rheumed

Updated: May 3, 2025

Its use undeniably produces scrofula, salt-rheum, tetter, ringworm, humors in the blood, rheumed eyes, enlarged glands, sore eyes, and lastly, cancer. Almost any community in the South will afford several examples of one or all of these diseases, and all directly traceable to the excessive use of salt pork.

Ledyard Bill - Minnesota; Its Character and Climate: Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together: With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.