Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-26

LETTER No. Z.
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LETTER No. 4.
To tic Editor Of ths~Star:
DIR. ID. DURkIN's Personal Letter his Suffer
ings in Early Life by Consumption.
Through Your columns sir. permit me to return
hrge class q persons in this city. who, sanoe nv
Z am happy e say. are now progressing most IA
phenosne ma Of that most insidons and unrrenting
of physical CONF Laiuts-consamp tion i'm the en-.
ejoynient Of robust health. When 4 look at INV
marked success in removing bronchial and pul-
monte complaints. feel that NAV without ego
hsm speak thus forcibly Of my efforts assured as
am. were ii necessary so to do. that there are
hundreds who would willingly come before the
public and give their unqualified endorsement to
the success in their cases, Of my treatment But
shall not call Them rs prefer that my system
should rest upon its intrinsic merits.
Bred 10 the medical profession. I assume to know
much of the practice of that school to which the
world. rather from custom and tradition than from
any inherent merit. gives its greatest confidence
and, apartfrom myexperience. my knowledge ofits
treatment of consumption is all sufiicieD to satisfy
me Of Its entire worthleSsness Itmay he cousjd-
cred presumptuous in me tn condemn that which
has existed for so many ages but can if necessary
summon ''clOud of witnesses names that have
adorned and instructed the worldwide unhesita-
tingly condemn il rs the verieSt charlatansm that
has ever entrapped or befoggpd mankind
In my own person have experienced its ronse-
quenceS; and had not at the end less faith in IL
than Others, would not this day he living TO write
thus strongly my entire adherence Of the learned
qua kerry wasted portion of nv life i'm acouir-
ing knowledge of it. AT an early period of my
professional career. contracted that most treacli-
erols and body destroying of diseases. bronchitis
Before could anticipate its evils it became deep
IN seated and for wears | suffered more than p,.n
tongue can describe
Educated in the falacieS Of allOpathy looked
not to common sense for relief but to the reach-
erouS dognaS OF my profession, and Submitted
chcerfully and confidently to the experimental
ipH Of time
too long ta mention. and which would forget.
was handed from physician to physician. both in
civil and military life. and visited in succession
the most celebrated III the hospitals of Europe. but
without experiencing the relief anNiously sought
for. At length despaired of being cured The
most noted men in the medical profession dec Jared
verdict of death. But disease rendered my rea-
soning faculties more acute than they had been
while following the authorities in the thread mill
profession had adopted. and nav eyes were
opened, when it seemed too late To the utter hol-
lowneSS Of the theories and superstitions-devoid
of even the conimonest principles Of philosophy
which govern men in the compromising and cxhi-
bition of medicine.
Resolved not to die took nv case into INV own
hands: and nature properly intcrrogatcd. at length
yielded to me the boon so ardently desired Fol
lowing her soon become convalcscent With re-
turning health resolved to devote my life to the
treatment Of bronchial and pulmonary forms of
disease and their cognates. have made them my
especial study-ny spccialities. il the term
invalid whose body the family physician had
handed over to the mcrcics Of the sexton and un-
dcrtaker. is alive to-day-witncsses of the utter
worthessncss of the profession that had consigned
him to the grave. come before the public with
no charlatan speech but speak honestly that which
know; and earnestly invite those who are rap
idly sinking under tue mal-admin istraion of the
followers of hoary error to come. and will nal Ike
them whole.
If they have sufficient throat or lungs to operate
upon, will guarantee their eventual restoration.
Since have turned my attention to this depart
Iient of the healing art, have been so fortunate
as to give health and strength to ninety of
hundred Of my patients
Within the past twelve months | have received
urgent calls from nvalds residing in almost every
State in the Union to visit them they feel them
selves unable to come to me. and | desire That
my system of practice should be Is widely known
as possible; for this purpose | have established
branch offices, as | have mentioned in the prercd-
Ing letter to accommodate the suffering public
at each OF these places have left partner. gen
tlenen highly qualified to take INV place. whom
have thoroughly ndoctrinated into my system of
dispensing my peculiar medicines. fully compc-
tent To administer to the consunptive my genuine
preparations.
AT either of my establishments no patient will
be treated longer than three weeks as specified
Unlike all other diseases. if CONSUMPTION is not
checked at its earliest stages. it is impossible TO
arrest II at an advanced period. when the symp-
toms enumerated in the third stages are fully de-
velOped. IL is only imposition. a moe kerry a
swinle, to attempt it afterward, unless prevented
while confined to the throat. This is the reason
that so many pay the penalty and forfeiture Of their
life by negligence in not arresting IL while in the
bud; that Is. while in the throat; similar To the
deyouring cancer. its first effects local but its
influence is soon felt all over the whole system
sdpping the foundations of our constitutions un-
til the powers Of nature yield. aud death is the
result
In modern parlance, feel that it is my mission
To dispense relief to those who laboriIw under
any species of that terrible disease. which came
near conveying HE To premature grave. and to
this mission l have determined 10 devote INV life.
in justice to my God and my fellow-suttercrs
remain, respectfully, &c,
]. ID. DURKIN. NJ. D.
Physician for the Throat and Lungs of ~ York
Can be consulted at his office No az Pennsyl-
vania avenue, south side. between Sd and y 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 ID. can he consulted from o a. m. to D. m
On Sunday from To p. IN.