The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29

sleep This last Is one of thr certain signs Of debility. So also Is increase oi urlne husky dry Oi the skin, and circumzeribcd flushing alter naIely upon the cheek. To these symptoms may be
 added hoarseness shOrtness oi breath, sensations of
 antness general paleness of the cOuntenance, cos
 tIveness the bowels, failure of appetite silessness
 to aciiOn and disposition Co lay too long m bedNc
 Sc. These may be considered the greater number oi
 the symptoms which threaten consumption, and there
 IS no disease aganst which IS important to make timely defence. To those persons who have these
 symptoms, the IecetabLe IRdiGR Specific IS urgently recommended, as the remedy which IS considered ot all others the most likely to afford relief, and the benefit of winch has been experienced by thous- ands
 Such persons as have not had timely warning, or have not been sufficiently fortunate have the op- portunty of using this valuable remedy at the com mencemen of the disease, will see the necessity of
 the greater to redeem the little time they nave
 left before the disease passes into its second stage,
 where it is of course more serious and difficult ot cure. The symptoms which mark thIs stage oi the disease become more obvious. The cough IS more violent, constant and ungratitying. The phegm IS sparingy and difficulty XpeCtorated-pains are more
 constantly felt the breast and shoot through into the shoulder blades The respiration or breathing IS more hurried and difhcult-the pulse becomes more frequent and tense-the tongue shews more sIgn oI feVer-the Countenance becomes more slcky with
 death-iike paleness and the patient passes through sleepless nights.
 fthese symptoms should not be removed, the un- happy sufferers will before long find themselves under the influence ofthe established hectic fever the signs of which appear twice day. The first paroxlsm or
 fit about noon, sometimes little sooner or la ter, which remts about five in the afternoon. 1t IS soon succeeded by another paroXism which gradual
 y increases until after midnight After two o'clock in the morning remission takes place, and becomes more considerable as the morning advances. These levers also with some degree ot cold shiv- ering, and what is remarkable when the patients skin feels hot the bysander there is nevertheless
 of coldness and great desire to be near the Eeo fhn hnorO ism generally the most It is common, Tn this fe- Ver to find increase of it after eating, particularly after dinner. 1tdoes not subslde long, until the evening paroxism or fit comes on, attended with sweatings, winch continue to occur and become more and more profuse, through the whole course ot the disease. The urine which is discharged shlghy colored, and deposits copious branny red sediment, which seldom falls close to the bottom ofthe vesse- The appetite of the patient to improve as the
 fever advances, until towards the last of the disease, when difficulty of swallowing generally occurs The first is not commonly considerable, and as the disease advances, the tongue becomes quite clear and
 free from all fur, until the disease has nearly closed, when it as well as the throat becomes somewhat ln-
 iamed-takes on the appearance of thrush, and 'n- creases the difficulty of swal owing. It IS particular
 y remarkable that in the of this disease the eye peary wheness. During the first stage it has been stated the bowels costive, but in this stage the looseness the bowels almost always comes and continues to the last. The hair IS shed, and the nails of the fingers become bent inward. The feet are often affected with soft swelling, and fre- quenty towards the close the patient becomes der- lous, and 1t is only necessary to add that during the whole course of this last stage, the cough increases and the approximation becomes more copous. By this description of the disease in its three stages the most common reader may be sufficiently informed of the symptoms which attend upon consumption. In order to present the whole in abridged form say the ds- prevails from the age of sixteen to thirty-fve- Persons between those two ages should never neg Iect cough which is husky, occasionally teasing through the day, increasing towards evening, ,and har- rassng and troublesome through the night, especial iy if there be tghtness felt across the chest, which easily increased upon exercises and more than all,
 there should be splitting of blood. The celebrated Dr. Cullen has taught us that our first attention should be employed in watching the approach of the disease, and prevent it's proceeding to an incurabie state and in persons of a consumpve habit, espe- caIy those born of consumpve parents, the slightest symptoms of an approaching consumption at the con. sumptive period ofe, ought carefully to be attended