Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-01-17
PULMONARY DISEASES.


PULMONARY DISEASES.
Dr. RoBERr HUNTER, of New York. the
pioneer Of the Inhalation practice. and an
able writer on medical matters. publishes
in the October number of The " Specialist
and Journal Of Diseases Of the Chest" the
following as the success Of the new cura-
live. He says:
1--WE have attained the following results
from inhalation in the treatment of pulmon-
AIRY disease:
list In chronic catarrh, inhalation,
when combined with the daily use Of the
catarrh SPRINGS, is an almost unfa;ling
remedy.
"2d. In chronic affections Of The iarynr,
uncomplicated with phthisis, and in chron-
&c bronchitis, proper ana persevering use
Of the inhaler will seldom disappoint the
patient Of cure. In most cases the action
is speedy. and as apparently specific, as in
catarrh
I'D. In incipient consumption,-wben
the constitution Is good ard the general
health but slightly Observation-Disclosures
enables us TO arrest the further develop
lnenl OF the disease, 10 promote the ABSORB
ton Of the tubercles, and 10 attain COM
plete restoration of the health.
18th. In the second stage OF consump-
ton. when the dispositions exist as crude
tubercles. and are confined to part Of one
lung, cure takes place in two ways; first,
by absorption. sometimes followed by the
deposit oil ehaiky mailer and second, by
| the sof,ening OF the tubercles and their ex.
pulsion from the lungs by expectora,ion,
leaving an open excavation or cavity, which
is subsequently cicatrized under the action
Of the inhaled vapors.
18th. In the last and confirmed stage OF
consumption, i. e. when greater or less
portion OF the lung is already broken down,
forming an ulceTous excavation, the posi-
bili,y Of cure depends wholly on the ex-
tent Of the disease, and the amount of con.
stilu,ional faint and disturbance. Ii the
destruction is limited to part Of one lung,
and is surrounded by healthy lung, as is
often the case, cure takes place by the
cicatrizaiion Of the cavity, in the same
manner as any other form Of liberation.
| I" Ii the disease on the contrary, involves
the schoie Of one ting, the prospects OF re-
covery are great y diminished but still
cure is possible, SO long as the other lung
retains its integrity and is unobstrncted il
its function. There are In this city many
such cases, whose recovery under treat
ineni by inhalation, from a condition al
most hopeless. has proceeded SO far tina,
the cough ard expectoration have entirely
subsidized. and they have gained considers
bly, in flesh and strength. We have par
ticularly observed in all such cases, iha
they remain stationary in flesh considerable,
below their former standard which fac
proves how entirely the capacity OF til,
lungs requisites the appropriation Of nutri
ment. They are easily put out Of breath
the number Of respirations per minute i,
increased 10 twenty and often to twenty
-four. and in corresponding degree tn,
frequency Of the pulse.
| When tu,h lungs are involved in ex
tensive disease. cure is impossible, and j
| is folly ever to hope for SO great an i'm
provement in the healing art as to embrac,
these cases among the list ofcurable. Tn,
most That can be accomplished is to affor,
relief. We can generally cleanse the lung
from the mucus and pus which obs,ruc
the bronchial tubes. and thereby add greH,
~ 10 the ease Of breathing. Ne can ais,
sooth the cough and aliay the irritation O
the lung. so as To promote sleep and max
the patient comparatively comfortable =
But, in defiance Vi any skill within tn
power OF nan, death is ineyitAbIe-,h,
duration of life is Blu, question of week
OF months.
- 9Th. In spdsmodic asthma, depeudin!
on irritabiliiy of the pulmonary nerves, o
arising from chronic bronchial disease, in
hslation affords prompt relief. and in tn
great majority Of cases, so alters The con
dItion Of the mucous membrane, and over
comes the morbid sensibiIity Of the nerves
! as to entirely break up the disease, eve
though OF many years duration.
| 18th. In ,rhoeptng cough inhalation /
prompt and radical, efiec,uaIly breaking o.
the cough in from ten days to four weeks.
18th. Ia ekromic paenmonia, and in tn
acute torn, after the active symptoms has
been subdued BY aaiiphlogistic treatment
coavalescence is greatly hasiened and en-
sared BY the use Of warm soothing inhala
Lions.
\ "sih. In all chronic coughs. especial
those affecting old people, and arising froa
| dry OF humid bronchitis, or Jrom morbi
seasibiii,y OF the pulmonary Mucous mem
hrane, Inhalation promptly affords relief. >
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