The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-09-23
CONsUMPTION,

A ND ALL DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
n ard THTOAT are positively durable by
| inhalation, which conveys the remedies 10
the cavities in The lungs through the air pas.
| sages, and coming in direct contact with The
disease, neutraizes the tubercular matter,
allays the cough, causes free and easy ex-
pecio-siion, heals the lungs, pur:ies The blood,
impars renewed vitality TO the nervous sys.
tenn, giving that tone and energy so ndis.
pensabe for the restorative Of health. To be
able 10 state confidently that Consumption is
| cbrable 5y inhalation, is 10 me source of
unalIoyed pleasure. II is az 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 ner cent. in the second; but 10 the
third stage il is impossible 10 save more ,han
five per cent, for ,he lungs are SO cut up By
the disease as 10 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 correct
calculation shows that out of The present pop
ulstion of the earth, eighty millions are des-
! .ined 10 fill The consumpuve's grave.
Truly the quiyer 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 The gifled.-
By the help of that Supreme Being, from
whom comeih every good and perfect gift,
| am enabled 10 offer 10 the afflicted q perma-
nent ard speedy cure in Consumption. The
! first cause OF tubercles is from impure
! blood. and tbe immediate effect, produced
by their disposition in the lungs, is 10 prevent
the free Submission of air into the air cells,
which causes q weakened vitality through
the entire system. Then surely il is more
rational to expect greaer good from medi,
cines entering The cavities of the lungs than
from those administered through Ito slom.
ach; The patient will always find the lungs
free and The breathing easy after inhaline
remedies. True, inhalation is a loca
remedy, nevertheless il acts coJslitutIonally
and with more power and certainly than rem,
edies administered by the stomach. To prove
the powerful and direct influence OF thi,
mode of administration, chloroform inhalet
will entirely destroy sensibllity in lew min
ules, paralyzing the entire nervous system, 81
that limb may be ampuialed without tht
slightest pain; inbaling the ordinary burnin,
gas will destroy life in few hours.
The inhalation OF ammonia will rouse tht
| system WUeU ldtutlHS VI apparently ueau.-
The odor of many OF the medicines is per
cepiible in tue skin few minutes after beins
inhaled, and may be Immediately detected
in the blood. A convincing proof OF tht
constitutional effects Of inhalation, is the fac
that sickness is always produced by breath
ing foul air. Is not this positive evidenc,
that proper remedies, carefully prepared ant
iudiciously administered through ihe lungs
should produce the most happy resullsa Dn
ring eighteen years practice, many thous
ands, suffering from diseases of ihe lung
and throat, have been under my care, and
have affected many remarkable cures, evel
after the sufferers had been pronounced il
The last stages, which fully satisfies me iha
consumption is no lopgera fatal disease
My treatment of consumption Is original, an
founded on long experience and thorough
Investigation. My perfect acquaintance viii
the nature of iubercles, &c., enables me 4
disling readily the various forms of dis
ease that simulate consumption, and app
The proper remedies rarely being mistake
even in single case. This familiarity i
connection with certain pathological and mi
croscopic discoveries, enables me 10 reliev
the lungs from the effects OF contracted chest
TO enlarge the chest, purify the blood, Impal
TO !, renewed vitality, giving energy and ton
4 to the entire system.
Box 90, Post Office,
j G. w. GRAHAM, M. D.
Office 100 Filben Street, below Twelfth,
Philadelphia, P'
March 10, 1857.