The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-07
SIMULTANEOUS Eumigaiio s

MEDICINE sr0kE, IN a i,ale par |
al the hause, four doors porth oil the bahk Oh |
Xtrnipia. 4 BAIH Tor the Application oil ool' |
phnroas Fumigatious, Tor the cure ol o"e'f
RhrumatiSn.. AL diseases ut the skin, falsyl |
~. Sc In Europe this mode oil pra'u'e ms
h.ea nnrsued with the hapfiest feinti Us
e.. = the most painful and leathsome 10
which mankind is sablect, have been Gem
pletel, era ..cated by tew applications.
I'M, remedy may be applied nj AL 'ea'ohs'
without regard 60 age ar ssh ,
A. this nrarticr has been but lately inirohn'
seJ into the United States, viii take the I'D.
.r,y uof The information ol the atllcted1 Ia
extracting some al the cases, from pamphlet
nnblished by pr. Revere OF Baltimore
Up,rtrmi Paraiisis
u,. nj The nrticnts of the Hospital oi II.
1.oui.. ahnat forty five years OF age, was AZ
lacked an June, ISL. with typhns lt'ei'
then prevalent in the Hospital The nervous
svmploms In the case were OF the most nfgen'
character, and Terminated 10 universal pa'
- for which the sulphur fuinighuons WIZ
trieJ The patient took about forty fnmigh-
lions her health gradually improved, until
,,ns nerfertly rc.es1ablishcd she is now well,
and is one of the lauudrcsses OF the Hospital
Roseoius affection Of the race
LADY, oil saugnnc temperament hha eeen
several months afflicted with n slngularly an
pleasani aud obstinate toseolns affection Oh lhe
face and neck. On ordinary occasions, very
little external appearance Of disease vas pei
reptible. but upon the slightest excitement
.nch ms mental agitation, exercise or warmth
however produced, a high degree OF hnshlhE
ensned, attended with nn intoleralle sense oil
burning and itching la short the nhPlehsahi
condition of this LADY cannot easily be una
gined. -.,...
In the month Of October, 1871 she subieel
"a herself 10 four general fumigntiohs, taken
In as many days The immedinte effect oil the
FIRST was apparently 10 nggraNate her compliant
which, from the common effect oi heat, whs to
be expected. The third Application seemed
10 check the disorder completely 10 test the
efficacy OF the remedy she now exposed her
self tor several hours Ia the heht oil warm
fire when no Inconvenience resulted. She re-.
ceiyed a fourth Gnifation, and has ever
sincelre manned free rom the disease What
Is most worthy OF remark in this case Is, the
great and Sudden influence cXerted upon the
narts not subjected 10 the immediate operation
OF the sulihurous gas.
Rheumatic Affection ofht Head.
A surgeon, thirty Two years OF age, OF n
good constitution, had suffered for FIVE years,
nnin, with a sensation OF pressure, and prick |
ling In the scnp, arising from n sudden check |
OF the perspirhtion, from n cold bath Du |
ring the sane period the skin OF the |
body was covered with liver coloured spots, |
which caused an insnpportableitching These |
dams of the head had inonpacitnlcd him
from dong any thing that required at
trution, he was therefore compelled 10 a.
bandon his profession and even botany, |
his iavourite study Five tumieniions token
from the fourth TO the eighth of Dec, dissipa-
=, -. a fbf, naaeinpes "a la, |
scalp aud enabled BIN to return to his usual
occupations month after this treatment
the cutiele was renewed over the whole ho-
DIV Isaw the patient eight months afterwards, |
he still enjoyed sound health oil mind and DO
dy
Chronic rheumatism, complicated NTH Gout
A man. aged hfty-four years, ola good con
stitution, had been kabitually affected, for five
years, with rheumatic paths, shifting from the
head To the breast aud all the joints, and who
had gout alternately ia each loot, received
.hrec applications oil shc iumgations, from the
10Th to the l7th OF Aprii--lhe first OF which
PRODUCED ropious perspiraton. lie was deli
verel, rs ii 6y magic. from his puins, aud the
hrNLhity oi has limb restored
D. letter
man. forty three years OF ago, an inhabi-
tan. OF one oil the ports of the Adriatio, hnd
htlr ai.ll ed tor tra years With avery extern
s,,e tetttt susfouuding the neck and Shout
df,s TIE letter was dry, and often covered
with red points, with suppurnting tumors, To
which the linen adhered. II was attend
ed with excessive itching. The general health
was good except slight chronic opthnlmia,
attributed 10 the sea air lie rceolected hav-
ing been informed by his mother TIM, she had
suffered dariuG her youth from nm hcrpctie a.
ruutiln He had tried a few remedies, among
Others, a solution oil muriatic acid, rubbed up
on the part, without success.
After the first tumigation taken on the Odd
of June, the itching diminished and the
patient was therefore prevented from scratch
Ing, the linen no longer adhered to the bhck
After tue sesenth application, the improve
ment va trlly astonishing, the itching hay
Ing G)r3st egt;els ceased An eruption, ari.
SIM tom the iumlgations, appeared upon the
right arm, So ms 10 interrupt the treatment
but fourteen iumigations in ten days compile
ted the cure
This establishment has but recently gone in
10 operation. have n nHmhcr of inveterAtc
cases under my management, NIL Of which have
improved greatly beyond my expectations.
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