The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-07-25
sOlphurOus Tumigations

FTfiE fnhsrfihcr has established ~ Hts
i MEDICINE STORE, On pdsstp par
OF the henss lionr doors north OF fhe Lang q
Virginia. \ BATH for the application OF sul
phnrnns Fungaiiohs, for he cure OF Com,
al diseases 81 the Sklni falss,
sc. Ae. IN Europe this node OF practice has
lnen pursued with the happiesi result DIS
ea.e. s.the most painful and Ioathsome 10
which mankind l. subject have been com
pleiely oradicaied by few applications.
This remedy may be applied at III seasons
without regard 10 age or SCI.
As this practice las boea but recently INTRO
dnced into The uniled States, J will take the
liberty, flor the information Of the atfiic'ed,)
Of extracting some OF the cases, from PAM
phlet published BY Or Revere, OF Baltimore.
UutBersGi PARALYSIS.
One Ct the patients of Me Hospital o. III
Louis about lofty-hve years OF age, was al
tackled in June, 1914, with a typhus fever,
then prevalent in the Hospital The nervous
symptoms Ia the case we're o. the most urgent
character, aud terminated in,i universal pal
~. for which the sulniun fumigations were
tried The patient took about forty iumiga-
tons her health gradually improved, until II
was perfectly re.estabIished she is now well,
and Is one Of the laundresses Of the Hospital.
RosfOfus objection o. me Fdce
A lady oil q sanguine temperament had been
general months afflicted with singularly IN.
pleasant and obstinate roseolus affection oil the
face aud neck On ordinary occasions, very
little external appearances OF disease was per
ccptible, bat upon the slightest excitement,
such as mental agitation exercise or warmth,
however produced, high degree OF flushing
onsled, attended with an intolerable sense oil
burning aud itching In short, the unpleasant
condition OF this lady cannot easily be ina.
gined.
Ia the month Of October, 1921, she subject.
ed herself to four general fumigaiions, taken
IN AS many days The immediate effect OF the
FIRST was appafentlyto aggravate hercomplaint
which, from the common effect Of heat, was ia
be expected. The third application seemed
TO check the disorder completely. To test the
efficacy Of the reluedy, slio now exposed her.
self for several hours 10 the heat ot warm
| fire, wien no Inconvenience resulted. She re-
ceived fourth iumigaion, and has eVel
since remained free from the disease What
| is most worthy Of remark in this case Is, the
great and sudden influence cSrred upon the
parlsnnt subjected to the immediate operation
of the sulphurous gas.
Rheumatic affection Of NE Hcad.
bHIBtUHs iHnAI NNb 1tdlh II HR'b vi .
good constitution, had suffered for FIVE years.
pain, with sensation oil pressure, aud prick
ling in the scnIp, arising flom a sudden check
OF the perspirai'on, from a cold bath. Dn-
ring the same period, the skin OF lac
body was covered with liver coloured spots
which caused an inauprortablc itching These
pains of the heed had incapaelated him
from doing any thing that required at
teution, he was therefore compelled TO n.
bandon hts profession, and even hoteny,
his tavourite study. Five fumigalons, taken
from the fourth to the eighth of Dee, dissipa.
ted the pains, rcmongd the uneasiness IN the
scalp, and enabled II D. To return to his usual
occupations. A moWh after this treatment
the cnticlc was rene, ed over the whole bo-
dy lsaw the paiente eight months afterwards
he Still enjoyed sound health OF mind and bo.
dy.
Chronic Rheumatism, complicaiedWih Cont.
A man, aged ffty-lour years, OF A good con
|stiiution, had been habiinelly affected, for five
years. with rheumatic pains shifting from the
head 10 the breast, mud all the joints, and who
had govt alternately in each foot, received
three applications OF The fun,igaiion5, from the
10Th 10 the 18th of April-.-,he first of which
produced ocpious perspiralion He was deliI
yered, as # by magic, from his pains, and the
debility of his limbs restored
Dry 1ttter.
a man, forty-tliree years Of age, an inhabi-
tant oil one Of the ports Of HE Adriatic, had
been afflicted for Ten years with very extern
sive letter, surrounding the neck and shoul-
ders Thetetter was dry, and often covered
with red points, with suprurating tumors, to
which the linen adhered. II was attend
ed with excessive itching. The general health
was good; except slight chronic opthalmia
attributed TO the sea air. He recollected hav-
ing beeh informed by his mother that she had
suffered during her youth from an herpetic e
ruItt'on lie had tried few remedies, among
Others, a solution of muratic acid, rubbed up
on the part, without Success.
After the first fumigation, taken on the ODD
of June, the itching diminished and, as the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
ing the linen no longer adhered 10 the back.
After the seventh application, the improve
ment was truly astonishing, the itching hay
ing almost entirely ceased. An eruption, ari-
sing from the tumigatons, appeared upon the
right arm, so as TO interrupt the treatment ;
but fourteen lurnigatious in ten days compile
ted the cure
This establishment has hut recently gone in
10 operation have a number of invcierate
cases under my management, all of which have
improved greatly beyondmy expectations
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