The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-10
SAMI. / HARRIS on,
G3ElS. ANTiiOslj
NN DAVIS,
Sulphurous Eumigations

TTuIE subscriber has established Mt his
4 MEDICINE STORE, in private part
oi the house, four doors north OF the Bank oi
virginia, 4 BATH Tor tic application OF sui
phuIous fumieaiions, Tor tbc cure OF Goal,
kheamatis.a all diseases of the Skin, Palsy
&c. &c. In Europe this mode ai practice lias
been pursued with the happiest result dis
eases the nost painful and loaihsome 10
which mankind Is subject have been con
pIcicly cradicatcJ By Few applications.
'Ihs remedy may De applied at all Seasons,
without regard 10 age OF sex.
As this practice has brcn bni recently intro
dueed into the Jniled sidies, will take thu
liberty, (inr the information Of the afflicted
OF extracting some OF the Gases, from pun
phlei pablisled hy Or Revere, oi Baltimore.
taissfmi PmaIisis.
One of the patients Of Che Hospital of ST
Lonis, about forty i've years OF age, was at
tackled in Junc, lsll, with typhns fever,
lhCn prevalent 10 the Hospital. The nervous
symptoms IN the tnse were Of the muai urgent
character, and terminated IN o universal pal
y, for which the snlpisnr flpiealions were
tried, The patirai tool about toti} fmra-
tons her health gradualy improved uulH ii
WAS perfectly re established shr i now we'll
and is one of The aundresses 81 the Hospital.
Rostolus .lfteiion of The Toce
lady oi q sangune temperament bad been
several months afflicted with u ,inguarly IN
pleasant and obstinate roseoIus affection Of the
tace and neck. On ordinary occasions, very
little external appearance OF disease was per
ecphble, but upon The slightest excitement,
such rs mental agitation, exercise ur#e afmfh,
however produced, hieh decree OF aashine
ensned, attended with an iniolttable s-nsc Of
burning and itching. In short, the unpleasant
condition ot tbs lady cannot easily be INA
gincd
In the month Of October, 1871 She subject
ed herself to four general fumigaions, taken
~ rs many days The immediate eject of the
trst was apparently asgrayale her complaint,
which, from the common effect ot heat was 10
be expected The third application seemed
to check the disorder completely. To test the
efficacy of the reuedy, she now exposed her.
sell ios several hours 10 the heat OF a warm
fire, when no Inconvenience resulted. She r.
ceiyed fourth iamig0'lon, and has ever
since remained free from the disease What
Is most worthy OF remark in this ease IS lie
great ani Sudden influence cNtried upnn the
partsnoI subjected 10 the immediate operation
oil the sulphuroos gas
Rheumatic Election ofHe H5ad
A surgeon, ihiiF two years Of age, Of a
good constitution hRd suffered for i've YEAR.
pain with sensation 81 pressure, aud prick.
linz N the scalp arising nom sudden rheri,
oil the pelsplrahpns from cold bath Dn-
ria the aame period, lde skin OF the
boiy was covered With liver colourcd spots,
which caused an anpporabcitchiug Thee
pains o. the hrad had incapacitatcd him
from doing any thing that required at
tettion, he wa thrrelare compelled 10 u.
bandon his profession, and even botany,
his iayourile study. Five lumigstons, taken
from the fourth 10 the eighth oi Dec, dis-ipn-
ted the pains, removed the uneasinrss in The
scalp. and enabled bin 10 return 10 his usual
occupations. \ month after this treatment
the enticle was renewed over the whole bo.
dy. lsaw the patient oight months afterwards
he sill enjoyed sound health OF mind aud DO.
dy.
CroRic Rheumatism, complicated icM Goui
man, aged 6fly.iour years, OF a good con
stllatlon, had been habitually affected, for iyt
years, with rheunStic pains, shifting from The
head To the breast and all the Joints, and wht
had gent alternately in each foot received
tnree applications oI the iamigJtions, from til,
10Th TO the lIth al Apri--tho h,st of wAici
produced eopeus pc,spraiian. lie was dAi
vered, as Il 10y mage. from ms pains, and "A,
ncxibity OF his limbs restored
Dry TfHr.
man, forty three years of eye, mn inhab
tanl oil one oithe ports of The Adralc, In
been afflicted Tor leu years with a very eAtcn
sive letter, surrounding the neck and shout
ders, The letter Was de., aud often eoyere,
with red points, with suppurating tumurs, {,
which the linen adhered. Il was attend
ed with excessive itching. The general healll
was good except slight chronic opihalmia
attributed TO the sea air tie recullected hny
ing been informed by his mother that she hai
suffered during her youth from an herpelic e
rupti0n lie had.ried few remedies anon
others, a solution oil muriatic acid rubbed I'M
on the part, without success
After the brsl tumieatiun. taken on the o.
OF june, the itcbiag diminished, and. as In
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
ing, the linen no longer adhered 10 the bach
After the seventh application. the improve
ment was truly ast0nishin the itching HAY
inc almost entirely ceased. An eruption. ori
sing from the fumieaiions appeared upon iii
right arm, SO as to interrupt the treatment
bat fourteen fumisations IN ten days comple
TED the cure.
his establishment has bat recently gone in
10 operation. have a number of invetera;
cases under my management, all Of which hav
improved greatly beyond NY expectations.
BENZ. +. OWENS.
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