The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-12-25
Can Consumption be Cured {?

Can Consumption be Cured
In many cases 1t can. list. By absorbing
the tubercles. ID. By re-establishng the
aSsim .lative function, building up the gen.
eral health, arresting the tuberculOuS depO-
sit, reducing tubercles already formed To an
indolent state and, by strict observance Of
the laws OF health, keeping them in this
condition through life. 81. By healing the
cavities after the tubercles have soitened,
broken down and been expelled by eXpeC.
toration. 4th. By changing the tuOercle 10
calcareous matter.
The Treatment Must BE Both Local
and General.
The local treatment consists in the ISnA =
LATIoN OF INDICATED VAPoR3, This pro-
cess conveys the medicine directly to the
diseased parts and must commend Itself 20
the Judgment of every one as Just lChdt Is
neceSSdTy in the case 1t IS not mere pallia-
tive OF Consumption, but in many cases a
great curative remedy. Knowing this fact
as we do, IT would be criminal not 10 urge
IL upon those who suffer with this terrible
disease and are fast crowding the gates OF
death. What can be more reasonable or
more necessary than TO apply the remedy
TO the tuGercle and cavity in the diseased
lung? DO we not apply Oiniments, lotions,
pOulticeS, congresses, and many other
agents to an intiamed eye, ear, throat end
SKIN why not 50 treat the lITllADle ana
inhamed mucous membranes which line
the bronchial tubes and air cells in tie
lungs? Thousands die with Consumption,
not for want OF muscular strength to eLpel
the matter which Is strangling them, but
because the lungs cannot be Inflated below
the mucous plugs which obstTuCt the
bronchial tubes and cells, so as 10 force out
the offending matter which is slowly but
surely sapping the very fountains OF life. \
well chosen medicated vapOr in all such
cases would save the patient by disSOlving
the mucous and stimulating the expiring
membranes TO its expulsion. What can he
more absolutely necessary than that EOOln-
ing, Alternative, astringent, stimulating or
anti-hRmorrhagic vapOr, as the case MAY
require, should be inhaled into the lung
cavity which is filled with pus, mucous,
serum and dissolved tUbercle? All the ply
steal changes in the bronchial tubes and
lungs, resulting from the tuberculOus dis
ease are produced by causes which medlcai-
ed inhalation at the proper time would a.
most infallibly remove, How strange that
treatment at once so simple, natural and
efficacious should be so neglected!
While the local treatment Is going on,
Constitutional Remedies should always be
employed, by which the strength OF the pa
tient is renewed, the night Eweats broken
ND, the diarrhoea checked, the fever con-
trolled and the general health invigorated.
DR.. Longdon's Inhaiers and Inhal-
ants
Are wholly unlike those in common use
and are perfectly adapted TO the objects 10
be attained by limitation. They contain
no india rubber tubes which soon become
flthy and thems slves Lte cdlLBe CJ dt5edSe.
Our Inhalant Medicines are Compounded
by ourselves, perfectly pure, non-poIsonous
and will not iail to give relief even IN cases
that cannot be permanently cured.
Fees for full course OF treatment by Ne
dicated Inhalation and constitutional he
NEEDLES posliueiy within the reach OF a..
Medicines for all Diseases by mail and eZ-
press to all parts OF the country.
Persons who may become our patients can
rely upon our best efforts and sam for tie 2
restoration TO health.
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-- WHEELING, ". Va.
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