single glass in the morning  is
 sufficient, and again some stubborn and chronic
 cases require  more than  two glasses.   There  is
 no pain where this remedy is used.  It is mild,
 safe and pleasant, and dieting is  not necessary
 when this remedy is used.
   Another treatment is to  use only oatmeal  or
 rye flour bread, using no white bread, rolls  or
 cakes, and confining  the  diet to vegetables and
 fruit, at the same time using a  syringe and tak-
 ing an  injection of warm water into the bowels
 every morning.
   Medicines should  be used very  carefully and
 sparingly.   They usually complicate the disease
 and must be taken in ever increasing  quantities.
mption. — This disease  is  so prevalent and  its
 ravages so  frightful,  especially  in  the  New
 England States and  generally east of the Alle-
 ghany Mountains, that it might well form the
 basis of a separate treatise.
   The  space that can be  given in a work of this
 nature to such a subject  is scarcely sufficient to
 do it any  sort of justice.   The victims of con-
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Young men of brilliant minds and rare promise,
and maidens of the brightest intellect and highest
beauty seem  to  be the  favored  victims of the
dread destroyer known as consumption.
  The fact that the resorts most favored by suf-
ferers from this disease are but  resting places on
the path to  the grave, that those who can and
do procure the best talent in the medical profes-
sion  and  call every  resource  of  nature  and
science to their  aid,  perish  in the  search  for
relief, would  seem to prove  that the true remedy
for this awful destroyer is  yet  to be discovered.
Wc are not  yet  able  to  speak definitely of the
Ypsilanti treatment for this  disease as it is yet in
the experimental  stage.  We  have  found that
the bacillus tuberculosis cannot live  in Ypsilanti
Specific, and if it were possible to immerse the
lungs in  the  Specific  for a day,  or even a few
hours, they  would  come out with every living
microbe  destroyed.  This  is not  possible,  and
the effort  is  now  being made by  a series of
thorough  tests  to  produce  a  spray  for  local
application that will aid  the internal application
to cast off the disease.
  Consumption is often hereditary, or it  may be
the result of  constitutional causes  in the  patient.
It is a constitutional disease and there can be no
cure without  a general restoration of the  healthy
action of the organs  of  digestion and assimila-
tion.   The blood must be made  pure and  the
nerves steady.
  We already know of the great virtues of Ypsi-
lanti Specific as a blood purifier and nerve seda-
tive.  Also  as an  aid  to digestion  and proper
assimilation of food, and we  know that it is  de-
structive to the life of  the microbe which is con-
stantly forming  new   colonies in the helpless
lungs.  We  are  earnestly desirous of thorough 
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       and careful tests which require  time to complete,
       and when these are completed  the results will be
       given to our friends.   Until then we  can only
       say that all the signs  are favorable as far as
       experiments have gone, and we  may be able to
       place a triumph  over the dreaded tuberculosis,
       as a  glittering crown  on the  splendid victories
       Ypsilanti Specific has already won.
         The treatment we are now using with the best
       results, so  far as tried, is  to place the patient on
       a plain, healthy and abundant diet, with plenty
       of  exercise out of  doors  so far as possible.  A
       daily sponge bath  with Specific cool.   Two to
       three glasses daily according  to strength  and
       constitution of patient, and twice daily — middle
       of  forenoon and  middle  of afternoon — about
       two tablespoonfuls of Rock and Rye  made as
       follows :  To one gallon  of the best old  Rye or
       Bourbon whiskey procurable we add two pounds
       of  white rock candy melted to  a syrup in water.
       The object of giving this  mixture is to add car-
       bon to the blood, it being deficient in consump-
       tion.
         Three times daily  we  use  the atomizer, the
       glass mouth piece being  used  and the breathing
       in being through the  mouth with nostrils closed.
       The Specific alone  is used for the spray.  This
       is the entire treatment now in use and  indica-
       tions all point to a  cure in the  cases under treat-
       ment.  The tests were only begun a  few days
       before this was  written  and  cures are not yet
       possible.   The present management is not able
       to  learn of  any definite  attempts having been
       made in the past to apply the  Ypsilanti Specific
       treatment to consumption.
Cystitis. — See Inflammation of the Bladder.
Cramps. — Sudden and spasmodic contraction of the
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       or in the stomach.  The latter is most painful of
       all.   The  usual  treatment  is to straighten  out
       the limb in which the cramp occurs and rub the
       affected muscle  briskly.   This will usually give
       relief.  In  cases  of  cramp in  the stomach  or
       belly always apply a compress  quite  warm and
       give a glass of Ypsilanti Specific internally.
Deafness.—This is often one of the  symptoms  of
       catarrh  or cold  in  the  head,  or a  result  of
       measles or fever.   If so it can usually be relieved
       or  cured  completely  by the  removal of  the
       cause in curing the ailment causing  the deaf-
       ness.
         Ypsilanti Specific snuffed up  the nostrils and
       bound over the ears  in a woolen compress is an
       excellent  remedy and is recommended in  all
       such cases.   If the deafness is from wax in  the
       ears, use a drop  syringe  and  force the Specific
       into the ear.  first warming  it blood warm.   Let
       it remain a  moment,  then let  it  run out and
       repeat.  This will  soften  and  carry  away  the
       wax.
Decay of Bone, Necrosis. —  This  is often the result of
       injury to the  bones and  follows acute  inflamma-
       tion.  It is also present in deep ulcers, cancers,
       lupus and the like diseases.
         It is usually treated  as a surgical trouble, the
       bone being laid  bare and scraped.   This is  not
       necessary.  If there is any open  sore use  the
       bulb syringe  and wash  out twice daily  with Ypsi-
       lanti Specific, applying the  compress and giving
       Ypsilanti  Specific freely, at least  three  glasses
       daily.
Delirium Tremens.—It is  not difficult  as  a general
       thing to  distinguish this  malady.  It  is  also
       known as Drunkard's  Delirium  and results from
       excessive and prolonged  use of alcohol followed
       by a  brief abstinence.   The ordinary  symptoms 
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       are  extreme  nervousness,  profuse sweating, a
       wild, restless  feeling, inability to  sleep, and the
       patient often imagines he is pursued by enemies
       or vermin or reptiles.
         Treatment.  Cold compress  on the head, a
       hot or warm bath and a  glass of Ypsilanti Speci-
       fic every two  to three hours.
         Another treatment is to give morphine in one-
       fourth grain  doses,  or laudanum  in twenty drop
       doses every two hours until sleep  ensues.
Diabetes.—This is  another of  those so-called incurable
       diseases before  which  medical  science stands
       with hands helplessly  folded,  or  gropes blindly
       with  hands  outstretched  hoping  to   grasp  a
       chance rescue.   In diabetes  the  kidneys are
       abnormally active and secrete  a vast amount of
       urine, sometimes as  much as three or four gal-
       lons in a day of twenty-four hours.  The desire
       to urinate is almost constant and there is present
       in the  urine   a  quantity  of  sugar.  Thirst is
       usually another  symptom,  and a dry  parched
       skin.
        The best  test is to have the urine examined
       for sugar and tested by the  urinometer if dia-
       betes is suspected.   We have several well authen-
       ticated  cases   of  cures  of  diabetes by the use
       of Ypsilanti  Specific, and  several cases  have
       occurred where those who have been refused life
       insurance on  account of the presence of the
       symptoms of  this disease have used the Specific
       for a  time and then successfully applied for such
       insurance.   We never heard of a failure to effect
       a  cure when this remedy  was faithfully used.
       The Ypsilanti Kidney Cure is recommended to
       be used with the Specific in diabetes.
        Treatment.  Drink Ypsilanti  Specific.   All
       the system will stand.  It is not necessary to diet
       during  this  treatment, but  it is best to confine 
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      the diet to plain, wholesome food, avoiding all
      stimulants and confections.
         If the Ypsilanti  Kidney Cure is used the dose
      is two  tablespoonfuls  three  times  daily  about
      fifteen minutes  before  meals.  In this case use
      the Specific night and  morning.
         Wear a compress of flannel wet  in the Specific,
      over the  kidneys,  changing same twice every
      twenty-four hours.  Better night and morning.
         Write us about your case and treatment.  We
      wish to treat diabetes  patients personally  or by
      mail and to advise weekly concerning the treat-
      ment.
         There is no other known remedy.
Diarrhoea. — This is a frequent complaint, particularly
      in spring and summer.  The symptoms  are a
      rumbling noise in the bowels with  frequent desire
      to  evacuate,  sometimes  painful,  again without
      pain.  Usually the desire to empty the  bowels
      follows  directly  after using the seat.
         Treatment.   Drink  Ypsilanti  Specific  in
      usual quantity three times daily, but  after  meals
      instead  of before meals.  It will cure  either the
      acute or chronic form.  In some cases a com-
      press over the bowels and a  small wineglassful
      of blackberry cordial or brandy  will  be  found
      excellent.
Diphtheria.—This  is believed to be an  epidemic fever
      and physicians  give few instances of isolated or
      sporadic  cases.  Canker  sore throat is  often
      mistaken for  diphtheria.   Diseases of the  throat
      are  all  dangerous  and should be  attended to
      immediately.    If genuine diphtheria is discov-
      ered the patient should be isolated as thoroughly
      as possible.   The food should be very plain and
      such as milk  and meat broth, gruel and the like.
         On the first appearance of soreness or inflam-
      mation in the throat, use Ypsilanti Specific as a 
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       gargle.  Repeat every hour  and  give  a  small
       tumblerful every two hours.   This will generally
       effect a cure without other treatment.   Remem-
       ber  that  the  Specific  is both  an antiseptic and
       febrifuge,  the very qualities  required in a medi-
       cine for diphtheria.
Dropsy. — This  is not a disease, but a symptom.   The
       disease exists either in  the kidneys or heart, and
       must be removed to  secure  a permanent cure
       and cause the  dropsical symptoms to disappear.
       Ypsilanti  Specific in doses of a small tumblerful,
       or Ypsilanti Kidney Cure  in doses of two table-
       spoonfuls three times daily  will  give relief and
       effect  a cure  in  all cases where there are no
       more  serious  troubles.  Dropsy  is  often only
       one symptom of severe stages of serious kidney
       complaints.   When this is the case it  must be
       removed by curing the parent disease.
         Dropsy consists of a gathering of  watery fluid
       or serum  in the cavity of the belly or in the cells
       of  the body  beneath  the cuticle or  skin and
       among the muscular fibres.  It is easily recog-
       nized and  needs little description.
Dysentery — Bloody Flux. — This is an acute inflam-
       mation of  the mucous membrane lining the large
       intestine,  that is the colon and anus.  The symp-
       toms are costiveness and some fever, followed by
       griping pain in the bowels and a constant desire
       to empty the bowels.   The passages are  gener-
       ally  scanty  and  consist  largely of  blood or
       mucous.   There is  great tenesmus, that is invol-
       untary straining  to evacuate  the bowels.   The
       disease is  common  in  hot, dry climates,  and is
       often caused by unripe fruit, change  of  water or
       unwholesome food.
         Treatment.   The best treatment known for
       this disease is a hot injection  of Ypsilanti Spe-
       cific.  Use the family syringe and inject at least 
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       a pint and  as  much as possible into the anus.
       Have the Specific as warm as  the hand will bear
       and let the patient retain it  as long a^ possible.
       Every moment it  is retained  promotes a cure.
       After the injection put  the patient  in bed, give
       gruel or broth and a small glass of the Specific.
       Repeat the injection in  about eight hours.
         This will  be found  the best treatment  ever
       used for this disease.
Dyspepsia. — As  this work is  in  many  ways a total
       departure from the lines heretofore laid down for
       medical works of  a similar  nature — if indeed
       there have  been any of a similar  nature—we
       might  as well  follow  on  in the way  we have
       begun.   We do not desire or intend to pass any
       criticisms or  cast  any slurs upon  the  medical
       profession.   It is  often more  the  fault of the
       patient than of the physician that the medicines
       prescribed do not have the  desired effect.  Yet
       we are again bound to remark that for many dis-
       eases medical science  has  done but little and
       seems to promise no better for the future.
         Dyspepsia is one of the penalties men pay for
       being civilized, and in  this case, as in gout, the
       patient thinks  the  punishment too great  to  fit
       any crime.
         There is such a variety of symptoms and they
       appear  so differently in different victims that it is
       almost useless  to  try to give a  description that
       will justify any diagnosis a layman  could make.
       Some of the  symptoms,  such  as acidity of the
       stomach, belching of wind, distress  after eating,
       heartburn,  water  brash,  and  either  excessive
       costiveness  or  diarrhoea  are  present  in  most
       cases.
         We know of but one remedy, and that, so far
       as we have been able to observe is  an  infallible
       one.  That is Ypsilanti Specific.  A small tumbler- 
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       ful with each  meal, taken either a few  minutes
       before or a few minutes after the meal.   A short
       trial  will soon  determine which gives the best
       results;  to take it before or after meals.   Gener-
       ally if there is diarrhoea use after meals ; if there
       is costiveness use it before meals.   If you are a
       "victim " try it and see for yourself.
Earache. — The causes of earache are neuralgia, colds,
       gatherings  in the  ear, or  decayed teeth.   It is
       an exceedingly painful  ailment.   It is best in
       this trouble to use a drop syringe, if at hand and
       drop or force the Ypsilanti Specific into the ear.
       After this is done, put on the compress, and give
       a couple of glasses  an  hour apart to open the
       bowels.
         If  the trouble  is from decayed  teeth,  have
       them filled or removed.   If from neuralgia, it
       will be treated as part of that trouble, which see.
       If from ulcers in the ear, continue the compress,
       and drink the Specific freely to purify the  blood
       and remove the cause.
Eczema.—This is  one variety of a class of  skin dis-
       eases which  includes  tetter,  salt  rheum,  rose
       blush,  rupia,  crusted  tetter,  etc.  The regular
       treatment for all of this class of diseases is very
       much the same.  Light  diet,  a physic, and  an
       outward application of sulphur in some form.
         It  will be seen at a glance by any one familiar
       with  Ypsilanti  Specific that it is peculiarly fitted
       for overcoming all the forms of  this class of dis-
       eases.
         The treatment in all is about the same, so we
       will give the general directions here and refer to
       this treatment under the other heads.
         Treatment.   Bathe the affected parts freely,
       night  and  morning,  with  Ypsilanti   Specific.
       Cover such parts of the body as show the symp-
       toms of disease, with compress of white flannel 
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       wet in the Specific.  Use two thicknesses wet and
       two dry to cover the wet flannel and bind  it on.
       Change the wet flannel twice  daily, and always
       put on clean wet flannel.  Never use the same
       wet cloth  twice without washing.
         Drink Ypsilanti  Specific at  least three  times
       per day, a small tumblerful each time.
         This  treatment will  cure even the worst cases
       in a very  brief time.  It  has never been known
       to fail.
 Epilepsy —Falling Sickness.— In   this disorder,  or
       rather symptom, for it is usually if not always  a
       symptom  of some other disorder, the patient sud-
       denly  loses  consciousness.     Sometimes  the
       attack is  accompanied by a cry  or  noise, with
       foaming at the mouth, biting at the tongue, vio-
       lent contraction of muscles, and sometimes these
       are  entirely  absent and there is merely a fainting
       more  or less complete.
         If the cause is known  remove it and the faint-
       ing  symptom will disappear.   The cause is often
       only within knowledge of the patient, hence this
       advice.
         If the cause is a disorder of the  stomach, as it
       frequently is, Ypsilanti Specific twice  to  three
       times  daily will soon effect a cure,
Erysipelas. — Symptoms.  Chills with flashes  of heat
       and fever, pain in the back and legs, a redness
       of the skin,  generally on the face, accompanied
       by inflammation of the skin.
         Treat with the  woolen  compress wet in  the
       Specific,  and  by  giving the  regular quantity,
       three to four times daily.   Let  the diet be care-
       fully attended to in this case.   Milk, gruel, port
       wine, and  sago are the best articles of diet.
Falling Sickness. — See Epilepsy.
Fainting. — Let  the sufferer have  fresh air.  Do  not
       "crowd around" one  who has fainted,  but let 
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       those who are near by and know how apply the
       restoration.   Open the collar, sprinkle  a little
       cold water on the face, apply camphor or smell-
       ing salts to the nostrils, and rub a little camphor
       on the forehead.
         One subject to fainting spells should  tone  up
       the system with  Ypsilanti Kidney Cure,  taking
       the usual dose twice daily;  this with  cool baths
       will usually cure in a short time.
Felon. — This  is a deep  ulcer, usually  located  in the
       fingers or  thumb.   It  begins  with a  dull  throb-
       bing pain  which becomes worse as the inflamma-
       tion  increases.   If left to run  its  course the
       matter forms a channel to the surface and  breaks
       out, after which there is some relief.
         Treatment.   On the  first  appearance of the
       symptoms, or as soon  as the pain becomes pro-
       nounced enough to  determine the nature of the
       disorder,   place the hand in  a bowl containing
       Ypsilanti Specific,  quite  warm ;  place the bowl
       in hot water, and hold the hand there as long as
       it can be  borne comfortably.   It would  be well
       to keep the hand in the Specific at least twenty
       minutes.   Then put on the compress ; drink the
       Specific  freely, three to five glasses per day, and
       repeat the hot bath  and compress  every day,
       wearing the compress day and night.
         This treatment will often scatter a felon on first
       application, and it is seldom necessary to use the
       lancet.
Fever — Typhoid or Typhus. —This is the most com-
       mon of the low fevers in  this climate.  It is often
       epidemic  and again occurs  in isolated cases.  A
       frequent cause is impure drinking water.  An-
       other, defective sewage or plumbing.
         Symptoms.  Pains in head, back  and  limbs,
       low spirits, lack  of  energy and indisposition to
       work, and  loss of appetite.  These symptoms are 
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followed by a  chill which precedes the  fever.
The course  of typhoid seems  to  be divided into
periods of seven days each.  The first seven days
end with the chill, then there is a period of seven
days increasing fever, generally considered as the
first week, because  the symptoms preceding the
chill are not sufficiently marked or acute to  be
determined  as  typhoid.   After  this  comes  a
week of low fever with diarrhoea, eruption of the
skin, and delirium.   The end of the second week
brings  the  crisis,  when the  patient begins  to
mend or sink.  If the latter, death usually occurs
at or  about the end of the third week.  If the
former, the recovery is well on its way by the end
of the third  week.
   As a physician is always  to  be had  in  such
diseases as this, we  will confine ourselves to a few
hints as to the  care of the patient.
   Have the room where the patient  lies well
ventilated, without  exposing  the  patient to the
least draught.
   Sponge the  body twice daily  with  Ypsilanti
Specific, tepid  or  slightly warm, patting it dry
with a soft towel.   If there is costiveness and  it
does not interfere with the  physician's treatment,
the Specific may  be given internally.  If not safe
to give internally  for reasons stated, it can  be
used as an injection to move the  bowels.
   Let  the food be  prepared as  indicated in the
last chapter in  this  book for broth, gruel, etc.
   Make the   room  as cheerful  as possible;
flowers are  pleasing and   an aid to  cheerful-
ness.
   If there is severe pain  in the head  bathe  it
frequently with the Specific,  or  put on a  light
woolen compress wet in the Specific,  remember-
ing its  virtue as a pain destroyer.
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       recommend quinine to be taken with the Specific
       in generous quantities.
Fever and Ague. — See Ague.
Yellow Fever. — Read remarks under Typhoid Fever.
       We  have  never  had an  opportunity to experi-
       ment on  Yellow Jack with our Specific,  hence
       make no recommendations.
Lung Fever. — See  Inflammation of Lungs.
Fistula.— This is the name given to an ulcer at or near
       the rectum, sometimes opening into the rectum
       near  the anus.   It should be  treated as other
       ulcers,  by the wet  compress and drinking Ypsi-
       lanti  Specific freely,  to open  the  bowels and
       purify the  blood.
Frost Bite. — The best treatment for  frozen or frosted
       limbs or flesh is  to cover the frosted  part with
       snow, and let the temperature of the room melt
       the snow, thus drawing out the frost  gradually.
       This is the natural  method.  If snow  cannot  be
       had use  ice  cold  water, immersing the frosted
       member therein  and then gradually pouring in
       warmer water until the frost is drawn out.
         After the frost is out bind the frosted member
       in Ypsilanti Specific, to  overcome the  pain and
       restore the skin to  its normal condition.
Qall Stones. — See  Bilary Calculi.
Gangrene. — A decay of the  flesh,  usually from some
       exterior cause, as cuts, amputations, bad  sores,
       inflammation,  etc.  Apply the  compress, after
       giving a good bath with Ypsilanti Specific, using
       the  jet syringe, or spray syringe;  treat twice
       daily with the bath, and  keep on the  compress
       until the decayed matter sloughs off, and the sore
       heals.
Gastritis. — See Inflammation of the Stomach.
Gout.—This terrible affliction is closely allied to rheu-
       matism.   In fact, both are due  to a failure on the
       part  of  the   kidneys to  secrete uric  acid  and 
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       calcium, which in gout assumes a form of chalky
       deposit about the smaller joints  generally in  the
       fingers or toes.
         The symptoms are unbearable pains with local
       inflammation.  The disease is constitutional and
       can only be cured by removing the cause.  Ypsi-
       lanti  Specific is the  sovereign remedy.   It  has
       cured the  worst  cases  of rheumatic gout, gout
       and rheumatism, and never failed to cure.  That
       is the most wonderful part of the whole thing.  It
       cures every time.
         Treatment.   Compress of white flannel wet in
       the Specific and warmed.  Wear every night and
       in severe cases day and  night.  Drink Ypsilanti
       Specific freely, three to six glasses daily, until
       symptoms  are all  gone.  Continue to  drink  a
       glass each day for  a month longer to insure a
       complete cure.
Gravel. — See Calculi.
Grippe.—This ailment  assumes  the form of a severe
       cold,  or bronchitis with  severe congestion in the
       mucous membranes  lining the nasal cavity,  pain
       in  the lungs and   chest, often  severe cough,
       watery eyes, and many  symptoms  similar to hay
       fever, to which it seems to be allied.   As in hay
       fever it needs no medicine, except the Ypsilanti
       Specific and the treatment for both is the same.
         Treatment.   Drink  Ypsilanti Specific freely.
       Put a compress with white flannel  on the chest
       for a  night or two, to draw out the inflammation,
       and use a douche, spray or atomizer, or lacking
       these, snuff the Specific into the nose.  Use  the
       douche three times daily.  It is a Specific and
       the cure does not require a long course of treat-
       ment.
Headache. — Under this head we purpose treating the
       several forms of headache which are not directly
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  other symptoms, and so treated with the causa-
  tive complaint.
     Headache  is usually the result of bad digestion
  when not caused by catarrh in the head.
     The stomach and liver are the organs to which
  we must look for both cause and relief.
     Bilious persons, and especially women of dark
  complexion,  and black hair and eyes, often suffer
  severely with  bilious  headache.   Women  of
  nervous temperament are more  liable than others
  to sick  headache.
     The  Ypsilanti treatment  for all these com-
  plaints  is simple and certain in its effects, and
  is the same for all, so that we do not consider it
  necessary to give other more  difficult and  less
  effectual treatments for each.
     Treatment.   Drink a glass of Ypsilanti Speci-
  fic as soon as the symptoms are noticed, bind a
  compress over the forehead  and temples, using
  white flannel for this purpose.  Lie  down and
  sleep if possible.  If  sleep does not come in an
  hour, and the  pain is not gone, drink a second
  glass.   This  is usually sufficient.
     Persons who  are  subject  to sick  or  bilious
  headaches may entirely cure them  and prevent a
  recurrence by drinking a small  tumblerful of  the
  Specific before  or after each  meal for two or
  three weeks  and following  this with one glass
  per day, generally at night,  for  a month longer.
     The  Ypsilanti  Kidney Cure has the same effect
  in these cases  as the Specific, and many prefer
  it because of the taste and odor of the Specific.
  If the  kidney cure is used the dose is two table-
  spoonfuls in  place of the glass of Specific.
rtburn. —This is a condition of extreme acidity in
  the stomach and is often  present  in  dyspepsia.
  The symptoms are a burning pain in the stomach.
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       and become sour.  In those cases vomiting often
       occurs and the pain called heartburn ensues.
         Treatment.   A  single  glass  of  Ypsilanti
       Specific will regulate it completely.
         If  this is not at hand  give  magnesia or lime
       water or a teaspoonful of soda in half a glass of
       water.  To cure if case is persistent, follow direc-
       tions in dyspepsia.
Hernia, Rupture. — It is most important in the treat-
       ment of rupture to keep the bowels open.  The
       most dangerous of all things  in  this common
       trouble  is  constipation.   To  keep  the  bowels
       open drink a glass of Ypsilanti Specific on retir-
       ing  at night  and  another on  arising  in  the
       morning.
         In  all  cases  of  rupture  procure  a suitable
       truss at once.   Carefully put the bowel back in
       place, apply the truss and do not remove it until
       the cure is complete.  If necessary to  remove it
       do so only when lying down.
         In strangulated hernia give Ypsilanti Specific
       very freely and  apply  the  compress  with soft
       wool wet  in  the Specific until  inflammation is
       gone, then  reduce  the  rupture  carefully  and
       apply the truss.
Hiccough. — A  spasmodic  expulsion of air from the
       lungs, generally from acidity of the stomach, and
       usually more annoying  than painful.  Cases do
       occur, however, of this trouble becoming serious
       and even continuing to a fatal termination.
         Treatment.   Hold the breath  and hold  up
       the right arm.   Continue as long as  it  is pos-
       sible to hold the breath.   Another — Startle  the
       patient  by  a  sudden  exclamation   or  noise.
       Another— Swallow slowly a glass of cold water.
         If  severe give a teaspoonful of  soda in half  a
       glass of water, or give  half a glass of Ypsilanti
       Specific if at hand. 
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       membrane  covering  the  bone  at  the  hip joint.
       It sometimes results in  ulceration of  the joint,
       and not only causes great pain, but  ends in a
       shortening  and  stiffening of the  limb affected.
       Symptoms  are an inflamed condition,  visible on
       the surface  at  the  hip, darting  pains in  the leg,
       extending  down  to the  ankle and   felt most
       severely at  the knee.
         Treatment.  The patient  must be kept  in
       bed and quiet as possible.  Put on the compress
       at once and  change it  three  times daily, using
       clean flannel every time, and having the Specific
       lukewarm.   Let the patient drink the Ypsilanti
       Specific as  freely as possible to purify  the blood
       and  destroy the  poison.  By this   treatment
       ulceration  can  be  prevented or cured,  if  it
       has   reached  that  stage  before  treatment  is
       begun.
Hives.—This is usually  a  symptom  of  some disorder
       of the  stomach.   Red blotches  or spots appear
       on the skin and  itch  or sting.   A warm bath
       with the Specific is  all  that is indicated in addi-
       tion to treatment of the disorder causing the con-
       dition to  appear.
Hysteria.—This  is a female complaint, or so nearly  so
       that it  can be treated as such and will be spoken
       of under the heading of  private diseases or dis-
       eases  of  the  organs  of generation.  It is suffi-
       cient to say here that the hysteria  is a  symptom,
       not a disease,  and the cause must be sought for
       and removed, to effect a cure.
Inflammations.—In treating of the subject of  inflamma-
       tions we must cover what is rather a large range
       of subjects.   Inflammation is usually local in char-
       acter, affecting some part, organ, or parts of the
       body.  It may  affect the  mucous  membrane  or
       muscular, or cellular tissue. 
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         It  may be  said generally  that where there is
       local inflammation, the Ypsilanti  Specific treat-
       ment will be found prompt and efficacious in its
       action.   It has a remarkable power over inflamma-
       tions of all kinds; instances having occurred in
       which it has even reduced inflammation of acute
       blood poisoning within a few hours.
         This  being true, it may be stated generally that
       a  thorough  sponging with  Ypsilanti Specific
       warmed, followed by an  application  of  a cold
       compress,  or in  some cases  a hot compress, at
       the same time taking the Specific internally — a
       tumblerful at a time, and from three to six hours
       apart — will  reduce  most  cases of inflammation
       within a few  hours.
         In treating the various local inflammations, we
       shall give several treatments only  when  this
       general direction is to be departed from.
         In making a compress, proceed as in other
       cases, using  two thicknesses of clean  white flan-
       nel for  the wet compress  and cover this with dry
       flannel.  Cotton should not  be used if wool  can
       be obtained, as the Specific  seems to work more
       powerfully when used on  wool than when used
       on cotton.
         Under the various headings we give some other
       highly  recommended treatments  which  can be
       used if  there is no Specific to be obtained, but
       this remedy is so universal in its  application, so
       easy and so  safe that we  presume every one has
       it in the house.
Inflammation of the Bladder — Cystitis.—This  dis-
       ease affects the  membranous lining of the blad-
       der and in some cases its muscular tissue.  It is,
       in its nature, either acute or chronic, the chronic
       form being if anything, more common than  the
       acute.   The  chronic form  is  often  known as
       catarrh of the bladder. 
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  Symptoms.  Burning pain in the region of the
bladder, extending sometimes through the pelvis.
This pain is more intense when pressure is ap-
plied,  There is  a  constant desire to pass  urine
and  generally, the  attempt to do so  is without
result.  Sometimes the  passing  of  the  urine  is
entirely stopped  and  the  mucous from  the in-
flamed lining of the bladder is  passed with the
water.  The bowels are usually  costive and  il
there is  any  inflammation  in the neck  of the
bladder there is a great, pain  in  the  peritoneum.
The  skin is often dry and hot with indications of
fever, great  thirst and restlessness.
  The disease is generally caused by irritating
substances in the bladder, gravel or  external in-
juries, by gonorrhea, or  by sudden  exposure to
cold.  Indications are the same in chronic  as in
acute form, except that there  is usually  more
mucous and the pains are less acute.   The patient
often suffers from general debility with pains in
the back and loin.
  The treatment with Ypsilanti  Specific  is so
effectual in this case that we can scarcely recom-
mend  any  other.  Have  a  compress over the
lower part of the abdomen,  and an injection with
the proper syringe used twice daily,  injecting the
Specific into the  bladder as local  treatment.  In
addition to  this the  Specific should  be  taken
freely whenever there is a thirst.   This is a cer-
tain  and very easy cure, and with it, it is rarely
if ever necessary to use a catheter.
  Another  Treatment.    Open  the  bowels
with  epsom salts,  or some, other mild  physic.
Give injection of warm water and hammamelis in
proportion of three parts of water to one part  of
hammamelis.  Give drink as sparingly as possible
and  if there is much inflammation apply a mus-
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         Homeopathic  Treatment.    Give  aconite,
      each  dose followed by cantharis, in  dose of  two
      or  three globules,  every two hours.  For  food
      give broth or  gruel.   After  the inflammation has
      been  reduced sulphur  should  be  given  every
      night for two  to three weeks in the usual dose.
Inflammation of the Bowels— Enteritis.  —This may
      be  either  acute  or  chronic  in form, the chronic
      following acute and generally from lack of proper
      treatment.   The inflammation is generally of the
      mucous  membrane,  but it involves  also  the
      whole substance of the bowels.
         Symptoms.  This   disease  generally  begins
      with  a chill,  accompanied  by slight  griping
      pains which increase in severity  until they are
      intense.   The location of the pain  seems to be
      about the  navel and is  aggravated  by pressure.
      There is a sickness at the stomach, costiveness,
      tongue is  dry and coated,  urine is  scant  and
      generally passed with  pain.   The matter passed
      from  the bowels is dark and ill-smelling.
         This disease must  not be confused with colic,
      and the test whereby to distinguish the two is
      that pressure relieves colic, but in inflammation of
      the bowels pressure makes the pain more intense.
         Treatment.   Cover the entire abdomen with
      flannel wet in the  Specific  and  cover this with
      dry flannel.   Give  the Specific  freely internally,
      and for immediate relief for  costiveness give a
      warm  injection, using the family syringe.   For
      this injection the Specific can be used  as hot as
      it  can  be borne, or  clear water made slightly
      soapy with pure castile soap can be  used instead.
         If there  is a rupture this disease is  sometimes
      caused  by strangulation.  In  such case see our
      treatment for  hernia and proceed accordingly.
         Homeopathic Treatment.  Aconite in the
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   sues substitute brionia;  if the bowels  are much
   distended, arsenicum or mercurius.   To  prepare
   the remedies  drop  ten drops  of  the  selected
   remedy in a half  a tumblerful of water and  give
   a teaspoonful  every  half hour  until there  is a
   change.  Bind a wet compress on the  abdomen.
   But one remedy must be used at a time, and it
   should be used at least a day before changing.
     For chronic inflammation: give a glass  of Ypsi-
   lanti Specific twice daily, night and morning.
ammation of the Brain — Brain Fever. —In this
   disease there are two stages;  the first being the
   stage  of excitement,  and the  second the  stage of
   collapse.
     In the stage of excitement there is intense pain
   in the head, extending over almost  the whole of
   it, a throbbing of the temporal arteries, flushed face
   and wild  and brilliant  eyes,  contraction of the
   pupils,  dislike  of noise  or strong light,  parched
   and dry skin, quickened pulse, coated tongue and
   thirst.
     These  symptoms  are followed   by  collapse
   which is accompanied by delirium,  twitching of
   the muscles, often palsy of the limbs, with  cold
   sweat and profound  coma.   The  symptoms of
   brain fever vary in the different  cases, and some
   of  the symptoms  given are  always  present.
   Sometimes the course of the  disease is very rapid
   and it is sometimes fatal within twenty-four hours.
   Again, it may run on for two or three weeks.
     Treatment must be immediate.   Bathe the feet
   in hot  water containing a tablespoonful of best
   mustard to  the quart.   Apply to the head cold
   application of Ypsilanti  Specific.   It  is best to
   have  the water ice cold.  This can  be done  by
   shaving ice into the Specific.    Give the Specific
   freely internally to  move the bowels.   In  case
   the Specific cannot  be  had apply cold water or 
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       bind  ice to  the  head.   Give cathartic, such as
       croton oil  or castor oil.  Put  mustard draughts
       to the feet  and produce a sweat.   If this  cannot
       be  induced otherwise give  tincture of veratrum
       in four drop  doses every half hour in water.
 Inflammation of  the Ear.—It will generally be found
       sufficient to bind  on a compress with Ypsilanti
       Specific.   Give moderate quantity of the Specific
       internally,  and syringe  the  ear carefully  twice a
       day with the Specific warm.
 Inflammation of  the Epiglottis. — This  is  acute  in-
       flammation of the glottis and epiglottis  and unless
       checked at once is liable to stop  the passage of
       air into the lungs and cause death by strangula-
       tion.
         Symptoms   are  inflamed  condition  of  the
       throat,  acute  pain  in  swallowing, difficulty in
       breathing,  and loss of voice.
         Treatment.  Gargle the throat  every thirty
       minutes to  an hour with the Specific.   If there is
       a shower  syringe or atomizer at  hand it should
       be used instead of gargling.   Syringe the throat
       thoroughly with  the  Specific to reduce  the  in-
       flammation.  While  this is being done give an
       ordinary dose as often as can be taken  internally,
       and bind a hot compress about the throat.
Inflammation of  the Eyelids.—Wash  the  eye  out
       thoroughly with Ypsilanti Specific, and put on a
       flannel compress.  Inflamed eyelids are  indica-
       tions  of a disordered  system and  should  be
       treated accordingly.
         Give three to four  glasses daily of the Specific
       until the inflammation is gone, and for at least
       two to three days. We would suggest two glasses
       daily  for two weeks  following  this to drive  out
       thoroughly the disorder from the system.
Inflammation of the Kidneys. — This disease  begins
       with chills, especially in the back and  loins,  fol- 
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      lowed  by  pain  and some fever.  The urine is
      scant, high colored and sometimes bloody.   The
      bowels may be either constipated or too loose, as
      in the case of diarrhoea.
         The distinguishing mark of this inflammation is
      the presence of  acute  pain when pressure is  ap-
      plied over the kidneys.  It frequently effects  but
      one kidney.  Another distinguishing mark  is the
      numbness of the thigh.
         Treatment.  Apply  a compress  of flannel
      and Ypsilanti Specific  over the kidneys, extend-
      ing from the top of one  hip  to  the  top of  the
      other.   Bathe the feet  in hot water with mustard,
      using a tablespoonful of dry mustard to the quart.
      Give the Specific internally,  and an injection of
      one half Ypsilanti Specific, and one half water as
      hot as it can be borne, is  especially recommended
      to relieve the bowels.
         Acute inflammation  of the kidneys sometimes
      terminates in chronic form.  The  use of Ypsilanti
      Specific  will overcome this in  a short time.
Inflammation of the Larynx. — The larynx is the cav-
      ity at the top of the wind pipe  which contains
      the vocal cords or  ligaments, and  wherein the
      voice is formed.  Singers and public speakers
      are often troubled  with  laryngitis which some-
      times becomes chronic.
         Symptoms.  There  is often  a secretion  of
      mucous  with disposition to  clear  the throat.
      Sometimes  there is soreness, and inflammation
      may extend into the wind pipe.  The disease is
      often developed  and its  presence  made  manifest
      by a cold.   The complaint is worse  in the  night,
      and better during the  day.
         TREATMENT.   There is nothing so  good as a
      laryngeal shower syringe, as the nature of the
      disease requires a local treatment.  This syringe
      may be  procured at any druggist's,  and for use 
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       with Ypsilanti Specific should be constructed only
       of glass, and silver or  gold,  or hard  rubber.
       (German silver, nickel and all metals containing
       an alloy of copper should not be used.)  If other
       metals are used  at all  the syringe should  be
       thoroughly washed in clear water every time it is
       used.   In  addition to  the local  treatment  by
       syringe, the Specific should be taken internally,
       three to five glasses per day.
Inflammation of the Liver.—This  inflammation  is
       liable  to occur from gravel, violence or several
       other  causes; indications being those  of  fever,
       generally great pain in the right side, and an  in-
       ability to  lie  on the left side, some difficulty in
       breathing,  dry,  hoarse  cough  and  hiccough.
       Soreness may be felt by pressing upon  the  liver
       on the right side.
         Same treatment is recommended as that given
       for other inflammations;  that is, hot foot bath,
       with compress over the  right side  and  Specific
       given  internally.   Would add in this case that if
       the inflammation is severe and the skin  very dry
       with much fever, that a  vapor bath  may be  re-
       sorted to.   This  is described in full in the chapter
       on the Treatment of the  Sick.
Inflammation of the Lungs. — This is rather a symp-
       tom than a disease and must be treated as a part
       of  the  disease  of which  it  is  the symptom.
       When existing apart from other lung troubles it
       is known  as  bronchitis.   The symptoms are  as
       follows:   A  distinct rattle which can be heard
       by applying the  ear to the  chest, chills followed
       by fever,  difficult breathing, hoarseness, loss  of
       strength, costiveness and dry hoarse  cough,  after
       which the patient begins to raise thick, yellowish
       mucous from the  lungs,  which  is  sometimes
       streaked with blood.
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       cold, by change  of weather  or by inhaling  sub-
       stances of an irritating nature.
         The treatment recommended is the same for
       bronchitis, that is a hot foot bath, sweating,  pro-
       duced  by hot, wet  blankets or vapor  bath.
       Ypsilanti Specific should be given internally as a
       physic, or if  none  of this is  at hand some other
       mild physic may be taken.  In very severe cases
       it is well to give an emetic.  The  air of the room
       should be warm and moist.   The surface of the
       body should  be  bathed  at least once daily  with
       Ypsilanti Specific, which for this  purpose should
       be quite  hot, and  the patient should be entirely
       wrapped  up  in  woolen  blankets.   The  diet
       should be nourishing and plain, and care should
       be  taken not  to  expose the patient  to  any
       draught or cold.
Inflammation  of   the Peritoneum. — This   disease
       effects the  membrane which lines the cavity of
       the belly.  It is a disease to  which women are
       subject  after confinement,  in which  case it is
       known as  child bed  fever.  It is also common
       among men.
         As in other cases of inflammation and fever it
       is preceded by  chills with increased heat on the
       surface, frequent pulse, dry skin,  and the pain is
       generally of a  sharp  and pricking nature.  It is
       increased by sitting  or  standing,  or  by  lying
       upon either side.  The pain  is relieved generally
       by lying flat upon the back and keeping still.
         In the  more  serious  forms, and  especially if
       the  disease is  advanced,  the  belly becomes
       swollen and tense, the  pulse  rapid  and feeble,
       and  there is a cold sweat.
         Treatment.   The  Ypsilanti  Specific treat-
       ment is  the same as  in other inflammations.
       Cover the entire belly with a hot  compress, using
       a soft woolen cloth.   Give the Specific internally 
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      as a physic, in large doses, and if  this does not
      produce the effect at once, use injection or give
      castor oil, as the bowels must move.
         Lemonade, phosphates and lime juice may be
      given  for drinks,  and  the  food should  consist
      generally of  gruels or  toast  water exclusively.
      If Ypsilanti  Specific is not obtainable the dis-
      ease may be  treated by using a poultice over the
      belly of flaxseed  or bread and  milk,  or even
      cloth  wet with water.   Give an  active  physic,
      such as salts or castor oil  and tincture viratrum
      viride, in doses from six  to twelve drops every
      hour, to reduce fever and produce  perspiration.
         The  acute  form  of   this  disease  sometimes
      results in the chronic form by not being properly
      treated  or  cured.  The  chronic   form may be
      treated with  Ypsilanti Specific exclusively.
         Treatment.  Use a warm sponge bath, com-
      press at night over the  belly and give the Speci-
      fic internally two  or  three times daily.  A short
      course of this treatment will cure.
Inflammation  of the Pharynx. — See  Inflammation
      of  the Larynx, as the  treatment is the same  in
      both cases.  This disease is known as the clergy-
      man's  sore   throat,  and  consists  of  chronic
      inflammation of the  glands connected with the
      membrane which  lines  the throat  and  windpipe.
Inflammation  of the Spleen. — See  Inflammation  of
      the Liver.  Treatment  is the same.
Inflammation  of  the Stomach — Gastritis. — This
      disease generally is  the result of poisons  taken
      into the stomach,  or  blows upon the stomach  or
      of an excessive use of liquors.  It is very easy to
      treat with Ypsilanti  Specific,  as all that is neces-
      sary is to take the Specific into  the  stomach
      cold.  Care  should be taken about the  use  of
      food, which must  not be  seasoned.  Broths  are
      best of all, with milk or soft eggs.   If  there is  a 
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       continual vomiting, a little Specific, warm, will
       aid the stomach to reject its contents  easily, and
       this,  followed  by a wineglass of  the  Specific,
       cold, will generally bring relief.
Inflammation of the Tongue. —This is indicated by a
       soreness  and difficulty in  using the tongue  in
       eating.   It is usually caused by some injury or
       biting the tongue.   Ypsilanti Specific held  in the
       mouth for several minutes  at a time will usually
       be sufficient to reduce the inflammation.
Inflammation of the Tonsils — Tonsilitis. — This dis-
       ease  is an  acute  form of  inflammation of the
       masses of small mucous  glands located at the
       back of  the cavity of the mouth.  These glands
       secrete a fluid which keeps the throat moist.
         Symptoms  of  tonsilitis are  a soreness and
       swelling in the tonsils  which increases  until the
       act  of swallowing is very painful.  In  four  to
       ten days  an abscess forms,  and when this breaks
       there is relief.
         Treatment.  Gargle  the  throat with  Ypsi-
       lanti  Specific and  use  the  Specific for a  steam
       bath  as follows:    Place a  small  portion of the
       Specific in a porcelain or porcelain lined vessel,
       or in a  china teacup.   Cover  the  vessel used
       with a cone of paper, having the hole about one-
       half  an  inch  in  diameter  at  the  small  end.
       Raise the Specific in this  vessel to the boiling
       point  and  breathe  the  fumes.   This will give
       relief in a few minutes.
         If  relief  cannot be  obtained  by this method,
       the only  other safe treatment is  to have the ton-
       sils removed  by a  skillful surgeon.  The opera-
       tion is not especially painful  and seems to leave
       no bad effects.
Inflammation of the Veins. — In this disease, which is
       often of a dangerous nature, the membrane forming
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       the inflammation will follow the course of some
       prominent vein, and is easily distinguished.
         Symptoms.   Small  ulcers  are  liable to form
       which,  when  opened,  discharge clots of blood
       and pus.   There is  often  pain  about the  heart
       and accompanied by  fever, great distress and
       sometimes mental derangement.
         Treatment is the same as for other inflamma-
       tions,  using the hot compress very freely and
       giving the Specific internally to purify the blood.
Inflammation of the  Windpipe. — See Inflammation
       of the Larynx.
Influenza. —See Cold in the Head.
Intermittent Fever. — See Fever and Ague.
Itch, Scabies. — This  disease is  not  as  common as it
       once was, owing largely to changes which have
       taken  place in  the sanitary  condition  of our
       cities.   It is most common among people who
       neglect personal cleanliness.
         Symptoms  are  an eruption on the skin  of
       watery pimples, which are accompanied by an
       almost unendurable  itching.   When the pimples
       are scratched or opened there  is a viscid, watery
       fluid poured out which forms scabs.  The cause
       of itch is  a minute insect (acarus scabiei).  This
       is one of the mites and can be  discovered only
       with a  microscope.
        Treatment.  Ypsilanti  Specific treatment is
       very simple.   Rub the  Specific thoroughly into
       the skin twice each day  and let it dry in.  It is
       well, before applying the Specific, to wash the
       skin thoroughly  with  soft water   and  soap.
      Ypsilanti Specific should also be taken internally
       freely.
        If the Specific cannot  be obtained, a solution
      of  chloride of lime may be used as  a wash, or
       caustic  potash,  one  part  to twelve parts   of
      water, is stated to  be a remedy.   Sulphur  oint- 
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       ment  may be used externally, but  should be
       used sparingly and with great care.
Jaundice. — Symptoms.   Yellowness  of the skin and
       whites  of  the eyes,  with  saffron  colored  urine
       and whitish or clay colored  stools.  The urine
       is so  full  of bile  that  it  will color white linen
       yellow.  There is often a sickness of the stomach,
       bitter taste in the  mouth  and a dull pain in the
       right  side, increased by  pressure.   The entire
       system is full of bile.
         Treatment  for  jaundice is the same as that
       given for  bilary calculi.   It  consists  of a warm
       bath, with Ypsilanti Specific given freely  as a
       drink before meals, and  a teaspoonful to a table-
       spoonful of the  best olive oil should  be  used
       with each  glass of the Specific.
Locked Jaw—Tetanus.—This is caused by injury to
       the  nerves ; often by the thrusting of some blunt
       instrument like a nail into the flesh.
         Symptoms are  a violent and painful contrac-
       tion of the muscles which close  the jaw.  These
       cramps extend to the  most of  the body and
       include the limbs  and muscles  of  the  trunk.
       There  is intense  pain  and great  danger.  The
       remedies most recommended are  chloroform or
       ether, given either internally  or by injection, and
       continued as  long as spasms last.  Any foreign
       substance  causing  the trouble must be removed.
       This difficulty can usually be avoided by apply-
       ing  Ypsilanti  Specific at once to the wound and
       given internally in copious quantities, as it will
       destroy any poisons  which may be in the wound
       and act as a  preventative, which  in this  case is
       much to be preferred to a cure.
Lung  Fever, Pneumonia.—This  disease is,  in  fact,
       inflammation  of the lungs.
         During  the first stage the lungs  are  filled with
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 which can be heard  by applying the ear to the
 chest or with a  stethescope.  This occurs when
 air is  breathed  in.   During the first  stage the
 patient is liable to hemorrhage.
   The second stage is a period during which the
 lungs become solidified or  hepatized.  During
 this stage  the lungs are more  solid than usual
 and there is a sort of whistling  sound from the
 air pressing back and  forth through  the bron-
 chial tubes.
   Should  the third  stage  of the disease  inter-
 vene, danger is imminent, as recovery  from it is
 rare.  In this stage  the  lungs  change from red
 to gray, owing to the matter which is distributed
 through their substance.
   The duration of the  first  stage is  from one to
 two days, and of the second, from  two  to  four.
 There is, however, great variation, due perhaps,
 to latitude and altitude and constitution of the
 patient.
   Treatment.   In  this  disease we  strongly
 recommend  that upon the  appearance  of the
 first symptoms, a compress wet in Ypsilanti  Spe-
 cific slightly  warm,  be  placed  over the entire
 chest,  extending up to  the throat,  and  that
 copious draughts  of the Specific be  given  inter-
 nally as a cathartic.   After this a  sedative is
 indicated, and for this purpose tincture  of  vira-
 trum viride, in doses of from ten to fifteen drops,
 two hours apart,  may be given,  but not if the
 patient is very feeble.   Sulphate of  quinine may
 be given after the Specific has had time  to  pro-
duce  its effect.   It  should  be  administered in
full doses,  from  sixteen to  thirty-six  grains,
according to the strength and constitution of the
 patient.  Stimulants  are  indicated in the second
stage of the disease,  and we know of  no better
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       candy, in proportion of one-half  pound of rock
       candy to a quart of whiskey.   The rock  candy
       should  be dissolved by boiling in water  before
       being added  to  the whiskey.
         Physicians  will generally use Ypsilanti  Speci-
       fic for the compress and cathartic, if advised that
       it is at hand.   Diet should be light and nourish-
       ing, soothing drinks such  as  toast  water,  thin
       gruel and barley water.
Lupus. —'See Cancer,
Lumbago. — See Rheumatism.
Malaria. — See Fever and Ague.
Measles. — See Diseases  of Children.
Mumps. — See Diseases of Children.
Neuralgia. — There is but one symptom of this disease
       and that is  pain.   The  pain  is of  a peculiar,
       darting nature, and comes in sudden paroxysms
       with intervals  of  relief.   There  are  sometimes
       signs of inflammation  with  tenderness, but not
       often.
          Neuralgia pains  may occur  in any part of the
       system,  but  the most generally recognized form
       is  that  which  attacks the  nerves  of the  face,
       sometimes one portion of the facial nerves, some-
       times two, and sometimes three.  If in the upper
       portion  the pain attacks  the forehead and eyes;
       if in the middle, the upper jaw and cheek; if in
       the lower portion  it affects  the chin, gums and
       tongue.  It  sometimes happens that only one
       side of the head or face is affected, sometimes
       both.
          Sciatica  is neuralgia of the  sciatic nerves, but
       is  sometimes complicated with rheumatism and
       will be found treated of by itself.
          In case of neuralgia of the head, bind the por-
       tion of the face or  head affected in a warm com-
       press made as in other cases, and give Ypsilanti
       Specific internally. 
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         In other  cases  we recommend  the  use of a
       compress and bathing with the Specific the parts
       affected.   It will generally be found that the pain
       will be greatly lessened, if not entirely overcome
       within a short time.
Painters' Colic.—This results from lead poisoning and
       from breathing the fumes  of paints when mixing
       and using.
         Ypsilanti  Specific is  a  positive remedy  and
       preventative.  Drink the  Specific freely until the
       symptoms of the disease  disappear, after  which
       continue  to  drink  a  small glassful  daily, before
       breakfast, as long as paints are handled.
         It must be remembered  that the  painter  is
       constantly exposing  himself to  this disease, and
       there is nothing known that  can  secure immu-
       nity, except a preventative  constantly   taken.
       For this  reason we recommend Ypsilanti Specific
       to be taken constantly, unless it  is desired to
       allow  the symptoms to  assume a severe form
       before  taking measures to stop it.  Would say
       that every painter should take a small glass of
       Ypsilanti Specific, daily, or at least every other
       day, to  keep  his  system  free   from mineral
       poisons.
Palsy.—This disease  in its several  forms is indication
       of injury to the  brain, or of  pressure of some
       growth  or  clot of  blood upon the  brain.   It
       affects the nervous system.
         It may often be  overcome  by  restoring the
       nervous forces  and  health to  the  body  by the
       use of Ypsilanti Specific.
         As a rule   physicians make  no  effort to cure
       palsy, claiming it to be  incurable.  We would,
       however,  recommend the  use of Ypsilanti  Speci-
       fic, as several cases have  occurred  where  people
       affected  with this  disease  have  secured great
       relief, and even a cure by the use of this water. 
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Piles, Hemorrhoids.—This is  a conirron and painful
      malady  of several  varieties,  according to the
      symptoms.
         They  consist of  swellings or  enlarged  veins
      about the lower portion  of  the rectum, and are
      known as internal or external,  according as they
      occur, within  or without the bowel.  They are
      also known as  bleeding  or  blind; the  bleeding
      piles discharge  blood  and the  blind  do  not.
      They  usually occasion   a  painful itching with
      much pain when evacuating the bowels.
         TREATMENT.   The only treatment  necessary
      is to regulate  the bowels  with Ypsilanti  Specific.
      This wonderful  medicine has the power of cur-
      ing  costiveness or diarrhoea, making it the most
      remarkable of all known mineral, waters for the
      treatment of the bowels.
         If there is  much  tenderness and soreness, use
      a little white vaseline until the  soreness disap-
      pears, and if there is great inflammation and dis-
      tress a compress may be applied in  the  usual
      form.   Dieting is not necessary with  the  Ypsi-
      lanti Specific treatment.  If there is  diarrhoea
      use  the Specific after meals;  if there is costive-
      ness, use before meals.
Pimples.—These annoying eruptions of the skin may
      be removed by  bathing the skin every day with
      Ypsilanti Specific and drinking a glassful twice
      daily to purify the blood.
         Eruptions  are  an indication of impure  blood
      and should always  be removed  by  a course of
      blood purifying, otherwise the system is rendered
      liable to other forms of disease.
Pleurisy. — The pleura is the large  membrane  which
      divides the cavity of the trunk into two parts, the
       upper portion  containing  the  lungs and  heart,
       the  lower portion the liver, spleen, stomach and
       bowels. 
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         This is one of the most important membranes
       in  the body.   It consists rather of two  mem-
       branes which slide over each other.
         The pleura is almost  always affected in lung
       fever and pneumonia, in which case  the inflam-
       mation is treated as a  part of the  pneumonia.
       It often happens, however,  that the membrane
       itself  becomes  inflamed  without any general
       inflammation  of the lungs.   This  is true in
       pleurisy.
         The most  noticeable  symptoms  are a  keen,
       cutting pain in the  side just below  the nipple.
       This  pain  sometimes extends  to  the  shoulder
       and  armpit.   Breathing  is  difficult.   Pain is
       increased  by motion or drawing  long breath.
       There is often a short hacking cough.
         Treatment.  If  the  pain  in the  breast is
       extreme,  as it sometimes  is, it will do no harm
       to give a  hyperdermic injection  of morphine to
       relieve the pain.  Bind a  compress  over  the
       pleura, that is around the chest just below the
       breast.  The  effect   of  this will  generally  be
       found immediate. The  Specific taken  internally
       will act as a diuretic, clearing  the  bowels  and
       relieving the symptoms within  a short time.
Pneumonia. — See  Lung  Fever and  Inflammation of
       the Lungs.
Poison. —See Accidents.
Rheumatism.—We recognize four  distinct  forms of
       rheumatism:  acute  rheumatism,  chronic  rheu-
       matism, gout  and rheumatic  gout.
         Gout and rheumatism  are  closely allied to each
       other, both resulting  from the same cause.   One
       great cause of  the disease is the failure on the
       part of the  kidneys  to secrete uric acid and  cal-
       cium,  the  latter  being  present particularly in
       gout and  rheumatic gout.
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       forms of this disease.   The  first  thing  to do is
       to restore  the kidneys to their  normal activity.
       This  is done by drinking the Specific every day;
       from three to six glasses daily.
         Next in importance is the removal of  the local
       symptoms, for which purpose a compress should
       be worn  at  night  over  the part  of the body
       affected.   Leave all other medicines and  adhere
       to  this treatment for  a reasonable time and a
       cure  will follow.
         We have  recently published.a case of N. F.
       Lund, of Concord,  N. H.   It was  not  our  pur-
       pose in  this book  to give testimonials or men-
       tion individual cases,  but this case was  so  very
       remarkable that we could not avoid mentioning
       it here, especially as we have found other cases
       where the same  disease has existed and where a
       cure has followed the use of Ypsilanti Specific.
         We have never found a case, however,  as bad
       as that of  N.  F.  Lund,  who was known as the
       "ossified man."  He was a helpless invalid ; his
       whole system was filled with  uric acid and chalk,
       found in rheumatic  gout.
         The cure in his  case  was  complete,  his treat-
       ment requiring just one year, and during the last
       o.f this time  he  was  about  his business, practi-
       cally well.  We only refer to this  case here as
       most remarkable.
Salt Rheum. — See Eczema.
Sciatica.  —See  Neuralgia and Rheumatism.   Treat-
       ment is by compress  and  drinking the Specific
       freely.   No  other treatment is indicated.
Scrofula.—This disease varies from eczema and salt
       rheum only in the  fact that  it attacks the cellu-
       lar tissues, sometimes the bones, whereas  eczema
       and salt rheum show their symptoms altogether
      . on the surface.
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      than formerly, owing, perhaps, to better sanitary
      conditions.
         The symptoms are first a swelling in the lim-
      phatic glands,  like  hard movable kernels, just
      beneath  the skin of  the  neck.   Their growth is
      slow and  they sometimes appear  in  other parts
      beside the neck.  They  slowly come to a head
      and break, generally  leaving  scars  in healing.
      Scrofula humor sometimes  attacks the eyes,  in
      which case  the  face is  usually much disfigured.
      It is an indication of a very impure condition of
      the blood and may be entirely removed by puri-
      fying the blood.
         Treatment.   For purifying the  blood Ypsi-
      lanti Specific will be found  a sovereign remedy.
      It should not only be taken internally freely, but
      used as a bath  every day, or at least every two
      days.  It is better  if  the sores can be  bathed
      several times per day, or if a  compress can be
      worn both day and night.
Scurvy.—This  disease  is  unknown  except  among
      sailors, and is  due  to lack  of  proper  food and
      drink.  It is much  less  prevalent than  formerly.
      We have some customers among sailors and sea-
      faring men, who have used Ypsilanti  Specific for
      many  years, not only as a remedy, but as a pre-
      ventative.
         TREATMENT.   The   same  as  for  scrofula,
      which see.
Sea  Sickness. — There is no  cure  for  sea  sickness,
      although many people  have supposed they  had
      discovered  relief in various treatments.   Prob-
      ably the best shield against this disease is good
      health.  Bromide of soda has been recommended
      in large doses daily, also chloroform in doses of
      from forty  to fifty  drops in a  little gum arabic
      and water.   One of the best preventatives is to
      yield entirely to the motion  of the boat. 
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         Many  people  voluntarily brace  themselves
       against  the  motion  of the ship  or  boat,  and
       thereby bring on sea sickness.  This  should be
       avoided so  far as possible.  A little  brandy  is
       often very good during the first symptoms;  if it
       does not prevent sickness,  it often helps one to
       get over it quickly.
Stone in the Bladder. — See Calculus.
Stye.—This is a small,  painful boil  on  the lid of the
       eye.  It  may be  treated  by compress or by
       applying the Specific directly  to  the  eye with a
       small cup or glass.
         Ypsilanti  Specific  will not  injure the eye in
       any way, nor will  it  cause any pain or distress,
       hence it may be  used  freely in all cases of dis-
       ease of the eye.
Sunstroke. — See Accidents.
Tetter. — See Eczema.
         Treatment is the same.
         The symptoms  are very much  the same  as in
       eczema, breaking  out of the surface in the form
       of  watery pimples, followed  by a  scaby, crusty
       condition.
Throat Diseases. — See Laryngitis.
Tumor. — See  Cancer.
         The most  common form  of  tumor,  as  well as
       the least dangerous, is  what  is  known as the
       fatty tumor  or  polypus.  Its  growth  sometimes
       reaches  an  enormous  size, cases  having  been
       known  in which tumors  have  been successfully
       removed weighing from thirty to forty pounds.
         The location of the tumor is usually about the
       back or shoulders,  or it is connected with the
       womb and   known  as  the  ovarian tumor; the
       latter attain  the greatest size.
         Tumors maybe treated with Ypsilanti Specific,
       using a compress  and drinking the Specific with
       the greatest  freedom. 
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         We cannot  impress  too strongly upon  those
       using Ypsilanti Specific to drink the water  freely
       for serious  ailments.  The entire  matter of the
       tumor,  ulcer  or cancer must be  absorbed and
       carried away  by the blood.   While this is  being
       done large quantities  of the Specific  must  be
       taken to purify the  blood.
Typhoid Fever. — See Fever.
Typhoid Pneumonia. — See Pneumonia.
Ulcers. —This term is usually applied to surface sores of
       a persistent nature.  They often come from vene-
       real diseases.    When this is the case, the disease
       causing them  must be removed to cure the ulcers.
         Treatment.  For simple ulcers a compress
       made with flannel wet  in Ypsilanti Specific is all
       that is  required; it will  generally  effect a cure
       in two  or three days.
         For the more serious cases, treatment must  be
       the same as for other diseases of a like nature.
         See treatment for syphilis  under the head  of
       private diseases, chapter 4.
Varicocele. — This  is an  enlargement of  the  veins,
       especially  those near  the  surface,  generally
       resulting from  constant  standing upon the feet
       and from strains.   The real  cause is a failure  of
       the valves to  work properly,  the veins being full
       of valves which prevent their contents from flow-
       ing back toward the capillaries.
         It  is generally a sufficient treatment to bind
       on a compress  and  restore the general  health of
       the  system by use  of Ypsilanti  Specific.   It is
       usually well to use a little friction when bathing
       the  limbs  with  the Specific, which  should be
       done every evening and morning.
         Treatment most  in use consists  of an elastic
       stocking laced tightly over the affected limb, but
       this is not to be resorted to if it can be avoided,
       as its tendency is to increase  the disorder. 
CHAPTER 111.
            DISEASES  OF  WOMEN.

  This subject is  so  important  and so full of  possibili-
ties, especially  in the light of  our fourteen  years  of
experience with  Ypsilanti Specific among its rather
narrow circle of friends here in  Boston, that we deem it
best to make it the subject of a separate chapter.
  There are three periods in the  life of  every woman
which involve changes so important that they  are liable
to affect her future  happiness  or even cost  her life if
care is not exercised.
  The sexual organs of woman  are so in sympathy with
each other, so subject to  outside influence from sorrow,
from fright, from exposure, and  a hundred  oilier cir-
cumstances and conditions, that they  are  easily thrown
out of a proper adjustment.
  The three periods  needing the greatest  attention  and
care are the age of puberty, from about twelve to fifteen
years of age.   This  is when  the menses begin and the
girl is passing from childhood to womanhood.
  Second, the  time  of marriage  and pregnancy,  and
third the change of life, that important period when the
menses cease, when the womb  becomes barren and the
woman becomes a matron — the mother dons  the spec-
tacles and cap of the grandmother.
  At the first of these periods the  innocent child begins
to view with shy and  startled eyes the broader problem
of life and to look a  little upon  its sober side.   She
then begins to learn that  she is  a woman,  and  to lay the
foundation of future  joy or sorrow in present  health or
disease.
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   At the  second  period the woman approaches  that
 holy of holies,  the  divine  state  of  motherhood,  and
 as  in the  first  change,  her future  may be  made or
 marred by her course and  care during  this important
 time.   Each recurring period of  pregnancy is only a
 repetition of the first  and so all may be considered as
 one in their general effect.
   At the third period a vast change takes place.   One
 of  nature's escape valves is closed.  The monthly flow,
 by means  of which  her system  has  been purged of
 much of its poison, now ceases.   This is the time when
 cancer  is most liable  to  come,  nature  finding in the
 hideous sore an outlet  for matter that must be cast out
 of  the  system.   It is  a time  when  more  than  half of
 those who  reach that milestone in  life lie down to  rise
 no  more.
   In light  of the  known  facts, the importance of care,
 constant, watchful, loving care at these most important
 times cannot be overestimated.
  Woman's taste is naturally more delicate and refined
 than that of  man.  So are  the girl's desires more for
 the beautiful and ideallic than those of the boy.   A boy
 will adorn  his wall with bows and arrows, guns,  fishing
 tackle, athletic implements  and  such.   If  he has  pic-
 tures of his choice they are  those of his athletic heroes
 or his fad,  whatever it may  be.  A girl is different.   To
 her the  delicate lingerie about her dressing table  is  a
 necessity.  She  should be  surrounded  by white  and
 pink or blue.   Let no work or pains be spared to make
 her girlhood  one long lesson in good taste and deport-
 ment.   If  she fills her place in life it will  be as a  wife
 and mother.  Let that not  be  forgotten.  The manly
woman  is still a  joke,  not  a reality.   It is the delicate
tint and perfume of the rose, not the glaring color  and
rank strength of the poppy  that men admire, and  ever
will.
  The  period  of  maidenhood  is  formative.   At that
time the deepest and most lasting impressions are made. 
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So it is then that mothers should see that the forming
mind and body are  rightly bent.
  It is a  sad fact, but an  indisputable one, that a large
proportion of marriages are unhappy, or at least not as
happy as they should be.
  Many  a bride and groom start on the honeymoon all
smiles and sunshine, to return all frowns and storms.
  There  is no fate so sad  as an  unhappy marriage, and
while all  the  philosophy  of the  world will not prevent
them, they can  be prevented or their evils mitigated by a
little plain  common sense, and that is going to be given
in no homoepathic dose in the  proper place in this book.
  During the  last  few months we have received hun-
dreds of  letters  from unhappy wives, mostly  young
wives, too, and have  given pages of  advice  to such.
Some have followed this advice and found  happiness  in
so doing.
  Men have got a heap of  the  beast in them.   This is
written by a  man  and he  speaks by the card.  Most
men are  selfish, indolent,  indifferent  to the rights and
feelings of others, often inconsiderate  and even  brutal.
It is the  sole privilege  of woman to tame this beast and
make him docile and even affectionate.
  To do  this requires skill and this skill must be taught.
The time to teach it is during maidenhood, and it is to
impress upon the mother  her duty to the daughter, for
that daughter's future welfare,  that the  part of this
chapter devoted to  puberty is written.
  Every  married life  is made or marred during its first
year.   It is for that reason that the part of this chapter
under marriage  is written.  We only hope our  friends
will read  it in charity,  bearing with us for our faults in
the belief that we have done  the best we can  to advise
for  good.
  We make a slight departure from the strict alphabet-
ical arrangement in this chapter, in order to bring dis-
eases and treatments of the various periods of woman's
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  It sometimes happens  that symptoms of weakness
appear in young girls; such  as whites, premature men-
struation, inflammation  of the  vagina  or womb,  and
other disorders.  These sometimes arise from self-abuse.
It should be the first thought of  every mother to teach
her child those lessons about her own body which give
her knowledge of her own person, its care and  preser-
vation.   The girl should be  taught before arriving at
the age of puberty, that her future happiness and health
may depend on her care  of herself as a child.   A  girl
is naturally modest and  innocent, and it takes nothing
either  from  her modesty  or her innocence to teach
her  the  facts  about her own person and  its  proper
care.
  Especially should she  be watched and guarded when
passing the first turning  point in life, the beginning of
the menses.  Usually in this climate this function begins
at about the age of fourteen  years and lasts until about
the age of forty-five, when it ceases.
  About the time of the appearance of  the menses, the
figure of the girl begins to assume more mature lines,
the breasts develop, the voice  changes and the child
becomes  a  woman.  In some   cases  the  change is
retarded to a later date, even until the age of eighteen
or twenty.   In such cases, if the  girl  is  healthy  and
shows no symptoms  of bodily or mental derangement,
no steps should be taken to  hasten the  menstrual flow.
Again in some cases the  flow begins at as early an  age
as ten or eleven.   In such  cases, if the  child seems
healthy, the flow should  be allowed to continue, as  any
effort to  stop  it may lead to serious results.   At  any
rate, in such cases  no steps should be taken except on
the  advice of a physician.
  We will repeat  that  no  girl   should  be allowed to
arrive  at puberty unprepared   for the  beginning of
menses.  She  should even be advised  to prepare the
necessary diapers and  band, and should be advised as
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ness, the danger  of  exposure to wet  or cold, and  the
necessity for regular habits as to diet and exercise.
  A little care and  precaution  at  this  important time
will often save years of suffering which follow neglect in
many cases.
  It is at this period in the female life—puberty—that
female complaints  (so called)  really begin, as  those
derangements preceding puberty  are  scarcely to  be
classed as female complaints.  It is well here to describe
briefly the female organs of generation,  as some knowl-
edge of their nature is  necessary  to  any clear  under-
standing of our subject.
  In  nature,  all living  beings  are created,  male and
female.  This is true both  in  the  animal and vegetable
kingdom, and the method of reproduction is the same
in all.   The same  parts exist and the same functions
are performed in the reproduction of a strawberry as in
the reproduction of a human  being.   The student of
nature has no  false  modesty, he  treats this subject, if
his study is man, just as he would  treat it if his  study
were a mustard seed.
  The organs of generation  in the  human female con-
sist of five  distinct parts, as follows :
  i.  The Vulva.
  2.  The Vagina.
  3.  The Womb.
  4.  The Ovaries.
  5.  The Fallopian Tubes.
  The vulva is the  exterior portion of the vagina and
the  womb is located at the  inner extremity of  the
vagina.  The womb  is about two  inches  long and an
inch in diameter, and is lined with mucous membrane.
The ovaries, two in   nnmber, are located one on either
side of the womb, and connected with the womb by the
fallopian tubes.   Each ovary is about  half an inch in
length and  consists  mainly  of  a  mass  of cells,  some
quite mature,  some  mere  rudiments.   These cells  are
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healthy woman matures one or more  of  these ovae  or
eggs each twenty-eight days, and  at  the  time  of the
maturity of  this germ  the ovaries and womb, and par-
ticularly the membrane lining the  womb and the neck
of the womb become  charged with  blood.  So great is
the congestion that it finally results  in  the flow  of the
menstrual fluid.
  The period during which the ovum or egg is retained
in a mature  state, is usually about fourteen  days, and
during this time it may be fertilized by coming in con-
tact with the spermatozoa or  living  germs of the semen
of the male.  The period during which this may happen
is longer in some cases than  in  others, but the  rule is
about fourteen days.  The scriptural injunction against
sexual intercourse during the menstrual period of seven
days,  was a very wise  one.  The female organs of gen-
eration are always congested and filled with blood dur-
ing this period, and the added excitement of intercourse
is very apt to cause inflammation which easily becomes
chronic,  leading to  a  train of evil consequences most
serious in their  nature.  Not  only is there danger to the
female at this period, but  to  the male as well, so that
continence during the menstrual period is the only true
measure of safety to both husband and wife.
  The ancient Greek legend "Know Thyself," contained
a world  of  wisdom.  There  are too  few  mortals who
know themselves.  An engineer  spends years in study
to  perfect  himself  in every  branch  of mechanical
science,  in order that  he  may know the machine of
which he is in charge.
  A woman will  study out the  adjustment and opera-
tion of the parts of her sewing  machine, typewriter or
bicycle, and yet allow  a false modesty to  leave  her in
ignorance of  even the  names of the parts of her own
body.
  Far more delicate than any machine or any work of
human  skill, far more  important  in its  effect upon
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 earth, the wonderful  human body  is too often abused
 from ignorance or neglect or from carelessness, until the
 possibility of  happiness for  its  possessor   is  gone
 beyond recall.  The time for  planting  in each  human
 being  the  seeds  of wisdom  is  during  childhood,  and
 every father and mother should  see to it that the girl or
 boy is not allowed to remain ignorant of those  facts
 which they must know to know themselves.
   Mother, begin the education of  your daughter at the
 right time, in childhood.   Tell  her  the wonderful story
 of her own  person; teach her  to know herself.  You
 will place a light  in  her  hands  that will illume many a
 dark way in life and enable her to shun many a pitfall.
   Father, are you doing your duty by your son?  Does
 he know himself f  Have you taught  him the truth in
 such  a way as to leave  nothing  for  his  curiosity or
 imagination?  Do  not leave  your  boy to "find out"
 what he is bound to know.   See that he is taught while
 his mind is receptive the  grand truths of nature  and of
life, and so start him out right on  life's journey.   It is
not the boy who knows,  but the boy who  guesses and
imagines, whose mind  is filled  with vulgar sentiments.
 And what is true  of the  boy in this respect is true  ol
 the girl.

     DISEASES AFFECTING MENSTRUATION.

   Absence  of  Menses—Amenorrhcea.—Absence  of
 menses may be of two  kinds,  first when  the natural
 flow  has  never  appeared—this is called   retention;
 second, when having appeared,  it is stopped  by some
cause—this is called suppression.
   Retention.  If  it  extends  to such  a time that it
 indicates some  functional disorder,  or  if  it  is accom-
panied with headaches, backache, or any local distress
about the womb or vagina, the cause of retention should
be  discovered  and removed.   This  cause   may be
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 closed, or there being  no  opening in the  hymen (a
 membrane which partially or wholly closes the entrance
 to the vagina).   These mechanical causes of retention,
 when they exist, often cause an accumulation of blood
 and mucus in the womb, causing  swelling and  inflam-
 mation.   Again  the cause  may be  a failure  of the
 ovaries to mature ;  or a thin, emaciated or bloodless con-
 dition ; or constipation.   In such cases exercise in the
 open air—especially the  bicycle—wholesome food  and
 regular habits, will usually restore the system  and estab-
 lish the menses.  If constipation, give Ypsilanti Specific
 in the usual dose to regulate the bowels.
   If emaciation  or bloodless condition be the cause, give
 Ypsilanti Blood Purifier in tablespoonful doses twice
 daily, as a tonic and laxative, or give iron.   The tincture
 of iron with wine is good.
   SUPPRESSION.  This may occur from inflammation of
 the womb or ovaries, from fright, from taking cold  dur-
 ing the menstrual period, from wet  feet or dipping the
 feet in cold water while  the courses are on.   Suppres-
 sion in any such manner  is most dangerous and  should
 have immediate attention.  Suppression almost  always
 occurs during pregnancy; indeed this  is considered the
 usual sign of a pregnant condition.
   In  treating suppression the  proper time  to make
 efforts to restore the flow is at the date when the  menses
 should occur in  their regular order.
   If the suppression be wholly from weaknese or loss or
 blood, the system  must be built up.   For this purpose
 malt extracts are highly recommended, also a tonic of
 iron and wine, using tincture of iron with best old  port
 wine.
  If from inflammation use  the  compress  wet in Ypsi-
lanti Specific, applied warm  over the vagina  and lower
abdomen.  Inject warm  Ypsilanti Specific diluted with
water to half strength, using a female syringe;  before
retiring soak the feet in the following:   Four quarts of
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spoonful of  cayenne  pepper.  Put  the  mustard  and
pepper  into the water;  mix, and  let the  feet remain
immersed for ten or fifteen minutes.   Drink a full  glass
of Ypsilanti Specific  as a cathartic.  This will usually
produce the required effect.  The compress and injec-
tion,  both  warm,  may  be  continued for  several days
until the inflammation is reduced.
  Profuse  Henstruation—flenorrhagia.—This occurs
in three ways.   Menstruation may be too profuse, may
continue too long, or may occur too often.  The result
is the same in  either  case; too  great a  strain on  the
system, leading to weakness and debility.   It is strange,
but true, that the same  causes give rise to profuse men-
struation that occasion suppression ; that is, weakness
of the physical  system  or local  inflammation, but  the
trouble  may be  hemorrhage from the womb or vagina,
or from a tumor or ulcer, such being often mistaken for
profuse menstruation.
  As the causes vary to  such an extent, and treatment
to be effective  must be  determined by  the  cause, we
prefer to leave this class of troubles to the examination
of a  skilled physician,  only remarking generally that
Ypsilanti Specific  may be taken  in any of the various
forms, used internally by drinking three  to four  small
glasses  daily,  and as a compress it will usually  bring
about a cure.
  Painful  Menstruation—Dysmenorrhea. — It some-
times, and  indeed  frequently occurs that menstruation is
accompanied by pain of a more  or less intense charac-
ter.   Sometimes the pains are almost as intense as  the
pains of childbirth, and the sufferer is  forced to go to
bed for a  day or longer every month.   The pains are
usually most severe at  or before  the  beginning of  the
flow.
  In  these cases a careful examination should be made
by a skillful physician to ascertain  if the womb is  not
out of place or closed or inflamed.
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put back into  place.  If strictured or closed it must be
carefully opened and treated with compresses and injec-
tions.  If the  pain  be from inflammation use the Ypsi-
lanti Specific  in the usual manner,  applying the com-
press locally and drinking freely.
  Cessation of Menses—Change of Life. — The most
critical period  in the life of woman is the time about the
age of  forty-five, when  the ovae  or  eggs cease to form
and the menses cease.   There is no  certain age or time
when this change takes place.   It  may occur as early
as twenty-eight years of age, or as late as  fifty, cases
having been cited of the change taking place at both of
these ages and all intermediate  times.   In this country
and  climate,  however,  it  is  a  general rule that  the
change  occurs at  about the forth-fourth to  forty-sixth
years.
   It is a time  of great importance in woman's life,  as a
wonderful change takes place.   The  ovaries, which for
thirty years have produced  their  ovum or egg every
lunar month,  now  become  barren.   Pregnancy is no
longer possible.   The  menses, that wonderful provision
of nature by  which for thirty years  a portion of the
waste  has been  carried away from  the system,  now
cease.
   It is at this  period of woman's life that the germs  of
disease which  may lurk in the system  are most apt to
develop, and  especially is this  true  of cancer,  which
claims  a host of victims at  this period.  Tumor  also,
especially that form known as  ovarian  tumor,  is most
apt to commence at this time.
  We have no hesitation in speaking plainly and frankly
of cancer, the  one disease for which medical science in
all ages has never produced a cure.
   It is impossible too strongly to condemn those knaves
and charletans who fatten  on the fears of the people
aroused by  the prevalence of  this frightful malady, and
who apply to  every sore or lump the  name  so much
dreaded, "cancer."   We have treated  and cured  hun- 
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dreds of ulcers of a more or less malignant nature, but
never yet called such  a sore a  cancer.   Some cases
occur that would be liable to deceive even the practiced
eye of the physician.  In  every  case where  a cure of
cancer has ever  been claimed for medicine, it  will be
found, if  investigated,  that the supposed cancer  was
merely an ulcer.
  Medical science points to no cure except by the hard
steel of the surgeon's knife, and if honest,  as medical
science  should be,  it will  admit that the cures by the
knife  are rare.
  A celebrated  physician  and author, writing on this
subject, uses the following  language, which we quote:
"Cancers  are  more  apt to  develop  themselves at this
period (change  of life).  Their seat is most frequently
in the womb or  breast,  and they  are said to be espec-
ially liable to arise  in  those women who have suffered
several  abortions or  unnatural  labors.   Undoubtedly
they are  more  frequent in the married than in the
unmarried and  they evidently bear some  relation to
the amount of disturbance which  the  system has  suf-
fered  during childbirth, and the grief and mental pain
experienced.   For  this reason a  celebrated teacher of
obstetrics insists  in  classing them  among nervous dis-
eases.   The surgeon  alone  can cure them,  and he but
rarely.  Medicine is of no avail,  however long  and
painstaking have been its searches  in this direction.  A
touching story is related in  this connection of Raymond
Sully, the celebrated philosopher.   When a  young man
he was deeply impressed with the beauty of  a lady, and
repeatedly urged his suit, which  she  as persistently
repeMed, although it was evident she loved him.  One
day, when he  insisted with  more than usual force  that
she should explain  her mysterious hesitation,  she  drew
aside  the folds  of  her  dress  and exposed her breast
partly destroyed  by a cancer.   Shocked  and horrified,
but unmoved in  his affection,  he  rushed  to  the physi-
cians  and demanded their  aid.  They replied  that they 
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 could give none.  He determined to find a cure  if he
 had to seek in all  parts  of the earth.   He visited the
 learned doctors of Africa and Asia and learned many
 wonderful things, even, it  was said, the composition of
 the philosopher's stone itself,  but what he did not find,
 and what has never  yet been  found, was what he went
 forth to seek—a cure for cancer."
   We insert this  here rather  than under  the  head of
 cancer in the general work, as  it applies so  aptly to our
 subject.
   There can be no  doubt that the change of  life and
 cancer are  in  some  relation  to each other.  Whether
 this relation is that of  cause and effect we  do not pre-
 tend  to say, and it does not matter, as the cause, if such
 it be, can not be removed.
   Daily experience is proving  that a remedy for cancer
 has been discovered at last, and that remedy provided
 by nature—a natural mineral water.   That  it will cure
 all cases is not to  be expected.  We  do  not believe
 that ourselves, but that it will cure some cases we  know,
 and that it  will lessen suffering and decrease the fright-
 ful mortality from this cause,  we know.  For  the rest
 we can  only  hope  the  future  will  repeat in  larger
 measure the success of the past.

     TREATMENT DURING  CHANGE OF LIFE
            WITH YPSILANTI SPECIFIC.

   If we could place this mineral water within reach of
 every woman in the world who reaches this period in
 life, and if all would use it faithfully, a glass daily, and
 two to three glasses  daily during any menstruation  or
 flooding  after  the  change begins, we  would  almost
 divide in  halves the  pain and danger of  womanhood
 and take one-half away. The woman who will use this
water persistently during this period need have  no fear.
The glass every evening or morning, as  seems best after
 a trial (either is good) will make her path easy and safe. 
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  To those who  from  any cause cannot  drink  the
water, we would say that in the Ypsilanti Kidney Cure
or Blood Purifier are all of the virtues of the water in a
condensed form, and it can be taken by any one, hav-
ing a pleasant taste  and odor.  To all who can drink
the water as nature provides it, we  say  take  nature's
cure.
  For the  rest of the treatment,  plain and nourishing
food in abundance, and if it can be  worn without dis-
comfort,  soft woolen underclothing during the  day and
a soft  wool night dress  at  night are highly recom-
mended.   A daily sponge bath in tepid  water will be
found not only pleasant,  but useful.  The bath may be
followed  by rubbing  the  body  over lightly  with  a
sponge or cloth  wet in Ypsilanti Specific.  It is delight-
ful for that purpose.  Better than  any powder or cos-
metic, as it makes the  skin clear and soft, removes any
odor as of perspiration,  and its own  odor vanishes in
being applied.
  Pains in the back  and loins  can be removed by the
use of the compress, if they do not yield to the bath.

    ABORTION.   MISCARRIAGE.  PREJTATURE
                      BIRTH.

  We prefer to treat  the  series of accidents or worse,
which  may  befall between  conception and   deliver)-,
together, as we have treated the various phases  of  men-
struation.
  When  a woman in  a family way throws off  the con-
tents of her womb during the first three months, it is
usually called an  abortion;  during  the  second  three
months a miscarriage, and during  the last three months
of pregnancy, a premature birth.  Although  the term
abortion  is  also applied  to  that  class of  crimes by
which  the life  of the foetus is  destroyed, and it is
removed  by  external  force or  medicines  at whatever
time of the period of gestation such crime  may  occur. 
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   It is  a generally recognized  truth  that the  unborn
child is a living human being from the hour of concep-
tion, and to destroy  its  life  at any time is murder,
morally, if  not legally.   All writers upon this  subject
agree in this view, but  here we treat  the physical, not
the moral question.
   If there be true love between husband and wife, there
will be children unless some physical obstacle prevent,
for the tendency of all true love is to create.   It is true,
nevertheless, that large families  of  children are hardly
to be desired.   The life  of  the  mother is worn out in
child bearing  and  child caring, while  even  from a
strictly  moral  standpoint,  large  families  are  scarcely
necessary.
   There is a vast amount of crime committed which has
for its  object  the destruction  of  the  unborn  child,  not
alone in cases of unmarried  girls who have erred, but in
cases of the married who would  shun the highest duty
of life  and deprive themselves at  the same time  of life's
greatest happiness, for there can be little true happiness
in a  childless house, and no condition is  so lonely, so
utterly forlorn, as a childless old age.
   Every true rule of living calls on man and woman  to
unite their lives for the  continuation of the race.  And
nature provides no punishments for crime  more  severe
than those  with which  she avenges violations of her
laws of  reproduction.
  In cases  of  accidental abortion occuring during  the
first three months, there is usually but little disturbance,
not more than  a  profuse menstruation.   The principal
causes are displacement of the womb  or ulceration;  too
violent exercise or accidental jarring, by falls  or other-
wise ; heavy lifting, and sometimes too  much indulgence
of the passions, especially about the menstrual period.
  TREATMENT.  If the symptoms are slight,  but little
need be  done except  to remain quiet for a few days.
If pains and flooding ensue, the  case is  more  serious
and must be treated as  a natural labor.   Perfect rest, 
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 a  COLD compress—the colder  the  better—applied  to
 the vagina, and complete rest  in  a  recumbent position
 secured until the physicain can be summoned.
   Prevention.   The best way to  prevent miscarriage
 is for the woman who  finds herself pregnant, to lead a
 quiet life,  avoiding all  crowds, excitement and over-
 exertion, abstaining also from sexual intercourse during
 the days when menstruation would  occur in its regular
 intervals.  A miscarriage in  the  first pregnancy is very
 apt to be followed by others^, hence the great importance
 of avoiding such disaster in the first pregnancy.  The
 period  after the  first three months, when  it is most
 liable to occur, is  at the end of the fifth  and again at
 the end  of the sixth month.  A miscarriage or prema-
 ture birth  must always  be  treated  as  a case of labor,
 which see.

 Barrenness.

   There are many mafried  couples  who greatly desire
 the comfort and blessing which children bring, yet who
 remain childless.  This is by no means  always the fault
 of the woman;  it  is  often the man,  and sometimes,
 though rarely, both who are  at fault.
  Cases are cited  in which barren  couples have sepa-
 rated and both remarried, she  to become a mother, he
 a father, as the result of second union.  Most frequently
 a condition of childlessness is due to some defect in  the
 sexual organs of  the  woman, and may be treated and
 cured.  An examination  by a  skillful physician should
 be secured, and he will discover the  defect  if it is local,
 or if it be any of those ailments treated of under men-
struation.  If the  general health of either husband  or
wife  be  impaired, we would  strongly recommend a
 building  up  treatment with Ypsilanti Specific, daily
exercise, wholesome food in abundance and  full hours
of  sleep, a total abstinence  from intercourse  for two  or
three months, and then let the  union  take place about 
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five to eight days  after  menstruation  begins—that is,
after the  period begins.  Such a  course will usually
bring a happy result.
  Often a change of scene and  air is  all that is neces-
sary, as a trip to the seashore or mountains, or a visit
to distant friends.  It is an old saying that "a stale bed
seldom bears fruit."
  We will repeat that  in  all  female complaints the use
of the injection bag with Ypsilanti Specific, either full
strength or reduced  to one-half strength with water, will
be  found  most  excellent, cleansing the vagina  thor-
oughly, allaying inflammation and healing any ulcers or
sores.
  Injections should  never  be used during menstruation.

Breasts, Care of.

  During the last two months  of pregnancy, especially
in the first pregnancy,  care  should be  taken to fit the
nipples and breasts  for nursing  and harden the nipples
so that they may not  become  cracked  or excoriated.
To  harden the  nipples they should  be  washed two or
three times daily with a  solution of tannin in water, or
with  the  tincture of  myrrh,  and once  a  day with a
strong solution  of borax  in water.  Such a  course of
treatment, persisted  in  for a month or two before con-
finement, will usually  avoid  trouble afterwards  and so
pay large dividends on the  work and  time  expended.
No pain  connected with child  bearing  is greater than
the  pain  caused by  sore nipples  while  the  child  is
nursing.
  When sore nipples occur they may be  treated as fol-
lows:   Procure a rubber  nipple shield;  this is impor-
tant and  should not  be neglected.   Bathe the  sore
nipple frequently with a solution of tannin in glycerine,
equal parts of each, or with the following lotion:
  In  a clean tin basin put  a  handful of  hops.   Over
these pour half  a cup  of lard,  cover and let the hops 
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"draw" for ten to fifteen  minutes in the hot lard, strain
and  cool, apply with finger or a  soft  cloth or camel
hair  brush.  This is  strongly recommended by a nurse
of much experience.
  For caked, inflamed or ulcerated  breasts, apply the
warm compress of Ypsilanti Specific and white flannel.
Give tumblerful three to four  times daily, to purge the
bowels  and  reduce  any  fever,  gently rub the  breast
with  the hand toward the nipple.
  This treatment should not  be  neglected, and  in all
cases prevention is better than cure.   Keep the breasts
well  drawn ;  they will not become caked or inflamed.

       CHILDBIRTH.  DELIVERY.   LABOR.

  General Remarks.  There are certain things which
should always be prepared in advance, in anticipation
of the visit of the little  stranger, and in order that the
welcome extended to the visitor  may be  a hospitable
one; also for the comfort and safety  of  the mother,
whose welfare at this time cannot be  too  well looked
after.
  For the mother an unstarched  chemise  and a  short
gown or night dress to be  worn  over the  chemise.
These should be put on when the pains come on, and
when the  bed is  prepared they should be pleated up
under the arms  in  readiness  to draw  down  after the
child is born and the bed changed.  The mother should
be moved as  little  as  possible after  delivery—never
raised to  a  sitting position—hence the importance of
the above directions.  The bandage is another  neces-
sity.   It should  be  made of unbleached muslin, cut
bias, about a yard and a quarter in length  and  twelve to
fourteen  inches wide, varying to  suit the size  of the
mother.   It should be fitted by gores so cut as to make
it narrower at top than at the lower edge, and  narrower
at the lower edge than just above, so as to prevent slip-
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  The child's first  clothing should  be a  band of soft
flannel, four to six  inches wide and sixteen to eighteen
inches long.    Long enough  to  go  once and  a half
around the child, having  the  double  portion  over the
abdomen.  A shirt, preferably of  wool, to go over this,
one or two petticoats, according to the weather, with a
four-inch muslin band at  top  to pin  around the body.
Next the diaper,  the slip or  frock, the bib  to prevent
the soiling of clothes by drilling, and the  little wool
bootees or socks for the feet.  These things together
with a pair of sharp scissors, a package of pins—better
safety pins of two sizes, small and  medium—some good
white linen thread,  good  toilet  soap,  a  fine sponge, a
piece of soft linen or muslin for the navel, a box of the
best powder  and a  cup of lard,  should  all be  in the
basket together ready for instant use.
  The  bed.  Each  nurse  will wish  to  use  her  own
method of dressing the  bed, but in absence  of a nurse
the following directions may be observed :  Procure a
piece of rubber  sheeting or  table  oilcloth  about two
yards square, a lot  of  old  sheets, quilts, or  blankets.
When the  labor begins  prepare  the bed as follows:
First dress  the bed  just as  it  is to be occupied by the
mother after confinement.   It  is best to have a piece of
oiled  silk or rubber gauze, but if  these are not at hand
use a bed pad or an old  quilt folded  double.  Put this
across the  bed  so  that its  centre will come under the
hips when  in a natural position.   Use  no feathers on
the bed, the mattress  is  always  best.  Put  the  oiled
silk or folded blanket or quilt on the mattress.  Above
this put on the sheet.   This is the  under sheet.  Now
fold both of these into  a  careful pleat toward the right
side of the bed and a little  past the middle, where they
will form a  slight ridge.   Over this put the rubber sheet
or oilcloth,  which should cover the  bed and hang over
the edge on the left side.  Cover the rubber sheet with
one or two  old quilts or blankets,  and these with an old
sheet.   The bed  is  now  ready, only needing another 
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sheet to cover the patient during labor.  Fold the bed-
clothes  to  be  used after  delivery and   place  them
near by.
  We would here call  attention  to the reason for this
particular mode of dressing the bed. After the confine-
ment is over the rubber sheet can be folded up from the
right side, leaving the clean sheet in place.  The patient
can then  be gently moved over on  to the clean sheet on
the  right side,  the soiled  clothes and  rubber  sheet
removed, the pleated  blanket  and  sheet drawn over to
the left side and the top clothes  put on—and there you
are.   A twisted cloth  or sheet may be fastened to the
footboard or post of the  bed for the patient  to pull  on
during the bearing down pains.

Symptoms of  Labor.

  Generally about  two weeks before  confinement the
symptoms of labor begin.  At this time the womb sub-
sides or  drops down,  the pressure on the  lungs  and
bowels  is relieved  to a  marked  extent, the patient
breathes  easier and  feels  better  generally.  She  is
inclined to  take more  exercise  and walk  out  or ride.
Care should be used  at such  times, for  over-exertion
may bring on premature labor.  The second sign is an
increased fullness and  relaxation of the vulva and the
appearance of mucus  or "shows."   The third sign is a
feeling of restlessness  or nervousness and  depression  of
spirits, less in  those of sanguine temperament than  in
others.   The next and more immediate symptom is the
beginning of the pains, a great desire to make water
and evacuate  the  bowels, and  sometimes nausea and
vomiting.  The bowels and  bladder should be emptied
by all means, and for  this purpose an  injection into the
bowels of warm  water made soapy with pure  castile
soap may be used.  The bladder  may be emptied by
getting  on  the hands  and knees,  and so passing  the
water. 
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   This is about all that  can be said of the preparatory
 work.  The rest is for the physician or midwife.   How-
 ever, as it may not always be possible to procure such,
 we will give a few simple  hints which  may be followed
 by those in attendance.
   The room should be quiet and warm with only those
 in attendance who can be of use.  The proper course is
 for the head to  be born  first.  If  the contrary  occur
 and the feet or  buttocks  appear first, do  not disturb
 them or pull or push, nature must  have  time to move.
 As soon as the head is born see that the umbelical cord
 is not about the  neck.   If  it  is, draw it gently  forward
 and loosen it or slip it over the head, otherwise it may
 strangle the child.  See that  the  infant breathes.   If
 the cry is  not  heard insert the  finger into t'he mouth
 and lay the babe on the  right side with its head clear of
 all discharges.   The  cord  should  never  be  tied until
 the  infant  is heard  to  cry.   Apply  the  ligature  in
 the following manner:  About  two  inches  from  the
 belly  tie  a  piece  of linen or  silk  twine  or  thread
 around  the cord with a  double knot.   An  inch above
 this tie  another.  Cut  the cord between these knots
 with  the  scissors.   The  child  is  now  free  from  the
 mother  and  ready  for  the nurse.   A warm blanket
 or piece of flannel should  be ready to wrap about  the
 child.
   The mother  should now be made  comfortable.  In
 about fifteen or twenty minutes after  the child  is born
 the afterbirth should be coaxed away.   This may some-
 times  be done by pulling  gently  on  the  cord.   If it
 adheres, the hand must be  oiled and  inserted into  the
 womb and  the  afterbirth  gently removed.   The  parts
 should now be gently washed with warm soft water and
the temporary dressing removed as above directed ;  the
chemise and  nightdress drawn down and the bandage
applied.  This should be drawn tight and pinned about
everv  inch  of the distance across at the lap.  A napkin
should be  placed under the hips to  receive any dis- 
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charge, and changed every four hours  until discharge
ceases.
   All this should be done without  any exertion on  the
part of  the mother, who should passively submit to  the
attendants.

The Child.

   While the mother is  being  made comfortable by  the
physician and attendants the nurse will wash and  dress
the  child.   The  soft warm  water, soap,  lard, towels,
powder, etcetera, are supposed to be ready and at hand.
   First rub the baby all over with  lard.  Do not spare
it but put it on thick,  rubbing it thoroughly but  care-
fully.  This is to remove the  birth  coat,  which  the
learned  call  the  vernix  caseosa.   After the  lard is
applied wash  the babe  gently  with  the  soft sponge,
using warm water and  some  fine pure  soap.   During
this washing keep the body covered as  much as possi-
ble in the flannel blanket.  Be careful that no soap gets
into the eyes ;  if it does  it may cause irritation of a pain-
ful nature.   After drying the body  of the babe, fix  the
navel by placing about the cord a piece of oiled  linen
or muslin as described  above.   Lay the  cord down  on
this and put on the band and other clothing.
  As soon as  the child is dressed take it to the mother
and apply it to the breast.  This  is best both  for  the
mother and the child.   It prevents flooding and tends
to prevent  milk  fever  in  the mother,  and  the  child
obtains then a secretion nature has  provided and which
it needs to put its stomach and bowels  in a fit condition
to receive the  food which soon comes.

After Treatment.

  For the first two  or  three  days the  mother should
take only such food as  gruel, toast water, tapioca, or
barley  water.  Later she may take broths, or a little 
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solid  food  such  as  chicken, toast,  eggs.   The  last,
beaten whole in cream or milk are an excellent change.
About the fourth  day the clothing and  sheets should
be  changed.  This must be  done without raising  the
patient in bed,  by slipping  the  gown  and chemise off
and the clean  ones on, and then changing the sheets,
keeping  the patient covered  all the time.  We would
here urge the importance,  even  necessity, of absolute
quiet in a horizontal position  for at least a  week after
delivery.  If there is  no pain or  headache purgatives
need not be given.  They do  more harm  than good.
  If a laxative is needed  a little of the Ypsilanti Speci-
fic is the best possible remedy.   Avoid  all  purgatives
such as castor oil, croton  oil, calomel, etc.
  A  competent physician  or nurse  may with  safety
apply ether  or chloroform to assuage the pains of child-
birth.  They should never be  used  by anyone not thor-
oughly competent to give them safely.  Hence we give
no directions for their use.

DISEASES  OF THE  ORGANS   OF GENERATION.

  Under  this head, we purpose treating briefly both
those diseases to which women alone  are subject,  and
those from  which men suffer alone, as well  as those
common to  both.
  Of all  the ills  human flesh is  heir to, none give so
much  misery, cause such  untold  suffering, and curse
future generations with such an awful hereditament as
those diseases  called venereal or sexual.   Such is  the
wrath  of  outraged nature against those who  break  her
laws and violate the commands of  Nature's God, that
she visits upon such offenders her most terrible punish-
ments.
  We recently were called  upon to treat a family con-
sisting of mother and nine children.  The  father, author
of this awful crime, had paid to nature her full penalty.
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disease, syphilis.  Thanks to Ypsilanti Specific, all are
fully restored to health, and we  do not  believe  future
generations are  in any danger in this case.   Only those
infirmities  remain which  no human  skill can  ever re-
move.   In one a curved spine,  in  another a shrivelled
arm,  another blind  from  birth, all some affliction to
remind  them that their father had  sinned.  A  youthful
indiscretion doubtless, but no less severely punished for
that reason.
  Fortunately for the afflicted the virtues of this water
extend even to the purifying of  the blood of one  suffer-
ing from  syphilis  in  its  secondary or  tertiary form.
Of course it follows from  this that  all  minor  forms of
venereal diseases are  easy to  treat  and  easily cured by
the remedy which will uproot the most virulent and re-
fractory to treatment of this class.
  In venereal  diseases  haste  in  treatment  is a mistake
which often leads to serious results.
  The nostrums  and  mixtures  of  astringent  oils  and
mercury advertised  to cure in a day or  two are  either
frauds of  the  worst  kind, or if they apparently cure,
leave in their  train evils worse than  those they were
taken  for.  There are two  venereal diseases,  gonorr-
hoea or clap and syphilis.
  To cure clap or gonorrhoea, from  two weeks to  a
month is required ; to cure syphilis, from six months to
a year, and when we say cure we  mean  cure.   We are
calling a  spade a spade all through this  book.   Such
are our instructions.
  Of course we may say, as all writers on these subjects
do, that the best plan is to lead a pure life and  not run
into danger.   Such advice is all right  and good as far
as it goes, but the facts show  that it does not  go very
far.  The terrible increase in  these diseases is known to
every physician from daily experience in his own prac-
tice, and  shown by the  army of quacks and  so-called
"specialists" who make fortunes  treating sufferers from
private diseases. 
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     ANATOHY OF THE iTALE  ORGANS  OF
                   GENERATION.

   We  have  not  yet   had  occasion  to  explain the
male  anatomy  but  it  now  becomes  necessary to do
so.
   The female organs have been briefly explained, and
we would only add  to what  is said above that the
female urethra is very short, and has its opening at the
forward portion of the vulva.
   The male organs are  the  penis  and  testicles.   The
penis consists mainly of a mass  of  cells and capillaries
capable of  being  infused with blood and so distended.
The penis contains the urethra, the tube leading from
the bladder  through  which  the urine is discharged.
Connected with  this  passage and lying near the neck
of the bladder, is a gland  called  the prostrate  gland
and on each  side of  this gland  are the receptacles  of
the semen.  Immediately  back of the  penis is a sack
called  the scrotum, which  contains  the testicles.  So
much of an explanation is necessary to an  understand-
ing of the terms and language used  in  this portion  of
the chapter.

Bubo.

   This is  the result of a prior chancre and is a swelling
of a lymphatic gland  called the inguinal  gland in the
groin.   In its advanced  stages it becomes an open sore
or chancre.   Its treatment  is same as in  chancre, which
see.

Chancre,  or Shanker.

   This is the first and unvarying sign  of syphilis, and
usually appears  upon the genital organs.   In the male
on  the penis,  in  the  female  on  the vulva.   It  is a
venereal sore or ulcer, first appearing as  a mere  pimple, 
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which  forms a head  or  pustule which breaks and dis-
closes the ulcer or sore.
  The chancre is the result of intercourse with one hav-
ing syphilis.  It is  passed  from one  to  another  by
inoculation, as by the poison from such a sore coming
in contact with  the flesh of  a healthy person.   There
are several forms  of chancre, more or  less vicious.
The simple form is usually  more or less  round, with
slightly inflamed walls or edges and a yellowish base,
which  is  covered with  a poisonous  mucus  or  secre-
tion.   This form  usually lasts some  five  weeks  and
then heals.
  Another form is the indurated chancre,  in which the
flesh about it  becomes hard.   Another is the sloughing
chancre, in which the flesh  decays and  falls away in
masses, and still  another  is the eating chancre, in which
the flesh is rapidly eaten  away.  The bubo is another
form spoken of above.
  There is a class of  growths  which sometimes  occur,
called flowers  or vegetations, which, while  not  strictly
chancres, are usually found with chancres and come from
the same  causes, syphiletic  inoculation  and neglect.
They appear usually in the male on or about  the glans
penis,  in  the  female about  the  vulva or vagina,  and
sometimes on  the neck of the uterus.
  The above symptoms are evidence of primary syphi-
lis,  and  must never be  neglected.  If not  treated at
once  and with  energy,  the  disease will pass..into the
secondary or  constitutional   form,  and is  much more
difficult to treat  and cure.
  Treatment.   On the  first appearance of the sore or
chancre, apply locally a compress  made of white flan-
nel (wool, not cotton,) wet in Ypsilanti Specific.  Wash
the private parts thoroughly  in the Specific  once each
day, and, using a proper syringe, inject the Specific twice
or three times daily into  the  penis or vagina.  Drink  a
tumblerful of Ypsilanti Specific before  each meal  and
before retiring at night.  After all symptoms of disease 
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disappear,  continue  to drink two  glasses daily for at
least three to four months to  thoroughly drive  out of
the system all traces of the disease.
  Use no other medicine, and during treatment abstain
entirely from  all  alcoholic  liquors, and  let the food be
plain as possible.  Sauces and condiments tend  to heat
the blood, and  are  best if  let alone  while treating so
serious a disease as syphilis.
  If this disease is  not treated  and cured  during its
primary  stage, it goes  to the  blood  and  its poison
spreads to  the  whole system and  becomes constitu-
tional.  This  is commonly known  as  the  secondary
form of  syphilis.   This  form affects the whole  flesh,
and its  symptoms  appear  on   the  skin and  mucous
membranes.
  There are a great variety of  sores and eruptions in
secondary syphilis.
  The throat and mouth  are especially  liable to be
affected ; sores or  ulcers form all over the mouth, throat
and larynx, and  even  in  the   nasal cavities.  These
ulcers are  often  very severe,  eating  away the parts
affected, leaving great holes and  cavities.  The mucous
membranes of the genital organs are  also often affected,
especially in the female;  also the lining of the cavity of
the  eye.
  Various forms of  scaly eruptions or ulcers appear on
the skin and may have their location  on  any  part of the
body, but the arms, legs  and face seem most liable  to
attack*
  These ulcers, whether on the  mucous membranes  or
skin, are not especially painful, but cause distress from
their appearance and nature, and from the damage they
do, as in eating away the  flesh and ultimately the  life of
the one afflicted.   In the throat they may  cause  such
swelling as  to prevent swallowing and  cause death  by
starvation.
   TREATMENT.   The  secondary  form  of  syphilis  is
treated in the same manner as the primary, with Ypsi- 
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lanti Specific, the only cure ever discovered or known
without the use of mercury.
  The Specific must be drank  freely and at least three
glasses daily, and the  ulcers or sores must be bathed
daily in  the  Specific,  the compress applied  if possi-
ble, and worn day  and night.   We have just cured a
terrible case  of secondary in which the patient could
not drink the water, but took the Ypsilanti Kidney Cure
or Blood Purifier instead,  using the compress day and
night and bathing with the Specific daily.  The Kidney
Cure is  made  of certain  medicinal herbs  steeped  in
Ypsilanti Specific, and two tablespoonfuls equal a glass
of the Specific.  We  recommend  the  Specific in  all
cases where its use  is possible.  The time required  for
treatment is from six months to a year.
  The question  has been raised  whether  secondary
syphilis is infectious.  That is, whether  it can be com-
municated,  but investigation seems  to  leave no doubt
on this point.   It is not only infectious but is communi-
cated to children by either parent.
  During treatment intercourse must be strictly avoided
and  all alcoholic drinks should  be entirely shunned.
Regular  hours,  plain diet, exercise, especially  in  the
open air, and daily, or at  least tri-weekly baths, are all
recommended.

Tertiary Syphilis.

  It is quite impossible  to draw  the  line between  the
secondary form of  syphilis above  described and  the
tertiary form, but  we might say generally that when
the disease advances from its  ravages upon the skin,
mucous membranes and flesh, it is  said to be tertiary.
It then attacks the  covering of the bones and even  the
bones themselves.   In  this form  the bones decay and
fall away by pieces.  Generally the  bones of the face
are affected  first.   Tumors  appear on  the flesh near
the affected  bones and  often the senses arc lost; blind- 
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ness, deafness  and  other afflictions  occur in  many
cases.
  TREATMENT.  If in any case  the disease has been
allowed to proceed as far  as  the tertiary form, pursue
the treatment above indicated for secondary, but in this
form it must be expected  that  at  least a  year will be
required to eradicate the disease from the  bones, and
during this time the  treatment  must be constant, per-
sistent and thorough.
  It should not be  necessary to add here  that in any
form of venereal disease intercourse should be  entirely
avoided.   It  is against nature,  and nature,  while  a
gentle mother, is  a strict disciplinarian  and does not
fail to punish  such an offence as that.  Not only is  the
disease communicated to another, but it is greatly inten-
sified in the original sufferer.
  We will now proceed to  the other and milder  form of
venereal disease and its various symptoms and results.

Gonorrhoea,  Clap.

  These maladies, while not strictly one and the  same,
because of a  difference  in their  origin, may be treated
as one.   Their symptoms and results are the same.
  Gonorrhoea may be communicated by either  male or
female and is always evidence of  intercourse with one of
the opposite sex afflicted with the disease.   Clap  is the
same form of  disease when contracted by a  man  in
intercourse with a woman who is  suffering from  a severe
form of  leucorrhoea, sometimes called putrid  leucorr-
hoea.  This is why clap may sometimes be contracted
from a woman who is a virtuous wife, or even a  bride of
unsullied  demeanor.
  In ordinary language  either name is applied to the
disease, no distinction being made.
  The symptoms  are  an itching about the end of the
penis in  the  male, or  the vulva  in  the female.   A
discharge of first watery, then milky mucus.  The time 
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required for the  disease to develop  is  usually about
eight days.   If not checked during the first three days
the inflammation becomes more pronounced, and in the
male extends back  toward the  bladder,  affecting  the
entire  urethra.  The discharges  change  to a thicker
yellow  mucus.  Chordee or  painful  erections of  the
penis also occur and  cause  great suffering.  The pros-
trate gland is liable to be affected  and  become inflamed,
and  the  neck of the bladder  as well;  this causes an
almost constant  desire to pass water.  Another symp-
tom is  Stricture.  This is  a closing up of the urethra
by  inflammation,  making  necessary  the  use  of  the
catheter  or bougee.   Another  resulting  symptom is
gleet, which often  follows badly treated gonorrhoea  and
is,  in  fact, a  chronic  form  of  inflammation  of  the
mucous membrane lining the urethra.
  Still another severe symptom  is orchitis or swelling
of the testicles.  This is accompanied  by great pain  and
chills and fever.
  Treatment.  With Ypsilanti  Specific  the treatment
is very simple.
  When the symptoms  first appear  procure  a glass
syringe of the proper kind and size at any drug store,
or send to us and  we will furnish one at cost—25 cents
for male  and $2.00  for female  syringe.    Inject Ypsi-
lanti Specific as often as the  urine is  passed, using the
syringe every time after urinating.  Drink the Specific
twice or three times daily—a tumblerful  at a time.  A
cure should follow in a week to ten days if taken during
the first few days.
  If there is much local inflammation apply  the com-
press.
  This  treatment will not only cure, but will prevent all
such evil symptoms as stricture, gleet  and orchitis.
  Avoid  all alcoholic drinks  and strictly avoid inter-
course during treatment.

Falling of the Womb. —See Womb. 
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 Injections. — There are few things that are more neces-
        sary to  health and comfort,  or  more important
        to have in  the  house  than  a good syringe.   If
        only one can be afforded we would recommend
        the  "family syringe"  consisting of two or three
        pieces of rubber tubing, one or two bulbs, and a
        set of tips, at least  three.
          If it can  be had, a rubber bag for the liquid,
        to be  hung up, and  used by gravity  pressure
        instead of the bulb, is  much  to be preferred  for
        most purposes.   In the treatment  of diseases of
        the genital organs,  injections are most useful and
        even necessary,  and for  cleanliness and health
        should  be  used frequently  by every  married
        woman.
          Probably the  best ordinary injection  consists
        of one-fourth to  one-half  Ypsilanti  Specific,
        balance pure water, the whole to be used tepid
        or luke warm.  For injections in cases of inflam-
        mation of the bowels, inflammation of the blad-
        der or  of the  genital  organs of either  sex, the
        proportion may be  varied according to the  case,
        up to all  Ypsilanti  Specific,  which is used alone
        in severe cases of whites, catarrh of bladder, fis-
       tula, piles, etc., as described under various head-
        ings.
          Another good  injection is  one-half  extract of
       hamamelis and one-half water.
          Another.   Ten grains of sulphate of zinc to a
       quart of water.
          In cases of  chronic constipation  injections  of
       hot water are  often more effectual than physic,
       and are  highly recommended.
Itching of the Vulva, Prurigo. — This difficulty some
       times affects  women  about  the  time  of the
       change  of  life.    Sometimes, but  not  often,
       it occurs at  other  times.   The only  symptom
       is an  intolerable   itching about  the vulva which 
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       compels the  sufferer  to  scratch  and  rub her-
       self  and causing  great  annoyance.  The com-
       press of Ypsilanti Specific  and flannel, worn for
       a  few days,  will  remove the  symptom entirely
       unless it be  caused  by masturbation,  in  which
       case the habit must be broken before a cure can
       take place.
Leucorrhoea, or Whites. — There is no class of symp-
       toms so common as that class known as whites,
       for the great majority of women are afflicted to a
       greater or less extent.
         The whites is  a general  term  which may be
       held to  mean any discharge whatever  from the
       vagina, not of a bloody nature.  Sometimes the
       discharge is  watery,  sometimes white or milky,
       again yellow  or greenish,  sometimes  thin and
       odorless, or  nearly so.  Sometimes  there is  a
       strong  and  offensive odor,  and again they may
       be thick and ropy.  All of  these discharges are
       symptoms;   some of  one trouble,  some  of
       another.  The cause  or disease  may be in the
       vagina or in  the  neck of the womb.  They may
       even indicate an ulcerated condition of the neck
       of the uterus  or  womb, or  ulcers in  the vagina.
       In all cases  of this nature an examination by a
       physician is best.  He  will  usually discover the
       true cause of  the trouble, which in such cases is
       half the battle.   In  any event a cure will  follow
       a general renovation of the system.
         Treatment.   It is  scarcely possible to detail
       within the limits of this work, all the forms of
       female diseases causing whites  and prescribe for
       them.   Fortunately for us we are dealing with a
       harmless  remedy, and  one  which can be used
       with  a   certainty  that only good   will   follow
       its use.  We  would  recommend  that Ypsilanti
       Specific be used at least once a day as  an injec-
       tion,  using about a  pint at a time,  and that 
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       the  usual amount be taken  internally three  or
       four times daily.
         Such a course of treatment persisted in  for a
       reasonable time, ten days to two weeks, will cure
       most cases.
Womb,  Falling  of.   Prolapsus  Uteri. — It  often
       occurs that the ligaments  holding  the womb in
       place  become weak or  relaxed.  In such  cases
       the  womb sinks down  into the vagina  causing
       considerable distress.
         When this first occurs a cure may be  effected
       by simply injecting Ypsilanti  Specific  diluted
       with an equal portion of water.  The injection in
       this case should be cool, not warm.  In neglected
       or old cases a  pessary  must be applied  to  hold
       the womb in place, meanwhile  restoring the sys-
       tem by drinking the Specific and using the com-
       press  over the  lower part  of  the abdomen and
       vagina.
Womb, Inflammation of. — This is  a  serious ailment;
       generally caused by some other local inflamma-
       tion,  as of the vagina  or  of  the ovaries,  or by
       childbirth ;  sometimes  by sexual excitement  or
       desire, by medicines taken to force menstruation,
       by masturbation or constipation.
         Symptoms  are pain in the region of the  loins,
       urinating or sitting at  stool  causes pain.   The
       lower  part of  the abdomen  is usually  swollen
       and tender.
         Treatment.  Perfect rest.   The patient must
       be quiet  as possible in bed,  Ypsilanti Specific
       must be given  freely as cathartic and febrifuge,
       and the cold compress must be applied to the
       lower part of  the abdomen.  Simple light  food,
       such  as  gruel,  barley  water,   toast water, etc.,
       must be the only nourishment  taken  for  a few
       days.  The patient must have  fresh  air and quiet
       so far  as it is possible  to secure it. 
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MARRIED  LADIES'  PERPETUAL  CALENDAR.
  If a lady dates the  period of conception Jan. 1, quickening
will occur May 20, and confinement about the 8th of October
following;  or, if she is ignorant of the time of conception, by
consulting the middle column as to the time of quickening, if it
occurs May  20, she may expect her confinement to occur about
the 8th of October following, or 140 days after the period of
quickening.   The date in the first column is that of conception ;
the  corresponding date  in  the second column is that of quick-
ening; and  the corresponding date of the third column,  that of
confinement. 
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	January. Quickening.	--Deliver)/.	Vouveption	February.	
Conception.				Quickening.	Delivery.
Jan.	May	Oct.	Feb.	June	Nov.
1	20	s	1	20	8
2	21	9	2	21	9
3	22	10	3	22	10
4	23	11	4	23	11
5	24	12	5	24	12
6	25	13	fi	25	13
7	26	14	7	26	14
s	27	15	8	27	15
9	28	16	9	28	16
10	29	17	10	29	17
11	30	18	11	30	18
12	31	19		July	
	June		12	1	19
13	1	20	13	2	20
14	2	21	14	3	21
15	3	22	la	4	22
16	4	23	16	5	23
17	5	24	17	6	24
18	6	25	18	7	25
19	7	26	19	8	26
20	8	27	20	9	27
21	9	28	21	10	28
22	10	29	22	11	29
23	11	30	23	12	30
24	12	31			Dec.
		Nov.	24	13	1
25	13	1	25	14	2
26	14	2	26	15	3
27	15	3	27	16	4
28	16	4	28	17	5
29	17	5			
30	18	6			
31	19	7			
 
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March.
< '(inception.	Quickening.	Delivery.
March	July	Dec.
1	18	o
2	19	7
3	20	S
4	21	9
5	22	10
6	23	11
7	24	12
8	25	13
9	26	14
10	27	15
11	28	1(1
12	29	17
13	30	IS
14	31 Aug.	19
15	1	20
16	2	21
17	•j	22
18	4	23
19	5	24
20	6	25
21	7	26
22	s	27
23	9	28
24	10	29
25	11	30
26	12	31 Jan.
27	13	1
28	14	2
29	15	3
30	16	4
31	17	5
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April.
Conception.	Quickening.	Delivery,
April	Aug.	Jan.
1	18	6
2	19	7
3	20	s
4	21	9
5	22	10
6	23	11
7	24	12
s	25	13
9	26	14
10	27	15
11	28	16
12	29	17
13	30	is
14	31 Sept.	19
15	1	20
16	2	2J
17	3	22
18	4	23
19	5	24
20	6	25
21	7	26
22	s	27
23	9	28
24	10	29
25	11	30
26	12	31 Feb.
27	13	1
28	14	2
29	15	3
30	16	4
 
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	May. Quickening.	Deli very.		June.	
iiccp/iim.			Conception.	Quickening.	Delirei
May	Sept,	Feb.	June	Oct.	March
1	17	5	1	18	8
2	18	6	2	19	9
3	19	7	3	20	10
4	20	8	4	21	11
5	21	9	5	22	12
6	22	10	6	23	13
7	23	11	7	24	14
s	24	12	8	25	15
9	25	13	9	26	16
10	26	14	10	27	17
11	27	15	11	28	18
12	28	16	12	29	19
13	29	17	13	30	20
14	30 Oct.	18	14	31 Nov.	21
15	1	19	15	1	22
16	2	20	16	2	23
17	3	21	17	3	24
18	4	22	18	4	25
19	5	23	19	5	26
20	6	24	20	6	27
21	7	25	21	7	28
22	8	26	22	s	29
23	9	27	23	9	30
24	10	28 March	24	10	31 April
25	11	1	25	11	1
26	12	2	26	12	2
27	13	3	27	13	3
28	14	4	28	14	4
29	15	5	29	15	5
30	16	6	30	16	6
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July.                          August.
Conception.	Quickening.	Delivery.	Conception.	Quickening.	Deliverj/.
July	Nov.	April	Aug.	Dec.	May
1	17	7	1	18	8
2	18	8.	2	19	9
3	19	9	3	20	10
4	20	10	4	21	11
5	21	11	5	22	12
6	22	12	6	23	13
7	23	13	7	24	14
8	24	14	8	25	15
9	25	15	9	26	16
10	26	16	10	27	17
11	27	17	11	28	18
12	28	18	12	29	19
13	29	19	13	30	20
14	30 Dec.	20	14	31 Jan.	21
15	1	21	15	1	22
16	2	22	16	2	23
17	3	23	17	3	24
18	4	24	18	4	25
19	5	25	19	5	26
20	6	26	20	6	27
21	7	27	21	7	28
22	8	28	22	8	29
23	9	29	23	9	30
24	10	30 May	24	10	31 June
25	11	1	25	11	1
26	12	2	26	12	2
27	13	3	27	13	3
28	14	4	28	14	4
29	15	5	29	15	5
30	16	6	30	16	6
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September.                       October.
inception.	Quickening.	Delivery.	Conception.	Quickening.	Deliver
Sept.	Jan.	June	Oct.	Feb.	July
1	18	8	1	17	8
2	19	9	2	18	9
3	20	10	3	19	10
4	21	11	4	20	11
5	22	12	5	21	12
6	23	13	6	22	13
7	24	14	7	23	14
8	25	15	s	24	15
9	26	16	9	25	16
10	27	17	10	26	17
11	28	18	11	27	18
12	29	19	12	28	19
13	30	20		March	
14	31	21	13	1	20
	Feb.		14	2	21
15	1	22	15	3	22
16	2	23	16	4	23
17	3	24	17	5	24
18	4	25	18	6	25
19	5	26	19	7	26
20	6	27	20	8	27
21	7	28	21	9	28
22	8	29	22	10	29
23	9	30	23	11	30
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CHAPTER IV.
          DISEASES OF CHILDREN.

Care of the Child. —There are certain rules of health
       which should always be observed in the care of
       infants and young children.  It is highly impor-
       tant that at least such  things  as  can be done
       under almost any circumstances of location or
       financial condition to make  the chances of  dis-
       ease less, should not be neglected.
         Vital  statistics show an alarming percentage
       of mortality before  the age of six years,  and
       especially among the infants under  one year of
       age.
         That  much  of this  mortality might  be pre-
       vented by a  due regard to the  ordinary rules of
       health, cannot  be denied, and  it is furthermore
       true that neglect, which results in loss  of  life, is
       as  much  a  crime  as  any act  so  resulting
       could be.
         The percentage of births in  a highly civilized
       state is much smaller than in countries less civil-
       ized, and the importance of protecting such life
       as does come into being, increases as the number
       of lives diminishes.
         The important factors of pure air, wholesome
       food, cleanliness, and proper clothing, certainly
       need never  be  neglected under any conditions.
         The infant requires pure air.   To this end the
       ventilation of the living rooms should be consid-
       ered, even in the coldest weather.  Overheated
       apartments  are more dangerous than  cold  air.
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       A temperature  of sixty degrees with  pure air is
       more healthful than a stagnant atmosphere and a
       heat of seventy to eighty degrees.   A child, like
       a growing plant, needs sunshine;  hence rooms
       where the  child passes the  day should not be
       shaded or darkened.
         Who  has not seen a baby creep  into a streak
       of sunshine and play  with  the  sunbeams and
       shadows.   Nature  teaches  it that and plants in
       its infant mind a natural love of light  and dislike
       of darkness.
         Young children  should have  the open air  as
       much as possible and when indoors should have
       all the fresh air that the circumstances will per-
       mit.  When sleeping, its  bed should   not  be
       closed in by curtains or draperies, nor should its
       face be covered with bedclothes.  When carried
       out  into  the  air, care should  be taken not  to
       so wrap its head in  the cloak  or blanket as to
       prevent free access of the air  to its nostrils.
The Bath.—Next in  importance to the air is the use
       of water, which  should not be neglected.   The
       baby should have its daily bath just as regularly
       as its daily food.
         If the skin  of an infant is not kept clean and
       sweet,  it  is very liable to skin diseases which
       may exert an  evil  influence on  its future life,
       even if not fatal during infancy.
         For the  bath a  basin of warm water, a soft
       towel of generous size, a sponge, the best and
       purest of soap,  and  a box of good powder are
       required.   The  sponge  should  be squeezed dry
       and  hung up after  using,  to air;  not  put in a
       case, box, or pocket, as is often done.
         As the child  grows older the temperature of
       the water may be repuced to tepid, then to cool,
       and  finally the system will become accustomed
       to the use of cold water, which is most healthful 
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       beyond a doubt.  Cold  water should never  be
       used on  baby,  however;  the shock is too great
       for the tender body and organs.
The Food. — If the natural food, the gift of wise mother
       nature, cannot be given for any cause, there are
       now  several  substitutes  on  the  market  and  a
       choice should be made among the best of these,
       or the milk of a cow should be obtained as fresh
       as possible.  It is  undoubtedly  better to have
       the milk of  a healthy and well fed cow, than the
       mixed  product  of  many cattle,  as  it is  usually
       delivered  in our cities  and  towns.  Sterilized
       milk is recommended by many and can be  pro-
       cured in most cities.
         If the cow gives rich milk it should be slightly
       reduced with pure water and a little sugar added.
       If the milk be naturally thin it will probably  be
       best if given as  it comes from the cow.
         If the bottle  is used care should be taken to
       see that it is scalded out  every day and carefully
       dried, that it may not become sour.
         There can be  no  doubt  that  milk, under cer-
       tain conditions of neglect, will produce  a  poison
       of a most virulent nature.
         We would say here that when a  baby is fed
       from the bottle, a teaspoonful of Ypsilanti Speci-
       fic given two or three times  a  day will have a
       tendency  to  keep the  stomach  sweet, prevent
       colic and furnish the laxative necessary with any
       substitute for mother's milk.  Do  not be afraid
       to give it.  Baby will not  object,  in fact they
       usually  like it  better  than  "grown-up  folks"
       do.
The Clothing. — Another   important   matter  is  the
       clothing.  However  plain and  simple it  may
       be,  the  baby's  clothing  should be warm and
       plenty  of it. It should  be  changed frequently
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       garments except,  perhaps,  the  outer slips.  In
       summer cotton or cambric is most comfortable.
The Sleep of Infants. — During the first months of its
       life, most of its time is devoted  to growing and
       sleeping.  Sleep should be  encouraged by secur-
       ing quiet and comfort, not by opiates.  It is best
       during  the  first week or two,  for  an infant to
       sleep with its mother for the greater warmth and
       protection thus secured  for it, but  the young
       child should never be put to bed with an  aged
       person  or an  invalid.  It  is almost  certain to
       lead to  evil  results  to the  child.  It should be
       taught from the first  to retire early in the even-
       ing and this  habit should never  be broken dur-
       ing childhood.
         If baby's sleep is  broken,  or  it  is fretful or
       peevish, be  sure something  is wrong.  There is
       a tight band, or a  pin point or a  badly adjusted
       diaper,  or something wrong  with its  food, or
       it is cold;  search  out the cause and  remove it,
       and the  restlessness will disappear.   Spanking
       or shaking will not cure it.
         If baby's bowels do not move at least twice a
       day, or  if the excrement  is  hard  or lumpy, it is
       constipated and needs a few spoonfuls out of the
       brown bottle.   Ypsilanti Specific is the best lax-
       ative ever given to a  child,  do not  forget  that.
       Again during baby's early life—the first three
       months at least—it should not be allowed to sit up
       nor should it be placed on its feet. Its bones are
       then soft and weak and very liable to injury by any
      weight or strain.   For the same reason it should
       not be tossed about or shaken, as  is often done.
        About  the  tenth  month,  when baby should
       begin to walk and "show his teeth," such care is
       no longer necessary.   Then comes weaning time
       and the  young gentleman, or lady—as the case
       maybe—begins to acquire habits of independence. 
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Care of Sick Children. —A few words of general com-
       ment may not be out of  place  as to the care of
       infants in sickness  and the proper qualifications
       of a successful nurse  in such cases.
         To  be such a nurse it  is required that  one
       should have the patience of Job.
         The child which in  health may bring sunshine
       with it, even into the darkest places, may be the
       source of many squalls and showers when sickness
       displaces health.   The little sufferer is uneasy
       and in pain ;  it cannot understand the cause or
       patiently await  a  change;  it wants  something
       and does not  know what; it cries to be taken up
       and a  moment later to be put down;  it calls for
       nurse  or mother, only to push  away  the loving
       hand or face; it  is full of whims and notions.
         To bear with all this patiently and with unruffled
       temper, requires a rarely sweet disposition, yet
       one to be successful with sick children must never
       be weary of well doing or suffer loss of patience.
Canker — Sore Mouth. — It sometimes  occurs   that
       young  children  are troubled with canker  sores
       about the mouth and lips.   These are frequently
       present while teething or  with fevers or diseases
       of the stomach.
         Treatment.   Wash the canker once an  hour
       or oftener with Ypsilanti Specific, using a camel
       hair brush.   Give from a teaspoonful  to a  wine-
       glassful according to the age of the child, repeat-
       ing every two or three hours until cured.
Chicken Pox. — This is a form of skin disease allied to
       small  pox, but  much milder  in  form.    The
       symptoms are fever, great lassitude,  and  about
       the  third  day a  reddish  eruption  of the   skin
       which sometimes leaves small scabs that fall off
       about the eleventh day.
         Treatment.   Sponge the body at  least twice
       daily with Ypsilanti Specific, and for this purpose 
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       have the Specific cool but not cold.  It should
       also be taken freely internally.
Cholera Infantum. — This is also called  the  summer
       complaint of children.   It affects infants during
       the  hot season and generally  when cutting the
       first teeth.
         The  symptoms are diarrhoea, the  discharges
       from the bowels being  very thin  and  profuse,
       even watery after  a time.   Vomiting is usually
       very severe,  the  stomach  rejecting  everything
       received into it.   The tongue  is usually coated
       and the extremities cold, while  the belly is apt to
       be hot and swollen.  It is a very fatal disease and
       needs most careful attention.
         On the appearance of the  first symptoms bind
       a flannel band about  the   belly and  over the
       stomach  wet  in Ypsilanti Specific,  warm,  and
       give  the  Specific in two teaspoonful  doses as
       often as once every half hour.   If vomiting  is
       severe give double quantity,  then when vomiting
       ceases  let the stomach  rest half an  hour, then
       give one teaspoonful followed  in fifteen minutes
       by two; continue this treatment until the child
       shows signs  of hunger, then give it the breast if
       nursing, if not, then the bottle.  Take great care
       about its  food at  this time, and if in  the city
       take  it  to the country if possible.
         See remarks under Teething, below.
Colic.—This  is a  very common trouble  with  young
       infants, resulting from over feeding or  improper
       food, or, if nursing, colic often  results from some
       improper food or drink taken  by the  mother.
       The suffering of an infant from this cause is often
       very severe,  and they make it known in the only
       way they  have,  by crying  vigorously  and  by
       drawing up the legs and straightening them out
       again.
         Treatment.  For  sore   stomach, pains  or 
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       costiveness give Ypsilanti Specific  in  teaspoon
       doses, often repeated until relieved.
         Other  remedies  often  given  are  paregoric,
       peppermint, or  the Homeopathic  globules of
       veratrum album  or  nux  vomica,  giving  one
       globule only dissolved in a half spoonful of water.
Convulsions—Fits. —If these are frequent or become
       serious in their nature  they  usually indicate  a
       disorder in the brain;  single convulsions often
       indicate nothing more serious than a disordered
       stomach or a fever.
         We know of nothing more effectual in the way
       of treatment than a hot bath, repeated every day,
       with the use of Ypsilanti Specific internally as in
       other cases.
Croup. —The symptoms of croup are difficult breathing,
       a sort of  wheezing hoarseness, easily recognized
       by one who has heard it, and a loud  harsh cough
       with fever.
         There are two  modes  of treatment which we
      will recommend, remarking in the  first place that
       the old method of giving nauseating emetics is
       now obsolete.
         First Treatment.   Place  about the throat
       and down onto the chest a  flannel cloth, double
       thick, saturated with  Ypsilant Specific  hot.  To
       heat the  Specific place  a gill into  a  china coffee
       cup or bowl and put this into  a tin of hot water
       on the stove or alcohol lamp.   Have the air of
      the room moist as possible, give Ypsilanti Specific
      internally, all that can be swallowed, giving a little
      at a time and frequently.
         Second Treatment.  Using the  compress as
      above  and observing the  same  rule  regarding
      steam in the room.  Give aconite and  spongia,
      two globules of each every hour, giving  first the
      aconite,  then  in  thirty  minutes  the  spongia,
      again in thirty minutes the aconite, thus alter- 
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       natively until the  cough ceases  and  the  child
       sleeps.   Leave the  compress  on until morning
       in either treatment.  If  no Ypsilanti  Specific is
       at hand use onions fried in lard for the poultice,
       putting them on in a thin cotton  bag or  cloth,
       covering the throat and  chest;  or if onions can
       not be  had use flaxseed.
         The  aconite and spongia should always be on
       hand wherever  there  is  a  croupy child.   Some
       children are  much more  subject  to this disease
       than  others.
Crying.—This is the only language a very young babe
       has by which to  tell of its sufferings or  express
       its wants.   Great  attention should be  given  to
       the crying of a child, and an  effort made to find
       out the cause, to  discover what the little one is
       trying to say.
         Be  very  sure  a child  does  not  cry  from
       pleasure, its  emotions are not  so deep as  that;
       it is pain or  want of some sort.   The nurse  or
       mother can often tell what is the matter with the
       babe  by watching the tone and intensity, also the
       duration of its cry.  Usually a short,  sharp  cry
       followed by a gasp, as if  the cry were  cut in two
       in the middle and the last half lost, is an indica-
       tion of  pain in the chest or lungs.   Shrill screams
       indicate pains in the  head, and  loud sustained
       crying  with profuse tears and  sobbing generally
       indicate colic or  pain in  the stomach  or bowels.
       The nurse  or mother can follow these hints as  a
       guide and so read the child's cries.
Diarrhoea.—This  complaint is very common among
       children.   The  causes  are many, especially un-
       ripe  fruit,  green  vegetables,  or inflammation of
       the bowels, or teething.
         It  is probably well  in treating diarrhoea in
       children to carefully regulate the diet, giving such
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       exerting the organs of digestion.   Such  are oat
       meal,  bread and milk, toast  and tea, rice and
       milk, etc.
         Give Ypsilanti Specific in usual doses, it is a
       speedy and certain cure.   If this is not at hand
       give blackberry cordial,  or better yet  make a
       decoction of the bark  of the root of the common
       blackberry by  steeping it in water, and give this
       in teaspoon doses until cured.
Diphtheria.—This  disease  has  been  in  the  past
       extremely fatal.  At   one  time  it  was  more
       dreaded than even cholera.  Through improved
       methods of treatment  it has, however, lost most
       of its terrors, and is now under medical  control.
       Whenever a membraneous  formation of any kind
       is seen in the  throat, the physician should be
       summoned at once.
         In all cities having  boards of health and  sani-
       tary ordinances, means are provided for examin-
       ing the excretion of diphtheria and determining
       whether it be  diphtheria or only some  form of
       sore throat.   If the  difficulty be cankered  sore
       throat it is simple  and easy  to treat and cure.
       If it be the true diphtheria, care should be taken
       to isolate  the patient,  except from the necessary
       attendants, and all  proper  sanitary rules should
       be strictly observed.   Good ventilation, pure air,
       a cool and even temperature, a gentle nurse, and
       careful diet will go a great ways in securing suc-
       cessful treatment.
         Especially must care be taken at the time when
       recovery  seems  complete,  to   avoid  a  relapse,
       which  may be  caused by any over-exertion  or
       exposure.
         When the throat is first seen  to be affected,
       use Ypsilanti Specific  as a gargle, or if a gargle
       cannot  be used  use, as a  spray.   Give it freely
       internally.  It will cure any ordinary sore throat 
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       and we have  had many persons claim that diph-
       theria  has  been  cured  by  it.   We have no
       authentic evidence of this  up to  this time.  It
       can do no harm  and will make the treatment so
       much easier if the  case proves to be true diph-
       theria.
Dysentery. — If there  are symptoms of diarrhoea, and
       in addition an inclination to strain when  passing
       the excrement,  and  especially  if the excrement
       be bloody  or largely composed  of  mucus, this
       disease may be suspected.  Treat  same as diarr-
       hoea with Ypsilanti Specific.
         If this is not at hand, a globule of  ipecac, fol-
       lowed in half an  hour by  a  globule of  aconite,
       may be tried.
Emaciation. — If from  teething or  diarrhoea or  other
       causes,  the  infant  is  wasted  away, loses its
       flesh,  and  becomes  very  weak,  some remedial
       measures  are necessary.   If the  infant  nurses
       let  the  mother  use  some  mild tonic  as an
       extract of malt, or  the  homeopathic  ferrum
       (iron).
         Give the child yolks of hard boiled eggs, and
       if it will not eat these, fill its  bottle with the fol-
       lowing preparation:   Take equal parts of fresh'
       milk and  water, add the yolk of  a  hard boiled
       egg dried in the oven, and  then triturated or
       rolled into a flour, sweeten and  flavor with salt.
       This makes an excellent gruel and is very nour-
       ishing.
Excoriation. — The skin  of a babe is very tender and
       is liable  to become  chafed  and  raw, or sore.
       Bathe the  sore  parts with  Ypsilanti Specific,
       using the sponge and  sopping rather  than rub-
       bing the  affected  parts; follow this bath  with
       the application of the rice powder.
Gastric Fever. — If there is a fever  in the evening, dis-
       appearing  in the  morning,  accompanied  with 
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       symptoms of inflammation of the bowels, tender-
       ness in the belly, and either constipation or diarr-
       hoea, with dark colored,  offensive evacuations,
       a tendency to  cold  feet and hands, with unusual
       heat about the  body,  we may  suspect gastric
       fever.  This usually follows teething and requires
       care at once.
         Open and regulate the  bowels with Ypsilanti
       Specific in usual doses, and  apply the woolen
       compress over the abdomen.   This is usually all
       the  treatment required,  except perhaps, to care-
       fully regulate  the diet,  giving  only light, whole-
       some gruels and foods, and the daily warm bath.
Hooping Cough. — This is one  of those  peculiar dis-
       eases of childhood which each individual has but
       once, and from which  few if any escape.   It is
       contagious  and is  marked by  a  peculiar cough
       which  occurs  in paroxysms, with hissing and
       hooping, these  spells  often  continuing  until it
       seems  as if the child would  never get the breath
       again.
         It is not  usually considered dangerous, and is
       never so if the Ypsilanti Specific is used.   If the
       child will   drink a  wineglassful of the Specific
       four or five times daily, the attack will be  very
       light and will  last only about two weeks.   It has
       been used  in  many cases and  always with the
       best results.
Jaundice. — It sometimes  occurs that infants show the
       symptoms  of jaundice,  usually  in  a modified
       form.  This is marked by  a  yellow  skin  and
       vomiting of bile.  A little Ypsilanti Specific will
       generally  remove the  cause at once,  and  acts
       more quickly in jaundice  if  a  teaspoonful  of
       sweet oil is given and then the Specific immedi-
       ately after the oil.
Measles. — This  is  one of the  eruptive  fevers which
       probably comes the nearest  of an}' to being a 
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       true  inflammation  of the  skin.  It  affects the
       whole body,  usually appearing first  about the
       face  and neck, then over the  entire surface  of
       the  body.  The  practice  of  keeping  children
       away from such  a disease  as  this,  is certainly
       wrong, for if it is delayed until after puberty it is
       much more  dangerous,  often  fatal.  In  child-
       hood it is seldom dangerous unless complicated
       with  some other disease, such as diphtheria.
         The measles, if mild in form, require but little
       medical treatment.   Warm, dry clothing,  care
       not to get the feet  damp or expose the body  to
       wet  or cold.   Careful  diet, taking only whole-
       some food, and avoiding  confections  and sauces.
         Take a usual dose of Ypsilanti Specific three
       to four times daily, and sponge the body once a
       day   with  the  Specific diluted with  an  equal
       amount of warm water.
Mumps. — As  this   disease  most  frequently occurs
       among children, we place it here.  It consists  of
       an acute inflammation  of  the  parotid  gland,
       sometimes on one side of the face, sometimes on
       both.
         Treatment.   In mild cases  a compress  of
       Ypsilanti Specific  worn  over the affected gland
       and a glass daily to open the  bowels, is a.11 the
       treatment necessary. This  disease is contagious,
       and like measles, is  mildest when it occurs  before
       puberty.   If the disease goes down from taking
       cold or any other cause, more  careful treatment
       is necessary.  If in a female, cover  the breasts
       with  a compress  and  give  the Specific very
       freely.   If in  a  male, bind   the  testicles  in
       the  woolen  compress   and give  the  Specific
       in large doses as frequently as possible.   Also
       induce perspiration  by  the vapor  bath, after
       which bathe the body with the Ypsilanti Specific
       hot. 
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Prickly Heat. — In  very hot  weather the skin is some-
       times  covered with  an itching  eruption called
       prickly  heat.  When   this  occurs  bathe  the
       affected  parts with Ypsilanti Specific in  the even-
       ing.  A single application will suffice.
Scalp, Care of.— If at any time an  eruption occurs on
       the head, or a crust forms of  a persistent nature,
       or there is much dandruff or  sores of any kind,
       do not  use ointments  but bathe the  head  fre-
       quently  with Ypsilanti Specific; its action  in
       such cases   is  really   wonderful  and  always
       effectual.
Sore  Eyes. — If the baby's eyes are sore or inflamed at
       any time, bathe  them carefully with  Ypsilanti
       Specific.  It will  not hurt or injure  the eyes in
       any way, but  will  quickly remove any inflamma-
       tion ; even a  stye.
Teething.—During teething, babies are very apt  to
       be peevish  and  restless  and  to cause much
       loss of  sleep to  others  as  well;   then there
       are  several  diseases of  the mouth,  all  more
       or less  alike, and resulting from dentition.   Al-
       most all  of  the  evils of this  period  may  be
       entirely obviated, or at least greatly mitigated,
       if  there  is  a  bottle  of  Ypsilanti  Specific  at
       hand.
         While baby is  teething rub the gums three or
       four times every day with the Specific, using the
       finger  or a soft  brush.   This will tend to allay
       any inflammation and  ease any  pain.   At night
       have a  little of  the Specific handy in a cup, and
       if baby awakes  and  cries rub the gums with it.
       Nine times out  of ten  the little one will drop to
       sleep again at once.
         For  sore mouth wash  the mouth frequently
       with the Specific  and let the  baby swallow all he
       wants to while doing  it; it  can do  no  possible
       harm. 
CHAPTER V.
OF  THE  SICK ROOM  AND  CARE  OF
                 THE  SICK,
WITH SOME RECIPES.
  Every person, no matter what their age, sex or con-
dition in  life, who  is old enough  to  wait  on  the sick,
should have some  knowledge of the ordinary rules of
health and of the rudiments at least of hygiene.   If the
reader  will now turn back to the introduction of this
book and read what is  there written, some idea of the
ordinary  functions  of  the organs of assimilation and
purification will be  obtained.   It must be borne in mind
that food is  what we eat and drink, that food, air and
light are essential to life.   We may indeed survive with-
out light, but like the plant that grows in  a dark place,
we will be pale, weak and without happiness.  Such life
is not worth living.
  We will  briefly  explain alimentation, the organs of
digestion, the  organs  of assimilation, the organs  of
secretion,  and the  organs of respiration.
  Alimentation is the  process of feeding by which the
body is nourished.
  The human body is composed of certain  chemical
elements, and the food must contain these elements in
order to  nourish the body.  Theoretically, the perfect
food would be one having exactly the  elements of the
human system  in  like proportion, but practically this
hardly holds good.
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  It is undoubtedly best for the infant to have its  food
in the most simple form, such as milk, and for the adult
to have a reasonable variety of food.
  Fruits are good for  almost  every one.  Lemons are
especially wholesome and  should  be used freely,  they
save much sickness.   Food to be most nourishing should
be carefully  prepared.   There is  no way in  which we
are  so apt to abuse our own digestive organs as in  par-
taking of badly cooked or over-cooked food.
  Meats require great skill or at least care in their prep-
aration.  Pork should always be well and thoroughly
cooked.  Beef may  be quite rare.   Mutton  and lamb
should be done " to a turn " not rare nor yet over done.
Fowls should  always be  thoroughly cooked  through.
Some game, such as  venison may be rare, other such as
bear meat, which greatly resembles pork, should  be
thoroughly cooked.
  Vegetables,  if cooked  at  all,  should  be  cooked
through, not served half done.   Fruits are always best
fresh and ripe, but not over ripe.  Over-ripe or decaying
fruit is  as dangerous as green fruit, often  causing fer-
mentation in the stomach and so leading to disease.
  Drinking  water is an important  item.  In  most of
our cities large sums are spent to secure pure water in
abundance, yet in some the supply is notoriously bad.
  In most parts of the United States there are springs,
the  waters of  which  can be furnished to families  at a
reasonable charge.  When such can be had, pure spring
water is always wholesome, and should be always on the
table and in the cooler.
  A word about ice water.   There are two reasons why
ice water, meaning water in which ice is placed, should
be used with great caution, first, because it is too cold
for  the  stomach, second, because even  if the  water be
pure the ice often is  not, and the danger of impurities is
doubled.  It has been established that freezing will not
destroy the  germs  of  most contagious diseases,  and
such may exist in  the ice which  is often  taken  from 
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 surface ponds and streams.   The  best plan, if  a proper
 cooler is not at hand, is to put a corked bottle of water
 on the ice or in the refrigerator and use that.  The half
 gallon bottles  in  which most still waters are sold are
 excellent  for that  purpose.
  In sickness  especially should care be taken that both
 food and  drink are of the best and  purest.  So much
 for alimentation generally.
  As to  digestion.   Our food and drink is first taken
 into the mouth, where the food is cut and divided by the
 teeth and moistened  by saliva and then by swallowing
 it passes through the aesophagus into the stomach.  Here
 it comes into contact with the gastric juice, an acid, and
 is converted into a sort of milky substance called chyme.
 In this form the now  mixed food and drink passes  into
 the small  intestine, where it is mixed  with the bile  and
 pancreatine and  is there digested and converted  into
 chyle.
  The walls of the small intestines are  covered  with
 minute  projections quite like  short,  soft hairs.  These
 projections are called villi, and have in them two sets of
vessels; one set is made up of capillaries or minute blood
vessels, the  other set is of vessels called lacteals. These
villi search about among the digested food and pick out
the elements the body requires for its nourishment, and
the  refuse, which  the body does  not require, is forced
 along into the colon or large intestine and finally passes
 out of the body.
  In  simple  language as possible the above  describes
 the  process  called  digestion.   Next  we  come  to
 assimilation.
  We saw above that the useful parts of the  food were
 gathered  up by the villi and went into  the lacteals and
 capillaries.   Certain  elements of the food go directly
 into  the blood in these villi, and  from these are taken
 by the portal vein into the liver and thence to the heart
 to be forced out into  the body.
  The  chyle or  lymph next  demands attention.  We 
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have traced the food from its entrance into the body at
the mouth through the process of grinding and digestion
and to the villi in the form of chyle.   The  villi, as we
saw above, contain not only the blood capillaries, but
another set of minute tubes, each with  its little mouth
almost like a pore in the skin, and these tubes  unite to
form the lacteals.  They are called "lacteals" because
the fluid they take up resembles milk, it is  called lymph,
and  after leaving the  villi it is gathered  by  various
branches of the lymphatic ducts which unite to form a
common trunk, which carries the lymph (as the milky
substance is  now called) into a  reservoir  called the
receptaculum  chyli.   From this reservoir through a tube
about the size of  a goose quill, called the  thoracic duct,
the lymph is  carried up  above the heart and enters the
blood  at the junction  of the  subclavian and  jugular
veins.  At this point are valves that keep  the blood out
of the thoracic duct.
   The lymph is now in  the  blood and is at once in the
heart and forced out to  the lungs.  Here is another wise
and wonderful provision of  nature.   It has always been
a striking proof of  the wisdom which must have guided
creation that the nourishment from the  food, instead  of
going direct to the body in its raw or crude form, should
pass through the purifying process, with all  the  veinous
blood, in the lungs.
   After passing through the lungs the now thoroughly
prepared food is carried back to the heart and forced
out through the arteries to the body.
   We now have our  food for the  feed troughs, and
referring again to the homely simile used in the intro-
duction to  this book, we will now see  how the " cattle "
feed.   As we have  stated, the human body is composed
of minute atoms or cells.   Each individual cell  requires
feeding or  nourishing.  Each has a hungry  little mouth
waiting for what the blood will bring it to eat.
   We have traced the food into chyme, the chyme into
chyle, the  chyle into  lymph,  and  the lymph  into the 
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blood.  Here it loses its individuality, for after it enters
the blood we have no name for it, we call it all blood.
It exists just the same, and the cells or atoms know it
when the blood brings it along.  They pick it out of the
blood and live on it.  That is assimilation.
  We come next to the organs of secretion.   There are
certain parts of both food and drink that the body does
not need  or can not use, and there is all  the waste
matter from the body itself, as much in weight  as  that
which is taken into it, which must get out of the body.
The mature body, in a state of health, neither gains nor
loses in weight; hence  it  follows that all that is taken
into the body must pass out again.  There  are several
organs of secretion, so  called  because  they secrete or
take away undesirable elements.
  These organs are the  kidneys the skin, the lungs, and
the lower bowel.
  The liver and spleen are organs of secretion, but their
secretions are of useful elements which are not discharged
from the body but go into the organs of digestion.   To
make our language simple  and clearly understood we
have chosen the above classification.
  The kidneys  secrete uric acid, water, lime and other
things and they pass from the kidneys into a receptacle
called the bladder, from which they are  discharged from
time to time.
  The lower bowel carries away the indigestible solid
parts of the food.
  The skin discharges  water and  various  salts.  The
lungs take  away the surplus carbon and much water,
and this brings  us to  the  organs of respiration ; these
are the nose and  nasal  passages, the trachea  or wind-
pipe, the  bronchial  tubes and  the lungs.   The lungs
consist of  a mass of  air  cells, giving  them  a texture
somewhat like a fine  sponge.   The walls of these  cells
contain a  vast number of capillaries  through which
blood flows, separated from the air only by the thin and
porous walls of the  air cells.  By  the  involuntary pro- 
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 cess  called breathing these cells are kept full of fresh
 air, and through the pores in the walls  of the cells this
 air comes into contact with the blood.  Now this blood
 contains much  carbon,  both  that taken from the food
 in the form of fat and  forming part of  the  lymph, and
 that gathered up  all over the body.  The air contains
 oxygen gas which possesses  a great affinity or liking
 for carbon, as we can see at any time by watching  the
 fire.   Fire  is the union  of carbon and oxygen, hence
 when the carbon  in the  blood and the oxygen in  the
 air unite  heat  is  the  result.   The  lungs  discharge
 the  colorless  " smoke,"  carbonic acid gas, or  carbon
 di-oxide, and the blood flows back to the heart purified
 and heated.
   Is nature not wonderful?
   We can  see clearly after  we  understand all these
 things about the body how necessary it is to health that
 the food and drink be wholesome, the air abundant and
 pure, and the organs of secretion open and active.
   We also  can see that if these things are  all  properly
 attended to there  can  be  small  chance of disease,  as
 disease means the  stopping or interruption of  some of
 the proper  functions of the body.  We can also see how
 necessary it is in sickness that the air be pure, the  food
 and drink wholesome, and the organs of secretion open
 and active,  thus aiding  nature to throw off disease.
  To ventilate the sick room, if there are no ventilators,
 as there are not in most houses, choose  a window as  far
 from the bed as possible, and if possible place a screen
 between the bed and window to avoid direct draft, draw
 the top window down and raise the lower window.  The
 distance to open the window should be regulated accord-
 ing to temperature, less open  space being required in
 cold  than in warm weather.  An opening of an inch
 with  the mercury outside at zero will cause more circu-
 lation of air in the room than an opening of a foot at an
outside temperature of  6o°.  We have already remarked
that as a rule sick  rooms are kept too  warm.   A tern- 
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perature of 65°  is plenty warm enough  at  any time,
unless some unusual cause calls for heat.
  The light  should not be too  strong, nor  should it
strike directly upon the eyes of the patient.
  A sick room should be free from  apparent restraint as
well as noise and confusion.   Whispering is often more
annoying to an invalid than the loudest talking. A low,
even tone in talking, gentleness and carefulness in hand-
ling or giving medicine or food will  greatly aid in quiet-
ing the nerves of an invalid.                          \
  It should not be necessary to say that flies, mosquitoes
and all vermin should be not only absent but impossible
in a sick chamber.
  Much also depends on the drink  and food in all cases
of illness, and much has been done for the  invalid by
the  great catering  firms who  prepare wholesome and
delicate things in great variety  and abundance.   The
prepared foods,  the preparations of malt, the prepara-
tions  of  dessicated milk, gelatine,  the extracts of beef,
and other like preparations, have made cooking for the
sick room  little of a burden  and much of a   pleasure.
Nevertheless we think  it well to close  this chapter with
a few hints  about  the  preparation of old  fashioned
dishes which  may be  found  useful  by  some of  our
readers.
  We would first say that lemons are a prime  necessity
in every sick room.  Their value can scarcely be  over-
estimated.   These and pure water should  be secured by
all  means.  We  would add  that in all cases of great-
weakness or emaciation food should be  given in  small
quantities and often, and should always be fresh and as
appetizing as  possible.

Apples Baked. —Select medium sized apples, sour are
       better  than  sweet and hard apples better  than
       soft.   Place in a baking pan in a little water and
       on  top of each put a desertspoonful  of  granu-
       lated sugar, or remove the  core with  a tubular 
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       corer and fill with sugar; bake  until soft, place
       apples on a plate or platter and  pour the juice
       over them.
Apple Water.—Slice  a  roasted or baked apple; put
       the thin slices into a pint of boiling water with a
       bit  of lemon and  let stand about  two hours;
       strain  and sweeten  to taste, or, slice a  large
       apple, boil a minute  or two  in  a pint of water,
       adding lemon peel; set aside to cool, then strain
       and sweeten as before.
Barley Water. — Take  of pearl  barley one-half tea-
       cupful,  one quart  boiling water, boil down to
       one pint.   Strain and add lemon and sugar to
       taste.
Barley Coffee. — Roast some barley, or procure  some
       browned malt.   Make a  coffee with this  in the
       same  manner as ordinary  coffee is  made and
       sweeten, adding  milk if desired.
Crust Coffee. — Toast  white bread quite  brown, pour
       boiling  water over the  toast, and drink either
       hot or cold as desired.
Irish Moss.—Take of Irish moss  half an ounce, fresh
       milk one  and one-half pints;  boil down to a
       pint, strain and add lemon and sugar to taste.
Lemon Water. — Slice half a  lemon after peeling,
       add one teaspoonful of  sugar;  on this  pour a
       pint of boiling  water, drop in  a small  bit of
       lemon peel and  cover tightly.  Let  it stand an
       hour ; strain and cool for use.
Lemonade.—Juice of  one  lemon, with piece of peel,
       heaping tablespoonful of sugar, quart of cold
       water.
Another. — Prepare as above and add shaved  ice, a
       cherry  or  strawberry, and  a tablespoonful of
       claret to each glass.
Another.—Juice of two lemons, three tablespoonfuls
       of white sugar,  or eight lumps  of loaf  sugar,
       piece of lemon peel, quart of boiling water;  let 
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       stand until cold.   This is probably the best way
       to prepare lemonade for the sick.
Milk for Infants. — Fresh milk  one part,  pure water
       one part, sugar to slightly sweeten.
Milk Porridge. — Stir oat meal into water as much as
       needed;  let  stand  over night, then strain and
       boil the water;  add milk to the boiling water in
       proportion of three parts milk to one part water.
       Very nourishing, and may be flavored with nut- ,
       meg or sweetened to taste.
Another. — To one  tablespoonful clean rice add a pint
       or more of fresh  milk, boil ten minutes, strain,
       flavor with lemon peel or mustard, and sweeten.
Beef Extract. — Cut a pound of lean beef  into dice or
       cubes not over half an inch  in size;  put into a
       fruit jar, cover, not  using  the  rubber band;  set
       the jar into cold water and put on the fire.  Let
       the  water heat to boiling point and let it boil
       three or four  hours;  open the jar and strain out
       the liquor.   If there is any fat skim  it off.  Salt
       and flavor to  taste, and reduce with hot water to
       strength desired.
Chicken Broth. —An excellent chicken broth  may be
       made as above, using the lean flesh of a  fowl in-
       stead  of  beef.
Lamb Broth.—Take lean  meat of the lamb; put a
       pound of  this cut  into  pieces an  inch or so
       cube, into  a  quart of cold water;  put  on fire
       and  let  boil  twenty minutes.   Skim the broth
       and flavor to taste, when cold.
Beef Tea. — Make as above, using lean beef instead of
       lamb.
Sage Tea. — Dried  sage half an ounce, boiling water
       one  quart;  steep half  an  hour,  then strain.
       Sweeten to taste  and add lemon juice if  desired.
         The above is used  in fevers.
 Mountain Sage Tea. — Make as above, using leaves of
       the mountain sage. 
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          Excellent in typhoid and low fevers.
 Balm Tea. — Make as  above, using leaves of  balm in-
        stead of sage.
          Excellent in painful menstruation.
 Arrow Root Gruel. — Take  a  tablespoonful  of arrow
        root, stir into half a pint of milk, and this  into
        an equal quantity of boiling water.   Sweeten to
        taste.
          Excellent for children in bowel complaints.
 Wine Whey. — Half a pint of milk and one-fourth  pint
        of water;  put these on fire and when they come
        to a boil  stir  in  one-fourth  pint  of claret or
        Maderia.   Stir briskly for fifteen  minutes, add-
        ing a desertspoonful of sugar.  Strain to  remove
        the curd.
          An excellent drink  in fevers, a wineglassful at
        a time.
 To Preserve Milk.—To keep milk  fresh for a long
        time, especially for  babies  on a  journey, fill a
        clean bottle with  the  milk, put*into cold water
        and raise to boiling point;  then cork tightly and
        boil again for ten or  fifteen minutes.
          Milk thus prepared will keep a long time.
 Eggs and Milk. — Beat  an  egg, yolk  and  white  to-
       gether, put into a glass and  fill with fresh milk,
       stirring well; a little  salt  or sugar  may be added
       if  desired.   Very  nourishing  when  strength is
       wanted after convalescence.
Poached  Eggs. — Drop  eggs  into  boiling water to
       which a little salt has been added.   When white
       is done, lift  out and  place on  squares  of toast.
       If desired, a small lump of butter may be put on
       each egg
Broiled Steak. — Have frying pan  hot, "sizzling hot,"
       butter with  lump as large as  a  walnut.  Have
       steak  ready and  soon as butter  is melted  put
       steak  on,  leave a  moment  and  turn,  another
       moment turn again.  As soon as steak is heated 
144         HOME  TREATMENT BOOK.

       through put on hot platter, pour gravy from fry-
       ing pan over  steak, add another lump of butter
       and salt and pepper to taste.  Serve at once.
To  Broil  Chicken or Game. — Have  clean coals or
       glowing charcoal and broiler.  Melt butter.  As
       soon as bird is broiled drench with melted butter.
       Salt and pepper to taste.   Serve hot.
Service. — One half the virtue  of  any food or prepara-
       tion for the sick is in the way it is served.  A
       clean  server,  white napkins, bright silver, clear
       glass, delicate  china,  cost  a trifle but  give an
       immense amount of satisfaction.
         A little  pains in this  direction will  endear the
       attendant to any invalid.  Dirt  is never  so dis-
       gusting as when illness sharpens the senses and
       sets the nerves on edge.
         Let  the  sick  room  be clean and  the  service
       immaculate. 
              HOME TREATMENT BOOK.          14o


Analysis of Ypsilanti Specific  by Professor Prescott
    of  Michigan State University,  May 5,  1883.

  Water of Ypsilanti Mineral Spring, Ypsilanti, Michigan; drawn
March 31st,  1883.   Temperature, 58.10  F. (14.5°  C).   Specific
Gravity  at 150 C,  1-0163.   Reaction—Alkaline.
                 Grains  (Per  U. S.  Gallon).

 1.  Sulphide of Sodium..............     12.1935
 2.  Bromide of Magnesium............      35640
 3.  Chloride of Magnesium............     57-9°59
 4.  Chloride of Sodium.............    832.0447
 5.  Fluorides................... slight trace
 6.  Sulphate of Potassium.............     13-6131
 7.  Sulphate of Magnesium............     68.0663
 8.  Sulphate of Calcium.............    1799637
 9.  Phosphates.................slight trace
io.  Bicarbonate of Calcium............     36.9370
11.  Borates...................      traces
12.  Silica....................      14023
13.  Lithium Salts................      traces
14.  Strontium Salts..........    .....      traces
15.  Barium Salts.................slight trace
16.  Iron (ferrous) Salts...............slight trace
      Total solids determined............   1205.6905
                      Cubic Inches of
17.  Hydro sulphuric Acid, total in volume at 58.1 ° F.,
       (i4-5° C.)   .................     21-0786
      Total solids by evaporation..........   1202.4071
                     PRICE   LIST

            YPSILANTI  SPECIFIC.
                                              Price.   Rebate.
Per Case  6 Quarts.....$2.00      .20
 ' •    •«  12             .....3.85      .35
      "   6 Half Gallons        ...     3.50      .40
      •<  12   "     "       ....     6.75      .75


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Per Quart Bottle.....$1.00    No Rebate.
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