Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-10-20
The History Of DR.. schenck's own Case. and how
he was cured Of Consumption.

ne was cured OF consumption
Many years ago, whilst residing in Philadelphia.
monary CONSUMPTION. All hopes of NV recovery be
ing dissipated, I was advised by my physician, Or.
J., being my MAJ i've place, I was removed thither. My
father and all his family had lived and died there
I was put to bed, where I lay for many weeks in what
was deemed a hopeless condition. Or. Thornton, who
had been my tather's family physician, and had at.
tended him in hi last illness, was called to see me-
He thought my case entirely beyond the reach Of med
icine, and decided that I must die, and gave me one
week to arrange my temporal affairs In this appar-
antly hopeless condition, I heard of the remedies / now
make aud sell. 1t seemed to me that l ctsld feel them
working thir way, and penetrating every nerve, hbre
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
tated the different organs of the body, was eliminated,
the tubercles on my lungs ripened, and I expecforated
from my lungs as much as a pint Of yeIlow offensive
matter every morning. As this expectoration of mat
cough ceased to harass me, and the exhaustlng night
sWeats were no longer known, and had refreshing
sleep, to which 1 had long been a stranger. My appe.
ute noE/began TO return, and at times l found it diff
cult tofcstrain myself from eating too much: with this
return Of heath, gained IN strength and now am
neshy.. l am now a healthy man, with a large healed
cicatrix in the middle lobe OF the right lung and the
lower lobe be patized with complete adhesion of the
pleura- The lett lung is sound, aud the upper lobe OF
the right one is in a ~tolerably healthy condition.
Consumption at that time ives thought an incurable
disease, by every one, physicians as well as those who
were unlearned IN medicine-especiall such cases as
were reduced to the condition 1 was in. This induced
many people to believe my recovery only temporary.
l now prepared and gave the medicines to consump-
tives for some time, and made many wonderful cures;
and the demand increased so rapidly that 1 determin-
cd to offer them to the public, and devote my undivid-
cd attention to lung diseases. In truth, 1 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 PhiIadelphia l have been making regular pro-
fessional visits to New York. Boston, Baltimore and
~Piltsburg.
For several years past I have made as msny as five
hundred examinations weekly with the 'Respirome-
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 to do too much; they give
medicines to stop the cough, to stop the nIght-sweats,
hectic fever, and by so doing they derange the whole
digestive system, locking upthe secretIons, and event.