The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-07-26
Consumption Cured by inhalation and Ad-
iunct Remedies,

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To the Editors 9fthe Morning Times
In the language of recent writer,
propose some truths which had better b
scrutiuized closely before being admitted
for l abominate "surprizes, amboncades
and coup d'etatS in all their varieties. y
In presenting my new theories of lung
diseases, I do not wish to be confoundeC
with these blundering empires, who have
adapted the Inhaling method for the treat
ment of Consumption, without the use o
adjunct remedies, or without the requi
site knowledge of the Pathology of the
disease. That Medicatcd Inhalation en-
ployed as speciality would prove fail
ure in disease of the Lungs, ought to have
been anticipated, and should now occa.
sion no surprise. 1t requires but a mo.
ment's reflection to be convinced that a
deep-seated constitutional malady like
Tubercular Consumption cannot be cured
by the local application of vaP0r to the
lungs, and this alone. No intelligent
Physician should ever for moment think
of relying upon it alone for this purpose
am aware that medical men receive
any facts in reference to the Durability q
Consumption with the most incredulous
caution; nevertheless, deeming it desira-
be that all who are interested in this di-
seaSe should understand how far the ear
ly adoption of proper means affords a
reasonable hope of recovery, [ am in
y - 20 4hn
startling facts, based on my own observa-
tions, in connection with the treatm ent Of
diseases of the lungs, by means of a Chest
ExPander and Inhaling apparatus, recent
ly invented by myself and used with graf
flying results in my own practice.
Pathological Investigations show in the
clearest manner that recovery often does
take place from this disease. C0aSUnp-
tiO1 IS catrahle-curable in stages even
considerably advanced. In the last stage
where a considerable portion of the
lungs is destroyed-it cannot be cm'od,-
although the disease may be greatly nit
igated If the disease may be taken in
It's earlier stages, there is nothing to pre-
vent cure. All that is required is, to
assist nature in her recuperat5re Office
Nature never errs, and her principal med
iciDal means are atmospheric air, COM
bined With certain healing ingredient, in
troduced directly into the air-cells of the
lungs, thereby removing tubercles and
preventing further disposition of them.
At the present time, about one hundred
thousand persons die annually in the T.
nited States alone from C0nSun1pti0n =
In view of this frightful mortality, am
constrained to continue my efforts in be-
half of pulmonary patients, while my own
success in the removal Of tuberc!es war
rants me in saying that Consumption Is
not necessarily a JataL disease.
After a long and diligent scrutiny of
Nature, I am at last enabled to place be-
fore the world doctrine on Pulmonary
Diseases, and method of cure agreea-
bic to coD1n10n sense and the lrrgtTagad5e
lars 0f Nature: for after all, to Nature,
must Ir7ah ever make her first and last
appeal. BY Ifath am l willing that N J
neoc h1ipOtIcSiS of diseases, and the new
fabric Of new medicine that have pre-
sumed to erect upon the ruins and rever-
les of the past, shall be tested and tried.
The NATURAL SYSTEM to which [ refer,
is the direct aPPJtcatj01 Of remedies 10 the
dlSeaSea structures, by INHALATION. BY
these means CORSunaptIO1 may be, and Of
ten is, c1tre5-and it cannot possibly be
cured in an other way. Consumption is
disease arising more from what We
breathe than what We eat. In order to eff
feet the necessary changes in the blood
and keep it in healthy state, man
ought to breathe ffty-seyen hogsheads in
twenty-four hours. The entire amount
of blood in the system, about twenty four
pints, is conveyed through the lungs FIVE
hundred and forty times in twenty four
hours-equal to a hOgshead an hour
How important then that the lungs should
be kept duly inflated with atmospheric
air, and the blood be kept in a healthy
condition. This result may be readily
secured By the use Of the Chest Expand
er and the Inhaling Remedies, recently
invented by myself, and introduced with
most wonderful success in my own prac-
tice.
Consumption arises from want Of
proper nutrition, and allowing small bod
les to form in the air-cells and passages
leading to fhem. These bodies operate
as thorn would, causing ulcers and an
accumulation Of purulent matter, which
is spat up, leaving a cavity in the lungs,
which cavities increase in number, till the
entire lungs become differentiated, and
death ensues. The accumulation of tu-
bercles is a result of defective aration
of the blood, and to prevent their deposi-
ton and heal the existing ulcers, is by
applying remaedjes to Tie scat Of the na0rbld
changes. Tubercles often give no symp-
toms until their aggregation interferes
with respiration, which ultim ately pro-
duces irritation, cough, and all the other
distressing concomitants Of Consumption.
To arrest tubercular deposition, and
change and soften and remove tubercles
already deposited. is the end to be ac-
complishcd by bahaSatiOn, which, with its
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