The Portland daily press., 1864-03-19
LETTER NO. 2.


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To the Editor Of the Portland Daily Press:
Tubercular Phthisic-or as 1t is more commonly
called consumption-has, from time immemo risf
been regarded ofthe most fatal aadies which
the practitioner OF medicine has been called upon
II is therefore a subject Of infinite Importance. not
only to the eoical man, 10 individual but whole
cities countries and nations are more or less deeply
concerned.
Much has been said of thegcauses which predispose
to tuberc Ilar dseafe. BY many, this disease has
been regarded solely of hereditary origin deposition
of tubercuar matter In he Iuns has teen aIhuttd
to a morbid faulty cond ton Of the blood Tn is
tainly an important consideration deserving opr
most serious attention. That stitu iona predis
position can be transmitted from parent Offspring
one at all familiar with the history of tubuclar
disease will attempt to deny. But l am fully per-
suaded that too much importance has been attached
to improper vitiated state of the blood. while
toe causes which have produced it have almost,
if net entirely, been lost sight Of
Now il is well known 10 all VINO have given this
subject much refee ion that whenever there exists
any obstruction in the pipes air cells OF the Lungs
not to admit. que supply OF oxygen into them
the blood becomes changed in quality. The carbon,
instead of being expelled by uniting with oxy gen
taken into the lungs, flows carry ing it's poisonous
and deadly Influences to every part OF the system
The consequences that the blood looses its lgv-
ing principle; the red gobules are diminished; while
the amount of albumen and ibrine in the blood arc
found 10 be increased. Ii be observed that Is
veil established principle in the human economy
that so long the oxygen breathe Is In oue pro-
portion to the excess OF carbon in systems the
blood must remain pure and nourishing and neither
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condition.
But when this equilibrium Is disturbed BY dim nish-
Ing the supply of pure air 10 the lungs the vitality
and energy of the whole system is impaired and
that peculiar state OF the vital fnuetious character
lied b. the name of scroua or tuberealous caehexa
is the inyarizbe result. The weakened vital power
being no longer able preserve he living solids
against the destructive agency of the gen. rapid
wastiog Of the muscles and various tissues OF The
body taxes place. Weare told that tubetcuiar dis
is secondary affection. and We have shown that
one of the principle causes which snperinduee this
state OF the system Is deficient supply OF pure air.
causing an imperfect oxydzed state of the blood.
In nearly every case. where tubercles exist In the
lungs, We and that Catarrh. Sore Throat. or BsOn
by code. All catarrhal affections. whether of the
nose throat or lungs. produce ihickeniRg Of the
eous membrane ami or less secretion OF mucous
These tend TO diminish the size OF the air tubes
through which the air passes TO the lungs, and
consequence, diminish the quantity OF air received
at each breath. The quantity OF air being dimin-
ished from the lungs. the blood becomes viaied or
carbonaceous which induces formation Of tnberclss.
We have striking illustration of this principle in
the case of wild animals when confined IN menager-
ies breathing they must constantly initiated at
mosphere. w-sse them pine. waste away and die:
aud when examined, show tubercles IN the lungs. lt
Is Just idle TO expect the to bloom when de-
priyed Of light and water, as to expect ihe to
tain its brilancy, or the cheek its glow OF health aud
beauty. when deprived of pure air
The various occupat ons Of life have an important
bearing upon the development of the disease. Per-
sons engaged in the various mechanical arts, who.
from want of bodily exercise, do not expand the
lungs, and thereby admit free ingress OF air into
clerks, AID many others whose business confines
them the greater part Of the day within doors-con
stiute no small share Of the mortality BY this class
of disease. And then the poor patient Is induced
swallow bottle after bottle Of filthy trash, without
inquring into the character OF its author in the
delusive hope that somehow they shall regain their
health Meanwhile the disease makes more fearful
strides towards 4 fearful termtss sion-
Ssre ,Ss eobsumptye has been undsr he
care of the family physician for some tive who
has done everything in Lis power to restore him,
by the old method OF putin medicine into the
stomach and still the patient finds himself growing
weaker aod losing flesh. he becomes alarmed, and by
stand the nature of his diseases. he Is induced 10 en-
ploy some old woman who has about as much knowl-
edge of the medicine. as COW has Of the moon She
tells him his lungs are not affected. and that she
cure him. he is ready to believe her story and takes
two three quart bottles filed with some kind OF
filthy trash and commences pouring itinto his sGom-
ach and the result is that the disease soon remor-
ed and the patient with il.
There has been than one case of this kind
close by US within few months. Let me bear
ton those who have consumption any Gifts symp-
toms, for their own benefit, safety and comfort to
never make drug shop of the stomach--the less
medi cine you swallow the better.
our treatment by Inhalation is at all times safe,
and unattended with the least unpcasantness or In
conyeaience and " lille we convey remedies into
the lungs in the most direct manner avoid all the
unnecessary and disastrous consequences frequent
ly resulting from the unnecessary action Of drugs
upan the stomach. The whole tendency of this
method Of treatment, instead OF weakening and de-
biltating as under the ordinary nodes is to invgor
ate, give tone and impart new life and energy to
every part of the system.
what can be more rational, more simple and eff
cacious than the treatment OF assumption by lHhd-
tatioas since, in the manner breathe common
air, inhale or breathe medicafed vapor. the
air passes through the inhaler. becomes mixed or
unpregnated with the vapor and conveyed directly
into the lungs. The active properties OF the rene
dies emp Dyed thus brought 10 bear at once upon
the seat of the disease-the innamed mucous menu
brsne and the ulcer in the lungs-without the I'M
pleasant and disagreeable effects of drugs upon tho
stomach,
Persoes at distance can be treated by letter.
Your ob't servant.
CHARLES MORSE. NJ D.,
Physician for Diseases of the Head, Throat, and
Lungs Corner of Smith and Congress SITS Portland,
where he may be consulted at all times. ofhce No.
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