The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-17
FOUNDATIONS.

DINlE subscriber has established nj hi
Il MEDICINE STORE, (in private pan
OF The house four doors north ot the Bank .
virginia, BATH Tor the application OF sui
phnfous fumigations, for the cure OF tsont
Rheumatism, all diseases OF the Skin, Pal,
Ne. &G, In l.urope this mode of practice In
been pursued with the happiest result, dis
eases : the most painful and loathsomo I,
which mankind is subject have been com
! pietely eradicaicd by u few applications
THE remedy may be applied at all seasons
| without regard 10 age or sex.
| A. this practice has bccn but recently intro.
duced into the United States, | will take tho
liberty, tor the information of the afflicted
OF extracting nome OF the cuses, from pnm-
phlet published by DIR. Revere, of Baltimore.
LHieerSal PARALYSIS.
One OF the patients OF the Hospital of 81
Louis about ioriy-fve wears of are. was n.
tackled in Juno, 1874. with tSphus fever,
then prevalent in the 1l0 spital lie pefvo Gus
symptoms in the case were of The most urs cut
character, aud terminated ~ universal ,im
sy, for which the sulphur tanligniious We're
tried The patient took about forty tumiga-
tions her health gradually improved, miil ii
WA perfectly re .esthbshed she is now well,
and IS one of the lanndresses of ,hc Hospital
hoscoiw affection VI Tho faeo
Indy ol Il saugnine temperament had been
several months afflicted with a siugnlarly I'm
pleasant and obstinate roseolus affection OF the
lace aud meek. on ordinary occasions, very
little external appearance 81 disease was per
cephble, but upon the slightest excitement,
such n mental agitation, exercise or warmth,
however produced, u high degree of hushing
ensued, attended with m imoleralle SENSE OF
burning aud itching. In short, the unpleasant
condition OF this lady cannot euslly be ina
glued.
In the month of octobcr ISL. she subject.
ed herself to four general lumiealioiis, taken
in a. many days. The immediate effect OF the
hrst was apparently Ia aseraVaie hefcomplsht,
which, from the common effect OF heat, Was 10
be expected Tie third application seemed
to check The disorder completely. To test the
efficacy ol the reuedy, she now exposed her
sell Tor several hours To the heat ot warm
IRE, when no Inconvenience resulted. sac re-
eei.ed n fourth iumigatiou, aud has ever
since remained Tree irom the disease What
is most worthy ol remark in This ease Is, the
great and sudden influence cSericd upon ihe
part snot subjected to lhc Immediate operation
OF the .u hnrons gus.
Rheumatic affection Of He HEAD.
A Surgeon, thirty Two years OF age, of n
good constitution, tnd suffered TOR FIVE years
pain, With sensation OF pressure, and prick.
ling in the scalp, arising iromn sudden eheck
OF the Precipitation, from a cold bath Du-
rims the same period, The skin of the
body was covered with liver colonrcd spots
which caused an insupporlabe itching Ihes'
pains OF the head had incapacitated HIM
from doing any thing that required at.
trntiou, he was therefore compelled 10 n
bandun his profession and even botany,
his favoarite study. Five tumgnions, taken
from the fourth 10 the eighth OF Dee, dis.ipn-
ted The pains, removed the nncasIncss in the
| scalp aud enabled bin 10 return to his usual
occupations. month after this treatment
the cuticir was renewed over the whole bo-
dy saw the patienteight months afterwards
be still enjoyed sound health oil mind aud bo-
dv
Chronic Rheumatism, IMPLICATED ruth Cont.
\ man, aged fifty -tuur years, OF a good cor
Stituliou, had been habituaily affected, Tor five
years, with rheumatic pains, shifting from the
nedd 20 the breast, and all The loins, and who
had govt alternately ~ each foot, received
three applications ofthc lnms cations, lfom tho
10th "a the Eth OF Aprll--the first Of Which
produced copious Precipitation. lie WIS deli
verrd, rs If by magic, from his pains, aud til,
! dexibiity OF his limbs restored
Dry Idtcr.
| A man, forty three years OF age, an inhab
tant of one Of the ports oil the Adrlatic, hat
| been afflicted ior ten years Will very tAtfH
sive letter, surrounding the neck aud Shout
ders The letter was dry, aud otleu covered
with red points, with -HRpnraiing tumors, IL
which the linen adhered, II Hns attend
ed with excessive itching. The general health
was good, except slight chronic opihalnlin
lanrbntrd To the soa air. He rccollcci.d hay-
| lug been informed by his mother tl,at slr bad
suffered during her youth from an hcrprtic u.
ruptiou lie had tried few remedies, among
othcrs Il solution Of muriatic acid, rubbed up
on the part, without success,
| Ahrrtilr fr,t tunnigaton, tal,cu az The 23d
of .Iunc, tire itching diminished, and ~ tie
,pa'inat Wa therefore prevented from scratch
| Ing, the Inca 40 longer adhered 10 the back
| After the seventh application. the improve
ment Mis- irnly astonishing, the itching hay
| irg almost entirely ceased. An eruption, ari-
-in2 from the iumigations, apprared upon The
rig.t arm, - rs 10 interrupt thc treatment
bni fourteen ,unigaiious IN ien dass coDipic
ted the cure.
Thi7 esta5i 1mcnt has bu' recently gone in
10 operation. | hive q number 81 Hsf'rfaif
cases nndrg my management, all OF which liayt
! improved greatly beyond my expectations.
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