The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-10
sulphurous FumigatiOns.


/ 1--WE subscriber has established at his
Il MEDICINE STORE, lin private pari
Of the hoHse,) four doors north OF the Bank OF
Virginia, A BATH for the application OF Sui
phuons Fumgations, for the cure OF Goull
Rhenmatisn, all diseases OF the skin, Palsy
&C. &c. In Europe this mode OF practice hae
been pursued with The bappiest result dis
eases the most painful aud loathsOme 10
: HIGH mankind Is subject have been com
plctely eradicated by few apple atoms.
This remedy may be applied at all seasons,
without regard 10 age sex.
A. this practice has been but recently intro
duced into the United States, will take the
liberty, 0or ihe information of the aileted,)
ri extracting some Of the cases, from pam
piiet published by Dr. Revere, OF Baltimore.
tafoersai paraiisis.
One Of the patients Of the Hospital Of 81
Louis, about forty .fi,e yeafs OF age, was at
tackled in June, lsli, with typhus fever,
Hon prevalent IN tie Hospital The Uers oas
! =yfnptDms IN the case We're OF the most urgent
Character and terminated in IA universal pull
So, for which the sulphur lumigations were
t.Hrd The patient took about forty iumiga-
lions; her health gradually improved, until il
WIS perfectly re-cslablished she is now well
and IS onc 81 the laundresses of tho Hospital.
Rostot,,s Affection Of he Faee'
lads oi sang'ine Temperament had been
several months afflicted with a sinsnlariy I'M
! pleasant mud obstinate roseOlus affection OF the
face aud neck. On ordinary occasions, very
+ little external appearance OF disease was per
/ ecptble, but upon the slightest excitement,
such rs mental agitation, exercise or warmth,
however produced. "A high degree of flushing
ensued, attended with IA inlocrable sense OF
/ burning AM itching. In short the unpleasant
condition Of this lady cannot easily be ina
| gined.
In the month of October, 1921, she subject
ed herself 10 four general fumi cations, TAX
III rs many days. The immediate effect of the
| hr-i WIS apparentl' "a aggravate brroomplQint,
which, from the common elect Of heat was to
be expected. The thifd application seemed
/ 10 check the disorder completely. To test the
| efficacy OF the remedy, she now exposed her
self for several hours 10 the heat OF "A warm
| IRE, when no Inconvenience resulted She re
ceired fourth Gmigation, aud has ever
since remained free from the disease. What
IS most worthy of remark in this case is the
! great and sudden influence e1erted upon the
! parts moi subjected 10 the Immediate operation
Of the sul hurous gas.
Rheumatic affection Of he Head.
A surgeon, thirty Two years of aye, of a
good constitution, had suffered for five years,
pam with sensation OF pressure, and prick
| ling in the scalp arising from sudden check
| of the perspration, from II cold bath. Du-
| ring the same period, the skin of the
| body was covered with liver coloured spots,
which caused an insupportable itching. These
! pains of the head had ncapactated him
| .om doing any thing that required Mt
| nlion, he was therefore compelled to u
! haadon his profession, and even botany,
! INA f.,fnnrifa gtnl ~ nm I1 nj a
! from the fourth to the eighth of Dee, dissipa-
ted the rains, removed the uneaslness in the
| scalp, aud enabled bhn 10 return to lis usual
occupations. month after this treatment
| the cuticle was renewed over the whole bo-
! dy saw the patient eight months ate?Wa ards;
he still enjoyed sound health of mind and boz
| dy.
Chronic Rheumatism, complicated wih Goa
| A man, aged ffty-four years ola good con
stitution, had been habitualiy affected, for five
| years, with rheumatic pans, shifting from the
| hend{o the breast, and all The joints, and who
mad govt alternately in each foot received
| three applications of the fumigai ons, from the
| 10Th 10 the 9Th OF April--the first of which
produced copious persplraton. He was' deli
yered, as il by magic from his paius, and The
| hcxibilily oil bis limb, restored
3tTg ttttF.
I A man, forty-three years Of age, nm inhab
| tant OF one Of the ports 0t the Adrstic, ha
| been afflicted for ten yenrs " ith very eXteG'
| sive letter, surrounding the neck and should
dcrs. The letter was dry, a0d often covered
with red points, with Suppurating tumors, to
| which the linen adhered. Ii was attend
ed with excessive itching. The general health
/ was good, except slight chronic optbaImin
| attributed TO the sea air. lie reColccted hay-
! ing been informed by his mother tdat she had
suffered during her youth from an herpetic e.
ruption He had tried a tow remedies, among
! others, solution OF marIHtic acid, rubbed up
on the part, without success.
After the first tumigntion, taken on the 90
of June, the itching diminished, and, ns the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
ing, the linen no longer adhered to the back
After the seventh application, the improve.
ment was truly astonishing, the itching hay
ing almost entirely ceased. An erepti ~, arr.
sing from the tumieations, appeared upon the
right arm, as TO interrupt tho treatment
bat fourteen fumigations in ten days compile
ted the cure.
This establishment has bat recently gone in.
| TO operation. | have n number OF inveterate
cases under my management all of which have
improved greatly beyond my expectations.
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