Anti-Lancet, or, The destructive practice of bleeding, &c., exposed and denounced : showing the principles of life and death, and the origin of all diseases with a description of the most efficacious medicines ever made known to the world for their relief and cure / by Charles Rooke.

  • Rooke, Charles.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Anti-Lancet, or, The destructive practice of bleeding, &c., exposed and denounced : showing the principles of life and death, and the origin of all diseases with a description of the most efficacious medicines ever made known to the world for their relief and cure / by Charles Rooke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OTHER CASES CURED BY THE ORIENTAL PILLS AND SOLAR ELIXIR. All the Letters from which the following extracts were taken are preserved; and Dr. Hooke will gladly let invalids or their friends peruse them at his residence; or he will forward the Letters (with very many others) for perusal, by post, to any part of Cry eat Britain, on condition that they be safely returned, postage free. INDIGESTION, DEBILITY, AND SYMPTOMS OF APPROACHING CONSUMPTION. Copy of a letter received from a lady residing at Ilkeston, Derbyshire, dated September 19th, 1859 ^r’ -j- W1’ite respecting a niece of mine, who has, at her doctor’s recommendation, come to reside a little while with me, to try whether a change of air will be of service to her health. I am much concerned about her, as she seems undergoing a general breaking ® constitution. She is twenty-one years of age. Complains of much palpitation ot the heart, shortness of breath, and is so faint that she can scarcely walk. Perspires profusely when in bed, and cannot sleep. She takes very little food, as her appetite is about gone, and she is, in consequence, very feeble, and worn nearly to a skeleton. My niece has been under the treatment of a doctor in Nottingham—her native place or a considerable time, without benefit. Cod-Liver Oil has been tried, but it will not remain on the stomach. . As the air of this place does not appear to be of the least service to her, I wish to give her the Solar Elixir, having myself derived much benefit from it on more than one occasion. Will you have the kindness to inform me of the best mode of taking the medicine in this case ? I shall also be obliged for any other suggestion. 44 X am, your obedient servant, 44 M. B.” I directed the Elixir to be taken in a wine-glassful of the infusion of Calumba Root, with the addition of six drops of diluted phosphoric acid to each dose, about half an hour before meals, two or three times a day. I recommended a generous diet, and other things which I considered requisite. Ihe following extract from a letter by the same correspondent describes the benefit received :— . “ Ilkeston, December lOtb, 1851. “Iam much rejoiced to inform you that my niece was much improved in health when she left us, a few weeks after the date of my last letter. She took with her a small supply of your medicine. A short time ago we received a letter from her, in which she writes :—41 was never better or stronger in my life .- results altogether due to Dr. Rooke’s medicine.5 55 GENERAL DEBILITY, AND FIRST SYMPTOMS OF CONSUMPTION. Copy of a letter from a gentleman in York, whose address shall be given when required :— 44 Dr,. Rooke, 44 York, September 30th, 1861. 44 Sir,—I have great pleasure in adding my testimony to the great efficacy of your valuable medicine. When I brought my wife over to Scarborough for your advice, it was as a last resource : she had been suffering for some months from indigestion, bodily weakness, &c., and exhibited every symptom of consumption, which was more to be feared as it was supposed to be inherent in the family. After strictly following your advice for three months, and perseveringly using the Solar Elixir for a short time longer, she found her health quite re-established. Since that period a severe domestic affliction has severely taxed her bodily and mental powers, so that it is little less than miraculous how her recently-regained strength has enabled her to bear it. You are quite at liberty to publish this brief epistle for the benefit of those suffering from the same train of evils. We have already recommended your truly valuable medicine, and in every instance it has proved beneficial. 44 With best wishes, believe me, 44 Gratefully yours, 44 J. W.”