Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-06-12
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
CONSUMPTION
DISEASES of the LUNGS and THROAT
CURED BY INHALATION

CAN BE
CURED BY INHALATION.
WHICH CONVEYS THE REMEDIES TO THE
w cavities in the lungs through the air passages
and coming in direct contact with the disease neu-
talzes the ubercular matter aays the cough causes
free and easy expectoration, heals the lungs puri-
fies the blood mpars renewed vitality TO the ner-
system, giving that tone and energy so inds-
pcnsabe for the restoration Of health TO be able to
state confidently that Consumption is durable by in
halaton, Is TO me source Of unalloyed pleasure IL
is as much under the control of medical treatment
any other formidable disease; ninety out Of every
hundred cases can be cured in the first stages and
fifty per cent in the seconds but in the third stage
!. is impossible to save more than five per cent Tor
the Lungs are so cut up BY the disease as TO bid de-
faDce 10 medical Skill Even, however in the last
stages Inhalation affords extraordinary relief 10 the
suffering attending this feafu scourge which annu-
ally destroys ninety-fve thousand persons in the
United States alone; and rect calculation shows
that Of the present population Of the EARTH eighty
millions are destined 70 fill the Consumptive's grave
Truly the qniver 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, but
sweeps of alike the brave the beautiful the grace-
ful and the gifted BY the help Of that Supreme
Being from whom cometh every good and perfect
gift lam enabled 10 offer TO The afflicted permanent
and speedy cure IN Consumption. The first cause Of
tubcrcies Is 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 weakened Vitality through the entire
ystem. Then surely II is more rational 10 expect
goodfrom medicines entering the cavities Of the lungs
ihan from those administered through the stomach;
the patient viii always find the lungs free and tho
breathing easy, after inhaling remedies. Thus In
halation Is local remedy, nevertheless II acts con-
stitnonaly and with more power and certainty than
remedies administered by the stomach. To prove
Che powerful and direct influence Of this mode of adj
mnistration, chloroform inhaled will entirely destroy
sensibility in few minutes, paralyzing the entire
nervous system, so that limb may be amputated
without the slightest pain; inhaling the ordinary
burning gas will destroy life in few hours
The inhalation of ammonia win rouse the system
when fainting apparently dead. The odor Of many
Of the medicines Is perceptiblc In the skin few
minutes after being inhaled, and may be Immediate
" detected in the blood. A convincing proof OF the
constitutional effects OF Inhalation, is the fact that
sickness is always produced BY breathing foul air.
is this not positive evidence that proper remedies
carefully prepared and judiciously administered
through the longs should produce the happiest re-
suItsf During eighteen years practice many thou.
sands suffering from discases Of the lungs and throat
have been under my care, and have effected many
remarkable cures even after the sufferers had been
pronounced in the last stages, which fully satisfies
that consumption Is no longer fatal disease Ny
treatment Of consumption is original, and founded