Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-06-17
THROAT DISEASE.


ely tor disease which has become quit
prevalentin in this country, will be read vii;
intcrcs'. 1t came under our notice yeser
, day, in the Nashville Wing, the editor c
81 Which journal says, III epubl'shing it, "Th
remedy and accompanying rem rks OF DR.
+ Cooper, VIC are assured by one OF our mos
exPerInced physicians, are worthy of alten
ton, ind, in his opinion, of the u mo con
fd nee. The disease is somewhat sImI'a
IN It's effects on The system 10 consumption
and, if not properly treated, quite Us !ala
in its result.-BaE. Amer.
Chronic Bronchitis.-W conceive the
annexed remarks OF Dr.. Cooper, o. sufficient
weight to recommend to the consideration
of tuose who labor under tins dreiuI dis
ease. They are taken from ths New York
Commercial Advertiser -
The lalc lamcnled death of Dr.. Rush,
from lha, form Of consumption known as
c.ronic bronchitis, painfully rem nds me oi
a duty the subscriber owes to his profession,
and to society, of making known simple
form of treatment that has never tailed HIM
! in curing this form of consump ion, so de-
structve 10 the clerical and Herary probes
sious. This treatment Is Of nearly equal
ethracy in catarrhal phthisis, and is u valuable
remedy tor consumption in al its forms.
when IN its chronic stages, and free from
any mfammatory symptoms. This treat
mcnt is based on the pathology OF consump.
ton, as the generic name for disease.
Under the name of consumption are in.
cluded that variety of diseases of the lungs
attended with expec;ora!on of fpurulent mat.
ter from the breathing surface Of the lungs.
! conncc.ed with s.nacatIon, he,t fever,
and its concomtanls, nigh sweat col!qua-
tive d;arhaa, &c. All the forms Of con-
sumption &C, on the genera! health from
one common cause.-The presence OF matter
| aclin. upon abs, rb!ng surfaces, and thus
producing those symp oms known as hectic
lever. 1t is the presence and violence OF
| this Symptom OF consumption that pros
lrales lne patenr, until it mere or less ends
, IN death. 1t Is the consequence of this
hectic fever, and not the immediate diseas
of the lungs causing 1t, that forms the source
oil fatality from consumption.
The .reatmen. now with reluctant diff
dence submit, | have successfully used for
! more than twelve years, and during tha.
| period of medical practice am not awar.
| of having lost more than four or five pa.
ITEMS, from all The various forms OF con-
sumption, and these were mostly passed to
that Stage Of disease where the structure o.
the lungs had become So extensively d. sea
Sod, as 10 preclude the use gilmore than pal
la;iye treatment. Cases Of fchron!c broEcnl.
is were IN every instance cured BY ii, evel'
when the puru!ent e>pectorat!on G amounted
to pln,s daily. with The hectic fever, dlarr
haaea, cold sweats, and cn"rc physlcla! pros
,ralion.
The treatment is the administrator OF
the supha,e of copper in nauseatIng doses.
combined with gum amoniac. given so as To
nauseatc, bu, rot ordinarily TO produce lu'
vomiting. The usual dose for TINS purPos
is about hall grain. and FIVE grains OF the
respcc i've ingredients, in 'easpoonfu' o;
watcr-;o be taken al first twice, and in the
convalescent stages once day.
In cases Of chronic bronchitis a garge
of the sulphate Of copper alone is supcrad-
ded. In this latter form Of SUMPTION
this treatment almost invariably suspends
the hectic symptoms IN few days, and the
disease rapidly advances to its 5na! cure.
In cases of,hc more proper forms ofcon
= sumption the treatment must be In;ermltee
frequently, and again returned to: ant
whenever soreness of the chest, or othe
symptoms Of infammalory acton exls', tht
treatment should be suspended--a> IS II
the chronic state alone that the re nedy i
indicated or useful-tlat stae in which TIT
condition Of the general system, as symPa
I zeal ;nvo we'd, bs ONES the genera! nj 81
rom nnu, symptom ;and the success OF tn
trea,nen drpenis chiefly Oh the bfeaEln
, up Of tn s Symphalhctic action OF the dis
,, eased lung on the more healthy tone OF tn
stomach, and increasing its digestive po"
ers, and likewise, causing, during nausea
ting action, more active and heathy c,'
culalion of blood through The lungs. Il
curative powers are more Immediately al
). 'ribulablc TO these effects Of its action. b'
: t eory apart, thrt . linen, is presented base
,, on more than ten years. experience OF
+" curative advantages. in the proper trea'me
ofm ;copurulent and purulen: cxpec'o'a''o'
r, Hving Ietta profession that more near
:. than any oher approaches the pure dul
<. of humanity, but which HIS nearly cecs
S. in this country to be honorable or protl
re BILE, have little motive in exposing myse
.. to that certain rdiculs that follows the
nuncia ION tina. consumption may be cure
o. but the assurance OF practical experlene
0. and the desire of, making public 4 mea
Of savins life 10 one offs most frequent a