The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-19
sulpl,urous Fumigations.


MEDICINE STORE, On private part
af tbs hoass y four daars north ri the Bank OF
lirgin,a, BATH Tor The application OF sui
INJURIOUS fumis cations. tor tie rnrc OF hnnb
ithtilInatism. all diseases 81 the skin, fhs},
A.. - Ia EUROPE this mode 81 practice has
been pursuaj aiih the bam'icf result us
eases thr n.of painful aud loAthsome Ia
which mankind IS subject. have been com
plelrls etadirated bs les applications.
Tn remedy may be applied at all seasons,
wilheat regard II axe ar seA.
A. t4is pfaclieehss been bHt lately inirodn'
eed INTO the United States. veil the lib-
erty flnr tue Information Of tie afflicted to
extracting s1ne 81 fbe vases, from phmPict
published by Dr Revere Of Baltimore.
tairersaI Pasaiisa.
tine Of the paticuts oi IT, Hospital OF st,
Louis. about iDfly.hrc y.ar, ot az, wa at
tackled Ia june, 1871, with 8 typhns fever,
tGrn prevalent N The Hospital The rrrsons
.,nptam. IN the CASE were II the mos urgent
eiararlcr. and terminated III - universal pal
81. for which the sulphur furiigrtlans werc
tried 1hc patient took about torty tuniiga-
tons her health gradually improved, until II
was perfectly re.establiJled she IL nov well,
aud Is one d TIE laundresses OF The Hospital.
Poftoias affection NJ he Foce
\ lady Of a sangulne temperament had been
seNesal months AFFLICTED viii singuldrly un-
pleasant md obstinate ro.eoIH, ale cton ol the
lace sud ncrk On ordinary ofcnst9ns, very
little external appearance Of disease was per-
ccptiblc, bul upon the sEghtesi excitement,
such ~ mental agitation, exercise or warmth,
however produce'l Il high degree al flushing
Ell ned attended with an lntuIefable sense oi
burning aud itching IN short, the unpleasant
condition oi tins lady cannot easlly be luna
ejned.
In the month Of October, 1891, she subject
I'd herself n tour general l'mnlgalions, takcn
IN Is mans dat.. The immediate effect at The
first WIS apparent" toaggral ate her complaint,
which, from the common effect of beat, was To
be expected, The third Application seemed
10 check the disorder completely. 10 test The
ell rary Of the remedy, sbe nov exposed her
scIt Tor several hours to the hcat of warm
IRE, when no Inconvenience resulted. She re-
ceived n fourth hmigation, aud has ever
sir,e remained free from the dlsehse. What
j. most worthy Of remark III this case -, the
great aud sudden influence rXerled npou The
lursn not snbjccied 10 the Immediate operation
ol the sullhnrons gas.
Rheumatic Jdtrii0n ofthe Iieo3.
A surgeon, thirty lWu gear Of ne, Of q
good constitution had suffered ta- Ave YEAR.
pam, with sensation OF pr -~'ire, and + alrh-
ling III the sralp, arising from sudden cafck
ri the preparation, from cold bath. )u-
ring the same period, the skin of The
body WITS covered with liver coloured spots, |
which caused nin,upporahlcit itching These
nnius i the head had incapacitated him
from doing any thing that required at
rution, lie was the'ftore compelled IA A..
bnndon his profession, mud even botany,
hi, Ggourile study. Five lpmign'igns, taken
II Al
ted lhc pains, removed the uueasiuess in The
scalp, aud cnablet him 10 return To his usual
Drcuphiun. \ month after this treatment
the ruurlr was renewed ever the whole bo-
ly Is,w the patrntcgllt months afterwards,
hf still enjoyed sound health OF mind aud boz
dy,
Chrome Rheumatism, complicated wM GouL
A man artd fifty tour years, nt II goci cot
,ttution, hal BEEN hnhituaiy all, oted, for five
Years, with rheumatic pains. hitting from the
head TO the breast, aud AZ ttc JOINTS, and who
had govt alternately in each loot, received
hree applications of the lungaiions, from the
10th 10 the 18th of Aprll--the first of which
produced eopio0s perspirutlon. lie was delis
lered, as il hy macif, from his pains, aud the
lcSibility of his limbs restored
Brg 7fRsy.
A man, forty three years of age, an inhah.
nnt OF one OF The ports OF the Adriatic had
been afflicted for ten years with IA very exteu.
5ive letter, surrounding the neck aud shout
dcrs. The letter was dry, aud often covered
with red points, with s,tppurallng tnmors, to
which tie liner adhered. II was attend
ed with excessive itching The general health
was good, except a Slight chronic opthalmia,
attributed To the sea air. He recolectcd hnv-
ing heca informed hy his mother that she had
suffered during her youth from am hcrpeiic e.
rmdinn III had tried u few remedies among
others IA se,Hitcr ot mnrialiC acid rubbed up-
en- the part, without success.
After Inc first iumigaton, tatpn on the o2d
OF June, the itching diminished, and, as tie
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
ing, the linen no longer adhered 10 the back
After the seventh application, the improve
mcnt was truly astonishing, the itching hay
ing almost entirely ceased, IN eruption, nm.
sing lron the iumigatjons, appeared upon the
right ARA, 50 Is Ia interrupt lilr Treatment
but fourteen inmigations IN ten days compile
ted the cure
This establishment has but yeccutly gone in.
To operation | have number of inpntcratc
cases under mNmaus cement, al of which have
improved greatly beyond my expectations
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