Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-11-29


YORK, THE METROPOLIS OF NORTH AMER
IcA. One OF the duties Of the Press is to
protect the public from imposition, by
teaching true principles. Public feeling
and sympathy arc justly and humanely ex-
cited on account of The dreadful ravages Of
pestilential disease in our neighboring cities.
Yet, by Consumption, more lives are sac
rifcsd annually than Yellow Fever des-
troys i, ten years. Pc. tilential diseases
concentrate their death.dealing energies in
comparatively single, insulated localities !;
while Consumption SO noiselessly Sc nds
its un,iring shafts here and there, promise
cuously throughout al the busy walks Of
life, that those who, by the wayside, fall
and perish, are unheedcd or soon forgotten
by their neighbors, friends and relatives.
Ths question has often been asked, is
Consumption curable To learned and
experienced physicians we must look Tor
an answer to the important inquiry
Lannac and Louis Of France, Carswell and
Stokes of England, as well as many others
Of the United States. arc among able
writer's on Diseases Of the Lungs and
Chest, who answered the question une-
quivocally in the affirmative.
The opinions Of great men on any point
are entitled to our respectful consideration;
but when men of distinction give their
opinion on subject which they have made
their co lstant study ior ten, or score or
more years, that opinion, TO great extent
becomes an established fact.
There are 10 be met daily, instances of
living, robust and healthy persons who
have been cured of early and serious
attacks of Consumption.
There arc many valuable members of the
medical profession, which are going tho
rounds of an arduous practice, who have
been snatshed rom III, jaws of that vora-
cious monster, Consumption.
In this city we believe DR.. HEATH, of
No. $50 Broadway, is one OF the most sue
cessiul practitioners in the cure OF Lung
and other Chronic diseases, for tn, reason
that we have known him long time and
he has cured number of our acquaintanc.
es.
He was student and an associate OF
Profes ,or John DE- In Mater, one of the
most eminent practitioners and lecturers
this country has yet produced, filling at va
rious times and in several Medical Colleges
all the different chairs of professioAships
He also enjoys the honor Of having been
the first Professor who taught auscultaiion
an percussion, or the only certain met h
cd of ascertaining correctly the diseases
of the Lungs and Chest. DR. II. was q
graduate Of the University Medical College
Of this city, some twelve or fifteen years
ago. He is also an uncompromising enemy
Of quackery and all its auxiliaries and he
is especially caustic in his denunciations
against Specifics, Patent Medicines, Pa.
tent Shoulder Braces, Abdominal Sup
porters and all other useless and injurious
traps, trammels and nets for catching the
hard earned money Of the crepulous.
DR.. Heath is devoting all his energies ia
the ,reatmen, of Consumption, Diseases Of
the Throat, Lungs, Heart, Chest, and al
Chronic Diseases Of both sexes. Having
successfully used Inhalation for many
years. he regards it asa vauable aid in the
treatment Of affections Of the Lungs, hn,
not specific one, when used alone, BY
any means.
The Lungs, the Skin, the Stomach. nnt
Bowels, are all alike mediums through
which the system is brought under the in
Auence Of remedial agents in the cure o
disease. The Doctors motto is "Cando
and Honesr"-New York Day Book.