Discourse, 17 September 1843, as Reported by Levi Richards
Source Note
JS, Discourse, , Hancock Co., IL, 17 Sept. 1843; in Levi Richards, Journal, 31 July–17 Sept. 1843, pp. [15]–[16]; handwriting of ; Levi Richards, Papers, CHL.
speaking of the practice of Medicine— & of Medicine— of Quacks & qualified Doctors— of the use of Med & of the abuse of Med.——also Spoke decidedly agains[t] practice— spoke in favor of — declared that he— (J Smith Jr) never lost a patient where he had been the first & only one employed & challenged the congregation to bring instance— they brough[t] none spoke of Lobelia when the patient was too weak to bear it— as being destructive— & said calomel would corrode the stomach when it was empty— said it was a poison— still said it was a med. & useful if used skilfully! [p. [16]]