Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
I spent a sick day. I poulticed my arm. It
continued to swell to a great degree and as the poison was drawn into
it from my system it inflamed and mortified and looked as though my
whole body would soon be mortified. I continued to poultice my
arm with raw onions earth and powdered roots which drew the impurities
of my body into it. The poison that was ^ran^ out of my arm would
blister my flesh like a hot iron wherever it touched and the flesh
would turn black and dead. As the onion and earth poultices
were not strong enough to draw the poison and mortification out
sufficiently I pounded up some charcoal fine and made it wet
with the juice of wormwood ragwood^weed^ and wild sage and put it on
my arm as a poultice and it began to take the mortification
poison and swelling out of it. I was very sick and having a
hard warefare between life and 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 and not die
