30th I spent a sick day. I polticed my Arm through the day it continued to
swell to a great extent & as the poison was drawn into it from my
system it continued to inflame & mortify & it looked as though my
whole body would soon be mortified I continued to poltice my arm
with raw onions Earth & pounded roots which continued to draw
all the impurities iof my body into my Arm the poison that was
drawn out of my arm would blister my flesh like a hot iron when-
ever it touched it the flesh turned black & dead & I could not
draw the poison & mortification out of my Arm by onion or
Earth poltices. So I pounded up some charcoal fine & mad it
wet with the juice of worm wood rag weed & wild sage & put
it onto my Arm as a poltice & it began to take the mortification
poison & swelling out of it I was vary sick & having a hard warfare
between life & death but president Young promised me that I should
live And I act in faith upon that promise in all that I do I feel that
I shall live & not die.
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