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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    case; in the beginning of one of these attacks, he removed thp pain in 10 minutes, and so for two or three times mere when it did happen, and at last succeeded in removing the cause. For two years I have not had the least touch of it. CORNELIUS STEPHENS. New-York, Jpril 25th, 1804. City of New-York, sa. I, James Duffe, of the city of New-York, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that, after being for a long while afflicted with the rheumatism, which prevented me from iollowing my business, being lame of the knee and the rest of the same side, 1 did apply to Mr. Launey for relief, and after a few days was entirely cured by the effect of-his Nicdic-il Apparatus, without the least remains of the said complaint. his JAMES rt DUFFE, mark. Sworn before me this 2d day of May. 1804. John Bogert, Alderman. I do certify, that Mr. Launey has not only cured me of an acute Tooth-Ache in one minute, but by virtue of the same Medical Ap- paratus, has cured me of a Sore-Throat, which had resisted all medical assistance. CHARITY SHEPHERD. New-York, May 4th, 1803. I do certify, that having been lame of the arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, in consequence of a fall from my stair-case, with a considerable swelling on the collar bone, and in the most agonizing pain, having been advised by a friend to call on Mr. Launey, three days after the accident, to try the effect of his Medical Apparatus, it operated in such a sudden manner, that in less than twenty minutes I recovered the free use of my arm, and not the least pain remained after the first operation. ANN MAHONY. New-York, May 3, 1804. I do certify, that having labored for eight months under very accute pain in the breast, the consequence of which occasioned a hard tumor rising gradually on the upper Bl east-Bone, nearly as big as a Cracker, and judged by Physicians, to be a,calous bony substance, attended with constant pain under the same. I called at Doctor Launey's last September for assistance, by the applica- tion of one of his Medical Instruments, in a few days both the tumor and pain were removed. NATHAN EASTMAN. New-York, November 25th, 1SC4.