A friendly letter of counsel and advice to consumptives and other invalids : also, prescriptions, with special directions for the cure of chills and fever / by S.S. Fitch.

  • Fitch, Samuel Sheldon, 1801-1876
Date:
1857
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Credit: A friendly letter of counsel and advice to consumptives and other invalids : also, prescriptions, with special directions for the cure of chills and fever / by S.S. Fitch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I sent you a patient last spring from Grimsby, C. W.—a Mr. Pettit, who is im- proving slowly ; and I shall, whenever I find any one afflicted as 1 was, use every endeavor to send them to you. Mrs. Munro is much obliged for your kindness to her when in New York. She has returned with her son-in-law ; but, poor fellow, he is very low. If 1 can at any time further your interests, I will willingly do so. With most sincere respect, I remain yours faithfully, R. F. Nelles. [When Mr. Nelles called on me, I found bis lungs in a very bad state. His disease was at the commencement bronchitis, but it bad been badly treated, and had crept down upon the lungs, establishing serious disorder there. There were ulceration of the throat, chronic inflammation of the bronchi, and tuberculation of the right lung. He bas entirely recovered.] COUGH, RAISING BLOOD, PALPITATION OF THE HEART, ETC., CURED. Case XX.—Letter from Mrs. Ann A. Cole, of West Derby, Vt. West Dkbby, Vt., October 9,1856. Dr. S. S. Fitch : Dear Sir,—In May, 1853, I applied to you as an invalid, after an illness of three or four years, without aid from any one, although I had employed good physicians. I had a very bad cough, of several years' standing, commencing when I bad mea- sles. I had raised blood many times, and much of it, with distress at the stom- ach, and also a burning in my chest as if heated by a furnace ; much headache, almost incessant palpitation of my heart, and of course a full measure of alarm to my family. I had great pain about my chest, sides, and back, with excessive cos- tiveness. At this time, when all despaired of my recovery, I wrote to you. The result of your medical treatment was a full restoration to health. And now, when free from cold, I enjoy excellent health. My recovery is considered almost a miracle among my acquaintances. Please accept my best thanks. Respectfully yours, Ann A. Cole. TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF HUMOR ON THE LUNGS. Case XXI.—Letter from Rev. H. C. Lomjyear, Esq., of Phoenicia, N. Y. Phoenicia, Ulstee Co., N. T., February 9,1857. Dr. S. S. Fitch : Dear Sir,—With pleasure I pen these lines to inform you of the result of my application to you for medical aid, at a time when I was fearful that consumption would soon end my earthly career. From my infancy to the age of twenty-two years, I was the subject of repeated attacks of inflammation of the lungs, a seated cough, and profuse expectoration. Finally, I may say that I was almost always sick ; to say the least, my health was so delicate that I was not able to do much at school nor on the farm, for every little cold or over-exertion would bring on cold chills, a stoppage of expectora- tion, and finally a burning fever. In the month of June, 1848, I was brought very low by an attack of pleurisy and inflammation of the lungs, and was attended by a physician of the regular al- lopathic school, who, I suppose, treated me according to the usual manner, until I got up from my bed. But still I remained quite feeble for more than two months. I was troubled with pain in my side, shortness of breath, and a sinking, all-gone feeling at the lower part of my chest. From time to time I inquired of my physician whether he could not give me something to strengthen me. At this period I was advised by the Rev. A. L. Freeman (then a student at Madison Uni-