Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-28
From HARVEY BEACH, Esq, Milford
CURE OF CATARRH.

From Rev. Fred. S. Jewell, Professor Of
 State Normal School Albany, N. r.
 This may certify that I have been, since
 1844, subject to violent periodical attacks of catarrh, marked by q highly infamcd condi-
 tion of the lining membranes of the cavities of
 the head, producing most distressing species of headache for days at time, wholly incabac. itating me for business, and during the parox- ysms coniining me to the bed. In some in. ! stances the inflammation has extended to the ] teeth, occasionng toothache; to the throat | producing hoarseness and partial loss of voice 1 and twice it has so affected the left eye as to confne Inc for a month or more to darken- l ed room. These attacks have been accompan. Tied by strong febrilc symptoms by Btoppage of the head and, in the first stages, by watery discharges from the nose subsequently becom- ing acrid and yellow, and towards the close of the attack bcroiaing bloody and purulcnt. have tried medicines of almost every kind external applications to the heal such as cam
 phor, ginger hot bandages, and Concentrations of hot vinegar snutfs of some halt dozen | kinds, and other catarrhal preparations, toe gether with internal remedies, such as altera 1 tiyes, cathartics, and cosmetics. These have ! produced no change in the occurrence or char l acter of the disease, and, in most cases, with ] little or no temporary relief. had come, at 1 length to believe the disease to be practically | beyond either cure or material alleviation. Under these circumstances l was led, some five months ago, to make trial of Or. Lighth- ills treatment. His method at once approved itself to my judgment as simple, philosophical, and likely to be effective. Notwithstanding the disadvantages under which it lahored, in dealing with disease of such long standing aggravated by nervous debility and dyspepsia, and constantly induced by the accidents of my professional labor, 1 found the treatment reach- i ing the disease as it had never been reached before, and producing such a modification and
 alleviation of its character, as I.had supposed
 impossible. chronicle the reaults thus. AL 1 though have been situated several times so 1 that should formerly have believed severe l 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 emetcs and the discharges from the head have resumed the original and natural condi.
 tiou. That I have been able to obtain so ma l terial relief, Is to me a cause of gratitude.
 In that alone am repaid for whatever the OK l perimegt may have cost me. make this statement unsolicited, as o 1 means of Acknowledging my obligation to Dr. Lighthill's method of treating catarrh, and
 with view to aid any one who may have suf- fered from that disease, in forming a just opin. ion of its merits, and its probable utility in their own case. (Signedl
 REV. FREDERICK s. JEWELL, Prof State Normal School. Albany, N Y, March IA, 1864,
 From Rev. JOHN MOTT, D. D, rrofea- sor in Union College. Schenectady Since I first publicly acknowledged the great l benefit which l received from the skillful treat 1 ment of Dr. Lighthial, in regard to my hearing
 letters of inquiry have necessarily poured up-
 on me from all parts of the country from par, | ties desiring to learn the particulars of my case, and am indeed surprised at the numb ber 1 of individuals who are infected similar to the
 manner in which have been, and therefore feel it more and more sacred duty which owe to those sufferers, to direct them to n
 proper and reliable source to obtain the bene- fit they so much 1ovot, and which so many
 afflicted ones have hitherto sought in vain. inst as had done previous to applying to Dr, Lighthil!
 l had bad from infancy one very deaf ear
 which always discharged more or less offensive
 matter, and was the source of the greatest an!s
 noyance and discomfort to me. Last year the | other ear also Oceanic diseased, and both ears
 discharged a yellow matter very profuse and
 highly offensive. My bearing became very
 much inquired and the discharge produced
 the greatest debility of body and depression of
 spirits. Iapplied to my family physician and
 other practitioners without deriving any ben.
 eft and almost despaired of being restoi ed to health, when providentially, l applied to Dr. Lighthill. Under this treatment my ears be-
 gan to improve at once. and continued to do so, until, in a comparative short tine, both
 ears were healed, the discharge removed, ai.d
 my hearing restored. At first feared tn, cure
 would not be permanent, or that the stopps ke of discharges of so l, ng standing might pro<.
 detrimental to my general health, a fear
 which find great many entertain in regard to the emoval of discharge from the ear. Nv
 experience, however, has proved conclusively
 that my apprehensions were entirely ground,
 less in both respects, for both ears are as we'll.
 and my hearing as good at present, as the Slay
 1 left off treatment, and the stoppages of the
 discharge, instead of proving detrimental tcj
 my health, has given me the highest elasticity
 and vigor of body, and flow of spirits not eS
 perienced for long time previous.
 wish the above statement might ser re as a
 fieneral answer to those interested, but should
 one or the other desire to apply ta me person.
 ally. or by letter, will cheerfnffy satisfy all
 reasonable demands upon my time. avail myself of this opportunity of again publicly expressing my deeply felt gratltnde
 to Dr. Lighthill, whom esteem as genue@
 man and man of science, in whom the n'eh es' confluence may 'e '''"'" 5oBN MOTT.