SMALLPOX CONQUERED
Taken from a newspaper from 1908 in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
SMALLPOX CONQUERED
The following cure for smallpox and scarlet fever is being used in Lincoln county, and has cured every case within a few hours after the first dose. It is a prescription of an eminent French doctor, a grad- uate of the Paris School of Medicine. The Dr. says: "Here is the recipe as I have used it. and cured my children of scarlet fever. here it is as I have used it to cure the small- pox; when learned physicians said patient must die, it cured; Sulphate of zinc, one grain; Foxglove, (dig- italis) one grain; half a teaspoonful of sugar; mix with two tablespoons- ful of water; when thoroughly mixed, add four ounces of water. Take a spoonful every hour. For a child, smaller doses accord- ing to age. Either disease will dis- appear in 12 hours. If counties would compel their physicians to use this there would be no need of pest houses. If You Value Advice And Experience, Use This for that terrible disease." |