New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-27

ings FroR! the relief which obtained by their
employment IN Cases where the patient had no
recollection of the ITCH inferred that they resulted
from psora which had been communicated 10 The
patient in the cradle, or IN some other way, OF
which he had no recollection. By carefully IN
curing Of the parents or old relatives, discovered
that my suspicion was well founded.
Investigating with the utmost care the curative
power of the antipsorc remedies which had been
discovered for the last eleven years, became more
and more convinced that the mlider as well as the
more extensive, and Inc most inveterate
chronic diseases, owe their existence 10 the psorc
miasm.
found hat thousands of tedious ailments, which
we find enumerated in our pathological works under
distinct names, originate with a few exceptions, IN
this widely rsmlfi-d ps0rd Such diseases are most
of those eruptlons upon the skin which have been
distinguished with so MUCH care, and separately
denoInlnaied by IFiNan; Utmost all adventurous
formations, from the common even up 10 the largest
sarcomatous tumorS, from the detorrnitles OF the
nger- nails up 10 reimbursement OF the bones and
curvatureS OF the spine, and several other diseases
of this kind, IN early as we'll as more advanced
age frequent epIstaXls, varces OF the veins OF tne
rectum and the anus, blind or flowing hemorrhoidS,
hemoptysls, lematemesis, hematurla, amtnorrhona,
menorrhagia nisilt-swcais and diarThGa OF seYe-
raj years standing; parchmsn-llke Grynefs oi Inc
skin, permanent constipation and difficult eVacua-
ton of the bowels; lung-continued local pains;
coavusions having occurred again and again tor
tions; sarcomatous enlargement ef the adlposc
tissue as well as emaclduon: sur-eXcltatlon as
well as weakness of the different senses; excessive
as well as extingushed sexual desire; diseases ot
both Tie mlrd an1 the soul from linbec!llty up TO
ecstasy from melancholy uP 10 frenzy; swoons,
vertigo the so-cded diseases OF the heart a0doInl-
nal complaints and the different iorms OF hysterla
and hypochondrla. Careful observations. comparl.
sons and experiments in latter years have revealed
10 me the fact that the tedious ailments OF both the
,I.x f,rx dad do Al
the class of syphilis or sycosls) which differ so
much from each other in their principal symptoms,
as well AS IN the different patients. are all ol them
nothing but partial manifestations OF one primitive
chronic psorc masm IN which they all originate,
and whose lnnumerabc symptoms form Dut one
integral disease, aud ought, therefore, to be re-
sarded and treated as paris of one and the same
disturbance OF this nature are the great cpl
demc typhus fevers. like that of ls13. One pa
tIent exhibits but lew symptoms oi the epidemlc,
a second patient few Others third and lourth
again other symptoms inherent IN that disease all
of these different symptoms constituting the same
pestilena fever, and IN their ln'egraiy, EXHIBIT
ing the complete image OF the disease lew
homeopathic remedies will cure such tylhus I'D
every patient infected with the disease, though
ea ach patient may exhibit different symptoms and
may seem 10 he afflicted with different ";alady'
The history Of Psora is thus summed -:
Psora is the oldest masmalc chroi disease
known. The Oldest history OF the o. nations
does not reach It's origin.
Psora Is just as tedious as syphilis = sycosts,
and is moreover, hydrd.hcGdsd. l. ess 1t IL
thoroughly cured, il lasts until the last breath OF
The longest life not even the robustest constlu-
ton, by its own unaided efforts, is able to anni
late and 10 eXtinSuish pS0ra.
In the many thousands OF years since II has VISITED
mankind, the multitude of lis morbid symptoms has
increased 10 such an extent, that lis secondary
symptoms have become lnnumerabc All atural
chronic ailments now existing, which have mol
been produced by bad medical treatment, or by
the fumes OF quicksilver, lead, arsenic, &C ~ thr
workshops, and which we ilnd arrayec III lne usaa
treatses on pathology as distinctly bounded aud
separately named diseases, originate IN psorn az
their foun,ain-head The diseases Originating In
syphilis, and those rare ones resulting from sycosls
60 not come under this remark.
According to The Inos ancient historical writings
which we possess 1Sord existed already almost iuly
developed in the earliest ages OF mankind Several
varieties of psora have already been dellneated by
Moses 8 400 years ago AT that time, however,
and always atterward, among the lsraeltes, psora
appears 10 have especially Injected the external
parts of the body This was also the case among
the Greek barbarians then among the Arabs. and
finally IN the unclvzed Europe OF the Middle
Ages 1t s not my object 10 relate here tie differ
ent names by which the various nations have de-
sisuated the more or less malignant varieties OF
leprosy, (external symptoms ot pSma) by whlch
the external parts of the body become variously
disfguIed Names are of no consequence here,
since the essence of this miasmatlc Itch is every
where the same.
In the Middle Ages Europe was visited for seve
raj centuries by the frghn lsoro OF the occidental
countries in the shape OF malignant eryslpeas,
called ST An:hoEy's Fire n the Thirteenth Cen
tury it assumed agsin the form OF lcprosy; the
crusaders brought this latter disease along with
them. By this means leprosy smead IN Europe
more than il ever had done before, to IN the yeaI
1926 there were in France about :, COO houses Tor
,h, nj l..rr NeNErtlcleSs.
ysora spreading farther and farther IN the form OF
horrible eruption upon the skin, found al least some
external aeviation in those means OF cleanliness
which the crusaders had brought along with lhen'
from the East, such as Cotton linen y shirts which
had been unknown in Europe heretofore, and the
frequent use of warm baths. These means, to-
eelher with an increasing refine ment ana more
select nourlshment, succeeded, III couple oil CEN
turies in diminishing Tue disgusting appearance OF
pstpu so as 10 reduce the disease, toward the enc
of the Fifteenth Century, 10 the ordinary eruption
of tho itch. But alas. about tins Time, IN the year
1888 SvphiHs the second miasmatlc chronic dis
ease, began TO raise its fearful head.
The psorlc eruption which appeared aiter iniec,
ton had taken place, and which, IN clvlIizeo
countries had been reduced 10 simple manifesto
ton of the common itch, was easily driven from
the skin by all SORTS Of contrvances. by means OF
baths, olIOus, sulphur ointments, preparations OF
lead, copper, zinc and mercury, OF which the md
die and higher classes svaled themselves. ihe
suppressed that i, remained often unknown whether
child or full grown person, in those classes, had
been infected with the Itch.
Bnt the cause OF humanity was not improved by
these proceedings; on The contrary, IN many re-
spects 1t grew worse. During the centuries when
The psorc eruption was fist known IN the form OF
leprosy the PATIENTS though they suffered much IN
consequence of ancinating palns IN the tumois and
scahs, and the vehement itching al! around, en-
oyed, nevertheless tar share OF general health
Hsfty " llsfl
served as substitute for the internal psora: and,
what is more, the horrible and disgusting appear
ance OF leprous patients made such an impression
upon all healthy persons that they were frightened
away already at distance; III this way The ep
rous patients being kept apart from human society
IN separate houses, the contagon remained limited
and WAS. comparatively speaking, rare
The milder forms OF JSora which appeared again,
as has been mentioned before during the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Centuries in the shape OF The Itch, In
ecIed far greater number than The leprous patients
were able 10 do, whose irshttul appearance caused
rhcm 10 be- cNtetnliY nynldcO by every body. ne