Litchfield enquirer., 1857-07-30
TO INVALIDS. No such Disease as " General Disease" ,"

H OW often have been repeated to nterrogatores II such answers as " Why ST, t"r madaln) you are labOrIng under general debty, or genei al disease seems to pervade Jour entTe system or, there Is general complication uf ds>rde's affecting you or.
 disease IS general throughout your system, that thorough course of medicinal trestment be adopt ed for it's removal, &c., &c. Such answers these tn the poo, tremnlns patent, convey the idea that every. or nearly every part o the b"ty has be- the of pXonsive oganic disease, and for the remoua ol which diversified and long of treat mus, be entered upon for iheir removal and the poor patient sinks almost with desp"ndencv the very ldea that he IS much out of fix. and Ina murh and such Earsty o drugs must be taken ere health will be restored.
 To all such lnvads would say be not dis outraged, for rest assured there IS such state of sysem as general disease, in the common accepation of the term, for how much the entire system SEEM be diseased, yet upon close eXamnation and aenti"n to causes oi thls apparent general disorder, will be found that all these morbid symptoms have for their source and origin some one more diseased points, from which. through that chiei characteristic o the living body-Sy ympaiiy-ali other morbid symptoms
 
 It very true, that one, all the eans o the body, may seem tc be but rest sufeu that all this diseased action orgnaies, nvaria bly,, from or more diseased points -o Iliustrate- you troubled with a cough. pain m the side rapid breathing easily o! bre lh upon he slightest px- eron Are you troubled with sleeplessuess. starting in sleep-your thoughts being rendered more vivid and painful by the vlgs; lmparred vohton. headache, flushed face, pam in the temple and face, humming in The twi,chng "t the eyeds, occasional slight ob- scuratun of vision , Do ,ou experence " au,ter- ,ns of the hear pitaon. by quick-ned exer."n, pain in the chest daring pains over he reg,on "f the heart, living pans stitches and cramps the ribs, heween the shoulder blades about the hips and m !he l fingers which gve you notions Of rheumatism Have you dry tongue or tongue clean, red, swollen and dee ply split in all directions gums recedne from the te eth, breath hot but not id thirst, loss of appetite, or morbid craving for food. of the bowels or irregular as the time and quantity. nausea and vomiting? Is mind irritable, with hts of depres- sion of vefai hours duratinn lmpnsslbiy to ap- ply the mind, imagining that ihs person that person { has dane some wrong, has wish do so :! Are the feet almost constantly cold and the skn dry. harsh, sometimes ith unnatural heat and snme> :mes hIghiy sensitive cold? Is there tminu,on from the kidneys the secretion some times color and sometimes of anuhei, pain over the region of the kidneys and small o the back ring pains running do Ihe thighs cramps in the calves "f the legs and feet Have you pain In the right si.e. roht shou der or Tic Dooreux of the face, with hil lious sallow complexion yellownesS O: rhe eyebals
 If so :and there are thousands of patients who can subscribe every greater portion "f the above symptms) all ths nultifTm diseased action may, and IN NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE CASES IN TnoCs AND DO depend on a small pon nt lrhammati tion ln the digestive organs, and perhaps larger than five cent piece. From this small point o inflammation. small as il is all the mobic symptoms above menti'ned arise. and the removing of this cause, this small point of in fammati n, the curing of this one small point of dis eased ton the digestive organs the whole array ot multiplied symptoms that you have looked upon as a general d,sease" and which you have ofientme-. no doubt would of later close your earth ly career, will at once disappear
 | Should this meet the eve Of any indlvIduai whoee 1 feelings and symptoms described above, who have any confidence in hs doctrine regards causes as set forth, the attention of all such IS respectfully solicited