, 1861-12-06

Or. Hunter. OF New York. on tht
Throat and 1.unEs, and the Treat.
ment by Inhalation.


To the Editor OF the Tribune:
sir-In laboring as have done for many
Of diseases Of the throat and lungs, hare re-
ccircd great encouragement from the press,
through whose columns have plainly discuss
ed my sieWs, and my etfotts in this behalf have
been fully recognized by the public, and by
many Of my professional brctlren-amongst
whom have numbered numerous patients.
When began the discussion Of my views
through the press in 1851, the universal prac-
tice was to pour medicines into the stomachto
cure diseases Of the lungs. The utter useless
physicians prescribed and patients swallowed
medicines in great quantities in the face Of
continued failure. The sale Of patent mcdi-
cines prevailed to fightful extent. The VIC
TINS Of disease falling TO obtain help from ply
sicfans, yet eager for life, ran after every pre-
tension, and swallowed every nostrum prcscn-
ted to them. By this means they terribly viii
! atcd their stonachs without benefttins their
lungs. They untitled their digestive organs
for the functions Of health and nutrition, while
! and foul as ever, If not rendered worse and
more aggravated. The mortality from con-
sumption was ut that time greatly on the ill.,
crease. Its incurability was held by the pro-
fession and the public as sound doctrine, and
certainly so long as discase was left to eat its
| way at leisure through the delicate membranes
| and air cells Of the bronc1ia and lungs-while
| the stomach WAS attacked aud destroyed by
| every vile compound that the ingenuity Of man
could inyent-so long, I say, consumption was
| iucurablc.
| Long bcforcI gave publicity to my ideas I
| had become convinced that the old treatment
! vas all wrong-fhat, rs the lungs and stomach
| had no direct communication, the absurditY
Of taking medicines into the stomach for dis
case Of the lungs was apparent, and Won
| dercd at the p1acItude Of Intelligent men in
pursuing so useless a course for 50 many ages
found that through an inha1ing instrument
OF my own cont-iTance could administer such
medicines as desired, IN the form Of yapor,
and thus reach the scat Of disease directly, and
| cause my remedies to act with greater Ger
tainty and effect than had hitherto generally
| been known, on the lining membranes and sub
stance Of the lungs. Deyoting my whole time
to the speciality Of diseases Of the chest, I was
enabled to make correct diagnosis Of each
accumulated experience has enabled me to sys-
| tematize the treatment By Inhalation to IN ex-
tent never before attempted.
The wide publicity which gave to my views,
in the city Of New York, on the causes and
proper treatment Of consumption, al length
fully opened tile eyes Of the pcoplcto the Ter
rible and fatal errors Of practice through which
so many had been Steadily going down to tic
grave; The effect was TO cut off pretty gencr-
ally the wholesale use Of nostrunls for the
stomach, and to turn the attention Of both
physicians and patients to Inhalation as the
only rational method Of treatment What WAS
the consequence? In few years from my in
PRODUCTION Of the system and my exposure OF
the old fnllaeies, the mortality from consunp.
tion in the city Of New York had diminished
thirty per cent, while tue population was in.
creasing, and yet up to the date Of the iuau-
guration Of my practice in that city the NOR,
I tality was on the increase. These are facts Oh
: record in the City Inspectors Office, where
they are weekly gathered from the returns o1
physicians.
Thus have my practice, my predictions and
my theories been Eindicatcd not merely By
Isolated cases, but by the official records o1
mortality Of the city Of New York The
proof is ample as to the efficiency Of the pr:.c
ticc have SO extensively advocated in snbdu
| ing and ersdicatlng pulmonary diseases where
| complete disorganization has not already de
) stroycd the vitality Of the system. And it is
generally conceded that this practice Of inlla
lation is destined to fill that fearful blank il
medical practice involving the organs of re-
| sriration, into which, like an intcrminable
| gulf, nyriads have in al ages sunk before til.
eyes Of their friends, the profession and ths
; | world.
) invariably find TINT my best patients art
those who are the best informed particularly
on the nature and causes Of their disease.
I am greatly aided in the treatment OF any cas-.
By intelligence on the part Of my patients
AS I'LL MY directions and treatment are ration
!. | al, desire to sec them attended to in RI
= tional manner, using adequate means for I'll.
attainment Of desirable results. With tlli
1 view, therefore, purpose, from time to time
/ publishing in your columns, with your per
mission, practical letters OIL the natnre, cause
and treatment Of Catarrh, Sore Throat, Laryn
= cites, Bronchitis, Asthma aud Consumption
These letters will probably aid the afflicted il
understanding their true condition, and vii
enable them inteNigently to judge for them
r selves between the absurd practice of trcatn
the throat and lungs through the stomach
:. and the more rational method Of applying til
medicine prescribed directly to the seat Of til
= disease. Your obedient servant.
J. JAMES HUNTER. N. D.
s Physician for diseases Of the Throat and Lungs.
!. No II Adams street, near Michigan ayenu
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