DIPTHERIA-A CURE.
To the Editor of, the Clutha Leader. Sia.— l A*e from th» 'lnvercargill and Dutied n pap*rß that diptheriaia at present ; ratting in, these; and ofher (Harriets zither* fore de* he to, mention the following facts :—Tri 1 66* one of :my children took this disease, was attended by '.fc medical gentk-tn h,- who adopted the usual letnedies ofthfc -faculty, ybnt d^aih 1 eoeued. After* wards my : wife, other three of nry. children* and ten children belongipg,.to.my : br<>tbers, were -all laid npat the -same time., {Every : one oi tbeee r»covered,.and tfre.r recovery was^due to the 'mll6srou[ tiiedicioe, the ife«c»-ij.tion for which I fnnrid -hi the Botanic guide to bfeal-h' The rpedicroe; wae fIJ-gt u^ed-by Df. _Hiftroaß:in the WestIndige in'A 785, and by. the use sof whioh he ' stayed the terrible;^fayagf-t the disease wasthen making in that cotiritry. Tbe mtdiv cine is the •f^llbwing^WCayenne. pfpper gtablespforifttlgi,- silt I teaspodmial, boiling; water halt -pint, warm viiegar, hali'-rjint.' Cover up closer Jet it «*and »n hour^ then -s rain throngb a fine dotb. J. " y It is simply ;u«ed: as *gariarle, two table- J ' "pfiOafola eyery balf^ftoiir; ?fqr adults, aad •. for childjcen^-ne ; desert (■poonfnl. . Sbouldf; the patient sw-atlpw: jrhe medicine/it wiK do ' : no harm. . 4 Tbe patient .Blioulp 'be"Mjffi- .- warm. -In; all cases' in whioh t liiVe ; J-d-.; :' niinistere^ ihe medlcideit has given almost instantaneons relief, 4dd>o far as I know it ' never failed to effect aiConapHfte ; cuw^gTo- '• it» jfßdacy many in tttis distri.Cticao , testify. I The nsedjchie is simple, xpeap, andj.can^. , .procured at any J Btofe. ,(puT tfiefclycihne; . pepptr rDuet ,i be i^J»u^ei--n6t , adulterated); and" : in "i-J.applicatidh f witHftn¥-Stbe^leaet danger even ia the hands oi the most ioexpemnced.
. I trust you Will publish tßi9 note "fpr the ': sake of suffering nuhianity,.arid t have nO doubt tbat wherever the prescription may be tried in time it wHI be l found effectual. lamj&c, •' n'yV-.y '•■_.'' i > -Hugh Bowbk. , , Hiuend, 20^h petobpr f ;1874. \ - -.
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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 17, 29 October 1874, Page 3
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