Excerpt from The New York Journal of Medicine, and the Collateral Sciences, 1843, Vol. 1 In this state of anticipated evil, the natives are in the habit Of resorting to many means for the purpose of warding Off the disease. Among these, charms and amulets, and also protections and immunities from the priests, hold a conspicuous rank; and it were well if all their efforts at prevention were equally harmless. Not satisfied with these, however, they frequently drench themselves with the most powerful and drastic medicines, among which the pills of Morrison and the purgative mixture Of Le Roy are in the most repute; and the amount Of suffering they thus induce is incalculable, as they often develope more active and serious disease, which proves fatal, or at best procrastinates the recovery. The solution of arsenic, sold as a secret nostrum, is much used, and its fatal effects, particularly in developing dropsy, were frequently witnessed but Of these remedies we shall have more to say, when We come to speak of the condition of the medical faculty. Simply confining the patient to his bed, and giving a few doses Of the sulphate Of quinine, would never fail to arrest the paroxysms. If these cases, however, were attended with much hepatic derangement, the assistance Of some mild mercurial purgatives or emetic, which we have always preferred, would generally suffice to make the disease yield; and the patient, in a few days, would be enabled to resume his ordinary avocations. It was, however, from the great liability to a recurrence, that we experienced difficulty in its management; and here we were so fortunate as to introduce a remedy, which speedily acquired great popularity, and came into general use throughout the Island. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.