The Washington times., 1894-12-04
INTERVIEWED By A PRESS RE-
PORTER.
He Gives the interviewer a Descrip-
tion
Of What Is Essential to the Successful Treat
ment of Catarh, Asthma, and Bronchitis
Reporter Convinced There Is None
Like DR.. Riegers Treatment.

A representative of the press called on DR..
Riegel yesterday to lie arm something if he could,
of the doctors method and the instruments
used in his treatment OF catarrh, asthma, and
bronchitis in which diseases the doctor is
leading specialist, and it is weu known that he
has cured many prominent people in this city.
When asked concerning his method of treat
ment, he said:
There are four essential requisites in the
treatment OF catarrh, asthma, bronchitis and
kindred diseases that must be strictly followed
in order to affect cure. They are
''First-Application must be made without
causing pain or irritation.
"Second-Every portion of the diseased sur
faces within the nasal posterior-nasal cavaties
and throat must be treated.
.'Third-Sunicient force must be exerted 10 re-
move all diseased secretions from the diseased
membrane.
"Fourth-The instruments for making appli-
cation must be 50 constructed that the solution
can lie applied in warm condition.
'Cold application TO these passages and cayi-
ties Is always irritating. The solution should be
m mIde so warm that the patient viii be conscious
o. IT, The warm spray cleanses more quickly
and more thoroughly, 1T is much moro agreeable,
and FAR more likely to reduce Inflammation
Every physician who has had only few years
/ experience in the treatment Of catarrh, asthma,
ana hrOncllllS, slOulQ see Ine Necessity VI
! avoiding everything that induces irritation.
III either the means by which the remedy Is
applied, or the remedy itself, causes irritation,
4 its use should be Immediately discontinued
''No doubt a remedy would frequently prove
benefc al were il not for the irritation caused
7 by the rough manner Of applying il. 1t is evil
! dent that every part OF the diseased membrane
( must be reached, and those parts not reached
/ vii not be benefited, and yet almost every IN
/ strument apparatus used by the general
p-actition Ell. and even thOsa used by the great
majority OF physicians who limit their practice
4 OF the diseases Of the nose and throat fall far
short of tlis object
''S ray producers that can throw a warm
] stream on the whole OF the diseased surfaces,
and the only ones that think possess the four
! requisite above mentioned, are the spray pro
! ducers known as the Humboldt invented by
/ Nllbliss, invented by DIR. Allen De Nilbliss, OF
Toledo, Ohio, the difference between the two be-
/ ING the universal tip Of the latter invention
/ with these Instruments, the only ones ! now
I use for have discarded all other means rs
entirely worthless, l can reach every portion OF
4 diseused mem brane, cleanse and treat IL thor
ouEhly, and do so in the mildest possible man.
ner, causing no pain or distress 10 the patient
anu omplishing the best possible result with
/ ont cutting or the use Of caustic preparations.
Not only do these instruments which ] use
+ cleanse and treat at the same moment every
/ portion OF visible mucous membrane, but they
do this 10 the surfaces and cavities that cannot
! be viewed during life, and these unseen locali-
ties are the very ones that most need cleansing
{ and treating, and unless these remote parts are
/ treated no cure Is possible. These instruments
/ combine with efiicacious cleansing thorough
ness ana mldness in making applications that
( is not equaled by any known means.
Here are two cuts showing the different direc-
( tions OF the sprays when used for cleansing and
I treating catarrh and throat diseases