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the treatment Of consumption and bronchitis. The ms
the Iunss but enter directly into the eusas q the s
culation extending their beneficial influence throughout
IL combined, Ties. several s.s.ss sonstsui. treat.
ment which By Its success IN disease Of the iunsss
ssmnsd By thousand deaths for every cure sA'a WV
s. t. often spoken q y nsS:r ne.
within the lungs viii ascrbe all the comfort and much
Of the benefit that patients derive from this rsstmsnt
But that inhaled remedies also act con1ttutonsy, aaA
more powerfully and certainly than the remedies
administered through the stomach is Likewise easily de-
nonstrated.
After having spent years in laborious study and invs
tgaton in order to reduce the experience which in
hsaton based to order introduced It into the United
States in the spring Of 1851 rational and systematic
practice in pulmonary diseases Prior to that time the
attention Of the profession in this country had been but
ts old roSns Sut their experience eon
chiefly In burning resin or tar on heated shovel II.
halng iodine from teapot One physician OF thus GUY
lung Diseases used to direct his patients to rub iodine on
the chest retiring bed and then to draw the BLANKETS
heat of the body might be inhaledthereby compelling
the poor sufferer to breathe and not only the
poison thrown of from the lungs but the offensive ex.
merely mention these facts to show that there were
neither instruments for inhalation correct ideas in
regard either to the remedies to be employed or the man
Ier Of their employment Breathing the OF iodine,
imple combined with conium, is rarely beneficial
Of pulmonary disease while In all others II poatvely
hurtiu The ysican cannot employ inhalation either
with benefit safety without the light Of experience
the subject From having long abored In this de-
partment Of my profession, with practice which may
oo
sive experience OF great value to the profession
1t viii be at once apparent from the foregoing remarks,
that Inhalation gives the Of to those n
ticate arpassages and cells which have heretofore lain
beyond the reach Of direct medication It opens the door
Of the lungs with the certainty Of reaching the very
root Of the evil cannot but regard this as the most
N s % ss
Other at the disposal of the profession and not
degraded by susetery and false preensions into uni
labor Of the greatest mind and the longest life Of man,
to develope TO its fullest extent hope with the earnest
consumption" 1t very distant period brought
by the means Of inhalation, properly and skfuly used,
now the ordinary curable diseases of the body.
In the same cut with the inhaler you win observe
sethSscops formed something IKE an ear trumpet and
Of catsrrh and throat.
The chief merit Of this kaleidoscope consists in ito
being flexible without losing any of its excel.
lence for conducting sound. The ends are made Of
ivory and the connection of covered elastic tube lined
the instrument and increases very much its conducting
power One great inconvenience experienced in the use
position in which it necessarily places the physician.
This 10 obviated by the flexible stehoscope, and
entirely SO by my instrument than any In use.
The syringe is about nine inches in length is made Of
silver and will hold about three drashms of liquid. It
Of the size Of the largest catheter, and gradually
tapers down at its nozzle to of the smallest size Il
has blunt extremity, which is also carved to enable.
the operator to turn IT up behind the curtain Of the
pharynx. Half inch Of the lower extremity Of the
syringe is perforated on every side with very hne holes
Il It. IT .
slant The handles Of the syringe are formed with rings
like the ordinary for hydrose which give. ths
merits Of this syringe are that it enable to make
more thorough application to the diseased part then
and injury directly resulting from the press Of the
sponge against the in1amed surface that enablus
gularity be fully aud properly reached by any
other means, for example the nasal passages; and
aa Is nsy the
wbalebone and sponge from 0ccasoniDg irritation In
its introduction, enabling 70 apply by the pressure
forcing no hold for the spasmodic grasp Of the g,tts
was formerly in the habit of using as = syringe 8
the opening at Its xtremty with sealing wax and then
with red hot needle perforated the tube in hundred
piston and it really proved most efficient instr 6at.
Hundreds OF Of chronic catarrh their
the use Of this simple continuance.
The stethoscope and showerng syringe made for
me BY Mr.. Teman the celebrated surgical instrument
maker Of this city and are entirely open to the profess
sion.
The object of the Pumometer is to measure the ca
pacity Of the lungs for air. and 1t is most valuable aid
proposed believe by Mr. Abernethy the late emil
nent surgeon. As employed by him, 1t consists in
in basin bent tube is contrved that it passes
below the edge OF the jar and comes on ITS inside ia
able dispase an Of water equal to the voiums
of air in his lungs In health this quantity found to
vary from Six to eight quarts, while in disease OF the
lungs 1t will not often amount to moro than two
The instrument employed by myself is somewhat df-
fennt though tie pIncple-that of measuring the ca
pacity Of the lungs fer ar-is precisely the To
the top Of receiver, capable Of holding tive
t.ched which communicates BY stop and cosnes.
ton with the interior Of the instrument The jar 10 in
y.rtsd over pneumatic trough, and is graduated ON
three sideshrst from below upwards, to measure the
cubic inches Of air removed from the at inspra
on by the rive Of the dud within secondly from above
into .. single expiration. by the number degrees
the water falls The third scale have recently added
the lungs in persons of different heights male and fe-
male With ibis addition, 1t 10 most accurate and
valuable guide with regard to capacity, and far superior
trust the foregoing remarks will not only prove n-
tresting to your readers, but serve to awaken an In
terest in this means OF treatment, which promises
much not only for the relief Of human suffering but
for the honor Of profession have the honor TO bs
ROBERT HUNTER, NJ D2
No. s2s Broadway, New York, Feb. 10, 1885,
This number of tbs Rsvie,c closes with some wen
written notices Of medical works, and some very
readable miscellaneous matter.
We have received the March number ofthe "NEw
JERSEY MEDICAL REPORTER" This monthly journal
maintains its well established reputation a. q re-
liable medium for the diffusion Of medical and sur
gical knowledge. Iu the present number we have
. continuation Of the correspondence between DR..
Willisms, Of Massachusetts,, and the late Dr.,
Jonathan Pereira, Of London, with some other ORR
ginsl contributions Of much interest Extracts
from the minutes Of the New York Pathological
Society given, with full report Of the transact
tons Of the Medical Society Of New Jersey. The
book notices and extracts contain much useful
matter whilst the editorial pages are, usual well
written, and free from prejudice corporate bias.