The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-02-21
su,phurous Eumigations

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MEDICINE sTURE. in private pan
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VIRGINIA. \ bATll tor the application oi SUI
.,hataa. Funsie.ai,.es, Tor The cure 81 TOM
i,h.n,na,ism. au siiscases oi the skin, Palsy
AZ. Sc. In Enropn this mode OF practice u
been pursued witb the happiest result US
eases 1.-The most painful and loaihsome u
which mankiad is subject, have been com
pleiely eradicaled by few applications
This remedy may bs applied at all seasons
without regard TO agc or ~.
A. this prnetice iaS hren bat recently miro
dnred into the unlted States, ! viii take th'
iheltv. flor the Information OF The aih'eiediI
81 extracting some Of ihe cases, from pam
IhlrI published by pr. REVERB, OF baltimore
UBiftrsni Parallels.
Ono nj The patients OF tic Hospital of II
I oais, about lony-htc years OF age "ss III
lacked in Jnne. fslI, with typhns ieFer'
,hrn prevalent ia the Hospital. The nerNohs
se,mpiems 10 the case were oi the mos ureehl
character, and Terminated 10 universal pat
-. Tor which the sulphnr iumigaiions we're
ffied. The pstient took about forty inmiga.
tions her health gradually improved, natb u
was perfectly rc.estehlished she Is no" wen,
and Is one Of the laundresses OF the Hospital
Rosfefn .fUtettoH u nc tpfe
A lady ot y sangninc temperament bad bceh
s.feral months afflicted wiiRa 'iugWIA IN
pleasant and obstinate rosroins affection OF the
face ai.. neck. On ordinary occasions, very
little exernh appearance oil d'sease was per
ocptihlc, but upon the slightest excitement,
,neh A. mental agitation, exercise or warmth,
however prodneed, high degree nf flushing
ensued, attended with an intelerable sense OF
burning aud itching In .her, the unpleasant
condition oil this lady cannot easily he inn
gincd -.
In The month Of October, 1871 she subject
Ell herself to four general ftnigations, taken
in as many DAYS The immediate elect OF tie
first was apparently To aggrasate hercomplaint,
which, from the common effect ol hcht, was 10
be expected The third Application seeInsd
~ check the disorder completely. 10 test The
efficacy of the remedy, she nov esppsed her
self Tor several hours 10 the heat OF warm
fire, when nd Inconvenience resulted. She re-
eeivcd fourth lunigalion, aud has ever
since remained free from the disease. What
IL most worthy OF remark III this Gaze Is, The
great and sudden influence eArrted upon the
parts mol subjected TO the Immediate operation
OF the sub hurous gas.
Rheumatic affection Of he Head.
A surgeon, thirty two years " age, oi
good con stitatiou, had suffered Tor i've Gears,
pain, with seusation OF pressure, nnd prick
ling In the scalp, arising from a sudden check
OF the pcrspitntion, from cold bath. Du-
ring the same period, the skin Of the
body was covered with liver colonred spots,
which eaused an indispensable itching These
pains Of the head had incaphcitated him
from doing any thing that required at
tention, he was therefore compelled TO a.
bandon his profession, AID even botany,
his favourte study. Five tumiguiions, taken
from the fourth 10 The eighth OF Dec, dissipa-
ted the pains, removed the uncasiness IN the
scalp, and enabled him TO return 10 his usual
ocenntions A month after this treatment
the euticle was renewed over the whole bo
dy lsawihe patient eight months afterwards;
he still enjoyed sound health OF mind and boz
dy.
Chronic Rheumatism, complicated NTH Goui.
A man, aged lilty-four.yearsj Of good con-
Ftituiion, had been hRhitually affected, Tor five
years, with rheumatic paius, shifting from the
head to the breast, and all the joints, and who
had govt alternately in each foot, received
three applications Of the fumigntions, from the
16ih TO the l1th OF April--the irst oi which
produced copionS preparation. lie was deli
kercd, as II by magic, from his pains, aud the
Reliability OF his limbs restored
Dlp 3ttir.
A man, forly.three years of age, ~ inhnb
tont OF one OF the ports of the Adratie, ha
been afflicted for ten years with very extern
Give tctter, surrounding the neck and should
ders. The letter was dry, aud often covered
with red points, with suppuFcling tnmors, TO,
which the linen adhered. Ii was attend
cd with excessive itching. The general health
WINS good, except Il slight chronic opthamia,
attributed 10 the sen mir lie reeollected hay
5ng been informed by his mother that she had
suffered during her youth from mn herpcte G.
rnpiion lie had tried few remedies, among
Others q solution oil muriatic acid, rubbed up.
on the part, without success.
After the frs limigation, taken on the 22d
of June, the itching diminished, aud, ms the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
Inc, tlgc linen no longer adhered 90 the back
After the seventh application, the improve
ment was truly astonishing, the itching hay!
ing almost entirely censcd. An eFoptiun, ari-
Sing from the humigations, appeared upon the
right arm, 80 as 10 interrupt the treatment ,
but fourteen fumigations in ten days compile
ted the cure.
This establishment has but recently gone in
TO operation / have number of invcterate
eases under my management, all OF (which have
improved greatly beyond my expectations.
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