The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-05-26
Diseases OF the Heart.
BY DIR. PRICE.

BYDR. PRICE.
| The Heart is powerful muscular organ nav
| ing four apartments cavities; It's right an
/ left aurlcle or muscular bag, and right anu lei
ventrcieo or cavity. 1t is considered the centr
| of circulation Oh its muscular power we ma.
| have some conception when we consider that Il
/ man the whole quantity of blood is estimated d
about % pounds and that at every pul aton
| which il regular is about Is per mlnutel al
| ounce of blood passes through II, Upon thi
| calculation pounds. ounces OF blood pas
through the heart to the lungs every minute
| our lives, this assertion is, however made OF
mere coDjecture.) 1t is very certain that all the
! blood in the body passes through the heart anc
| lungs at least every ten minutes-slx times eve
ny hour-and, upon an average, l44 times every
twenty. four hours, from our earliest infancy IL
decrepit and childish old age
What mysterious enigmatical and complicated
beings we are How inconceivable how intri>
cafe! how complex is the supernal machinery OF
our organiza ton Well may the intelligent and
rejecting mind look with establishment and ven,
Grafton upon the sublimity, power and wisdom OF
the great Architect of Nature.
In every piece of mechanical ingenuity: how>
ever, simple or complex may be its structure, we
find. as indispensable to the whole, at least one
great point OF attraction or repulson so IN the
human frame, we designate the heart. In Its SIM
pie operations to be the vital organ, which, by
Its energy and action, gives TO every fibre OF the
frame u prlDClpl6 peCNlI6E u It's luuS
ton 1t is the constant spring, or fountain, which
emptying itself into those thousand little streams
OF the body. traverses tue whole system ana Inn
part that vigor and animation so ndubltable to
the maintenance and support OF HE. Tins CEN
trail organ-rhs sole poWer-wllch clrcuIates
the blood, is as liable to disease tie other organs
of the BODY. There is no disease to which the
human frame Is subject, more intense and Vlo-
lent than functional affection of the heart and
indeed so dreadful are some of the sensations at
tending it, that patient, laboriug under its in>
huence. describe it as dreadful sensation, ZAP
preaching to feeling of humiliation" far sur>
passing any degree OF pain. L AIN not able here
TO render a complete analysis of the symptoms i'll
attendance this complaint but will mention
the m1re prominent of them that occur in the
early stages OF the disease.
An oppression and difficulty of breathing often
amounting to suffocation or feelings of approach
ing death. Sometimes pain is felt over the re-
zion of the heart, palpitalons, rapid beating or
motion, feeling of tIghtness across
the chest or distress with short breath which is
increased upon exertiOn especially when walk
ing on an ascent or going up pair of stairs,
headache, cold feet and hands face pale at times
at other times flushed, gIddineSs ringing or buzz
ling ia the ears fantness, shiverings nose bleed
lngs and numbness. The side over the region Of
the heart sometimes enlarges, pulse interrupted
often stops beating tor some seconds, sleep con |
fused and painful, with unpleasant dreams and
sudden star,ngs. bowels often Irregular urine
high colored. The patient is irritable, melan,
choly, restless, fretul, subject 20 fits Of passion
easily excited AMI when so often unable to speak,
quickly fatigued anxious, nervous and notions
al. Palpitato1 OF the heart do not occur in any
one case nor all the above symptoms, but more
or less are present in every case IN the COM
OF this disease, becoming more and
more dreadful as the disease advances, termina-
ting often when the patient is feeling most well
i'll sudden death. From the great number of cas-
HAilLy I lt,1l aaA
that diseases of the heart are next IN frequency
to diseases of the lungs,
The ince SAINT play of the passions, which are
excilable to high degree ,are calculated to pro-
duce many disarrangements in the healthy ac-
ton OF this organ 1t Is justly remarked that los
cal operations have small degree OF weight in
the formation of this disease for there Is nc point
in the Human character that cannot be swayed
by clrcumsI ances. The mind ever on the stretch
the passions raised 10 high degrees OF intensi
ty, is prolific source, from which tins disease
is especially to be expected. The violent agita,
tious OF the body causing the blood to course the
human frame with accelerated force and the dis
tenton of the heart, with an inordinate Quantity
of blood, which, when impure, II 1t be not overs
come by some potent remedy but too frequently
forms into seated disease. eventuhlng III death.
tends to overwork the heart thereby
Interruptions, also a dimnuuon of
power will Occasion this disease, as indulgences
in Intoxicating liquors long continued use of
tobacco, unnatural drains upon the
system. rheumatism and other long standing ais
meuts, intense study, mental depression. appiica
lion Of the MIND with little bodily exercise,
great anxiety to be rich, running i'll DEBT, work
ing trying to pay interes, causing vexatlo MS, |
trouble and dlsappolntments, &c, sc. In the
early period of this affection, remedial agents
can be used that will arrest its progress 1t is
the inability of the heart to circulate the blood
with that freedom which the organization OF the
animal economy requires, that is the cause Of dis
eases of the heart And with this view OF the
subject every means should be used for the pur>
pose of facilitating the GIRO ulation of the blood.
When the disease has been long neglected and
the heart itself hXediy Implicated, cure Is sell
dom if ever attained, the disease most invariably
has sudden and fatal termination. The neces-
sIty of attending to the first symptoms OF dis
ease 80 sure i'll liz progress to destroy life, can
not but be seen ny all. l am pursuing system
of treatment tor the cure of all chronic COM
plants that is OF far different character from
that usually entertaned-one which | EN- salts
fed cam t tail to recommend itself to the COM
mon sense of every unprecedented and intelligent
in dvldual, who will eandidly exercise reason
and common sense There are some individuals
SO stereotyped in their dogmatical prejudice thai
they cannot believe tn at any discOverer inn
in medicine can originate. except
within the precincts of their regular institutions
A physician who is successful in curing linger-
ing diseases musG be correct, liberal min ded
man, aud dare TO treat disease according to
what it may require, even if it should devlate
from the established rules of the dark ages. The
light of science at the present day, directs us to
the removal of causes, and to the laboratory of
the Vegetable Kingdom for the constituents of
the reparative process, l have my regular places
of appointments, which places have visited for
the last five years, and which for years L shall
continue to VISIT treating exclusively chronic
diseases.
On Friday the Sd of June, l shall be at the city
Hotel Kenosha for consultation upon all chronic