The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-05-05
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
CONsUNIPTION,

AND ALL DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
A nd THOATT are positively curable by in
"A hslalion, which conveys the remedies TO
The cas lies in the lungs through The air pas
sages, and coming in direct contact with The
disease, ueu,ralizes the iubercnlar matter,
allays the cough, causes a free and easy ex.
pecio'sion, heals the lungs, pur:fes The blood,
fInparis renewed vitality TO the nervous sys.
tem, giving that tone and energy so inds.
pensable for The restoration ofheaIih. To he
able 10 Stale confidently that Consumption is
curable Sy inhalation, is TO me source OF
unalloyed pleasure. 1t is as much under lhr
control OF medical treatment as ahy ,ther
formidable disease; ninety out OF every hun
dred cases can be cured in The first stages,
and fifty per cent. in the second; but in the
third stage il is impossible TO save more than
five per cent, for The lungs are so cut up BY
the disease as 10 bid defiance 10 medical
skill. Even, however, 10 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 correcl
calculslion shows that oui Of The present po2-
ulation of the earth, eighty millions are dee
lined TO fill The consumplive's grave.
Truly The quver of death has no arrow so
fatal as Consumption. In all ages il has been
the great enemy OF life, for it spares neither
age nor sex, bu, sweeps off alike The brave,
the beautiful The graceful, and The gifted
By the help of that Supreme Being, from
whom comelb every good and perfect gift, |
am enabled 10 offer TO the afflicted perma-
men, ard speedy cure in Consumption. The
first cause OF tubercles il from impure
blood. and the immediate effect, produced
by their deposition in the lungs, is 10 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 10 expect greater good from medi
cines entering The caviIes of The lungs than
from those administered through the siom-
ach; The patient will always find the lungs
free and the breathing easy after inhaling
remedies. Thus, inhalation is a local
remedy, nevertheless il acts constituionally,
and with more power and certainty than rem
edies administered by the stomach. To prove
The powerlul aud direct influence oil this
mode OF administration, chlorolorm inhaled
will entirely destroy sensibIily in few min
ules, paraIyzing the entire nervous system, so
slightest pain; inhaling the ordinary burning
gas will destroy Lille in few hours.
The inhalation OF ammonia will rouse the
system when faiuiing or apparently dead
The odor OF many Of the medicines is per.
cepIible 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
indicously administered through lhe lungs,
should produces the mos, happy results? Du-
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
ailer 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 on long experience and thorough
investigation. My perfect acquaintance with
the nature of lubeTcles, &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 a single case. This Familiarity in
connection with certain pathological and mi.
croscopc discoveries, enables me 10 relie We
The lungs from the e effects of contracted che.t IS
to enlarge the chest, purity The blood, lmparl
10 1t renewed vitality, giving energy and loue
10 the entire system.
Medicines with full directions sent 10 any
part OF the United States and Canada. by
| patents communicating their symptoms by
letter. 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 certainty, and then the cure could be
effected without my seeing he patient again
G. w. GRAHAM, M. D.
Office 1881 Filbert Street, (old No. 1922
below twelfth, Philadelphia, Pa
Jan. 10, 1858.