Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
The History of DR.. schenck's own Case, and how
he was cured of Consumption.

Many years ago, whilst residing IN PHILADELPHIA.
bad progressed gradually into the last stage Of Pull.
monary consumption All hopes of my recovery be-
ing d~issipated, 1 was advised by my physician, DR..
Parrish. to remove into the country. Mnnrestown. ~,
j., being my native place, I was removed thfther. My
rather and all his fahily had lived and died there
and died of Pulmonary Consumption. On my arrival
l =" put u OGu, where Jay Ior many weeks IN what
was deemed a hopeless condition. Dr.. Thornton, who
had been my tather's family physician. and lad at.
tended him in his last Illness, was called to see me-
he thought my case entirely beyond the reach of med
icine, and decided that / must die. and gave me one
week to arrange my temporal affairs. In this appar-
ahtly hopeless condition, l heard OF the remedies Inow
make aud sell. It seemed to me that could feel them
working thir way. and penetrating every nerve, fibre,
and tissue Of my system.
Ny lungs and liver put on a new action. and the NOR
bid matter which for years had accumulated ard irri.
tatea the dlherent organs OF %he body, was eliminated,
the tubercles on my lungs ripened, and / expectorated
from my lungs as much as a pint of yellow offensive
matter every morning. As this expectoratiOn of mat
ter subsidized, the fever abated, the pain left me, the
cough ceased TO harass me-, and the exhaustlng night
sWeats were no longer known, and ! had refreshing
sleep, to which I had long been a stranger. Ny appe.
title now began to return, and at times / found it diff
cult to restrain myself from eating too much. with this
return of health, 1 gained IN strength, and now am
heshy. ! am now a healthy man, with a largo healed
cicatrix in the middle lobe of the right lung and the
lower lobe he patized with complete adhesion of the
pleura. The left lung is sound, and the upper lobe OF
the right one is in a tolerably healthy condition.
Consumption at that time was thought an incurable
disease, by every one, physicians as well as those who
were unlearned IN dicne-especi such cases as
were reduced to the condition I was in. This induced
many people to believe my recovery only temporary.
I now prepared and gave the medicines to cOnsump-
tives for some time, and made many wonderful cures;
and the demand increased so rapidly that determin-
ed to offer them to the public. and devote NV undivid-
cd attention TO lung diseases. In truth, l was next to
forced to 1t, for people would send for me far and near
to ascertain whether their cases were like mine.
For many years, in conjunction with my principal
office in Philadelphia, 1 have been making regular pro-
fessional visits to New York. Boston, Baltimore and
Pittsburg.
For several years past have made as many as five
examinations weekly with the ssRespirome-
ter" For such examination my charge is three dol
lars, and it enables me to give each patient the true
condition of his disease, and tell him frankly whether
he will get well.
The great reason why physicians do not cure Con
sumption Is, that they try 10 do too much; they give
TO stop the cough. to stop the night-sweats,
hec TIC fever, and by so doing they derange she whole
digestive system, locking up the s%ecretions, and event.
ually the patient dies