The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-09-16
CONsUNRPTION,

| "A ND all DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
IA ard THTOAT are positively durable by
inhalation, which conveys the remedies 10
the cavities in The lungs through the air pas
ssses, and coming in direct contact with The
disease, neuraliZes the tubercular matter,
allays the cough, causes free and easy ex-
peclo'olon, heals the lungs, pur:fies the blood,
impaHs renewed vitality 10 the nervous sys.
tenn, giving that tone and energy SO indis-
peusable for The restorative of health. To be
able to state confidently that Consumption is
curahla by inhalation, is TO me a source oil
! unalloyed pleasure. Ii is as much under the
control OF medical Treatment as any other
! formidable disease; ninety ont of every hun
I dred cases can be cured in the first stages,
and fifty per cent. in the second; but in the
third stage il is impossible 10 save more than
| five per cent, for The lungs are 80 cut up by
| The disease as 10 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 oui of The present pop
ulAiion of the earth, eighty millions are dec
! :ined TO fill the consumptIve's grave.
Truly the quiver Of death has no arrow so
fatal as Consumption. In all ages il 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 lhe gifted
By the help of that Supreme Being, from
whom comelh every good and perfect gift, |
am enabled 10 offer 10 The afflicted perma-
| nent ard speedy cure in Consumption The
| first cause OF tubercles is from impure
; blood. and The immediate effect, produced
by their disposition in the lungs, is to prevent
the free admission of air into The Dir cells,
which causes a weakened vitality through
the entire system. Then surely il is more
rational 10 expect grealer good from medi
cines entering The cavities of the lungs than
from those administered through the s,om-
ach The patient will always find the lungs
free and the breathing easy after inhalng
remedies. True, inhalation is a local
remedy, nevertheless il acts consiluuonaly,
aud with more power and certainty than rem
edies administered by the stomach. To prove
the powerful and direct influence OF this
mode of administration, chloroform inhaled
will entirely destroy sensiblliiy in few min.
u!es, paralyZiDg The entire nervous system, SO
that limb may be amputaled without the
| slightest pain inhalng the ordinary burning
gas will destroy life in few hours.
The Inhalation Of ammonia will rouse the
system when iainting or apparently dead
The odor oil many OF the medicines ispTer=
ceplible in the skin few minutes after being
inhaled, and may be Immediately detected
! in The blood. A convincing proof of the
constitutional effects OF inhalation, is The fact
that sickness is always produced by breath.
ing foul.air. Is not this positive evidence
that proper remedies, carefully prepared and
judicously administered through the lungs.
should produce the most happy results? Du-
ring eighteen years practice, many ihous-
ands, suffering from diseases of the lungs
ahd 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 is original, and
founded OH long experience and thorough
investigation. My perfect acquaintance with
the nature OF tubercIes, &c., enables me 10
Distinguish readily the various forms of dis
ease that simulate consumption, and apply
The proper remedies rarely being mistaken
even in single case. : This Familiarity in
connection with ceTtan pathological and mi.
croscopic discoveries, enables me 10 relieve
the lungs from the effects of contracted chests:
10 enlarge the chest, purify the blood, impari
10 II renewed vitality, giving energy and lone
10 The entire system.
Box So, Post Office,
G. w. GRAHAM, M. D.
Office 100 Filben Street, below Twelfth,
Philadelphia, Pa.
March 10. 1857.