, 1861-12-16
chest, rs is very common fn every form .of
CONSUMPTION, the disease Is thought to be

chest, as is very common ~ ts;yeEy form :of
e Gas u,*ex. ef'f e ne pts% ext, or uer1algis. "
These aud muny other affections are mere
consequences Of thc pulmonary disease, and
spring directly from Il. That they are frc-
quent1y mistaken fur tile chief dlseuse, and
wrongly treated, there can be no doubt. In
fact, I am almost daily made aware OF the
truth Of this observation By patients them
Selves But this is not to be wondered at
when VIC consider all the difficulties which lie
in the way of the general practitioner acquir-
ing that experience which is necessary to de-
tcct pulmonary diseases in the ce,7y stage.
The physician rcquircs long anu constant prac-
tiee 10 become accurate in diagnosis with the
stctLoscore. Without great practical expert
cncc, tho most profound book-knowledgc will
not 6avc lin from making many sricyons mis-
takes. And the difficulty Is not alone from
tic incxpcricnce Of the physician, bnt al
so and TO Il rrcat degree from the unwilling
ness of tlle patients to believe their lungs are
diseased, or to have their chests carefully cx-
amined. They strive to persuade themselves
with apprehension, they go to the Physician
for his opinion, might almost say without Il
Deliberate intention to disguise or niseolor
their worst symptoms, that they may lead him
to decide as they wish.
Let me warn the render to be ever watchfuI |
Of the chest, and do not rest satisfied when
yon have any fears in regard to your lungs, !
| until Won have obtained careful examination, /
and the best advice you cap procure Al hana e.
! tubeTc|ss, and they are not discovered until
i'll tlcir second stage, your case. froi1 being |
| simple, becomes one Of extreme danger.
| I have thus briefly glanced at few OF the |
in plain, pructical manner, because know
| tbat there is no point on which the public
| entertain such erroneous opinions, and nom
mistakes in regard to the real cause and treat
hi nCY7rY
It is common for poets and no1elists to de-
| scribe Consumption as q disease Of little suf-
ering. They paint the victim of it as slowly
fading away, placid in mind, without pain Of
body, and in the fullest and keenest enjoy
ment Of every sense and faculty. Like
wit1lcrine flower, gliding gently down to the
grave, diffusing around her as she fades an
atmosphere Of increasing EHeetneEs. But
alas: Poetry is not true to life There: arc
few diseases more to be dreaded for the suffer-
Consumption is stealthy. It comes on With
out any warning Of its approach, and in gene
ri is firmly sea4ad before it is detected at all
| Thus far, the descriptions Of fancy arc correct,
miEcries which try. the strongest fortl-
followed by q consuming fever In the after
noon, and this again ~ exhau5ting Pefsplra,
the day harr:sscd By efforts to. expectorate.
The breath becomes "pent up by p!esritic
I pai;,s, and no sooner are these snbducd than
c1iu-rtua sczes upon the bowels. Day by day
the oppression On tho chest increases. The
.. heart Talpitates and labors to force the thick
, | and impure blood through the abstructcd
lungs. The appetite becomes capricious, the
| limbs wasted, and the whole body entec-
> blcd But terror more formidable than all
is The steadily Increasing and eyer present
: sense Of impending suff0cation. As tho air
cells and tubes become Tiled up by the extcn-
sion Of the disease, the space for the breath
grows less and less, until at last the poor sut-
: : | feTer dies actually gasplng for air!
! and there is nothing to console the con
su1nptiye in the usual treatment of the disease.
: Remedy after remedy fails to afford even relief.
= Change Of climate only Increases his hardship.
+ and in too many instances liastens the fatal
!, prospect, and the experience Of the present.
u u # We accept the bright promise Of Inhalation
= 10 hope for the future
. Such is the stern reality Of this terrible dis
. case, divestcd of all fancy. It presents a con
- ccptration Of bodily and mental suffering tc
= wlic, there is scarce parallel in the sad cat
+ logue to which our flesh is heir.
!, NY next letter will be on splitting Of blood
= or Henorrhage from the lungs.
10 fonr obcdicnt servant,
>, JAMES HUNTER, II. D.,
j. Physician for the Throat and Lungs, No. l
', Adams street. near Michigan Avenue, Chica
;, =, go, Decemher a 1851.
u 6fficc Of Drs r. &; ]. Hunter, No. 81 Eas
"a 1 4-i1 St1ctt1 ~fEn 4oAh-
lc "DEcEMBEn As PLEASANT AS MAT."-Th
- truth Of this line Of an old fayorite hymn Wa
is fully realized yesterday. The Oldest inhabl
N tant Of Chicago does not rccoIect SO beautiful
=. q soft, balnay q day in nil-Dccemher, With
~ ~ the past twenty years. We hope Our general
ne arc prepared to take advantage Of the wcathe
It. with which Providence is now fayoring u
! | 1oa1 i1,* tbp nnnnfrp
" ScnocL BOOK QUESTION AeAEE.-At a meetin
ta | held on Saturday morning, December 18th, at Il
q Dcarborn-st,
o. PIT SHERLOCK, in the Chair.
he 1t was unanimously resolved.
'rt F;3xtlu That the resolutions Of the School Teac
"a ers' Meeting, in this mornings TRIBUNE, are
,a a5 boEh. .... -,
"a Secondly, That rs public servants, those parti
~ arc paid for teaching, not for peddling books
ey school hours.
on Th;rdly That even II any teachers did 81
,n- books below regular prices. 1t after theiE
nd | pills hnd found out Shcrlock's cheap store, Al
IVY learned his prices for books.
@ @,se Fpur4Alv, That tho word ssaccidentn11y'' is
very poor justification for oyercharging-
IN iFT}yAly. That whenever the Board OF Edncati
shall enter into an investigation Of these matte
20 Of School Book rascaiitics, our Chairman be
|
10 1Hore al1 he Knows upon the subject.
has lsirthly, That the Board Of Education ought I
;cs- to allow itself to be worked like machine fort
the benefit Eolely Of either publisher or teachers.
late Sseent{y, That parents hare to pay for sch
,r books, they should be left free to find them VIII
- they can buy cheapest, and that without any
~. strumentality calculated to ovcrehadow fair &C
A~N petition.
crs and members Of School Boards should be T
eA' hibted from receiving favors from pupl1s or P
pun | Ishere
sho NinfjUy, That teachers Of the Public Schools
|iyi- deserve the confidence Of the public, should
fo1 only be ftce from the charge Of extortion but
>,>o. yond al1 suspicion Of It.
Lastly. That our Chairman is requested
; ~ hereby authorized, to continue to sell new or
Booke. at Ices prices than any other estabish1n
lkee i'll Chicago, Notwithstanding all the COMPLIANT
rival Of School Teachers, School Book Publishers
T to members Of the Board Of Education. and that
ugh- shall be prepared to sell during the coming
not ten thousand dollars worth Of secondhand Sci
rr,, Books, at very low prices, and also continue
+va take in exchange all old Books read in the Pu
-. Schools.
hicll TT. SHERLOCK, chairma
It's Bookstore, IT, Dearborn~st.
be-
=, cHR1sTMAs OF NEW YEAR's PREsENr.-Whe
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oeN pirate testimonial of
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low, I L Son TO HIS MOTHER;
t the 4 HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE; or
Q his BROTHER TO HIS s1sTEB.
und, This Gift is profitable and available 1ifc-tl
/ de- It Is equal to ten ScaInstregEes. An Annual
of, dend :of 100 to 6oo per cent. ION it's cost MS
obtained in usc-by its posscssor,
fro r
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> ""u Iowa and Northern Indiana. {dcc16a0t]
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