Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-06
THEORY OF MEDIGATED IN.
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HALATION.
DRs. HUNTER & RAMSAY
The Treatment Of Catarrh.

To the Editors Of the Leader:
GENTLEMEN: Chronic catarrh, like
Asthma and Consumption, has hitherto
had no remedy. 1t remains a stain and
reproach on the page Of medicine. Nor
has failure resulted from a want of MEANS
Of relief within our reach, or from the
SEAT of the disease, or the MALIeNITY of
its nature, for we can reach the diseased
parts by all the forces of the Materia Med
lea, not in the form of solids and fluids,
but in that Of medicated vapor-and the
disease itself is only a chronic infiamma-
ton. Physicians have failed because they
have not striven to succeed earnestly and
nationally. They have generally been
satisfied with squirting a little WARM wa
ter up the nose, and prescribing an al
te~rative" tor the stomach, which, of course,
does no good. Catarrh is rarely found a
disease of the nose alone, but is generally
accompanied by more or less hoarseness.
showing that the irritation which exists
the greatest intensity in the nasal mem
brane, also involves the larynx and lining
of the windpipe. We cannot, therefore,
hope to remove it by applications to the
nose only. The course We have pursued
with almost invariable success, is As fol-
lows:
A mild astringent vapor is directed to
be inhaled two or three times daily from
the inhaling instrument described in our
Treatise-the patient being careful to ex-
hale through the nostrils. In addition to
the use of the inhalation, We at times
shower the nostrils with a solution adapted
to the condition of the membrane, by q
silver showering syringe, which we had
constructed for the purpose.
The extremity Of the syringe is passed
into the throat and the curved part turned
up behind the curtain Of the palate, and a
let of the solution thrown against every
part or the posterior mares at the same in
slant. There is neither pain nor inconven-
fence in makingthese applications. Even
little children submit to them from day to
day, and get up from the chair laughing.
By this simple treatment, we are usually
able to break up the most inveterate ca
tarrh in from three to ten weeks. So gen.
orally successful has it been that we doubt
if it will fail in one case out Of a hundred
when properly and faithfully employed.
Unfortunately, catarrh is too generally
treated with equal neglect both by physi-
clans and patients, until it becomes lost
sight of in the disastrous consequences tt
which it gives rise. We know that it ex-
lists in a greater or less degree in all fOrmi
of pulmonary disease, and 1t usually ex'
lists before any symptoms Of disease in
the lungs have been manifested, and thai
it is the direct consequence of those 'coldi
in the head which become practically
known to NEST of US two or three times
every year. We regard eatarrh as the
great feeder of pulmonary irritation, and
do not believe we can by any means Sc
effectually guard the lungs from diseases
as by cutting off the catsrrh affestion.
Your obedient servants.
DRs. HUNTER & RAMSAY.
NorE-DRs. HUNTER s. RAMSAY, o.
the firm of DR.. R. s. ]. HUNTER, Of New
York, editors of the New York JoNrHa
Of Diseases 4 the Chest and Founders Of
the Inhalation System of Practice in this
country, have opened a permanent Office
in Cleveland, at Euclid Place, Euclid
avenue, where they may be consulted
either personally or by letter upon all af
f~ections of the Throat and Lungs, EN-.
bracing Catarrh, Sore-throat, Bronchitis
Asthma and Consumption.