The American physician and family assistant : in four parts / by Elias Smith.

  • Smith, Elias, 1769-1846.
Date:
1826
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    many other names ; but after all, it is a can- ker, or that which eats the flesh. Whenever a person has what is called a settled fever,the canker is in the stomach. In a pleurisy, peo- ple frequently bleed at the mouth, nose, &,c. and frequently their mouths, tongues and lips will be sore, which is the canker. Sometimes it will be seen in the ears, sometimes in the eyes, and at other times it will appear in the skin, in various parts of the body, and often in almost every part of the man. In the dysentery, the canker is in the bow- els, and frequently causes what is called, mortification in the bowels. I have known the doctors to order salts for canker, which is bad; as it increases the diffi- culty. Canker is caused by cold, and every thing of a cold nature makes more. Mercury on the eyes, attracts the canker, and causes blindness ; and there is no doubt but this has often caused a mortification in the bowels, by increasing the canker there. Giving common physic, is very injurious where the canker has taken hold of the bowels. Where there is not much canker, a strong tea made oi red raspberry leaves, and drank freely is good. The leaves of witch-hazel, sumac berries, bark or leaves, or the root of pond lillies, made into a strong tea, is good in this case. Where the canker is bad, and has a strong hold of the stomach, bowels, or any other part, the sure remedy is, to go through a regular course of medicine, and continue it until a cure is effected. This will in a few times