The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-07-18
Suiphmous Eumisations

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piraiaia, l Bkfn for tho application 81 snl
phnlous Fumieafions, for the cure q ooni i
Rheumatism, al diseases OF the ok1a. faisy1s
&c. a.. In Europe this mode OF nrsHiife mas
been pursued viii the happiest result Dr.
sa.e. = lie masl painful and loathsome 10
which mankind Is subject have lsen com
pletely efadicaied by . few applications.
fbis remedy may Re applied at all seasons
without neard 10 age or sex.
A. ihis practice has been but recently miro
dueed into Tire United States, vii iate the
liberty. for the information of the aiiiciehi)
sci extracting some oil the cases, rom phln-
fhe, publisded by ID Revere, Of baltimore.
Uafrersal Paraias
One Of tie patients oi the Hospital oil II
LOUIS, about fony.iiye years Of aee, was at
Tackled IN June, lsl4, with a typhus liver
Then prevalent IN tie Hospital. The nervous
symptoms IN the case were OF the nosi urgent
character, aud termiHatcd 10 a universal Pal-
~, Tor which tie sulphur fumigaiions were
tried. Tie patient took about forty inmlga'
tiods her health gradually improved, until It
was perfectly re.estai,lished SHE IS nov well,
aud is one Of the lanndresscs Of the Hospital
gostolus 3ftc'icg Of the Foee
A lady 81 sangguc temperament bad been
several months afflicted with singuarly IN
pleasant aud obstinate rOsrnus affection ol the
lace and neck o. ordinary occasions very
little external appearance Of disease WIS per
cernbIe, but upon toe Slightest excitement,
snrb as mental agitation, exercise or WARMTH
however produced, nigh degree ot hushlne
ensued, aiteaded with an intolernble sease OF
burning aud itching, In short the unpleasant
condition Of this lady cannot easily be inn
glued.
In the month Of October, 1921, she subject
ed herself To four general iuDigations, taken
IN AS many days The immediate effect Of the
trsi was apparently 70 aSgravate hereomplaini,
which, from the common effect OF hehf, vas to
De expected The third application seemed
90 check the disorder completely. To iesl the
efficacy OF the reuledy, size now exposed her
self Tor several hours TO IGe heat Ut a warm
fire, when 40 Inconvenience resulted. She re
ceiged a fourth lumigation, and has ever
since ramnned free frcm the diseaze. What
Is most worthy VI remark 10 this case Is, The
ereat aud sudden influence eyerted upon tue
parts OF subjected to the Immediate operation
OF the SUI hnrous gas.
Rheumatic Affection Of tie Hea3.
surgeon, thirty two years 'oi age, oil II
good constitutions had suffered FOR five years
pain, with a sensation oi pressure, aud prick
ling in the scalp, arising rom sudden check
of the pcrspirplion from cold bath Du-
ring the sume period, the skin OF the
body was covered with Ever coloured spots.
wbiehcaused ninsupportabci itching These
pains of the head had incapacitated hun
from doing any thing that required at
teuiian, he was therefore compelled 10 II
bandon his profession, and even botany,
his iavour,te study Five fumigalions, taken
from the fourth To the eighth OF Dec, dis5ipa-
ted. the pains, removed the uueasiness in the
scalp, and eaahied bin to return 10 his usual
occupations. A month after this treatment
the cnicle was renewed over the whole bo-
dy Isaw the patient eight mouths afterwards
he still enjoyed sound health of mind and Boz
by.
Cifoais RtGmaiism, complicated Nth Cont.
A man, nge1 hfty-fuur years, of good con
stitulion, hud been habiuulIy affected for five
years, with rheumatic pains, shifting from the
head 10 the breast and all the joints, and who
hsd govt alternately in each foot, received
three applications Of the fcmigations, from the
10th 10 the 5th Of hpril--the drst Of which
produced oopious perspiraton. He was della
Vcred, rs II by magic, from Ills pains, aud the
heXibili1y @. MS liz BIS restored
DRY Ytter.
A man, tortythree years OF age, an inhabi
tant OF one OF the ports OF the Adriatie, hnd
been afflicted for ten years with a very extern
sye letter, surrounding the neck and shout
Dies. The ietlef was dry, aud often covered
with red points, with suppuratng tulnors, 10
srlich the linen adhered. II was attend
ed with excessive itching The general health
wa, good, except slight chronic opthalma,
a. thnfpN 10 the % He rpTpllpYtp al HaN-
ing been informed by his mother that she had
suffered during her youth from an herpetic e
rupton He had tried few remedies, among
others. solution of muriatc acid, rubbed up
on the part, without success.
Aherth first lumigation, taken on the 22d
ofiune the ITCHING diminished, anu, rs the
patient was therefore prevcnted from scratch
ing, the linen no longer adhered to the back
Alter the seventh application, the improve.
ment was truly astonishing, the itching hav-
ing almost eutirely ceased. An eruption, afi-
sing from the iund cations, appeared upen the
right arm, So Az TO interrupt the treatment /;
but fourteen tumigations in ten Gays compile
ted lie cure.
This establishment has but recently gone n.
to operation. have a number of invoterate
cases under my management, all of which have
improved greatly beyond my expectations.
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