Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-26
From HARVEY BEACH, Esq, Milford
CURE OF CATARRH.
From Rev. Fred. s. Jewell, Professor cf
 State Normal School, Albany. N. Y,,

From Rev. Fred s. Jewell, ProfesSor of
 State Normal School. Albany, N. '. .,s
 This may certify that have been, sineS lo44, subject to violent periodical attacks of catarrh, marked by highly infamsd copdi.s ton ot the lining membranes of the cavities. of the head, producing most distressing species oi headache tor days at time, wholly incapaes itatlng me for business, and during the paroxs, ysms eontining me to the bed In some ins stances the inflammation has extended 10 lie teeth, occasioning toothache 10 the throat, producing hoarseness and partial loss of voice ; and twice Ii has so affected the left eve as te contne inc for month or more to a darken. ed room. These attacks have been accom- paus jed by strong febrile sym ptoms !; by stoppagS ot the head, and, in the first stages, by watery discharges from the nose, subsequently, becom. ing acrid and yellow, and towards tho close sf the attack berominS bloody and purulsnt. I bave tried medicines of almost every kind external applications to the heal such as cams phor, ginger, hot bandages, and lamentations of hot vinegar snnffs of some half dozen kinds, and other catarrhal preparations, to- gcther with internal remedies, such as altera, tives, cathartics, and cosmetics. These have produced no change in the occurrence or charo acter of the disease, and, in most cases, Witlk little or no temporary relief l had come. at length to believe the disease to be practically beyond either cnre'or material alleviation. s5T
 Under these circumstances I was led, some five months ago, to make a trial of Dr. Lighth ilPs treatment. His method at once anrroysd itself to my judgment as simple, philosophical; and likely to be effective. Notwithstanding the disadvantages under which it laborsd, in dealing with disease of such long standing; aggravated by nervous debility and dyspepsis, {, and constantly induced by the accidents of ny professional labor, I found the treatmeiit reach ing the disease as it had ndver been reached before. and producing such a modification and alleEiatiOn of its character, as had supposed impossible. l chronicle the reaults thus Al- though have been situated several times SC that should formerly have believed a severe attack of my catarrh inevitable, have es- capcd thus far. The symptoms of threatened attack have been very light. and have yielded to the remedies applied by Dr. Lighthili, with- out need of recourse to the old lamentations: or emetics and the discharges from the head have resumcd~the original and natural condi- tiou. IhatI have been able to obtain SO mas terial relief, Is to me & cause of gratitude. In that alone am repaid for whatever the exr pertinent may have cost noe. * I '
 I make this statement unsolicited. as S means of acknowledging my obligation to pr. Lighthilfs method ot treating catarrll, and with view to aid any one who may have suf- fcrcd from that disease, in forming just opin- ion of it's merits, and it's probable ntility in their own case. (Siguedl b. REV. FKEDEEICK $. JEWELL,
 Prof Stats Normal School, {,
 Albany, N. Y, March IL. 1884. .,..,.,, .ty