The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-21
DR.. Robert Hunter, of New York. on the
Action of Inhaled MedicinHs


| To the Editor Of the Dispatch Tho practice of
| administering medicines by inhalation In the
treatment OF pulmonary disease, 10 justified in a
| lst Itis direef-it CONVEYS the remedies TO eu,s
to the very seat OF the disease to be cured. and
does not subject them to the liability of
change, which Is alS avs the case with medicine
given by the stomach. The Importance Of this ad-
vantage has never been sufficiently weighed by
physicians. No truism is better esta ablished than
that medicines employ ed for the of diseases,
specific tendency to the organ affscIsd. or are sp-
Piled directly to it; and no fact is better known
| tirely change the medicine aiven, rende rinS II
inert in one instance and douby actve in smother.
stances takes place az readily in the stomach Of
The patient as In the mortar OF the chemist,
the stomach when intended to se. ths e
have to make the circuit Of the system. When
given By the lungs on the contrary they are brous ht
Medicines In the gaseous state act With far great
e. promptness than solids tuds, because in the
former condltlon they are subject to no iurthor
process. Of decompO.ition vspor acts tsI with the
lie IN the stomach for hours before any effects are
Sd. Inhalation is more povsyf., ,ha, ,,x ,,..,
treatment, because re medies IN The gaseous state
act with tenfold greater power than when given
and power. just in prooortion to the ness of
their devIs bity. fHfd IL more powerful IN an Q
sossnt not tbsn lne 'as gas or sano,
ing" says Professor Carpenter. TO vltne.s the
ext aordinAFy increase in potency which MANY
substances exhibit when brought into relation
with the blood IN the gaseous form. This ls eas,-
iy understood, when you consider that med Gated
vapoTs are medicines In their delcale and A.
tenuated the essence, it were ee pA ated
from all crudity. aud sub ect further e.
Az they are received into the lungs, 20 do tbey
pass into the system; ; we can detect them twenty
minutes Afterwards IN every secretion. There 70
no seton which II IL desirable To pTouuce on the
lungs themselves. or on the condition Of the blood,
which we cannot produce with much rreater oar
I4lnty py ,lnhalation than by any other possible
foIn OF administration.
4th- inhalation is rot only direct in its applica
ton and onapt and poUsrfnl IN 10 acton but IL
Is IN itse an elegant and ds.iea.s process free
from every objection. There IS no psiisns 90 wsok
that he may not employ il without fatigue nor any
20 sensitive TO the unpsassntnsss OF swaiowinx
ptHs, or rordsrs." or :" gssrtgysy," a. To
experience the least discomfort from inhsling. Nc
man or woman, however strong minded, takes
nsuseoos dIuxs without stvonx effort of the will
IL revolving necessity How often does it hap
pen that re altogether Lsglects his health from
his unwilling ness To swallow medicnes which he
khows betorehand viii Increase his discomfort -
Gould they do 20 without present disgusf and sub-
seausnt inconvenienoe. few men, am oonyi mead
would NEGLECT the of the means REQUIRED "a,
ths preservation oftAeif health. Now tnAaIat, a.
az once overoomes all those objections and In An
anectons OF the respiratory orp an air pas
sages or lungs, enables ta produce the most d.
Ieot speedy and powerful Effects, without osusing
tao patient the slightest discomfort
your ''sdasSs kobEESyTs fEsSysPEib sESyTsPEibNrsRMp
Ssw Yosx, July, lsse.