A short account of the salutary effect of Doctor Launey's medico condensed air : describing a few only of the disorders which have been cured thereby : together with a description of the beginning, the process and actual state of the complaints of the respective patients when they applied to the medical apparatus for relief.

  • Launy, David Frederick.
Date:
May 30, 1805
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    and well, and has continued to become corpulent and thankful since last September. I have had three more since, labouring un- der the same complaint, in which I have been equally successful. Mrs. S. a lady of fortune, of New-York, who had tried all that physic could do, administered by the most scientific practitioners to cure her two children, one 9 and the other 11 years old, from an obstinate fever and ague—after having lost all hopes of having them restored to health, she, accompanied by a respectable friend, brought the two children in her coach, to me, just at the beginning of the ague. I immediately applied an apparatus to the pit of the stomach of each. In less than five minutes both her, and the gentleman with her, were very much surprised to see both chil- dren at once vomitting gall and every undigested matter they had in the stomach. By a few operations more, they were both res- tored to health, and have remained so since last July. I have since had upwards of one hundred of the same complaint, in which I have met with equal success. M. B. a young man of 25, was conducted to me in a state of raving madness. I was informed by his conductor that he had been in that dreadful situation since the night before at 8 o'clock, and all his pains were in the brains. I made his attendant and another man hold the patient fast, sitting him on a sopha, the back of his head supported against the wall. I applied two in- struments on the cranium, and sometimes on the temples—he continued raving and screaming for about 8 minutes—after which he fell a sleep, giving no signs of life by the least motion—his breathing was so easy and slow that we thought for some time that he was dead. He would have undoubtedly remained in that lethargic state for several hours; but after about two hours of that easy sleep, a child entered the room, and pushing the door shut with great noise, he opened his eyes, and looking round upon , the company without any motion but of the eyes. I asked him how he felt—extremely weak he answered, but without any pain. A few minutes after I advised him to walk slowly on the carpet, Which he did by the help of his friend. In an hour lie found strength enough to walk home by the side of his friend. He re covered his strength in the afternoon, and had a good night's rest, which enabled him to resume his occupation next day, and has been very well ever since. Had he been in the situation he was a day longer without being killed by it, he would have undoubt- ly run mad, without hope of ever having recovered his senses. Mr. G. a respectable merchant, of the city of New-York, was introduced to me by his physician, who had tried all that a judi- cious and learned practice could suggest, to remove an obstinate and excruciating nervous head ache. The number of different in- B