The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-28
Sulphurous Fumigations


fIvHE subscribe has established az his
i MEDICINE STORE. in private raIt
Of the beu4el fuuf doofs north ct the Bstk nl
Virginia. 4 BAIil Ter the application Of enl
phatons fnn ssiors. iot the care 81 tout
khcu.natista, all diseases Of the skin, Palsy
&c. Nc. In Eurore tbs mode Of practice has
been parsned with the hapfiod result IL.
eases ~the most painful nrd loaihsonie 10
which ,,,aiA lad IS snbirct. have bean CON
r,,e,ely eradcatcd hy ies applications
This remedy may H. applied al all seasons
without reFafd TO are 81 seN
A. this practice has been bai recently intro
dnced into the United states, | viii iake Tue
ubcuy. flnr the information OF the aflcied,l
al extracting some OF the cases, from paul
s,hlet published by Df. Revere, OF baltimore.
Jp.gtrsal Paraiius.
One of the pateals Of abe Hospital al ~
loas, abom torls-llse years OF agc, was nj
tackled IN Jane, 1871, with isphns ieNcff
then prevalent ia the Hospital The nervous
symptom. ia the case we're OF The most nrEeni
character, aud terminated 10 a unis ersal pat
. ~. for which the sulphur fnnlgalinas wore
fried The patient took about forty inmiga'
fioas her health gradually improved unta u
was pefiectl. W established she = naw well,
and i one OF the laundresscs 81 the Hospital
RoWUfttf .WfffiOH ~ mt fHff
4 LADY, ni u sanfnine temperament Ind hten
SEVERAL months afflicted sith singnlarly nm.
nl.,slat aud obstinate rose0lns affection OF the
law and noek On ordinary oceastons, very
little external appearance ot disease was per
eer,ible, bat upon the slightest excitement,
such as mental agitation exercise or warmth
however produced, n high ia gree ol flushing
ensued, attended With an ,ntnlerahle scuse OF
burning aud itching Ia short the unpleasant
condition oi this lady eanuet ehsil, he ima-
g,ned.
In the month Of October, 1921, she subject.
ed herself 10 lonr general iamigations, taken
IN rs many days The immediate ELECT oil the
first MAS apparently 10 nggravate her complaint
which, IRON the common effect OF heai, was to
De expected. The third application seemed
t. check the disorder completely. To test the
efficacy Of the remcdy, she now exposed her
self for severnl hours TO the heal of n warm
FIRE, when no Inconvenience resulted. She re-
erfed fourth fnmigaiion, aud has ever
sincs remained free from the disease hhnl
Is most worthy el remark in this case is, he
great aud sudden influence eNrred upon The
parts moi subjected 10 tie immediate operation
oi the sulpharons gas.
RieRnfuiie Affection effhe II al
4 surgeon, thirty two yenrs al age, at y
good constitution, bad suffered for five years,
paiB, with sensation OF pressure, aud prick
ling IA the aealp, arising from sudden check
ri tue perrpiration, from n cold bnth Dn-
ring the same reroh the skin OF the
body was covered with liver eooured spots,
which caused AN insupporiuble itching These
pains Of the brad had inrapacitaed him
from doing any Thing that required ut
tehion, he was therefore compelled To u
baDdon his profession, aud even botany,
his lhvouriie study Five lnmigaiions, taken
from the fourth 10 the eighth 81 Dec, dissipa.
Bed the pains, removed the uueasintss in the
scalp, and enabled bin 10 return 10 his usual
occupations. month after this treatment
the euiifle was renewed "a er the whole boz
dy law the patient right months afterwards,
he sill enjoyed sound health of mind aud bo-
ady.
Chronic Rheumatism, complicated uiH Gout.
A man, aged fity.f ears, ol n good con-
siitnlion had been hahualy affected, Tor five
years, with rheumatic pains, shifting from the
head To the breast, and all the joints, and who
hnd govt alternately in each foot, received
three applications OF the lungainhs. from the
10th 10 the 18th of Aprll-the first of which
produced oopious perspimtion lie WAS deli;
yered as II by magic, from his pains, aud the
hcnbilyy OF his limbs restored
by Tfuer.
man forty three years of arr, nm nhab'
tanl OF one OF the ports of the Adriate, In
been afflicted fer ten years with avery eNen.
sive letter, surrounding the meek and should
dors. The letter WINS dry, and often covered
with red points, with snppurating tumors, TO
whiciA the linen adhered. II was attend
cd WITH excessive itching. The general health
was good, except slight chroDic opthnmia,
attrbuted to the sea air. lie reeollected hay
ing been Informed by his mother that She had
suffered daring her youth from an herpetic ..
ruption he had tried lew remedies, among
Others, sohlten of murintie acid, Rubbed up
on the part, without success
After the ftst lumigAtion, taken on the ODD
Of jane, the itching diminished, aud, rs the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
ing, the linen no longer adhered 10 the back
After the seventh application, the imprr,e
inent was ttaly astonishing, the itching has-
ing almost entirely ceased. An eruption, mi.
sing ireiu the ipn'gatjuns appeared upon the
right arm 50 as tu interrupt the treatment
but fourteen iumiselions in ten days compile
Ted the cure
This establishment has but recently gone in.
20 operation 1 have n number of inveterate
cases nnd"r my management. all of which have
improved greatly beyond M expectations.
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