The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-02

SIMPLE ana eficaoious freshmen. When these
tAoies sre completed to my saasfscaoo, vii lay
ID, m before the public with the same ira X 1e5s
wni,h has hitherto characterized all my Intercourse
With them
rras there should be found one medical man will
ing TO mpJomise Lila chsra ter fo cunsietency aud
honesty, by saying word sg Inns. toe direct appii-
Cation Of Ue0ciDes to thu lnngs by tahslstion 10 70
ne iDooD grehensibe. IL il surely more natueal
than to sdmylster Daoseous com Jounds tor'ugh sne
stomach, or To follow the practice Of those physf
clans have been 10 the habit for years. OF burn.
ing The vino pipe with csustscs. Within few
vet ks learned and scientific medical ASSOCIATE IN
OF this city has counts Banced the pumping OF sru0g
cautlc uioDs into the vscy air taoes Of the upgs,
this cruel and Bel selees pra ,tce has atualty
BET subn itteC to trial az OF toe hospitals Nov,
the cavity If the lungs 10 an air cavity, and no
treatment can DO 81 siDpe OF 10 nsfu al TOR the
cure OF disease seat ths ar tubes aud air cells
~ the BREATH z Of meiicased air. Bus We Cannot
with tie Same lDpun,SS make 40 air cavity receive
foids. TIE lungs were made for air, ~ the beoma N
was made for food and criDk. 10 10 a. natural 70
b estbe msoic,ne in s'ate Of vspor or air 40 to
swallow Mt cine 10 sOlld fluid state, az for
oIsesse u the usgs, IL Infinitely more SIMPLE, direct
aDd .ficscp us.
In coucI osion, cappot refrain from expressing
my be lief FIR m remar kabte sue ess wnioh nave
obsa,nec from inpas ION IN pulmonary diteases shat
~ our observations become more extended and va
ned II viii be found Dt cessay toremodel the treat
DeDt commonly pursued IN al diseases depending
party OF the blood; aud more especially 20 in
that large Glass OF iseases which arc directly d..
rlveo from n asmata or from Injection Ague We
knew to ar SO from ioha'ing the poisonous gases
PeDey ared oy the decomposition OF vegetable AID
ANIMAL matters ON low malsoy ground-abous
swan q 81 ttsgns nt water; "typhus lever" from
breathing me confined AID impure air on board Of
snips and in crowded ard iltven slated apart
'rmsl pox' from mhalipg q specific poison ex.
bs)ed by those sufrr1g from these diseases.
Wren the DDm0er dressed Is sma !, the exposure
q almost confined 20 those oc upying the sams
house; but when great numbers are sick, the
atmosphere or the whole city or country becomes
poison ed, and all leases are exposed to its iala
eDce. Cholera, too, the scourge Of modern times,
owes its b,rtn TO something deleteneus in the air
breA,he MI d spreads itself the globs by she
simple diffusion OF that Communicating essence
through The atmosphere. In all these instances
and maj 0tnsrs which could name, wsrs they
Lot sufficiently familiar TO you already the disease
lungs. The poison is absorbed inso the blood from
the s,r cells, ard rapi ly spreads is influence over
the whole body. What gees IN at the labgs mAy
come out at the skin, in the pustules of small pox
from tho bowels in the diarrhGa cholera-na ure
sinking in her Vi LEI Efforts 70 expel It. Now sure
ly 1t is more simple--more In &C ordauce with ma
tuIe- more likely to result 10 cure to administer
poison slso by inhalation. As the poison has found
its way into the system through the lungs, there
must also be road through the lupgs for the anti
dote-ior Nature in her bouptful goodre ss, haspsr
Ans~ ~ uiDe0so Wi1Aous pIoViunB IOr IL Al ample
rem edy.
To me these reflections seem to possess the sim.
pbcity Of true science Tney appear 80 full of pro
mise 70 mankind, that will confess, as taey press
tbemselvts upon me, am inspired with hope for
my profession amounting to deg ee OF enthusiasm.
Alreaoy the mists whcn have obscured it's many glo
RES N tar ded its progress aud stamped is in tue
{ estimation OF thoughtful minds ~ the most I'm
ceItsio Of all sciences seem to to grow thinner
and TO begin to dsperse before the ray of light
which this conception lets in upon the mind.
II IL not my purpose to enlarge upon these ideas
at Brt SEPT; but i cannot refrain rom ex pressing
them IN tble ccnnecyiOnj snd should the time ar
rive when can feel that the treatment Of c0nsump-
tion aud its kinored affections Of the or1ans o,
respi alton will be efficiently carried ont in other
baI d., snail turn with delight from the Ar6uous
duies Of active practice to the investigation of this
inviting fsld Of inquiry.
Your obedisnt servant,
ROBERT HUN TER, NJ. D.,
Physician for Diseases Of the Lungs.
NEW YORK, No. S28 Broadway, June rs, 1855.