Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-19

;.s t:,rr.s' schrrus rumours in thei. incipl-
~, s,aues cu,apeous Diseases liver cSmssns,, h,
pcpsia govt, rhecmatisn, white S :~c tie dcranre
debility, and all disorders ar nnon tie
mcnt OF the a,eesu.t fFRINcipLEs OF
/ aEp.tnR7L.v, OF STU U.N7ON,
,.: 10y use. sulphur water BARNS, which directed
.fonic diseases of long standing. frhe medicnted
JdSths employed with the vegetable decoctions. are
powerful apxiiarics in the cure ofthe abovemenlion-
The effects Of The Baihs are ~ - -,
LIST. To equalize circulation OF the blood, and
hence to remove GOODNESS Of the hands and feet and
to lessen the determination flow of the blood to
the head.
end. To re establish insensibic perspiration, and
thereby To relieve the symp toms OF internal infamua-
ton. 81
3rd. To diminish nervous irritability.
18th, To remove the effects OF Mercury from the
system - ~
Before the Baths are used the systcm must be pre-
pared by internal and external treatment according
TO the dscnse arc and constitution of the M
The baths have been used in this pace for four years
with great success, and without any accident of the
most tr1ing nature
| The establishment is large and commodous: one
half app oprated to the of The lades-the other
half for the gentlemen. They are now ready to go
into operation.
Extracts from treatise on arrangements of the liver
internal organs, and nervous system. BY Jnnes
Johnson, NJ D., and member ofthe Royal College
Cbirurgpul Review Published in iges--pages
los anu Iis-i3.
1 EXTRACTS
eve now cnme to the external remedial measures,
which are OF no importance in this class Of dis
cases. ss
"The ,cpid bath may claim precedence. If the ex.
tensive chain of sympathes between the skin and
terns organs be kept in view, may easily account
for the benefit resulting from judicous course of
warm bathing In aagmenting mild cuticuar dis
charge from the pores of the surface, the bath
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ary while at the time, II relieves the
gestion in the portal circle, and determines the sur
lace of the body II Isl of course, in deficient
ton orpor OF the hillary organ, that the bath
can be advantageous; where there is actual red,n
daney of bile, which, by the bye, is seldom the case
and never Of long standing, as have already shewn,
the bath would be more doubtful remedy. Though
plethora IN the portal circle almost invariably
ccGes violent oisasm i'm the secre.ory vessels
the tver the tePid bath might be serviceahle in de-
termnirg 10 the surface, and removing the congestion
anterior to, and Sns preventing redundancy of
ton. speakng generally, however, it is by far the
most potent and agree external which VIC
can put in practice fur tire relief Of those inrumerabe
morbid ard ANOMALOUS feelings with which the class of
Ecompaspnts under consideration is accompanies. The
vapor bath is stih more efcacous than the liquid and
iwere the circumstances of the patient will permit,
ought to be preferred.
| Disorders Ia tct,eh lie Bath is applicable DIR
Scot, properly observes that there large class oil
diseases in this country, denomnsied bilious, which
arise from deficient, bundant, and ceprsyed Sc
cretions OF bile; hence spring derange mems of the
stomach, gddness feverish heat head aches restless
ness ut night, cramps and spasms, melancholy & mauy
ct those unhappy feelings to winch The term nervous
! ias been applied.
'Where the bile is deficient in quantity the effects
of the bath only known by the oeces returning By
degrees their natural coIors, and by n gradual I'M
! prove of the health. With poopia iisrased "a
r;np the use of the bath for ono OF ~, cff;crs Wv
have said, aud which much Of its beneficial tendcn
~ aePends, produce a flow of bile INTO the int
tina canal, the consequences of which should be OBJ
waited by laxatives Those nconv enient effects of thu
bath arise from the very powers which enable It Il
correct more depraved conditions of the stomach anc
hillary organs. Although this bath with little disur
bance, produces many happy eifrcts let il not be sun
posed, that delicate, strong people suffer n,
Temporary Inconvenience Let il always on the CON
trary, be recoliected st the advantages produced
II can never be fully appreciated unit the patient ha.
gwen up The use ct It for considerable time. Even
those who feel very sensible effects from il at the
moment, generally in the end find tier health impro
lyed'' 'fN
NOrE-Dr. Johnson's Medical work is so wen koow,
that 1t requires Ro panegyric from me; still feel i
/ my duty to shew to the public his ideas OH tile use O
bathing, as well TO justify myself as to beneft.ihost
abourng under derange Of the internal organs
commonly termed dyspepsia.
At all tines great truths were only established ac
ter forcing their way through the greatest Obstacles
IL appears that man. often deceived, guards hnsel
against every kind of discovery. How many do US
see, who, yielding too easily TO tue ascendancy Of
habits. prejudices and oftentmes of their passions
have dt clared themselves the enemies or at least the
adversaries OF men who had other desire but thai
OF eniightening their contemporaries. How many ex
anPies are to be found IN both ancient and modern
| history w support Of this assertion
Until The time OF Hervey, not the blood consid
cred by the ancients kind Of fluid in state o
stagnatoB, without circulation notion This learn
cd physician discovered, at least denons rated the
circulation OF the blood. All The old school was in
opposition, (as might have been txpecied to this in
no'aiion the great Descartes, whom the word novel
~ could not frghten openly declares himself its cham
pion, and gave Further demonstration Of IT, But no.
Thing could prevent Hervey from falling under the die
grace OF his sovereigns James the 1st and Charles the
LIST; and his most impacable enemies were those who
exercised the same profession which he did,
Bot without looking tor examples amongst out
neigbbUs, our own country free from unius,
preJudces against this DESCRIBES this transce
dent genius, who the first enter career which
49, ",H' nj him alone who has. by single stroke
st IS as easy for man to shake off his pre- udces a.
| ., would be tor man TO burn his own house was
moi he accused of atheism. who endeayored TO prnve
| by new theory, the existence of a God? And 20 a.
void the prosecutions OF his enemies was he not com
PEELED TO seek an asylum IN the fgd climates of the
Dortb there to regain that Tranquility which e coJ