The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-13
For The Bulletin;
DIR. WOLFE'S COMMON SENSE,
LETTER No. XII.


Mr.. Editor;
1t has long been desideratum with the
medical profession to discover some effect
ual mode of applying remedies directly to
diseased surfaces Of the lungs, for it has al.
ways been believed that, when admissible
local applications should be employed
The propriety Of treating diseases Of the
lungs and air passages by inhalation is APP
parant. If we inhale medcated vspors we
bring the remdy ia direct contact with the
diseased surface What proof have we that
medicines can act thus certainly on the
vital structure through the lungsl Let us
see.
Inhalation Of chlorine will arrest ulcers
and dry up secretions of the membrane lin
ing the bronchial tubes. See Bsllard's
statement The use Of expectorant and
emollient vapors will produce the opposite
effect. No remedy by the stomach will
produce such results. If the patient is SIT
ting up at two O'Clock in the morning, cbok-
ing with asthma, all sntispssmodic inhal-
ant will procure relief in few minutes
If the case be one of chronic bronchitis,
and the secretion is profuse and semi-puru-
lent, the use of balsamic and astringent in
halants will diminish the quantity and i'm
prove the quality Of the expectoration.
These are facts patent to the observation OF
every medical man who is competent to
test them. The power OF chlorine and 10
dine 70 cure consumption is proven by the
fact that people in advanced stages Of pull
| monary diseases who enter factories in which
the atmosphere is charged with the vapors
Of these chemicals by inhaling them rap
idly gets well; and, also, that the workmeu
have entire immunity from lung diseases.
While large majnrity Of the medical
profession say consumption can not be
cured, we are not sstonished that mankind
should echo the pernieious sentiment. II
combot this fallscy. ! will sdduce the ties
timouy of few able physicians to prove
it can.
Sydenham, perhaps the greatest physic
ian that has appeared in Europe since tic
time Of the Arabans, affirms that he had
repeatedly cured phthisis Consumption
not only in its incipient stage, but after
| night-sweats and diarrhea had taken place
Laennec, the discoyerer of the stcthoscope
and physician to the largest hospital il
| Paris, examined thousands of bodies afte
death, and says he met cases in which larry,
portions of lung had been destroyed by
| tubercles in which the cavities had entirely
healed. Sir James Clark, physician to tn,
queen of England, in his great work Of
Climate and Consumption" admits full,
the durability of the disease
| Professor Graves, of Dublin, pointed GU
one form of consumption in which TN
mbercle could be entirely dispersed by
gentle salvation, which statement is cor
roborated by Professor Stokes, Belllnghau
and Others, in the Lancet. DR.. Piorry, o
Paris is renowned in France for his success
in curing consumption by friction and in
hslation. Dr. Maddox is at present cele
brated for his success in curing consump
ton, end has done much to advance tn
science of inhalation, which is his principe
mode Of treatment. Both he and 81
Charles Scudimore have written acceptable
books, in which many cases of consumpuo
are cited, that have been perfectly cureC
| by Medcated Inhalation. The reports q
| the Brompton Hospital, under DR.. Elliotso
show favorable results from this practice
Professor Sweet pronounces Medicated In
halation the most scientific and successful
practice ever employed in treating con
sumption.
| Our own great physician Dr. Rush, Soy
in reference to Inhalation, that too muc
cann~ be said in favor of this simple sys
TEN Of conveying remedies to the lung.
| have frequently seen patients snatche
from the jaws Of death by it; and whethe
! all the beneficial results that may Justly b
considered possible to result from the in
haler will be realized must be determine
| by future observation; but it is hoped thu
| the general want of success which attend
the present mode of treating consumption
| will induce medical men to give inhalation
fair trial us a remedial measure" DI
Coke, of New York, in his work on "pul
monary Disease, says; II now consjde
Medicated Inhalation establishes; an,
those who suffer with consumption hav
certainly q right to trial of its poweas be
fore they are urged to leave their home
for change of climate, or the uncertain con
sequences of sea voyage" DR.. Carriga
of Dublin says; "Therc can be no doul