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!; ton or Inflammation Of the lungs might not ,
he cured as readily as those upon the hand or
face. Now, pills or draughts. when swal-
lowed, do not 60 near The lungs; they pass
down the "5salet" into The stomaeh- To take
pills or potions with the hope Of directly
curing Consumption, is IS absurd ns to take
them to cure boil On the arm or an lnaam-
nation Of the eyeid. Indirectly, Of course,
the proper pills and draughts are Of aid In ali
these affections, by beneatfng tho general
tone Of the system, and thus enabling it the
more readily to throw oil the disease. But,
directly, we cannot too often repeat, thcy are
Of no use, for the very sufficient reason that
they do not tonch the diseased organ. Medi-
cines can only touch the lungs when admin
istercd, not In a solid or liquid, but in an
zsifo1m or " epirisuallzed" form.
These remarks apply equally to diseases Of
| the passagez leading from thr noetrils to dn-
fe1ent parts Of the head, such as the tlroat
and car. These diseases, though not 50 fatal
as Consumption, are get often dangerous, and
always annoying, Few persons arc unacquaint-
ed, more or less, with the annoyances Of
colds, catar1hs and in1uenzas. Taste, smell,
hearing and sight are impaired and not un-
frequently destroyed temporarily, and some.
times permanently, By these diseases.
Such is brief outline Of some of the facts
which led Dr.. yo, E1sESnEno, acting in the
spirit Of the Baconisn philosophy, TO the dis
coye1y Of the theory Of the liberalization, or
Standardization Of Medicines. The ne1t task
to which be set himself was to find some
means Of making his discovery Of practical
use, by invcutlng some mode Of administer
Ing medicines in an ethereal form. The or
dinary modes were clearly unayaillng. You
cannot administer mir By 4 teaspoon. After
the labor Of two years, and an outlay Of
1900, hc succeeded IN perfecttng the appara-
tus Of which the accompanying Illustration
gives q view, and which We shall now at-
tempt briefly to describe.
On entering voS E1sESBER6's consulting
room, the visitor will observe what appears
to be three distinct mnch1ues, Of elegant form
and c1quisttely- finished workmanship. These
arc, however, but parts Of one apparatus, the
connection between them being made beneath
the floor. First, there Is what appears to be
the beam Of double engine, elegantly fin
ishcd in silver, which by pressure produces
IN atmosphere entirely purified Of all foreign
forced By this instrument into large cylinder
constructed under the floor of the basement,
capalle Of receiving two hundred and tilty
pounds OF condensed air. From this cylinder
tue purified atmosphere Is made to pass into
| second large cylinder OF chamber previously
! impreguated with hot medicated. yapors.
From this second chamber, By opening
| valve, the air, now thoroughly medicatcd, is
permitted to proceed to the operating room,
where It Is received into second piece Of
l 10
t t,iu,nphal arch supported By two hollow
silver columns, into which The prepared air
passes, into third chamber of pure silver,
built between the columns, and forming the
crown of the arch, where Il is agaia mixed
with various medicinal preparations.
From this chest the sptritua}ized medical
rapor is passed, when required, through q
second invisible channel, to what appears to
i be The third machine or apparatus-a beautiful
and elaborate instrument, consisting Of not
less than twenty.four magnificent crystal
glass vessels, each charged with different
/ medical preparation. The largest Of these
vessels is capable Of containing two gallons
four, one gallon each ten receivers, that hold
| cacl, ono PITT; eight, one~half pint each ; ant
one ressel, holding pint, Arranged with I