The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-27
|sulphurous Fumigatious /.

VII suhsGlpff mas Established AZ Ills
L MEDICINE STORE, lin private part
OF the house,) four doors north Of the Bank OF
Virginia, 4 BATH for the application OF sui
phuions fuInigations, Tor the cure Of Geut,
Rheumatism, all diseases of the Skin, Palsy,
&C. &C. In Europe this mode of practice has
been pursued with the happiest result dis
eases " the most painful aud losthsome TO
which mankind Is subject" have been com
pletey eradicated by lew applications.
This remedy may be applied AT all seasons,
without reehrd fo age or seA.
As this practice has been but recently intro
duced into the United otales, viii take the
liberty, flor the information of the aliicled,)
ol extracting some of the eases, from II pam
.phlet published by Dr. Revere, Of Baltimore
Unirtrsai PdrelisiI.
One of the patients of the Hospital Of ST
Louis, about iorfy.Gve years OF age, was at
tackled in June, 1911, with typbus fever,
then prevalent in the Hospital The nervous
symptoms in tue case we've ofthe most urgent
Character, aud terminated IN universal pal
sy, for which the sulp hur fumguiions were
tried. The patient took about forty fsmiga-
lions her haalth gradually improved, until il
was perfectly re-establisLed she is new well,
aud IS one OF the laundresses OF the Hospital.
ROseoiUs Affection Of The Foes.
A lady ole sangnine temperament had been
several months afflicted with n singularly I'M
pleasant and obstinate roseo lns affection of the
face aud neck. On ordinary occasions, very
little external appearance OF disease was perl
ceptible, but upsn the slightest excitement,
such as mental agitation, exercise or warmth,
however produced, n high degree of Gushing
ensncd, attended with an ntolernbe sense of
burning and itching. Ia short, The unpleasant
condition of this lady oannot easily be ina
glued.
In the month of October, 1921, she Gubject.
ed herself to four general fnmigations, taken
in rs mnnysdays Tho immediate effect of The
first was apparently 10 nsgravste her plant
which, from the common effect of heat, was 10
be expected The third application seemed
10 cheek The disorder completely. To test the
efficacy OF the rouIedy, she now exposed her
self for several hours 10 the heat OF warm
fire, when no inconvenience resulted She re-
ceiyed fourth inmigation, and has ever
since remained free from the disease. Whnt
Is most worthy Of remnlk in this case Is, the
grest and sudden influence c1erted upon the
parts mol subjected To the immediate operation
ofthe sulpturous gns.
Rheumatic Affection Of The Had
A surgeon, thirty two years of age, of
good constitution, had suffered for FIVE years,
pain, with n sensation OF pressure, and prick
ling in the scalp, arising from Il sudden cheek
of the perspiration, from cold bath Du
ring the same period, the skin of the
body was covered with liver Coloured spots
which caused an insuppornble itching. These
pans OF the head had incapacltated him
from doing any thing that required at
tention, he was Therefore compelled TO "a
bandon his profession, and even botany,
his favourite study. Five fumigalions, taken
from the fourth 10 the eighth Of Dee, dssipa-
Ted the pains, removed the uncRsiness in the
scalp, and enabled BIN TO return TO his usual
occupations. A month after this treatment
the cuticie was renewed over the whole bo-
dy. Isaw the patient eigh. months afterwards;
he still enjoyed sound health OF mind and bo
dy.
Chronic hhennldgism, complicated Nth Gout.
A man, aged fifty-four years, ola good con-
-stituton, had been habitualy affected, for We
years, With rheumatic pains, shifting from the
head to the breast, and nll the joints, and who
had govt alternately in each foot, received
three applications OF the lumgations, from the
10th to the 18th OF April--ihe first OF which
produced copious perspiraiou. lie was del
vcred, as If by magic, from his pains, and the
hexibIlity al his limbs restored
Dry 1titer.
a man, forty three years OF age, an inhab 4
tant OF one of the ports OF the Adra,ic, ha
heen afflicted tor ten years with a very extern
sive letter, surrounding the neck and should
ders. The letter was dry, mud often covered
with red points, with supPoraliRg tumors, to
which tho linen adhered. 1t was attend
, ed with excessive itching. The general hsath
| was COED, except a slight chronic opthalmia,
| attributedto the seq air lie rccollected hay-
ing been informed by his mother that she had
| suffered during her youth from an herpetic e.
ruption lie had tried afew remedies, among
others n solution of muriatic acid, rubbclkIlnl
| on the part, without success.
After the first fumigation, taken on the e2d
of June, the itching diminished, and, as the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
| ing, the linen no longer adhered to the back.
After the seventh application, the improve
ment WINS truly astonishing, the itching hav-
| ing almost entirely ceased An eruption, nri-
sing from the fumigations, appeared upon the
| right arm, so as 10 interrupt the treatment
bu. fourteen fumigotions in ten days compile
! ted the.eure.
This establishment has bnt re Gently gone in.
| 10 operation. | have n number of inveternte
cases under my management, all of which have
improved greatly beyond my expectations.
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