New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-22

public deception, 70 ih'o''ht
ne health pubic crime, and BY al risht minded Pcros
q 81 REGARDED cumc Il Is the right as II Il the duty OF any
one having the means unma.t and eXpOsc.
Ununded ard mi,oevous have gone abroad ron
th, az, IN rrssrd 20 the Of Consumption and othsi
diseases Of the Lungs, by "Medioated lnha,;on" From
letters Of inquiry addressed TO me on the sub
i-ei from various parts Of the country. find the belief
prevailing that there has recently originated here. under
This n.mc arr mcthod OF praeuce tor Lung d'ses-s-
ono which tbe Medical Profession and the world nse
hsve hitherto ignorant VERY industrious Efforts have been
made spread such belief Bold and confident claims 70
a.Scij in hi treatment have been advanced tnIoqs1 tne
newsrAper and otherwise IL not therefore surprising that
Per.on' $oud have been missed Il YOU'D . seem ,hs
this permitting heir names 10 Appea ~ the newspapers
eredtsbe and from which even very psa sequalhanoe
with medical history would rescue them Inc physician VINO
fsiisr pncioe ihoroughly tested the limits
sse. wsl defined must bsve confined his reading within
orap physicians who have thoroughly ths
when pscticed specially and employed alone or a'.hs
Doctors in this city it 10 failure and cannot be relied upon
Another IMPRESSION, equally unfounded and more mis-
Gated vpor Consumption THIS belief is based upon
the theory that CONSUMPTION simply tooa! disease and
estn; that would send into the stomach an enene
orum so YOU should send medicine into the lungs
uberces heal ulcers existing there This Theory though
plsuebe Al first view and well calculated mseai
formed or unihnkng really grss fslscy and thu this 10
cal when employed alone without constitutional
remedies is in fact successful curing Consu upon b.ss
les. the theory which hiss The inhanS OF
edcstsd vBpOT useful in cases but the extent OF
It, msy. be very easily overesmsted When
unsaifuly Improperly employed 1t is capable of
sest abuse and serious injury Coz sumption Is alvey.
and IN every ipstsuoe constitutional disease Tuoerces and
but local derelopment Of general d
and truly so as the Postu eruption in the SINAI Pof
You might as vel expect 10 cure the aeI oy smPy oowint
the surface the skin The former by nhans vapo
he il inooced to place coz fdence in this oat
n1sken Treatment for the Of Consumption For be
throws AWAY priceless time 10 Intellectual experiments, ao5
up his dissppon' men aud los when it Is
late to hope for efecuai help from any quarter.
thar by publishing the whole truth IN regard 70
this treatment showing that it Is an old snlsr wees ed
OF general constitutions. treatment purpose to do in
this and subsequent cOmnuuicstions and
ted mode Of treating Lung diseae This ia; viii appear b,
reference past h-toy recorded in the writings OF those
VITO prscticed From the Of newspaper
con subject would suppose that the hs
tory Of Medicsed Inhalation would b. no history at al that II
has been tined 10 hospitals and well conducted private
prsccer.ver treated books-nor mooted in medics
peTodalf-tbat has been tested by any systematic
thorough experimentsn word, that has remained an un
il MIDST Now so far from this being true, there
scarcely any known treatment for any disease that
has been thoroughly tined, which has
been written which has been the subject Of more thorough
and complete experiment both II hospitals and private prac
profession fully explored this field have left
printed psse the records of their experience. In attempting
Of materials but Of their abundance and
yaie IN the limited space to which am necessarily con
fined IN article cannot of 1.-THE
the authorities the subject for could easily h column
the titles Of the books aud articles n eaca peri
odios Dictionaries Encyc opedas which have
ten upon will glance few OF the prominent and
noteworthy.
Passing entirely the very early history of this treatment
In connection with which stand the Of Aristotle CELSIUS
Galen Sy1enham Harvey Morton and others down
syn time and may be considered
the history OF Inhalation. This may properly be said
with the experiments sud publications Of Dr. Ben
nett an English phyecisn of celebrity This the
year 1855 he published in that work in Latin on Pull
nonay Diseases which he ommepdd and ia y described
the method of Inhalation Of variety Of su6',ances
Bennett succeeded by Dr. John Nudge also an English
and Expeditions Cure Cstsrhous Cough" His
the ha'ion Of variety OF yaPor' ne ayen'ed the lahse
staltaly IN by all who practice lnhalaon-beng
tubes inserted extending dawn to the bottom d
the bottle The oher reaching only just through the cork
bottle was par filed with fluid passed through the fluid and
course became pregnaod with whatever medicinal quail
nm most preposterous claim Of city
piece with the accompany ing claim Of noreg N the
will lind there this Inhaler described ana repre-
by as T Mssg both G De s sad
various dcnes. he gives the formulas for their preparation
and eXh bitten in his 6o6S.
eci OF luhaaon made by DIR. Beddoes OF BisO En-
gard. This ply sicisn ul trial OF Inha alton
publications gives the wora his practice and s results
Passing number Of writers OF lesser note come down
conhnng attention still TO English physicians We
work upon stion by sir Alexander Crchou. His
practice in col necon nhsa hd become Sensvey
experiments thorough, complete and ongcontnq-d,
eoyeI wide fed boz IL 'he ane Of disease aud remedies
Simu taueousy with CT!chton the celebrated Dr. John
Forbes Of England made ra Of Inhalation IN his practice The
results Of bis experiments will be found III the Medca snd
Phys Journal for October 1872 They were conducted on
scale ard with great care but they were not "a
vorabe Dr. Forbes describes fully the Inhaer-es'enta,
the a. that now in use.
Ioha This celebrated physician pursued the practice
Of years deyOng 70 with no little enthasam Dis
eminent professional abilities and ample experience iodins
with him, they are WITH al tdVOcates OF
a. VI" . -, a. r. ybe, ne made TIA Of
agents but he was not eonnnea 70 he ~ auI 40 VI
every ns which the experiments OF others or hi. own
OF medicine suggested eou be made eheetiv9 Ia ar
resting paiating Disease IN the Lungs Aef ~9 years
a be published the first edition OF ms WORK on lnhaauos
e espoysd the formula. for their Exhibition ana the
upon the stated oeTng sixteen second edition aP
from reading his book be had about exhausted the subject
Ihe celebrated Sir James Clark well known on OF the
12, sDV any. on i" in Ss British Euoyc ops.
Msdsae n ha s5' TSt yo r s wi ~ be ue
bect names the medicines employed describes 10 mole Of
preparing and administering them and the nuumen' o,ea
result which the English FScuty has arrived IL relation
We book to which would direct special atten
oD. Il IS interesting not 50 much cause Of any intrinsic e
Of the pretended practice here refer 70 ne
oik d. B. Maddox, Of London hsye before ms hs
fac that be hsd then devoted years specially he
treatment Of ConUmpton BY inhalation THIS book shows ny
be aysed himself Of 81 the knowledge and experience o. his
predecessor carefully repeated hef experiment. znt then
Ls aid eli available remedies Of which be had knoS
edge This publication while may si 70 ensthea our con
6dcuce MedieAed ubastion" spe:aty being evi
emily prepared with the design Of sitIacog hh 70 the sq
net BY putting bis practice most clearly proves 81 a.
that ouy very unusual stscy could set Al this ate
DAY ain Of n0telfy for this The whole thing
or dst l. but feeble copy Of Dr. MsidOek, % his
msnis BIS .ppeai u tie profession ana mo Invalid ana h
u writing.
but c.pnot CONTINUE The review OF English authority For
the belsft q those who dese 70 pufsue the hVeui5r
snous Eugsh suihors further Will, however, mnon the
O. Eotsou Murray, Young Clayton, Wright Wilson
EclIosh Hsauug and COTsF1n Ebrris Prars-n haf
TLompson hysa HArw ado burton Gardner anf DAVID
Thee AZ bot Of others treat upon lnhAAnor But
enough q Eugli,h practice.
g. ~ next letiet glance the history of This treatment
ftn.1y FrAncs tOfcthsf with the testimony Of tue