I recollected that lemon mice in
sufficient quantity was a sedative and
would lower the heart's action, and
by so doing might relieve me of
those unpleasant visions. I therefore
squeezed all the juice I possibly
could out of one of the lemons into
the glass, to which I added about
two table-spoons of water and drank
it I then opened the rind and suck
ed the balance of the juice. In about
twenty minutes I took another lemon
and used it in the same manner. In
a short time I felt very cold, as if I
were lying in close proximity to a
large mass of snow or ice. My pulse
had dropped to sixty. I shut my
eyes to see if the unpleasant visions
were gone, but by placing my hand
upon my head I found the pox upon
my bead had gone also. My head
was bathed with a grninous-like fluid,
which had exuded from the pox. It
stained the napkin I had applied to
wipe it off. . It seemed as if each had
given np its contents and wilted down
to a level with the surface. The same
had taken place with those upon my
face. My beard was glued together
with the hp me kind of fluid. Those
upon my neck had not burst, but had
shrunk away and diminished in size
considerably. I laid down and slept
two hours comfortably. I awoke, l
presume, from cold ; I had plenty of
cover npon me and the fire wag still
burning in the grate. I felt so wed
pleased that I took a little lemon
juice. 1 kept my pulse at troni sixty
to seventy for thirty-six hours, when
all eruptions and elevations had dis
appeared from my skin. I then
bade goodby to lemon juice and
small-pox.
