Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-12


end. To establish insonsibie perspiration. and
thereby TO relieve the symptoms OF ;ncrnal inlanula
ton.
3rd. To diminish nervous irrtability.
4th' TO remove the effects Of Mercury from the
system. w
Before the Baths used tho sys: en- must be pr.
p'red by internal and external treatment accordin,
To- the disease, age and constitution Of the patient
te ba'is aVo been used IN this pace for four years
"ith great success, and without any accident OF The
most trifiing nature.
Tie establishment is large and commodous: one
nan app HprIstcd 70 tho OF The ladles-the olh.r
into operation
Extracts from treatise arrangements OF the liver
internal organs, and nervous system. By James
Johnson, NJ D.. and member Of the ROYAL CoIlere
OF Physicians, London, and Editor OF the Msdico-
ChirnFGcei Review Published in I&2C-page.
los and 1928.
EXTRACTS.
owe now cone 10 the external remedial measures
eIses 49,
''Ihe tepd bath may claiu, precedence 1ftbe ex>
tensire Chain ot symPahes between the skin and in
IernaI organs he kept n view may easily account
Tor the benefit resulting from udicious course OF
warm bathing In augmentng a Mild cuticuIar dis
charge from tue pores of the SUFFICE the warm bath
increases the internal secrettons particularly the bill
ary while At the time, relieves the veuous con
geS''on in the portal cre, and determines to the sur
lace OF TIE body. It Is OF course in deficient secre
'ion or torpoT OF The hillary C-EaC that the warm bath
can be advantageous; where 'here is an actusI Peu
daney OF bile, which, by the bye, is seldom the case
and never OF long standing, as have already shcwn
the bath would be doubtful remedy Thsurh
as plethora IN the portal circle almost invariably pre-
cedes any violent otgasm in the secFeory vessels Of
the hver the tepid bath mgl; be serviccasie in de-
termnng TO the surface and removing the congestion
anterior to, and thus preventing redundancy IF score
ton Speaking generally, however, IL is by far the
most potent and agreeable external astre which ~
can put IN practice for the relief of those nnu sTabe
morbid and anomalous feelings with Which the cIsys of
complaints under consideration is accompanied The
vaPor bath Is stih more etcacious than the liquid and
where the circumstances Of the patient Will permit
ought 10 De preferred.
"Disorders IN ,ctieh he Bath is applicable. DR..
Scott properly observes that there is large class of
diseases in this country, denoInnated bilious, which
arise from deficient supeTabundant, and depraved
cretions OF bile; hence spring arrangements of the
stomach gddiness, feverish heat head aches, restless
night, cramps and spasms, melancholy & MANY
Of those unhappy feelings TO which the ''nervoIs
has been applied.
"Where the bile is deficient in quantity the effects
o. the bath only knowQ by the foeces returning b,
degrees to their natural coors, and by gradual im
Provement of the health. With people DISPOSED to
bile it is necessary 10 keep tho bowels very open du
ring the use of the bath; for of its effects as
have said, and which much of its beneficial tepden.
cy depends is produce ow of bile INTO tho mites
final canal the consequences OF which should be
Waited 81 iaxatves. Those inconvenient effects of the
bath arse from the very powers which enable il to
correct more depraved conditions OF the stomach and
hillary organs. Although this bath with little dsur-
b. &C. produces many happy effects let II not be sup
posed, that delicate strong people suffer no
temporary inconvenience. Let ii awsys on the con-
:rary be recofected, that the advantages produced by
it be fully appreciated until the patient has
given up the OF IL for considerable time Even
those Who feel very sensible Ell. from at the
moment generally 10 the end find their health impro-
we'd"
NOTE-Dr. Johnsou's Medical work is 50 wei! known
that 1T requires psncSyrc from mt still feel il
my duty shew the public his IDEAS on tho use of
bathing, well to Justify myself To benefit those
abournE under arrangements Of the internal organs
commonly termed dyspepsis.
At all times, great truths only established af-
Ter forcing their way through the greatest obstacles
1t appears that man. often deceived guards himself
against every kind of discovery. How many do Ue
sae, who yielding too easily to the asceudsncv of
habits, preIudices, and oftemues Of their passions,
have d, clsred themselves the or at least the
adSerssres of men who had other desire bat that
Of eulghteninG their contemporaries. How unsny ex.
ampes to be found in both ancient and modern
history in support of this assertion
Until the time OF Hervey, not the blood cunsid-
cred by the ancents as a kind of fluid i'm a state OF
stagnaton, without circulation motonl This learn
ed physician discovered, NJ least demonstrated the
circulation of the blood. All the old school was in
opposition, as might have been expected to this in
noraton The great Dcscartes, whom the word novel
~ could rghten, openly declares himselfts cham.
pion, and gave further demonstration of IT, Bot no.
thing could prevent lerycy from falling under the dis
grace Of his soveregns James the fst and Charles the
1st and his most implacabe enemies we're those who
exercised the profession which he did,
But without looking for examples amongst oar
neighb Sour country not free from unjust
preudices sgansl this Describes, this trauscen
dent genius, who the first TO enter career which
worthy ct him clone, Nho has, by single stroke
we'll dawn She character Of mankind. when he says
at is easy for 60 shake or his preludIcss as
I 1t would be for man to burn his house" was
he accused Of atheism, who endeaVored to prove
by a new theory, tho existence Of a God' And 90 a.
void tue prosecutions OF his enemies was he not com
PEELED TO seek asylum in the frgd climates Of the
north, there 10 regain that tranquility which he could
not find IN his country Melancholy fate Of illus
/ trous meni Sn much for the mOdcrus
j. what then may 1 not anticipate, whose new princi
Piles calculated overthrow from Us very basis III,
erroneous system which The art OF calng' has res
/ ted until this day. For having substituted mcthut
at curing, simple nature herself and IN perfect har
mony With a her ncccssItics} must expect, as wei
rs my apologsts 10 be asssIed 10y the shafts of gno
rance and cslumuy. Perhaps those men Who trembl
through fear OF losing their domino ering power ant
among the numerous victims at a blind oredu
Ity, some VIII receive uuiovorahiy the offering which
4 have so generously made 20 the world ~ my metho,
oi treatments but strengthened 10y the integrity Of NJ
console nee, aud the gratitude Of those oC NV fellow
creatures whom I have snstchtd from the arms q
death, my soul both feeling aud courageous, will IA
ment the blindness OF my advcrsarics, who refuse
oprn their eyes To- the hight of truth and viii dcplor