The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-18
CONSUMPTION,

| a ND ALL DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
- and THROAT are positively curab!s BY
inhalation, which conveys The remedies 10
the cavities in the lungs iIizeugh the air pas.
| sages, and coming in ;diisct contact with The
disease, neutraIizes The fnbefcHfar matter,
allays the cough, causes q fteea and .easy exc
peciorsiion, heals The lungs, p1rdiessbe blood,
imparts renewed vitality 10 The uefyeus sys-
lem, giving that. lone and Energy 60 ligdis-
pensable for the resioraiiye ofAeaiih. To be
able TO state confidently that Consumption is
curabts 5y inhalation, is 10 me q source of
unalloyed pleasure. II is ar much under the
control Of medical treatment % sEy other
formidable disease; ninety out Of every lam
dred cases can be cnred in The first ys:ages,
anc 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 so cut mp by
the disease as to}bid defiance to medical
skill. Even, however, in the last stages, in.
halation affords extraordinary relief TO the
suffering attending this fearful sooufge, which
annually destroys ninety Ave thousand per-
sons ia the United States alone; and correct
calculation shows that out Of the present pop
ulation of the earth, eighty millions are des-
tined to fill the consumpitve's sraves
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 The 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 aId speedy cure in Consumption. The
first cause of tubercles is from impure
blood. and the immediate effect, produced
by their disposition in the lungs, iste prevent
the free admission of air into shes hdr cells,
which causes weakened vitafir5 1uiodg6
the entire system. Then surely il is more
rational 10 expect greater good from mediss
cines entering the cavitles of the lungs than
from those Administered through the stom-
acb; the patient will always find the lungs
free and the brexthing easy aftes iuhaliDg
remedies. True, inhalation is not local
remedy, nevertheless il acts constiluhonally,
and with more power and1ertainiy than rem
edies administered by the stomach. To prove
the powerful and direct influence OF this
mode of administration, chloroform inhaled
will entirely destroy sensibhiiy in few min
utes, paralyzing the entire nervous system, SO
that limb may be amputaled without the
slightest pain; inhalng the ordinary burning
gas will destroy Iile ID few hours.
The inhalation of ammonia will rouse the
- "hou VI uppdtohpy uCohs-
The odor Of many Of the medicines is per-.
ceptible 10 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
iudiciously Administered through ihe lungs,
should produces the most happy fesutls7 Dn-
ring eighteen years. practice, many thous-
ands, suffering from diseases of the 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 thai
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 tubercles, &c., enables me 10
distinguish readily the varions forms of dis.
ease that stimulate consumption, and apply
the proper remedies rarely being mistaken
even in single case. This familiarity in
connection with certain pathological and mi
croscopic discoveries, enables me 10 relieve
the lungs from the effects of contracted chests;
TO enlarge the chest, purify the blood, impari
10 II renewed vitality, giving energy and lone
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