The Midwest pioneer, his ills, cures, & doctors - University Library ...

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And by sofjte folks my means refused,
Yet as God calls me I rem^ain
Rebuking both disease and pain."
Then there was the case of Mrs. Sarah Lasure, whose
testimonial was attested by seven citizens good and true:
"I DO CERTIFY, That in the year of our Lord 1810 that
I was taken with the dropsy, and became very low. I sent
for a Doctor, and mended a little, but never left me, but
still grew worse for two years . . . and my feet and legs
swelled to that degree that they bursted and run a great
deal .... When I commenced taking medicine of Doctor
Carter I was about fifty years of age, and since that I have
had a fine daughter. ... I do certify that I also had a
daughter who had a white swelling in her leg, which was
hollow from the knee to the ancle, and out of which
came sixteen pieces of bone, and this same Doctor Carter
attended on her and she has got nearly well, so that it don't
hinder at all from walking."
"This woman, aged fifty years,
The dropsy had, as it appears;
Who was laid low and almost gone,
Until her legs did burst and run.
"While at the point of death she lay,
Withotit the hope of the next day;
Then by God's blessiitg and my skill,
She tvas restored, sound and well.
"Observe the means which I did give,
Has almost made the dying live;
And from affliction now has free'd,
And m-ade this aged woman breed."
Fits caused by worms in children should be cured by
Carolina pinkroot stewed in water and sweetened with
honey. Dr. Carter suggested, however, that it was "best to