New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-16
lCommunicstedI
DR.. Robert Hunter on The Treatment Of Pull
monary consumption.
LETTER No
LETTER No. XII.

of tuberces and the reason rhy they localize them
selves in the lungs and pointed ont the cor6oroceous
iolPnrHy OF the blood in Consumption, 1 come now
70 the consideration Of the most important point of
all-tbe proper treatment of this disease.
All methods Of medication hitherto employed have
sgnally failed to afford more than temporary relief
Tie highest authorities in the profession frankly
acknowledge, in their published works, that med-
cincs eirea bVthe stomach have neither tho power Of
preventing the formation of tubercles, of effect
ing their remoral after they are formed. Such being
the case Is not necessary for TO add anything III
condemnation ola fCii0noe upon these means IL
they will nei her grerent Consumption nor promote
rs cu5e they worthless to the patient, for these
are the very objects for which he submits his case
to the care OF the physician. lie cannot reasonably
eXpect that they Will prove more beneficial IN ms
casc than they have hitherto proved in Others. II
he is satised with that, and there really tuber
Giles in HE lunge, tbs well for him 10 put bis worldly
affairs ia order and withdraw his mind from e1rfhfy
ties for with all the advantages he can derive from
" good nurs'Eg,' frequent "ch0Hge of ar '-con-
slant of " C0d Lirer oil, aud a judi oious ON
ploymcnt OF "toHics," aided by proper attention to
cl0ttiHg 0tr, and exercise, the bitter experience OF
those who baye been similarly tined and treated
proves that there is hot remaining TO him more than
a few short months Of life
When the reader considers that cOnsumptives are
compelled IN the face of snch experience, TO tiill
subnit 10 this treatment, because they do not know
Of any other, and TINT IN the United States alone
more than enc hUHdrcd thousand persons each year
die of consumption some idea can be formed of the
Importance which attach to the publicity am now
about 10 give to "a discovery by which We can, IN
majority Of cases. az least, remove from the HHgs
aud The blood the material element which causes the
irightlul destruction of human ll,c.
Now, What IS the mdfCridi element which poisOns
The blood and eugeudcrs tubcrcles in the lGugs In
LOT sar oil pue 4
told you that we awayf find tire blood, in Consump-
tive cases, highly charged with carbOA aud stated
that tubercles are nothing more than depositions Of
this impuity in the delicate tissues Of the luugs 10
cure Consumption remedy must be found winch
VIII combine with aud remove tnis ia0tericS MORN,
aud no medicine known hs,, or can have, any slch
power when given by the stomach. a knowledge
OF these facts lusiiies me IN condemulng ~ guilty
Of both deccgtioH and qudokery those medical meu
whom defiance OF all experience and OF the DIVING
protest Of tie tens of thousands who each year porsh
isefably under their miuistrations-stl adhere to,
employ and profess To have confidence IN the sense
less routine Of stOmachic medication for the lungs.
]; VII cheer the hearts OF those who are now
afflicted with this malldy 10 learn that the mot
eminent physicians OF every civilized country have
sic ada tly contondcd for It's durability. Look!
excaims N4Ccndie, " at pulmonary consumption for
example; there ID an alice ion which you see daS
after day cutting of individuals OF every age, OF
every sex, and Of every rank. yet none has been
more carefully rlEAtl on Tue On IihUf none Ntr
proved more fruitful source Of dogma and di-quisi
lion Emi1eni observers have described all It's phe
uomena, even 10 the minu,est dctHilf. But what Is
ail this bu, description, but 70 much natural history
VIII il throw any light on the treatment OF tho IT.
feciionl Not PARTICLE But we hopc fer cnhghf-
;hc disease, need despair OF discovering II.
pcfh1Df tnbtycHiQT n4ufffr mag get BE dcfecfcd ~
tie bood. end as a fu'thcr stcpN ne mans Of de-
sf,oytnR or pretc,tiag ~ formation asecTfdfned.'
-,Lectu,es on the Blood, page lJl
80 also DIR. Cowsn, the lcnroed translate or OF Baron
Louis great " ORR on Consumption. observes "we
csunoi h,p auticiI alug that he cure and COMPARE.
i've extinction Of Consumption ARE among the benc-
TIE the ffVTc TTogrers OF medciGo VIII confer upon
mnhkind." Page o6.j
And Prof. Carswen of London tie eminent pa
fhcloei-i, remarks: "Ii may not te TOO much e.
AaIc thai By means Of nor, fnnmSfc ka0Nirdgc 81
orgdnic chcTassfrg We may be- able to detect ia he
mucous secreilous OF IN The blood tloso change
which indicate tie existence oil the tubercui'u@
dintie.is. nnd thus I.rhspa - led q dseorr
r,,a,dg }or re dise1sc before u has Ell ted ii-
loc4inatinn, and produced changes ia theinseIycs
inolrsbic.
S...c fh,n "Onaric Chemistry has lei NJ 10
G,.r.yer n 10 'resruce Ia cXccrsl oi carbon in TIE
blood ard thc true nature Of tubcicle--tha' hgat
which there profound observers believed would bee
oifLiucd fiOm 90 moro intimate hHoTicagc 81
1r.11.r rtlnlffrv" has been discovered, aud By
itF guiding rlys wc ere row nble 80 see clearly not
only the cause oI pact "i"ioi Ds' ~" way ." P'V'
eai and future s.ccers.
Whom | am askod by ,hoso who come to con.1l'
Dbl what corrre 1 advice them 10 follow, NY inva-
III H. ansNer u, " lon muN place yoliteIi under
fr.sf4est by mholoflgH. We must 'teeh no fH6r',
c'e. IA tie ipT-' aud tie cafb0H On ihe ttoDf aud
ssc can never 40 that through the stomach DO
vof, s4k " hy we cannot 90 20 through The stomach
Berqu.e there h. only one remedy known which Will
ueu.Ysiizr carbon 90 The blood, aud tsh will only
.t Wien T. j. In, ught iuto relation witt le O'ooa ~
the geeous '0rm tnai II TO Say, breafh'd or hh0i'd
into The 'nrs'.
What h Inat r,modyl II you have n,ieuively
followed me thus la, you ought now 10 he able TO
srswcr q at question IL - 0JggeH, ~ hhch a1miA-
iurc with nitrogen aud 0fHOphcrc AR ~ shall best
na.lpt It 10 the indications Of the cate IL wac TIE
want of II whrn fret LAID the foundation 81 your
disease, aud con II must DO administered ~ excess
10 hiug tack TIE blood 10 IT, normal vitality. Re
feet for moment On tie otce Of the laug-, and Oh
the c1asCS OF C0nsuml ton ana you VIII fealiLr Tue
simplicity and truth OF what have Jusl slated Too
Office II tLe lungs is 20 keep tie blood pure by TO-
moving it, carbon. Inn 10 any work on pbytioogy,
and YOU viii Learn thin fact. We breathe Tor that
pun ote and death would follow II we interrupted
1t for than or two minutes. To be perfect.
rs na'nic designed respiration should be- the air We
breathe must be pure, and tue AIR tubes through
which il passes II full slze aud free from obstruction.
II the air Is impure, or the tubes instructed by
mucous las always the case after taking cold,
blood becomes cirbOnacoOd, and tubotclcB are liable
TO dep0s la the lnnga. To restore the blood 10 Is
uurty ard remove tnOse tuberccs, we must follow
the OF nature and increase the supply Of That
clement, tho deficiency of which caHscd Tue dis
Ii man Is starving, you must give him food If
he is thirsty, YOU must give HIM water; IL be
If oppross'd for breaih, you must give him oxygen.
You cannot give tie irsl stOne The second spirit
or tho last any other element in nature with
ont Causing death. Nature IN memorable Ia her
demands. What she requires, ehc must have, aud
viii not be put oil with IL substitute. la Consump-
ton, the luugs and the blood require more oxygen
than they can, In their impure and OPPRESSED cOndi
iin, derlv, from the nlr md IL the ainnn doc.