The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-07-22
CONSUMPTION,

AND ALL DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
IA aid THTOAT are positively durable by
| inhalation, which conveys the remedies 10
the cav lilies in the lungs through the air pas
| sages, and coming in direct contact with the
disease, neutrallzes tho lubercular matter,
alIays the cough, causes free and easy ex-
pecloroion, heals the lungs, pur:fies the blood,
| impars renewed vitality TO the nervous sys.
tenn, giving that tone aud energy SO inds-
pensable ior the restorative of health. To be
able TO state confidently that Consumption is
curable by inhalation, is TO me a source OF
uualloyed pleasure 1t is as much under the
control of medical treatment as any other
formidable disease; ninety out Of every hun
dred cases can be cured in the first stages,
anG fifty per cent i'll the secoEd; but in the
third stage ii is impossible 10 save more than
five per cent, for The lungs are so cut up by
the disease as TO bid defiance 10 medical
skill Even, however, in the last stages, in
halation affords extraordinary relief TO the
suffering attending this fearful scourge, which
annually destroys ninety five thousand per-
sons in the United States alone; and a correct
calculation shows that out of the present pop
ulalion of the earth, eighty millions are des-
tined 10 Gil the consumplve's grave.
Truly the quver of death has no arrow so
Ihldl uS III I'LL dE,CS III HAS pBSIl
the great enemy of life, for il spares neither
age nor sex, but sweeps off alike the brave,
the beautiful, The graceful, and The gifted
By the help of that Supreme Being, from
whom cometh every good and perfect gift,
am enabled TO offer 10 the afflicted perma-
nent ard speedy cure in Consumption. The
frs, cause of tubercles is from impure
blood. aud the immediate effect, Produced
by their disposition in the lungs, is to prevent
the free admission OF air into The air cells,
WHICH causes a weakened vitality through
the entire system. Then surely il is more
rational TO expect greater good from medis
ciues ente ring the caviues of the lungs than
from those administered through the s,om-
ach: the patient will always find the lungs
free and the breathing easy alter inhaing
remedies. True, inhalation is local
remedy, nevertheless il acts constiuuonally,
and with more power and certainty than rem
edies administered by the stomach. To prove
The powerful aud direct influence OF this
mode Of administration, chloroform inhaled
will entirely destroy sensibllhy in few min
u!es, paralyzing The entire nervous system, so
that limb may be amputaed without the
slightest pain; nhaling the ordinary burning
gas will destroy lie in few hours.
The inhalation of ammonia will rouse the
system when iainting or apparently dead
Tho odor of many of the medicines is per.
ceplible in the skin few minutes al!er being
inhaled, and may be immediately detected
in the blood. A convincing proof of the
constitutional effects OF Inhalation, is the fact
lha, sickness is always produced by breath.
ing foul air. Is not this positive evidence
that proper remedies, carefully prepared and
judiciously administered through The lungs,
should produces the most happy results? Du-
ring eighteen years practice, many ihous-
ands, suffering from diseases of tho lungs
ard throat, have been under my care, and
have affected many remarkable cures, even
after the sufferers had been pronounced in
the last stages, which fully satisfies me that
consumption is no longer fatal disease
My treatment Of consumption s original, and
founded on long experience and Il thorough
investigation. My perfect acquaintance with
the nature of lubercles, &c, enables me 10
distinguish readily tho various forms of dis.
ease that simulate consumption, and apply
The proper remedies rarely being mistaken
even in q single case. This familiarity in
connection with certain pathological and mi.
the Lungs from the effects of contracted chests
10 enlarge the chest, purify the blood, lmparl
10 1t renewed vitality, giving energy and lone
10 the entire system.
Box SO, Post Office,
&. w. GRAHAM, M. D.
Office 100 Filben Street, below Twelfth,
Philadelphia, Pa
March 10 1877