Cases of cures performed by the use of Swaim's panacea.

  • Swaim, Wm. (William)
Date:
1829
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Credit: Cases of cures performed by the use of Swaim's panacea. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    socket; the flesh of the left cheek was one complete ulcer —the flesh of the nose had disappeared and left the nos- trils two naked holes—the upper Up on the left side was destroyed, and the teeth and gums bare, and the whole face, as it appeared to me, in a rapid state of dissolution; her appetite had left her—she represented a living skeleton frightful to behold. Mr. Swaim said he could cure her; he could not restore the lost eye, nor restore the nose, but he could restore the left eye and the mouth. He undertook the case, and 1 frequently attended him in his visits to the poor woman, and she was cured— and I have frequently seen her since, going about her ordinary business with the alacrity usual to a person of that age ; the deformity of course remained ; but all that remained besides appeared healthful. I have confined myself to this case, upon which it was impossible to be mistaken, and forborne to introduce any other circum- stances than what belong immediately to it. William Duane. CERTIFICATE OF DR. EDWIN A. ATLEE, Member of the Philadelphia Medical Society. The case detailed in the preceding certificate came under my observation, and 1 believe Alderman Duane's statement to be strictly correct. Mr. Swaim showed me two other cases nearly similar, which were cured by his Panacea, after every other remedy, had failed. Averse as I am to quackery, I hope ever to be pre- served from unjust and selfish prejudice; and, therefore, do not hesitate to give my name, in confirmation of the efficacy and safety of Mr. Swaim's Panacea. Edwin A. Atlee, M. D. FROM DOCTOR E. C. GROSVENOR. Darien, Georgia. I have been applied to for a Certificate of what 1 know of the case of a negro man, John,* belonging to the estate of Pierce Butler, Esq. i took his case to be hopeless, from its extent, and long standing. He had been in the hospital several years, and considered incurable, when he was put under the use of Swaim's Panacea, given, according to the directions; the negro was certainly re- stored to health by its use, and is now a useful servant. E. C. Grosvenor, M.D. * See the Case of African John.