Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1864-1869, 1868-03-07
MAIN STREET, SANTA TE, N. NJ.

Dr., ] P c0uRTlER refers the public to hls ,uec,,s
in practice Of two years past 10 Albuquerous ns
recommendation for his treatment Of such diseases az
he proposes 70 cure Ills ELECTRO aud CHEMICAL
vAlOk BATHS, SC, heproposrs to apply. accor ips
70 t9e a'est ms'nods approved by the best medical
hc0l' OF tbe world, aud by them recommended for the
clreo Chronic diseases diseases Of long stsndne
such as Liver complaint CONSTIPATION o. tho bowels.
tryslpales, scroua Goilre, scald head, fimples on
the skin, Rheumatism celic, pleuresy, pyspepsls.
lowness Of spiriie, Pain weakness Of the Breast
Diseases Of the spine and Kidneys DArrhoea or Dyscp
ery ana az ether diseases thatarc caused by the con.
sant use Of mineral drugs such as mercury cRotael
&c. Remember that It will require perstytrance in
the use o these baths in chronic diseases, the humor
or matter earlng been 0cgnmul8tng In the system
even before the disease made ,s appearance and tho
time II VIII take 70 enrethe part that IS diseased will
na m proportion to The arrangement Of that portion OF
the body and the amount u disease in tho constitution
will be but little use to commence fora short tims
only lhc poisonous humors must be carried In small
PARTICLES through the blood and removed from IN
system through tho secretion Of The bowls Edn ,ys epi
skh uht these morbid functions OF the body and the
aeala ol hesystem are restored 10 their proper tone
lhe use Of elIomel or mercury 0assst nature has
done great deal Of niury parity, 1t Is true by the
Wudl10ls use OF III but there are hut few cBnstitl-
tlons only that Will stand he use Of mercury in nny
form II the injurious e1ect Is not felt lmmednteiy
lImNy be concealed in the Eystcn for years aurd aert
N"'ua w Vl' III te bunts or IN lhe form OF fhcumnts
sm or meoorial disease. great many cases are to
corded in the standard works which advofato ts use
showing that calumel has produced most dreadful salt
yihns, ossng the tongue TO prot ult from the month
50 thnth was with great difficulty the sufferer could
swallow mother cases II has bepS found necessary to
take out ne Jaw bone and IN yet other cases, death
hrs been the result, Who, thon will ventura 10 nse
sucl medicine az caomel or mercury when he can
ste be restored 10 health by tho use OF water in varE
ious 70 ms together with medicines composed soley u
vegeahlerompo ellcsting cure without running
any such ri3kf
The yapor bath isspoken Of IN thcrolovbs lansuas.
by DR., Erasmus wilson, In his treaties on AZ Healthy
| skin. - '
'Ihe vapor bath ollors some points of difference
from tho preceding In ha circumstance Of extending
lls Influence TO Tie interior well as tho exterior Of
the body The batheris seated upon chair, In po-
slllon agreeable to himself and the rapor is gradually
turned on aroUnt him until the REQUISITE temperature
(hom ninety to one hundred anA ten degrees Is al.
tained. Tho vRpor Is, consequently brpathed, and
thus brought into contact with every part of the ner
ior Of tue lungs. The yapor bath has undergone much
Improvement within the last few years ana Its powe
as an agent for the disease have been ncreas
ed by the discovery of various vegetables substanoe,
whose volatile elements are susceptible of being 6inua
cd through the vApor, and thus introduced into tho
blood, arc made to act upon the systemn
Theiol0wing is the opinion Of Dt1 Lewis, ~ D. Pro
fessor Of Physical Culture, Normal Institute, and Phy
blchn IN Ohlel oi the Boston movement,
Cure for Consumptiye luvalids.
"lhe vapor bath Is calculated to he extensively p,..
inl, both as prcsorvatlvo and as remedial aren't
Many ao0l and mnny thumate attack, arising fIon
checked preparation or long exposure to the weather
might be htpped In the bud by ts timely uro, In
chronic affections, not only ofthe skin Itself but al
tho internal organs, withwhich the skin most co,el,
svmm,hy7es, as the stomach and intestines the udi
consanplieauoh Of tho yapor bath, Is productive O.
great relief Even In chronic pulmonary complain
tlsaGcordlng to the Continent rhysicians, not only
safe hnt very seIvlceable fstiGuafly in thoseanec
- tons Of the mucous membrane which resemble con
sumption IN so many of their symptoms
one tenth % the preserving attention and labor bes
owed to so much purpose in rubbing and curry ng III
skins Of horses, wore beslovGlhy the human race II
keeping themselves in good condition, and little A,
tonEion were pad to diet and clothing; colds, neryo
diseases and tamaeh complaints would eonse 10 forr
so large an item in the catalogueo human mlgorie,.
Hot and Cold bath Single bath s,oO
Quarterly in advance, sib0o,
Single yapor bath, abO0
0le course Of l2baths with rnedioipeand
. MEDICAL attendance, stoas