The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-05
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION, sc.
nR ROBERT HUNTER on THE
PREVALENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF
PULMONARY DISEASES
ON CHRONIC CATARRH AND ECZEMA
on DIPHTHERIA AND SORE THROAT
ON CHRONIC LARYNGiTIs.
ON THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF CHRONIC
BRONCHITIS AND ITS TREATMENT
BY INHALATION
BY INHALATION
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BRONCHITIS AND ITS TREATMENT
BY INHALATION
TO THE EDITOR OF rHK YORK HERALD.
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means Of afresing its progress and promoting So
aase Consumption and o. symptoms Which marx ei is
nrst seny sne n1 no we cannoi hope that
ilose who anhapply BY a.a arrow VIII Ss
spared hs suerngs and the danger arising from confirmed
That his OF information does exist among the people
cannot be dehicd However Well Informed on
politics. government, mechanism trade they are as a
laws Of health prnrpss on which prcvalent and
dangerous deases ought 70 be ccmbatcd and removed
ease rsgarded as entirely secondary me acquisition
wealth ana he later may almost be said 10 bound the
NOW clearly ais evil oasE. be removed and this can
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The mystery which zoo long been their cs s
forth teachers people Pain PRACTICAL os
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ably benefit sea all :a Of society
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the people in regard to that class Of Diseases 10
which my practice is exclusively confined leaving others
maadies am strengthened and sustained ia resou.
pie Of one Of the highest and 'ne Of %
profession whose words take pleasure in quoting
his Work one SSess
hitherto adopted diminishing tie frequency or rednc ne
the mortality Of this class OF disease is sufficient
the but Se a%are Of he great a
Of and hae caa
saeray sppsaSs Snt hs public fully IMPRESSED ssS With
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public sSs
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wish very @ 70 press upon the attention Of the
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or reduce the morta of pulmonary Diseases that
we can Sope
prevent consumption until the public is Impressed with the
Sir James Clark wrote and published book for the in
gaage Of technical terms that they might the better under
which this is to describe IN IN pn, un
Of a4a
sore throat diphthera bronchitis, asthma and
cure and at the same time impress the public with
diseases the chan and that the only
security against consumption lies in the prompt and radical
takes its rise II these are allowed to remain diseases Of
In giving my views to the world prefer the
public to the usual method Of book publication
Wound aS @
which at once secured by their publication in the metro
Ii w doubt remembered that in 1859 introduced
breathing or nhans medicines into the unss
D s q h &
attested by thousands of grateful witnesses from
n mSs Fl
than as during hSse wns my pracse was the
diminished until the City Inspectors reports showed de-
more than one thousand lives a year 'As 'AA'A y
As have now again resumed he active ties Of my pro.
~ the srduous seOs Of prscc the free and fun
;as
people q En
advocate the practice what my reputation Is per
sona aud az an, and Of Little mt relates .e
inestimab lei im @S1a ;,r.ppu AMI nypy,
sm-In Considering the causes when gradually undermine
the strength q the lungs and produce consumption, shall
poS,ant When exposed 70 wet feet drafts air.
Of the organs Of he Sody This Is i N may Be
@ sspsSs; on Is'S @ si on
PRECISION organ, and any in the body may
have IN the od in ,he
or catarh .ood in the throat or quncy-a cold in the
BY catarrh congested naamed condition
ussd By colds but o.n caused y dust and other
membrane liable than any other nar, % n
jury from sudden changes in the temperature Of the air
r. hav
cog w Il ss s ps
II we now examine the lining Of The nos'rs we na y red
through he nose and .ae effort exces snseSns This i
acute Of all affections the most common and the
taks every year but rarely think 1t necessary to do
Chronic caarrh follows the acute FORM and generally
The direct Of leaving cold IN the head
ATTACKS OF acute eatarh become and the patient
ehs az Yellow ah on
Into the now we ind the %e%OnSs hcacned
in several ors In the simplest form we have merely an
'hawks' out from time 10 time during the day In the
comes dry reasrns almost constant picking at Keep
Urls. which The paiis removes from time g time Not an
frequently the membrane y bloody where ha. been torn
he seereon s thin and drops down into The throat when
@ % %nsn
cctio becomes paruen There Is too often loss Of smell
to The bone the Discourage has an offensive odor.
M occurs 4 all being found In yUnIs chdTs.
bic 10 take cold on slight exposure II much worse in The
Ps and e S4 is ss S
because there less liability relapse from taking
caarrh Of the frontal sInuses There are two
Of the nose Il you place your hand over the forehead be-
tween snd s slightly above ss ySS win feel The
in persons and have Ia my oalce skull for iusra
frontal slnuses lined BY membranes the
the nose ana are with The nasal cavity By sor!
liable extend along this duct TO the ront sinus produc
Ing headache and that distress the
head which Is know n as influenza
Gzena Is only another name for a very bad form OF
catarr Of the occurring unhealthy
situation When the health injured and the vitality OF the
syst. broken down all local diseases liable
character Not unfrequenty produced
by vitated OF the blood caused by dissipation From
II arises II il mo6t serious Affection II
BE- arrested II viii assurcdly 10 the destruction
Of the ZONES Of the nose and may end fatally BY extension
10 the brain.
frontal sinuscs until very recent period bad remedy.
They remained like consumption and asthma, stain aud
reproach tho OF medicine And yet; strange
may the disease itself II except IL only
simple chronic Inflammation OF the mucous membrane, and
easily he reached by all the forces OF the Materia
Medcasods, fluids and gases Physicians failed because
they earnestly aud nationally strove 10 succeed.
They satisfied with squirting little warm
water into the nostrls from straight syringe, aud
perhaps the prescription OF an alternative 10y the
stslnach which, OF course, did no good. Some years
since nndng impossible 10 effect the OF these alec
tons by such means conyed curved showerng syringe
by which aole 10 make direct Application Of
dcated wash the Who'll. internal cavity OF the ri at
the same instant. BY daily cleansing the nnsmed mem.
brane and strengthening by asringent applications,
found that caarrh among our most durable alice