Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-05-18
H IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
CONSUMPTION
u And alI Diseases Of the Lungs and
and THROAT eau be Cured BY Inhalation.

NXTHiGH conveys the remedied to the cav
fN itied inS the lungs, Though the air pas
sages, aud Ginning in direct contact with The
disease, neuttalizeS The stubeTcnlar matter, al
lays the eoughScauses free and easy expee
tdTation, reals the lungs, purifeS The blood
lmparts renewed yitality to the nervous sys
TEN, giving that tone and energy so indisren-
sable for the restoration ofhealth. To be
able to state confidently that Consumption il
durable BY inhalation; is TO me souIce OF IN.
alleged pleasure. II is as much UNDER The
control Of medical treatment any otheI for
milabie disease; ninety out Of every hundred
cases can beJcufed iii the first stages, andHfifS
ty per cent, in the second; Satin the fhird
stage It is impossible to save more than i've
per cent for the Lungs are SO cut up by the dis
ease as to bid defiance 10 medical skill
Even, however, in the last eyes, inhalation
affards extraordinary relief to the sufferingat-
tending this fearful scourge, which annually
destroys ninety five thousand persons in the
United States alone: and correct calculation
shows that Of the present population of the
earth, eighty millions, are destined TO fiji the
Consumptye's grave.
Truly theqaiver Of death has no errow 50
fatal as Consumption. mall ages 1t has been
the great enemy Of life, for il spares neither
age nor sex, utsweeps off alike the brage,the
SittCus E. AuO
help of the Sppreme Being from whom cometh
every good and perfect gift, am enabled to
offer TO the afflicted a permanent and speedy
cure in Consumption. The first cause or tn
bercles is from impure blood, and the imme-
fiate effect produced by their deposition IN the.
lungs is to prevent the free admission Of lair
into the air cells, which causes weakened
vitality through the entire system. Then
surely it is!more rational to expect greater
good from medicines entering the cavities of
The lungs than from those administered Though
the stomach: the patient win always find the
lungs free and the breathing easy, after inhal-
ing remidies. Thus, inhalation is a local rem
edy nevertheless il acts constltutionally, and
with more pbwer and certainly than remedies
administered by the stomach 70 prove the
powerful and direct influence Of this mode OF
administration, chlorofoTm inhaled will entire
ny destrdyssensibilityin few minutes, para
lysing the entire nervous system, SO that
limb may be- amputated without the slightest
pam: iuhalsng the ordinary burning gas will
destroy ]fe In a few hours.
II The inhalation Of ammonia will ronse the
system when fainting or apparently dead
The odor of=manyFof the medicines ispercep-
tible fnsthe skin few minutes after being
inhaled, and may be Immediately detected IN
the blood. IA convincing proof OF the consti-
tutional effects oflinhalation, is the factHthat
sickness Is always produced by breathing foul
alr--is this mot positive evidence that proper
remedles. carefully prepared and iudicioasly
administered through the lungs should produce
the happieSt results? During eighteen wears
practice many thousand, So ffefing from dis.
eases ofthe lungs and throat, have been nm
der my care, and have effected, many remark
able cures, even after the sufferers had been
pronounced in the last stages, which fully
saISnes me that consumption is no longer a
Ia a9Ll. disease. MY treatment of consumption
u oliginal, anu founded on ong experience and
6 8horough# investigation. My perfect ac-
q ualntance with the nature of tuberc rs, &C.,
enables me- to distinguish, really, the various
iorIhs OF disease that stimulate consumption,
and apply she proper Temidies, rarely being
mistaken even in single case. This famil-
iariiy, IN connection with certain pathological
and microscopic discoveries, enables me 10 re-
Ileye the lungs from the effects Iofcontracted
chest, 70 enlarge the chest. purify the blood
impart to II renewed vitality, giving energy
and tone toSthe entire system
Medicines with full directions sent TO i nv
nart of the United States and Canadas by pa.
ne ntscomniunicating their symptoms by let
Lcr. but the cure would be more certain i he
PateHt should pay me visit, which would
give en- opportunity to examine The lungs, and
enable me to prescribe with niue b Ter Ger.
tainty, andsthe cure could be effected without
!. my seeing the patient again. All letters ASK
lng aqytce must contain posts Re stalnp.
Address g. w. GRAHAM, III. D.. Boy No.
%. gfhee. ti3t Hilbert street cid No.109. be-
low Twelfth, Philadelphia, PJ. Is
November %, 1851. iy33i.