The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20

PRESIDENT surgical hOtel, HlDus, W. |
Two of the best known writer's and
specialists on chronic catarrh in this
country are the editor of Modern |
Medicine" and DR.. Hartman, of Co
lumbus, Ohio. They are both prolific |
writer's. and their opinions are quoted
in thousands of newspapers; and their |
publications, especially In pamphlet |
form, are to be found in every hamlet |
and city in the United States.
The editor of Modern Medicine" re- |
ceived special training In Vienna and |
Berlin, and has stood for the surgical |
treatment of chronic catarrh of the |
nose and throat, holding surgical !
means in point Of importance, above |
internal medications while DIR. Hart
man has. for the past forty years, been
a persistent advocate of internal medi-
cations.
In a late issue of Modern Medicine"
the editor states that, like others of the
| same school with himself, he had made
| extensive use of the actual cautery,
the saw. the gouge and the cutting
| burr for the destruction of the thick
| ened structures within the nasal cav
! ity, and likewise employed powerful as
! trngent drugs, both mineral and veg
! etable as a means of reducing So
called catarrhal Inflammation. But
| more extended observation has greatly
weakened our faith in the means of
the sort mentioned. Temporary re-
suits are easily obtained. but the same
causes which produced the disease re-
naming in operation. the former con-
ditions speedily recur"
After several years trial of the
methods referred to, he was led to
adopt the following system of dealing
with chronic catarrhal affections:
Improvement of the patients vital
| resistance and general tone by tonic
| treatment
The application to the affected parts
of vapor liquid vaseline, on account of
the excessive dryness of the mucous
membrane.
Revulsive applications to those areas
Of the skin which are in special rela-
tion to the affected mucous membrane;
the skin of the face and the back of the
neck being thus associated, through
the Vasa-motOr Centers, with the ptuit
ary, pharyngeal and laryngeal MEM
braneS.
| Catarrhal diseases and their treat
ment have become of so much import
anCe to the people of the United States
that our reporter undertook to find out
what DR.. Hartman's views on this sub
ject were. If it he fact, as the editor
of Modern Medicine" has stated, that
the treatment of chronic Catarrh is
not local treatment to the parts af-
fected, but a general toning up Of the
system by internal medication, and
with the use of such simple applica-
tons as liquid vaseline and hot and
cold water the public ought to know
it. In order to get further authority
on subject, DR.. Hartman, President of
the Surgical Hotel Columbus, Ohio,
= was interviewed The reporter asked:
) II suppose YOU have read the article
+ in Modern Medicine" on the treat
ment of chronic catarrh?"
| Yes" the Doctor replied, Il have
read it; and, in the main, | agree with
l it. have been long cOntending against
| surgical interference in cases of ca
tarrhal indurations and growths. |
have stated many times that persist
5 ent internal treatment advised in my
= pamphlets, will entirely remove these
l indurations; that no vapor should he
D used in the treatment of catarrh ex-
cept the vapor of pure oil. I believe
4 |
h any inhalant or vapOr treatment will
y do more harm than good.
S "The vaDor of pure coal oil alone tC
a counteract and correct the unnatura
G heat or dryness of the diseased mucous
e membrane is the only local application
e ! allow am pleased to note that tn,
2. author of Modern Medicine" is on tn,
v right track, and that his vast expert
: ence in the treatment of catarrh ha,
Q confirmed in SO great degree tn,
e claims / have been making for the las
forty years.
is The reporter again asked: What i
IS your opinion as to the relation of tn
2, nervous system to chronic catarrh?
.e notice that the author of "ModerI
n Medicine" makes GOOD deal Cf TIN
claim
The Doctor replied: again | agre
>, wita the author of the article that ther
is a most intimate relation betwee
the Vasa-motor nerve centers and tn
9 mucous membrane, which is the sea
- Of chronic catarrh DIR. Sunny, of Ou
surgical staff. has made this subject
special study, and his practical eX
perience in the treatment of cases a
h, the Surgical Hotel, puts him in a pos
81 tirn to speak with authority. l wi
20 refer you to him If you wish to pursu
these inquiries further"
Accordingly DR.. Sunny was vsite
by the reporter. who asked: "Hay
ycu anv objection to stating for publ
cation your opinion as to some phase
of chronic catarrh?"
The doctor replied: "NOne wha
ever. What do you wish to ask?"
1T was in reference to the questio
az to the relation of the nervous syl
tenn to chronic catarrh. 1t is not geI
orally thought by the public that II
condition of the nervous system hi
anything whatever to do with chron
catarrh. / would like your opinion {
the subject"
DR.. Sunny replied: well, II wou
seem at first thought, that the nerv
have nothing to do with the matte
but on the contrary. the nerves ha'
everything to do with this subject. TT
mucous membranes are made up almo
ay entirely Of a network of capillaI
blood-vessels. These blood-vessels a
provided with elastic coats which a
ne low enough blood to enter them, b
," also prevent too much blood from e
tering them. The elasticity OF the
vessels depends upon nerve force fu