True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-10-08

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Mater but should rather be considered
the offspring of burning desire to i'm
press the ruth, and dispense sound iniUr.
NATION TO The people, upon matters Of
life and health, intimately connected
with their temporal welfare.
Let tie veteran physician. veaerably
baptised by the ample vicssiludes w hich
Fcnecker a life uf three score aud Ten, look
back upon lhe great field Of hls labOrs and
number the many pallid Inrrns he has
seen wrapped in the shrOud Of death;
and ask himself, if there is any more TO
be expected in consumption, from the
same medicines, admluisleredin the same
way, to the countless myrlads row upon
the great highway 10 the grave. No!
fearlully goes on The devastating tram of
death III Tie midst Of unnumbered medi
caltheorles. lr"m which it is proclaimed
blackest heresy depart. The admins
tration of medicines b, the slOmach
alone, which is the usual practice Uf the
profession, has by its unsuccessful resul s,
annlhilated all confidence amongst The
people IN the cure Of Consumption. They
are in the utmost CONSERVATION. looking
everywhere for aid, whilst the disease,
with mourniul but sure pace, marches
on in its desolating career Of death. Ii
would perhaps he well 10 remark here,
that do not discard all treatment by the
stomach, IL Is not Objectionable as a
means of palliaIiOn iu some cases and in
cases much debintated, it proves very
eficlentin builti'ng upthe cons itulion by
impartng strength and stamina to it,
This is its cl'ieI tflicacy in lung affections
It Is only by direct application Of medi.
cInes, by inhalation to the seat ofdiSeaSe
that any permanent good, or radical cure
can be effected. ..e. .-
A principle OF paramount importance
in the treatment of all human maladies is
10 SD administer medicines, that they will
reach the disease in direct manner.
Just as we carry into execution this great
prncpIe in treating disease, just 10 thai
extent will our practice prove successful,
if our patient have dyspepsia, direct the
medicine Io'the stomach for in so doing
you are assured it reaches the disease. Ii
disease Of the skin direct an appica.
tion TO the skin. II the bowels are dis.
eased, direct medicine 10 them. If the
I1ngs are diseased, apply medicine by in
halalop to the lungs. Chronic diseases
of the brain and heart, because they can.
not be directly medcated. prove almost
always fatal and this remark applies, 10
: a certain exten to chronic anectlnns OF
L. the liver. spleen and kidneys. Not ,I,ai
, affections Of these latter organs are incura-
BILE bu, there is great difficulty IN their
, treatment and Speedy cure because medi.
cines Cannot reach Them only indirect.
ly.
BY medica'ing the blood for the cure
of a local disease in the lungs, We must
in many instances, do more or less harm
to other important organs. BY such treat
ment, the whole mass of circulating tlu-
. ids is impregnated with tie medicinal
t substance ;and whilst il is producing ITS
impression upon the diseased organ. it
also subjects every part of the sound sys-
TEN TO all impression, calculated to dis.
e turb the natural order of things, and cre-
d ate morbid arrangements. This is a res.
4 ut OF the " Heroic Trea ment' by the
! stomach. Quite an opposite effect is the
" result of medicines used as INHALANTs /;
= which though absorbed into tie crcuia.
e ton, produce no disturbance in the econo.
;, my.
;, Consumption is a disease of the lungs |;
y and we usually find more or less cnusli-
u tuloual disturbance co-eXisting. Nov,
y let me show you how lma' appllca ion
!. to the lungs by inhaatiOn may not only
# directly change the characle. Of he dis
eased lung, but also indirectly aid in the
work OF restoring constitutional vigor.
10 Take an instance in which there is great
Is accumulation of the matter in The air cells
,r and bronc 'al tubes, that not only produ.
=. ces great irritation and cough. but also
} obsructs respiration aud The proper aeria-
10 ton OF the blood 10 such case we
y direct an expectorant inhalation; by
he which This matter is speedily dsIodged.
~ producing the greatest amount Of relief.
The lungs thus disgorgrd ofirrItatlng mu.
20 cous and matter, respiration is improved
III and upon this de ends the character and
. purity Of the blood and from this impro-
a.. we'd condition Of the blood thus purified
.a and invigora;ed, and the vitality of the
Of system increased, an improved appetite
n and vigorous digestion and assimilation
follows, as powerful auXilaries in the
'' treatment. a.| 80 ... r..r ....
In most diseases, excepting those Of
the lungs, physicians have been accuslon-
Dc ed, wherever practicable, 10 treat them
n by local applications. If an individual
ie present himself with q fuu ulcer or al.
re- scess upon his leg or arm, who would
o. think Of applying poul'ice for its cure
r. over the region of the stomach Yet
us such treatment would be about as ration,
'n al as the introduction Of powe iul and
IL nauseous medicines into the stomach, te
e. heal an liberated lung!
er A.. l.. A s. d. HARDMAN, NJ. D.,
ed ...... ---=z--,,.e..-- ;: : - : D.,
nd Proclamation,
NV |, Salmon p. Chase, Governor Of The
81 A. ~, H. k....L.,