The Princeton union., 1880-12-23
| INHALATI0N!. N H !.
From tile Chicago Daily Tribune Of july
... .. 24th, ult. .-r.-

From tile Chicago Daily Tribune Of July
... 24th, Wt. -
The readers of the Tribune have long been
familiar with the writings of DR.. Hunter, of
this city. His theories in regard to the prop.
been widely discussed. He has devoted his
life to the development and perfection of the
direct application of remedies to the air pas
sages and lungs by inhalation.
In view of the claims put forth in favor OF
this treatment and the great prevalence of
we'll worth investigating. A Tribune reporter
was commissioned to examine the proofs His
investigation resulted as follows:
In the first place, he was permitted to ex.
anime The correspondence of patients, repre-
senting every degree of social standing, and
from widely different parts of the Eastern,
Western and Southern States
Ihe letters agreed in the one m ain point, the
success which had attended the treatment, by
inhalation. Many OF the letters referred to
the successful treatment Of three or four diff
ferent persOns,-cases of catarrh of long
standing etfectually removed, the progress Of
consumption arrested, and in many instances
gratitude expressed for lives saved. Some
OF the letters were from medical men who
had consulted the Doctor in cases they con-
sidered desperate. The reporter then asked
for cases successfully treated in Chicago, and
was furnished list, from which he selected
the following, visiting them in person:
The first one visited was the keeper of one
OF the oldest and best known restaurants in
the city. The proprietor himself was en-.
gagged. His son, however, said that his faith
er had suffered terribly from bleeding of the
lungs. His feet were swollen and he could
scarcely breathe. Treatment by inhalation
stopped the bleeding, and under it his father
was being rapidly restored.
The second person visited was the President
OF the Board of Grain and Provision Brokers.
This gentlem an, surprised by the reporter in
the very midst of his duties as presiding Of
ticer, expressed great willingness to add his
testimony in favor of treatment, that, under
DIR. Hunters care, had cured him of a severe
case of bronchitis and chronic catarrh years
ago. He had never had any serious trouble
from it since. -z
The third patient visited was prominent
merchant. He told the reporter that his
sister-n-law was rapidly sinking from the
formation OF tubercles in the lungs. Inhala-
| tion had arrested and dried up these tubercles,
and they became perfectly hard. She had
coughed up great quantities of dead tubercles
looking like particles of lime. His sister-in-
law had only weighed III pounds. Since the
enjoys perfect health"
The fourth patient visited was prominent
newspaper man. be confessed that he suf-
fered SO terribly from catarrh that for two
years ne could only breathe through one
nostril. Since his trouble was treated by in
halation his health has beeh com pletely re-
stored and he is able to give all his time and
attention to his business.
But the most valuable testimony of all was
given by the fifth patient visited, The senior
partner OF one of the best known and esteemed
| law firms in this city. He has known the
Doctor for twenty years, when the latter
! cured him OF severe attack of bronchitis.
Some seven years ago he was retained in a
| law case that caused some sensation at the
| time. The windows i'm the old Court House
admitted draught that brought on ar attack
| Of what was called pleuro pneumonia. In
! halation, he AYERS, saved his life. Before he
placed himself under inhalation treatment.
his friends and physicians believed him to be
a doomed man. A large abscess formed in
| his lung, and discharged great Quantities of
| pus, which was coughed up and elected bv
the mouth. This gentleman recovered and
continues to enjoy perfect health, but when
ever cold troubles him he says he loses-no
time in seeking relief where he has always
found il.
The sixth patient, German merchant liy-
Ing on the North Side, told the same story.
terrible case of chronic catarrh, where the
| inflammation had invaded the chest, and
affec ell The lungs was cured, six years ago, by
inhalation, and mas remained cured since.
| These testimonies, coming from such very
different sources, yet agreeing in every par
| tieular, are we'll worth considering. We sub
| NIT them to discriminating public to draw
their own conclusions. The true test of
medical theories and medical practice is the
| success which attends them.