The national Republican., 1862-03-18

remedy which dues npt psUelratc the luufs AS
deeply "a the DISEASE itself Applications Of
nitrate u silver 10 The throat are utterly use.
less, since they Do not reach The fountain Il
the evil. Here you see tho consequence cf
miscaling a disease. Your physician informs
you that your affection ia bronchitis, and
straightwsy you submit to tho cruel torture Of
having caustie applied every second or third
day 10 yaur throat II the unnecessary sut.
fsring you undergo we're the only sequences
which sprung from il. 1t would be OF less i'm.
pnrtance; but the disease within your lungs is
all this time gaining u hrmer hold-the mucous
membrane Is becoming thickened, and the
smaller bronchial tubes closed up. These OBJ.
structions go on increasing until sufficient air
duoe the change in the blood from venous to
arterial. 1t Ia the object of respiration to
change the blood from a dark to bright red
color. This change Is produced in the lungs
BY the air we breathe, and cannot occur unless
II ls received In sufficient quantity.
When considerable distractions exist in the
bronchial tubes, the carbon, which constitutes
the impurity OF tho blood, Ia not wholly re.
moved, but 4 part is retained and sent again
Irritating the brain and nervous system, and
deranging digestion. Under this condition Of
the blood tubercles arc deposited in the lungs.
Thers h is no warning given Of the fearful change
cough, without expectoration, the seed of this
most insidious and mortal disease is sown, and
soon brings forth Its fruit in the melancholy
changes which mark the progress Of oonsump-
uon. Thus consumption arises AS u conse.
quence OF fneglecting or maltreatng bronchitis,
by placing reliance on applications to tho
throat, OF paliatives through the stomach. 1t
Is a grand desideratum. in the treatment of all
diseases, to get the remedy direct TO tho organ
or part affected. We use washes, injections,
blisters, purgatives, and 50 forth, on this prin.
oiple. In pulmonary diseases tho same rule
holds good; but how are we to apply ~ We
IN h0n n..ltA de n.,,l e. L
cavity. Nc; but by Inhalation we can reach,
thoroughly and naturally, all diseases situated
within the air.tubes and cells Of the lungs.
What, then, Is lnhalation! The word itself
in a breath. In medical parlanoe II means Il
mode Of administering medicines by breathing
tbem. Thus we say, 81 nhae a incidence as
we would say, take medCine;" tho differ.
enCa being, simply, that the one Is inhaled or
breatbsd, while the other is swallowed. I am
thus exploit In order lo show that ALL modi-
cines inhaled into the lungs arc not alike, any
more than All medicines ,akon into tho stomach,
lnhala,ions must derend upon tho experience
and ski of the physGan whu presCribes them.
should have deemed this explanation unneces.
sary. but for the fact that many who write 10
me regarding the treatment appear to have got
the erroneous idea tha, "lnhaiauon," instead
" being mode Of practice or administration of
remedss, Is some specific roInedy, alike appli.
cable To The most opposite inrms Of pulmonary
usedNe. ~ make " NnCn " tn degrade II to
The base levsl Of luackory. 1, can never be
honestly employed without full knowledge Of
all the symptoms and peuuliarities Of each
case, and the adaptation of the remedies &C.
Cordingly.
The first object Of treatment IL 10 cleanse the
air tubes OF The lungs by expcctorant inhala.
tions. Having obtained this object We next
seek to allay the irritation on witch the secro.
tion depends-.to sOothe and hoal the iniamed
membrane. The manner of administering
medicines Dy inhalation Hrlnnhiti. 1. .
follows: Tho inhaler, which is made Of glass
and holds about pint Of fluid, Is half filed with
cold, warm, or hot water, according To the ma.
ture ni the case. The medicines prescribed
Tor dose are then added, aud the naticnt
directed tr inhae gently, hut deeply, into the
lungs, being careful to expand tho chest well.
without straining or violence. The fluid being
medicated, thoroughly impregnatcs the air
with l's properties. Each Inhalation IL con.
tinued for fvs, ten, or fifteen minutes, AZ NAV
be necessary, and iakon three times day, be.
fore meals, or twice n day, on rising and retir.
ing. In ihis manner every effect that can be
produced BY medicines is obtained In the lungs
and with degree Of certainty uncuualled,
By simply varying the medicines put into the
nuid the vapOr Is rendered soothing, expector.
ant, or Alternative, vt pleasure. When faith.
iully and properly carried out, this treatment
VIII rarely disappont the patient of II speedy
and radical cure.
Ny next letter will be on Consumption.
Your obedient servant,
RoBEnr HUNTER, NJ. D.,
Physician for Pulmonary Diseases,
?0j Pa. du.. Washington, March IA, lSG2.
81 SICK SoLpIERs.--From to q o'clock, r,
H., daily, will be devoted to the graluitous OK.
animation OF soldiers su ng from any disease
OF the throat or lungs.