WHAT A DOCTOR SAYS THE ENSIGN REMEDIES edies what I would consider a fair trial. We have been asking doctors who have been using our Remedies to give their experience, and are receiving most gratifying reports. An osteopath in Indiana sends the following, which we select because of the "incurable" cases included. He reports these cases: "1. Arthritis deformans. Cured. "2. Obesity. Patient did not give the Rem Results in no wise satisfactory. "3. Simple arthritis and uric acid condition. Cured. "4. Dropsy and valvular heart lesion. Patient used Remedies one month and then discontinued, also discontinued my treatments. Went back to drugs and died a few months later. "7, 8, and 9. Three cases of seminal weakness. All cured. "This covers my experience with your Remedies. Have not tried your Remedies in any other kind of cases for the reason that the results obtained from straight osteopathic treatment have been all that could be desired. I will say that while I have obtained very good results in other cases of seminal weakness and varicocele from osteopathic treatment alone, yet I have found your Remedies of such material value that I always advise such patients to take your Remedies in connection with the treatment I give. I have several such cases now and three of them are persuaded to take your Remedies. Therefore, I enclose you check for list below." We have literature which explains the character of our Remedies. There is no "dope" in them, and they will not injure anyone. We have a booklet on General Diseases, one on Varicose Veins and Varicocele, one on Private Diseases, one on Woman's Diseases, one on Heart Diseases, and a variety of leaflets on various topics, any or all of which will be sent you on receipt of a request for There is no charge or obligation to buy anything. We want you to have the information in them. Write a postal today. same. ENSIGN REMEDIES CO., Department A, Canadian Office, Windsor, Ont. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. W.S. ENSIGN, Phys. Ch. copies, and what was published of 1906?WM. S. BAKER, Belt, Montana. Monotony Kills. In my opinion monotony is killing more people than disease. Bad climate kills some. Epidemics kill some. Bad habits kill some. Overwork kills some. Fear of disease and fresh air kills some. But monotony kills more than either. Monotony of diet, monotony of work, of play, of associations, and all the rest. Variety is not only the spice of life-it is the bread of life. Something new every day. This keeps the life currents vigorous. Smash up old notions, old habits, old manners, old ways of thinking and doing. Smash up a few of them every day. Introduce something new. The new is life, the old is death. Sometimes a living death. Dr. Frank R. Siple, Canton, Ohio. My Dear Sir: I drop you these few lines as you requested me to when the large tumor disappeared from my neck. It has left my neck just like magic. It got smaller and smaller until there is no sign of it now and I cannot find words to express to you my gratitude for your magnetic treatments. Before I came to you I suffered so much I thought at times I would lose my mind from the pain and I had consulted three specialists before coming to you. Two of them wanted to cut it out, and one said he could take it away with electric treatments, and they all wanted to charge me one hundred and fifty dollars in advance. You only gave me thirtysix treatments and I have no more pain and no more tumor and I will always feel grateful to you.-CHAS. OTTO, Homeworth, Ohio. Gilded Tablets. Query: A friend of mine lately obtained from Paris some tablets bearing the attractive name of "Dr. Christion's Elixir De 'Vil.'" The tablets are coated with gilding of some THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL. The Greatest Absorbent Remedy of the Age. WINTER DISEASES ARE AT HAND Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Coughs, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. To meet these promptly the Toxo-Absorbents are a long tried and reliable remedy. The Absorbents are applied next to the skin, draw out and absorb the poisons, and assist Nature in expelling the disease. Every case of Tonsilitis, Bronchitis and Whooping Cough, can be relieved in a few hours, and can be permanently cured. The same is true risy, and all Throat family should have in the home to meet A CASE RECENTLY REPORTED I have suffered with Asthma, Bronchitis and Lung Trouble for many years, I never received any relief until I used the Toxo-Absorbents. The relief was immediate and continuing the treatment I was permanently cured. I cannot say too much for the Absorbents. MRS. L. A. PEACOCK, Lansing, Mich. of Pneumonia, Pleudiseases. Every the Toxo-Absorbents any emergency. The Absorbents can be renewed by heating and can be used six or seven times. Did you ever see a leech applied to the human body, an old time remedy by bleeding? The leech sucks itself full of blood and then drops off, gorged with blood. In the same way the Absorbents draw up and absorb the poisons. TOXO-ABSORBENT CO., 4 CHURCH STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. sort. After taking them for two weeks a most distressing itching eruption of small red pimples broke out all over him, causing the most intense irritation and sleeplessness. Like an Osteopath I suspected the drug, as he was not at all a subject for any such trouble, being a very healthy, plain living man with a beautifully clear skin, and never a pimple of any kind. So I advised him to leave off the tablets for a time and adopt certain means for the cure of the eruption, which was banished in two weeks. When he again began to take the tablets he noticed in a few days a threatened return of the eruption and stopped the medicine for good. Is it likely the gold coating was the cause of the trouble?-H. M. S., Churchover, Nova Scotia. Answer: I do not think it was the gilded coating that caused the eruption. It was the constituents of the tablet. The tablet contained most likely cantharides or possibly copabia. Surely the effect upon his system could be caused by either of these remedies. I could make myself a little more certain, if I knew for what purpose the tablets were intended. Prolapsus of Womb. Query: Query 212, page 202 April, 1908, you give a partial outline of the mode to relieve prolapsed uterus. But as so many In writing to advertisers, please mention 703 women suffer more or less by reason of an unnatural position of the uterus, and as most women know nothing of the knee and chest position to admit an air pressure to force the womb to a natural position, I think it would be a good idea for you to write it up in your Journal In your answer you advise the patient to keep trying morning after morning until relief is obtained, probably applicable to her case only. But it seems that on retiring for the night would be the best time to practice for the relief, as remaining in a lying position during slumber would give the muscles and ligaments concerned in the support of the womb, in its normal position, more time to regain their natural tension than if the INCREASE YOUR INCOME By writing to us for our proposition to those who would be interested in healing the sick. Benevolent ladies and gentlemen find our work attractive and remunerative. No canvassing. The people come to you. Requires but little time and would not interfere with your present duties. Do not miss this opportunity. Write to day. BIO-SPRINGS CO., Jamestown, N.Y. .............. THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL. patient should at once resume a standing position. I believe, Doctor, that there is no ailment common to women that you could give more detail and fuller description of the best way to practice for the relief of than this distressing disorder that affects So many women. My wife has been a sufferer for years, until recently, with prolapsed uterus. and as an annoying relief has been compelled to resort to a pessary. However, within the last year the trouble has disappeared and the womb seems to remain continually in its normal place.-A. B., Ill. Answer: There is nothing of any use in falling of the womb, except to keep the womb in place as nearly as possible. There is no medicine that will do any good. Through the aid of the knee and chest position women are sometimes able to replace the fallen womb themselves. The knee and chest position is to rest the weight of the body on the knees and on the chest, with the hips raised. This position can be easier taken if a low pillow is placed under the chest. Send For Our FREE BOOK "HEALTH While lying in the knee and chest posi-White Cross Electric Vibrator tion the abdomen should be kept as relaxed and flaccid as possible. All muscular contraction should be overcome, so that the bowels hang down loose. While in that condition the whole belly should be massaged with the hands, lifting up on it, trying to carry the contents of the bowels farther and farther towards the chest. The chest should be very much lower than the hips are, so that everything in the pelvis tends towards gravitating to the upper portion of the abdomen. Five or ten minutes should be occupied in this operation, making quite sure that the womb has been displaced upwards, as well as the other organs of the pelvis. When through, lie down gently on the right side of the body, with a low pillow. If it is more comfortable to do so, you might lie on your back. If this is done once a day it will almost insure the womb being retained quite nearly in its place. I object to the use of all internal supports, known as pessaries. I think they do more harm than good, in the long run. There is a support for temporary use, in very bad cases, which I sometimes use. is a combination of an internal support and SEXUAL LAW AND THE It In writing to advertisers, please mention THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL Treatment of Typhoid and Pneumonia. external, in which the weight of the pessary is maintained on an elastic strap, passing underneath the perineum. Whenever the womb falls back against the rectum so as to produce constipation, it is an excellent plan while in the knee and chest position, to take a large injection of warm water into the rectum. Of course, this will have to be done by an assistant. The weight of the water in the rectum and lower bowel, while in that position, is sufficient to force the womb upwards and into its natural nosition. There is no surer or safer way to replace a womb that has been tipped backwards than this plan. Where the womb is tilted forwards, from the fundus of the bladder, the knee and chest position is not so efficacious, although by the assistance of proper massage such displacements of the womb can be rectified. But the knee and chest position, unassisted by massage of the abdomen, does not always tend toward correcting forward displacement of the womb. There was a plan much in use by gynecological surgeons twenty-five years ago, which was thought at the time to replace all displacements of the womb. While the plan was very much overestimated in its value, yet it is capable of great good, and is worthy of a trial by every woman suffering from falling of the womb. This plan was to assume the knee and chest position. While in that position the vagina should be dilated. It can be done with the fingers. although sometimes a valvular speculum is necessary. As soon as the vagina is dilated the air will rush into the vagina, sometimes making quite a sound. The pressure of air is sufficient to dilate the vagina to its fullest extent, and thus forcibly replace the womb. unless there is an obstruction to prevent it A woman once having experienced a dilation of the vagina by atmospheric pressure, will soon learn how to do it herself. It is a very useful exercise for the pelvic organs, even in cases where there has been no displacement. The peculiar sound created by the rush of air into the vagina so resembles the sounds made by a suction pump that it will be at once recognized. When the womb is tipped forward onto the bladder, lying on the back with hips elevated, at the same time kneading the abdomen upwards, gives temporary relief. Typhoid and Pneumonia. Query: Having read Medical Talk ever since you have been connected with it, I feel sure that your knowledge fits you to give me the information I desire on two diseases, which are destroying so many people around me. Since August a family in sight of my place has had three cases of typhoid In writing to advertisers, please mention 705 fever. The last one took pneumonia and died. Another case is now developing in the same family. The second case came to death's door, but did not go through. All of these cases were drugged to the uttermost. Please tell me the most approved method of treating these two diseases. Just tell me if they need drugging; if not, what is the best treatment for the typhoid fever and pneumonia? Why has this fever been so contagious? They claim to have taken all precautions.-B. A. P., Virginia. Answer: The want of proper surroundings is the principal cause of both typhoid fever and pneumonia. When once developed, however, the best thing one can do is to place the patient in a clean bed, in a cool room, well ventilated, exposed as much as possible to the direct rays of the sun. No doubt many cases can be palliated now and then by an occasional dose of some drug. If I was treating such a case, I might give something. but I should only consider drugs as of secondary importance. Just what drug I should give and when I should give it, either in typhoid or pneumonia, would be impossible for me to tell beforehand. It would depend upon the constitution of the patient, and the peculiar symptoms presented by the disease. I should not give, however, the drugs that are frequently given such cases. I believe it is a good thing to evacuate the bowels at the onset of the disease, after which I should let the patient alone mostly. Give plenty of water as the patient desires. Give nourishment as the patient desires. There is no use of pouring food or slops of any sort down the patient. If I had access to some good, pure hard cider I should give the patient a teaspoonful as often as he wished it. If the patient was inclined to take buttermilk, I should recommend it. Not oftener, however, than once in three hours. These are only general suggestions. 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In acute and chronic illness. digestion is always impaired and dyspeptic symptoms are complained of. After the bowels have been emptied with an enema or laxative drug, feeding the patient should not be pushed much beyond the limits of a natural desire for food. A few drops of dilute hydrochloric acid and frequent small quantities of cooled aerated water or iced black or peppermint tea will usually overcome nausea and vomiting, particularly if the patient remains quiet in bed. In the presence of a coated tongue and foul stomach, it may be wise to get the patient to swallow a pint of warm water and to encourage emesis, and thus empty the stomach. In cases of obstinate vomiting, drop doses of tincture of iodine in sweetened peppermint water, may be given every hour, and ice may be applied to the lower part of the spine. AUGUSTUS CAILLE, M. D. Depleted Nervous System. Query: I am a young man, single, clerk. Have never been strong. Have catarrh of stomach. Pulse slower than normal. Heart quite weak when suffering from these attacks. Am careful as to diet. Bathe weekly. Can't endure the daily cold bath. Sleep with window open. This attack has laid me up for seven weeks, and am no better. An unusual symptom is chilly sensation in lower part of spine, nearly all the time. Feet cold most of the time. At night I almost freeze. This chilly feeling came on me some time before I was taken ill. Of course it may be caused by my depleted vitality. Am quite thin. I try to get out in the air, but chill so I cannot. Have had indoor work for years. Can you suggest anything to help me?-Mr. S. P. K., Nebraska. Answer: If the chills are continuous at the lower part of the body, as you indicate, and if they come on at irregular intervals, they are no doubt due to a depleted state of the nervous system. It is barely possible it is of a reflex nature. Sometimes internal piles produce symptoms like yours. But I am inclined to think that nothing but a general building up of the nervous system will overcome the symptoms. I think your manner of life is correct. have no special suggestions to make as to THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL. I |