LIST OF

Humphreys’ Homeopathic Spocifios.PRICES OF SINGLE VIALS.

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mrnr-Q bumll d-argeNo. OUBBb. Vials. Vials.

1. Fever, Congestion, Inflammations 35 503. Worm Fever, or Worm Disease 35 503. Colic, Crying and Wakefulness of Infants...3s 504. Diarrhea of Children and Adults 35 505. Dysentery,Gripings, Bilious Colic. 23 506. Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Vomiting 35 507. Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis 35 508. Toothache, Faceache, Neuralgia 35 509. Headache, Sick Headache, Vertigo 35 50

10. Dyspepsia,Biliousness, Costiveness 35 5011. Suppressed Menses, or Scanty 35 5013. Leucon-hea, or Profuse Menses 35 5013. Croup, Hoarse Cough, DifficultBreathing..3s 5014. Salt Rheum, Eruptions, Erysipelas. ..v. .35 5015. Rheumatism, or Rheumatic Pains 35 5016. Feverand Ague, IntermittentFever 50IT. Piles, Blind or Bleeding 5018. Ophthalmia, Weak or Inflamed Eyes 5019.Catarrh, or Influenza 5030. Whooping Cough,Spasmodic Cough 5031. Asthma, Oppressed, Difficult Breathing 5033. Ear Discharge, Hardnessof Hearing 5033. Scrofula, Swellings and Ulcers 5034. GeneralDebility, or Physical Weakness. . 5035. Dropsy, Fluid Accumulations 5036. Sea-Sickness. Nausea. Vomiting 503T. Kidney Disease- Gravel, Calculi 5038. Nervous Debility, Vital Weakness $l.OO39. Sore Mouth, or Canker 5030. Urinary Incontinence, Wetting the Bed. 5031. Painful Menses, Pruritis 5033. Diseases of the Heart, Palpitations 1.0033. Epilepsy, St. Vitus’ Dance 1.0034. Diphtheria, or Ulcerated Sore Throat 5035. Chronic Congestions, Headaches 50Tor Price and Style of Family Cases see page 130.

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SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHYFOR THE

ADMINISTRATION OE MEDICINE

O-CraiE] OIF 1 IDISE^SE.F. HUMPHREYS, M.D.,

Late Professorof Institutes of Homeopathy.Pathology,and Medical Practice in the Homeopathic MedicalCollege ofPennsylvania, at Philadelphia; author of“Dysentery and its Homeopathic Treatment,”“Cholera and its Homeopathic Treatment,” “Dis-easesof the Sexual System, ” and “Prover of ApisMellilica, Plantago Major, etc., etc., etc.

HUMPHREYS'Specific Homeopathic Medicine Company.

General Depot, 109 Felton Street.Branch. Store,

823 Broadway, between 12th and 18th Sts.,NEWYORK.

1884-

SPECIAL PRESCRIPTIONS.Dr. Humphreys has used in his extensive practice

for many years, particular prescriptions which haveproved so uniformly curative and are so often calledfor, that he has been induced to put them up in popularform with full directions for use, and to cataloguethem as his ‘ ‘Special Prescriptions. ’—For List seeinsiie last cover.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year1884, by

Humphreys’ Specific HomeopathicMedicine Company,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, atWashington.

usmg HUMPHREYS’ HO-MEOPATHIC SPECIFICS in quantitywillfind it economical toorder the 1 oz. YIALS,as theycontain over three times as much asthe usual large vial, and are sold or sent at$l.OO each, or $2.00 per oz. for the double-price numbers (viz., Nos. 28, 32 & 33).

tSfOUR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATA-LOGUE AND PRICE CURRENT OP ALLHOMEOPATHIC GOODS, SENT PREEON APPLICATION.

List of Specifics, see pageant121 to 189.

MANUAL.

INTRODUCTORY..A S it is the duty of every man to do all

the good he can, and the duty of everyphysician to cure whatever of disease, relievewhatever of suffering, and prolong whateveroflife he may; so it is my duty to place themeans for attainingthese objects in the handsof the people, in the manner best calculatedto reach the greatest number and accomplishthe greatest good.

A large and important part of medical prac-tice is, and must ever remain, in the handsof the people. The first stage of every dis-ease is commonly treated by parent, nurse,friend, or the patient himself, and it is all-im-portant that theyshould be informed upon thesubject,and provided withsimple and effectualmeans of cure. Nine-tenths of all diseasesmay be cured promptly, as the experience of

4 INTEODUCTOET.

thousands who have long used Htjmpheeys'Homeopathic Specifics shows, if they hut haveand apply the proper meansat once; while alarge proportion of aggravated and fatal casesmay be traced to early neglect.

In even the gravest cases, or most dangerousforms of disease, the timely use of the properSpecific, which may, with but little expense ortrouble, always be kept at hand, will do won-ders towards modifying its force, diminishingits violence or arresting it altogether. A CaseofSpecifics should be considered asnecessaryfor every properly furnished family, as theircooking or washing utensils. By their simpleand timely use disease is prevented and ar-rested, health and vigor are promoted, andlives are prolonged and saved.

The list of Humphreys’ Homeopathic Spe-

cifics contains remedies forevery morbid con-dition which it is proper for an amateur orfamily to treat, and especially for all thosediseases whose attack is sudden, and whereprompt aidis demanded. Also for those deli-cate ailments whichit is oftenunpleasantto dis-close to a physician, and yet a freedom fromwhich contributes so much to thehappiness oflife; also for those chronic ailments whichareonly curedby thepersistentuse of some oneormore Specifics. Humphreys’ systemaffordsplain, short and simple directions for' the

INTRODUCTORY. 5

treatment and cure of the diseases of which ittreats, and thus it places in a few pages in-formation which would be sought in yarn in alarge work and a great variety ofmedicines.

The Great Feature of this system is, thatby the administration of Specifics preparedby a skilful physician whohas devoted his lifeto the subject, allintricacy and embarrassmentin theselection ofthe proper remedy is avoided.The layman may at once know what to give,and how to give it, and may thus act with adegree of certainty and positiveness which isan important element of success. More thanone hundred thousand families use no othermedicines or curative means. They are rarelyseriously ill, or have need to call a physician,from the simple fact that these HomeopathicSpecifics are kept on hand, and at the earliestsymptoms of disease are applied and the dis-ease is cured before it has had time to becomeserious.

Humphreys’ Specifics are only efficient incuring disease. If taken by the healthy or byaccident, they produce no injurious effect, norif taken for a long time bychildren, feeble orinfirm persons, do they produce disease, ner-vousness, or any other evil effect, but thecontrary. Persona become more firm and vig-orous, and less liable to the attacks ofdisease,from their habitual use. They curefnot be-

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cause they are strong medicines or violentpoisons, as some have supposed,but becausethey are adapted to the cure of disease, andhave a specific relation to it.

In the manner in which these Specifics areprepared, their virtues will hold good foryears, if subjected only to ordinary exposure.Tot it is not wise to keep them in drawerswhere other medicines, tobacco, camphor,HARTSHORN, SCENTED SOAPS, OR OTHER VOLATILEsubstances Abe eept, or to permit them tobleachout in the direct light of the sun. It isbetter tokeep them in their case, or in a clean-ly, cool, dark place; thus kept, they may berelied upon for any numberof years.

Homeopathic Medicine was discovered andintroduced by the immortal Hahnemann inGermany, ninety years ago, and its practicehas extended to every part of the civilizedworld. Though eminently successful in thehands of skilful and scientific physicians,it isfar too intricate and too technical for domesticpractice by the people. Its success in theirhands in curing disease will not compare withthat ofHumphreys’ Homeopathic Specifics.

Specific Homeopathy consists in the dis-covery of a particular remedy or specific foreach particulardisease. Thisis accomplishedaccording to a law of combinations first an-nounced by me to the profession over twenty-

7INTRODUCTORY.

five years ago, and since elaborated and ex-tended to the whole series of my Specifics.

Their usehas extended over the entire eountryand to many foreign countries, and hundredsof thousands of familiesfind them by far themost SIMPLE, CONVENIENT, and RELIABLE OF ALLDOMESTIC EEMEDIES.

The superiorityof Humphreys’ HomeopathicSpecifics over every other form of medicineis, briefly;—

They are simple—so thatno mistake is madein selecting or giving the remedy.

They are harmless—so that if taken bymistake or accident, no injury results.

They are convenient—curing at once num-erous ills, ailments, and diseases to which allare liable.

They are efficient and reliable. —By theirtimely use five-sixths of all diseases may bearrested without serious illness or calling aphysician; thus saving a vast amount ofsuffer-ing and a multitude of lives.It is indisputable, that people who habit-

ually use the Homeopathic system of treat-ment for all disases or ills, have less sickness,better health, better growth, longer andmore vigorous lives, than those treated by anyother method.

8 DIET AND EEGIMEN.

DIET AND REGIMEN OF THE SICK.The diet and regimen of the sick is a matter

of importance. Often a disease is aggravatedand prolonged by improper food or habit, andsome diseases at their commencement mayeven be entirelycured orwarded offby observ-ing a proper regimen for a few days. Otherdiseases again owe their existence to some im-proper habit, mode of life, or business of thepatient; and it is folly to think ofgetting wellunder any treatment while the producing causeis acting. A recovery is only to be expectedwith a change in habits, business, or living.We cannotspecify for every case ; much mustbe left for the good judgmentand discretion ofthe patient. Usually with the treatment of eachdisease or class of diseases thekind of diet orfood proper to be taken is mentioned in thedirections with each Specific, in the Manual,and Mentoh ; but ingeneral, sick people needbut little to eat, and that of the plainest, andyet most nourishing and easily digested kindthat can be procured—not too often or toomuch,or too rich food. If there is no appetite, natureindicates but little or no food should be given,as that which is taken, unless easily digestedwill not be assimilated, and may hence domore harm than good; and while some things

DIET AND EEGIMEN, 9may be digestedand prove nourishing, othersmay act as mere irritants, often aggravatingthe disease or retarding recovery.

In general, when patients are confined totheir room or bed, the following are amongthemost easily digested, nourishing and whole-some kinds of food: Indian-meal, or oat-meal,or farinagruel, (which should be thoroughlycooked) or milk-toast and boiled rice; fordrink, toast-water, rice-water, and drinksmadeof fruit-jellies, or any ripe or driedfruits, andapples or other fruits baked or stewed, exceptin diarrhea and dysentery. As persons re-cover the diet may be more liberal and nour-ishing, and yet they should avoid the dangerof relapse from over-eating. Feeble personsneed meat-soups, beef-tea, fish and fowls vari-ously prepared; and sometimeswine and otherstimulants,but always inmoderation, as thereis more danger from eating or drinking toomuch than too little. Lemonade may be al-lowed in fever and rheumatism. Coffee andgreentea are medicinal; cocoa and black teamay be permitted. Coffee and green tea maybe allowed to the sick where persons have be-come habituated to their use, and suffer fromtheir deprivation. Those who are watching,or performing severe or long-continuedphys-ical or mental labor are wonderfully sustainedby an occasional cup of tea or coffee, and the

10 DIET AND EEGIMEN.

waste of the systemis thus prevented to a greatdegree. Tobacco should onlybe used in mod-eration, if at all; although its moderate use, topersons accustomed to it, may not be injuriousto the action of medicines.

Exercise is important to the invalid and thoseofsedentary habits; yet, to be useful it shouldbe attended with pleasurable excitement andfreedom from labor or anxious thought. Inwalking for exercise, it is better to go on someerrand or for some purpose rather than for themere walk itself. In acute diseases exerciseis rarely requireduntil convalescence is fairlyestablished, and itmust then be taken in mod-eration. If exercise exhaust one, excites ver-tigo, dizziness, or occasions pain or readyfatigue, it will not prove beneficial. This isespecially the case with sick and feeble per-sons, and may be considered a general rule.

HOW TO PRESCRIBE AND TAKE THEMEDICINES.

In general there will be no difficulty in de-ciding what particular Specific is required forany case, after reading over the account of thediseasein the Manual and comparing the samewith the symptoms present in the sickor ailingperson. Read the directions forpreparing andgiving the Specific, and then follow themstrictly, using no other medicines and making

11HOW TO TAKE MEDICINE.

No applications except such as are directed inthe book, or on the wrapper

When the directions are to take the Specific dry,six pellets should be placed in the mouth andslowly dissolved without being chewed orswallowed whole. The vial should not beturned against the tongue or breathed into, orthe pellets turned into a moist or perspiringhand. Iftobacco is used rinse the mouth be-fore takingthe pellets. For children two, andinfants one pellet.

When theSpecific is to be takenin fluid fobm,dissolve twelve pills in six dessert-spoonfulsofpure spring or well-water, by crushing andstirring the medicine until it entirely disap-pears. (For grown persons a table-spoonful,and for children or infants a dessert or tea-spoonful is aproper dose.)

Two or more Specifics may be given in al-ternation, thatis firstone and then the other,atproper intervals.

This is done when one Specific does notseem to meet the entire case; or where apatient appears to have the symptoms of twocomplaints at the same time, as for instance,Coughwith Fever, or Catarrh with Dyspepsia,or Headache and Dyspepsia, or some GastricDerangement, or Dyspepsia and some form ofKidney or Urinary Disease. Usually it is bet-ter togive the one Specific for the most prom-

12 HOW TO TAKE MEDICINE.

ixxent symptom or complaint, in repeated doses,until that is subdued, and then administer thenext most fitting Specific for the remainingsymptoms. Frequently the less prominentcomplaint will disappear under the action ofthe Specific given for the more important oneand the entire disease thus vanish. Or, afterhaving given the second Specific a new trial,we can go back to the use of the first one againwith better results, as the condition of the sys-tem has been modified by the action of the lastmedicine.

An alternation ofspecifics, am', sometimesa rotation of them, is allowable; and if theSpecific apparently called for doesnot producethe proper result after a fair trial, then applythe next most indicated one, or give the two inalternation. That is, give a dose of oneSpecific as directed, and after waiting theproper interval, give a dose of theother Specificand after the proper interval give the first oneagain, and so on in alternation at such inter-vals as the directions require.

The best time fortaking medicine is in themorning on rising, half an hour before eachmeal, and at night on retiring to rest.

The Repetition of Doses depends uponcircumstances. In acute diseases and in ur-gent cases the Specific acts best when dis-solved in pure water, and a spoonful given

HOW TO TAKE MEDICINE. 13every fifteen minutes, half-hour, hour, twohours, according to the urgency of the case.The frequencyof the doses maybe diminishedas the patient improves. In most cases ofchronic disease, a dose in the morningand atnight will be sufficient, or at most four timesa day, that is, before eachmeal and on goingto bed. It is not the quantity or frequency ofdoses, so much as the appropriateness of theremedy, which cures the patient, and if a sma'Jquantity doesnot cure, largeror more frequentdoses will nothelp.

DISEASES AND TREATMENT.TEYERS begin usually with a precursory

stage, lasting some days, consisting of depres-sion, pain in the back or limbs, headache,coated tongue, loss ofappetite, or general las-situde. After this there is either a cold chillor chilliness fora day or two, whichis followedby high fever, with headache, sleeplessness,sometimes delirium, full, quick, hard pulse,quick respiration, vertigo on rising or sittingup, sometimes vomiting, costive bowels, etc.

This stage continues some days, dependingupon the character of the fever and treatment,after which the pulse by degrees abates, theskin graduallybecomes moist,the tongue cleansoff, appetite and strength improve, and thepatientbecomes convalescent.

14 DISEASES AND TREATMENT,

Varieties of Fever are not always sharplydefined. But the non-professionalreader mayfind the following sufficient for his action.

Inflammatory fevers are characterized bya strong, quickpulse, hot skin,red face, severeheadache, hurried respiration, thirst, restlesstossing and sleeplessness. The symptoms areworse in the eveningand are better after mid-night and toward morning.

Treatment. —ln this form of fever, only theSpecific No. One is required. Dissolve twelvepills in a drinking glasshalf full of water, andof this give a tablespoonful to an adult, or ateaspoonful to a child, every hour for the firstday or two, or until the force of the disease isbroken, then at longer intervals until cured.It generally yields after a day or two.

It is not alwaysprudent, fornon-professionalpersons to assume the management of gravecases of Fever, even with the aid of these in-valuable Specifics. The responsibility is toogreat. There may be conditions and dangerswhich the amateur cannot understand, espec-ially in the graver and more persistent formsof fever. So, while it is eminently proper andwiseto knowwhat togive and how totreat themilderforms of Feverand thebeginningsandearlier forms of all Fevers, yet the manage-ment of the graver forms should be assumedonlywhen competent medical aid cannot be

15BIUOUS OE GASTBIC EEVEKS.

readily obtained. The early treatment asheredirected often arrests the milder forms, andalways moderates the force or violence of themore serious ones.

General Bisections.—ln the treatment ofall forma of fever, it is of importance tokeepthe room well aired and lighted, scrupulouslyclean, with frequent change of linen and bed-ding, plenty of pure cold water to drink; thebody, hands and face should be frequentlysponged off with tepid or cold water. Givetoast-water, gruel, or rice-water for drink, ordrink made with any mild, fresh or driedfruits, except when there is diarrhea. Afterthe fever isbroken, gradually returntoa moresubstantial diet, beginning with toast, bakedapples, rice, beef-tea, fish, or similar articles.

BILIOUS OR GASTRIC FEVERS.The precursory stage is marked by decided

bilious derangement, with bad taste, coatedtongue, headache or backache, and costivebowels. This after a day or two is succeededby a strong chill, followed by sharp, pungentheed, violent headache in the forehead, badtaste in the mouth, heavy-coatedtongue, bitter,bilious vomiting, highly-colored, scanty urine,constipation, sleeplessness, and generally de-lirium, hurried respiration, and sharp, quickpulse, and often tenderness of the bowels.

16 BELIOTTS OB GASTEIO FEVEES.

It may continue seven or fifteen days, and issometimes marked with decidedremissions ofsome hours, when the fever returns again asbefore, or it may terminatein Fever and Ague.

Treatment.—ln this diseasethe Feveb FirmsNo. One, and Bilious Pills No. Ten are re-quired. Dissolve twelve pills of Specific No.One in six spoonfuls of water in one glass,stirring carefully with its separate spoon, andas many of No. Ten in another, prepared inthe same manner, and give everyhour a largespoonful alternately of the. two glasses, firstfrom No. One and next hour fromNo. Ten, andso on until the disease is subdued. Aftertwelve or twenty-four hours one dose everytwo hours will be sufficient. Improvementwill occur in a day, and the disease will becarried to a favorable termination. Evenshould several days of treatment be requiredfor a permanent cure with the Specifics, itwill stillbe muchbetter than merely to suppressthe ch'Hi with Quinine or other violent medi-cines, only to have the chills reappear after afew days.

In the precursory stage, six pills of Specific

No. Ten, once in two or three hours for a dayor two, will restore the system and arrest theoutbreak of fever.

MALARIA, FEVER AND AGUE. 17

MALARIA, FEVER AND AGUE, INTER-MITTENT FEVERS.

A peculiar miasma termed Malaria, is gen-erated along low lands, in the vicinity ofmarshes or sluggish waters, orwhen these arebroken by falls, or when canals, deep ditchesor much ground is dug up, and it generallyprevails innew countries, and is latterly com-mon everywhere. This malaria affects mostpersons coming within its influence, producinggastric and biliousdisturbance, coatedtongue,bad taste, poor appetite,costive bowels, yellowor earthy complexion, and pain in the back orlimbs, and general feeling ofillness.

This first phase of Malaria, unless cured,will develop anIntermitting Fever, or,at firsta Bilious Remitting Fever, out of which willform a Fever and Ague.

To Cure Malaria and arrest its further de-velopment, take simply in alternation theSpecifics No. Ten and No. Sixteen, a dose ofsix pellets every three or four hours with lighteasily digested diet, and avoid exposure to thehot sun by day,or damp nightair, over-fatigueor labor. This course in a few days will ridthe system ofMalaria, and arrest the develop-ment of Fever and Ague or Bilious Fever.

Thousands of families living in malarious

18 MALARIA, FEVER AND AGUE,

regions are fully protected and have an entireimmunity from Malaria in all its forms, bysimply taking these two Specifics No. Tenand No. Sixteen.

To CueeFever and Ague ; For Chills whichreturn every day, take, one hour before thechillis to come on, six pellets of Specific No,Sixteen. Then during the chid and heat, takeevery fifteen minutes a spoonful of Specific

No. One, prepared as on page 11. Then afterthe chill and heat and sweat have subsided, goon with Specific No. Sixteen, of which takesix pellets once in four hours, until the nextchill comes on, and then proceed as before.

For chills which returnevery other day. Givein the same manner, a dose of Specific No.Sixteen before each chill, also the Specific No.One during the chill and heat and sweat, andthen the Specific No. Sixteen again, duringthe interval, a dose of six pellets every fourhours until the next chill, rud so on until thedisease is cured.

Foe Cases of Ague, or of mixed undefined,irregular Agues, that do not yield to theSpecific No. Sixteen, give the Specific No.Ten in alternation with No. Sixteen, a dose ofsix pellets every four hours. Dumb Ague,Chill Feveb, Malarial Fever, require thesame treatment, and will be permanentlycuredby the above course. The doses above men-

MAIAKIA, FEVEE AND AGUE. 19tioned are proper for adults. Children onlyrequire one half, and infants one third as much.

Avoid coffee or rich, heavy food, or

over-fatiguewhile youhave the disease or dur-ing convalescence, as a hearty meal, or severelabor, or over-fatigue often provokes a relapse.The disease is frequently better the first chillafter taking the medicine, and will be per-manently cured by perseverance in its use.This method is a thousand times better thanthe use of Quinine, Arsenic, or the ordinaryquackmedicines so often resorted to.

For the results of Fever and Ague, and thebad effects of the Quinine, Arsenic, Chola-gogue, and other deleterious drugs so oftenused to suppress the disease, usually mani-fested byvertigo, ringing in the ears, deafness,enlarged spleenor ague-cake, swelling of thelimbs, general feebleness and debility, coatedtongue and liver complaint—for these symp-toms, all of whichmay in greater or less de-gree follow the use of Old School drugs, ornostrums, the Specific No. Sixteen, and No.Ten, six pills four or six times per day, inalternation, are required. In these bad com-plications, the cure may require time, but willbe perfect and permanent-

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ENTERIC OR TYPHOID AND TYPHUSFEVERS.

We do not distinguish these forms of feveras the distinctions to the non-professionalmind are often not clear, and the treatment isthe same.

These fevers are marked by greatweaknessand prostration of the system, fever usuallynot so high, but early delirium, dry or dark-coated tongue, sleeplessness, or deep,profoundsleep, pain in the head and back. They con-tinue from fourteen to twenty-one days, oreven longer, run a slow course, and are fre-quently of dangerous character, and shouldrareh be treated without competent medicalaid.

The treatment is often successful bygivingthe Specific No. One, dissolved in water, asdirected for other forms of fever, alternatelywith the Specific No. Fourteen ; experiencehaving shown that this latter specific is veryefficient, noi only for Eruptive Diseases, butforlow fevers ofevery grade. Give these twomedicines alternately in fluid, a dose everytwo hours, prepared as directed for BiliousFever, so long as the disease continues.

When Typhoid or low forms of fever arepre-vailing, the Specific No. One, six pills takenmorning and night, or even four times per

YELLOW FEVER. 21

day will serveto fortify the system and preventan attack, as experience amply demonstrates

YELLOW FEVER.This very destructive form of fever prevails

in hot climates, duringthe summer season,inlarge cities and towns on the sea coast, or onlarge rivers. It is severe or pernicious inproportion to the quantity of undrained land,marshes, and accumulation of putrid filth orrefuse matter in its immediate vicinity. Itrarely springs up spontaneously unless ger-minated by masses of decayed animal orvegetable matter, but is more commonlybroughtin by some onewho has it, and fromthence spreads in a circle around. Acclimatedpersons and those who have once had it areleast liable, though not entirely exempt. Themortalityis one-third under the usual treat-ment; but much more favorable under theHomeopathic.

An attack ofYellow Fever is usuallyabrupt.In some cases there may be precursors—aslight depression, loss of appetite, languor,pain in the head and chilly sensations for aday or two. This is followed by a chill, orrigors, generally moderate, soon followed byintense fever, rapid pulse,high temperature,headache, backache, pain in the limbs, andsometimes vomiting; retention of urine and

YELLOW FEVER,

costivenesa are also present. The eyes arereddened, irritable and watery. Mind usuallyclear, but sometimes delirium.

This febrilemovement continues from’twelvehours to three days, and is followed by a re-mission of the fever or abatement of all themarked symptoms, and the patient and friendsoften think the disease is over, but the lull isusually deceptive. Thereremains a voraciousappetite, indigestion, a yellowish tint in theeyes, and mental depression, which are ofominous import. But in mild, well-managedcases this may be the beginning of convales-cence.

In grave cases, however, this desceptive lullafter a period of a few or even twenty-fourhours, ushers in the third stage, or that ofcollapse.

The pulse falls to its natural standard oreven down to forty or thirty per minute, and isweak and easily compressed, and the surfaceis cool. There is increasing yellowness of theskinand whites of the eyes ; burning pain inthe throat, stomach and bowels; dark, coloredurine ; diarrhea ; restlessness ; delirium ; hic-cough, and the much-dreaded black vomit, afluid resembling coffee grounds, or soot, orsnuff suspended in water, and which is reallydecomposedblood, is from time to time vomited.This matter is sometimes ejected in quantities

YELLOW FETES. 23and with force, at others a mere regurgitation,sometimes acrid, excoriating the mouth andgums. The tongue is frequently reddened,dry and cracked. In advanced stages blood-boils may appear, and hemorrhage fromvarious parts or organs are common. Theurine is suppressed or albuminous, and comaand convulsions mayoccur, and the end ter-minates by exhaustion or syncope. There areoccasionally the so-calledwalking cases, wherethe patient does not take to the bed at all, butcontinues in a half-delirious state about hisbusiness, or moving around, until a few hoursbefore death.

Treatment.—As Pkeventives while the dis-ease is prevailing, take six pellets of SpecificNo. One, morning and afternoon, and six pel-lets of Specific No. Ten at noon and at bed-time. This should protect the system, orrender light any attack which may occur.

When an attack comes on the patient shouldat once retire tohis room and dissolve twentypellets of Specific No. One in a glass half fullof water, ofwhich a large spoonful should begiven every hour. This should be continuedwithout interruption, except the patient sleeps,through the entire first, or stage of fever. .

When the remission of fever comes on, mak-ing the end of the first and beginning of thesecond stage, the Specific No. Ten should be

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given, twenty pellets in half a glass of water,of which a large spoonful should be givenevery two hours, alternating with No. One.This treatment, the alternation of Specific No.One and No. Ten, at intervals of two hours,should be continued through the entire courseof the disease, or until the fever has all disap-peared, and there is coldness of the surface,weakness and decided prostration, or appear-ance of black vomit, at which the Specific

No. Six should be substituted for the No.One. The Specific No. Six should be pre-pared in the same manner as the SpecificNo. Ten, twentypellets inhalf a glass of water,of which give a large spoonful at intervals oftwo hours, first a spoonful of No. Six, andnext time of No. Ten, and so on. The onlyother medicine to be given for the black vomitbeside the Specific No. Six, is the Marvel ofHealing, of which a teaspoonfulmay be giventhe intermediate hour for this decomposedhemorrhage, with great benefit. Should theurine become suppressed or very scanty, adose or two ofSpecific No. Thirty, six pelletsin a spoonfulof water, will soon relieve. Afterthe vomit has been relieved and convalescenceestablished, the Specific No. Ten may be re-lied upon for restoration, given four times perday.

Accessory Means.—The importance ofclean-

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liness in so contagious and serious a diseaseis apparent. Discharges and all soiled linenmust be quickly removed and disinfected andthe air kept as fresh and untainted aspossible.During the chill give a hot foot-bath, and dur-ing the heat frequent spongings of the entirebody and limbs with tepid vinegar and water.The diet during the first stage should besimply toast bread or crackers soaked in weakblack tea. In the second stage, rice, milk, andarrowroot may be added to the diet; and inthe third or stage ofprostr ition, ice-cream, orchampagne, beef-tea, or wine-whey may benecessary. The patient should remain inbedcomfortably but not oppressively covered dur-ing the entire course of the disease.I do not recommend in general the treat-

ment of such formidable diseases as Typhus,Cholera, or Yellow Fever, by unprofessionalpersons. But there are times and epidemicswhen competent medical attendance cannotbeobtained, and where these simple directionsmay prove of inestimable value in treating andarresting disease and saving life.

FEVERS OF CHILDRENare common at from one to ten years of age,and are often brought on from over-fatigue,exposure to the heat of the sun, cold drafts ofair, improper food, worms, etc. They are

26 FEVERS OF CHILDREN.

generally attended with red face, swelling andthrobbing of the veins of the neck, hot head,quick pulse and rapid breathing. Such Feversfind their prompt cure in the Specific No. One,whichsoon quiets the fever, induces perspira-tion, and thus cures the disease.

In all such cases, dissolve twelve pills of theSpecific No. One in six teaspoonfuls of water,ofwhich give one spoonful every hour untilsix have been given. Then dissolve twelvemore pills of the same Specific in the samemanner, and give a teaspoonful every twohours, or until profuse perspiration comeson and the disease is broken. Give freely ofwater, and often sponge off the body withtepid water.

Scarlet Fever is usually considered a veryformidable disease, but under Homeopathictreatment it has lost much of its terror. Itsfirst symptom is, usually, vomiting, soon suc-ceeded by violent heat, very rapid pulse, andsore throat, which may be known by the painon swallowing. Soon a rash or reddish efflor-escence spreads over the body, commencingon the arms, neck, breast and face, until thedisease has reached its height, when it be-comes faint yellowish, and the outer or scarfskin flakes off in patches, or in minute bran-like scales. Such is the usual course of mildScarlet Fever or Scarlatina, but it maybecome

27SCA3ILET FEVEB.

complicated from an irregular develepement,ulcerated throat, or other symptoms.

Treatment.—As Pbeventive while ScarletFever is prevailing, give each child two pillsof the Specific No. One morning and night.This will usually protect the svstem. If thedisease has commenced with vomiting, sorethroat, or fever, dissolve twelve pills of theSpecific No. One in a tumbler half full ofwater, and of this fluid, prepared anew in likemanner every day, give one teaspoonfuleveryhour during the height of the disease, extend-ing the intervals to two hours as the disease issubdued. If the eruption remains obstinateafter some days, and the sore throat orcankerunyielding, alternate the Specific No. Fotte-teen, prepared in the same manner, with theNo. One, one dose every two hours. Thisremedy is also efficacious at the close of thedisease, to relieve the itching and assist de-squamation, and thus prevent bad after-dis-eases. Sponging the child with tepid wateris very grateful and useful through the entirecourse of the disease.If swelling of the glands under the ears or

about the neck occurs, give four pellets of theSpecific No. Twentv-Two each morning andnight, and the No. One during the day, asabove.If dropsical swelling of the limbs or body

28 MEASLES.

occurs towardthe close orafter the disease hassubsided, give the Specific No. Twenty-five,four pills four times per day until cured.

SStRemember that Scarlet Fever, Measles,Varioloid, Diphtheriaand Whooping Cough arecontagious, and unprotected persons cominginto their presence are liable to take the dis-ease. So if a child has the Scarlet Fever orother of these diseases, keep other childrenoutof the sick room or house, or as far fromthe room as possible. Topermit well childrento inhale the breath, fondle or play, or evenbe in school with them, until entirely recovered,is most sure to communicate the disease. Insuch cases remove the well ones or fit up aseparate room for the sick, and excluding theothersmaintain a rigid quarantine until theentire recovery. A child may communicatethe disease to another so long as there is anydeseqicamation or peeling or scurf from theskin—sometimes two or three weeks after thechild is out.

Measles prevail usually toward spring, andis generally a mild, easily managed disease.It commences with symptoms of a cold, sneez-ing, flow of tears and slight redness of theeyes, and soon a hoarse, loose cough, which ischaracteristic of the disease. The rash ap-pears first on the face in minute pimples inclusters, with a reddish blush, deepening and

29SMAXJj-POX.

increasing as it comes out, first day upon theface and neck, nextupon the body, and thirdday extending to the lower extremities, bywhich time it grows fainter upon the face, anddisappears in the same manner. There isfever, loose cough, hoarseness, etc.

Treatment.—Give the Specific No. One, pre-pared as directed for Scarlet Fever (page 27)every two hours, and continue this treatmentthroughthe entire course of the disease. Ifthe measles do not come out weU, do not bealarmed about that: keep the patient warm,give some warm tea or nourishing soup, orhot foot-bath. If the cough is troublesome,alternate the Specific No. Seven with theSpecificNo. One. If very hoarse, give a fewdoses of the Specific No. Thirteen. If theeyes are red, inflamed, intolerant of light, theSpecific No. Eighteen will act like a charm,and for any weakness of sight remaining, inconsequence ofmeasles, the same Specific maybe relied upon, two pills three times per day.Care should be taken during the measles toprevent taking cold, as serious diseases of thelungs may arise as a consequence.

Small-Pox maybe managed bykeeping thepatient quite cool, especially when the pox iscoming out; cold room, no fire, and givingSpecifics No. One and No. Fourteen dissolvedin water, one dose every two or three hours,

30 MUMPS, CONGESTION.

prepared as directed on page 11. The sametreatment for modified Small-Pox or Vario-loid. Chicken Pox rarely requires more thana few doses of the Specific No. One ; if newcrops of pox come out, No. Fourteen is theSpecific.

Mumps areknown as the somewhat hard andsensitive swelling of the parotid gland in frontofand below the ear, on one or both sides. Itis attended with fever, and pain when chewing,especially any firm or hard food. Itpasses offin three or four days, and is rarely dangerous,but may sometimes fall upon the brain, pro-ducing delirium, or if the patient is chilled,may fall upon other parts, producing swellingand other mischief.

Treatment. Give the Specific No. One,twelve pills in six spoonfuls of water, onespoonful every two hours, and two or threetimes per day six pills of Specific No. Twenty-

two. Should any swelling of the lands re-main, the use of the No. Twenty-two willremove it. Should the disease fall upon dieurinary organs, the Specific No. Thirty, willsoon relieve.

Congestion of the Head begins in children,with violent fever, red and hot face, swellingand throbbing of the blood-vessels of the neck,sleeplessness and delirium, or deep, drowsysleep, inclination to lie down, with pain in the

CONGESTION OF THE HEAP. 31head, increase of the pain and distress, andeven vomiting, on being held up, great in-tolerance of lightand noise. These symptomsfind their remedy in the Specific No. One,twelvepellets of which should be dissolved insix teaspoonfuls of water, of which give aspoonful every hour at first, and then everytwo hours as the case improves. Meantime,cloths wet in tepid water, on thehead, and re-new them as often as they get hot, are useful.

Congestions of the Head occur in childrenand adults also, in a slighter or less violentform; with a sense of fulness and heavinessof the head and redness of face, vertigo or gid-diness, especially on turning or looking up-ward, throbbing headache, and sometimesintolerance of light, drowsy and stupid feel-ings, desire to sleep by day and sleepless atnight. In mild cases, six pellets of the Specific

No. One, takenfour times per day, will affordrelief; but if the case is more violent, dissolvetwelvepellets in half a glass of water, and ofthis take a spoonful every two hours until re-lieved, and then, morning and night, or if theaffection is of some standing, Specifics No.Nine may be taken alternately with the No.One.

Old Cases of Heat, Fulness and Vertigo of theHead, are entirely cured by taking the No,Ten at night, and No. NiNE in the morning.

32 DIPHTHERIA.Sore Throat, Tonsillitis ob Quinsy begins

■with redness, heat, swelling of the throat,tonsils, uvula and soft parts, difficult swallow-ing, and it sometimes terminates in suppura-tion. Dissolve twelve pills of the Specific No.Onein water, (half a glass,) and take a spoon-ful of this solution every hour. If not soonrelieved, take the Specific No. Thiety-Foue,prepared in the same manner alternately withNo. One. Apply cloths kept moist with theMarvel of Healing to the throat, and keep in-doors on low diet until relieved.

Diphtheria and Ulcerated or MalignantSobe Theoat. It is convenient to treat thesediseases together, as the amateur may not beable to distinguish the one from the other, andthe treatmentis the same. It may be mild,but is often very formidable.

Diphtheria usually commences in children,with dullness, inclinationto sleep, swelling andsoreness of the throat, indicated by difficultyin swallowing, and frequently vomiting. Fever,heat, and redness of the face, increased diffi-culty of swallowing, soon come on, and onexamination, the appearance ofpatches of dirtywashleather-like membrane in the throat, orulcerations in advanced cases, with difficultyofbreathing and prostration.

Treatment.—To prevent the disease, give chil-dren each morning two pellets of Specific No.

33CONGESTION OF THE CHEST.

One, and at night the same of No. Thiety-

Fodr ; so alternate (while the disease is pre-vailing) andcarefully avoid exposureto severechills or over-fatigue.

Fob an Attack of diphtheria or of seveeeor ulcerated soEE thboat, give alternatelythe Specific No. One and the No. Thiety-foue

inwater, thus: dissolve twelvepills of Specific

No. One in a tumbler half full of waterand thesame number of No. Thirty-four in anotherglass, with a like quantity of water, stirringeach well with separate spoons. Give to adultsa tablespoonful, and to children a teaspoonfulof the fluid, first of one, then of the other, atintervals of half-hour, hour, or two hours,according to the urgency of the case ; and thiscontinue until cured. The diet should beeasily digested and nourishing, toast-water,farina, or other gruel, good, sweet milk, andbeef-tea, duringthe disease, and apply clothsWet in the Marvel to thy throat.

Congestion of the Chest is usually at-tended with a feeling of oppression, anxiety,tightness and heaviness ; sometimes a short,irritating cough,with palpitation of the heart,ft is often brought on by exposure or the use°f stimulants, and may be followed by bleed-ing from the lungs. Twelve pills of Specific

No. One, dissolved in half a glass of water, of"which a dessert-spoonful should be taken

34 INFLAMMATIONS, PLEUEIST.every one or two hours, will soon remove thedifficulty. In mild cases, six pellets of SpecificNo. One taken dry, three times per day, willsuffice.

Inflammations are much the same, in what-ever part of the system they occur. There isusually a precursory stage, manifested by de-pression and followedby a chill. When located,the inflammation is known by the pain, heat,redness and swelling which always attend.

Pleurisy, Stitches in the Sides. There isa form ofFalse Pleurisy which is an affectionof the muscular tissue of the chest, and maybe known by the sharp pain and sorenessalong between the ribs, and from its comingon without a chill orfever. This is readilycuredby the Specifics No. One and No. Fifteen,taking six pellets every two hours in alterna-tionuntil relieved.

True Pleurisy comes on suddenly, with ashivering chill, fever and sharp stabbing.pains,called studies in the side, generally just belowthe nibble, and on one side. The pains areworse bycoughing, pressure, or deep inspira-tion. There is also short, frequent, dry cough,parched tongue, flushed face, hard, quickpulse, scanty, redurine. The patient lies on

the back or affected side. If the lung is alsoinvolved the sputa will be adhesive andstreaked with blood. If not relieved an effusion

PLEUEIST, PNEUMONIA.

of fluid into the pleural sac occurs, attendedwith very serious consequences.

Treatment.—At once dissolve twelve pelletsof Specific No. One in six large spoonfuls ofwater, of which give a spoonful every hour.Apply also hot wet cloths to the affected sideand give a hot foot-bath. After six hours pre-pare Specific No. Seven in the same manneras No. One, and giveof the two alternately atintervals of one hour, and as the patient im-proves, of two hours until the disease is cured.Care must be taken to avoid exposure and notto go out too soon.

Pneumonia ok Inflammaton of the Lungs

is a disease of frequent occurrence and ofdangerouscharacter. It may affect one or bothsides of the chest, the double form being themore serious. It often comes on after a coldinsidiously, with restlessness, a chill and somefever, and sometimes is well seated before itstrue character is known. There is a deep-seated dull pain or oppression under theshoulder blades, or sides, or breast; feelingof decided illness ; frequent short cough,andexpectoration of sticky, adhesive matter of agreen, yellow or rust color usually tinged ormixed with blood, and so adhesive that thevessel may be inverted without detachingit.The breathing is oppressed, hurried and diffi-cult ; skinhot over the ribs and armpits ; the

36 PNEUMONIA,

nose is ary, eyes tearless ; thirst; interrupted,hesitating speech. The pulse varies, some-times rapid and full, at others hard and wiry,or quick and weak ; the urine is red, scanty,and sometimes scalding, and the patient lieson the affected side or on the back. There isdullness over the affected part on percussion,and on applying the ear crepitation may beheard, a sound resembling that produced byrubbing alock of hair close to the ear.

Treatment.—At once dissolve twelve pelletsof Specific No. One, in six large spoonfuls ofwater, of which give a spoonful every hour.Give also a hot foot-bath, and apply clothswrung out of hot water to the chest, coveredwith dry flannel if the oppression is severe.After six or twelve hours’ use of Specific No.One every hour as above, prepare SpecificNo. Seven in like manner, twelve pellets insix large spoonfuls of water, of which give inalternation with the Specific No. One, aspoonful every hour, until the breathing iseasier, expectoration more free, and heat less,and perspiration appears, when the intervalsbetween the doses may be increased to twohours. The patient must be kept in a warm,evenly-tempered room, very quiet and haveonly mucilaginous drinks and farinaceous diet.These means will gradually relieve the op-pression, allay the fever, induce free per-

HEMORRHAGE, VOMITING BLOOD.

Bpiration, and thus break up the disease. Thepatient must avoid exposure until quite re-covered.

Hemorrhage from the Lungs is promptlyrelieved by the Specific No. One. If thereis only a slight spitting of stained sputa, withsome cough, six pills taken four times per daywith quietand freedom from effort or excite-ment, are sufficient; but if the bleeding ismore profuse, dissolve twelve pills in sixspoonfuls of water, of which take one spoon-ful every hour, and the intervening half hour,a half teaspoonfulof the Marvel ofHealing.

Vomiting of Biood, may be known frombleeding from the lungs by the blood beingusually darker, and being thrown up in massesby vomitting and without much cough, andrequires the same treatment. Salt water is anold remedy, and often serves to allay thebleeding, and there is no objection to its beingused in moderate quantities (a teaspoonful ata time), while in the meantime the Specific

No. One allays the internal congestion, whichis the more immediate cause of the hemor-rhage.

A Specific Remedy of greater value, how-ever, in all cases of hemorrhage or bleedingfrom any part of the body, is the Marvel ofHealing.Half a teaspoonfulof this may be takenevery hour, or even half hour, until relieved.

38 VOMITING BLOOD.

and then at longer intervals ; or take the No.One.

The early stage of every acute disease, at-tended with dulls, or high fever, quick pulse,heat, restless tossing, anxiety and pain, will bealways alleviated, and often entirely subduedby the use of the Specific No. One, given everyhour or two hours. In all cases when there ispain or distress, and you are uncertain whatremedy to apply, or have failed to cure, resorttoSpecific No. One, and continue its use forsome time, or return again to some more per-fectly indicated number.

Inflammation of the Bowels is always adangerous disease,commencing with chillinessand pain in the bowels, to which there isadded extreme tendernessof the abdomen tothe touch, often also vomiting and constipa-tion. The fever soon becomes high, the pulsesmall, tense, and quick. Give the SpecificNo. One, six pills every hour in a spoonful ofwater, and at the same time wring a napkinout of tepid water and lay it on the bowels,covering with a dry flannel cloth, to keep thebed clothes dry and renew the wet cloth asoften as it gets dry. This treatmentmay relievethe whole disease in a few hours, and thebowels will move of themselves, in proportion,er if not, they may be assisted by an injectioncf warm water.

39WORMS.

WORMS.Worms often cause much annoyance in chil-

dren, and it is important to know the symp-toms by which their presence is manifested,as well as the cure. Children most subject to-worms have light, fair skin, soft, flabby flesh,and enlarged abdomen, while the legs andarms are comparatively small; Such childrenare subject to catarrhs, mucous diarrheas andmucous vomiting. When this condition exists,worms will be found in the system, and a pre-disposition to produce them. Unless this con-dition is corrected, the driving off of a few,either by ordinary cathartics or vermifuges,is ofno great consequence.

The more common symptoms of worms are ;

—frequent itching of the nose, which the childpicks with his finger; itching of the anus ;

voracious or greedy appetite; desire for dain-ties, and often thebreath is offensive, especiallywhen the stomach is empty; bowels irregular,either constipation or diarrhea; in which aremasses of glairy, frog-spawn-like mucus.

Symptoms arising from the local irritationofworms are : Colic pains in the bowels, whichare worse when the stomach is empty, andoften pass off after a meal. Sometimes thelocal irritation affects the nervous system, andthere is dilation of the pupil of the eyes, dis-

40 WOEMS.

Portion or rolling of the eyes, springing up,grating of the teeth, and talking in sleep,vertigo and sometimes spasms.

Fever is one of the most frequentresults ofworms; it is usually quite violent, pulse quick,heat great, noticeable for its unsteady charac-ter; now more, and now less, coming andgoing; and there is danger of convulsionsduring such a fever, especially ifthere shouldbe sudden startingsor twitchings.

If the worm cachexia is not cured, the childmay become emaciated, weakly and fail tothrive.

Treatment.—lt is not difficult to get rid of afew worms by the action of any brisk cathar-tic ; but this is of small consequence ; for youwill leave many more behind, and the vermi-fuge will weaken the digestion, and thus tendto induce their production anew ; hence, chil-dren who take much medicine are subject toworms. To eradicate Worms from the system,give the child plain diet, meat once a day,little or no pastry, cake, preserves or candies ;

but substantial, nourishing food, and give itthree pills of Specific No. Two, morning andnight, or even four times per day. Theresultwill be, that the worms will disappear.

When worms produce Violent Fevek, full,quick pulse, and hot skin, etc., dissolve twelvepills of Specific No. One in a glass one-third

COLIC, CRYING, Etc., OF INFANTS. 41filled with water, and give the child a dessert-spoonful every hour for four or six hours, andthenprepare the No. Two in the same manner,inwater, and give the Specific No. Two alter-nately with the No. Oneuntil entirely relieved,or four times per day. Then give the No. Twomorning and night, to effect a radical cure.No other medicines are required in order toradically cure this affection, as the experienceofhundreds can testify; only do not expectmiracles, exercise a little patience, for a per-manent cure requires time.

For Itching at the anus, which often arisesfrom the presence of the Ascarides or Pin-worms, give the Specific No. Two, four pillsmorning and night. If you desire immediaterelief, give an injectionof an ounce of sweetoil. Anoint the anus also with Witch HazelOil at night.COLIC, CRYING, AND WAKEFULNESS

OF INFANTS.Infants do not cry if they are well, and

properly cared for. When a child constantlycries without apparent cause, it affords astrong presumption that it is not well. r-

Many persons, to quiet the crying of infants,give them anodynes, cordials, or soothingsyrups, which render them costive; then acathartic or a dose of oil is given to physic

COLIC, CRYING, ETC., OF INFANTS.

them, which, in tarn, deranges the stomach,and in a little time we have a permanent con-dition of illness fastened upon the child, whichmay continue for life.

This is irrational and wrong. The nurseshould never suffer the infant to cry or worry,hy always attending to or anticipating itswants, changingand feeding it promptly, andavoid givingit drugs or doses.

If the child has Colic which may he knownhy its cries and drawing its legs up to its ab-domen, while the belly is hard and distended,give two pills of the Specific No. Three, andsoothe it by carrying it about, or other means.If no better in half an hour, give two morepills, and so on, repeating every half houruntil relieved.

If the child does not sleep at night, after hav-inghadproper intervals ofbeing awake duringthe day,give it two pills of Specific No. Threebefore laying it down. This will usually besufficient; but if necessary the pellets may berepeated every hour. The nurse shouldbearin mind that if she takes strong tea or coffee,or spirits, or such flatulent food as pickles,cabbages,beans, etc., she can scarcely expecther child to sleep well, as the effect of thestimulus, or food, may act more decidedly onthe child than upon her.

TEETHING. 43

Teething of healthy children is often ac-complished without seriously affecting thesystem; but frequently there is diarrhea,feverishness, and restlessness at night, andsometimes serious congestion to the head.The first teeth are cut at from the fourth to theeighth month, or later, and usually with hutlittle trouble—first, the two lower, cuttingteeth; then the two upper middle teeth inabout two or three weeks after the first ; andthen two more lower, followed by two upperincisors—one on each side. Some eight weeksafter these, there will be four first jaw-teeth—-two below and two above, and after these thestomach and eye-teeth are cut; and finally,when about two and a half years old, the backjaw-teeth—two below and two above—pro-trude, which completes the set. Variationsfrom this order are, however, frequent.

When the teeth are about to protrude, thechild drools, and puts its fingers in the mouth,is more or less feverish, and the gum growsbroader, and swells on the top. Lancing theSum is quite unnecessary, and if done prema-turely, only obstructs the teeth by forming acicatrix, which the tooth must pierce when itcomes forward again; besides, it is not soiiiuch the piercing of,, the . gum which causes'fre inconvenience, as a feverish condition of

44 TEETHING.

the system, "which accompanies any importamevolution of the organism.

During the Period of Teething, wheneverthere is any feverish excitement, restlessness,wakefulness, or worrying, give two pills of Spe-cific No. Thhee, four timesper day. This quietsthe system, relieves the irritation and rest-lessness, and any slight diarrhea. If, however,there should be very high fever, and a gooddeal of heat, it is better to give two pills ofSpecific No. One for Fever, in fluid form, ateaspoonful every two hours, and the No.Three morning and night. If diarrhea alsobecomes threatening, the movements of-thebowels frequent, and somewhat prostrating,give two pills of the Specific No. Four everythree hours until this troublebe relieved.

For Slow Growth, Feebleness, DifficultLearning to Walk and General Debility ofinfants or small children give the Specific No.Three, two pills three or four times per day.

For Fretfulness, Feverishness, and Worry-ing of children three or four yearsold, whichoften arises from deficient growth ofbone, givefour times per day three pellets of the Specific

No. Three. Theresult will soon be shown in'mproved vigor and happiness.

45DlAltnirisa.

For Sprue or Sore Mouth ofyoung infantswhich is frequently troublesome, and some-times dangerous, the Specific No. Thkee willusually be found effectual. Given at times lorother complaints, soremouth will rarely occur ;

but if it is present, one pill four times per daywill suffice to cure. The most obstinate casesmay require Specific No. Twenty-nine, fourtimes per day

Sleeplessness, Nervousness, and Restless-ness ofadults finds a charming remedy in theSpecific No. Theee. Six pellets taken on goingto rest, or ifwakeful during the night, act likea charm. Sleeplessness with fulness or beatingin the head, or red face is cured by SpecificNo. One, six pills at bed-time, and that fromindigestion by Specific No. Ten, six pelletsat night.

DIARRHEA OR LOOSE BOWELS.In small children this disease is often for-

midable, and demands attention. In youngand teething children it frequently assumesthe form of Cholera Infantum, and is liableto be fatal.

For Diarrhea or Loose Bowels in YoungChildren, give two pellets of Specific No.four, three or four times per day, accordingto circumstances, and let the child be confinedto a diet ofboiled rice, farina, or milk porridge,

DIARRHEA,

avoiding all fruits, vegetables, salads, etc.,especially new potatoes. Any slight derange-ment of the stomach, pain, gripings or diar-rhea, arising from errors in diet, etc., either inadults or children, will be promptly remediedby taking six pellets of Specific No. Four fourtimes per day. Diarrhea from the use of fruit,also, will be promptly met by taking the Spe-

cific No. Four as above.Diarrhea in Adults or older Children re-

quires sixpills ofSpecific No. Four four timesper day. In some cases the alternation of theSpecific No. Six or the No. Five with the No.Four is ofbenefit. And in any instance wherethe disease does not promptly yield to theNo. Four alone, the No, Six, if the stools areloose, profuse or watery, or No. Five, if thereis pain or griping, should be given alternatelyRuth the No. Four. As the disease improvesthe doses may be given less frequently, withcaution as to the quantity and quality of food.See next page.

Chronic Diarrhea—several stools per daywithout much pain, gradual loss of strength—-requires three doses ofSpecific No. Four perday; and if there is discharge of blood orbloody mucus or of pus-like matter, the Spe-

cific No. Five should be alternated with theNo. Four, taking six pellets every four hours

DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY.

during the day; diet as above. The veryworst cases have been cured.

In Traveling, the change of water, irregulardiet, malaria, or other causes, often occasiondiarrhea, liable to be followed by dysentery,cholera morbus, or other grave affection.Hence in warm weather, care should be takento avoid anything likely to produce this result.Avoid fruit, pies, pastry, oysters, or eating inhaste. Eat crackers, light bread, well cookedmeat and vegetables, rice, or other plain food,taken at regular periods—better too little andtoo seldom, than too often and too much. Anyderangement will be promptly remedied bythe Specific No. Four, six pellets, repeated asoccasion demands.If looseness of the bowels is accompanied

with griping or cutting pains, or blood-stainedstools, forming what is called dysenteric diar-rhea, the Specific No. Five, taken every twoor three hours, will be found usually moreefficacious than the Specific No. Four for thisform of disease, or the two Specifics No. Fourand Five may be taken in alternation, a dose,six pellets every three hours.

In Diarrhea and Dysentery, Choleramorbus and cholera, ad fruits and vegetablesare pernicious, especially new potatoes, let-tuce, beans, peas, tomatoes, turnips, radishes,cucumbers, and even strawberries ; peaches,

48 CHOLERA INFANTUM.cherries, plums, and apples can rarelybe in-dulged in -without an immediate aggravationof the disease. Attention to these few prac-tical hints, and the use of the Specific No.Four will be effectual in curing the disease,and saving multitudes oflives.

CHOLERA INFANTUM. •

Few diseases are more destructive and fatalin children than this. In some parts of thecountry, in the larger towns and cities, num-bers ofchildren are every summer carried offby it. Diarrhea in young children in summeris liable toculminate in a cholera infantum,and cholera infantumhas diarrhea as a symp-tom. It prevails principally among childrenof from six months to three years of age.It often commences as a slight looseness of

the bowels, which goes on increasing from dayto day, until the child becomes emaciated, itsstomachbecomes exceedinglyirritable, so thatit vomits up every kind of food and drink, andat length it sinks into a drowsy stupid slum-ber, which,after some days closes the scene ;

or, the disease may come on more suddenly,with very frequent, loose, offensive stools,sudden vomiting ofeverything taken into thestomach, rapid emaciation, soon followed bycoldness, collapse, stupid slumber, and ex-treme prostration.

49CHOLERA INFANTUM.

In the first case the disease may run fromthree to twelve weeks, until the child is re-duced to a skeleton; and in the latter the fataltermination mayoccur in three to six days.

In the treatment of this disease, the diet isof the first importance, as it is almost impos-sible for a child to recover unless it has aproper diet. Children who nurse do betterthan those who have been weaned or broughtupby hand; for thoughthe child may getbutlittle from the breast, that little is appropriatefor it, and quality, in this case, is of more im-portance than quantity.

If the stomach is very irritable, vomiting upeverything taken, food must only be given oncein two or three hours, and only two or threespoonfuls of farina-gruel, rice-water, or somesimilar light or nourishing, substance; or, ifthe child yet nurses, the breast is still better;yet the child mustnotbe nursed too often, norsuffered to take too much at a time. Also,every hour, give a spoonfulofa solution madeby dissolving sixpellets of Specific No. Six insix teaspoonfuls of water. This should becontinued a few hours; and then prepare sixpellets of Specific No. Four in fluid, in thesame manner, and give every one or twohours,according to the urgency of the case, a spoon-ful alternately of these two medicines. As thedisease improves, the doses mayve given less

50 DYSENTERY.

frequently ; but be very cautious both as to thequantityand quality of food or drink allowed.

DYSENTERY.

Dysenteryis another of those diseases whichare frequently fatal in summer and autumn,It prevails in tho fall of the year, when thenights are cool and the days hot. The firstsymptom is usually a sensation of heavinessand weight about the anus, soon followed bya desire for stool. Or there may be loosestools for a day or two, whenthe evacuationsbecome more tedious, very scanty, and at-tended with strainingand a desire tocontinuethe effort, as if tb° ~vacuation could not becompleted. In a little time this desire be-comes constant, forming what is called tenes-mus—the patientwanting to be constantly onthe chamber. The evacuations consist only ofmucus, mixed more or less with blood ; or,indeed, in some cases, of pure blood mixedwith shreddy particles, which look like scrap-ings. Before and during the evacuations,there are violent, cutting, pressing pains inthe bowels, often very severe. In some casesthe stools consist only of white, gelatinousmucus, like the white of an egg, and in othersit is only greenishmucus, streaked withblood.In some cases there is violent fever; in others,little or none. There is no natural fecal mat-

DYSENTERY. 51

ter in the stools—and -when this appears inanyquantity the disease is broken.

Treatment. —When the disease comes on, thepatient should at once keep quiet; avoidexercise or labor of any kind ; if possible, liedown, and confine himself strictly, during thewhole course of the disease, to ajporridgemadeof milk andflour well cooked, or to farina gruel,or rice-water and boiled rice. No vegetablesor fruit can be allowed,nor meat, nor meat-broths ; and spirits, or stimulants of any kind,are absolutepoison. Use no other medicineofany kind. Opium only conceals the diseaseby quietingthe pain and evacuations while thedisease rages more destructively.

During the disease, if the evacuations arevery frequent, every ten or fifteen minutes,and the tenesmus or straining very distres-sing, injections of thin starchmay be given, orthe patient may have a seat-bath of tepidWater. If the disease commences with highfever, twelve pellets of the Specific No. Onemay be dissolved in six spoonfuls of water, ofwhich give one spoonful every hour, two orthree doses, before commencing the Specific

No. Five. Then give the Specifics No. Five,six pills in a spoonful of water, every hour orhalf-hour at first; then every hour or twohours as the disease improves.

When the disease comes on without any

52 BILIOUS COLIC,

particular fever, with cutting pain in thebowels, colic, straining, and bloody stools, atonce take the Specific No. Five, six pills everyhour, permitting themto dissolve in the mouth.As the disease improves the intervals betweenthe doses may be lengthened. This method,strictly followed, will rarely fail to effect de-cided relief in the worst cases, in twelve ortwenty-four hours; in lighter ones, muchmore rapidly; and permanently cure in fouror five days.

BILIOUS COLIC.Persons are sometimes subject to what is

called Bilious Colic—paroxysms of most vio-lent griping, cutting or rending pain in thebowels, oftenwith severe suffering, sometimesremitting for ah instant, and then returningwith greater intensity. The paroxysms areoccasioned byexposure, passage ofgallstones,and other causes, and sometimes return atintervals of four, six or twelveweeks.

When an attack comes on, take six pills ofSpecific No. Five dry, and let them dissolvein the mouth. This may entirely relieve.But if it fails, dissolve twelve pills in sixspoonfuls of water, of which give a spoonfulevery ten or fifteen minutes, until relieved.If heat, fever or great restlessness comes on,or the bowels become painful on pressure.

CHOLERA AND CHOLERA MORBUS. 53

threatening inflammation, dissolve the Spe-

cific No. One in water as above, and givealternately with the No. Five, a dose everyhalfhour. Use no othermedicines, internallyor otherwise—only, if the case is obstinate,inject tepid water in large quantities. Thisoften relieves, and facilitates a cure.

CHOLERA AND CHOLERA MORBUS.These are quite different diseases, yet

medicines which cure Cholera will verypromptlyalso cure Cholera Morbus. In Cho-lera Morbus the discharges consist of whathas been taken as food, and is ejected againmore or less changed; while in Cholera, thedischarges, after the first two or three, consistonly of a fluid like rice water, which is, in fact,the serum of the blood. The coldness, blue-ness, cramps, etc., are also muchmore violentin Cholera than in Cholera Morbus, and it issometimes rapidly fatal.

Cholera Morbus will bepromptly controlledby giving the patient six pellets of Specific

No. Six every half-hour at first, and then everyhour until the symptoms vanish.

Cho 1era.— Precautionabv Measures.—Dur-ing theprevalence of Cholera, care should betaken that no decayed vegetable or animalsubstances be permitted about the house oryard. Keep the cellar dry, whitewashed and

OHOLEBA AND OHOLEBA MOKBUS.

well aired ; the yard and kitchen free fromslops. Use chloride of lime freely about theprivy and sink. Eat a simple but nutritiousdiet; for meat, beef or mutton is best, and userice, farina, ripe potatoes, crackers and stalebread. Eat no oysters, eggs, clams, fresh fishor pork; and especially avoid all fruit andgreen vegetables, particularly salads, cucum-bers, melons, cabbage, green peas, beans,rMnbarbs, currants, gooseberries, etc. Fordrink use pure water ; avoid everything likesoda-water or root-beer. Excesses of everykind, mental as well as physical, should becarefully guardedagainst; make no suddenchanges ; the usual habits should be main-tained. Eat meals regularly, and go to bedearly. Avoid irregularities—night-air, latesuppers, late hours. Take exercise, but avoidfatigue. Take food before going out in themorning and maintain a cheerful, even tone ofmind. Let your clothing be adapted to thetemperature of the weather, employing rathermore, both at night and by day, than usual,and it is well to use flannel, especially aboutthe abdomen, with a view of guarding againstsudden changes. Do not neglect slight in-disposition, especially of the stomach andbowels, but attend to them at once, as they areoften the precursors of the disease itself.

55CHOLEBA AND CHOLEEA MOEBUS.

During the prevalence of the Disease,six pellets of Specific No. Sixshould be takenevery night and morning by each member ofthe family, as a preventive. If this is followedUp, no attack of the cholera will ensue, unlessfrom some grave error in diet or regimen, andeven then the attack will be much lighter andeasier controlled than usual. Persons travel-ing or much exposed, should also take sixpellets of Specific No. Six every night andmorning.

For Cholera-Diarrhea—a peculiar diarrhea,which almost invariably precedes the cholera,consisting of frequent loose stools, and at-tended with rumbling of the abdomen, a senseofweakness or faintness in the stomach, andsometimes nausea or qualmishness—personsshould at once retire to their room, keep per-fectly quiet, and take six pellets of the Spe-

cific No. Six, every hour until the diarrheaentirely subsides. Then for somedays bepar-ticularly careful in diet, exposure and fatigue.

When Cholera comes on with suddencoldness, prostration of strength, vertigo, gid-diness,cramps in the calves ofthe legs, deathlynausea, and blueness of the surface, thoughwith not much vomiting or diarrhea, Tinct. ofCamphor is the remedy. Of this give threedrops in a spoonful of cold water every fiveminutes, until the coldness, blueness and

56 CHOLERA AND CHOLERA MORBUS.

cramps pass off; then it may he omitted, andsix pills of Specific No. Six, dissolved in atablespoonful of ice-cold, or cold well-water,given every fifteen minutes until relieved.When the vomiting has ceased, the doses maybe given every hour, and less frequently asthe patient improves.

If the attack comes on, or assumes theform of violent vomiting and diarrhea, withfrequently returning cramps in the calves ofthe legs and bowels, discharges of the usualcholera character, give six pellets of SpecificNo. Six in a spoonful of cold water everytenor fifteen minutes until the symptoms some-what abate, and then at longer intervals, untilthe disease is controlled.

Persons who have had an attack of cholera,or even of cholera-diarrhea, should, for atime, be particularly cautious in reference toundue exposure, fatigue, and especially to anytransgression in diet. A slight error in thisrespect may provoke a return of the disease,which often proves more hazardous than theoriginal attack.

Nausea and Vomiting frequently occurs.Sometimes it is the mere result ofoverloadingthe stomach, at others of irritability of thisorgan, arising from some near or remote cause.Usually, in simple cases of nausea and vomit-ing, it is not best at once to interfere ; but

COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS. 57the stomach has become emptied, or the

Vomiting severe and annoying, you may re-lieve it by dissolving six pellets of Specific

tto. Six in a glass full ofwater, of which take• large spoonful after everyturn of vomiting.It will soon cease.

Vomiting and morning sickness of preg-nant females is often relieved by taking sixpelletsof Specific No. Ten, morning and night.

But the better remedy for vomiting, morn-ing sickness, heartburn, and similar sicknessin pregnant females, is Specific No. Twenty-

nine. Six pills, morning noon and night.COUCHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, AND

SORE THROAT,in their various forms, are so frequent in thischangeable climate, and so often lay the foun-dation of disease and early decline, that noone who has a properregard forhealth, shouldbe without a remedy for them. Consumptionoften commences with what appears as a slightcold, to which cough, pain, emaciation, andhectic fever are added at a later stage.

A predisposition to take cold fromvery slightexposure, shows a weakness and irritabilityof the pulmonary organs, which is alwayscritical, and which should not be neglected.Such persons should take more than usualcare to avoid exposure to severe and sudden

58 COUGHS, COLDS, BEONCHITIS,

changes of the weather; see that the chest iswell protected in winter, cold, or roughweather; use only water, milk, weak tea, orcocoa for drink—and men should suffer thsbeard to grow under the chin and over thethroat. Such sensitive persons should alsotake six pelletsofSpecific No. Seven, night andmorning, to allay the irritability of the airpassages, and fortify the system.

A Cold comes on with sneezing, dryness ofthe nose and throat, followed by cough—atfirst dry, but afterward with expectoration ofthin, then thicker, and yellowish sputa, as thecold breaks up. With the cough there is painor soreness of the breast, and sometimes painin the head, as if it would fly in pieces at everycough. Sometimes a cold commences withfeverish symptoms, quick pulse, frequent,short, irritable cough, and more or less painin the sides or chest. At other times, the coldlocates itself upon the throat, producing, dry-ness, pain, and difficult swallowing.

Treatment. —When colds begin with cough,sneezing, pain in the breast, or general feelingas fromhaving taken cold, take six pellets ofSpecific No. Seven, and repeat the dose everytwo hours, until the cough becomes looser,and the irritation diminishes, and the coldsubdued.

If the cold comes on with mfiammalory

COUGHS, COLDS, B«ONOBITIS. 59symptoms, fever, etc., as mentioned above,commence withSpecific No. One, taking sixpellets every hour until the fever is allayed.Then take the Specific No. Seven, sixpelletsas a dose, in the same manner, or alternatethe two medicines at intervals of two hours.In cases ofcolds, drink freely of cold water,live sparingly, avoid coffee, stimulants, andoverfeeding aa well as exposure.

In case of chronic cough, or cold of somestanding, let the Specific No. Seven be takenfour times per day, or alternate with theSpecificNo. One, as above mentioned.

In all cases of coughs or colds where theSpecificNo.Seven failsofprompt relief, alwaysalternate with the Specific No. One.

Bronchitis in its Simple Form is an inflam-mation or irritation of the mucous membranelining the airpassages, manifested by hoarse-ness, cough, sometimes fever, irritation andsoreness in the chest. In its more advancedstages thereis hectio fever, emaciation, loss ofvoice, and other symptoms of consumption.

Treatment.—ln the earlier stages, six pelletsof Specific No. Seven, taken four times perday, will generallycure. But should there beconsiderable irritation, or the easenot prompt-ly yield, alternate the Specific No. One withthe Specific No. Seven, a dose every three

60 COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS.

hours. This is the proper treatment for allirritative, obstinate coughs, and will verygen-erallybe found successful.

Cases of more serious Coughs, Bronchitisor incipient Consumption, attended withcough, expectoration, pain or irritation in thebreast or side, weakness, emaciation, oc-casional chilliness or moving chilland eveningfever, deficient appetite and diminishingstrength—all pointing toan incipient or evenconfirmed pulmonary or bronchial disease—-may require a Special Prescriptive Pulmoniawhich is put up for such special cases. Dr.Humphreys’ long experience has enabled 'himto prepare such in the form of two extra largevials of medicated pellets, which have in alargenumber of instances successfullyrestoredmany persons of weak lungs who have beenconsidered by their friends as far advanced ifnothopeless in consumption. It is confidentlyrecommended as a most reliable Specific.Price per package, with full directions, $2.00,Sent by mail.

Infantile Bronchitis or Catarrh of theChest of Infants or young Children is at-tended with fever, quick pulse, rapid anddifficult breathing with rattling of mucus, orfine crepitation, and frequent, painful cough.Give the Specific No. One in fluid every hourfor twelve hours, then prepare the Specific

61COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS.

No. Seven in fluid and give the two in alterna-tion every twohours until relieved.

Hoarseness and Loss of Voice, not unfre-quentlyaccompanies some forms ofbronchitis,or even common colds ; and sometimes it ap-pears in certain persons from almost every ex-posure. It is always an indication ofpulmonary■Weakness and should receive attention. Thisform ofdisease finds its remedy in the Specific

No. Seven. Take six pills every three hoursor, in more obstinate cases, the Specific No.Thirteen may be taken in alternation withthe No. Seven.

Clergymen after preaching, should alwaystake six pellets of Specific No. Seven or oiSpecific No. One ; the irritation of the throatand vocalorgans is at once allayed, and thevoice and throat preserved.

Influenza is an epidemic form of diseaselocalizing itself principallyupon the air pas-sages,—often prevailing over a large extent ofcountry, affecting thousands of people in asimilar manner. These epidemics vary intheir c haracter from year toyear, and in gen-eral, the depression, fever, cough,and generalcondition of the system is much more deeplyaffected than from common colds. Six pills ofthe Specific No. Seven taken every threehours, will generally suffice to arrest the dis-ease. If there is also sneezing, and discharge

62 TOOTHACHE AND NEUKALGIA.

from the nose and eyes, the Specific No. Nine-teen will cureor should be given alternatelywith the Specific No. Seven.

TOOTHACHE AND NEURALGIA.Toothache is an affection too well known to

require description. Thepain isusually foundin connection with decayed teeth, but some-times also in sound ones. When badly de-cayed teeth begin to ache, it may bo best tohave them extracted. Yet even here, theSpecific No. Eight will often allay the pain,and the teeth may do good service for years.But when pain affects sound teeth, we shouldrarely have them taken out until we have ex-hausted every means to relieve without thisalternative. It is a most insane practice whenwehave a toothache, which may be occasionedfrom a cold, or other cause, to rush to thedentist and lose a tooth. It is better to exer-cise a little patience and judgment; quiet thesystem, and allay the exciting cause, and savethe tooth.

Treatment. —Take six pellets of Specttc No.Eight, repealing every hour ifneedful. Ifnotrelieved, dissolve twelve pellets in a glasshalf full of water. Alsoprepare the SpecificNo. One in the same manner, and take of thetwo alternately every hour a dose until re-lieved. Sometimes the Specific No. Fifteen

63TOOTHACHE AND NETJEALGIA.

is very efficient,and inother cases the Specific

No. Ten. Toothache with swelling of the facerequires the Specific No. One and Specific

No. Eight inalternation. If relieved after anhour or so take no more; if it returns, tryanother portion.

It is a bad practice in toothache to holdspirits, camphor, or other heating stimulantsin the mouth, or to apply creosote, laudanum,oil of cloves, etc. These more frequentlyirritate thanrelieve. Let the diet be light, ifthe stomach is deranged ; if there is a cold,cure that, and you will soon find relief, andsave your teeth.

In Neuralgia, the pain is usually limited,or extends along the course of a branch ofnerves and is very acute, cutting or piercingin its character. The pain has also itsperiodsofincrease and diminution,often worse in theeveningand at night, and better in the morn-ing. There is usually no tenderness on pres-sure, in distinction from pain of an inflamma-tory character. Neuralgia may arise fromseveral causes, and hence no one remedy canbe expected tocure all cases ; yet six pelletsof the Specific No. Eight, taken every one ortwo hours, will, in most instances, affordprompt relief. In case the Specific No. Eight

does not relieve, alternate it with the Specific

No. One, as in other cases. Sometimes the

64 HEADACHES.

Specific No. Eight and Specific No. Fifteenare alternated 'withvery great advantage.

HEADACHES.Headaches are varied in their character, and

are produced bya varietyofcauses. It is lessfrequently a disease itself than a symptom ofsome more general affection. Sometimes it iscomparatively trivial, at other times of greatimportance, often interrupting the business ofthe patient, causing great suffering, and pros-trating the system so frequently as to under-mine the health.

Persona subject to headaches should aban-don the use of coffee, and also of strong tea,as the use of these beverages oftencontributestokeep up the disease, and in some cases alonecauses it. They should live regularly andtemperately, and take everynight six pills ofSpecific No. Ten on retiring, and six of theSpecific No. Nine in the morning on rising.Thousandshave thus beenpermanently cured.

When anattack comes on, take six pellets ofSpecifics No. Nine every houruntil the suffer-ing abates. If the attack commences withblindness, followed by extreme nausea andvomiting, twelve pellets of Specific No. Ninemay be dissolved in a glass one-third full ofwater, and a dessert-spoonful of the fluid maybe taken everyhalf hour, until the more vio-

HEADACHES.

lent symptoms abate, when the medicine maybe continued at longer intervals. If there isa good deal of feverish heat and throbbing inthe head, twelve pellets of Specific No. Onemay be prepared in like manner, and in tea-spoonful doses every hour in alternation withthe Specific No. Nine.

Headache in Females, occuring just beforeor during the monthly period, will be promptlyrelieved by the Specific No. Eleven, taking

x pellets everyhour.Headaches from Constipation or derangc-

ient of the stomach are cured by the Specific

Nfo. Ten, taking six pills everyhour during anattack, and thenn'ght and morning.

The cure of old, long-standing headachesequircs time and perseverance,but can almostnvariably be accomplisheI by taking theSpecific No. Ten and Specific No. Nine eachmorning—six pellets at a dose.

dyspepsia, weak stomach, com-STIPATION, BILIOUS COMPLAINTS.

Thousands of persons suffer from weakstomach indigestion, and their kindred evils,

some, it is but a transient indisposition,°ccasione * by some error in diet, and is mani-fested by loss of appetite, coated tongue, badtaste in the mouth, especially in the morning,dullness and debility. With others, it is a

DYSPEPSIA, ETC,

more permanent affection, showing itself ingreat weakness of the digestion, so that eventhe mildest food causes heaviness or uneasi-ness, costiveness, and thatgeneral depressionand lowness of spirits, which mark the con-firmed dyspeptic. Sometimes even the lightestfood causes a sensation of fulness of thestomach, feeling of weight and heaviness atthe pit of the stomach, as if a stone lay there ;

tight clothes are insupportable, and there istenderness of this part on pressure. Oftenthere is acid taste in the mouth, and regurgi-tation of food, or of sour or bad-tasting wateror air. Very frequently the bowels are costive,move tardily and insufficiently, and piles orhemorrhoids and flatulency are rarely absent.

This condition of things may continue foryears, embitteringthe life of the patient, andleading to an early decline. The commonlyused remedies are worse thanuseless. Cathar-tics are injurious; for, although they movethe bowels for a time, their action weakensthe digestion, and thus increases the difficultythey are intended to cure.

Persons suffering under this pitiable con-dition shouldbe careful of their diet; ascertainwhat articlesof foodagree with them best, andconfine themselves to those ; eat moderately,masticate the food well, take plenty of timefor meals, and use but very little fluid while

67CONSTIPATION.

eating; and take half an hour before eachmeal and on retiring at night, six pellets ofSpecific No. Ten, and there will soon be anamendment. Perseverance in this simplecourse rarely fails to cure the most inveteratecases.

Constipation or Costive Bowels is a resultof indigestionor torpid actionof theliver or thelower bowel. It is not a perfectly pleasant con-dition, yet one whohas no more serious diseasethan mere constipation, neednot be alarmed.In such cases digestion is but imperfectly per-formed, and comparatively little fecal matteris secreted, and it is irrational to expect largeevacuations.

Treatment.—Take half an hour before eachmeal, and at night before going to rest, sixpellets of Specific No. Ten, the last in half aglass of water. If the bowels fail to moveafter a reasonable time, take a large injectionof tepid water, which repeat if needful. Asimple enema of tepid water may always beresorted to with benefit. This treatment, inconnection with the use of the Specific No.Ten, so soon as the system is fully broughtunder its influence, will not fail to relieve themost obstinate case ofconstipation.

Indigestion or Bilious Condition arises inconsequence of too heavy a meal, or from fat,rich, unsuitable food; or food taken at an un-

68 GASTBAEGIA,

suitable time, or whenthe system is depressed■with grief, care or fatigue. The tongue iscoated, bad taste in the mouth, head dull,heavy or aches, and bowels confined. Takesixpellets of Specific No. Ten four times perday, before meals, and the condition will soonbe relieved.

For Flatulence or Wind In the StomachOr Bowels, use the Specific No. Ten as above.

Heartburn, a mere symptom of dyspepsia,requires the same Specific in like doses

Castralgia, or Cramp of the Stomach,is a fixed, extremely violent pain at the pit ofthe stomach, often attended with nausea andvomiting. The pain comes on in paroxysms,increasing and remitting, lasting some hours,and the region of the stomach is often bloatedand tender to the touch. The paroxysms oftenreturn at periods of a few weeks, with a freeinterval between.

Those subject to this * affection should takenightand morning, six pellets of the Specific

No. Ten as a preventive. If an attack comeson, dissolve twelve pellets of Specific No.Ten in a glass one-third full ofwater, ofwhichtake a large spoonful every fifteen minutes.Should the Specific No. Ten not relieve, pre-pare the Specific No. One in the same manner,and take alternatelywith the No. Ten. Warm

69pit.es or hemorrhoids.

or hot cloths laid over the stomach are oftensoothing ; sometimes a hot foot-bath to relaxthe system.

PILES OR HEMORRHOIDS.This disease, so common and so well known,

Usually depends upon congestion of the ab-dominal venous circulation. This congestioneventually results in the formation of tumors,and frequent hemorrhage or discharge ofblood, or, insome cases, a dischargeofmucus,or violent itching. A rational treatment willseek to relieve this congested condition, uponWhich the tumors depend. This the Specific

No. Seventeen will invariably accomplish andfor this purpose six pellets should be takenfour times per day, and continued forweeks.For an attack of Piles or inflammationof thetumors, which become red or hard, or bleed-ing, the patient should be as little on his feetas possible, and should take six pills everyhour of Specific No. Seventeen and apply acloth kept wet with the Marvel ofMealing, andkept inplace with a T bandage. Or, what isstill better, apply Humphreys’ Witch Hazel Oilaccording to directions accompanying thebottle. This is more convenient and moreefficacious even than the Marvel. If there isfever and heat of the parts, take the Specific

No. One inalternation with Specific No. Seven-

70 UIUNAHV DISEASES.

teen, twelve pills of each, prepared in water,separately, a spoonful every two hours alter-nately, applying also the Oil. This treatmentwith care in diet, never fails of a cure. If thebowels are costive, take injections of waterevery morning, and the Specific No. Seven-teen four times per day, but no pills orcathartics. Avoid coffee, spirits, highly spiced,or rich, heavy food, using mainly, fruit, vege-tables, and farinaceousdiet.

URINARY DISEASES.Chronic disease of the Kidneys is usually

manifested bypain and weakness in the smallof the back, and frequent discharges ofscanty,muddy, thick, urine,variously colored—some-times depositing a pus-like or brickdust sedi-ment. This condition finds a prompt relief andby perseveringtreatment an ultimate cure, bythe use of Specific No. Twenty-seven takingsix pills three times per day.

Bright’s Disease of the Kidneys is v.nownbypain, and weariness of the loins ;

but the urine is generally pale, water-like,foamy, abundant or scanty, albuminous, andin the advanced stage, full ofminute shreds orcasts from the diseased kidneys. It is usuallyattended with some grade of dropsy;times only very slight, as of the head, face orfeet, but towards the last, very great and In-

71URINARY DISEASES.

veterate. Tain is a very serious disease andoften fatal; yet very many quite advancedcases have been cured by taking the SpecificNo. Twenty-seven and the Specific No.Thirty, sixpellets at a dose, and four timesper day—in alternation.

Chronic Disease or Degeneration of theKidneys may vary in form, and in manifesta-tion, and sometimes with symptoms soobscureas to escape attention, until incurable disor-ganization occurs. But more commonly thereis pain in the back or loins, too frequent, thickmuddy, or clear frothy urine, general weak-ness, drowsiness and debility, or continualheadache, vertigo and rheumatic pains in theback, loins, or limbs, all pointing to defectiveaction of the kidneys and most apt to occur inmiddle or late life. This condition finds itscure in a Special Specific for Kidney andUeinap.y Disease which has been preparedand used by the author for many years in hispractice, and which from its great success hehas been induced to offer in the above form.Price per package of two large vials anddirections, $2.00.

Gravel or Renal Calculi is manifestedmostly by frequent, scanty and painful dis-charge of variously-colored urine, and fromtime to time, as the calculi pass from the kid-ney to the bladder, by violent colic pain from

INFLAMMATION OF KIDNEYS, ETC.

the region of the kidney, inside the illium orhip-bone, and down in front, along the courseof the ureter. The pain is usually very severe,coming on in paroxysms, and returning fromtime to time until the calculi are discharged.

For the radical cure of this disease, take ofSpecific No. Twenty-seven, six pills beforeeach meal, and at night.

For an attack ofRenal Calculi—violent painfrom the passage of the calculi—take of theSpecific No. Thirty, six pills dissolved inwater, every half hour, until relieved. Hotfoot and seat-baths often afford relief.

Inflammation of the Kidneys maybe knownby pain in one or both sides above the hip,and toward the spine,in the region of the kid-ney, and thence usually extending forwardand downward, with frequent desire to urinate,and scanty, hot discharge, and numbnessalong the inner side of the tigh on the affectedside. There is fever, and sometimes vomit-ing. The Specific No. Thirty will affordprompt relief. Give six pills every hour inwater.

In Inflammation of the Bladder, the painis low down in front, with severe burning andirritation, difficulty or inability of passingwater, and almost constant desire to do so.The same remedy, Specific No. Thirty,promptly affords relief, and may be relied

73CATARRH OF THE BLABBER.

Upon for a permanent cure. Give medicine asabove, six pellets every hour, in fluid.

CATARRH OF THE BLADDER.Old chronic irritation and frequent inflam-

mations of the bladder, are apt to result in achronic irritation and thickeningof the mucousmembrane of the bladder, urethra and sur-rounding organs. This results in frequent de-sire to urinate; the fluid is forcibly or spas-modically ejected in small quantities, and thepassage is attended with aching, burning orspasmodic pain, (strangury.) The pain maybe confined to the bladder or extend to theendof the penis, round the pelvis or down thetighs. The urine may or may not be unnatural;but when the disease has become chronic,mucus or pus is passed with it, thus consti-tuting what is called Catarrh of the Bladder.Healthy persons urinate on an average five orsix times in the twenty-four hours, but whenthere is inflammationor irritation, a slight dis-tention is painful and the calls are frequent.

Treatment. —The Specifics No. Twenty-sevenaud No. Thirty are the appropriate remedies,and may be taken in ordinarycases four timesPer day. The No. Thirty each morning anda ftemoon, and the No. Twenty-seven at noonaud at bedtime, six pellets at a time. IfUrgent the medicines may be taken one dose

DIABETES.

every three hours. This treatment has re-lieved thousands of the most inveterate cases.

In obstinate cases try the Special Prescrip-tion named on page 71.

Inflammation of the Urethra or Gonor-rhoea, is attended with irritation and con-stant desire for urination, and inability toretain it,and subsequently a discharge of thickwhite or yellow mucus from the part. TheSpecific No. Thikty will cure simple cases ;

but those arising from infection will 'requiresome time and patience. Give in urgent casessix pills every one or two hours, or send for aspecialSpecific for that complaint. Price $2.00.

DIABETES.This disease is known as a constitutional

cachexy, manifested by an excessive dischargeof pale, heavy, and sugary urine, the sugarbeing formed in the system from the starch orsaccharine matter in the food. There is asense of sickness, debility, and progressiveemaciation; red, fissured tongue, and enlargedpapilla ; intense thirst and frequenturination ;

voracious appetite and sinking of the stomach;bowels usually costive, and stools hard anddry; harsh and dry skin ; the breath has apeculiar violet or chloroform-like smell; boilsor carbuncles or swellings of the legs arefrequent attendants ; constant thirst is one of

DIABETES.

the most characteristic symptoms. The quan-tity of urine is usually greatly in excess,amounting to from eight to twenty or morepints in the twenty-four hours. It is usuallyofa pale straw color, has a faintsmell ofapple,hay or milk, and is Specifically Heavy, ac-cording to the amount of sugar it contains.Diabetic urine may be tested in various ways ;

will ferment with the addition of yeast, orleave a residitim like molasses on evaporation.

There is another form of Diabetes charac-terized by an excessive discharge of clear,colorless urine, but which is devoid of sugar.There is thirst, a harsh, dry skin, and mentaland physical weakness present; though thisform is not so fatal as the former one.

Treatment In Diabetes, the patient mustavoid all forms of starch or sugar, and thefood containingthem; but should live on otherabundant nutritious food. Fat meat, fish,oysters, eggs, milk and soups thickened withfinely powdered bran, but no bread,potatoes,grapes, pears, berries, melons, or other sweetrich fruits. As a substitute for bread, branground fine and mixed with eggs, and a littlebutter, and hard baked, may be used. Thethirst may be gratified with water, whichrather benefits than otherwise. The patientshould ak o take five drops four times per dayof a Special Homeopathic Specific for Diabetes-

76 URINARY INCONTINENCE, ETC.price $2.00 per bottle, to be bad on application.This treatment has been successful in many,even advanced cases. The patient may alsodrinkfreely ofskim-milk. It may be made aregular diet and as much as seven or tenpints may be taken daily in fluid, or two orthree pints of the amount may be made intocurd daily and taken in that form.

Urinary Incontinence is quite common inpersons of advanced age, and is not rare inchildhood. It consists of frequent desire topass water, and often an inability toretain itbeyond a short period. It may arise fromCatarrh of the Bladder, irritability of the or-gans, calculi, or an acrid secretion.

It is cured by taking the Specific No. Thirty ,six pills four times per day; or, in somecases, the Specific No. Twenty-seven. Wehave known the medicine to cure obstinatecases ofmonths and even years’ standing.

Children subject to Wetting the Bedshould avoid taking fluids, or fruits, or wateryvegetables in the late evening, or even entirelyabstain from them at such hours, and shouldtake three pellets ofSpecific No. Thirtynightand morning. In some cases it arises fromthe irritation of worms ; in others, from anirritable condition of the bladder itself; andin some cases from improper habits. But itis almost invariably the result of a morbid

77NERVOUS DEBILITY.

condition or irritation of the bladder, or re-laxation of its sphincter and is quite beyondthe control of the child, and is a proper sub-ject of medical treatment. Sometimes theSpecific No. Two, if from worms. The Spe-

cific No. Twenty-two may be given in ob-stinate cases alternately with Specific No.Thirty, givingNo. Twenty-two each morning,and No. Thirty, noon and night.

For Scanty, Discolored or Painful Urina-tion, six pill of No. Thirty, three times perday is effectual.

For obstinate constitutional cases of In-continence of Urine in children or adults,send for Special Prescription for Enuresis ;

price for two large bottles, one of powder andone of pellets, $2.00.

NERVOUS DEBILITY.In some cases involuntary seminal losses

take place at night, and even at other times,resulting in prostration, great weakness, ner-vousness, and sometimes in loss of strengthand health. Not unfrequentlypremature de-cline and extreme nervous prostration is theresult. Nervous irratibility, weakness, andemaciation are very common effects, while aloss of menialpower, tone and vigor, is an in-evitable consequence.

78 NERVOUS DEBILITY.

These disorders, as well as the final causeof them, can be cured by proper habits and theuse of the Specific No. Twenty-eight.

In Oedee to Cuke, remove as far as pos-sible, all exciting causes, avoid all unchastethoughts, fancies or exitement of the organs,and at night sleep on a mattress or a hardbod, with but slightcovering—not too warm—-and always lie and sleep upon the side, andNEVER UPON THE BACK.

Be temperate in diet—meat only once perday, and never late at night; no spirits, hotspiced drinks or exciting food, and be sparingof coffee, and take six pills of Specific No.Twenty-eight morning and night.

In seriousor long, standingcases, it is betterto procurea $5.00 package, containing a largevial ofpowder and five vials of pills, of whicha portion of the powder is to be taken in themorning, and six of the pills at noon and atnight. This course may be considered in-fallible, with proper habits and regimen.The prostration, nervousness, and debUUy arepromptly relieved, the mental dullness andgloom dispelled, and a cure follows graduallyand permanently, and it may be added thatfor more than twenty years it has given com-plete satisfaction to thousands. The packageis sent by mail on receipt of the price.

FEMALE COMPLAINTS, MENSTRUATION. 79

FEMALE COMPLAINTS.The comfort and happiness of women de-

pends upon the healthy performance of thefunction., incident to her peculiar system. Noconsiderable derangement in these functionscan exist for a time without drawing the entiresystem into sympathetic suffering. Whilethese derangements are so important, andexercise so grave an influence over the healthand happiness of the sex, yet their nature issuch as to exclude them, to a great extent fromobservation, and often the sufferer groans onfor years, the victim of pain and weaknessknown only to herself.

By the use of these Homeopathic Specifics,the diseases connected with the female systemmay be promptly averted or controlled.Thousandsof mothers and families have usedthem for twenty years, and have always foundthein successful.

MENSTRUATION.The first menses usually appear at about

the fifteenth year ; in warm climates earlier,and in colder, later. It is also subject tovariation, dependingupon the general health,vigor and developmentof the person. For ayear or two it may be scanty, and not un-frequently subject to some irregularities.

80 TAKDY MENSES.

which, however, need not excite apprehension.In healthy women it should appear everytwenty-eight days, and flow four or five days,varying again according to the constitution ofthe person. About the forty-fifth year of life,it generally ceases,accompanied often withvarious disturbances of the system. This ces-sation or periodis termedthe “changeof life.”

TARDY MENSES.When menstruationin young girls does not

come on at the usual time, it is not proper tohasten to administer medicine to produce it.It is a better rule, so long as the generalhealth remains good, to do nothing to promotethis secretion, beyond attention to properclothing, exercise and diet. The clothingshould be warm, and changed to suit the tem-perature and season, and a wholesome, gen-erous diet should be adopted, avoiding spices,coffee, and high-seasoned food. This willgenerally be sufficient. Should it, however,fail, or should there be some symptoms of itsapproach, such as flushes of heat, frequentgiddiness of the head, heaviness in the ab-domen and about the loins, give six pellets ofSpecific No. Eleven night and morning,which will in due time produce the result,unless the delay depends upon some constitu-tional cause.

81SCANTY AND ST3PPEESSED MENSES.

SCANTY MENSES.If at any time the menses become scanty,

pale or unusal in color, or habitually, or evenoccasionally delay their appearance beyondthe proper time, forming what is properlytermed scanty or delayed menses, six pelletsof Specific No. Eleven should be takennight and morning until the desired result isobtained.

SUPPRESSED MENSES.Sometimes inregularly menstruating females

the discharge becomes suppressed from ex-posure to cold, especially to damp cold, duringthe flow, or just as it is about to commence.The flow may either cease suddenly, or itmaynot come on at all at the next period, or itmay come on attended with scanty, irregulardischarge, or with severe pain and distress.In case of suppression, after it has commenced,dissolve twelvepellets of Specific No. Elevenin six spoonfuls of water, of which take onespoonfulevery two hours and bathe the feet in■warm water. This will generally suffice ; if itdoes not, prepare and take another portion inlike manner. }

"When the menses do not appear at theproper time, take six pellets of Specific No.Eleven night and morning, and bathe the

82 PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.

feet in warm water fifteen or twenty minutes,for two or three nights in succession. A fewdoses will usually be found successful

PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.Many females suffer untold amount of pain

at every return of the menstrual period, notonly bearing down, but cuttings, gripings,colic, cramps, and in some cases even convul-sions, attend every access of the period, andcause her to dread every menstruation. Oftenthe sufferings of one period are hardly overbefore another comes on.

Such cases are often found in connectionwith scanty, retarded, or irregular periods;and again, with regular or too abundant dis-charge, the feature being excessively violentpain, pressure,bearing down, and even crampsand convulsions, which attend every return ofthe monthly period.

Treatment.—During the interval between theperiods give every night, six pellets of Spe-

cific No. Eleven. When the pain comes on,give six pellets of Specific No. Thirty-oneevery hour, and continue their use until re-lieved. v A few doses generally answer per-fectly, and a perseverance in this course,using the Specific No. Eleven between theperiods and the Specific No. Thirty-one at thetime, for some months, will not fail to cure

83CHANGE OF LIFE.

For attack of Cramps, Spasms, or Hysteriagive six pills of Specific No. Thirty-oneeveryhour until relieved, and then one dose atnightto prevent a return.

For Itching and Irritation about the parts,(pruiitis) take six pills of Specific No. Thirty-

one each morning and night.For Headache during the Menses, take the

Specific No. Eleven, six pills every twohours.CHANGE OF LIFE.

The cessation of the menses, which usuallyoccurs at from forty to forty-five years of age,is frequently attended with disturbances ofthe system, such as flushes of heat, nervous-ness, paleness and debility, irregularities inthe monthly flow, either too little, tooprofuseor colorless discharge. Palpitations andthrobbings of the heart are very common, andin many cases disease of the heart, degenera-tion of some part, or other serious disorder,dates from this period. Few ladies pass thiscrisis excempt from thoseor similaraffections,while to many, they are not only very tryingbut even alarming.

Treatment.—For the sufferings incident tothis period the Specific No. Thikty-two maybe regarded as a cure. It should be taken,six pills night and morning, and it may becontinued as occasion requires until this en-tire period is safely passed.

84 LEUCOBEHEA, OB WHITES.

LEUCORRHEA, OR WHITES.Few affections of females are more common

than this. It consists ofa discharge ofmucusfrom the genital organs of the female, vari-ously colored, and of different degrees of con-sistency. It is most commonly yellowish orwhite, sometimes reddish, mostly mild, yetsometimes acrid and excoriating, renderingthe parts sore from the constant irritation.It is usually most profuse immediately beforeand after the menstrual period, and may con-tinue during the entire menstruating life ofthe female and is sometimes known even inyoung girls. Sometimes the discharge is slightand of only trifling annoyance, while at othersit is very copious, exhausting the system fromthe excessive drain, and bringing on in itstrain other evils even more harassing thanitself.

Persons subject to this disease should care-fully guard their feet and abdomen from sud-den changes of temperature or extreme cold,take moderate exercise in the open air, avoidcoffee and exciting drinks or spices, highly-seasonedfood, and take six pellets ofSPEcmoNo. Twelvenight and morning. The continueduse of this Specific with attention to the abovesimple directions, will usually afford relief.Sometimes the Specific No. Ten may be taken

85TOO PKOFUSB MENSES,

every morning, and the Specific No. Twelveat night, withsuccess.

If the Leucorrhea existswith too scanty menses,

or if leucorrhea instead of the monthly mensesoccurs, the Specific No. Eleven should beused instead of Specific No. Twelve, six pel-lets three times per day.

TOO PROFUSE MENSES.In females subject to the whites, and de-

pendent also upon a similar relaxed conditionof the system, the menses may be too profuse,returning again after a cessation of only ten,fourteen, or sixteen days, and flowing from fiveto ten days. Sometimes the secretion isscanty for some days, and then comes onvery profuse, causing great prostration, faint-ness and debility, from which the patienthas scarcely time to recover before a newattack.

Women subject to this difficulty should ab-stain from coffee, wine, or other stimulants.During the interval between the periods, takesix pellets ofSpecific No. Twelve every nighton retiring, and the same of Specific No. Teneach morning.

After the menstrual discharge has continueda day or two, commence by taking six pills ofSpecific No. Twelve morning and night,

86 PROLAPSUS UTERI.

which continue until the flow ceases; but ifthe discharge is very profuse from the first,the medicine may be commenced the first day,and the Specific No. Twelve may be alter-nated with the Specific No. Ten, six pillsevery threehours. When the discharge lingersfor several days, six pellets of Specific No.Ten at night generally cuts it short.

In case there should be at any time an ex-cessive flow amounting to hemorrhage, fromwhatever cause, twelve pills of Specific No.Twelve should be dissolved in six spoonfulsof water, and one spoonful should be takenevery hour, until the urgent symptoms arewarded off, when the medicine may be admin-istered at longer intervals. Of course thepatient must remain quiet, and abstain fromhot drinks, stimulants or any excitement atsuch times.

PROLAPSUS UTERI—BEARING DOWN.This is also a very common complaint among

women, affecting in some degree a considerableproportion of the sex. Sometimes it is only atrivial annoyance, coming on from severefatigue or over-exertion, and soon passing oilfrom rest and lying down; while at others, itis a constant and chronic affection, forbiddingany considerable effort, and sometimes con-fining the subject for weeks or months to her

87PBOLAPSTTS UTERI,

room or couch. The prolapsus may exist iuvarious degrees ; sometimes only a slight dis-placement from the natural position of the■womb occurs, and at others it may descendlow down.

It is usually attended with a feeling ofweight and heaviness in the lower abdomen,lameness in the back or across the loins, anda sensation as if everything would fall outwnen standing. There is often a sensation ofemptiness or faintnessat the pit of the stomachand sometimes difficulty in passing the wateror stool.

"When the prolapsus exists to a serious ex-tent, or can be readily reached, the patientshould recline with the hips elevated and thewombshould be replaced by gentle pressure.Dissolve also twelve pellets of Specific No.Twelve in six spoonfuls of water, of whicht ike one spoonful every two hours. If thedisplacement is less considerable, nothingneed be done further than to take six pelletsof Specific No. Twelve, permitting thorn todissolve in the mouth, every night on retiring,and the same ofSpecific No. Ten in the morn-ing. This course, persevered in for a fewweeks, avoiding fatigue, and overwork on thefeet, will often relieve even obstinate cases.There may be cases of prolapsus which, fromneglect, etc., require the use of supporters or

88 OHOUP.

mechanical appliances, but these should onlybe called in as a last resort

CROUP.Croup in children is usually a sudden and

sometimes fatal disorder, and it is importantto know its symptoms, and to have a reliableremedy at hand with which to meet it. Itoften comes suddenly atnight, after the childhas been exposed, or out playing in a damp,rough wind during the day. The child wakesout of a sleep with a sudden, hoarse, barkingcough, often like the barking of a hoars© dog,and sometimes even at first, some degree ofanxiety, and difficulty of breathing. In somecases there are frequent returnsof this hoarsecough, with little or no fever, or difficulty ofbreathingfor some hours, or even a day orso;and at others there is a high fever, quickpulse, and red face from the first hour of theattack. As the feverincreases, the cough re-turns in more frequent paroxysms, and thedifficulty of breathing increases; often byturns, becomes wheezing,rattling,and in theworst cases, as ifbreathingthrough finebrazenpipes ; and becomes, by degrees, loud, harsh,and is heard all overthe room.

If the child improves, thebreathing becomeseasier, softer, the rattling of mucus looser ; ifworse, finer and tighter. Toward the last, the

CEOTTP. 89head is thrownback to facilitate respiration,Thelarynx rises and falls with every breath,and the child is bathed In sweat by the suffer-ing and effort.’These sudden cases, however, usually soon

yieldtoproper remedies. But the worst casesare those which come insidiously, the childbeing scarcely illfor two or three days, little orno cough, or a mild, muffled cough, but veryhoarse or whispering speech or entire toss ofvoice, the difficult breathing only coming ongradually. Such cases are highly dangerous.

Treatment.—When an attack comes on withhoarse, croupy cough, eithersuddenly atnightor at other times, dissolve atonce twelve pel-lets of Specific No. Thirteen in six dessert-spoonfuls ofpure water,of whichgive a spoon-fuleveryhalf-hour at first, and until the childimproves,keeping the childiu-doors in a warmroom, and protected from draughts of air fora day or two, to prevent a relapse.

But, ifwith the croupy cough there is alsohigh fever, hot skin, and some difficulty ofbreathing, prepare the Specific No. One inthe same manner as Specific No. Thirteen,and give a dessert-spoonful every half-hour,alternately with the Specific No. Thirteen,untiltho child is in a perspiration, and thefeveris relieved, then the Specific No. Thir-

90 CROUP.

teen maybe continued aloneat intervals of anhour or more, as the childimproves.

When a hoarse or a suspiciouscough at nightthreatens an attack of Croup, threepellets ofSpecific No. Thirteen, occasionally repeated,will usuallyward offthe danger.

In the worst cases, with hoarse cough, diffi-cult, anxious, stridulous breathing, give theSpecific No. Thirteen and the Specific No.One, preparedas above, a spoonfulevery half-hour alternately. Give noother medicines—-make no external applications, for these willdo no good, and often impede the cure—onlywhen the feveris high and difficultyofbreath-ing great, bathe the child’s feet and legs tothe knees in quite warm water, and even itshands for ten or fifteen minutes at a time,then wiping them try and covering them warmto perspire. Tor some days after an attack,do not let the child go out, or bo exposed to adraught ofcold air, and during the attack giveit no fruit.

To prevent a return of croup, or to destroythe predisposition which some children haveto it, give threepellets of Specific No. Thir-teen morning and night, and after any specialexposure.

91ASTHMA.

ASTHMA.We understand by Asthma, occasional par-

oxysms of difficult breathing, lasting from afew hours to several days, coming on at inter-vals, to be followed by remissions, duringwhich the patient breathes with comparativecase. The attack returns again, either atregular intervals, or is provoked by exposuretocold damp air, severe effort or even mentalemotions. During the attack, the respirationis labored, wheezing, sighing, loud, accom-panied with anxiety and frequent cough.Sometimes the lips and face become bluish,and toward its close, or even during its entirecontinuance, free expectorationofmucus.

The disease dependsupon a variety ofmor-bid conditions, usually chronic thickening,with extreme irritability of the mucous mem-brane of the air-passages; but it may alsoarise from disease of the heart or large ves-sels, or other similar organic changes.

The permanent cure will depend upon thecurability of the original morbid condition,but in all cases benefit may be obtainedby theuse of the Specific No. Twenty-one, and manycases are permanentlycured by it.

Treatment.—During the intervals, and toprevent a return of the paroxysm, take six

92 CHRONIC CATARRH, ETC.

pellets of Specific No. Twenty-One, morningand night.

During theparoxysm.—First take six pills ofSpecific No. Twenty-one dry, and if not betterin an hour, dissolve twelvepellets in a glasshalf-full of water, and of the solution take adessert-spoonful every hour until relieved.If there is heat and feverish excitement of thesystem prepare Specific No. One in the samemanner and take alternately with the SpecificNo. Twenty-One.

CHRONIC CATARRH, OR COLD IN THEHEAD.

Catarrh is in most instances a chronic in-flammation and thickening of the mucous orpituitary membrane lining the nasal cavities,and sometimesinvolving also the air-passages.

Its principal symptom is a mucous dischargeof various character, color, and consistency,sometimes thick and offensive, at others thinand acrid; there is often pain and heavinessacross the forehead and upper part of thenose, sneezing and raising of the mucus fromthe throat. It is usually worse in cold andchangeable weather, and better when dryand warm.

In old or chronic cases of catarrh, when thesymptoms are only moderate, six pellets of

93CHRONIC CAXABBH, ETC.

Specific No. Nineteen, taken four times perday, will be sufficient. But if the symptomsare more violent, with profuse discharge, painin the head, dullness, or similar symptoms ofacute catarrh or influenza, six pills may betaken every two hours. Patience and perse-verance in the use of the Specific will curemost cases of chronic or obstinate catarrh.

Por those more obstinate, deep-seated orlong standing cases of Catarrh, or moreproperly Ozoena, attended with profuse dis-charge, thick, yellow, or drycrusts, offensivesmell, at times sore throat, loss of smell ortaste—we offer in confidence a Special Pre-scription foe Chronic Catarrh, consisting oftwo large vials, one of powder and one of pel-lets, as being by far the most safe and reliableremedy known. It has cured thousands, andnone have taken it without benefit. Price,with directions, 12.00.

When a Catarrh or Cold in the Head hascome on from taking cold, wetting the head,or other exposure, with sneezing, obstruction,or discharges from the head, take six pelletsof Specific No. Nineteen every two hours atfirst, and then at longer intervals. In somecases the Specific No. Seven is equallysuccessful, or may be alternated with Specific

No. Nineteen ; especially where thereis coughand irritation of the lungs, or air-passages.

94 AUTUMN CATAKKH.

This is also the treatment for Influenza, sixpills every two hours, alternately Specifics

No. Nineteen and No. Seven.Autumn Catarrh, Hay Asthma, Rose Ca-

tarrh, are the various names by which a pecu-liar yearly recurring catarrhal affection isknown. In some cases it comeson in June,with the advent ofroses ; in others with thefirstmowingof hay ; but in the vast majority,on or about the 20th of August. The access issudden, often attended withviolent sneezing,repeated again and again, tearfulness, runningfrom the eyes and nose of thin, irritatingwater ; itching of the forehead, nose, eyes, andears ; general irritability and lassitude ; red-ness and swelling of the eyelids and nose;and as the disease affectsthe chestor bronchialtubes of severe dyspncea orasthma, sometimespreventing lying down, and fordays and weekskeeping the patient in the greatest distressand peril. The disease usually continuesuntil frosty weather ; is better in high moun-tainous regions, at sea, or in pure air ; and isaggravatedby dust; riding in cars; the pollenofhay or flowers ; and in low miasmatic re-gions. Sea-bathing is often beneficial, and asea-voyage affords entirerelief. It is difficultofcure, but the Specific No. Nineteen andSpecific No. Eighteen may be used, six pel-lets in alternation, a dose every two hours, for

95WHOOPING- COUGH.

the sneezing catarrh and running from theeyes. The Specific No. Twenty-one will beeffectual for the asthmatic attack, given bydissolving twelve pellets in half a glass ofwater, ofwhich a spoonfulmay be taken everyhalf-hour or hour, according tocircumstances.For the better treatment of Hay Catarrh, wehave a special case of Specifics with threevials of liquid, and with full directions,whichmay be obtainsdbysending to us. Price$.3.00.

WHOOPING-COUGH.Whooping-cough usually commences as a

common cold, though from the first, the coughis rather more violent and spasmodic than inordinary colds, and notuntil after tenor four-teen days doesit assume the true distinctiveform of whooping-cough, with severeshocks ofcough in rapid succession, foUoioed by a deepinhalationor whoop. This disease, if uncured,will continue from six to twelve, or even four-teen weeks.

Directions; To Prevent Whooping-Cough.—When children have been exposed, or beginto cough, give simply threepellets of SpecificNo. Twenty, four times per day.

For the Cure.—Give threeof thepills everyfour hours during the day. This is sufficientin ordinary cases, but if very severe, ad-minister three pellets every two hours day

96 EHETJMATISM.

and night, ifawake, placing the pellets in thechild's mouth, and at longer intervals as thechild improves. Should there be fever, orthreatened inflammation of the air-passages,give the Specific No. One in alternation withthe Specific No. Twenty, prepared in water,twelve pellets of each, in six spoonfuls ofwater separately, of which give a spoonfulevery hour, alternately. Give the child lightdiet, no meat, cake, rich or heavy food, but anabundance ofmucilaginous drinks—rice-water,barley-water, gum-water or Irish moss tea,The disease will thus be broken up or run ashort, mild, and safe course, as thousands ofcases amply testify.

RHEUMATISM.Rheumatism appears mostly in two forms

—the acute or inflammatory and the chronic.Acute Rheumatism usually comes on afterexposure to rough, damp, cold weather, andoften from labor, or cxcertion during exposure.It isassociated with fever, painful tenderness,soreness, lameness,and swellingof the affectedpart, and the disease is liable to shift from onepart to another. It is mostlyconfined to thejoints and extremities, but sometimes fallsupon the chest or heart, especially if blistersor powerful applications are made to theaffected part.

97EHETJMATISM.Treatment.—For acuterheumatism,, •with sore-

ness, lameness, and pain inthe part, six pelletsof Specific No. Fifteen should be taken everyhour, and the patient shouldremain in-doors,and keep quiet until relieved. If fever, heat,and swelling of the part, are present, or achill succeeded by heat, prepare Specific No,One by dissolving twelvepellets in half a glassof water, ofwhich give a large spoonful everyhour for a day, and then prepare the Specific

No. Fifteen in the same manner, and take ofthe two alternately at intervals of two hours.These medicines should be continuedfrom dayto day,until the disease isbroken up, prepar-ing the two Specifics freshevery morning. Ap-plications ofcloths wrung out of tepid water,and laid on the part, are very soothing. Coldwater, however, applied to the part is veryliable to cause its falling upon the heart, andthus often ending with serious results. TheMarvd of Healing is a most valuable appli-cation for the inflamed and swelled parts,and may be applied according to directions oneach bottle. Also the Witch Hazel Oil, seepages 137 and 138.

For Chronic Rheumatic Pains in the shoul-ders, arms, hands, knees, or feet, take sixpellets of Specific No. Fifteen four times perday until relieved. If there is stiffness, lame-ness, or contraction of the tendons, rubbing

98 RHEUMATISM.

the part night and morning -with the WiichHazel OU is invaluable. «

For Lumbago orpainful rheumatic stillnessacross the loins and hack, take Specific No.Fifteen as above.

Pains, stinging, stitches, or soreness aboutthe chest or elsewhere, soon',yield to theSpecific No. Fifteen, taken as above.

For Sciatica, or pain, extending along thecourse of the sciatic nerve, from the hip alongdownto the leg and foot, take the Specific No.Fifteen, sixpellets four times per day. Themost obstinate cases have been cured by thisSpecific,

Inall cases of Rheumatism or RheumaticPain, or Sciatica, when the Specific No. Fif-teen failsto atford the desiredrelief, it shouldbe alternated with the Specific No. One.

The consequence of a fall, shock, contusion,or of a wrench, overstraining, or excessivelabor or exertion, soon yield to the sametreatment.

Rheumatic patients should use largely, intheir diet, of fruit, apples, grapes, pears, ber-ries, either eatenaloneor with milk, and vege-tables, and little or no meat. The acid of fruitis a valuable curative for all forms of thisdisease, and should be partaken of freely.

99EEUPTIONS.

ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN.It has been common to treat eruptions by

means of applications directly to the surfacewhich is the particular seat of the diseaseBut no eruption forms upon the surface with-out the co-existence of a morbid condition otthe system. Hence the propriety of treatingall such eruptions with internal remedies. Ivis not difficult to repel an eruption from thesurface by active medicinalapplications ; butthe disease is thus rarely cured, merelyre-pelled, and may fall upon some other organ orsurface, and is generally more dangerous anddifficult ofcure. Hence, we prescribe for thesurface involved only proper care and clean-liness, and the internal use of the Specific forsuch forms of disease. A cure then resultsnaturally, permanently and without injury.

The Specific No. Foueteen will be mostadvantageously employed for the followingforms oferuptive disease :

Erysipelas, either acute or chronic. Theacute form often appears on the face, com-mencing on one cheek or ear, and passes overthe face or scalp like a lire, with redness,swelling, itching, heat and burning, and is fol-lowed by desquamation or scaling off of thesurface. Often blisters or vesicles arise, filledwith yellow serum, which burst, covering the

100 EBYSIPELAS, NETTLE BASH.

surface with thickish crusts. In such acutecases, dissolve twelve pellets of the SpecificNo. Foubteen in six dessert-spoonfuls of wa-ter, of which give one spoonful every twohours until the disease is cured. Make noapplication to the surface, live on vegetablesoups, toast-water, but no meat or meatbroths. The disease usually will pass offquietlyand safely.

In the -chronic form, where simple redpatches appear from time to time, either onthe legs, face, or other parts of the system,with itching and burning, six pills of Specific

No. Foubteen four times per day, will besufficient.

Shingles, a form of vesicular Erysipelas,which comes out inblisters on the breast orsides, extending partly around the body likea belt, requires six pellets of Specific No.Foubteen, four times per day.

For Nettle Rash, with reddish spots, whichresemble mosquitostings, attended with burn-ing and itching, in adults or children, givesix pellets of Specific No. Foubteen everyfour hours. If it is very itching and trouble-some, alternate the Specific No. One withformer at intervals of two hours.

For Eczema Tetters, scdby, crusty eruptionson the face, around the mouth, on the ears,

SCALD HEAD. 101cheeks or forehead, with rough, scaly, chappedskin, attended with itching and burning, thecrusts fall off, leaving an angry, sore surface,upon which the crusts form anew—for allsuch eruptions, whethercalled Eczema, herpes,tetters, milk crusts, salt rheum, or barber’sitch, give to adults six pellets, or to childrenthree pellets of Specific No. Fourteen nightand morning. This treatment persevered inwill, in time, radically cure the disease. Spe-

cial Presci.iption, $2.00.

For Scald Head, where the eruption iseither dry, scurfy, cutting off the hair, or moistwith eruption of pustules on a red base, anddischarge of thick, yellowish matter, formingthick crusts and extending inpatches over thehead—give six pellets of Specific No. I our-teen three times per day. Shingle offthe hairif it is difficult to keep clean, and if sore orexcoriated, be cautious about the applicationof soap or water. The less moisture appliedto the sore surface of the head, the better.

For Salt Rheum on the hands, feet, legs,arms, orelsewhere, if chronic orof long stand-ing, take six pellets of Specific No. Fourteennight and morning.

For Acne or Pimples on the face and fore-head ofyoung people, which often appears in

102 ACNE, ULCERS.

the form of small red pimples, sometimesslightly inflamed, and frequently with a blackpoint or head, and often continuing for years,take six pellets ofSpecific No. Fourteennightand morning, or, if the face or pimples arered, take Specific No, Thirty-five morning,and Specific No. Fourteen at night. If theeruption is driven from the face by applica-tions, it is liable to be followed by disease.Such applications are, moreover, unnecessary,as the eruption can be entirely cured by theSpecifics No. Fourteen and Thirty-five, ifperseveringly used.

Suppurating and Irritative Ulcers on thebody and limbs have been perfectly cured bytaking the Specific No. Fourteen, six pelletsthree times per day.

Old Ulcers on the Legs, or other parts ofthe system are often cured in the same man-ner. Should any application be necessary,Humphreys’ Witch Hazel OH is the best. Applythe Oil on a clean rag over the ulcer andbindover it a proper bandage, rolling it from thetoes upward over the entire sore, or yetbetter,apply an elastic stocking. The dressing shouldIje changed daily. In some obstinate forms ofulcers, the alternate use of the Specifics No.Twenty-three and No. Fourteen, morningand night, is necessary, six pellets at a dose.

103BOILS, CARBUNCLES.

Chapped Hands or Lips require the Spe-

cific No. Fourteen, six pellets night andmorning, and apply WitchHazel Oil, or glyce-rine.

Boils are small, well-knowntumors, some-what conical in shape, at first hard and in-flamed, and which gradually suppurate anddischarge at first blood (or matter mixed withblood) and afterwards pus and a core. Some-times successive crops of boils appear formonths, or even years.

Carbuncles are malignant boils, with in-flammation of the surrounding tissue, from aninch to six inches in diameter, hard, livid,with greatpain, itching and burning, not sup-purating like a boil, but discharging a thin,acrid fluid from several openings, having awhitish mass within, which being discharged,leaves a deep, ugly cavity—very painful anddangerous if large, or situated on the heador neck.

Directions. —Give six pellets of Special Spe-

cific No. Fourteen and No. One every two orthreehours if awake or inpain either dry orin water; also frequently anoint the tumorwith Humphreys’ Witch Hazel Oil. Topreventthe reappearance of boils or carbuncles, sixpellets three times a day for someweeks.

104 SOKE EYES AND EYELIDS.

INFLAMED AND SORE EYES ANDEYELIDS.

When an acute attack of Ophthalmia orInflamed Eyes occurs, with pain, dread oflight, flow of tears, and inflamed appearanceof the eye-ball, dissolve twelvepellets of Spe-

cific No. Eighteenin a glass half fullof purewater, of which take a spoonful every threehours. Also dissolve twelve pellets of thesame Specific in a tea-cup of pure, soft water,and with this bathe the affected eye from timeto time. A yet better lotion for sore or weakeyes is made byadding a table-spoonfulof theMarvel of Healing to a tea-cup half full ofpure, soft water, and with this bathe the eyesevery throe hours Continue this from day today, until cured. The eyes should be shadedfrom strong light, and not taxed by reading orsewing.

In cases of chronic inflammation of the eyesor eyelids, bathe the eyes as above directedthree or four times per day, and take sixpillsof Specific No. Eighteen dry, on the tongue,night and morning.

Persona Buffering from weak, inflamed, orsore eyes, should live on plain, light food, butlittle meat or spiced food, and no coffee.

WEAK AND DEFICIENT BIGHT. 105Plentyof exercise in the open air, but nothingto overheat or fatigue the system.

Stye on the eyelids ia usually promptlycured by taking six pellets of Specific No.Eighteen, four times per day.

WEAK AND DEFICIENT SIGHT.For the treatment of weak eyes, failing, de-

ficient, blurred, or weak sight, simply take sixpellets of Specific No. Eighteen night andmorning. Also frequently bathe the eyesandaround the eyes with cold water, or dilutedMarcel ofHealing, avoid straining or fatiguingthe eyes by fine work, reading fine print, orany long continued effort of the eyes, and alsothe use of glasses which fatigue or weary theeyes. And especially avoid taxing the eyeswhen the body is weak and enfeebled. Thistreatmentnotunfrequentlyimproves thesight,and will prevent its premature failure, andthe early resort toglasses in many cases.

discharge from the ear-earache.Not unfrequently as the result of Scarlet

Fever, Measles, or from Mercurial poisoningor Scrofula, discharges take place from theear, either of pus or puriform mucus. Oftenduring this morbid condition of the ear a

106 EAE DISCHARGES EARACHE.

slightcold inducesan inflammatoryaction andpain, resulting after a time in a fresh dis-charge from the ear. These frequently recur-ring discharges generally terminate in noisesin the head, partial deafness, or even entireloss of hearing.

For Discharge from the Ear, either inadults or children, simply give six pellets ofSpecific No. Twenty-two morning on arising,and at night on retiring. Time mustbe al-lowed, in connection with the medicine, toperfect the cure.

For Hardness of Hearing, Noises or Ring-ing in the Ears, give six pills ofSpecific No.Twenty-two morning and night. The mostgratifying effects are sometimes produced.

For Earache, six pills every hour of Spe-

cific No. Twenty-two, until relieved. Some-times the Specific No. One, or the Specific

No. Three, or Specific No. Seven, may bealternated,with prompt relief.

Injections of water and castile soap for theears are generally injurious, and shouldonly be resorted to forpurposes of cleanliness,if at all.

The Specific No. Twenty-two is also veryefficient for slow growth, feebleness and scro-

107SCROFULA.

fuloua affections of children. Pour pelletsnight and morning.

SCROFULA.

Scrofula is usuallyconsidered as a consti-tutional vice of the system,manifesting itselfin enlargementand induration of the glands,■which may subsequently soften and ulcerate;enlargement, curvature or softening of thebones. The swelling of the glands is mostfrequently manifested about the neck, be-neath the ears or jaws, in the form of firm,hard, painless lumps. Scrofula not unfre-quently complicates other formsof disease,and renders them obstinate.

Its eradication from the system requirestime and perseverance, but may be accom-plished by the us© of the SpecificNo. Twenty-

three. A life-long constitutional taint takestime as well as proper medicine for its cure ;

and if eradicated in one or two years, thepatient has reason for congratulation. OldSchool medicine and Quackery absolutely failto cure it.

For enlarged Glands about the neck, or inthe arm-pits, groins, or other parts of the sys-tem, take sixpellets of Specific No. Twenty-

three, morningand night; and if the swellings

108 dbopsv.

are painful or discharge, take the medicinefour times per day.

For Old Tumors, take of Specific No.Twenty-three, sixpellets morning and night.

For Enlarged Tonsils, take six pellets ofSpecific No. Twenty-three, morning andnight; and if the Tonsils or Throat are soreand inflamed, take the Specific No One, sixpills every two hours, until the soreness issubdued, then return to the use of the Specific

No. Twenty-three again, or use the two alter-nately every fourhours.

DROPSY.

It should be remembered that Dropsy—anaccumulation of fluid within some cavity orportion of the system—is itself less a diseasethan the result of some morbid process or dis-ease which has preceded it. Hence the cureof the dropsy must dependupon the curabilityof tho original morbidprocess from which thofluid results. In many instances, however,the increased action of the skin and kidneys,continued for some days, results in carryingoff the fluid, thus relieving the system of aburden, andbetter enabling us to applymedi-cines to the euro of the original difficulty.

109DISEASE OF THE HEART,

In cases of dropsy, ■whether of the chest,heart,abdomen, or extremities, take sixpelletsofSpecific No. Twenty-five four or six timesper day, accordingto the urgency of the case.Thepills act best dissolved in water.

Eat fresh, relaxing food, and live in a mild,dry atmosphere, using no other medicine.

DISEASE OF THE HEART

Is generally manifested by palpitation orothefirregular action of the heart; difficulty otgoing up-stairs, or ascending a hill; suffocat-ive turns ; inability to sleep with the head low,and similarsymptoms of impededor oppressedcirculation. Some cases of organic disease ofthe heart are incurable ; but all may be bene-fited, and cases of functional diseases of thisorgan are within the reach of appropriateremedies and proper regimen.

Treatment Avoid excitement, severe effort,running, mounting stairs, or whatever mayoccasion violent or irregular action of theheart, and take six pellets of Specific No.Thirty-two night and morning, or even fourtimes per day. for simple palpitation 'of theheart, six pills will usually suffice ; if not soonrelieved, alternate with the Specific No. One

110 SEA SICKNESS.

at intervalsof an hour, until tlie attack passesover, thengo on with Specific No. Thirty-two.

SEA-SICKNESS.The peculiar sickness and utter wretched-

ness and prostration experienced by personson first going to sea, and even in a measureby some persons from riding in a car, stageor wagon, is so well-known as not to requiredescription.

It can, however, in most cases bo cured bythe Specific No. Twenty-six, takenas follows:

Previous to sailing, as a preventive, theSpecific No. Twenty-six should be taken, sixpills every four or six hours, permitting themto dissolve on the tongue, beginning severalhours before sailing.

After sailing for the first two or three days,take sixpellets every four or six hours ; andshould there, notwithstanding, be sicknessVertigo, nausea, or vomiting, dissolve twelvepellets in half a glass of water, and take adessert-spoonful every hour, until the sick-ness abates.

For 1Sickness, Nausea, or Vomiting, fromriding in a carriage or cars,or similarmotion,six pellets of Specific No. Twenty-six everybonr soon relieve.

GENERAL DEBILITY.

GENERAL DEBILITY.General Debility, or Physical Weakness, is

usually the result of some diseased action orsickness, or of some drain upon the systembeyond its power ofrecuperation. The symp-toms are varied—weakness, easy fatigue, weakor lame back, sweaton going tosleep, vertigo,singing in the ears, starting on going to sleep,are among the more frequent manifestations.The first element of a cure is to arrest thedrain, and restore the wasted substance bymeans of proper nourishingdiet and regimen—food which is nutritious, easily assimilated,and appropriate in quality and quantity, andgood air and reasonable exercise. With thisalso take of Specific No. Twenty-four sixpills four times per day, permitting them todissolve in the mouth.

Should there be indigestion or similar dis-order, the remedy appropriate for that con-dition, the Specific No. Ten may be takenalternately with the Specific No. Twenty-four.

SPASMS, EPILEPSY, CHOREA, ETC.

Spasms orconvulsions mayoccur inchildrenor adults from some transient irritation, suchas teething, indigestible substances in the

112 SPASMS, EPILEPSY, CHOREA, ETC.

stomach, or congestion to the head, or fromfever or extreme nervous excitement. Thereis a sudden straighteningof the body, cramp-ing of the limbs, holding the head back or onone side, drawing in of the thumbs, distortionof the eyes, arrest ofbreath and loss of con-sciousness, etc., after which the musclesbecome relaxed, and the patient sinks into asound sleep, from which he awakes restored.But in cases ofchildren, or whenthe irritatingcause has not been removed, the spasmmayreturn again, or even several times. Somefamilies of children are subject to fits fromslight occasion, and to them it is of less con-sequence.

In true Epilepsy there is loss of conscious-ness during the fits, and they recur at inter-vals, leaving the system comparatively freein the interim.

Treatment.—During the attack ofconvulsionsit is better to wait; but if the patient does notcome out readily, put the feet in warm water,and apply cold wet cloths or cold water to the.head, and if the spasm has been induced byindigestible food, oranges, candies or sweet-meats, especially in children, give large in-jections of warm water, repeated until freeevacuations of the bowels take place. Mean-time give the Specific No. Thirty-tehee, six

113SPASMS, EPILEPSY, CHOREA, ETC,

pellets alternatelywith Specific No. One, everyhour until all excitement of the system passesoff; then six pills ofSpecific No. Thikty-theee

morning and night.To Cure Epilepsy. During the interim

between the attacks, give six pellets morningand night, of the Specific No. Thirty-three,and avoid all exciting causes of the attack.In old chronic cases of Epilepsy or Fits, givesix pellets of Specific No. Thirty-three eachnight, and the same of Specific No. Thirty

five each morning.Chorea or St. Vitus’ Dance, is manifested

by uneasiness, tivitching and jerkings of thelimbs, or draiving of the muscles of the face,trembling, inability to hold things, or to feedone’s self, or to sAvallow food without difficultyor sometimes even to talk.

For the Cure. —Give six pellets of SpecificNo, TniRTY-three, four times per day. Insevere or protracted cases, give six pellets ofShecific No. Thirty-five before breakfast andbefore supper, and the same of Specific No.Thirty-threebefore dinner and at night.

Hysteriais a form ofconvulsionsresemblingEpilepsy, but there is no lossof consciousness,biting of the tongue or turning in of thethumbs, and it occurs mostly in sensitive or

114 HYSTEEiA, ETC.

nervous persons. Give the Specific No. Thiety-thkee every three hours, and the stormwillsoon be over.

Children who have twitching of the face orlimbs, or very restless sleep, or slight convul-sions, may take the Specific No. Thiety-fiyenight and morning, with prompt relief.

MEDICINESBy Mail or Express.

It has been a featuee of Doctoe Hum-phreys’ Specifics from the first, to send themin any quantity, from a single vial to a fullcase ok box, to any address, on receipt ofprice. Thus any one may obtain them, if notat the dealers, thenbypost from the nearestoffice. In ordering cases, it is expected thatthesame shall be put up with numbers run-ning consecutively. Should, however, therebe one or two not required, they may beomitted and other numbers of the same pricesubstituted. Write the order plainly and in-close Money Order or Eegister the letter forsafety.

CAUTION.We caution oub customers against pur-

chasing our Specifics in bottles unwrappedand unsealed, or from having vials befilledby dealers, as we cannot be responsible forthe medicines purchased insuch cases.

Address,Humphreys’ Homeopathic Medicine Co.,

109 Fulton St., New Yolk.

115

INDEX.

Advantages of this Mode of Medication 7Acne, or Pimples on the Face 101Acute Diseases, Earlier Stages of 38Asthma 91Bearing Down 86Bilious Condition 67Bleeding from the Lungs or Stomach 37Bright’s Disease 70Bronchitis 57-61Boils and Carbuncles 103Catarrh, Chronic 92

“ Hay or Rose 94“ of the Bladder 73

Chapped Hands or Lips 103Change ofLife 83Chicken-Pox 30Cholera Infantum 48-50

“ and Cholera Morbus 53-57“ Precautionary Measures 53“ Diarrhea 55

Colic, Bilious 52'• of Infants 41

Cold in the Head 93Contusion, Fall or Shock 98Congestion of the Chest 33

“ of the Head ia Children 30-31“ of the Head in Adults 31

Constipated Bowels 67-69Coughs, Colds, etc 57Croup 88-90Coffee, Useof by the Sick 9-10

116 IND.EX.

Cramp iu the Stomach .68-69Crying of Infants 4lDiabetes 74-76Diarrhea and Treatment 45-48

“ of Children 45-46“ Adults of 4611 Chronic 46-47

Diet or Regimen of the Sick 8-10Diet During Cholera 55Diet in Traveling 47Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat 32Diseases, two or more 11-12Doses, Repetition of 12-13Dropsy 108Dysentery and Treatment 50-52Dysenteric Diarrhea 47-48Dyspepsi a 65-67Earache 106Ear, Discharge from 106Ears, Noises and Ringing in 106Earlier State of Acute Disease 38Epilepsy 112Eruptions 99Erysipelas 99-100Exercise of the Sick 10Female Complaints 79Fever 13

and Ague, Preventive and Cure 18-19‘ ’ Bilious or Gastric 15-16“ Typhoid 20“ Yellow 21-25

Fevers of Children 25“ of Adults 13“ “ Treatment 14-15“ Prevention of 17

Flatulence 68

117INDEX.

Fretfulness and Worrying of Children 44Gastralgia or Cramp of the Stomach 68-69General Debility 11lGlands, Enlargement of 107Gravel or Renal Calculi 71-72Headache, and Treatment 64

“ during the Menses 65“ from Constipation 65

Hearing, Difficult 108Heartburn 68Heart, Disease of 109Hemorrhage from the Lungs 37

“ ' Stomach 37“ “ Uterus 86-37

Hoarseness and Loss of Voice 61Hysteria 83Inflammations 34

“ of the Head 31“ Lungs 35

“ “ Bowels 38“ Bladder and Urethra 73-74

“ “ Kidneys 72“ Eyes and Eyelids 104

Indigestion 67Influenza 61Involuntary Discharges 77-78Itching of the Anus 41Kidneys, Disease of the 72Lumbago, orPain in the Loins 98Malaria 17Measles 28Medicines, Alternation of 12

“ • How to prescribe 10-11“ How to prepare and take 11-12“ Preservation and keeping of 5-6*• Repetition of 12-13

118 INDEX.

Menses, tooProfuse 85“ Tardy orDelaying 80“ Scanty 81“ Painful 82“ Suppressed 81“ Cessation of 83

Menstruation 79Mumps 30Nausea and Vomiting 56-112Nervous Debility, Nervous Condition 77-78Nettle-Rash 100Neuralgia 63Palpitation of the Heart 109Piles or Hemorrhoids 69-70Pleurisy 34Pneumonia 35Prolapsus Uteri 86Quinsy or Sore Throat 32Rheumatism 96Salt Rheum 101Scald Head 101SeminalWeakness 77-78Scarlet Fever 26

““ Prevention of 27

“ “ Treatment of 27Sciatica 98Scrofula ICOSea-Sickness 110Shingles, a form ofErysipelas 100Sight, Weakness of 105Sleeplessness of Infants 41-42Sleeplessness and Nervousness of Adults 45Slow Growth and Feeblenessof Infants 44Small-Pox 29SoreEyes and Eyelids 104Sore Mouth Canker 45

119INDEX.

Sore Throator Quinsy 31Spasms or Convulsions 11lSpecial Prescription for Chronic Lung Diseases... 122

““ lorCatarrh 125“ for Eruptions 124“ for Goitre Cure 120

“ “ Urinary and Kidney Diseases. 127Specifics, how they differ 6-7Sprue or Sore Mouth of Infants 15St. Vitus’ Dance 113Stye on the Eyelid 105Teething 43-44Tetters 100-101Tobacco, its Use and Avoidance 10Tonsils, Enlargement of. 108Toothache G2Traveling, Directions inDiet for 47Tumors 108Ulcers 102Urinary Diseases 70

“ Incontinence 76Urination, Painful or Scanty 77Varioloid .23-30Vomiting of Pregnant Women 57

“ of Blood 37Wakefulness of Infants 42Weak Stomach 63-67Wetting the Bed 76Whitesor Leucorrhea 84Worm Fever 40-41Worms, Symptomsand Treatmentof 39-41Whooping Cough 95Yellow Fever 21-25

120 LIST OF HUMPHREYS’

»S~ SPECIAL PRESCRIPTION: GOITRECURE,for the cure of GoitreDerbyshire NeckOr ENLARGED GLANDSOF THE THROAT. Large Vial ofPowder. Take morning and night.

Has been found very successfuleven in oldadvancedoases. Price $l,OO.

LIST OF

HUMPHREYS’Homeopathic Specifics

AND

Prominent Diseases and ConditionsWHICH THEY CURE.

No. ONE Cures Fevers, Congestions and In-flammations; Heat, Pain, Restlessness; Inflammationand Congestion to the Head or Brain; Inflammationof the Eyes; Inflammation of the Throat, or Quinsyalone, or in alternation with No. THIRTY-FOUR;Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Chest or Lungs;Inflammation of the Pleura (Pleurisy); Inflammationof the Liver and of the Bowels; Fevers of Children;Scarlet Fever, Scarlatina; Measles, Inflammatory,Bilious, or Gastric Fever; Yellow Fever; InflammatoryRheumatism; Sun-Stroke; Effects of being Over-heated; Violent Throbbing Headaches; Sleepiesnessfrom Fever or Fullness of Blood.

Price, SmallVial, 25c.; Large, 60c.; oz., SI.CO,

HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS.

Wo. TWO Cure* Worm Diseases, WormFevers, Worm Colic, Itching of the Anus, or Wettingthe Bed fromWorms; Irregular or Capricious Appe-tite, or Emaciation from Worms; Long Round Worms;Pin Worms ; Tape Worms.

Price, SmallVial, 35c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

Wo. THREE Cures Diseases of Infants or/oungChildren, such as Colic, Crying and Sleepless-

ness; Irritation and Congestion from Teething; SlowGrowth and Feebleness of Infants; Irregular Teeth-ing; Diarrhea of Infants; Retarded Walking; Enlarge-ment of the Jointsand Bending of the Long Bones;Sleeplessness of Adults from Nervousness.

Price Small Vial, 35c.; Large, 50c,; Oz., $l.OO,

Wo. FOI R Cares Diarrhea or Loose Bowels,in Children or Adults; Summer Complaint or CholeraInfantum; Thin, Loose, Yellowish, Greenish, or Wa-tery, Stools; Diarrhea from Indigestible Food; Diar-rhea from the use of Fruit; Diarrhea from Travelingor Change of Water; Painful Diarrhea, Chronic Diar-rhea, or Loose Bowels; Diarrheaof Consumptives.

T>rice, SmallVial, 35c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO,

iVo. FIVE Cures Dysentery, Fall Dysentery orBloody Flux; Slimy, Scanty, Mucus, Greenish andBloody Stools, attended with violent Colic or Strain-ing and Tenesmus; Painful Diarrhea; Colic; BiliousColic; Hemmorrhoidal Colic.

Price, SmallVial, 35c, Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

122 LIST OF HUMPHREYS’No. SIX Cures Cholera Morbus ; Asiatic

Cholera, Nausea and Vomiting; Sickness at the Sto-mach; Vomiting with Diarrhea; Thin, Loose, Urgent,or Rice-water Stools, with Vomiting, Coldness, Pale-ness, Blue Lips and Cramps; Morning Sickness.

Price, SmallVial, 25c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

CHOLERA CASE for Families or Travelers, touse duringan epidemic, with a Book of Directions.

Price, $2.00, $3.00 or $5.00, according to size.

No. SEVEN Cures Coughs, Colds, Hoarse-ness, Bronchitis, Influenza and Sore Throat; Cough,with Pain and Stitches in the Side or Breast; Cough,with Weakness orEmaciation, as from Incipient Con-sumption; Coughs, with Morning Chill and EveningFever; Cough, with Pain or Soreness in the Throatand Bronchitis; Hoarseness, orLoss of Voice in Clergy-men; Sore Throat; Old Chronic or ConsumptiveCoughs; Inflammationof the Lungs or Pleura; givenafter or in alternation with No. ONE; Chronic Bron-chitis or Laryngitis, with Cough, Hoarseness, Lossof Voice, or Weak Voice, Scanty Expectoration andEmaciation.

Price, Small Vial, 25c. Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

SPECIAL. PRESCRIPTION for ChronicLung Diseases, Two Vials, $2.00.

No. EIGHT Cures Neuralgia and Ner-vous Pains; Toothache in Sound Teeth, or in OldDecayed Teeth; Toothache in Children; Faceache;Tic Douloureux; Swelled Face; Darting, Sharp, orStinging Pains; Neuralgic Pains; Old Neuralgios.

Price, SmallVial, 25c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS. 123No. NINE Cures Headaches, Bilious

Headaches, Nervous Headaches, and Sick Headaches,with Nausea and Vomiting; Congestive Headaches;also No. ONE; Vertigo or Dizziness; Swimming of theHead; Heat, Heaviness, or Fulness of the head; alsoNo. ONE.

Price, Small Vial, 25c.; Large, 60c.; Oz., $l.OO.

No. TEN Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,Weak Stomach, Rising of Food, Water Brash, BadTaste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Loss of Appe-tite, Loathing of Food, Constipation, or Costive Bow-els; Scanty, Knotty, Small, Hard, Dry, or InsufficientStools; Biliousness, Yellow or Earthy Complexion;Bad Taste in the Mouth; No Appetite; Drowsiness,and Costive Bowels; Acid Stomach; Everything eatenbecomes Sour; Old Chronic Dyspepsia, when Every-thing Disagrees; Headache from Indigestion; OldChronicLiver Complaint, with Indigestion; Enlarge-ment of the Liver; Chronic Constipation and Piles;Flatulence and Bloating of the Abdomen after eating:Offensive Breath. Very useful forold people.

Price, Small Vial, 29c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., Sl.OO.

No. ELEVEN Cares Female Irregu-larities; Delaying or too Tardy or Late-appearingMenses; Suppressed or Obstructed Menses, from cold,fright, wearness, or morbid cause; too Scanty, tooPale, or Odorless Menses; Green Sickness, or Chloro-sis; Painful, Scanty Menses; Leucorrhea, with Scantyor Delayed Menses.

Price, SmallVial, Ssc.; Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

124 LIST OF HUMPHREYS’No. TWELVE Cures Female Weak-

ness ; Leucorrhea, or Whites, yellowish, thick,offensive, or corrosive discharge; Menses too soon,and too long continued; too profuse and debilitatingMenses; Constant Bearing Down; Prolapsus Uteri;Old Debilitating Leucorrhea.

Price, SmallVial, 125c.; Large, soc.; Oz., $l.OO.

No. THIRTEEN Cures Croup ; HoarseCroupy Cough; Inflammatory Croup; Spasmodic, andeven Membranous Croup; Croup with Quick Pulse,Hot Skin, Difficult, Labored, Stridulous Breathing,and Hoarse Cough; Laryngitis, with Hoarseness, Painin the Throat, Painful Cough, and Scanty Expectora-tion; Chronic Hoarseness.

Price, Small Vial, 35c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

No. FOURTEEN Cures Eruptions; Ery-sipelas, with Hot, Smooth, Swelled Skin or Blisters;Salt Rheum; or Rough, Scaly, Chapped Eruption onthe Hands or other parts; Pimples or Blotches on theFace; NettleRash, like Stings of Insects; Scald Head;Barber’s Itch; Old Ulcers.

Price, SmallVial, 35c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., $l.OO.

SPECIAL.PRESCRIPTION, Two Vials, $3.

No. FIFTEEN Cures RHEUMATISM;Acute Rheumatism, with painful, Hot Swelling of thepart; Chronic Rheumatism, with Lameness, Stiffness,and Soreness of the part; Sciatic Rheumatism, withpain in the Hip, Knee, or Leg of the affected side;Lumbago, or pain across the Loins or Back; OldRheumatic Pains or Lameness.

Price, Small Vial, 35c.; Large, 50c.; Oz., SI.OO.

125HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS.No. SIXTEEN Cures Fever and Ague;

Intermitting Fever; Dumb Ague, Malarial Fevers;Effects of Malaria; Old Suppressed Agues; AgueCake; Enlarged Liver, or Spleen, or other effects ofbadly treated Agues, and of the Quinine, Cholagogne,Arsenic, or other drugs taken tocure it.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

No. SEVENTEEN Cures Piles or Hemor-rhoids; Blind or Bleeding Internal, or External Piles,with Fulness, Itching and Burning; Inflamed, Hot,Burning, Sore Tumors around theRectum; Falling ofthe Rectum; Itching of the Anus.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial, 1oz., $l.OO.

No. EIGHTEEN Cures OPHTHAIMY orSore Eyes; Old Chronic, Sore, Inflamed or Weak Eyes,with Heat, Redness, Scalding Tears, and Dread ofLight; Painful, Red, Inflamed Eyelids, with constantSecretion of Mucus; Weak, Dim, Failing, or BlurredSight; Acute InflamedEyes or Eyelids.

Price, 50c. perLarge Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

No. NINETEEN Cures CATARRH, and allMucus Discharges fromthe Nose; Influenza, or AcuteCatarrh, with flow of Scalding Mucus, Tears andSneezing; Old Chronic Catarrhs, with profuse dis-charge of Thick, sometimes Offensive Mucus, Ob-structed Nose, and often Loss of Taste or Smell;ChronicCold in the Head; Catarrh of Children.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

SPECIAL PRESCRIPTION, Two Vials,$3.

126 LIST OF HUMPHREYS’E'er HAY or ROSE CATARRH,a special

Case of THREE LARGE VIALS, in fluid, with direc-tions. Price, $3.00.Price, $3.00.

No. TWENTY Cures Whooping-Cough(given early, this Specific arrests the developmentof the Cough, and given at any stage, allays the irrita-tion, moderates the Cough, and winds up the disease),Old, Violent, Spasmodic, or Convulsive Coughs.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1oz., $l.OO.

No. TWENTY-ONE Cures Asthma, Old,Chronic Asthma, with attacks of Oppressed, Labored,Difficult Breathing, Cough and Expectoration; DryAsthma; Humid Asthma; Stridulousor Sighing Res-piration.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 10z.,51.00.

No. TWENTY-TWO Cures Diseases ofthe Ear* and Hearing ; Earache; Dischargesfromthe Ear; inconsequence of Measles, Scarlatina,or other diseases; Inflammation of the Internal Ear;Hardness of Hearing; Noises, Buzzing; Ringing orPiping in the Ears; Whitlow orPanaris; White Swel-ling of the Knee or Hip.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

No. TWENTY-THREE Cures Scrofulaand Diseasesof Scrofulous origin; Enlarged or InflamedGlands under the Jaw, around theNeck, or under theArm-pits; Enlargement of the Tonsils; Old InveterateUlcers and Eruptions; Cold Swellings

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1oz., $l.OO.

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\o. TWENTY-FOUR Cures GeneralDe-bility; Physical Weakness; Want of Strength, Las-situde, Easy Fatigue; Sweat on going to Sleep; Debil-ity, the result of severe illness or severe drain upon thesystem; Want of Tone or Iron in the Blood.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; loz., $l.OO.No. TWENTY-FIVE Cures General

Dropsy or Anasarca; Dropsy of the Abdomen;Dropsy of the Chest, Heartor Head; Dropsy with Tu-mid. Doughy Swellings and Scanty Secretions.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

No. TWENTY-SIX Cures Sea-Sicknessand Sicknessfrom Hiding in Carriage or on Railroads;Headache from Carriage or Oar Riding, Nausea andVomiting; Prevention of Sea-Sickness.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

No. TWENTY-SEVEN Cures Diseasesof tile Kidneys and Urinary Organs; Bright’sKidney; Gravel and Renal Calculi; Catarrh of theBladder, in alternation of No. Thirty; Sand and Un-healthy Deposits in the Urine; Thick, Turbid, FrothyUrine, filled with, mucusand brick-dust deposits; toofrequent discharge ofUrine; Nightly Enui»sis; Painin the region of the Kidneys and Bladder.

Price, 50c, perLarge Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

SPECIAX.PRESCRIPTION, for Urinaryand Kidney Diseases, TwoLarge Vials, $3.00.

For DIABETES, a SPECIAL SPECIFIC, influid, with directions. Price, $2.00.

fi®“SentFree on receipt of price.

128 LIST OF HUMPHREYS’Wo. TWENTY-EIGHT Cures Nervous

Debility, Loss of NervousPower and General Toneof the System; Irresolution and Mental Gloom, orDespondency; Weakness from Loss of Vital Fluids;Involuntary Nocturnal Emissions; Seminal Losses atStool, or during Urination; Depression, Prostration,Mental Weakness, or other effects of Early Evil Habits,Overwork, or Mental Strain; Threatened Impotence:Enfeebled Powers.

Price, $l.OO per Large Vial; Ounce Vial, $3.00.$5.00 per package of five Boxes and Vial of Powder.

Important on the more serious and inveterate cases.

No. TWENTY-NINE Cures Sore Mouthor Canker; Nursing Sore Mouth; Sore Mouth orCanker in Adults or Children; Morning Sickness ofExpectant Women; Indigestion.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; loz., $l.OO.

No. THIRTY Cures Diseases of the Uri-nary Organs; Incontinence of Urine; Too Fre-quent, Scalding, or Painful Urination; Inability toRetain the Urine; Catarrhof the Bladder; FrequentScalding Urination, with Mucus discharge; NightlyWetting-the-Bed in Children; Nocturnal Urinary In-continence

Price, 50c. perLarge Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

No. THIRTY-ONE Cures Painful Men-struation ; Menstruation, with Painful BearingDown; Menses, with Painful, Pressive, Cutting, Grip-ing, and even Spasms; Too ProfuseMenses, with Painand Distress; Itching and Burning irritation of theOrgans; Pruritus.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS. 120No. THIRTY-TWO Ctires Diseases of the

Heart and Irregularities and Morbid Conditions,occurring at the Critical Age of Women, or Change ofLife; Flushes of Heat; Palpitation of the Heart; Yio •

lent Throbbing or Irregular Beating of the Heart;Chronic Disease of the Heart.

Price, $l.OO per Large Vial; Ounce Vial, $3.00,

So. THIRTY-THREE Cura Epilepsy,Spasms; Convulsionsof Childrenop Adults, with Lossof Consciousness; Spasms or Convulsions of Childrenfrom the slightest cause; St. Vitus’ Dance, withTwitching, Jerking, 6r Strange Motions of singlefeatures, muscles or parts; Hysterical Spasms opHysteria.

Price, $l.OO per Large Vial; Ounce Vial, $3.00,

So, THIRTY-POUR Cures Diphtheria,and Diphtheritic Sore Throat; Ulcerated Sore Throat,Quinsy Sore Throat; Malignant Sore Throat; Tonsil!-,tis; Ulcerated or Enlarged Tonsils: Painful, DifficultImpeded Deglutition; Old Sores, and UlceratedThroats of Syphilitic Origin.

Price, 50c. per Large Vial; 1 oz.,$l.OO,

No. THIRTY-FIVE Cares CHRONICCongestion; Habitual Headaches; Bearing Down,or Prolapsus Uteri; Headaches of Children; SlowGrowth and Tardy Learning to Walk of Children;Difficult Teething ofChildren; Sleeplessness.

Price, 50c. per Lange Vial; 1 oz., $l.OO.

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FAMILY CASES.No.

1. With 35 Three Drachm Vials,WALNUT CASE, containing entirelist of 35 numbered Specifics andHumphreys’ Homeopathic

.

Mentor, 500 pages SIO 00S. With 33 Three Drachm Vials,MOROCCO CASE, and MENTOR... 10 003. With 38 Three Drachm Vials,MOROCCO CASE, and MENTOR.... 8 004. With 30 Three Drachm Vials,

MOROCCO CASE, and MENTOR... 6 005. With 30 Three Drachm Vials,

PLAIN CASE, and MENTOR’ 500

POCKET CASES.With 16 Four Drachm Vials,

RUSSIALEATHER, [double flat] andHUMPHREYS’ HOMEOPATHICMENTOR, Large Book $lO 00

S'. With 30 Three Drachm Vials,TURKEY MOROCCO or RUSSIALEATHER (double flat), velvet lined,and Mentor 500 pages 8 00

8. With 10 Three Drachm Vials,and Manual 3 50

9, With 6 Three Drachm Vials, andManual 3 50

10. With 8 Small Vials, and Manual 1 75

EXTRA CASES.11. With 40 1 07,. Glass-stopper Bot-

tles, WALNUT CASK, and HUM-PHREYS’ HOMEOPARHIC MEN-TOR, Large Book $3O 00

12. With 35 1 oz. Glass-stopper Bot-tles, WALNUT CASE and MENTORLarge Book 25 OO

13. With 35 1 oz. Vials, WALNUTCASE, and MENTOR, Large 800k... 20 OO

14. With 13 1 oz. Bottles, WALNUT orMOROCCO CASE with MENTOR... 9 OO

Price of MENTOR, 1 OO

Eves-y Family should have its case of HUM-PHREYS’ Homeopathic Specifics. They areas necessary as Railroads, Telegraphs or Sewing Ma-chines. More than half your sickness willbe preventedby their use. You allay pain, relieve suffering, savedoctor’s bills and preserve the health of the household.A Family Case repays itself in a hundred waysSS’-SEE LIST OF OASES AND PRICES, onpage 130.

Humphreys’ Homeopathic MentorOr Family Adviser.

(Large Book )

600 pages royal octavo, printed on tinted paper.Bound in Cloth. Invaluable to those using theSpecifics. Price, 1.00. Address,

Humphreys’ Homeopathic Medicine Co-,109 Fulton St., New York,

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HOMEOPATHIC

MEDICINES—SIMPLESBX NAME.

Although our specialty is HUMPHREYS’HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS for popular Use,

as being moee simple and easily understood,

less complicated and moEE efficient andsatisfactory in curing disease, yet we makeit a point tokeep in stock

EVERYTHING IN HOMEOPATHYfor the people, physicians or the trade. Infact we keep the largest stock of any Homeo-pathic medicinehouse in the world.

UrSrThe following cases are selected fromour list of over one hundred different styles,so that we can supply any reasonable want inthe case line. Parties ordering will pleasegive number of case, also state which book

they wish the same put up for. Send forPrice List.

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CASES OEHOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES.

SIMPLES (Not Specifics.)

No.15. Pocket Case, (cloth) containing 12 one

drachm vials principal remedies, withshort directions OO

17. Pocket Case, Morocco, Velvet Lined,containing 12 one drachm vials medicine. ‘2 00

23. Pocket Case,Morocco, VelvetLined, 36one drachmvials medicine. "With Book(Ruddock’s Stepping Stone) 5 00

54. Polished Walnnt Case, (lock andkey) 30 oneand a half drachmvials medi-cine and small book 4 75

GO. Polished Walnut Case,Velvet Lined(lock and key), 52 one and a half drachmvials medicine 6 00

61. PolishedWalnut Case,VelvetLined(lock and key), 48 two drachmvialsmedi-cine 7 OO

63. PolishedWalnntCase, VelvetLined(lock and key), 78 vials medicine 8 50

66. Polished Walnnt Case, Velvet Lined(lock and key), 108 vialsmedicine 13 00

Sent, post orexpress paid, on receipt of theprice.Illustrated Catalogue sent free onapplication.

ADDBESS,Humphreys’ Homeopathic Medicine Co.

109 Fulton St., New Tork.

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135

HUMPHREYS’

MARVEL OF HEALINGThis PureDistillationof the well-known

shrub, Hahamelis, or Witch Hazel, is pre-pared with great care from receipts used byDr. Humphreys for more than twenty years,and warranted superior toany preparation ofWitch Hazel sold.

See thatour trade-mark (the young WitchHazel Witch, shown on page 134), is on eachbottle. None othergenuine.THE MARTEL OP HEALING- is the ready

cure for all Injuries, Bruises, Contusions,Strains, Cuts or Lacerations. It soothesthe pain, staunches the bleeding, arrestsinflammation, reduces the swelling, re-moves discoloration,and heals the woundlike magic. i

THE MARVEL OF HEALING is a promptreliefand rapid cure for Bums, Scalds andSunburns—superiortoevery other remedy.

THE MARVEL OP HEALING is pricelessfor all Bleedings or Hemorrhages, NoseBleed, Bleeding Gums

, Spitting of Blood.Bleeding Lungs or Stomach, or BleedingPiles.

THE MARVEL OF HEALING is the sure andunfailing cure for Piles or Hemorrhoids—-always curing, never failing.

THE MARVEL OP HEALING is a promptrelief for Toothache, Earache, Faceache,Swelled Face and Neuralgia.

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THE MARVEL OF HEALING is the readyand valuable resource for RheumaticPain, Lameness, Soreness or Stiffness ofJoints or Limbs.

THE MARVEL OF HEALING is a grand re-medy for Quinsy, Sore Throat, Inflamed orEnlarged Tonsils—always reliable, alwaysefficient-

THE MARVEL OF HEALING cures everyvariety of Soreness, Excoriations, Chafingor Chaps—however caused or whereversituated.

THE MARVEL OF HEALING is invaluablefor the cure of Gravel, Renal Calculi, Kid-ney Complaints, Strangury, or other simi-lar disorders.

THE MARVEL OF HEALING is a promptcure for Simple Diarrhea, and has curedthe most obstinate cases of Chronic Diar-rhea.

THE MARVEL OF HEALING is invaluableas an injection for Catarrhs, Leucorrheas,and other debilitatingmucous discharges.

IHE MARVEL OF HEALING is invaluableas a cure for Ulcers, Old Sores, Roils, Fe-lons, Corns or Bunions, and Tumors.

THE MARVEL OF HEALING is invaluablefor Stable Use, forSprains, Soreness, Breastor Harness Galls, Contusion, Lacerationor other injury.

THE MARVEL OF HEALING relieves likemagic Chilblains, Frosted Paris, MosquitoBitesand Stings ofInsects. Notbing likeit.

Sold by Druggists and Dealers.Price—6 oz., 30cts.; Pints, 60 eta.; Quarta.

11.00 ; 2 Quart Bottle, $1.50.

HUMPHREYS’

WITCH HAZEL OILAITS PILE OINTMENT.

This Ointment ia the triumph of ScientificMedicine. Nothing has ever been producedat all to equal or compare withit as a curativeand healing application. The virtues of theWitch Hazel have been long known and cel-ebrated as a healer andpain curer. But whencombined and applied in the form of an oil,ITS CUEATIVEEFFECTS AEE MARVELOUS. It hasbeen used oveb fortyyears, and is the pre-scription of one of the most renownedphysicians ofhis day. It always affords re-lief and always givessatisfaction. Bor :

Piles, Fissures, Blind, or Bleeding, Ex-ternal or Internal, and Itching or Bleed-ing of the Rectum. For these, or any of themthis Oil is infallible. Therelief is immediate. It hasbeen used in thousands of cases with absolute success,No one who has ever tried it will do without it.

Ulcerations, Eruptions, Craclts or Fis-sures of the anus or rectum are cured at once andlike magic froma few simple applications of this Oil.Even old Fistulas in ano have been curedby it.

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Burns, Scalds, and Ulcerationand Con-tractionfrom burns. The relief is instant, and thehealing of the ulcerationand softening of the contrac-tion is wonderful. It has in repeated instances curedcases of contraction from burns pronounced incurableby the faculty.

Crfncers, Malignant, Painful, or Corrod-ingUlcers, Carbuncles and Boils are at oncerelieved of the darting, eating or corroding pains.

Old Sores, Indolent Ulcers and Fistulasare promptly healed up and cured. This Oil is themildestand best possible dressing for them.

Torn, Uacerated or Cut Wounds or In-juriesare promptly closed up and healed by this Oilin a mannerapproached by no other remedy.

SaltRheum, Tetters, Scurfy Eruptions,Chapped Hands, FeverBlisters, SoreLips,Corns and Bunions are promptly relieved andoftencured like magic.

For Corns and Bunions, or Sore andLame Feet, this remedy affords instant relief, cur-ing and rendering serviceable feet whose use under anyother treatment was a painful burden and torment.

Scratches or Grease in Horses, Chaf-ings, Saddle or Harness Galls, Ln cera-tions, Cuts, Injuries, Broken Hocf orQuarter Crack, are all cured by tbis "WitchHazel Oil in a manner unequaled.

Por further information see Witch HazelOil Book.

PREPARED ONLY BY

DR F. HUMPHREYS & SOW.Sold by all Druggists. 50c. per Bottle.

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HUMPHREYS’HOMEOPATHIC

VETERINARY SPECIFICS,FOR THE CURE OF

Horses, Sheep, Cattle, Dogs, Hogsand Poultry.

Millions of Dollars’ worth, of DomesticAnimals and Poultry are every year lost or

sacrificed, because owners are not acquaintedwith their diseases, and do not know how totreat them. Yet sick animals under Hum-phreys’ Specific Homeopathic System, aremore readily treated and cured than people.The greatest blessing of modem times forDomestic Animals is their treatment, whensick, by this system. That they are daily socured in thousands of instances, is as true asthat the people ride onrailroads, sew with sew-ing machines, orsend messages by telegraph.

HUMPHREYS’ HOMEOPATHIC VETERI-NARY SPECIFICS have now been in usetwenty-four YEARS by Farmers, Dairymen,Horse and Stock Breeders, Livery Stable Men,City Horse Railroad and Stage Companies,Menageries, and all who deal in horses or

stock. All have found them the most simple,convenient, economical, and effective medicineknown.

With HUMPHREYS’ VETERINARY SPE-CIFICS, giving a few drops at a dose, whichmay be given in a moment, and without theslightest delay,all Diseases of Domestic Ani-mals are cured in far less time and ivilhgreater certainly than by any other treatment.Often a Colic is cured in tenminutes, a Diar-rhea with a single dose of medicine, and aChill in an hour. The most dangerous dis-eases, such as Pneumonia and Spinal Menin-§itis in Horses, Milk Fever in Cows, or Hogholera in Swine, are promptly cured ; and

every disease is found to be more or less per-fectly under the control of these Specifics.

Look at the testimony of hundreds of themost experienced in their line as to their value.If doubts are entertained, send for a Veteri-nary pamphlet.

A Manual of Directions, 350 pages, 18mo.,goes with each Case, giving full description ofthe Diseases ofHorses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs,Dogs, and Poultry, and full directions forgiving the Medicine and general treatment.See also our Veterinary Chart which shouldbe in every stable.

No Farmer, Stock Breeder, Dairyman, Liv-eryman or HorseRailroad Company can af-ford to be without these Specifics, and nonebut will bless the day they began their use.

4®° See List of Medicines on next pages ofpamphlet.

141Veterinary Testimonials.

G. A. SCHAFER, Philadelphia. Pa.—“Excellent forCoughs, Colic and Pink Eye. Would not be•without them.”

OHAS. TAYLOR, Burlington, N. J. Has $150,000•worthof Registered Cattle says'. “They are invaluablefor Milk Fever.”

J.LITTLEFIELD, 515 W. 13th St., N. Y., “curtdmany cases of Cough,Fever, Sore Throat, andColic. Veterinary Manualinvaluable.”

DR. TALLMAN, 309 W. 59thSt., New York. “Usedthemmanyyears for all diseases among horses. Theyare withouta rival.”

A. J. HAMILTON, 2515. Front St., Philadelphia,Pa.“Theyact promptly and satisfactorily. I cannot getalong without them.”

T. S. SIMMONS, Millville, N. J. “Never used anymedicine half so good for horses.”WIHLEIN BROS., New York. “Best medicines we

ever used; money well invested.”

PECK & SONj Bridgeport, Conn. “Had ten horsesdown with Spinal Meningitis. All recoveredbut one old one.”

JOHN O. MEISTER, 281 E. 10th St., New York.“Used them for fifteen years withperfect satisfaction.”

SHOEMAKER& SIDES, Philadelphia, Pa. “Findthem to cure all cases of Colic, Distemper,Kid-ney Complaints, Fevers, etc.

WILLIAM HUTTENTroy, N. Y. “The best me-dicines I ever used. Give instantaneous relief inColic. Irecommend them.”

MOODY & SMITH, New Haven, Conn. “CuredColics, Colds, KidneyComplaints,Distem-per and Fevers. The best medicines known.”

See Humphreys’ Veterinary Pamphlet,with thousand similar references.

142LIST OF

HUMPHREYS’HOMEOPATHIC

VETERINARY SPECIFICS,Prominent Conditions Which Bach

Cures.Pamphlets sentfree on application.

A A Cures Fevers, Congestionsand En-rl,r'" flammations, as of the Lungs or Pleura

(Pleuro-pneumonia), Inflammation of the Head orBrain, Eyes, or of the Liver or Belly; Sore Throator Quinsy; Blind or Belly Staggers, or Convul-sions; Hot Skin, Quick Pulse; Chill or Panting;Milk Fever inCows; Spinal Meningitis inMorses;and Hog Cholera.

□ D Cures Diseases of the Tendaiu, Li-’ gaments, Joints, Pounder, Curb, Spavin.

Strains, Stiffness, Lameness, Rheumatism, Splint,

p p Cures Diseases of tile Glands, Epi-cootie, Distemper in Horses or Sheep; Na-

sal Gleet, Paroy and Glanders, Discharges fromtheNose; Farcy Buds; Swelled Glands; Scab inSheep; Distemper in Dogs.

r\ n Cures Worm Diseases, and eradi-cates them from the system; either Bots or

Grubs; Long, Round, Pin, or Tape-worm; Colicor emaciation from Worms.

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P P CuresDiseases of the Air Passages,“Coughs, Influenza, Heaves, Broken Wind or

Whistles, ThickWind, Inflamed Lungs or Pleura,(Pleuro-pneumonia) with quick, panting, hard ordifficult breathing.

ET p Cures Colic, Spasmodic Colic, Wind“ “Colic, or Inflammatory Colic; Bellyache, Gripes

Hoven or Wind-Blown; Diarrhea, or Dysentery;Liquid or Bloody Dung.

Q O Prevents Miscarriage, Abortion or’’"“'""“Casting of Foal in Mares, Cows or Sheep;arrest Hemorrhages orFlooding; throws off theAfter-birth, if retained.

jCT JT Cures Diseases of the Kidneys,Bladder, or Urinary Passages, as Inflam-

mation, or Scanty, difficult, painful, suppressed,or bloody Urination; Kidney Colic.

T Cures CutaneousDiseases, orErnp-“

tions. Mange, Farcy, Grease, Thrush, Ery-sipelas, Swellings, Abscesses, Fistulas, Ulcers,Unhealthy Skin, Rough Coat.

I 1/ Cures Diseases of Digestion Doss of• "Appetite, and “Off his Feed;” Results of

Over-Feed, Jaundice or Yellows; 111 Condition,Staring Ceat, also, Paralysis, Stomach Staggers,Brittle Hoofs.

PRICES.—Case complete, - - - - $B.OO

SINGLE BOTTLES, (Fifty Doses in each), - .7 5VETERINARY MANUAL, 334 pp. 18mo.

MEDICATOR. ------- .35

PRICES.—VETERINARY CASE in black walnut,with VETERINARY BOOK OR MANUAL, and

lO bottles of Medicine, 1 bottle of Witch Hazel Oil andMedicator complete, ----- jBIS.OO

JSO-P.S.—SENT FREE OF EXPRESS to any partof the country onreceipt of the price, in orders of $5and upwards.

BEWARE OF IMPOSITION,The public are cautioned against buyingmedicines

from IRRESPONSIBLE Parties, who sell worthlessimitations by claiming to have been in Or. Humphreys’employ and to have learned to make his HOMEO-PATHIC VETERINARY SPECIFICS, or others asgood. Such stories are utterly false, mis-leading and unworthy of confidence. You are onlysafe in buying through my authorized agents HUM-PHREYS’ HOMEOPATHIC VETERINARY SPE-CIFICS, properly Labeled, Lettered, withName and Trade Mailsblown in Bottle.

V. HUMPHREYS, - M.D,

SPECIAL PRESCRIPTIONS.Db. Humpheeys has used in his extensive practice

for many years, particular prescriptions which haveproved so uniformly curative and are so often calledfor, that he has been induced to put them up in popularform with full directions for use, and to cataloguethem as his “Special Prescriptions” as follows;

Special No. Seven.—For the cure of Chronic Coughand hung Disease; Bronchitis, Weakness andDebility; Emaciation; Pain in the Side, orChest;Pulmonary Weakness.

Special No. Fourteen.—For the Cure of ChronicEruptions; Eczema; Tetters; Salt Rheum;Scald Head, Itching, Inveterate Herpes, Dandruff,Pimples in the Face; Chaps; Unhealthy Skin.

Special No. Nineteen.—Chronic Nasal Catarrh;Ozaena; Profuse and even Offensive Discharge;Accumulation of Mucous in the Nose or Throat .

Special No. Twenty-seven —Disease of the Kid-neys ; Degeneration and Bright’s Disease:Uraemia; Enlarged Prostate; Catarrhof Bladder.

Special No. Thirty.—Disease of the Bladder andUrethra; Too Frequent Burning or Scalding,Inability to retain at night or by day; ChronicUrinal Debility, Constitutional or from Infirmity.

Special No. Thirty-six.—For Disease of the Bones;Enlarged, Inflamed or Suppurated Glands; EarDischarges; Old Eruptions; Chapped Hands;Offensive Sw'eat.

Special No. Thirty-three.—For Epelepsy; FallingSickness; and St. VitusDance.

These are put up in neat packages of Two Large SixDeam Vials each, with full directions and sent freeto any address onreceipt of the price, $3.00.

Special Cholera Case.—For PreventionandCure, Three Vials, in a neat case withPamphletand full directions for use. $3.00In Large One Ounce Vials, - - 3.00

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