Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-03
VISIT TO CLEVELAND.


He can bo consulted as usual at the An.
gier House from Monday, September 26th,
until Saturday evening, October LIST, 1854.
DR.. O. B. Lighthill would respectfully
inform his patients and public, thst he
will now again visit Cleveland regularly
once a month, so that the patients under
treatment may have the benefit of his per
sonal attendance. Such Of my patients
whose course of treatment has been inter-
ruPted by my summer vacation, RE hereby
informed that / shall be happy TO resume
their cases, and give the services to which.
they are entitled. They are resDectfuliv
invited to call. For the benefit of those nos
familiar with the success Of DR.. O. B. Light
hill in his profession, few testimonials
are annexed;
FROM EEV. FRED. s. JEWELL, PRoFEsscs or
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, ALBANY, ny.
This may certify that have been, since
1874, subject to periodical attacks Of ca
tarrah, marked by highly infamed con-
dition of the lining membranes Of the cav
tiles Of the head, producing q most distress
sing species of headache tor days at a time,
wholly ineapacitating me for business, and
during the paroxysms combining me to bed.
In some instances the inflammation has ex-s
tended to the teeths oeeesiOning tOothachs,
to the throat, producing hoarseness and
partial loss Of voice; and twice Il has so
effected the left eye as to confne me for a
month or more to a darkened room. These
attacks have been accompanied by strong
febrile symptomsJ by stOppage Of the head,
and, in the Rrst stages, by wGtery dischnrp-
es from the nose, subsequently becoming
acrid and yellow, and towards the close of
the attack becoming bloody and purulent.
Ihaye tried medicines of almost every kind.
external applications to the head such as
champion, ginger, hot bandaQes, and fb--
mentations Of hot vinegar snufFs Of some
half q dozen kinds, aud other catarrahla
preparations, together with internal RENE
dies, such as alternatives, oatharties, and
cosmetics. These have produced no change
in the occurrence of character of tbs d.
sease, and in most cases, with little or no
temporary re ief, l had come, at length to
believe the disease to be practically be-
yOnd either cure or material alleViatiOn-
Under these circumstances I was led
! some five months ago, to make trial of Dr..
Idghthillis treatment. His method at opes
approved itself 10 my Judgment as simple,
, philosophical, and likely to be effective
Notwithstanding the disadvantages under
which it laboFed, in dealing with disease
Of such long standing, aggravated by nerY-
/ Gus debility aud dyspepsia, and constant
| ly induced by the accidents of my profess
sisnal labor, l found the treatment reach
ing the disease as it had never been reach
ed before, and producing such q
modification aud alleViation Of its char
aeter, as l had supposed impossible. Il
chronicle the results thus. Although !
nave en- situated several times 50 thas
should formerly have believed a severe
attack Of Iny estarrh inc vitable, have n
capped thus Tar; the symptoms threatened
alta K have been very light, and have
Welded to the remedies applieu by DcOto<
LighLhill, without need of recoUrset to The
old lamentations or emeties; and the dis
charges from the head have resumess the
original anC the Natural condition. IeouRt
upon complete cure. That / have beer
able, however, to obtain 50 material ar elist
is TO me cause of gratitude. In that
alone am repaid for whatever the expert.
ment may have coat me. -
l make this statement unsolicited, as
means of acknowledging IN obligation d
Dr. LighthilPs method of treating eatGrrh
and with a view to aid any one who MAJ
have suffered from that disease, in forminj
Just opinion of its merits, and its prObabll
utility in their own case.
lSIgnedl Rev. + REDERIoK JEWELL,
Prof. State Normal School.
ALBANY, N. Y, March Il, 1884. -i75