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Bromide (Color plate, Figs, a, e, Page 116) "All this is very plain, Madam," I replied. "As long as you adhere to allopathy, it matters not how many authorities you consult, the treatment is bromids and bromids and nothing but bromids. These so called sedatives are in reality brain paralyzers. They are given with the idea of paralyzing the brain centers in which the epileptic convulsions arise, but unfortunately these agents do not confine their benumbing influence to the left back brain, which is the seat of these disturbances. You notice that these white half-moons in his eyes extend more or less over the entire brain region. (Color plate, a-e, p. 116.) Bromism paralyzes the speech center in one, memory in another, the center for 'locality' in another, according to where the poison happens to concentrate. These signs in the eye also explain why the consumers of these drugs are slowly but surely turned into idiots and paralytics." "Then you think there is no hope for him," sadly interrupted his mother. "There is no hope for him, Madam," I replied, "by the bromid route; but under natural treatment his chances of recovery are very good indeed. Suppression of the foot-sweat threw the scrofulous taints, in process of elimination through the feet, into the cerebellum and this causes the periodical irritation of the 'epileptic center'. Natural methods of living and of treatment will eliminate these systemic poisons and thus remove the cause of the trouble." Deeply impressed by the diagnosis and by my explanation of the natural methods of treatment, she concluded to leave the young man under our care. I then explained the law of crises and told them to look for five or six weeks of steady improvement, then for a temporary return of the old conditions, for convulsions, gastric disturbances, nose bleed, perspiration of hands and feet, nervous depression, homesickness, etc., etc. After the mother's departure there arrived in due season a letter from the father, which ran as follows: "Dear Son: Dr. X., our family physician, after listening to your mother's report, informs me that your doctor and his Nature Cure are a humbug and a fake. I want you to return home without delay." In reply to this Mr. B., Jr., wrote to his father: "So far I have obeyed you in everything, but in this matter, which concerns me so deeply, I am going to follow my own judgment. Our family physician is entirely ignorant of this system, while Dr. L. has studied allopathic medicine in addition to his Natural Therapeutics. Dr. X. does not know what he is talking about and is not competent to judge." The preliminary improvement made in his case was marked and rapid. The bromid eruptions and the dull, stupid expression of the face cleared and in six weeks the patient looked the picture of health. Convulsions had decreased from two or three daily to about one a week. In the latter part of the sixth week the iris area corresponding to the intestines became covered with a white film. I informed the patient that a bowel crisis was approaching, and within twentyfour hours my prediction was verified by the development of a lively diarrhea. This lasted several days and subsided without interference on our part. I gave the patient one dose of homeopathic sulphur in a high potency. The convulsions now came thick and fast and with great severity. One morning his pillow was covered with blood from the nose-bleed. At times his hands and feet were dripping wet. The perspiration was of a disagreeable, sweetish odor, peculiar to these epileptic crises. At this time he felt very much depressed, discouraged and homesick, and if it had not been for my accurate prediction and description of almost every crisis symptom, he would have followed his father's advice and taken the next train home. But by means of a magnifying mirror he himself saw the black patches in the areas of the left cerebellum and feet interwoven with white lines, indicating the active elimination of scrofulous encumbrances. For about four weeks more these acute manifestations continued and then subsided never to return. At the end of the fifth month he left for home in perfect, health. Bromids and Loss of Identity Frequently we read in the daily papers about people who have wandered away from home and lost all recollection of their identity, their home and former occupation. Some of these patients recover, others remain permanently affected. The majority of these cases are caused by bromids, coal tar poisons or other brain paralyzing drugs. The only possibility of cure in such cases lies in thorough, systematic natural treatment. Idiocy and Paralysis Caused by Bromids Some of the most pitiable wrecks of humanity in early youth are to be found among the victims of bromism. I have known young men and women still in their teens who walked with a tottering gait and presented the aged and withered features of people seventy years old, feeble in body and stunted in mind, the stare of idiocy in their eyes, typical defectives created by the bromids or other brain and nerve paralyzing drugs. Bromin Allopathic Uses: 1. Externally, elementary bromin is used occasionally as an escarotic. 2. Internally the bromids are used as sedatives, hypnotics and antispasmodics in acute specific fevers, acute alcoholism, mania, hysteria, infantile convulsions, whooping cough, hypochrondriasis, general nervousness, sexual over excitement, gastro-intestinal disorders of reflex origin, and "with great success" in epilepsy. Toxicology: Is rapidly absorbed from broken skin and mucous surfaces. Circulates as sodium bromid. Appears in the secretions a few minutes after ingestion, yet its total elimination stretches over a long period of time, so that by repeated doses the patient is kept continuously under its influence. Its sedative effect is due partly to depression of sensory and motor nerves, but chiefly to reduced activity of nerve centers in brain and cord. (This confirms our claims that bromids and other sedatives and hypnotics benumb and paralyze brain and nerve matter.--Author.) Symptoms of Bromism: 1. Brom-acne, so common in drugged epileptics--is in turn treated with arsenic. 2. Yellowish discoloration of skin with formation of blisters. 3. Catarrh. Salivation. 4. Headache, dizziness and general depression. 5. Impotence. 6. Diminished reflex excitability. 7. Neuro-muscular weakness, especially of lower extremities. 8. Premature senility, paralysis, insanity, loss of self consciousness. Elimination of Drug in Healing Crises: 1. Kidneys (mainly). Increased urination. 2. Salivary glands, mucoid accumulations in the mouth. 3. Mucous membranes, acute catarrhal elimination. 4. Skin in form of brom-acne, so familiar in drugged epileptics--in turn treated with arsenic. 5. Abnormal perspiration, nose bleed, diarrhea. Signs in the Iris: White crescent in region of brain and white wreath in outer margin of iris. (Color plate, a-e, p. 116.)
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