, 1863-04-06

BY i. Wtnsloxr Aver, m. d,

= 1tonMs II AND 13. McCoKx1cK's Bu1LpfSo,
Gor. Randolph and Dearborn Streets,
In the TRIhrsE Of the 1T inst we published the
symptoms Of ca,arrh in thu head. It was observed
ail. I hot"1thstandins its alarming aud loathsomc
Character. etii It is curable dleGasc-yieldine 10
pIopefr l. medication It another time We shall
membrane Of the windpipc and irpassases Of the
lunsF AID may suffice for the present notice to
sa5, that eatarrh always leads directly to throat
alsase as o,ea and in pmGst all ea.es ye
attention Of the patient is rarely awakened to q
sensc Of danger till the disease as extended to The
thr9at, o. what is stin more alarming, has invaded
catarrh is often regarded BY the patient as
cold in the head" and he often expresses bis as.
a fresh eold indeed, he declares TINT be is scarce
" free from one cold before he takes another, and
UT is always exceedingly careful it is also mat.
ter OF eurprse to him that thc cold always acems
to "sett1e in the heatf and throat'
At times. many Of the symptoms Of catarrh may
seem to abatc, aud the patient is led 10 hope that
r. ulaease is about to ''Sear off, but another
e!ass Of symptoms soon appear, and he learns to
h1s honor that Instead Of recovering from the dis
ease, il has somewhat chnnged In its character and
has extended TO the throat. Il sense Of wearisome-
ness Is sometimes felt in reading, speaking or
singing, hoarsencEs at timcs occurs, sensation Of
dryness ie felt in the throat or It appears that some
foreign substance: az for instance hair obstracted
the throat, there becomes senee Of lanEuor and
fatigue, breath lessons upon little exertion, a
short hacking cough, peculiar sound in clearing
tue throat, feeling rs though there were not room
enough in the chest TO hreathe-these and other
symptoms occur after the disease la. made cousid.
esable progress. Then 1t is n time When consump-
tioa j. about 10 begin its dreadful work. up 70
this time, the progress of the disease NAV have
been glow: and the patient may, in expressing his
confident hope that it will swear or icelarc
that he has had the catarrh for years, aud has not
seemed to become mnch worse, and trusts that he
will "by and by'' recover; but this deiusion is
thc grand error which has peopled our cemeteries
with coneunptlFe forms.
njrT m; mi $ha$% %1,ran
yast number who die Of Consumption might be
saved did they awaken to the true sense OF danger
when the diseasc fret appeared in the hcai and
th1oat and the hest writer's the ablest physicians
OF the age hayc expressed similar opinions.
Tile people do rot require to be told the aymp-
toms OF unption, for there IL scarcely famiy
invaded by the dcst1oycr-scarcely home where
fn some loved one has not felt it's blight, and
either passed away from earth, or is wasting tod ~
diFrase.
Tl,c symptoms Of the first stage Of consumption
are various. hut the following arc prominent
inat:on should always be- lnade1with view to ar
rt>ting the disease il shown to exist: there is
nsnally senee oi wcarisonenees upon a little ex-
terrondenry oftentimes from no apparent cause, i
peculiar svnsitivenefs to the elects or cold and
hIca,Altseness upon moving quickly or ascending
ont expec,oratfon. e1citablliiy upon slisht oeca-
rivns, nying pains through the chest. or back, or
uldss ths shoulder blades the symptoms arc more
in the afternoon. cold feet ard hands Of IN many
finger nails,
mn, Or consumption, who have become dishearten-
Cd by vainly trying the ordinary forms OF metlica-
tion, would do well to carefully investigate tue
-EIian system Of cure, which has been attended
with extraordinary SUCCESS in our city, 1t has
been employed with the most signal benefit nv
n1any Of our best citizens. Or: aver gives hiss
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