Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-01
From HARVEY BEACH, Esq, Milford
CURE OF CATARRH.
From Rev. Fred. s. Jewell, Professor Of | State Normal School, Albany, N. Y,

From Rev. Fred. s. Jewell, Professor Of
 State Normal School Albany, N. Y.
 This may certify that I have been, sincS 1844, subject to violent periodical attacks of catarrh, marked by a highly infamed tondi: tion of the lining membranes of the cavities Of the head, producing most distressing species of headache for days at time, wholly incapao. itating me for business, and during the parvx. ysms confining me to the bed. In some in- stances the inflammation has extended to the teeth, occasioning toothache; 10 the throat, producing hoarseness and partial loss of voice and twice it has so affected the left eye as t6 confne me for a month or more to darkens ed room. These attacks have beSn accompan. jed by strong febrile symptoms by stoppag6 ot the head, and, in the first stages, by watcfy discharges from the nose, subsequently, becoms ing acrid and yellow, and towards the close of the attack beroming bloody and purulent. have tried medicines of almost every kind {; external applications to the head such as cam. phor, ginger, hot bandages, and Concentrations of hot vinegar snutfs Of some half c dozen kinds, and other catarrhal preparations; tos gether with internal remedies, such as altera lives, cathartics, and cosmetics. These have produced no change in the occurrence or char: acter of the disease and, in most cases, with little or no temporary relief. had come, at length. to believe the disease to be practically beyond either cure or material alleviatiun.
 Under these circumstances I was led, soinS five months ago, to make trial of Dr. Lighth ills treatment. His method at once aprrov6d itself to my judgment as simple, philosophical and likely to be effective. Notwithstanding ' the disadvantages under which 1t labored. ia dealing with disease of such long standing, aggravated by nervous debility and dyspepsia, !, and constantly induced by the accidents of my professional labor, I found the treatment reach. ing the disease as it had never beeh reached before, and producing such modification and alleviation of its character, as had supposed impossible. chronicle the reaults thus. Al; though have been situated several times 90 that should formerly have believed q severe attack of my catarrh inevitable, have es- capped thus far. The symptoms of threatened attack have been very light, and have yielded to the remedies applied by Dr. Lighthill, with. out need of recourse to the old lamentations, or ernetics and the discharges from the head have resumed the original and natural condis tiou, That have been able to obtain SO md- terial relief Is to me cause of gratitude. In that alone am repaid for whatever the sxs pertinent may have cost me.
 I make this statement unsolicited, as C means of Acknowledging my obligation to Dr, Lighthill's method of treating catarrh, and with view to aid any one who may have suis fered from that disease, in forming just opin. ion of its merits, and it's probable utility ia their own case. (Signed)
 REV. FREDERICK s. JEWELL.
 Prof State Normal Schooe
 Albany, N. F., March IA, 1864.