The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-27
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and its Happy Effect in his own Case


and IFS Happy Effect in his own Case.
4 g MODERN PROGRESS INtiFHEi MEDICAL.
PRoFEssIoN.-Tlle public have latterfy had
presented to them, a rather novel feature
in the journalism of the Gay, in the shape
of elaborate, scientific treatises on medical
subjects, appearingsin consecutive chap
ters, in the columns of the daily and
weekly, newspapers of this city. These
articles are from the pen of DIR. Hunter,
the well-lSnown practitioner in pulmonary
and bronchial disc ases, and are distin-
guished by their thorough, acquaintance
with the subjects treated OF, the simplicity
and clearness of their language, and the
demonstratiye force of the argument em=
ployed. ..a' rfafs
with these qualities to recommend
them to our attention, we cannot but well
come the appearance of these articles as
heralding an important and beneficial
revolution in the traditions and practice
of the medical profession. i..a s.li f
IS We are rejoiced to find that one man,
and that practitioner, whose Professional
merits and skill cannot for a moment be
questioned, has had the moral courage TO
break through the tIammels imposed upon
him by the old routine of his art. DIR. Hun
ter wisely, and intim4, arrived at the COM
elusion that if such requirements as he
possessed were worth anything, the more
extensive the circulation he gave to the
results OF his researches and experience,
the greater the benefits would not only
confer upon himself, but upon the commu-
nifty. No man, we vii, venture to say, in
ltheswhole annals of the profession, has
n
ticn on the old system of practice, or gain-
ed in a shorter space of time more converts
to his opinions. But the most incontro-
yertible evidence of the benefits conferred
by DIR. Hunters mode of treatment in the
diseases of the lungs is to be found in the
City Inspectors Report, showing that the
mortality from Consumption has dinin-
ishet itpsoagd Of thirty per cent!
Noav, sce knOag from HE rast number OF
cases treated and cures effected bg Dr. Hunte1!
during the period referred 10, that his e1orts
contributed II not to produce dtt at least the
greater share efi,tIsis improvement. The Sc
verify of the past winter would have in
creased, instead of diminished, the mortal
ity arising from pulmonary disease, had
not there been some new and powerful
counteracting Influence at work. t'Hd
/, :. We have had personal experience Of the
happy results of The Doctors mode of treat
neiat, and can touch .to1- its success. Owing
to the severe drudgery incident to our pur-
suits, and that tendency to bronchial dis
eases with which the popularity of our
climate aff1icts such large portion of our
population, we have been suffering for
several years past from a throat affection,
which all the medicinal remedies that we
had formerly applied had failed to cure.
We can truly sag that ne hare (ou'ld more re-
lief and greater hope of ultimately getting 7fd
of the ,ndJady, from DR.. Hlsater's mode Of
treatment than from that OF any other medical
man to oohoas zoe had previously submitted
our case 5I frH s1-t-- t-i4