The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-28
sufpMurous Eumigations.

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of the honse1 four doors north Of the Bank 81
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INJURIOUS Fumigations, Tor The cure OF Cont,
ilhenmatism. all DISEASES oil the skin, Palsy,
&c. &c. In Europe this mode Of practice has
been pursued will the happiest result DIS
eases 9 the most painful aud l0aihs9me 10
which mankind IS subject have been com
plciely eradicaicd by a few applications.
1his remedy may h. applied at all seasons,
without regard TO age o rsex
As this practice has been but recently miro
dured into the United States, ! will take the
liberty, tAor the Information Of the aflicted,)
Of extracting some Of the cases, from a PAM
phlet published by Dr. Revere, OF Baltimore.
Uairtrsai Pardi,sis.
One of the patients Of the Hospital of ST
Louis, about tory-fYe years OF age, was at
tackled IN Jdnc, 1914, with a typhus fever,
then prevalent in the Hospital. The nervous
eYmptr ms IN the case were OF the mosi urgent
tharaettr, aud terminated in a universal pail
~, fef which the sulphur famigations were
tried. The patient took about forty lutniga-
iions her health gradually improved, until II
was perfectly re.esiablished she Is now well,
aud IS QUE oil The laundresscs Of Tho Hospital
Rossolus affection Of The Face
n iliA VI " NNlEEifh4 temperament Hhl bibH
several months afflicted with a singularly I'M
pleasant aud obstinate roseolus affection of The
face aud neck. ~ ordinary occasions, very
little external appearance ot disease WAS per
e%eptibie, bal upon the slightest excitement,
such rs moninl agitation, exercise OF warmth,
however produced, 81 high degree of Rushing
ensned, attended with an intolerablc sense Of
burning aud itching. In short, the unpleasant
condition OF this lady cannot easily be imu-
gined
In the month Of October, 1921, she subject
Ell herself 10 four General iamlgalions, taken
in as many days. The immediate effect ol the
FIRST was apparently Ia nRglHvatc her complaint,
which, from The common effect Of heat, WIS 10
be expected. The third application seemed
Ia check the disorder completely. 10 tcst the
efficiency OF the remedy, she now exposed her
self Tor several hours TO The heat of "A warm
when no inconvenience resulted. She re-
we'd n fourth iumigation, aud has ever
ee remained free from the Iiaease. What
most worthy of remark IN I Is case Is, the
mt aud sudden influence ekeried upon the
Is not subjected 10 the immc late operation
he sulpharous gas.
Rheumatic AFFECTION oftbe Head,
surgeon, thirty Two years of age, Of II
i constitution, had suffered for five years,
with a sensation OF pressure, and prick
- il the seal, arising from a sudden check
Of the prrspiration -5aom II cold bath Du-
ring the same refiod, the skin Of the
body was covered with liver coioured spots,
which caused an indispensable itching These
pains Of the head had incapacitatcd him
rom doing any Thing That required AT
tenlion, he was therefore compelled 10 p
handon his profession, aud even botany,
his iayoHrite study. Five fumieations, tnkcn
from the fourth 10 tie eighth of Dee, dissipa.
ted the pnins, removed the nncasiness in the
scalp, and enabled bin 10 return to his usual
occupations. A month after this treatment
The cutiele was renewed over the whole bo-
dy Isaw the patient eight months afterwards.
he still enjoyed sound health OF mind and boz
dy.
Chronic Rheumatism, conpiic0tcd wiM Govt
a man, aged Glty-four years, Ola good CON
siliniion, had been hnbitpally affected, for five
years, with rheumatic rains, shifting from the
hend 10 The breast, and all the joints, aud who
had govt alternately in cueh foot, received
three applications ot the fumigniions, from the
10Th 20 the 18th of April-lhe first of which
produced eopions perspirntion. lie was deli
sered, rs il by magic, from his pains, aud the
debility Of hislimbs restored
Dry 1tter.
\ man, forty.three years of age. an inhab
tant OF one ofthe ports Of the Adriatie, la
been afflicted for ten years with a very extern
sise letter, surrounding The neck aud should
defs. The letter WAS dry, ard elten covered
with red points, with snppurpting tnmors, 10
which the linen adhered. II was attend
ed with excessive itching. The gcneralhealth
was good, except a Slight chronic opthalmia,
attributed 10 the sen air. lie rceollccted hay
lug been informed by his mother that she had
suffered turing her youth from an herpetic e
rnriion He had tried a few remedies, among
others, a solution OF mnriRtie acid, rubbed up
on the part, without success.
Atte1 the first imnigati0n. taken on the cd
OF June, the itching diminished, and, rs the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
inc, the linen no longer adhered To the back.
AIter the seventh application, the improve
ment was truly astonishing, the itching hay
Ing nlmpst% entirely ceased. An eruption, ari.
sim from The t0miratiaDS, appeared upon the
right arm, 20 rs 20 interrupt the treatment !,
at %tnartcen tumisatiuns in ten days compile
tel The cure.
This establishment has but recently gone in
operation. | have "A npmbcr of inveierate
tases mder my MANAGEMENT, all of which have
approved greatly beyond my expectations.
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