The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-22

- over ii s sometimes accompanied with paia in t,e back and limbs. Dr. Rush particularly remarks . burning the palms ot the hands and bottoms Q! the feet, which morc particularly notced ln the eve ming and morning. The eyes affected w,th rlteum, that is with discharge Of water upon waking out Oi sleep. This last is one of the most certain sgns Oi debility. So also Is an increase Oi urine, husky dry ness of the skin, and crcumscribed flushing alter natey upon the cheek. To these symptoms may be added hOarseness, shortness oi breath, sensations oi faintness, general palcncss of the countenance cos tveness the bowels. failure ot appetite, Iisessness 10 action, and disposition to lay loo long m bed &c. These may be considered the greater number of the symptoms which threaten consumption and there Is no disease aga Inst which IL important to make timely defence To those persons who have these symptoms, the Ve egetGbte IHdsGR SpecifC IS urgently recommended, tne remedy which Is considered of all others the most likely to afford reilef and the benefit of winch has been experienced by thOus- ands.
 Such persons have not hai timely warning, or have not been sufficiently oItunale to have tbe op- portunlty of uSng !hs Vainabe remedy at the cOln- mencement Oi the dispase, Wn see the necessity of the greater care 10 ,enccn me lnt!e time they have left before the dsC:tsC a>ae- second stage, where 1t IS Oi C0uIsr more seirDus amd diihcnit oi The symptoms which marr tnIs stage of the disease become more obvious. Tine cough is more violent, constant and ungratiging. The phlegm is sparngly and difcuitly XpectOrated-palnsare more constantly felt in the breast and shoot through into the shoulder blades. The respiration breathing IS more hurried aud dfficut-the pulse becomes more frequent and tense-the tongue shews more sign ot fever--the countenance becomes more sickly with death-lke paeness, and the patient passes through sleepess nights.
 Ifthese symptoms should not be removed, the un- happy sufferers will before long find themselves under the influence of the established hectic fever, the signs of which appear twice day. The first parOxism or fit occurs about noon, sometimes little sooner or la ter, which remts about five m the afternoon. 1t IS succeeded by another paroXlSm, which gradual ly 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 commence with some degree o cold shlV- ering, and what is remarkable, when the patients s skin feels hot 10 the by-sander, there is nevertheless of coldness and great desire to be near the fire. Ofthe second paroxism that of the evening IS generally the most severe. 1t IS cOmmon m ths te- yer, to find increase of it after eatng particularly after dinner. ltdoes not subsde long, until the evening paroX!sm or fit comes on, attended with sweatngs winch continue to occur and become more and more profuse through the whole course of the disease. The urine which is discharged IS highly coOred, and deposits cOpiOus branny red sediment, which seldom falls close to the bottom ofthe vesse- The appetite of the patient seems 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 well as the throat becomes somewhat in- hamed-takes on the appearance of thrush, and ln- creases the difficulty of swalowing It is particular
 " remarkable that in the of this disease the eye assumes peary whiteness. During the first stage it has been stated the bowels costve, but in this stage the ooseness ofthe bowels almost always comes on and continues the last. The hair is shed, and the nails of the fingers become bent inward. The feet are often affected with soft swelling, and ire quenty towards the close the patient becomes delr- ious, and only necessary to add that during the whole of this last stage, the cough increases and the expectoraton becomes more copous. By this description of the disease in it's three stages the mos common reader may be sufficiently informed of the symptoms which attend upon consumption. In order present the whole in abridged form. say the dis ease prevails from the age of sixteen to thiry-tve- Persons between those two ages should never neg Iect cough which is husky, occasionally teasing through the day, increasing toward evening,and har rassng and troublesome through the night especial
 y if there be tightness felt across the chest whicl is easily increased upon exercise; and more than all if there should be sptng 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 incurablt state: and in persons of consumptive habit, espe caly those born of consumptve parents, the sghtes symptoms of an approaching consumption at the con sumptve period of life ought carefully to be attended