Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-09
mtsital.
BRONCHIAL CONSUMPTION.
fron I'r. Hantsr'. Lectures On the Pro-
grs-s of Medical sstsnss Ia tn. Tr-si-
meat af tunk Diseases.

of the many forums - bronze hits the one
most alarming uf all ! that In which the
symptoms closely fe-emt bic those Of con
sumption, aud hence called con-umptive
bronchitis, ar bronchial consumption
You must not however. understand from
il. name that Il i really tuberculosis in
ehsraeItr. aF produced hy the baccilli
h4eu cause tr4F rsnsumpt ION
Ia an Hus eases ! require a portion Of
ths tVFEffufHted matter cnugbed up hy
thr patient Ia he brought te ine, or scut
iu -iHaH HstII= hy rxprez- before giving
iHHHffT opinion 81 5h. di-,a-,. If. on
examination md thu tubsrele taelHi
PR -Fft the Vszf b. consumption. and If
~ #tetiH trHnrhtrI~- \ large percent-
az 7t t1H-r ga h1 d. .f g lung disease.
supposed e. b.. consumption. arr rtaitg
deaIh- hV chronic bronchitis F,s~,int4Iinl,
consumption
s e,#arsabis instance IA Ft-fH,4tian #
this recently occurred s frfx VA brought
II Wc IN . hat appeared thH Last stage 81
consumption llrf rhy-trian- had told
her hast4ut That -h= could uaI li2r a
0ttk she haa tad HagKh puEiiafw eN=
Hectaratlan. night ,krst- aud a. Wasted
almost u SKIN aud hnHr. Judging ~ her
-Suptumz Hnt appearance t va impa~
sihte HHi t. frIE that -H# Had t0me tua
late On sounding hrr rhr~t however,
wa- surprised % nud M slfit HeatIun ~
tubcrcie-. and nu examining her -putum
too Of her sitkne-- revealed that il had
followed an attack u Nhuapiug cough and
grip. -. although her pulls. Va. IN
a minute. and - fe.-hiv A. o. d. hardly
p.reeptlble. and the Wasting uf her body
50 extreme hat she ruutd nor stand Nith
out support, ! did not hr-i1ai. T. bro
nouHCr thr dIsrasp bronchial and giFe Is
a. my opinion that II Ne could ~u-ta4n her
strength long enough for the remedies u
act -he would hs saved. ~hs Was tfumt
diatel, placed under moderated air treat
ment. with tonnes l. impsrt APPS iifr ant
digestive tu help thu enfer hicd -iomas h
L. transform u1aFI= Ausut into ehtfe and
blood Within a Nsfk -h= showed .iyns
~ am,n dmtut tier progress Ma n.c-,
sarils slow, a. Ia" hsiiIus puwer- Of abe
body ware nearly exhausted tsf5He thu
first limitation Ma gIs.u. EHt SD, grad
ually acquired more ant mafe strength.
and within ~iN WEEKS va HHlt Ca take
short walks ~ the of-u glr. aud j. alive
and Wei IL t#y
This ea,r shos. tha importance II +
correct diagnosis and prnVsr adapfat 900 Of
the treatment 81 the conditions IL H. rem
edied Had the true nstur, II her di.sa-,
not been discovered just - bru Il Ma she
would have ln-j her life through "a rang
treatment aud been recorded a. auathtr
death by consumption
In these bronchial eases We sonnet t#8es
have false membrane form oH she inside
OF the tubes, just a. false membranes Ar
formed in the throat ia dipht heria aud iu
the larynN and windpipe in group have
recently had a ease ia u hIch The patient.
while recovering coughed upa hollow cast
of the right bronchus, with casts of -cX-
eral smaller bronchial tubes attached II
came up out of the lungs looking like he
branches of a tree.
Every form of bronchitis j. durable by
local antiseptic and healing remedies ap-
piled directly to the lungs 10y medieated
air limitations, but none Of them by Stom-
ach treatment. The stomach j. not the
part affected. The air tubes and cells 81
the lungs are the seat of every bronze HAL
disease, and Inless remedies capable Of
changing their bad secretions and healing
the inhamed tubes are applied to them.
cure is impossible. To treat bronchial
and other lung diseases through the stom-
ach and hold out hope OF cure by that
treatment is malpractice, and ought to h.
punished as a crime against the sick
(Signed) ROBERT HUNTER. VI. II.
No. III West i5th ST, New York.
Note-Readers of The AMERICAN inter
ested in DIR. Hunters researches aud treat
ment of lung maladies tan obtain his
book by writing to him at the above ad
dress