Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-02

DIS. HUNTER & RAKsKY.-It is with a good
readers that in g few days these eminent
physicians intend to open a permanent of
foe in this city for the treatment of throat
and lung diseases by means of medicated
inhalation. The first of their series of let
tiers on these affections will appear in to-
morrow's issue and we bespeak for it a
careful perussl. To show the high standing
that these gentlemen have attained through
out the Union we quote from an editorial
on the mortality of Philadelphia, which
appeared in the "Prsss" "a leading news
paper in that city, on Tuesday last. 1t
says:
Last Sunday we published the mortality
of this city for the week ending Janu iry
9th, and on analyzing the list carefully
We were struck with the fearful proportion
Of deaths from the various affections of the
throat and lungs. Out of the o~ne-hundred
and forty-two deaths of adults, no less than
thirty-fye were from consumption alone,
and besides that there were eighteen from
other diseases Of these organs and their ap-
pendages. Now, we lave no wish TO draw
invidious comparisons between physicians
or different schools Of medicine but when
we recollect that over one third of our adult
population are cut off with these frightfnl
maladies, then We cannot help wondering
hat more medical men do not devote them
selves especially TO these affections, which
annually carry off thousands of our citizens,
cutting DOWN alike the youth Just verging
into the bloom of manhood and the hOary
statesman weighed down with the cares
and snxieties of office. Under these cir
eumstances, then, should not a greater num-
Der of the faculty throw of the trammels
Of e bygOne age, and, with enlightened
views and in 3 more liberal spirit, give their
time and attention exclusively to the treat
ment of this special branch Of their profess
sion? A few only, we regret to say, have
done SO; but amongst those few it is only
right to mention the well-known firm of
Drs. R. & J. Hunter, who, in association
with Drs. Ramsey d Kelly, have established
for themselves an almost worldwide repu-
tatioR. We do not for a moment propose to
enter into the arena of science and do
battle for these gentlemen, but we do
say that their system of Medi-
Gated Inhalation appears 10 US both reason
able and practical. Surely, a system that,
in the form of vapor, brings the remedies
into direct contact soih the seat of the disease,
is preferable TO dosing the invalid's stomach
with cod liver oil and other nauseous ply
sizes. Such a practice, founded upon common
sense, must prove beneficial; but their nu-
merous instances Of cure are sufficient
guarantee as to the efficacy of their treat
ment. Drs. Hunter, Ramsey and Kelly may
have: broken through the rules of profess
sional etiquette by publishing their views in
the columns of a daily newspaper, instead
of combining them to the setect circle of q
medical journal: but surely the first effort
of q practitioner should be to alleviate the
sufferings of the human race, and if such
can be dom by explaining las these gentle
men hsYel in s plain, clear, matter-of-faet
manner, their Haode of treatment &C., then
we affirm that they have acted most honor
ably in forgetting the pro lorna duty of the
physician in the nobler work of the philan-
throphist.