Six discourses on the functions of the lungs : and causes, prevention, and cure of pulmonary consumption, asthma, and diseases of the heart : on the laws of life, and on the mode of preserving male and female health to a hundred years / by Samuel Sheldon Fitch.

  • Fitch, Samuel Sheldon, 1801-1876.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Six discourses on the functions of the lungs : and causes, prevention, and cure of pulmonary consumption, asthma, and diseases of the heart : on the laws of life, and on the mode of preserving male and female health to a hundred years / by Samuel Sheldon Fitch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the May following, my mother determined to return to New- Jersey with me, in hope that travel and change of climate would prove beneficial to me, and most of my acquaintances prophesied that I would not live to return in the ensuing autumn. Soon after our arrival in New-Jersey, I was induced by the representations of a gentleman of my acquaintance, (who had been much benefitted by your advice and medicines,) to consult you. I did so, and was provi- ded with shoulder braces, supporter, inhaling tube, and medicine, and their concerted action operated like a charm. I soon began to breathe a different atmosphere, and a vigorous life, to which I had before been a stranger, pulsated through my system. The old painful, debilitated and precarious existence I had so long sustained, lost its identity in a new and delightful sense of being; and I sincerely believe, that had it not been for your kindly advice and remedies, I should long ago have passed that ' bourne from which no traveller returns.' In closing, permit me to say that my gratitude is inexpressible, that it is incorporated with my fife, and will end only ' when the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher at the fountain,' when ' the dust shall return unto dust, as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.' May you long be spared to retain the elevated position you have taken in that great circle where intellect and humanity go hand in hand. Yours, most gratefully, v Elizabeth B. Lum. P. S.—A lady residing about six miles from this place has been suffering through the winter with all the dreaded symptoms of con- sumption. Some time since I sent her a bottle of pulmonary balsam, one of liniment, with directions to bathe, &c. She soon found relief, and is about to send to you for a package of medicine in the confi- dent hope of a certain recovery. E. B. L. CASE XXVI.— C. D. Petrie, Esq. On the 18th day of December, 1849, I was called to see Mr. C. D. Petrie. He was veiy low, only able to go from his bed to his chair. Both back lobes of his lungs were badly ulcerated, the left lung ex-