Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-17
From HARVEY BEACH. Esq, Milford,
CURE 0F CA g,ARRH.
From Rev. Fred. S. Jewell, Professor ol
 State Normal School Albany. M N

State Normal School, Albany, N N. This may certify tliat I have been; sipcS l844, subject to violent periodical attucks of catarrh, marked by highly itifiained condi- tion of the lining membranes of the cavities Uf the head, producing most distressing species oflheadache for days at time, wholly incabse. itatng me for business, and during the parox: ysms confning me to the bed. In some iii. stances the inflammation has extended to the teeth, questioning toothache; 10 the throat, producing hoarseness and partiallOss of voice and twice it has so affected the left eye as tj contine me for a month or more to dafkers. ed room. These attacks have been accompan. jed by strohg febfile symptoms iby stoppagS ot 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 beroming bloody and phruleht. 1 have tried medicines bf almost every kihd r external applications to the heaf such as cam; phor, ginger, Hot bahtages, and fomehthtioiis of hot vinegar sni,ffs of Some half dbkeii kinds, and other catafrhal preparati6ns, to. gether with internal remedies, Such as alteiA tives, cathartics, and cosmetics. Thsse have produced no change in the occurrence of thar. acter of the disease, and in most cases, Witb little or no temporary relief. I had come, at length. to believe the disease to be practically beyond either cure or material alleviatiOn. '
 Under these circumstances I was led some five months ago, to make trial of Dr. Lightll ills treatment. His method atgonce approved itself to my judgment as simple; philosophical, and likely to be effective NotMithstahding the disadvantages under which 1t labored, iii dealing with disease of such long standihg; aggravated by nervous debility and dyspepsia; and constantly induced by the accidents ofnis professional labor, Ifound the etreatmeht taaek. ing the disease as it had, neyer been telchstl before, and producing such modification alid alleviation of its character, as had supposed impossible. 1 1ehrpnicle the reaults thus Al. though have been situated several tiihes 50 that should forfierlt have believed h ssvefh attack of my catafrh inevitable, have es. caped thus far. The, ,syth ptons of, threatehsi attack have been very light, and have yielded to the remedies applied by pr. lighthill. Hitk- out need of recourse to the old fefinehtationB or emetics.; and the discharges from the hta au have resumed the original and natural colidi; tiou. ThatI have been able to obtain 50 ma terial relief, Is to me cause Ufgratitude. In that alone am repaid for Whatevet the ef- speriment may hake q cost ine. A s4st E '
 I make this statetneht unsolicited, as . means of ackhowledginB my obligation to bf, Lghthill's method of 1tfeating catHtfh, and with view to aid any ono who may hatv shT. fered from that disease, iii forming inst oiiih. ion ofits merits, and its probable utility Ill their own case. (Signed)
 20 l1REv. FREDERICK &. JEWELL.
 Prof State Normal H6iUuif
 Albany, N, r., March IA, 1864. =.
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