Litchfield enquirer., 1864-10-27
.' CURE OF CATARRH.
From Rev. Fred. s. Jewell, Professor tf
 State Normal School. Albany, N. YE

From Rev. Fred. S. Jewell, Professor Cf
 State Normal School. Albany, N. Y. Z
 This may certify that I have been, sirce lS44, sni.hct to violent periodical attacks of catarrh, marked by highly inflanled condi- tion of the lining membranes of the cavities tf the head, producing most distressing species of headache for days at time, wholly incapao- tating me for business, and during the parvx- ysms conhning me to the bed. In some in. stances the inflammation has extended to the | teeth, occasiohing tOothache 1; to the throat, producing hoarseness and partial loss of voice and twice 1t has so affected the left eye as to confne me for month or more to darken. ! cd room. These attacks have been accompan- jed by strong febrile symptoms by stoppage | of the head, and, in the first stages by wetery discharges from the nose xsubscq nently becom- tug acrid and yellow, and Towards the close of the attack beronling bloody and purulent. I have tried medicines of almost every kind | external applications to the hea' such as cam phOr, ginger, hot bandages, and fomentations of hot vinegar snufs of some half dozen kinds, and other catarrhal preparations, to. gether with internal remedies, such as altera- tives, cathartcs, 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. l had come. at length. to believe the disease to be practically beyond either cure or material alleviation.
 Under these circumstances was led some five months ago, to make e trial of Dr. 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 1t laboretl, in dealing with disease of such long standing. aggravated by nervous debility and dyspcpsia, and constantly induced by the accidents of my professional labor, I found the treatment reach. ing the disease as it had never been reacfied before, and dproducing such a modification and alleviation of its character, assI had supposed impossible. chronicle the reaults thus All. though have been situated several times 60 that should formerly have believed a 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. Lighthili, with. out need of recourse to the old lamentations. or emetics and the discharges from the head have resumed the original and natural condi. tiou. ThatI have been able to obtain 90 ma | terial relief, Is to me cause of gratitude. In that alone am repaid for whatever the ex. pertinent may have cost me. make this statement unsolicited, as a means of Acknowledging my obligation to Dr. LighthiH's method of treating catarrh, and with view to aid any one who may have suf. fered from that disease, in forming just opin. ion its merits, and it's probable utility fn their own case. (Signedl N...
 REV. FREDERiCK s. JEWELL. >,St
 Prof State Normal School, z
 Albany N. F., March IA, 1864. ,,