Remarkable Effect of "Nasal Touches" on Asthma Asthma is a sickness which very [often presents a tragic character, stubbornly resisting all treatments j but which nevertheless is an ailment in which the treatment by nasal touches of Dr. Vidal gives the qnickest and most constant results.
Asthma is characterized by a series of fits of oppression which occur very often at night and which' terminate with a phase of bronchial hypersecretion and expectoration. Fits of suf-ion occur suddenly. The patient from congestion and with y on the face looks for a point support and makes desperate efforts to breathe. His chest is immobilized during inhaling; and €xhaling becomes very difficult. The crisis varies in length, sometimes limited to only a few minutes, but may last more than an hour. Finally a series of coughs, followed by an abundant expectoration denote the end of the crisis.
The latest researches of phy: biologists have established that the crisis of asthma is provoked by a disequilibrium between the pneumo-E c nerve and the "Grand Sympathique" nerve. These two nerves normally should be of equal swength. If the first becomes too active (vagotomia) an attack of asthma occurs. It is, therefore, the "Grand Sympathiqué ind that is just what is produced by ihe nasal touch. Dr. Vidal's rod by Cstablishing at the points of emerg-coco of the Grand Sympathique beneficial excitation will re-establish the equilibrium which had been disturbed and tend to prevent recurrence of further attacks. possible, thanks to this method, result; once a cure has been effected it is maintained without it being necessary to renew the treatment. It is a return to normal state and not a temporary improvement. As is shown by ihe official statistics prepared in the Dispensary of Sympath cotherapy in Paris where the treat-tent of Dr. Vidal was applied to over 2.000 asthma sufferers, there s an 80 percentage of cures or siderable improvements. However, this large percentage of conclusive results was only secured by an exbaustive selection of the patients. All asthma cases are not subject to treatment by nasal touches. only so called "essential" asthmas of nervous origin can be radically cured. If there are lesions of the "emphysema" or of chronic bronchitis only an improvement can be obtained. That is why Pr. Vidal advises all asthma sufferers t' consult him. Patients will first be submitted to a preliminary examination which will not commit them in any way and only those persons will be accepted for eatment whose cases present a reasonable chance of improvement Dr. Vidal receives patients daily at the Cathay Hotel, Apt. 707, from 1000 am. to 1200 moon and 4.00 to 6.00 p.m. (Saturday afternoons and Sundays excepted).
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