Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-02


Probably one OF the greatest discoveries ofmodern
times Is that of the value of inhalation of certain va
pors, as means of curing Diseases ofthe Lungs and
throat The tIiumphS OF this mode of cure have
Deen wonderful and when it is recollected that the
speedicst way OF reaching the lungs is by the breath
IL seems strange to us that physicians should not
nave brought il into more extensive use in their
practice DIR. IL. 7. DILLENBACK ofNo Cam
bridge street, i'll this city, among the first who
prominently introduced this system of practice be-
lore the American public. In his series of letters
which have been read with so much interest and mn
lversa attention throughout the country he has not
denounced the "old system of practice without at
the same time setting forth with convincing arou
ments and unanswerable facts the advantages of The
new, or the treatment by inhalation In these let
tiers he has appealed to the reason and common
sense, rather than to the credulity of the peoue.
ana III Il word, he has opened up an entirely new
ana Dright Held thope TO class of our citizens who
nave hitherto been steadily sinking without raw of
nope under Consumption and kindred diseases Of the
lungs 1t may not be amiss here to state that Dir
u received n thorough and finished medical ednca
ton in one of the best medical schools of this conn
Try lie took his degree from the medical depart
meht Of the University of New York, and was Tor a
lonS ume private pupil of one of the most distiu-
gushed surgeons of this or any other age-~nr
Mott. 'o- "e ~
Thus i will be seen that DIR. Dillenback has en-
Joyed all the advantages necessary TO a superior
medical education, and to this he has superadded
the experience and administrative knowledge of
diseases which seventeen years of uninterrupted
practice cannot fail to give. Dr. Dillehback in de-
voting his whole time and attention Tor many years
10 the speciality OF diseases of the lungs it is only
ed an amount Of professional knowledge aud expe-
l1ence not possibly attainable during a whole life
lne, by the general practitioner The success which
MS peculiar practice has met, has fully justified this
conclusion. Hundreds of letters unsolicited and
unexpected, testiiying the gratitude of the writers
ior the felet they have experienced under his care
have poured upon him from all parts of the country
lhey include the names OF many OF our most inteii
gent and respectable citizens. Among them we no
tee the name of Rev. VIM. NJ. Thayer q gentleman
extensively known as the author OF several very i'm
pOfaht literary and religious works, who in his
own case has experienced the advantages of nbala-
ton III n bronchial difficulty, after all the usual
means had been Intellectually tried. His letter NAV
be found IN another column, together with other
important communications which Tell their own sto.
~, III simple, plain and unmisakable language
we commend them to the careful perlsal of an
readers, especially such are afflicted with any o
these complaints, in the hope that they will derive
encouragement IRON their statements and he in
duced TO try this simple, and what TO us seems 10 he
tne only rational and eihcaciOus mode of practice
Dr. Dillenback has justly obtained wide celebrity
In his treatment of Diseases of the Throat and
Lungs, numbering, as he does, his patients from al
most. every state in the Union
IN view OF the pressing demand for all the knowl-
edge possible to be obtained on this important sub.
gect; Dr u has recently published u work entitled
Medicated Inhalation in the Treatment of Puimo
nary Consumption, Asthma, Catarrh and Clergy
mems sore Throat, comprising all the recent discoy
erles ana improvements In this mode of practice
toSether with the remedies used In this book no
huthor mas abundantly illustrated his subject md
gNen 10 the world the result OF his own rich exne
rlence III the management of this important Glass
OF humhll lnalades. lie has also demonstrated bv
IeIvrehce 10 large number Of well attested eases
~ tcli OWN hlguage the superior claims of inha@
la1oh ID throat and lung diseases. lie has shown