The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-11-04
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
CONsUMPTION,

AND ILL DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
A nd TEiCATT are positively durable by in.
IN halaiion, which conveys The remedies TO
The ca, tiles in The lungs through the air pas.
ssges, and coming in direct contact with the
disease, neutralizes the tubercplar matter,
a!ays the cough, causes a free and easy ex-
peclo'aion, heals the lungs, pur .fies The blood,
impsrls renewed vitality TO the nervous sys.
lem, giving that tone and energy so ind:s.
pensable Tor The restoration Of health. To be
able to siole confidently that Consumption is
curable Sy Inhalation, is TO me source OF
unalloye pleasure. II is az much under The
control OF medical tseatment as ahy 5ther
formidable disease; ninety out OF every bun-
dred cases eau be cured in the fret stages,
and fifty per cent. in the secoCd; but in the
third stage il is impossible 10 save more ,han
five per cent, for lbe 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 10 the
suffering attending this fearful scourge, which
annually destroys ninety five thousand per-
sons in The United States alone; and correct
calculation shows that out of The present pop
ulaiion of the earth, eighty millions are dee
.ned TO fill the consumpuve's grave.
Truly the quiver of death has no arrow so
fatal as Consumption. In all ages it has been
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 eomelh every good and perfect gift, |
am enabled TO offer 10 the afflicted perma-
nent ar d speedy cure in Consumption. The
first cause of tubercles is from impure
blood. and the immediate effect, produced
- A a.,.- A. ...o
The free admission of air into The air cells,
which causes weakened vitality through
The entire system. Then surely il is more
rational 10 expect greater good from Hedi;
cines entering the caviues of the lungs than
from those administered through the slom-
ach; the patient will always find the Lungs
free aud The breathing easy after inhang
remedies. Thus, inhalation is local
remedy, nevertheless il acts consli,unonay,
and with more power and certainty Than rem
edies administered by the stomach. To prove
the powerful and direct influence OF This
mode OF administration, chloroiorm inhaled
will entirely destroy sensiblily in lew min
u,es, paraiyzing The entire nervous system, so
that limb ma, be ampuialsd without tho
slightest pain; inhal,ng the ordinary burning
gas will destroy liie in few hours.
The inhalation OF ammonia will rouse the
system when fainting or apparently dead
The odor of many OF the medicines is per-
cppibls in the skin a lew minutes ater being
iahaled, aud may be Immediately detected
in the blood. A convincing proof of The
constitutional effects oil inhalation, is The fac.
that sickness Is always produced by breath.
my suul air. Is not this positive evidence
that proper remedies, carefully prepared aud
iudiciously administered through The lungs,
should produce The most happy results! Du-
rims eighteen years practice, manv thous-
ands, suffering from diseases of the lungs
ard throat, have been under my care, and
have affected many remarkable cures, even
ailer lhe sufferers had been pronounced in
The last stages, which fully satisfies me thai
consumption is no longer fatal disease
My treatment of consumption ls original, and
founded Oh loug experience aud thorough
investigation. My perfect acquaintance will
the na'ure of inbprcles, &c, enables me 10
disIing Dish readily the various forms of dis
ease that simulate consumption, aud apply
the proper remedies rarely being mistaken
even in single case. This Familiarity in
connection with certain pathological and mi
ctoscopic discoveries, enables me 10 relieve
the lungs from the effects of contracted chests;
to enlarge the chest, purify the blood, impah
10 II renewed vitality, giving energy and lone
TO the entire system.
Medicines with full directions sent TO any
part OF the United Safes and Canadas by
patents communicating their symptoms by
leler. But the cure would be more certain
if the patient should pay me visit, which
would give me an opportunity 10 examine
the lungs and enable me 10 prescribe with
greater certainly, and then the cure could be
elected without my seeing the patient again.
6. w. GRAHAM, nj. D.
Office 1871 Fiben Street, (od No. 1897
below twelfth, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sept. %, 1857.