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Letter to Editor
October 13, 1841
The Camden Journal
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
A letter to the editor provides a proven recipe for curing chills, fevers, and intermittents using red Peruvian bark, cream of tartar, and cloves, after cleansing the stomach with calomel and salts.
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CHILL AND FEVER.
Mr. Editor: I observed in your paper of Saturday an excellent recipe for Chills and Fevers and Intermittents; but as some of these articles are rather difficult to procure, I send you the annexed, which has never failed, in an extensive practice, of effecting a cure:
Take of red Peruvian bark, and Cremor Tartar, each, one ounce; powdered cloves, one drachm; mix them well together, and commence eight or ten hours before the usual time for the chill, and take a teaspoonful every hour until the chill time.
I would say that a cure need not be expected from this, or any other prescription unless the stomach is previously cleansed. For this purpose, while the fever is on, take a twelve grain calomel pill; six hours after, a dose of salts, and then the prescription above. I will insure the result.
Mr. Editor: I observed in your paper of Saturday an excellent recipe for Chills and Fevers and Intermittents; but as some of these articles are rather difficult to procure, I send you the annexed, which has never failed, in an extensive practice, of effecting a cure:
Take of red Peruvian bark, and Cremor Tartar, each, one ounce; powdered cloves, one drachm; mix them well together, and commence eight or ten hours before the usual time for the chill, and take a teaspoonful every hour until the chill time.
I would say that a cure need not be expected from this, or any other prescription unless the stomach is previously cleansed. For this purpose, while the fever is on, take a twelve grain calomel pill; six hours after, a dose of salts, and then the prescription above. I will insure the result.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Health Medicine
What keywords are associated?
Chills And Fevers
Peruvian Bark
Cremor Tartar
Calomel
Medical Remedy
Intermittents
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Editor
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Mr. Editor
Main Argument
provides a reliable recipe for curing chills and fevers using peruvian bark, cream of tartar, and cloves, after stomach cleansing with calomel and salts.
Notable Details
Never Failed In Extensive Practice
Stomach Must Be Cleansed First