A vapor bath uses some sort of vapor produced by heat or other means to treat illnesses. The classic example is a steam bath, but it used to be popular to have vapor cabinets in the home. You would place chemicals in the cabinet and then seal yourself up inside. I really don't see how this would work. If you have a bad cold, some medicinal vapors could help your congestion, but this cabinet doesn't allow the vapor to reach your nose. I suppose you could absorb some medicine into the skin inside the cabinet, but the benefit would be rather limited.
It's always a bad sign when 1 product or medicine cures a wide variety of diseases. It is very unlikely that this 1 cabinet could do this much. It supposedly cures rheumatism, neuralgia, catarrh, asthma, influenza, typhoid, congestion, obesity, stomach troubles,kidney disease, liver disease, skin disorders, and blood diseases.
The cabinet obviously didn't do all of that, but it is rather expensive, so the people who actually bought the product might not be very high. So the harm done by the cabinet isn't as bad as this next supposed cure.
I must say I appreciate the absolute confidence of this ad. They claim to have an actual letter on file and will pay if that turns out not to be correct. But we don't have an asthma cure today so what are the chances they had an actual cure over 130 years ago? Now coughing up blood is a pretty extreme system, even if you don't like a doctor I think that symptom would drive anyone to a doctor, not writing a request for information.
The information is free, but I bet the treatment was rather expensive and very ineffective. I do like the detail about the cold feet though. Adding that 1 symptom makes the whole ad sound just a little more a scientific doesn't it?
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