Discovery. One
or two "Pleasant Pellets" each day will aid in the cure.

CARBUNCLE. (ANTHRAX.)

These are more violent, larger, and more painful than boils, which they
resemble. They may spring from several small pimples which extend deep
into the tissues, and on the surface frequently several small vesicles
appear and break. They may discharge, through one or several openings, a
thin acrid, bloody, or dark-colored fluid. They most frequently appear
upon the back of the neck, back, back part of the limbs, and under the
arms. Their presence is evidence of a depressed condition of vitality.
These tumors vary in size from one-half an inch to six inches in
diameter, and rapidly proceed to a gangrenous condition, a grayish
slough being detached from the healthy tissue.

TREATMENT. Invigorate the system by every possible means. The bitter
tonics, such as Golden Seal, Gentian, or Willow, together with quinine
and iron should be used. Nutritious diet, pure air, etc., are necessary.
Purify the blood to remove the causes of the disease. For this purpose,
give the "Golden Medical Discovery" in as large doses as can be borne
without acting too freely on the bowels. Anodynes may be necessary to
overcome the pain. Poultices are useful to encourage the separation of
the dead from the living tissues. Antiseptic dressings are beneficial,
of which carbolic acid is to be preferred; yeast, however, may be
employed.

Sometimes powerful caustics or free incisions are productive of
gratifying results, if followed by appropriate dressings, but these
extreme measures should only be resorted to by the direction of a
physician.

For a considerable time after the urgent symptoms have subsided, the
"Golden Medical Discovery" should be used, to purify and enrich the
blood, and the bitter tonics and iron may be alternated with it, or be
used conjointly to good advantage.

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SCROFULA.

It is estimated that about one fifth of the human family are afflicted
with scrofula. A disease so prevalent and so destructive to life, should
enlist universal attention and the best efforts of medical men in
devising the most successful treatment for its cure. It varies in the
intensity of its manifestation, from the slightest eruption upon the
skin (scrofulous eczema), to that most fatal of maladies, pulmonary
consumption.

THE SCROFULOUS DIATHESIS. The existence of a certain disposition or
habit of bo