The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1857-08-06
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
CONSUMPTION
AND ALL
DISEASES or THE LUNGS AND THROAT
ARE POSITIVELY
d,ERARAE HH INHALATION


NTHICH conveys the remedies to the cavi-
w lies in the lungs through the air passa-
ges, and coming in direct contact with the
disease, neutralizeS the tubercular matter, al
lays the cough, causes n free and easy expec
toration. heals the lungs, purihes the blood,
inparts renewed vitality to the nervous system,
giving that tone and energy SO indispensable
lor The restoration Of health To be able to
state confidently that Consumption is durable
by inhalation, is 10 me source Of unalloyed
pleasure 1t is aa much under the control OF
medical treatment rs any other formidable
disease ninety out Of every hundred case.
can be cured il the first stages, and fifty per
cent. in the second but in the third stage il
is impossible to save more than five per cent.
for the Lungs are so cut up by the disease I'D
to bid defiance 10 medical skill. Even, how
ever, N the last stages inhalation affords cI-
traorduary relief 10 the suffering attending
this fearful Scourge, which annually destroys
ninety-tiye thousand persons in the United
States alone and correct calculation shows
that OF the present population OF the eartL,
eighty millions are destined 10 I'LL the Con-
sumptiVe's graves.
Truly the quiver Of death has no arrow So
fatal a. Consumption. In all ages it has been
the great enemy OF life, for it spares neither
aye nor sex, but sweeps OF alike the brave,
til, beautiful, the graceful and the gifted. b.
the help Of that Supreme Being from whom
cometh every good and perfect gift, nm en-
ahbed 10 offer to the afflicted permanent
and speedy cure in Consumption. The lirsl
cause of tuberclcs is from impure blood and
the immediate effect produced by their depo-
sitiou in the lungs is 10 prevent the free ad-
mis- sion Of air into the air cells, which causes
Il weakened vitality through the entire SystcIn.
Then surely il is more rational to expect great
er good from medicines entering the cnvitie'
Of the lungs than from those administered
through the stomach; the patient will ALWAYS
find the lungs free and the breathing easy. Al
ter lnhaling remedies. Thus, lnhu,tion is n
local remedy, nevertheless it acts constitution
ally, and with more power and certmiu,y than
remedies administered by the stomach. 10
prove the powerful and direct influence Of this
this mode of administration, chloroforn
inhaled will entirely destroy Sensibllity in T.
few minutes, paralyzing the entire nervous
system, so that Al limb may be amputated with
out the slightest pain lnhaling the ordinary
burning gas will destroy lie i'll II few hours
The inhalation Of ammonia will rouse lhe
system when tainting or apparently dead. The
odor Of many of the medicines is perceptbla
in the skin few minutes after being inhaled,
and may be Immediately detected in the blood
\ convincing proof of the constitutional ciT.cIi
OF inhalation. is the fact that sickness is al
ways prouGc~d by breathing foul airs not
this positive yi1ence that proper remedies,
carefully prepared md judiciously admins
tered through the lungs should produce the
happiest results? During eighteen yesrs'
practice, many thousands suffering from dis
eases OF the lungs and throat have been un-
der my care, ana have effected many remark
able cures. even after the sufferers had been
pronounced in the last stages which fully sat-
isles me that consumption is no longer fatal
disease. Ny treatment of consumption 10
original, and founded on long expericpce and
i thorough investigation. My perfect acquain-
! tancc with the nature OF tubcrcles, &c, ena-
i bles me TO distinguish, readily the various
/ forms Of disease that simulate consumption
and apply the proper remedies, rarely being
mistaken even in single case. This famil-
iuyity, in connection with certain pathological
and microscopic discoveries, enables me to re =
IirYe the lungs from the effects of contracted
chests, 10 enlarge the chest, purify the blood
iHpart to it rcncWe ed Vitality, giving energy
und tone to the entire system.
Medicines with lull directions seut TO any
part Of The United States and Canadas By pa
icnts communicating their symptoms by letter.
But the cure would be more certain il the
patient should pay me visit, which would
give me an opportunity to examine the lungs
and enable me to prescribe with much greater
certainty, and then the cure could be effected
without my seeing the patient again.
/ G, w. GRAHAM, Nj. D.,
Office 113l Filbert Street, (Old
No. l09,) below Twelfth,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.