The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-01-29

There have BEEN time and again, qasck msdi-
cines advertised to cure consuulptign, but we ali
know the value to be attached to The statements
pnt forth ~ this way; but we do moi nov aIlasie %
these infalible cures, but 70 the statements 81 I
learned physician, whose creating
some attention in the medical world
At late meeting o. The New York Academy of
Medicine, we notice that DR. B. Riofrcy was pres
ent He is from Paris and is particularly known
as The author Of various scientific works
This gentleman thinks eosssanigtio,s is e1wa5is
and read paper upon the subject, to which be has
devoted many years Of attention. He kas travelled
over Earopein in search q ruth, and comes to this
country as new field in which % prosecute his m
qairies.
"Cholera, says Doctor Rioffey, THAT dirsfui
sooufge which has spread terror and havoc IN the
world is thus far but disease !; while consnmp-
ton, in It's different iofms causes not IN one year
only but every year; quarter Of all the deaths in
Emope,ss also quarter Of the deaths in The Uni
ted States For scouage that is pernaneat, there
must be permanent Laws that produce it Diseases
are subject 70 laws they pursue q regular march,
and tend towards natual nination BY recovery
lor DEATH Therefore il is the tiutyof medical men
to search out the generation Of diseases, in order to
arrive al the laws OF cure
The laws Of generation Of consumption being
known, the laws Of cure must be fopnd for law Of
cure Of consumption exists. This Is proved beyond
doubt BY The cures effected with different systems
{ Hitherto says DR.. Riofey.s" consnmptive pa.
tieHss have been treated only by accidental means
while they ought 10 be under the permanent care Of
the most enlightened physicians, 20 be hatched
again into new life. 1 say the most enlightened
plyscians for fhs disease requires the yclope-
man constitution.
The secret Of the cure OF cons unpton lies in the
permaneney Of the means appropriated to cpunier-
balance and To overcome the permanent causes ol
this disease. am confident says Dr. r., that
the time not far distant when for nolecuIe Of IN
organic maner, that constitutes eonsumpt ption, may
be substituted molecule Of organic subsgapce
Then consumption may be cured by opposing CON
stant means Of restitution TO cnnstant causss .
weakness and Of premature decay
Dr.. Riofrey read only tlss insrodueton d lis lds
moir. He concluded as follows
4 Again and again I say, consumption is cdrable
but moi by aceidehtal means, not by specific, 70
unfortunately thc4e Is none; bot BY proper pysica
education, by har1nonizing the climate with the pa
TENTS health and wants, by the resources Of organ
ic chemistry, BY the new-views ON digestion an,
dyspepsia in fact gentlemen, BY d new science
that call the true philosophy Of medieins-in 9th
words, by opposing constant neans 81 toi
| disease.
"Gentlemen, came across the atlantic to lear
from you what you have discovered for the cure Q
) this permanent plague, consumption. In eountr
that has attained SO much greatness as youts-in
country where the blessings Of freedom allow an
one full scope and a complete Development OF hi
faculties, medical science cannot remain behind th
streams Of progress. 1t IS true, Al first sight, I'll
medical REoiession is encusnbered by parasitic BE-
Rgs, but there are among you very great Inens tha
deiicacy forbids US 70 name for some Of asm Al
here present There are great men.who, ike d
oaks Of your forests stand high in the estimation,
the world, and they cannot lose their value becaus
the moss Of quackery springs and noulds At The
feet. To you, then. gentlemen, noble pillars Of u
medical science in this country, make an appes
in behalf suffering humanity. have not the pre-
tension TO teach you any thing -but the humble Ia
bors Of man in search Of truth deserve encourage
ment; and it is this consideration that led me 4
come to this county not 10 dig the California gold
but to enrich and ehiighteu my Understanding witt
the discovery and advanced knowledge Of the ,rus
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