Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1879 — Crude Petroleum as a Remedy in Consumption. [ARTICLE]

Crude Petroleum as a Remedy in Consumption.

Dr. M. M. Griffith, of Bradford, Pa., reports some of the most astonishing results obtained by the administration of crude petroleum to consumptives. He claims that out of twenty-five cases of well-marked tuberculosis eo treated twenty are to all means of diagnosis cured; the rest been materially benefited; and none have been under treatment more than four months. The nausea attending the use of ordinary crude petroleum led him to adopt the semi-solid oil that forms on the casing and tubing of wells.b This, made into three to five-grain pills by incorporating any inert vegetable powder, was administered from three to five times a day in one-pill doses. The first effect, he says, is the disappearance of the cough; night sweats are relieved, appetite improves, and weight is rapidly gained. It is to be hoped that Dr. Griffith lias not mistaken some selflimiting phase of throat or bronchial disorder for true consumption of the lungs; also that continued trial of the alleged remedy will justify the high opinion he has formed in regard to its efficacy.