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new prescription. While engaged in this quest, he heard that
the residents of an indigent section of the city had discovered a
cure for cholera. It consisted of giving the patient repeated drinks
of lime water or the second water of nixtamal," known as nejayote.9
He immediately availed himself of the prescription and, with
slight additions, applied it to his patients. He was soon able to
publish the following statement of results: ". . . during the
eight days that the epidemic has raged in this city over two
hundred persons attacked by cholera have been cured with this
prescription; and within the last seven days no one has died in
the hospital. . . ."'o The prescription follows:
One slice of peyote, one finger in width and two fingers in
length is allowed to boil in one cup of water. The liquid is then
strained. To this liquid is added as much purified slaked lime as
will be held on a silver real. It should then be stirred and drunk.
If the symptoms are not lessened within a half hour, the dose
must be repeated.
A light concoction of tea or orange leaves, with six drops of
laudanum, must then be given every two hours. If cramps are
experienced, the parts of the body thus affected must be rubbed
with a woolen cloth. The foregoing method is so soothing that
any form of relief will be sufficient to effect a cure.
Until eight hours after the attack, no nourishment shall be
given the patient. From then until the patient recovers com-
pletely, only a thin mixture of atole"1 should be given. After
complete recovery, soup and tender broiled or stewed meat may
be given the patient. If the patient should perspire much, care
should be taken to put warm sheets on the bed in order to avoid
contact with cold perspiration. Lastly, the narcotic effects of
peyote (without the unwelcome results of opium) are well known;
it is more soothing than opium.12
"Nixtamal.-[From the Aztec nextamalli, composed of nexatl, lye, and
tomalli, tamal.-Ramos y Dfiarte, Feliz, Diccionario de mejicanismos,
Imprenta de Eduardo Dublan, Mexico. 1895.] Corn boiled in lime water.
"Nejayote.-[A corruption of the Aztec word nexayotli, composed of
nextli, ashes, and ayotl, a thing of the water.-Ibid.] The yellowish
water in which the nixtamal was boiled.
0"Ignacio Sendejas, August 13, 1833. Printed document, Spanish Archives,
University of Texas.
1Atole.-[From the Aztec atolli, or atlaolli, composed of the words atl,
water, and tlaolli, corn.] A gruel made out of ground wvixtamal and
water or milk.-Ramos y Duarte, Feliz. Ibid.
"Ignacio Sendejas, August 13, 1833. Printed Document, Spanish
Archives, University of Texas.220
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