Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-25
CONSUMPTION
what IL is---How II Atises---And dow
Ills Now Treated with Success.


Extracts from Or Hunters Lectures 90 the
Progress, o. Medical Science Ia Lung Diseases
Following the various forms q catarrhal and
bronchial disease which ] have descri ed We
come next % that lsuertaD.e complaint knowu
10 ever body under the name consumption. Il
is greatly dreade by The pope because pot un
der-tood BY physicians II has for centuries
been worse treated thau any other an ctOn 10
the long catalogue % human diseases
Formerly all med al schools taught and ply
sicians believed consumption . be- a disease Of
the blood and general system Thi. false Patio
lo2y aud tue false aud fatal treatment which
they based upon u sacrificed millions u precious
lives. NOv it j. universe ly cDuc-ced by the pro.
f-ssiou that the Old theory Wa- utterly untrue
and uuteuabl-
Forty.nve years ago 1851 ! first discovered
consumption - bs- a local disease Of the lungs
Ia ls2 published book Oh IT, giving my ~
searches aud the grounds for my uel-t 10 ls55
contributed srt'-- % article, 70 The Specialist
aud Journal OF Diseases OF The Chest OF which
was then eoi or contt ndng that the local theory
was the only true dOctriIe % thu dl-ease and TIE
logal treatment the only one that opened up any
promise o.! it, cure
Had my views been then received and my dis
coverie- accepted by the profession a. they
should have De-n, all the suf-rngs and prems-
ture deaths by consumption since caused by
false doctrine, heresy and empirici,m might
have been sverted
sicisns. a. did the Israetes OF OLD. rejected the
the truth ana for ~ year, continued t. founder
the wilderness OF error from lNll 70 1871 Like
T Ephiam. they were welded 10 their decisions.
Ia l-gl all this happily changed TOR the
better. The theory taught by me m 1881 was
proved ana accepted by the leading teachers aud
authorities 81 medicine throughout Ia civilized
world A. the only true doctrine OF tn dis-ase
and siUce then has been taught 10 all medical col
ieRrs aud incorporated INTO all text books for the
instruction Of students 81 mesliCne
Thus after centuries OF opposition and denial
the local nature ana germ origin ot consumption
Is ~ ogBiz-d aud h-comes the established doc.
trine Of medlca science. Il j. nov conceded that
no consumption can arise without the tubercular
bacillus. a poisonous germ Of the air, gets into
the lungs 70 produce u.
T A. the germs that cause consumption first act
. locally upon the lungs. and the disease shch
they produce Ia, its seat 10 the longs. 10 follows
that IL j. always local germ disease Of that or
gan. IL Is axiom Of medical scieuce that
local diseases require local tres meut Tor their
cure and past cliui al experience teaches that no
germ oisease Was ever yet cured without specific
} germicides applied directly TO the germ infected
parts
, To cure any bronchial or lung disease loca
treatment must D. applied. and this can only b.
done by Introducing medIcated air. ga, ar vap -
into the tubes ana cells BY Inhalation
To effect the cure Of consumption We mus
kill and tXpel the germs and heal the rayagr'
they have lufiic I'd 90 the lungs. The air mus
, therefore carr. Rermicidal autiSeptics and heal
ing remedies 20 act directly on the germs auC
seat OF the disease, or no cure will result Nhel
p 7 properly administered This treatment always az
rests the lung disease. II il be- deeply rooted tn
. / progress may not always b. rapid. but the cur
[ Of consumption under It j. A. certain a. il tn
cure OF other serious maladirs by proper tree
2 ment.
/ some years ago discovered. and am now usini
With great success germic.dal iuhaiauts uude
e which no form OF germ life can live. They ar
F introduced by instruments, which meii, tn
4 air the patient brrathes Asthma. Bro chitts
4 Chronic Pneumonia and Consumption arr arrest
y ed, broken up and radically cured by them.
q To b- continued
tSigned ROBERT HUSTER, ND
a III West 45th 81.
New York