The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-12
Sulphurous Eumisations

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4 MEDICINE STORE, On a private part
oil The mouse tour doors north o. the Bank 81
Virginia, 4 BAH for the Application oil sui
INJURIOUS Famisstieas, for the cure Of tout
Rheumatism. al diseases Of the skin, Palsy
NC &C. In Europe this mode OF prasii ice has
been pursued With the happiest resnlt' IL
.ases 1.-THE most paisiid and loathsome 10
winch nlaagiui Is shbleet, have hteh com
rieseiy efaiieagrd by few Application
TINS remedy nay be applied At all seasons,
without ressrt g. a9e " ses
Is thi, practice ms been bat iately inirodh.
es1 int, the Unilud States Will take The iib-
erly dor the Information Of the afl'cied9 10
extracting some 81 the cssns, from pomfihie'
published by Dr Revere Of Balumofe.
U4fffsai ParaEdf
one of the patients al the Hospital OF 81
Ionic. about fortysn Eve wars oi AZ, Wa at
tucked IN Jnuc, lsl4, with tyPhns iefeis
then prevalent 10 the Hospital. The nervous
symptoms ia the case were ol the most urgent
character, and terminated IN universal pal
81, for which the sulphur iumlgd'ohs we're
tied. The patient took about forty lnmign-
lions her henlth gradually improved, until II
vfaz perfccfly rr.established; she Is now we'll,
sad Is one Of the aun Ire .ses ot the Hospital
Roffoius 3f,rit0u n The faee
a lady oi snngnne Temperament had been
,.xeral months afflicted viii a singnlarly nns
pheasant aud obstinate rosealas affection OF iht
face and nerk On ordinary oCeasion., very
ntlle external appearance Of disease was per
cepiible, but upon the Rht"st excitement
,ueA a. mental agitatlou exercise OF warmth
however produced, high degree ot flushing
ea.uei, attended with an intbicrnhlc sense OF
burning aud itching In short, the unpleasant
condition oil this lady cannot casily be INA
g.ned.
In the month Of October, 1921, she subject.
ed herself 10 tonr general inulsnilon' taken
Ia Is many days Ihr immediate elect 81 the
frst WAS apparently II aygfasatr hereomplaint,
,ybirh. from the common effect OF heat was 10
be expected The thrd application seemed
~ check the A, order completely. To tesi The
efficacy Of the rcmedy, she now exposed her.
sell tor several honfs 10 the heat 81 q warm
FIRE when no Inconvenience resulted. She re.
ceiYed "A fourth tumiEtilDn, and has ever
since remained Tree from the disease. What
Is mot worthy Of remark In tbs case Is, the
breat and and den influence eNerted upon the
partsn subjected 10 the immediate operation
OF the sulrhurous gas.
Rheumatic Affection Of The Head
A surgeon thirty two wears OF aye, of
good constitution. had suffered for FIVE years
pain, with a sensation OF pressure, aud prick
ling IN the scalp, arising from sudden check
OF the perspiraton, from cold bath. pu
rlng tie same period, the skin Of the
body was covered with LIVER coloured spots,
which caasel an iHsupporahle itching These
pains Of tie hesd had inoapaeiiatcd HIM
from doing any thing that required AT
teniion, lie Was therefore compelled 10 g.
bandou hi, profession, aud even botany,
bis favouriie study. fiye tumigntons taken
from the fourth 10 the eighth OF Dee, dissipn-
ted the pnlns, removed the uneasincss in the
scalp, and enabled bin 10 return 10 his usual
occupations A month after THIS treatment
the cnice was renewed over the whole ho-
dy saw the patient Eight months afterwards;
he still enjoyed sound healtl. Of mind and bo-
dy
Chronic Rheumatism, complicated Nih Govt
4 man, aged hlty.iour years, OF n good con
stiiution had been habitnally affected, for five
years, with rheumatic pains, shifting from the
head to the breast, and oil the Joints, aud who
bad govt alternately in each loot, received
three applications OF the tnmigatons from Tire
l5th TO the 18th of Apri--the first of which
produced copious perspiration lie was delis
vered, as il lay masir, from his pains land the
frxibiity OF his limbs restored
Dig 2fHq.
A man forty.thrre years oil age, AN inlabi-
tant Of one of the ports Of the Airiatic, had
been afflicted for ten years WIN avery extern
sive letter surrounding the neck and shoul.
ders. The letter was dry, and often covered
with red points, with suppnIailg tumors, 10
which the linen adhered. II was attend
ed with excessive itching. The general health
WAS good, rAccp; d slight chronic apthalmia
attributed 70 the sea air lie rccollected hav-
ing been iutormrd by his mother that She had
suffered during her youth from an herpetie e.
ruoton lie had tried a few remedies, among
others. a solution Of IA lriaiic acid, rubbed up
on the part, without sncsss
After the first tamlguuon, taken on the 22d
of June, the itching diminished, and, ms the
patient was therefore pc, vented from scratch
lug, the iinrn no longer adhered 10 the back.
Altes the seventh application, the improve
ment was truly astonishing, the itching hav-
ing almost entirely ceased. An eruption ari-
sing IRON the iumgations appeared upon The
right arm, 50 rs 10 interrupt the treatment
but fourteen iumigations in ten days complo
ted the cure.
This establishment has but recently gone IN.
TO operation. | have a number ei invcteratc
cases under my management, al! which have
improved greatly beyond my expectations
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