The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-12-11
Can Consumption be Cured?


the tuberces. I'd. BY re-establishing The
assim :Iative function, building up the gen.
eral health arreSting the tuoercuous depo-
sit, reducing tubercles already formed 10 an
the laws Of health, kee ping them In this
condition through life. Sd. BY healing Inc
cavities after the tubercleS have soitened,
broken down and been expelled by eXpec.
toration. 4th. BY changing the tuoercle 10
calcareouS matter.
TheTrentmeDt Must BE Both Local
and General.
The local treatment consists in the INHA-
IATIoN OF INDICATED NAPoR3. This pro-
cess conveys the medicine directly to the
diseased parts and must commend nsel 10
the Judgment of every one as gust tChdt Is
,leceSSdrU IN The case 1t Is not mere pallla-
tive OF Consumption, but In many cases
great curative remedy. knowing thlS lAct
as we do, il would be criminal not 10 urge
II upon those who suffer with this terrible
disease and are last crowding the gales o.
death, What can be more reasonable or
more necessary than to apply the remedy
TO the tut ercle and cavity III the dlseaseu
lung? Do we not apply ointmentsr lotions,
pouItices, congresses, and many other
agents 10 an infiamed eye, ear, throat anu
skin? Why not so treat the lTrltapie anu
infiamed mucous membranes which line
the bronchial tubes and air ceus IN lhe
lunssp Thousands die with Consumption,
not Tor want OF muscular strength TO expe
the matter which is Strangllng them, oul
because the lungs cannot be minated peioW
the mucous plugs which obstruct the
bronchial tubes and cells, so as 10 FORCE gu!
the offending matter which Is slowly OUT
surely sapping the very fountains OF NE.
we'll chosen medicated yapor IN all such
cases would save the patient by observing
the mucous and stimulating lhe expiring
membranes to lis expulsion. What can ne
,JGre absolutely necessary than that sooth"
ING. Alternative, astTingent, stimulating or
anti-haemorrhagic yapor, as the case may
require should he inhaled INTO the lung
cavity which is filed with pus, mucous,
serum and dissolved uoercle? All the phy;;
sical changes in the bronchial tubes and
lungs. resulting from the tuberculous dis
ease are produced by causes which med lcat-
ed inhalation at the proper time would al
most iufallibly remove, How strange that
treatment at once SO simple, na,urai anu
while the local treatment Is going on,
Constitutional Remedies should always be
employed by which the strength OF the pa
tieut is renewed, the night sweats proKen
mn, the diarrhoea checked, the feVer con-
trolled and the general health lnNisora'eu'
DR.. LonsdOn's Inhaiers ana ihn"f
ants
Are wholly unlike those in common use
and are perfectly adapted 10 the OBJECTS 10
he attained by inhalation. They contain
no india rubber tubes which soon become
tiIthy and themselves The cause q dSedSe;
Our Inhalant Medicines are Compounded
by ourselves, perfectly pure, non.polsonous
and will not lail to give rehei even Id cases
that cannot be permanently cured:
wees for full course of treatment by Me-
dicated Inhalation and Constitutional ke-
meJies ,losRitety within the reach OF all.
Nediclnes for all Diseases By mail anu e1-
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