The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-06-16
Medical Advertisement.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
G 0 II S u NJ P I 10 N
AND ALL
Diseases of the LUNGS and THROAT
T1N RE
CURED BY INHALATION.


Which conveys the remedies to the cavities
the lungs, though the air passages, and COM
ing III direct contact with the disease, neutraii-
zes the tubercuiar matter aays the cough, cau-
ses II hee and easy expectoraton, heals the
lungs, purifes the blood, mparts renewed vital
ity TO the nervous system giving that tone and
energy so indispensable for the restoration of
health. To be able to state confidently that
Consumption is curable by inhalation, is to me
a source of unaoyed pleasure. 1t is as mach
under the control of medical treatment as any
other formidable disease; ninety out of every
hundred cases be cured in the first stages,
and fifty per cent in the second; but III the tnrd
stage il is impossible to save more than hive pc,
cent, for the lungs cut up by the disease
as to bid defiance TO medical skill. Even, how
ever in the last stages Inhalation atfoi DIS extra.
ordinary relief to the suffering attending this
fearful scourge, which annually destroys ninety
five thousand persons in the United States alone
and a correct calculation shows that of the pres
ent population of the earth, eighty millions are
destined to fill the Consumptive's grave.
Truly the quver Of death has no arrow SO ia
tai as Consumption, In all ages 1t has been the
great enemy OF life, for il spares neither age nor
sex, but sweeps oil alike the brave. the beautiful
the graceful ard the gifted BY the help of
that Supreme Being from whom comcth every
good aud perfect gift, | am enabled &C offer to
Consumption. The first cause of tubcrcIcs is
from impure blood, and the immediate effect
produced by their deposition in the lungs is to
prevent the free admission of air into the air
cells, which causes a weakened vitality through
the entire system. Then surely it is more ra-
tional to expect greater good from medicines
entering the cavities of the lungs than from
those administered through the stomach the
patient will always find the lungs free and the
M ffant t,ha linz
Inhalation is a local remedy, nevertheless il acts
constitutionaly, and with more power and Ger.
tainty than remedies admin istered by the stom-
ach. To prove the powerful aud direct inhu-
cncc OF this mode OF administration, chloroform
inhaled will entirely destroy sensibility in a few
minutes, paralyzng the entire nervous system,
SO that limb may be amputated without the
slightest pain; nhaling the ordinary burning
gas will destroy life in a few hours.
The inhalation of ammonia will rouse the
system when ianting apparently dead. The
odor OF many OF the medicines is perccptible
III the skin n ics minutes after being inhaled,
ana may be Immediately detected in the blood
convincing proof OF the constitutional effects
oil inhalation. Is the fact that sickness IL ALWAYS
produced by breathing foul airs tins hot v0s.
tive evidence that p opcr remedies, carriu..y
prepared and JudIciOus Y administered through
the img- should produce the hnppiest results
DuilhR eighteen years practice many thousands
suffering L. ON drS, ass OF the lungs and thrOaL
nave been under my care, and | have effected
many remarkable cures, even after the sufferers
hnd been pronounced in the last stages, which
iuIly satisfies me that consumption is no longer
fatal disease. Ny treatment of consumption
Is original, and founded on long 81 perience and
u thorough investigation. Ny perfect acquain-
tancc with the nature of tubcrcics, &c, enables
me TO distinguish, readily, the various forms of
disease that simulate consumption, aud apply
the proper remedies, rarely being mistaken
even in single case. This familiarity, in con-
nection with certain pathological and micros.
copc discoveries, enables me TO relieve the
lungs from the effects OF contrast chests. to
enlarge the chest, purify the blood, Impart to il
renewed vitality, giving energy and tone to the
entire system.
Medicines with full directions sent to any
pact oi the Unt'd States and Canadas by pa
uentS communicating their symptoms 10y letter.
B"t the cure w,ud be more certain If the
patient should pay me visit, which would give
~" opportunity To examine the lungs, aud enable
me To prescribe with much grcatcy certainty,
a'd then the cure could be effected without nav
seeing the patient again. All letters asking
advice must contain "A postage stamp.
Address, q. w. GRAHAM, ~ d.,
Box No. 5S
Office. 1871 Fiibert Street, old No. lU9. below
twelfth Philadelphia, Pa.
Nov. Is, 1857. 4l-ly