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ST. VITUS' DANCE.
to a drachm of the powder three or four times a day,
continuing it two or three weeks.
The sesquioxide of iron, according to Dr. Elliotson, is
a specific, truly, if it accomplishes what he says. He
affirms that he has cured forty cases with it-perse-
verance is all that is required. There are others equal
in their praise of scutellaria lateriflora, (scull cap.)
They say it has never failed to effect a cure. I do not
believe in that absurd doctrine of specifics; but can
safely say that I have tried this remedy as recommended
by Beach, and it was entirely successful. He takes
scull cap, one ounce; boiling water, one quart; strain,
and sweeten with loaf sugar. I let the patient drink
freely of this through the day, alternating with a tea of
velerian.
Assafoetida is highly recommended in many instan-
ces, more particularly when the disease is associated
with hysteria.
After the system has been depleted by purgatives,
you will find the oil of amber, in doses of ten drops,
three times a day, a valuable remedy. Friction, with
the oil, is also used along the whole course of the spine
three or four times a day.
In France they extol beyond measure the use of the
sulphur bath. It should at least be tried.
Quite a variety of other remedies, both tonics and
narcotics, have been given with some degree of success.
Belladonna, opium and hyosciamus have their advocates.
A very distinguished physician assures me that he has
treated a good many cases successfully, by purgatives
uutil the discharges became healthy; he then adminis-
ters musk and camphor, in the doses of four grains of440
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/440/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.