Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1875 — The Strange Disease. [ARTICLE]

The Strange Disease.

Like the thief at night, it steals in upon us unawares. The patients have pains about the chest and sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especially in the morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load on the stomach, sometimes a faint, all-gone sensation at the pit of the stomach, which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold and feel clammy. After awhile a cough sets in, at first dry, but after a few months it is attended with greenish-colored expectoration. The Satient feels tired all the while, and sleep oes not appear to afford any rest. After a time he becomes nervous, irritable and gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. The bowels become costive, the skin is dry and hot at times. The blood becomes thick and stagnant, the whites of the eyes become tinged with yellow, the urine is scanty and high-colored, depositing a sediment after standing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food, sometimes with a sour taste and sometimes a sweetish taste. This is frequently attended with palpitation of the heart. The vision becomes impaired with spots before the eyes. There is a feeling of great prostration and weakness. All of these symptoms do not make tneir appearance at one time, but during the various stages they are in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our population has this disease in some of its varied forms. It has been found that medical men have mistaken the nature of this disease. Some have treated it for liver complaint, some for dyspepsia, others for kidney disease, etc., etc., but none of these various kinds of treatment have been attended with success. It is found, however, that the Shakbr Extract of Roots (not a patent medicine), when prepared properly, will remove the disease in all Its stages. Care should be taken to procure a good article. Sold by A. J. White, General Agent, 319 Fear! street, N. Y. Agents wanted.

A strong article in favor of the wet sheet in scarlatina appears in the London Lancet from the pen of Dr. John Taylor, of Liverpool. His plan, which appears to be at least a thorough one, is to immerse a night-gown, slit up at the front, in half a pint to a pint of hot water, pure or medicated with a dram or two drams of tincture capsicum, or in the infusion of three or four pods, or in mustard water, the clear, supernatant fluid from a tablespoonful ot mustard to a pint of water; extending the gown aver the feet by means of a towel immersed in the same fluid—both to be well wrung out and suddenly applied, and the patient quickly packed in two blankets previously placed on the adjoining sofa or bed, another blanket or two pillows covering all. Dr. Taylor speaks enthusiastically of the amazing relief procurable from the wet sheet, in its simple form, in pyrexial and glandular disorders, and, from the medicated form, in zymotic and spasmodic affections; as potential also in diphtheria, simulating croup, and, in strong doses, in inflammatory croup. A farmer brought into Birmingham, Conn., a few days ago, a pumpkin which weighed 115 pounds, and which he sold for $1.75. He explained tha£ the pumpkin was an unusual kind, he having paid five cents apiece for the seed, and offered to buy the seeds of the pumpkin from the purchaser at one cent and a half each. The offer was accepted, the pumpkin cut, and the seeds counted. There were 618 in all, but the farmer purchased them. The telegraph states that the Servian “skupochtijna” has replied to Prince Milan’s speech, but doesn’t state whether the “ skupochtijna” is best with Worcestershire sauce or is itself only some kind of a dressing. The Lynchburg (Ya.) Republican reports squirrels migrating southward in large numbers, saying “ they maybe seen above and below the city just before nightfall crossing the river on their bark boats, using their tails as sails when the wind is favorable.”