The great sulphur cure brought to the test : and workings of the new curative machine proposed for human lungs and windpipes / Robert Pairman ; preface by J. Christison.

  • Pairman, Robert
Date:
1868
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Credit: The great sulphur cure brought to the test : and workings of the new curative machine proposed for human lungs and windpipes / Robert Pairman ; preface by J. Christison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PKEFACE BY EEV. J. CHEISTISON, A.M. In lately visiting the sick I witnessed not a little of what is detailed in the following pages, and heard a great deal more from persons rejoicing in their recovery, and looking—some of them at least—as if they had been cured by magic. And no wonder; for who would have expected, at this time of day, such astonishing effects from the application of common sul- ]3hur ? Strange that it should have stood on the Pharmacopoeia for hundreds of years, with nine-tenths of its virtues unknown and unsuspected till within the last few months ! Let us be gTateful, however, to a beneficent Providence that they have become known to us at last, that we have received a new gift of greater value, perhaps, than Vaccination or Chloroform; not a mere specific for any one disease, however grievous, but something more nearly approaching to the character of a panacea than any other application known. But, after all, these allegations must not be regarded as established certain- ties, till they have undergone the test of a wider experience. In the meantime the trials made in this district have been very promising indeed : their further prosecution is in excel- lent hands. Dr. Paieman's name is a sufficient pledge that it will be conducted skilfully, and that the result will be as faithfully recorded, BiGGAK Manse, 29th October 1867.