Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-03-30

philosophical enquiry, and promises great GOOD
to The community, as one pow eriu auxiliary in
.ae cure oil disease. And know moreover, that
" may be 80 used as in many instances pleasantly
q supercede tho use Of other agents, which are
|ioau.some IN their administrations and more or
less delsterioas in their effects upon the sys
TEN. 49, -
fermitme to narrste the circumstances which
attended a single case, which tr..,ted upon
your principles. TWAS an instance, OF most
pai".ut asmenorrnagia,e proirac,od to the
ieAgth OF i've days, with frequent fain,inps and
| continued wa,chfulness. On the fif,l, ,lay. she
became perfectly delirious, with a pulse beat.
Jung 40 ~ the minute and her ex,remitics
cold. at this stage was called in Immediate
~ exhibited an anodync, which was rejected An
1 attempt was then made TO compose her stomach
with cordtais, intended 10 be preparatory for
the triat OF another opiate.-1he attempt
proved abortiyc. Bythis time three bonrs ha,l
passed away, in painful anxiety every mornen,
hoping to see the stomach prepared to receive
such agents as appeared to be necs ssarv. Under
these circumstances I most willingly aya;led
myself ct the genial heat Of your BatlS-frst
| appiyingit to her lower extremi;ies; and so
soon as her feet were well warmed, removing
II 10 her stomach, where its powers were con-
/ centrated, until general but moderate d;,l
jphoresisf was induced. Before the operation
was ended the deliri,m went off, and the ma
tiert dropped into pleasant steep and rested
Icomposeeiy Tor the space of two hours. 9
An.opate was then exhibited which was re.
I tanned ey the stomach Medicines such as arc
ordinarily used, in such cases, were Afterwards
ADVISED, and the Bath was repeated the follow.
! ing governing In ten minutes after the repetition
1 OF the bath, the patient broke out uncommonly
thick with the Meazles. -
was informed, that she had been exnos.
ed to the cold for 10 hours, about the time
she expected to be in delicate health. and
the immediate effect was such as / have de.
scribed. Till convinced by the fact. her
friends were fully of opinion, that she had
the Meazles years ago. 1t is worthy of no
tice, that so completely was the surface aban
! dcned by the excitement, SO completely " as
the excitement locked upin the system, that
she nd none ofthe ordinary appearances
whicn usher IN the Meazles Neither. high
iever, cough, nor sore throat attended her
case. There was indeed, an alarming def,
cheney OF animal heat.-And am confident
that without the influence of artificial heat
to that extent, and with that decision which,
| your bath onlycould have furnished, this na-
tent would have died, and no one w ouId have
suspected the true nature of the disease. by
4 which her dissolution would have been ef-
\ fected. :, = ~
/ Agreeable TO your request l will endea vor
To procure a history of the case of Mrs. Oar
nell, the lady you visited at Mr. Jeiferson's
plantation in Bedford.
am yours respectfully,
Gustavus A. Rose.
| p. S. 1t is a certain fact, that the sleep
| was induced exclusively by the bath. The
hrst anodyne dose was given in form of a
piii' which was seen when it was thrown
NP' 6. A. Rose.
! LYNcHBuRc, Feb: 80, 1914.
In addition TO the case of re
| iapsed dyscntery, cured by the Warm and
not bath, which related to you, have had
another fair opportunity OF proving its u,iIi>
ty in the same disease Mrs. - wber i
was called to her, hal been suffering two or
three days under a severe dysentery, which
succeeded the Meazies. Her pulse was small.
ana ABOUT 30 to the minute, skin collapsed.
the discharge of blood and mucus pretty
copious, with severe pain in the bowels. and
constant and most distressing tenesmus. On
using the bath her pulse became bold and
tense, at which time drew 10 or IA onnces
OF blood, after which she became easier and
remained SO for Considerable time. Ate.
very return of severe pain. had recourse
TO the bath, which afforded speedy relief
10 maintain proper action on the skin. I an
Piled the Linimdntum Capsicum to the
ieet, and drew large blister on the abdo.
men. In other respects treated her in the
ordinary mode, but think the case would
haveproved fatal, had not been in posses
sion OF some way Of applying heat extensive.
" to the surface. have also used the ha{b
with great benefit in ChoIc, Pleurisy. Rben-
psatisir and Catarril.s
Wishing you success in your researches
after Truth,
lremain yours, &c.
WIN. Owens
LYNcaBuRc. Feb.22, 1914.
Doctor S. X. Jennings,
SIR
We have been in the habit Of n,;ng
Your patent. Portable, Warm and Hot Bath
~ our family, tor several months, and are
iuiiy convinced OF its convenience and utili,
ty--ts power to arrest the progress of dis
ease OF various kinds, We have SATISFACTORY
~ proved. Under providence il was the
principal means ofpreserving the life of our. |
youngest child, when apparently in the last
stage OF the Cholera Iu/anfuDs.
In cases of Meazlcs and Pleur;sv also we
nave proved its efic4c y--sishing YOU suc-
cess N yonr axertioas to alleviate hnmnns
suiierings, Iremsiu very respectfully, yours
81 VIM. >. Reid.
n disease fseculiar 10 the Mothers oil
mankind. y
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