The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-27
s,u,pMurous Eu,nisations

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MEDICINE STORE, lin a private pat
= tho hon.e J four doors north OF the Bank oi
V,rginia. \ BATH for the Application oil sui
,,h,,,o,,s Fumgations, Tor the cure ot tout,
rrh.nma,ism, all Diseases oil the skin, Palsy,
49,, Nc Ia Europe tlits mode ot practice has
hcen pursued with the harpiesi result, dls-
- ,be most painful aud loath,ome 10
','hicb mankind is subject" have been com
n,rtely eradicated by II few applications.
rhis remedy may be applied al all seasons,
,vithout regard to age or seA.
A. this practice hus'been but recently INTRO
d,ced into the United States, will TAXI the
liberty, (for the information oil Inc aihieied0
81 e,irarting some OF the cases, from pam
'',,,,t nub,ished by DR.. Revere, OF Baltimore
~ UHirerSdi Parattsis.
Ron of the patients of tue Hospital OF st
mis- about forty -6ve years oil age, was at
r,.tcd in June, 1914, with typhus fever,
,Io,, nreyalent in the Hospital. The nervous
-..,,,,toms in the case were ot the most urgent
y.,,.,er and terminated in Il universal pail
~ for which the sulphur fumigations were
,ri.J The patient took about forty i'tniSa-
tions. her health gradually improved, until II
,y,s.uerfecily re-established; she IS now we'll
ma i, one Of the laundresses OF the Hospital
Decentralization Of the Fdce
. lady of a sanguine temperament had been
IIe.sant and obstinate roscolns affection OF the
Erc and neck On ordinary occasions, very
Uttle external appearance of disease was per
ceptible. but upon the slightest excitement,
snrh A, mental agitation, exercise Or warmth,
bnweyer produced, Il high degree vi flushing
epsurd. attended with an intolerable sense OF
bnrning and itching. In short, the unpleasant
condition Of this lady cannot easily be ima-
sined. -, ,.
In the month of October, 1921, she subject
ed herself to four general fumisationsA taken
in as many days. The immediate eheToi the
first was apparentlyto asgrayate her compliant,
which, from tie common effect oil heat, was 10
be exoected The third application seemed
10 check the disorder completely. To test the
efficacy of the reuedy, she now exposed her.
self for several hours to the heat OF warm
fire, when no Inconvenience resulted. She re.
ceiyed fourth FUN CATION, and has ever
since remained free from the disease. What
i; most worthy Of remark III this case *, Inc
great and sudden influence eXerted upon the
partsnot subjected 10 the immediate operation
vi the sulphurous gas.
Rheumatic affection Of The Head
surgeon, thirty Two years oil age oil
good constitution, had suffered tor five years,
pain, with sensation OF preSsnr :, aud PRICK
linz in the scalp, arising from .dden check
of the perspiration, from cold bath Dn-
ring the same period, the skin OF the
body WIS covered with liver coloured spots
which caused an .n'npportablc itching These
pain, of the head had incapacitated him
from doing any thing that required at
teuton, he was therefore compelled TO a.
b.udon his profession, and even botany,
his tavouritc study. Five tuInigatlohs, taken
from the fourth 10 the eighth oil Dec, dissiPa-
ted the pains, removed the nncasness IN the
I..l rpiu "A "a
occupations. A month after this treatment
the cuticle was renewed over the whole boz
DIV. saw the patient light months afterwards,
he still eniuyed sound health OF mind and boz
Chronic Rheumatism, complicated 'e,M Go1t.
man, aged fifty flour years, oil IA good COLI
stitution, had been h.bttualiy affected, lor i've
years, with rheumatic pains, shIitins from Tie
head to the breast, and all the joints, and who
had govt alternately in each loot, Received
three applications of the tunisatiohs, iroia tue
10Th to the 18th oil April-thc hrst oi when
produced copious perspiration. lie Was dei'
ycrcd, II, if 10y magic, from his pans, ahd The
huxibility of his llmbs restored
Dry Ittter.
A man, fortv-three years of age, an inhabi-
tlnt OF one the ports Of the Adriatic, had
been afflicted for ten years with a very exten-
:ive letter, surrounding the neck and shon-
dcr, The letter was dry, and ottea covered
with red points, with snppurating hllnors, To
which the linen adhered. IL WAS attend
Ell with excessive itching. The generaheatll
tsas good, except slight chrome efthalihia,
attributed to the sea air. lie rccollcctcd hav-
ing been informed by his mother that she had
suffered during her youth from an herpet'c e.
rlption tie had tried few remedies, among
others, "A solution OF rnurintic acid, rubbed ut-
.l,.. thru
Alter the first tumig CATION, taken on the I'D
Of June, the itching diminished, and, las the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
Ing. the linen no longer adhered to the back.
After the seventh application, the improve
ment was truly astonishing, the itching hav-
ing almost entirely ceased. An eruption, ART
sing from the fun gat.onS, appeared upon the
right arm, SO as To interrupt the treatment
hut fourteen fuinigations IN tea days compile
tel the cure.
This establishment has but recently gone M
10 operation have number OF infeleraie
cases under management, all OF which nave
Improved greatly beyond my eNpertaiinns.
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