Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-03-01
CONsUMPTION-IsIT DURABLE.
LITTER No. 6.


70 the Edster u tks Star:
Twenty-one gears ago. while in a very delicate
snte Of health, became appalled, at the mortality
returns from Consumption presented to the con-
liberation OF The medical faculty in both befnis
plseres, and I asked myself the question ] have
placed ut the head Of This letter-CoRsumpton-
IL cufable, Can De reached and overcome by
the usual treatments. Before dared answer that
which had propounded, resolved 10 ascertain
what was thought by the best medical and u
course the most experienced theological writers Of
the age upon the subject. MY question. however,
clothed in language. lay AT the foundation Of their
labors; and read patiently volume after volume
for an affirmative Response. but in this direction
nay inquiries were vain. ! next visited hospitals,
determined upon obtaining an answer that would
be satisfactory, | saw Coasumpton treated in a
hundred different ways-from the most harbar ous
To the must nnOcent-but ninety per cent Of those
who entered the wards appropriated to pulmonic
CASES IN The most prominent hospitals, where the
treatment was the most approved, We're after long
er or shorter periods Of detention pronounced in
durable. OF these twenty five per cent were made
to undergo the most cruel tortures unwisely. but
hope that by destroying the constitution the suffer
ing patient might be restored to health The sys-
TENS pursued in private practice no improve
ment on those Of the hospitals The entrance of
sig nal for the sexton to prepare the tomb. Death
was about to cover with his sombre wing another
victim to phthiss pulmonalis.
NV extensive observations and INQUIRIES some
what shook my respect for the profession to which
l have devoted my life. ] reluctantly arrived at
the conclusion 10 which many Of the great lights
ia medicine came before my day, that the eura-
tive art was a vast system of empiric ism. built
upon theories the most dissonant-tbat its con-
tradictiOns were too rreconciable 10 he ever har-
monzed by the most constructive minds These
glaring faults, these nharmonios theories Of prac-
tee, gave Inc confidence ia NV own powers; and,
although | found that could not answer the
question | had propounded 1 resolved to make
CousuInpton.-its Cause and cure-spccialitV and
ma In A
do all that in me lay towards the relief Of the suf
frring.
! erected a new theory, grounded on strictly
philosophical prIncI pies and. Singularly enough,
the first PERSON ON whom experimental " as NV
self. had been her@ltdrily pTedispOsed TO pulmo-
nary phtllsisi and perhaps il was this knowledge
which led ne into the field OF nve sti CATION which
| had 50 long and So unsatisfactOrily pursued
That NV experiments nn myself might be satisfac-
tory. PERMITTED the diseass. To encroach upon nv
system until 1t was dangerous longer To neglect il.
then commenced. aud the record Of INV expert
ence, carefully noted, conclusively proved that \
had arrived at the foundation of all my inquiries
namely. that Consumption, in ninety out " every
hundred cases, could be removed, and the pa
tients restored to normal health
My subsequent extended practice, conducted for
the last thirteen years with surprising success ten
Of which have been spent in the United Sntes-
has now left no doubt INV mind as To the posi-
tive benefits those afflicted with bronchial or lung
diseases experience 1t nay hands. My remedies
mostly vegetable, are simple but potent. As do
not desire 10 conceal from the public what they
are, will here state that the plant erynyunI ma
ritimum. vUlgarly known rs the lingo root of sea
holly. peculiar Ia the coasts of Ireland is that on
which most rely. This plant has for ayes been
employed by the peasants OF ireland. an infal-
ble remedy for ali diseases of the hest and lungs
and Is by them known under the hame cHiLeaaG
fr0Sd. During my sojourn ia Ireland soIne years
since. Obtained some knowIedye Of its curative
properties. 1t grows elsewhere the coasts Of
the British islands, but ANALYSIS proves that ID only
arrives atlerfection on certain parts of the shores
| OF Ireland. where the beach is sillcious. and
where the tides leave it exposed TO the action OF
the sun for hours, until the moisture ia the sand
| is wholly absorbed. This peculiar liant contains
all the curative properties of the far-famed Irish
moss, but IN larger proportions Analysis also eN-
hibts the extraordinary fact that il contains the
essentials Of the oil extracted from the liver OF the
Norway cod. upon which much has been writ
ten, and which the leading practitioners Of Europe
prescribe rs tue remedy Of remedies-the sine qIla
non for phthsis pulInonalis. | shall some day
give the public table Of the elementary proper
ties OF the eRiiedAH frOga. l will merely remark
in this place that il has while vet fresh from the
place of growth, pleasant saccharine taste and
that in its dry state ii contains a preponderatinp
amount Of iodine. Its leaf is not unlike that OF
the holly, hence its botanical name eryngium ma
ritimum.
Finding ii difficult to obtain a sufficient supply
by indirect means Of this excellent Ingredient so
necessary In my practice, L was constrained To
visit Ireland and make such arrangements that IL
could be received direct to nv order by the steam
ers of the Galway line. ! accordingly left thecIty
| OF New York on the 2lst Of August, succeeded in
obtaining supply sufficient to meet all demands
| that may hereafter be made on me by patients
returned Oh the 9th of October. and shall hereaf
ter confine my practice 10 this city, receiving pa
hents from abr"ad. referring them to my branch
Offices in the larger cities. Ii is not here ncum-
bent on me to speak of my knowledge of phthsis
puimonalis. My successful practice. which hum
dreds of rtuitOus testimonials from those whom
have restored TO health. and my former letters ON
Consumption, published in this and other Journals
fuily attest that am Theoretically and practically
| acquainted with lung and throat diseases in what
ever form they may present themselves
remain, respectfully, &c,
J. ID. DuRxTx d
Physician for the Throat and Lungs, of N York
Can be consulted at his Office, No. Az Pennsyl-
wanna avenue, south side, between Cd and Az SITS .
Washington, opposite the United States Hotel
No communications answered from patients I'M
I'll they come to the office and undergo a minute
examination, which is necessary in order to give
ample satisfaction
Dr. can be consulted from a. m. to p. m.
I'm sunday from To p. IN.
EMRlCH'S LAGER BEER DEPOT.
NJ