The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-02-11
Sulphurous Famigations .

HNiE subscriber has established at his
i MEDICINE STORE, (in private part
Of the house. -four doors north of the Bank Of
Virgnin, \ BATH for the application OF sui
phuroas fmnigaiions, for the cure OF Gout,
Rheumatism, all diseases OF the skin, Palsy,
de. &C. la Europe this mode of practice has
been pursued with the happiest result dis
eases s. the most painful aud loaih .ome 10
Which mankind j. subject haze been com
pleiely cfadieatea by n few applications.
This remedy may be applied AT all seasons,
without regard to age o. sex.
As this practice has been but recently intro
duced into the United States, | will lake the
liberty, for thc information of the afflicted
OF extracting some Of the cases, from PAM
pbet published by Dir Revere, Of Baltimore.
UHirersGi ParaEuis.
One of the patients OF the Hospital Of 81
Louis, about torty-iivc years OF age, was at
tackled in jane, 1914, with a tyPhus fever,
then prevalent, in the Hospital. The nervous
symptoms IN the case were Of the most urgent
character, aud terminated in universal pal
~, for which the sulphur hImigations were
tried. The patient took about forty inmiga-
tons; her health gradually improved, until it
vas perfectly re established; she is now well,
aud is one OF the Iaundresses Of the Hospital.
RoseoiVs affection Of tte Faee
A lady oil a sangune temperament bad been
several months afflicted with singuafly un.
pleasant aud obstinate fosrons affection Of the
face and neck. On ordinary occasions, very
little external appearance OF disease was per
ceptible, bul upon the slightest excitement,
such a. meutal agitation, exercise or warmth,
however produced, n high degreu of nu,bing
ensned, attended with an intoIerable sense of
burning aud Itching. In short, the unpleasant
condition of this lady cannot easily be ina
gined.
In the month of October, 1921, she subject.
ed herself to Tour general lumigaiions, taken
~ rs niany days The immediate effect 81 lie
FIRST was npnarcntlyto a,gravate hcrcOmpl1int,
which, from the common effect of heat, was 10
be expected. The lhtd application seemed
10 check the disorder completely. To test the
efficiency of the reuutdy, lie now exposed her.
self for several hours 10 the heat Of n warm
FIRE, when no Inconvenience resulted. She re.
ceiyed fourth tumigaiion, and has ever
since remained free from the disease What
is most worthy of remark in this case is. the
great aud sudden influence eXer1cd upon the
arlsnnt subjected 10 the immediate operation
oil the sulphnrous gas.
Rheumatic affection oy the HenR.
surgeon, thirty two years OF age, Of IL
good constitution, had suffered for FIVE years,
pain, with q sensation OF pressure, aud prick
ling in the scalp, arising from a sudden check
OF the perspiratiou, from a cold bath Dn-
ring the same period, the skin of the
body was covered with liver colonred spots.
which caused an insupportablc itching These
pains OF the head had ncapaoitatcd him
rom doing any ding that required at
tentlon, he was therefore comooled 10 u
bandon his profession. and even botany.
his fayonriie study. five lumga1ions, taken
nom the fourth to the eighth al Dee, dissipa.
ted the pains removed the uaeaslAess ia ,he
scalp, and enabled uim 20 return 10 his usual
occupations. month after this treatment
the eutlclc was renewed over the whole be-
u lsawthe patientcihl months afterwards;
a. sat- epjoyed sound health OF mind anu bo-
d}
Chronic Rtenmoiism complicaledriM GopL
man, aged flty-tour years, ofa good con.
stilunon, had been habilunly affected. forfve
years, with rheumatic pains, shifting from the
head to the breast, aud allthe joints, and Who
had gont alternately in each loot, received
Irec Applicant rs oil the fumgations, from the
10Th 10 the i7tl OF ApriI-the first oil which
produced copions perspration. He was deli
vered, as Il ~ magic from his pains, aud the
nexhiiity OF his limbs restored
Dry 1Giier.
man, forty three years of age an irbab
taut dione OF the ports OF the Adrntic. ha
been afflicted Tor ten years with Il Yery exten-
sive tettrr, surrounding the neck and sheuld
dcrs. The letter was dry, and often covered
with red points, with suppuraing tumors, 10
which the linen adhered. Il was attend
ed with excessive itching. The general health
was good, eAetpt slight chronic opthalmia
attributed TO the sea air. He recollcctcd hav-
ing bean informed by his mother that she had
| suffered during her youth from an herpeic e.
ruption He bad tried few remedies, among
othersia solution Of mnriatic acid, rubhed up-
on the part, without success.
After the first tumigalion. taken.on the 22d
of June, the itching dmiurh he'd. and, rs the
patient was therefore prevcutcd from scratch.
ms, the linen no longer adhered TO the back.
Alter the seventh application, the improve
men was truly astonishing, the itching hav-
ing almost entirely ceased An eruption. ari.
sing from the lumigations, appeared upon the
right arm, so as TO interrupt the treatment
but fourteen tumigations in ten days coinple
ted the cure
This establishment has but recently gone in
10 operation. have n number of inveterate
eases under my management, all ofwhich have
improved greatly beyond my expectations
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