The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-01-13
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
CONSUMPTION.
AND ALL DISEASES OF THE LUN,

AND ALL DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
A nj THOATT are positively curable by in
a halaiien, which conveys the remedies 10
the cavities in The lungs through The air pas !.
sages and coming in direct contact with the
disease, neutrazes the iubercular matter,
allays the cough, causes a free and easy ex-
peclorstion, heals the lungs, pur:fies the blood,
imparls renewed vitality 10 the nervous sys.
| tenn, giving that tone and energy so ind:s-
peusable for the restoration OF health. To be
able TO stale confidently that Consumption is
curable Sy inhalation, is to me a source of
unaloyed pleasure. II is as much under the
control OF medical treatment as atty other
formidable disease; ninety out of every hun
dred cases eau be cured in the first stages,
anc fifty per cent. in the secoGd; but in the
third siage il is impossible 10 save more than
five per cent, for The lupas are so cut up by
the disease as TO bid defiance 10 medical
skill. Even, however, in the last stages, in
halaton affords extraordinary relief TO the
suffering attending this fearful scourge, which
annually destroys ninety five thousand per-
sons in the United States alone; and correc,
calculation shows that ont OF The present pop
ulaiion of the earth, eighty millions are dee
tined TO fill the comsumptvc's grave.
Truly the culver of death has no arrow so
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 cometh every good and perfect gift, |
am enabled 10 offer 10 the afflicted perma-
nent ard speedy cure in Consumption. The
first cause OF tuberces 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
rational 10 expect greater good from medi
cines entering The caviues OF the lungs than
from those administered through the s,om-
ach; The patient will always find the lungs
free and the breathing easy after inhaIng
remedies. Tins, inhalation is local
remedy, nevertheless il acts consliiulonally,
and with more power and certainty than REM
edies administered by The stomach. To prove
the powerful and direct influence OF this
mode of administration, chloroform inhaled
will entirely destroy sensbllily in few min.
u!es, paralyzing The entire nervous system, so
that limb may be amputaed without tho
slightest pain; inhaling the ordinary burning
gas will destroy lie in a few hours.
The inhalation OF ammonia will rouse the
system when fainting or apparently dead
The odor OF many oil the medicines is per-
ceplibe in the skin few minutes after being
inhaled, and may be Immediately detected
in the blood convincing proof of the
constitutional effects of inhalation is the fac,
that sickness is always produced by breath.
ing foul air. Is not this positive evidence
that proper remedies, carefully prepared and
iudcously administered through The lungs,
should pToducs The most happy results? Dn-
ring eighteen years. practice, many ihous-
ands, suffering from diseases of the lungs
aud throat, have been under my care, and |
have affected many remarkable cures, even
after the sufferers had been pronounced in
The lasi stages, which fully satisfies me that
consumption is no longer fatal disease
My treatment OF consumption IL original, and
founded on long experience and thorough
investigation. My perfect acquaintance with
the nature Of iubercles, &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
croscopic discoveries, enables me 10 4eieve
the lungs from the effects of contracted chests:
to enlarge the chest, purify the blood, mpari
10 II renewed vitality, giving energy and tone
10 The entire system.
Medicines with full directions sent 10 any
part oil the United States and Canadas by
patients 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 TO prescribe with
greater certainty, and then lho cure could be
effected without my seeing the patient again
G. w. GRAHAM, M. D.
Office 1871 FilboH Street, (old No. lO9)
below twelfth, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jan IA 1893