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CONSUMPTION.

We do not profess knowledge enough of
the subject to Judge Of the value Of the fol-
lowing article from the N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser; but our subscription list en-
braces the names Of many physicians and
| others 10 whom we presume it will not oe
unacceptable:-
The late amented death Of Dr.. Bushe
from that form Of consumption known as
chronic bronchitis, painfully reminds me of
duty the subscriber owes to his profession
and TO society. OF making known a simple
form oftreotment that has never failed hun
in curing this form of consumption. SO des.
trucive to the clerical and literary profes.
sions; this treatmet is of nearly equal eff
cacy in catarrha phthisis, and is a valuable
remedy for consumption in all its forms
when IN its chronic stages. and free from
any inftammatory symptoms. treat.
ment is based on the pa biology of consump
ton. az a generic name for disease.
Under the name OF consumption are in.
cluded that variety of diseases of the lungs
attended with eXpectoration Of purulenl
matter from the breathing surface Of the
lungs, connected with emacation, hectc
fever, and its concomfants, night sweats.
colliqua,ive dIarrhGa, &c. All the forms
of consumption act on the general health
from one common cause.-The presence Of
matter acting upon absorbing surfaces and
thus producing those symptoms known as
hectic fever. IL is the presence and VIC.
ence of this symptom Of consumption, that
pros'ra,es the patient. until it more or less
slowly ends in death. II is the consequence
Of this hectic fever, and not the immediate
disease of the lungs causing it, that forms
the source Of fatality from consumption.
| The treatment now with reluctant DIFF.
| fidence snOnlt, have successfully used for
more than twelve years, and during that
period Of medIca practice, ! am not aware
OF having lost more than four or five pa
tents from all the various forms of con-
sumption, and these were mostly passed to
that Stage of disease where The structure
of the lungs had become so extensively dis
eased, as TO preclude the use Of more than
palliative treatment. Cases of chronic
bronchitis were in every instance cured by
it, even when the purulent cXpectoration
amounted to pints daily, with hectic fever
,liarrhea. cold sweats, and entire physical
prostrallon.
The treatment is the ad,nnistral ion o!
sulphnte OF copper IN nausea,lng doses
combined with gum ammonlac, given SO a.
to nauseale but not ordinarily 10 produce
! foil vomiting; the usual dose for this put'
pose is about half o grain, and five grains
Of the respective ingredients, in a teaspoon.
full of water, to be taken, at first twice, ant
| in IN loc Io,
In cases OF chronic bronchitis gargle o.
the suphaie of copper alone is superadded
In this latter form of consumption. ,hi,
treatment almost invariably suspends The
hectic symptoms in few days. and the
dIseas rapidly advances to its final cure.
In cases of The more proper forms o.
consumption, The treatment must be inter
mi'ted frequently ard again returned to
and whenever soreness of the chest, OIL
other symptoms Of inf1ammat0ry action ex
list, the treatment should be suspended o,
) it is in the chronic stale alone that the
remedy is Indicated or useful-lhat state
IN which the condition OF the general sys
: TEN as sympothelically involved become,
J the more prominent symptom, and The sue
cess Of The treatment depends chiefly or
Tue UItuh'"p w 'H's ey"putuctC dCtIoH u
E he diseased lung. on The more healthy
. tone of The stomach, and increasing it's d.
, gestlve powers, and likewise causing, du
r,ng nauseat,ng action, a more active AM
4; healthy circulation Of blood through tn,
,, lungs. Its curative powers are more i'm
: mcdia,ely attributable to these effects O
4 It's action, But theory apart, the treat
}. ment is presented based on more than te
s years experience of its curative advanta
is ges. in the proper treatment of diseases @
e mucopurulent and puruIent expecloratior
5: Having left a profession thal more neat
o ~ than any other approa ches the pure dr
ties Of humanity, but which has nearl
is ceased in this country TO be honorable c
y profitable. ! have little motive IN exposin
myself to that certain faieule hat :c!!cv
I'd the snnuncistion that consumption may