almost absolute silence is important for a while; but certainly not over one case in ten; while, in those nine cases, absolute silence would have retarded, if not prevented, recovery. I have had men to come to me with slate and pencil, and in a short time could read aloud by the half hour, without discomfort- -by-throw

ing the slate and pencil aside, and inviting out the strength of the organs of speech, as a man invites back the strength to all the other muscles of the body on recovering from a fever by safe and moderate exercise; all the muscles of the body are under the same general laws. But behind this local disorder, is the root or the cause of the disease; and unless this is reached, persons who go away cured by local application, do not remain cured. And those who go away from me cured, will not remain so, any longer than they avoid these causes; but will remain cured as long as they do. The educated practitioner will understand me when I say, that almost in every case that applies to me, I direct my attention to the chylopoietic viscera, and mainly by hepatic remedies. I do this as a matter of course. The principal agent of cure, medicinally, in the cases given in the last few pages, was a pill a week, amounting in the aggregate to less than Homœopathic infinitessimals; and yet in my own case, I would take even less than a single pill in a week, and it is the better way. But the masses will not choose that better way. Scarcely a man in a million, but he is nearly always cured. Men know but little they prefer the mysterious and the expensive, to what is simple and costs nothing-but attention and perseverance. I find it a thousand times more difficult to get people to take air and exercise than to take physic. A delicate young lady will sooner horrify her stomach thrice a day with cod-liver oil, than walk a mile over the hills of a clear frosty morning.

Let not the reader understand me to disparage medicine, for properly used it is among the greatest of blessings, but it is to be used as an aid, and only now and then, and in small quantities, in all cases of throat and lung disease that ever came under my care; if there

are complications with other diseases, then it must be used more freely.

As confirmation of what I have advanced, a gentleman brought his son to me, with a throat affection. He had preached but a few months. Both were distressed beyond expression, at the prospect of that son, just married, being thrown on the shelf for life. He had not preached for a year. His throat was hoarse, dry, raw. And yet, within six months, he was settled, and in the full performance of all the Pastoral duties, and so he is to this day.

A young gentleman wrote to me, that he had not preached for some time, from swollen tonsils, pain in the throat after preaching, hawking and clearing constantly, burning pain in the throat-and yet, within a month after receiving my first prescription, he writes me an overjoyed letter, stating that after three months' silence, he preached without any discomfort whatever

ANOTHER CASE.

A clergyman came to the city to consult me. I found him at his hotel, confined to his bed. His friends generally believed that he was in a hopeless decline, such being the case, apparently. Age forty-five, pulse a hundred and ten, emaciation, debility, cough; he had for some time ceased to preach, and I understood him to say, that he had no hope of ever being able to preach again. Being a man of great eminence, of wide influence, and high family associations, abundant offers had been made of an European tour, of the warm springs of Arkansas, of a season's residence with Preisnitz, to be under his personal and daily care at his water-cure establishment at Graefenberg. I gave it as my opinion that his "was not a case of consumption as yet, no part of the lungs have to this time decayed away. Your disease is general mental and physical irritability, and consequent debility, and it is my opinion that you may have reasonable health for years to come. Your lungs are weak, nothing more."

Among other things, I advised him to begin to preach

at once, under suitable restrictions, and in a few days he returned home.

Just three years afterwards, he volunteered a letter to me. I had not heard directly from him for two

years.

If

"JANUARY 11, 1853.

you have a grateful beneficiary on earth I am that man, and in Heaven, if not before, I will show my heart. But why so late in writing? You know how to excuse me. I returned to my duties a year ago last October, and of course my hands have been full. What arrears to be brought up, health to be looked to, old habits to be re-established, &c.; from that time, I have labored nearly as much and as hard as ever, *** following your general directions, *** slowly improving all the while-cough none, expectorate as little as in my healthiest days, sleep well. Put me down as a poor broken down parson, whom you have patched up and set agoing; and believe me when I say, that I can't tell you how wisely and kindly you managed my case, and how much is my indebtedness to your friendly care and professional wisdom."

In addition to the ordinary duties of a pastorate, he had assumed those of a professor in a literary institution.

These cases are given to show that clergymen have / been successfully treated at home, in the continuation of their labors, and it is not unreasonable to hope, that others similarly affected, may also be benefited, by the application of the same principles of treatment. At the same time, it should not be forgotten, that failures will occur, as often as there is left no stamina of constitution, to follow up with its restorative influences, the good impressions which judiciously administered remedial means have made upon the system; since, in all diseases, there is a point from which there is no recovery, for human power is limited, and man is born to die. W. W. HALL, 42 IRVING-PLACE, NEW YORK, near Union Square.

BRONCHITIS AND KINDRED DISEASES

By W. W. HALL, New York. REDFIELD, 110 Nassaustreet. 1854. 12mo. 5th Edition.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Having read Dr. Hall's book in a former edition, and had the pleasure of personal intercourse with him, we take great pleasure in commending both to the favorable regard of the public. He has devoted his whole time to the study of Diseases of the Chest, and, as far as we can hear, has been remarkably successful in his treatment of them. In this book he gives the result of his experience, and throws out many valuable hints for those who are threatened with such diseases. His mode of treatment is very simple and sensible, and, being both a scholar and gentleman, he combines those requisites most desirable to be met in one who occupies to us the near and important relation of physician.—Richmond, Va., Watchman and Observer.

This we take to be a book of merit, and, we think, must prove of great value to many whose services can seldom be conveniently spared. Ministers, and public speakers in general, will learn some very important facts from this volume, in relation to one of the most insidious and dangerous diseases that afflict mankind. It goes so philosophically into the causes, the symptoms, and the treatment, that we think the patient can procure no safer vade mecum. Its perusal may save him much time, and pain, and money.-NewYork Christian Intelligencer.

A practical treatise on Pulmonary complaints--presenting many useful suggestions to invalids, and illustrated with a selection of interesting cases.-New-York Tribune.

Written in plain, intelligible language for common readers. Its characteristic is its minuteness in describing cases, with general observations as to remedial agents.-Philadelphia Presbyterian.

We are attracted by the self-evident truths advanced. It contains a great amount of valuable information for those in any man

ner troubled with the symptoms of Bronchitis or Consumption, with much statistical matter, useful and interesting to all readers. -Nat. Egis.

This volume we commend to everybody suffering with throat disease-Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, or symptoms of incipient Consumption. It is full of sound practical knowledge, communicated in a style adapted to people not familiar with medical technicalities.— National Era.

An interesting and valuable work. If it is as extensively read as it should be, and its precepts followed, many valuable lives may be saved annually by means of its publication.-Scientific American.

This is certainly the most extensive and instructive treatise on the maladies of the throat, now so common, that has yet appeared; discussing these diseases sensibly and philosophically, so that there is no danger of being misunderstood.-Philadelphia Bulletin.

This is a work for all readers. It treats the subject with much science, yet in so clear and ample a manner as to be easily apprehended by any one, although unacquainted with medical terms.— Hunt's Merchant's Magazine.

We commend its clearness, directness, and evident good design. There is so much good sense in the principles propounded, that we consider it a book well worth the study of those who are threatened or actually afflicted with the diseases of which it treats.-New-York Evangelist.

We think it will be found that the Author very successfully sustains his main positions; and, while he very frankly gives no ground for hope when Consumption has become deeply seated, he seems to offer a possibility of cure whenever proper remedial measures are adopted in due season.-Arthur's Home Gazette.

The Author treats his subject with the hand of a master. It is much more interesting than we anticipated.—Boston Museum.

Its contents are such as will be found extremely interesting to all who are afflicted with affections of the throat and lungs-a class of diseases peculiarly incident to our climate. Being written in plain language, entirely free from technical terms, this work cannot fail to become popular.-New-York Courier and Enquirer