Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-08-06
From the Indiana Journal.


,..,ar published in to-days paper, on tho subject
- ,his disease, and know him to be among tho
,,o,, learned and successful practitioners of med
;cioo in tho State. He has had much experience
"a treating tho disease, as within the last three
wars. i, has prevailed TO great extent, IN the
,o,tioo of State where he resides.
s;cce !, has been understood that the following
,..... mo, this now prevaon. disease, had boon
s.s;vod here, thero have been so frequent appl-
.,,;ons for its porusa that tho person to whom II
!. addressed has felt it right, to give i. publicity
through your paper.
+, NAV be that tho writer would hardly consent
IN ,h;s course, wero he consulted; bat many Of US
n,e 40 vol satisfied, that slip of tho pen, no
uo,dorned EXPRESSION, sentence. SO made pub
lie. which may be vanished only for the private
ave. can effect his desorvedy high reputation as a
medical man, that we think 1t proper to give the
world the benefit of his opinions by its publica-
ton, thou IN such thing certainly was not OK
pected by the Doctor when he wrote it.
To those who arc acquainted with the writer,
and whose fears have been excited by th disease,
this letter comes, cheering messenger. lis
high ntel gcncc man, his thorough kno"i-
edue of his profession. learned In tho school and
under the teachings of DIR. Husband proven IN
n constant practice Of than thirty years,
give 10 his opinions great character and value.
Knowing these things of him,and knowing TOO,
that no has had much practice in the dlsease-
and has always been successful, it will doubtless
crafty many to know, how he regards IT, and
Ioy In fronts il, Yours &C., Ii.
May 7th, 1915.
DEAR SlR:-Your favor Of the 2S.h April, is
Just to hand, in which you announce your good
Indys fears Of Erysi pas, and also her request TO
be informed what may think the best mode Of
treatment
feel highly hattered by her good opinion, and
shall endeavor to make her acquainted with, not
only what consider tho cha ractcr OF the disease,
but of a treatment which has been invariably
successful with considerable number, and mani
testify, in malignant cases as ever can occur
again.
During its prevalence last wintor, in this place,
| delivered short lecture 10 tho students of our
college, upon its pathology and treatment, In which
I commended, that, in al! bad cases, it was con-
pes,ivo state of fovor, preceded by chill, rsor
of shorter or longer continuance. and that on tho
accession Of foyer, it was indispensable to bleed
in an erect posture, until disposition TO faiEting
was induced, and 50 reaction from the
effects Of the bleeding supcrvoned, an 'rnotic OF
lpccac should be administered, to be followed by
one frec dose Of oncl,ho result of which was 10
overcome tho congestion completely. thereby
rendering it a of simple foyer from irritation
And hero will remark, that am disposed to
nscrbo tho fatality of tho disease TO belief, that
It is n disease of inhamation. rather than iffi-
Darenl of inflammation, and if you do not overcome
congestion in tho onset, you will havo TO contend
with inflammation, by tho course recommended;
YOU prevent tho latter state OF things by over
coming the former, copgcstIve state, leaving
Won plain state Of fever from irritation TO con-
tend with. Now spca. with great confluence
on this subject, because have relieved every
case, and my confidence has been incrca sed by
tho fact that the mortality at - as am IN
formed, was arrested under similar directions;
furnished young Physician thcre, whose namo
] now forget.
After overcoming tho congestion, my next
object is TO excite, not only the liver, but the
whole gandular system, but not by mercury.
For this purpose, for two or three days, allow
the patient TO dilute nitric acid freely, mado
to suit tho palate, and not moro acld than lemon
ade, al,ernatcd with minute doses of lpccac. but
sufficient to induce somo nausea, which when
induced, satisfies mo tho ivor is socretng. of con-
sequence the kidneys and all smaller glands. and
If the patient is in pain, restless, contro, both
by the of minute portions of morphine, re-
pcated at intervals Of three four hours, until
the desired effect is induced. Most commonly.
the acid and lpccac viii move the bowels sutiI-
GENTLY, but if they do not, soidlitz powders. or
seidlitz powders and calcned magncsia will be
all sufficient. What ever may be the trGc theory,
the facts of every in my hands are, that so
rs tho slanduar system has been brought
into action, and irritation overcome, every bad
symptom yields.
As you not medical man, you will not
understand what mean by the Immoral pa
tholosy-however, century ago, the popular
doctrine was, that the body became
diseased, the fluids became vi,iated especially the
blood This doctrine obtained for long time,
and finally won't the way ''of all t1esh.' Recent
Investigations however, satisfying the medical
reading world, that there is more in that doctrine
than met tho eye, and am ono of the number.
Now the aforesaid nitric acid contains
OXYGEN. than any other medical agent. it is tonic
and aniiseptic, and as the elder writers would say,
deobstruent, Chat is n removed of obstructions.)
1t is acknowledged by all, 10 act powerfully
on tho gandular system as mercury, without