" I was taken sick April 14th with what I supposed was
a severe cold, having had my hair shingled the pre-
vious Friday. The 14th I was quite feverish, with a
severe pain in the head and back. Saturday, i6th, I
was no better; Sunday, fever somewhat reduced, I
presume by the aid of aconite, which had been ad-
ministered to me by Drs. Morris and Dunn; eruption
very indistinct underneath the skin.
" Monday morning, i8th, eruption unmistakably that
of small-pox. Tuesday morning eruption very abund-
ant, crop increasing rapidly in size and number.
Wednesday morning a very dense crop all over the
face, forehead, scalp of head, neck, and soles of feet.
Upon the arms, hands, legs and body, they were
pretty evenly distributed, but not so closely packed
as upon the above mentioned parts. By evening I
was suffering intensely from those on the scalp. By
10:30 o'clock the pain was almost intolerable. My
nurse had retired and was sound asleep in bed. My
feet were so tender that I dare not let them touch the
foot-board of the bed. My head I could not sufier to
lie on the pillow. I lay, raised on my elbow, my
neck resting upon my hand. I had by this *ime be-
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come so nervous I dare not shut my eyes from fear of
seeing unpleasant visions. Pulse about 90. I had
upon the table at the bedside a pitcher of water and a
drinking glass, a box of seidlitz powders and an ounce
of chlorate of potash in crystals. I had also at my
bedside a paper of lemons, also one of oranges.
These were all the agents within my reach.
" I recollected that lemon juice in sufficient quantity
was a sedative, and would lower the heart's action,
and by so doing might relieve me of those unpleasant
visions. I therefore squeezed all the juice I possibly
could out of one of the lemons into the glass, to
which I added about two tablespoonsful of water and
drank it. I then opened the rind and sucked the bal-
ance of the juice. In about twenty minutes I took
another lemon and used it in the same manner. In
a short time I felt very cold, as if I were lying in close
proximity to a large mass of snow or ice. My pulse
had dropped to 60. I shut my eyes to see if the un-
pleasant visions were gone. I not only found that
they were gone, but by placing my hand upon my
head I found the pox had gone also. I laid down and
slept two hours comfortably. I awoke, I presumed,
from cold, although I had plenty of cover over me
and the fire was still burning in the grate. I felt so
well pleased that I took a little more lemon juice. I
kept my pulse at from 60 to (>y for 36 hours, when all
eruption and elevations had disappeared from my
skin. I then bid good-by to lemon juice and small-
pox.
" So strongly am I convinced of the power of lemon
juice to abort any and every case of small-pox, if ad-
ministered as I administered it myself, that I look
upon it as a specific of as much certainty and power
in small-pox as quinine is in intermittent fever. I
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therefore publish my experiments, hoping every phys-
ician having a case of small-pox will give it a fair
trial and report the result to me.**
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
" I was taken sick April 14th with what I supposed was a severe cold, having had my hair shingled the previous Friday. The 14th I was quite feverish, with a severe pain in the head and back. Saturday, i6th, I was no better; Sunday, fever somewhat reduced, I presume by the aid of aconite, which had been administered to me by Drs. Morris and Dunn; eruption very indistinct underneath the skin.
" Monday morning, i8th, eruption unmistakably that of small-pox. Tuesday morning eruption very abundant, crop increasing rapidly in size and number. Wednesday morning a very dense crop all over the face, forehead, scalp of head, neck, and soles of feet. Upon the arms, hands, legs and body, they were pretty evenly distributed, but not so closely packed as upon the above mentioned parts. By evening I was suffering intensely from those on the scalp. By 10:30 o'clock the pain was almost intolerable. My nurse had retired and was sound asleep in bed. My feet were so tender that I dare not let them touch the foot-board of the bed. My head I could not sufier to lie on the pillow. I lay, raised on my elbow, my neck resting upon my hand. I had by this *ime be-
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come so nervous I dare not shut my eyes from fear of seeing unpleasant visions. Pulse about 90. I had upon the table at the bedside a pitcher of water and a drinking glass, a box of seidlitz powders and an ounce of chlorate of potash in crystals. I had also at my bedside a paper of lemons, also one of oranges. These were all the agents within my reach.
" I recollected that lemon juice in sufficient quantity was a sedative, and would lower the heart's action, and by so doing might relieve me of those unpleasant visions. I therefore squeezed all the juice I possibly could out of one of the lemons into the glass, to which I added about two tablespoonsful of water and drank it. I then opened the rind and sucked the balance of the juice. In about twenty minutes I took another lemon and used it in the same manner. In a short time I felt very cold, as if I were lying in close proximity to a large mass of snow or ice. My pulse had dropped to 60. I shut my eyes to see if the unpleasant visions were gone. I not only found that they were gone, but by placing my hand upon my head I found the pox had gone also. I laid down and slept two hours comfortably. I awoke, I presumed, from cold, although I had plenty of cover over me and the fire was still burning in the grate. I felt so well pleased that I took a little more lemon juice. I kept my pulse at from 60 to (>y for 36 hours, when all eruption and elevations had disappeared from my skin. I then bid good-by to lemon juice and smallpox.
" So strongly am I convinced of the power of lemon juice to abort any and every case of small-pox, if administered as I administered it myself, that I look upon it as a specific of as much certainty and power in small-pox as quinine is in intermittent fever. I
The Queen Cook Booh 26$
therefore publish my experiments, hoping every physician having a case of small-pox will give it a fair trial and report the result to me.**
Measles and Scarlet Fever.