The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-09-29

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Gard to COnsumptive Invaliels. y
THE attention of consumptive invalids is
i called to the system of medical treatment intro
duced at this institution, aud now being employed in
she and the various diseases of the Lungs
and Throat, and also to the success attending it.
During epast two years nearly two thousand cases
of Consumption in its different stages have been treat.
cd with the successful results fact that claims
fol the method here employed your candid consdera
ton. .. .''-5 ss
THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL TREATMENT PRESENTED YOU
ESSENTIALLY IN THE INTRODUCTION OF MEDICA
TIED vAPoRs INTO THE LUNGS, WHILE NO MEDICINES ARE
GIVEN INTO SToM ACH, ORGAN BEING PRESERVED
FOR FooD, AND NOT PHYsIc.
The only method heretofore employed for the cure
of pulmonary diseases, has been directly the of
this medicines peiDg introduced into the stomach and
not into the Lungs. BY this treatment Consum pon
has notbeen cured, nor its mortality essened and it
10 now being abandoned by many prominent medical
men in this country and in Europe. a-.T
be denied that the old practice is olse in
theory and fatal in its effects and that any consump-
tive person will live longer and suffer less by discard
ing it altogether ts
The various medical vapors here used, are admins
tered by of fine spunge, moIstened with the
liquid to be inhaled and placed in small glass globe,
with an elastic tube attached, and the air drawn
through the sponge enters the lungs the natural
perat ure, charged with the vapor used The inhaler
Is convenient, and the method differs widely from the
old plan of inhaIing medicines from hot water which
was years since thrown aside by its advocates, as
wor thess.
Consumption. Bronchitis, Asthma. etc., are each
treated by remedies appropriate to the character and
stage of the disease as II appears.
Diseases of the Throat and Catarrh readily cured
by local applications, MADE by means of Showerine
1Silver) SyTenges which have inyeDted and which can
be used by patients with and safety. z
By this treatment, which is now being adopted by
many physicians in different parts the country, and
by them acknowledged to be the only correct method
OF treating diseases Of the Lungs, many permanent
cures of Consumption have been Effected and in every
instance marked benefit has been derived To the con
sumptive invalid, this system offers the only chance
cure; and IL will seldom disappon the most sauguins
hopes, If fully tried 3 K. NJ g
1t better that nyalids be seen, and examined per
sonally, but when they cannot bear the fatigue and
pense OF visit to the eity, by writing full history
their disease from its commencement, giving age, sex
occupation, &C., they be treated by the plan
and remedies as under personal care Patients thus
treated, charged $5 per month for all necessary
remedies and weekly advice, paid invariably in adj
vance, or,u upon deliveryb by express Eor examiha.
tion of Lungs, $5. s-.{ G.D.sANBORN,M ID.
No. 6 Bond street, N. Y.
N.B.-Physicians, by sending their names and ad
dress, will have sent them pamphlet, describing
fully this system ofInhaatioh. and the renediet
used i, i.as ,,- 5aug16-26m