The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-01
su,phurous Fumigations.

MEDICINE STORE, Gn private par
=. honseA four doors north Of the Bank o.
s o. BATH for the application OF Sui
Foundations for the cure of Govt
.a,aatism. all diseases of the Skin, Palsy
p ,a a,e In Europe this mode OF practice has
saan nnrsned with the haprcst result dis
~ "the most painful aud lonthsome to
s,;eb mankind is subject have been com
' Ha eradcated by few applications.
Tbis remedy may be applied at all seasons
,,;tboni regard TO age or sex.
his nracfice has been but recently intro
- into the United States, I will take the
aaeea flor the information of the afflicted
tracing some of the cases, from pam
! s ~, nnblshed by DIR. Revere, OF Baltimore
v Unircrsai PARALYSIS.
oao Of the patients of the Hospital of ST
ms about forty-fve years of'age, was at
' ,."5 in June, lsl4, with typhus fever,
Ia nrexalent in the Hospital. The nervous
mans in the case were OF the most urgent
sil,eter. and terminated in universal pal
Ear which the sulphur tumigations were
81 The patient took about forty tumiga-
M her health gradually improved, until it
W. NV perfectly re established she is now well
WI ! one of the laundresses of the Hospital.
Roseolus affection Of the Fare
A lady of a sangune temperament had feeh
..,,aral months afflicted with singulatly un-
,Ieasaut and obstinate roscolus affection CT the
and neck. On ordinary occasions, very
,',,ie external appearance OF disease was per
aantible. but upon the slightest excitement,
.,eh as mental agitation, exercise or warmth,
boweyer produced, high degree OF flushing
.nsued. attended with an intoerable SENSE OF
burning aud itching. In short, the unpleasant
sandilion of this lady cannot easily be ina
gned. so., 400, sLo ,,,l,;ao,
al herself TO four general tumigations, taken
,,asmany DAYS. The immediate effect OF the
\ 6r,I was apparently To asgravste her compliant,
i ybicb. from the common effect of heat, was 10
be exnected The third application seemed
ocheck the disorder completely. 10 test the
.,bcacy of the remedy, she now exposed her,
.ef Tor several hours TO the heat OF warm
fire when 40 Inconvenience resulted. She re-
ceiyed fourth tumigation, aud has ever
since remained free from the disease. W nat
is most worthy vi remark IN tins case is, The
great and sudden influence eXcrted upon the
parlsno subjected to Tue immediate operation
Of the sulphurous gas.
Rheumatic Affection Of Tie Head.
A surgeon, thirty two years OF age, OF a
good constitution, had Suffered for five years,
rain. with a sensation OF pressure, and prick
inp in the scalp, arising from sudden check
of the nerspiration, from cold bath Du-
rino tie same period, the skin of the
body was covered with diver coloured spots,
which caused an insupportable itching. These
mains of the head had incapacitated HIM
from doing any thing that required at
teption. he was therefore compelled TO a.
handon hi. profession, and even botany,
his fayonritc study. Five tumi cations, taken
from the fourth To the eighth Of Dec, dsspa-
ted the palms, removed the uneasiness Ia thG
scalp, and enabled BIN to return TO his usual
OCCUPATIONS month after this treatment
ahe cuticle was renewed over the whole bo-
dy. Isaw the patient eight months afterwards;
he still enjoyed sound health OF mind and bo-
dy.
Chronic Rheumatism, complicated ,oih Gon
man, aged ffty-four years, OF good CON
suon had been habitually affected, for i've
years, with rheumatic pains, shifting from the
head to the breast, and all the joints, and who
had govt alternately in each foot, received
tlree applications OF the furnigations, from the
ljtl TO the 18th of April---thc first of which
produced copious perspiration. He was deli
yered, as il by magic, from his pains, and the
fexibility of his limbs restored
Dry Teit'r.
A man, forty three years of age, I'll inhabi-
tlnl OF one OF the ports of the Adriatic, had
been afflicted for ten years with u very extern
e siYe letter, surrounding the neck and shout
s der. The letter was dry, and often covered
4 with red points, with separating tumors, to
which the linen adhered. II was attend
ed with excessive itching The generalhaaIlh
was good, except slight chronic opthslmit,
attributed to the sea air. lie recullected hay
lug been informed by his mother thai She had
suffered during her youth from an herpetic e.
ruption lie had tried few remedies, among
others, q solution of Inuriatlc acid, rubbed up
ON the part, without success.
After the first iunigation, taken on the 22d
OF June, the itching diminished, and, as the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
Ing, the linen no longer adhered to the back.
Alter the seventh application, the improve
Gent was truly astonishing, the itching hay
ing almost entirely ceased. An eruption, ari-
ing from the tumigations, appeared upon the
right arm, SO as to interrupt tue treatment
i but fourteen tamgations in ten days compile
ted the cure.
This establishment has hit recently gone in.
20 operation. | have a member oi invcterate
eases under my management, ali OF which have
Improved greatly beyond my expectations.
BENZ F. OWENS
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