The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-05

On the JxeoeMcnt OF Diseases o. the Lungs
and Threat, by the Inhalation Of Gold Medicated vapors,
BY GurIyoRp D. SAsBoRs, d., Of the New York LUCY
Institute, No. 9 Bond street.
10 tie Editor If Tie Neto York Daily Herald:
Proposing TO furnish for your columns rom time to
time q series Of articles upon the Urea ;ment of Lang and
Throat Diseases BY Inhaiauon OF Medicated yapors, "a
preparatory 10 those which are 10 follow. l desire % call
the attention Of physicians, and also Of ms pee Die, 10
the uneenerous and unsind opposition which my syss,n
OF treatment has met with at their baads. IL It ware
made publicly and openly, and not Ia the sick chamber,
10 the suffering and the dying, who, unfortunately, are
the Dstien, would Z he cable roie 70 soe sise syud truth 1ro aa faissho asn
But professional etiquette forbids an open discussion
hence, hike towards, they only STAB when they kno~
difficulties which attend scientific discoveries, and par
ticulsrly the Introduction Of any new medical theory or
system Of practice conflicting with the usases OF past
ages. The unmanly assaults and i~uslsious sneers Of
sctpticism lind their opposition 10 truth their only
str eneth) in the in~yetsracy OF that determined teuacty
Of opinion, which time and experience can alone over
throw. u IL a notorious fact that physicians, more
than any other class Of professional men, are the
most ilhberal and unwilling to extend support AMI
sympathy TO those who cain to have made medi-
cal discoveries, important even to the best interest
OF humanity. Instead Of grant ing o careful and candid
investigation Of its merits and dement's before they pro.
nounce judgment, they seek to throw obstacles in Its
way : ~ every means pGss,o,s' al, and wina wise s iooks and
bug Cuackery Innovation, &c. IL matters not II a
new theory or system Of treatment bears upon its front
the impress OF reason and common senfe,-it matters
NO, II Its results prove its correctness and value-at the
threshold Of its advent 1t meets with inquisitorial de.
INDICATIONS which even time and experience are unable
to propitiate. Jennsr, who gave to mankind that ines
Unable boon which has arrested the violence and spread
Of small pox, was denounced by physicians As a s'caar.
latsn,' and from the pulpit IS an imposter. DIR. Har-
vey, who discovered tue true circulation OF the blood,
NO sooner had he announced IL TO the world, than he
TORI lie had the happiness, however, to oatiive the
clamors of ignorance and men aits rwards we're ashamed
to own they had opposed his doctrine.
II certainly isan important question to decide whether
the old antiquated practice OF administering medicine
into the stomach for the cure Of diseases Of the lungs
and throat, is beneficial or injurious. DO they cure or
do they notg There are many physicians VINO may be
considered stereotyped editions Of antiquity, who,
doubtlets, never reflected one moment upon this ques-
ton, therefore consider is answer or discussion OF but
little consequence, but their fifty thousand victims who
are now urder their kind care and professional skill, and
who, during the present year, will have sdisd according
10 science may deem IL Of sufficient Importance to give
II, at least, = passing notice.
In future articles l shall endeavor to prove that the
old system Of treating diseases Of the lanas and throat
is founded upon q false theory, and why it has met with
no success. But In this commun cation | propose 10
invoke public attention to the vile calumnies which ply.
s,cians are daily circulating in regard to thu system or
warn their patients to avoid it, and while they know
their treatment will never restore health 10 their victim,
they prevent him from resorting to the only reasonable
They have assumed the authority of deciding every
physician to DO q 'quack or %empiric' who dsres
make his discoveries or views known Through a ne~spa.
If an honest endeayor to lessen pain, sickness and
suffering by pointing out their causes, and how they
may be arrested, be q%uaokery, then l admit the " soft
impeachment" and glory in being denounced.
Whatever may be said OF the want Of success in curing
" - escSo'eD " h~AosN snUAo - ~ III
knowing II can prove no worse, or more fatal than thatI
publicly denounce. 1t can do no more than KILT can
and does do less. Let us recall TO life for a moment the
remains of fifty thousand graves, last year made, where
lie Wondering wealth, worth and beauty'-wtth
their Scared chests, the work OF busters, setons, Or ,ton
oil, with their stomachs filed TO oyerilowipg with the
most sickening and disgusting drugs. l present phys-
clans to these phantom forms'' as monuments Of
their success.
Py applying remedies in the form Of medicated vapor
dire:tly to the parts affected, and not into the stomach,
] boldly and confidently assert to be ths only rational
and satisfactory method Of treating diseases Of the lungs
and throat. Ny success, which l claim to be unparallel-
ed, warrants the assertion. For the information Of those
who have COMPOUNDED my system Of inhalation, as usei
at the New York Lung Institute, with that which has
been used for hundreds of years, and Is well known TO
the medical pro ession, by inhaling medicines from hot
water. l take the liberty Of saying that it Is quite new
and original-no hot water 10 used.
The remedies are in the form Of volatile, chemical
liquids, pleasant and agreeable, which are Inhaled or
bIeathcd from q fine sponge, being OF tue usual tempera-
turc Of the air, from = sponge placed In n glass globe, TO
which In attached an elastic tupe and mouthpiecs. Ply
scians are cordially invited to witness my plan of trcat-
ment, and its success. Patients who desire to be treated
by Inhalation can consult me daily at No. 8 Bond street.
Peasens at a distance, who are unable to visit the city,
by writing . full history Of their case, can be treated BY
the same plan and remedies AZ here used.
"What Is Consumption ~ win be the subject OF my
next communication.
New York, Feb. S, 1865.