Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14
Coughing in Consumption.


The Herald, of July 10th, states that
during the week preceding, fifty persons
died OF the consumption in New York
City. Per contra, gentlemen called
upon US yesterday, who actually esca-
ped from the fangs Of this disease some
years ago; and are induced to present
the circumstances.
"You speak Of coughing continually.
Let me suggest to you the query, whether
this is not unnecessary and injurious. |
have long been satisfied from experience
and observation that much of the cough
ing which precedes and attends con-
is voluntary. Several wears a.
go / boarded with man, who was in
the incipient stages of consumption
| slept in a chamber over his bedroom
and was obliged to hear him cough con-
tinually and distressingly. ( endured
the annoyance night after night, till it
led me to reflect whether something
could not be done to stop it. l watched
the sound which the man made, and OBJ
served that he evidently made volun-
tary effort to cough. After this l made
experiments on myself, and found that
l could prevent myself from coughing,
sneezing, gaping, &c., in case Of the
strongest propensity to these acts, by a
strenuous effort of the will. Then I
reflected that coughing must be very ir-
ritating and Injuries to the delicate or
gans that are concerned in it, especially
when they are in diseased state
What can be worse for liberated bron.
CHA, or lungs, than the violent wrench
ings Of cough? 1t must be worse than
speaking. A sore on any part of the boz
dy, if it is constantly kept open by vic
lent usage, or made raw again bya COM
fusion just when it is healing, (anl of
course begins to itch, will grow worse,
and end in death. Certainly then a
sore on the lungs may be expected to
terminate fatally, if it is constantly ir-
ritated and never suffered to heal and
this, it seems to me, is just what cough
ing does for it. On the strength of such
considerations as these, l made bold to
ask the man if he could not stop cough
ing. He answered no. told him what
| thought ubout it, as above. He agreed
to make trial and on doing SO, he found
to his surprise that he could suppress
his cough almost entirely. The power
of his will over it increased as he ex-
ercised it, ands in few days he was
mostly rid of the disposition to cough.
His health, at the same time, evidently
and when last saw him, he
was in strong hopes Of getting out Of
deaths hand"
This occurred Is years ago, and the
man comes round now, an active bust
ness man avering that he has not had a
sick day SINCE Circular.
THE BETTER LAND.-A father ano
mother were living with their two chill
dren on desert island, in the midst of
the ocean, on which they had been ship
wrecked. Roots and vegetables served
them for food spring supplied them
with water, and cavern in the rock
with dwelling. Storm and tempest
often ragged fearfully on the island.
The children could not remember
how they had reached the island !; they
knew nothing Of the vast continent; bread
milk, fruit and what ever other luxury
is yielded there, were things unknown
to them.
There landed one day upon the island
four Moors in small boat. The parents
felt great joy, and hoped now to be res
eued from their troubles. But the boa,
was too small to take them all over toge.
Their to the adjoining land, so the father
determined to risk the passage first.
Mother and children wept when he
embarked in the boat with its fir al
planks, and the four black men abo ut te
take him away. But he said, "Weer
not /: it is better yonder, and you will all
follow SOON"
When the little boat returned and took
away the mother, the children wept still
more. But she also said, "Weep not
In the better land we shall ali meet a.
gain"
At last came the boat to take away
the two children. They were frighten-
ed at the black men, and shuddered al
the fearful sea over which they had te
pass. With fear and trembling they drew
near the land. But how rejoiced they
were when their parents appeared upon
the shore, offered them their hands let
them into the shade of lofty palm trees
and RECALLED upon the flowery turf with
milk, honey and delicious fruits. "Oh
how groundless was our fear!" said the
children, "we ought not to have feared
but to have rejoiced, when the black
men came to take US away to the better
land 20
"Dear children said their father
"eur voyage from the desert island tc
this beautiful country, conveys to US Q
still higher meaning. There is appoin-
ted fol us all still longer voyage to a
much more beautiful country. The
whole earth on which we dwell is like
an island. The land here is indeed a
noble one in our eyes, although only q
faint shadow of Heaven. The passage
hither over the stormy sea is-Death
that little boat resembles the bier, upon
which men in black apparel shall at some
time carry us forth. But when that
hour strikes, then we, myself, your
mother, or you, must leave this world.
SO, fear not. Death is for pious men,
who have loved God and have done His
will -uofhinor cleo h,tt vovooo ~ fbe