The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-12-12

CONSUM PTI0N.
Can Consumption be Cured /?
In many cases It can. lst. By absorbing
the tubercles. I'd. By re-estahlishiDg the
assim.lative function, building up the gen.
eral health, arresting the tubercuious 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 softened,
broken down and been expelled by eXpec.
toration. 4th. By changing the tuDeTCle TO
calcareOus matter.
The Treatment Must BE Both Local
and General.
The local treatment consists in the ISHA-
LATIoE or INDICATED VAPoR5. This pro.
cess conveys the medicine directly to the
diseased parts and must commend itself TO
the judgment OF every one as just luhut is
necessary In the case IL Is not mere pallia-
tive OF Consumption, but in many cases a
great curative remedy. Knowing this fact
as we do, 1t would be criminal not to urge
II 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 tut ercle and cavity in the diseased
lung2 DO We not apply ointments, lotions,
poultices, congresses, aud many other
agents to an inflamed eye, ear, thrOat.and
skin? Why not so treat the irritable and
infiamed mucous membranes which line
the bronchial tubes and air cells in the
lungs? Thousands die with Consumption,
not for want OF muscular strength TO expel
the matter which is strangling them, but
because the lungs cannot be inflated below
the mucous plugs which obstruct the
NoI H6as u
the offending matter which is slowly but
surely sapping the very fountains Of life. A
we'll chosen medicated vapor in all such
cases would save the patient by dissOlving
| the mucous and stimulating the expiring
membranes to It's expulsion. What can be
more absolutely necessary than that a sooth-
| 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 medicat-
| ed inhalation al the proper time would al
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 sweats broken
| up, The diarrhoea checked, the fever con-
| trolled and the general health invigorated.
| DR.. LongdOn's InhaIcTs and InhaI-
ants
| Are wholly unlike those in common use
and are perfectly adapted TO the objects 10
be attained by Inhalation. They contain
no india rubber tubes which soon become
filthy and thems selves The cause q dL5eGJe.
Our Inhalant Medicines are Com pounded
by ourselves, perfectly pure, non-poisonous
and will not lail to give relief even in cases
| that cannot be permanently cured.
Fees for full course OF trea tmeat by Ne
dictated Inhalation and Constitutional Re
NEEDLES poS!frely within the reach OF al.
Medicines for all Diseases by mail and eI-
press to all parts Of the country.
Persons who may becon e our patients can
rely upon our best efforts and skill for their
restoration 10 health.
Office Hours-From a. m. 10 g ?. n :,
when not professionally absent
Office and residence,
1909 EOFF (old Fihh) Street,
Opposite the Cathedral.
WHEELING. W. VA.
|. T. u. L0NGDON, A. My M. D.,