Observations on the curability of consumption : by a new, safe and painless mode of treatment; illustrated in selections from three hundred and ten late cases.

  • Hall, W. W. (William Whitty), 1810-1876.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Observations on the curability of consumption : by a new, safe and painless mode of treatment; illustrated in selections from three hundred and ten late cases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    1S2 THE HALF BREED INDIAN. tiuu of the very means which I had employed tor that particu- lar phase of the disease. One case which 1 now recollect, was that of an intelligent gentleman of great wealth, who subse- quently got perfectly well under my treatment, and remains so; the other was that of an educated half-breed Indian, in the employ of the United States Government, and had been for a number of years in a very important and responsible office. In consequence of unavoidable exposure, he had acquired a settled cough, weakness in the breast and arms, spitting ol blood, deranged bowels, &c, but being employed near the head waters of the Mississippi, medical aid was impracticable ; having stated to me that from time to time he had obtained relief, I inquired the means, and found they were a modifica- tion of my own ; and with the continuance of them, with such additions as certain symptoms required, he was able in a few weeks to return with renovated health. I think that in view of these two cases, and others like them, I am entitled to the reader's opinion, that mine, is a common sense mode of treat- ment. The great majority of those who come to me, are those who have done so in consequence of what I had done for persons with whom they were acquainted. This is to my mind a con- clusive and gratifying evidence of the efficacy of my mode of practice. I never encourage patients and friends in persuading others to apply to me. I prefer all should come freely, and of their own accord, because I think that it will be more profitable for me in the end, and more beneficial to the community, that my system of treatment should make its way by the momentum which its own intrinsic merit may give it; my wish is to obtain a steadily increasing and enduring success. I deprecate all adventitious and factitious aid. I would sooner live in a log cabin, or sweep the streets for a livelihood, than resort to the expedients of certificates and recommendations, and other, the like unbecoming and unprofessional modes of securing prac- tice. This must suffice for an answer to the question of surprise