The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-26
Sxlyhurous Eamigatioas.


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Il MEDICINE STORE. lin private part
a. the hoase. ! lour doors north OF the Bank oi
Virginia. 4 BAT. for The application OF sui
rharous fdnisa,.oas, FOE the cure oil ,'oni,
Rheumatism. al diseases of The skin, Palsy,
nc. nc. ~ Europe ths mode Ol practice mas
beea pursued with the hapiest result us
eases = Tue most painful aud lontispme 10
winch mankind Is subject, have been tein
plelely Graduated lay icr applications
Tnis remedy may be applied at all seasons,
without regard 10 age orees.
As this prnrtiee has been bat lately introdn'
cea into the United States, will take the iih-
erty Qor the Information OF the ahieiedl 10
extracting some Of the eas's. from a pamphlet
Published by DR. Revere Of baltimore.
rgitfrni FUfal'ss
One Of the patienis OF the Hospital 81 81.
Louis. about foriy.dve y-cars oi age, was nj
hacked ~ jane. 1slI. with typhus lever,
then prevalent in the Hospital. The nervous
SYMPTOMS IN the ease we're OF the mosi Wgehl
character aud terminated ~ nniNtrsal pat
sv, for which the sulphur fumigationN were
1riel Tie patient took bbon forty fnmiga-
lions her health gradually improved, nnill II
was nrriectls re.esisl.,ishcd she IS now well,
AMI i one Of the laundtesses Of the Hospital
Roseoits .1Geciion u he race
lady OF a saagaiue temperament had been
several mouth. afflicted with sipgnlariy an
pleasant aud obstinate roseolns affection Of The
face aud neck. On ordinary occasions, very
little external appearance Ut disease was per
ceptible but apsn the slightest Excitement
such As meutal agitation, exercise OF warmth,
however produced, high degree of flushing
ensued attended with al niolerable sense OF
burning aud itching In short, ihr unpleasant
condition of this lady cannot easily be ina
gined
In the mouth Of October, 1921, she subject
81 herself tn four general inmigatlons, taken
IN as many days The immediate effect OF the
first was nppDrrntlyto aggravate hercomplaint,
which, from the eonmeH effect oil heat, was 10
be expected. The third application seemed
t. check she disorder completely To test the
efficacy of the renedy. she nov exposed her.
self Tor several hours to the heat OF n wnrm
FIRE when no Inconvenience resulted. She re.
ceiYed fourth fnmigaion, and has ever
since remained free from the disease. What
is most worthy of remark in this case is, the
great aud sudden influence eSerted upon the
parts not subjected TO the immediate operation
OF the solphurous gas.
Rheumatic Affection ofMo Head.
A surgeon, thirty two years oil age, of a
good constitution, had suffered for five years,
ling in the scalp, arising from sudden check
of the perspiration, from cold bath. Dn
ring the same period, the skin OF the
body was covered with liver co.ourcd spots,
which caused an insnpportabe itching These
dams of the head had incapacitnted him
from doing any thing that required at
ieution he was therefore compelled 10 ~
bandon his profession, and even botany ;.
his favourtr study Five fnmigaiions taken
from the fourth to the eighth of Dee, dissipa.
ted the pains, removed the uneasiuess In the
scalp, and enabled him to return 10 his usual
occupations. A month after this treatment
the cuticle was renewed over the whole ho-
dy Isaw the paien' eight months afterwards,
he still enjoyed sound health of mind and boz
dy.
Chronic Rheumatism, complicated pih Gom.
man, aged hity.tour years, ofe good con
sttntion, had been habitnally affected, for 1--WE
years, with rheumatic pains shifting from the
head 10 the breast, and all the joints, and who
had govt alternately in each loot, received
three applications Of the lumig cations, from the
s6th 10 the 18th of April--the first of which
produced copious perspralinu He was deli
yefed, as II by magic, from his pains, and the
reliability Of his limbs restored
Dry 7taer.
A man, forty three years of age, an inhabi
tant OF one OF the ports of the Adrihtie, had
been afflicted for ten years with Il very extern.
sive letter surrounding the neck and shout.
eers. The teiter was dry, and often covered
with red points, With nppufating tnmors, 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 mir. lie rccollericd hav-
ing been informed by his mother that she had
suffered during her youth from an herpctic C.
rnption, He had tried ieH remedies, among
Others. a solution OF mnriafic acid, rubbed up
on the part, without success.
After the first iamigation, taken ON the God
of June, the itching diminished, aud as 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 eruptiun ari-
sing from the lnmgations, appeared upon the
right arm, 81 us 10 interrupt the trratmen, ,
bat fourteen iumigatlons IN ten DAYS compile
ted the cure,
This establishment has but recently gone in.
20 operation. ! have n number OF invcterate
cases under my management, all of which have
improved greatly beyondmy expectations.
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