Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-05-18

q right 20 q trial OF It's powers before they
are urged 70 leave their homes for changes
Of climaie.or the uncertain consequences
Of a sea voyage" DIR. CaTrigan, Of Dub
lin. says: There can be no doubt that
medicated air exerts a most powerful in
fiuence over diseased tissue OF the lungs"
Piorry gained bis fame for curing
consumption by using inhalations Of
iodine. But he often left his patients.
as DIR. Kingston said. the victims OF
iodism, in ascarcely less deploable state
than the victims Of mercurialisn. This
unhappy result is avoided by combining
the use Of various vegetable discutients,
that aid the effects OF iodine, and produce
salutary effects Of their own. A dram Of
chlorosorm will have little or no effect,
when taken into the stomach, but the
came quantity inhaled into the lungs
will produce profound intoxication with
total loss of sense, and even death. A
grain OF arsenureted hydrogen may be
swallowed with little effect. but the hun
dredth part Of a grain inhaled into the
lungs will cause all the symptoms Of ar
senical poisoning. and death. A profess
or Of chemistry was exhibiting Marshes
test to his class, when an accidental
draught blew the fumes toward him,
and he inhaled perhaps not the thous-
sndth part OF grain, certainly not the
five hundredth part; he was quickly
seized with violent cramps, and his life
was despaired of for some lime. General
Gates, who introduced the use Of stra-
monium leaves when smoked for the re-
lief of asthma, fell a victim to an over
dose. snd yet the quantity of empyreu-
matte oil taken into the lungs must have
been very small. These citations have
been made to prove that inhaled medi-
cines produce not only locals effect, but
are capable of acting powerfully on the
system at large, as salteratives, narcotics,
etc., and in much smaller doses that
when taken into the stomach.
will now show how the cure of con-
sumption IN the second stage is accom-
plished. Tubercles, from being gray
and glistening, become converted into
yellow, cheesy matter; they may exist
isolated or in masses of various sizes.
When they soften, it is from the outside
to the center, which accounts for the al
tered appearances noted in the expec-
toration in the second and third stages.
The chemical composition is changed to
carbonate and phosphate OF time. 1t is
upon the existence of the insoluble salts
that the choice of inhalants is made. We
can introduce vapors that will dissolve
and convert them into hquefied tuber-
cles, when they are removed by absorp-
ton into the circulation or by expectora-
tion. Those familiar with chemistry
will easily recall several vopors certain
to effect this change. The local disease
being thus removed by inhalation, let it
be the physicians care to pay strict at
tention to the removal of every cause that
may have induced the complaint, and to
doubt judicious, constitutional treat
ment to remedy the depraved state of
tubercles. A very few years ago, bleed
ing, depletion, and low diet was the mis-
taken treatment for consumption. The
folly of this course has at last been re-
cognized by the profession, and the OPP
posite plan now pursued. 1t is COM
bining and local with general treatment
that mixes Medicated inhalation success
full. The local operates directly on the
seat of the disease, while the general
treatment puts the blood in such condi-
tion as to prevent new tubercles form
ing the second stage, the proportion of
recoveries is not SO great as In the first;
still very great number are saved by
means of Inhalation; of course, the
earlier it is used the better the prospect
of cure. Those who expectorate most on
rising in the morning. and perceive vel
low streaks in the spit, have reached the
second stage; and when this becomes de-
cidedly yellow, the third stage is near at
hand, il not already begun, when the
chances of successful treatment dimin-
ish.
DR.. Thomson grasps, with his compre-
hensive mind, the whole subject of Inha
lation, and reduces it to this simple prop
.osition: IF we would cure consumption,
we must treat the disease, not the symp
toms; and if we would treat the disease,
we must inhale; for there is no other
means of reaching the lungs. No treat
ment by the stomach can be more than
,, palliative, while by the lungs it is always
radical"
Having cited the testimony of distin-
, guished men to prove the durability of
!, consumption by the use of Medicated In
haiations, would it not be well for pro-
fressional Sadduces to get out of the
: way, and let it work? We know by the
old treatment thousands die annually
, who might be saved by the new
Some master minds have broken the
trammels of routine, and employ Inha.
lation. Give it trial; it will be bless,
ing to the invalid. One consideration
however, can not be too strongly i'm
pressed upon the minds of persons afflited
with consumption. If you propose tc
, use Medicated Inhalation, do not wait un
, til death stares you in the face before
you begin it; and always satisfy your
! self that the physician who prescribes il
understands what he is doing.
Very respectfully,
! N. B. WOLFE, NJ. d.
Z LAG Smith ST., Cincinnati, o.
] DIR. Wolfe may be consulted by letter
tree Of charge, by any one suffering
, with disease of the Nose, Throat OF
: Lungs. Address as above. Office con
! sultation free,