Physianthropy : or, the home cure and eradication of disease / by Mrs. C. Leigh Hunt Wallace and Lex et Lux.
- Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace
- Date:
- [1885]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Physianthropy : or, the home cure and eradication of disease / by Mrs. C. Leigh Hunt Wallace and Lex et Lux. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![« No. VIIr IS TIIE SPECIFIC FOR GOUT. (And is a Tincture of Nux Moschata [Nutmegs], pre- pared according to a Special Formula and from specially selected fruits.) Nature of the Specific Action of “No. VII.” upon the Human Organism. Its operation is, strictly speaking, antidotive to the excretory poison that produces the gout symptoms, and which Nature in her wisdom has concentrated and driven to the affected part for ultimate expulsion. When this specific is applied externally in acute cases, it penetrates through the skin into the circulation, neutralizing the acridity of the poison, which is the cause of the excruciating- pain, and thus enabling nature to eliminate the poison painlessly, and in the shortest possible time. The nervous system having got rid of the irritant, becomes again normal, and digestion proceeds happily as in health, and this generally in one hour after the application of the specific. In chronic cases of gout, nature has not been allowed to wholly expel the poison in previous acute attacks, through the usual allopathic suppressive treatment, which has driven the poison back upon the bones, making them become spongy and swollen from chalky deposits, which causes a certain form of osseous disintegration to take place. In such cases the foundation of the constitution has been undermined, and consequently the curative action of the specific will be very slow, but sure. It becomes then a question of considerable extension of the term of life, by the absolute elimination of the gout poison from the system. Some cases of very long standing may occupy years before the body returns to a truly healthy condition. The administration of the specific in chronic cases must from their nature necessarily be chiefly internal and per- sistent till an acute development takes place, which, under this mode of treatment, must be considered very favourable, as it indicates that a wave of the pent-up poison is being eliminated en masse, creating a crisis which may necessitate](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28112003_0107.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
