Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-06-13

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We conceive the annexed remarks of
DR.. CoopER, of sufficient weight to re-
commend them 10 the consideration OF
those who labor under this direiul disease.
They are taken from the N. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser.
The late lamented death OF DIR. Rush
from that form of consumption known as
chronic bronchitis, painfully reminds me
of a duty the subscriber owes TO his pro.
lesson and to society, of making known
a simple form OF treatment that has ne
yer failed him in curing this form Of con-
sumption, SO destructive to the clerical
and literary professions this treatment
is of neatly equal efficacy in carhal phthIs-
is, and Is a valuable remedy for consump-
ton in all lis forms when in its chronic
stages, and free from any inflammatory
symptoms. This treatment is based on
the pathology Of consumption. as the &C.
neric name for disease.
Under the name o~fcon.umption arc in
cludod that variety OF diseases OF the
lungs attended with expectoration oil pu-
rulent matter from the breathing surface
of the lungs, connected with emaciatIon,
hectic fever and its concomltants, night
sweats, colliquative dlarihua, &c. All
the forms of consumption act on the gem
eral health from one common cause.-The
presence of matter acting upon absorbing
surfaces, and thus producing those symp-
tons known as hectic fever. 1t is the
presence md violence of this symptom OF
consumption, that prostrates the patient
until It more or less slowly ends in death.
1t 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
diffidence submit, | have successfully used
for more than twelve years, and during
that period Of medical practice, ! am not
aware ofhaving lost more than -four or
FIVE patients from all the various forms OF
consumption, and these were mostly pas
sed to that stage Of disease as 10 preclude
the use Of more than palliative treatment.
Cases of chronic bronchitis were in eve-
ny instance cured by il, even when the
p~urulent expectoration amounted to pinls
daily, with hectic fever, dlarrpa, cold
sweats and entire physical prostration.
The treatment is the administration of
sulphate Of copper in nauseatlng doses
combined with gum amoniac, gwen so as
nauseate, but not ordinarily to produce
full vomiting the usual dose Tor this Pur-
pose is about half a gram and hive grams
of the respective ingredients, in a tea
spoonful Of water, 10 be taken at flrst
twice, and in the conyalescent stages once
a day.
In cases of chronic bronchitis a gargle
ofthe sulphate o fcopper alone is super
added. In this latter form OF consump-
ton, this treatment almost invariably sus-
pends the hectic symptoms IN n few days,
and the disease rapidly advances 10 its
final cure.
In cases Of the more proper forms oil
consumption the treatment must be inter
miited frequently and again returned to (;
and whenever soreness Of the chest or
other symptoms Of inaammatory action
exist, the treatment should be suspended
us it is in the chronic state alone thai the
remedy is indicated or useiul-lhat state
in which the condition OF the general sys-
lem as alphabetically involved becomes
the more prominent symptom, ana Inc
success Of the treatment depends chiehy
on the breaking up this sympathetic ac-
ton Of the diseased lung, on the mere
healthy 0 of tho stomach, and increa-
sing its digestive powers. and LIKEWISE
causing, during nauseating action, a more
active and healthy circulation OF blood
through the lungs. Its curative powers
are more Immediately attributed 10 these
effects of its action. But, theory apart
the treatment is presented based on more
than ten years experience oil its curative
advantages, ia the proper treatment OF
mucopurulent and Purulent ~exPectora-
tom
Having left q profession that more near