Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-24
DIR. HARDMAN,
On the Cure of Consumption by Medi-
Gated Inhalation.
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Gated Inhalation.
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To tie Editors Of the Chronicle:
The reader will obsel We, from what has
preceded, that various kinds of LIMA
LANTs are used in order to fulfil the in i
cations in any particular case. In the
early stage Of consumption. the idea is to
dispose Of the tubercular deposits in the
lungs, u on which the entire danger de-
ponds. The inhalalions that will accom-
plish this are called Alter alive Inhalants.
After the disease passes into A state of
liberation and cavities are formed. we
wish, if possible. to evacuate the matter
from the lungs, that we may promote the
healing up of the cavity just as we
would first caus" a discharge of matter
contained in a common boil or abcesS,
and then heal it up. Here her the case
would demand an expecIorant and alter.
alive inhalation. Another case NAV
present indications of, great irritation
within the lungs, producing a hacking.
irritable and almost constant cough, yery
harrassing TO the patient and threatening
exhau.tatiOn and speedy death. In such
cases Anodyne inhalation will give speedy
relief, and if followed by expectorant
and Alternative inhalants, the relief will
prove permanent. Again, cases may
present in viii h there is not only a very
copious secretion Of matter from a lining
membrane of a cavity, but also from the
whole mucous lining of the lungs, and
then we find an AstIingent inhalation
comes into requisition. In another case
we may have spasmOdic cough, or one
depending entirely upon nervous irrita-
ton /; hen an Anti -spasmodic inhalation
is demanded.
By these remarks. it will be seen we
have pIvE classes of inhalants !: Altera-
tive, Expectoia ant, Anodyne, Ani.spas-
modic and Asningent. Now. these
classes are composed of a great variety
of medicines, and the reader will see thai
it requires not only a great Judgment and
discrimination but also an intimate and
comprehensive knowledge of the various
characters presented in the course of the
disease, to adapt the proper kind af inha
lants to its treatment. This is an impor
tant truth, and should be duly consider
ed by patients who have been gulled by
DR.. CURTIS, OF New York engaged in
putting up inhaling medicine by the
package" as "Hygean Vapor, and
vends them throughout the country /; of
ferine the SAME KIND of medicine, as an
Invaluable remedy, in all stages of con
sumption. This course is calculated tc
bring Inhalation into disrepute, and thus
degrade it to the base level of quackery
Inhalation can NEVER be successfully
employed, without a full and complete
history of the case-the-~ symptoms, as
they have presented from the first attack
to the present time, as well as a knowl
edge of the peculiarilies of the constitu
ton, and the kind of treatment to which
the case has been subjected. This
p known and the kind Of inhalants can BE-
so selected, as 10 meet the indications
directly before us.
The name of administering the inha
lations is
/. BY aninstrument constructed of glass.
This may be a pint or quart in capacity,
the entrance to it being closed with a
cork and silver plate. Into this inslIu
ment the medicine i placed. Thr ugh
the plate, a glass tube passes, 10 within
an eighth of an inch Of the bottom. An
other tube about a quarter of an inch IN
diameter. passes through this plate, two
inches below its under surface, and the
same above. To this the inhaIing tube
is attached, and through which the pa
tient breathes the medicated vapor.-
When. the patient inhales through this
tube, a is formed above the IL
quid in the inhaler to fiji this, a current
of fresh air rushes down through the
glass tube, and bursts forth in bubbles
from the liquid. By this arrangement,
all the air passes through the medicated
liquid. and is thoroughly impregnaled
with its healing prophecies 4; and when
inhaled into the lungs, m in direct
contact with the disease. The tempera-
ture of the medicated fluid being raised
by heat, prior to its introduction into the
instrument, volatilizaIion takes place,
rendering the Inhalation more efficient.
Cd. By medicating the air of the pa
TENTS ROOM. This places him n an at
mnsphere soothing and healing. and
which makes a continuous impression
upon the disease. The length of time
which the patient is directed to remain
in his room, thus medic ted, must neces-
sarlly vary, depending upon the nature,
stage of disease, and peculiarities of con-
stitution.
It. must be apparent to the mos
thoughtless, that by keel ing a patients
lungs thus constantly under the influence
of medicinal agents, conducted to the
seat OF disease as indicated, a thousand
fold more good can be accomplished than
by leading the stomach with powders and
pills. syrups, pukes and physics, univer-
sal panaceas and everlasting catholicOns,
by which the stomach is deIanged, di-
gestion impeded, assimilation perverted,
and The disease has ened to a fatal
termination instead of cured.
The unprecedented success of inhala
ton, in the hands of Physicians who
have devoted special atIention to 1t, and
the class Of diseases to which it is ap-
plicabIe,f has given it a popularity, where
beat known and tried. withOut'a parallel
in the history OF medicine
Yours, &C.,
S. D. HARDMA NJ D