The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-11-03
Pnlmon AIRY Consumption
BY DIR. PRICE.

question OF great Importance When we COM
slider the lungs as vital organ, and their close
proximity to the heart, their delicate structure,
the important office they have to perform a
state of disease aud ulcers forming upon thefnsTT
| that the very atmosphere we inhale contributes
most essentially to increase diseased action upon
them, II could not be surprising that this disease
should be considered absolutely incurable.
1t is. a well established fact that cases ore
now On record in which consumption has posi-
! lively been cured in the confirmed and last
stages, as proved by dissection of individuals
who have died of some other malady. These
cases arc not two Of Jour, put raany-and we
refer 10 every physician for the truth Of this
statement. This being the Gaze, does it not
prove beyond the shadow of doubt thst there
may bs-nay, there is g cure for the disease. If
one has been cured why not anotherG 1T two,.
why not four, why not many The man that
says it is incurable takes a heavy responsibility
upon himself Before he can make this asser
ton free from folly, interest or ignorance it is
necessary that he become acquainted with every
medical substance upon the face Of the globe,
and their various effects upon the human sys-
tenn when administered. That he understands
infinitely every method by which disease is en-
genderea, as also the restorotiye process to re-
move such disease. That he knows the chemical
character of the pris producing and supporting
the disease, and that it has not In the universe
of matter Its ,eounterscting agent. That he
knows the competition and effects of every medic
cine offered as remedy and knows, not from
theory or prejudice, but from positive facts,
that the disease never has been and never can
be cured.
Had there never been cure recorded, in
which the consumptive patient had been restored
to he alth, then we might with some degree Of
reason say i has been invariably mortal. But
one single cure breaks the fatal link, and not
only shows the possibility of restoration, but
proves that the disease can be cured Cases are
also on record where persona have lived with but
one lung, the other having been destroyed by
the disease, which was prevented from further
mischief by proper remedies. In fact, we can
point out such cases in different parts of the
country. wherein the functions Of respiration
are performed by one lung, the other having
become dried or useless. oaasfe
Pulmonary consumption is. q disease Of the
lungs, and the question arises how and why they
are affected, and the nature of the affection.
We distinguish two distinct characters of disease
upon the lungs, one producing what are termed
tubercles, the other open ulcers. Tubercles are
small round substances which are formed in the
air cells Of the lungs, and are comp osed of lime,
phosphoric acid, lad carbonic acid, glued ts>
gether by mucous When they become suffi-
GENTLY large tt ~ irritate the lungs, produce
pAa at;n in a II
frequently covering a large portion of the mucous
membrane of the lungs. Sometimes their accu~
mul alton goes on for years. and the lungs become
in measure filed with them, the patient at the
same time enjoying tolerable health, but even
tually gradually sinking under it. The lnngs
may become diseased and liberated without any
formation of tubsrcles in them whatever, and lie
The most general way in which lungs become dis
eased. When from any cause the lungs become
impure and of an inhamatOrY character, that or
gan of the human body WHICH is the weakest
will be first attacked by the morbid matter with
which the blood is charged. This not unfrequent-
! ly happens to the lungs. in consequence of the
arduous Office allotted to them to perform in the
| aninlRl economy, and their constant exposure to
| an atmosphere pom their surface of so variable
character ours differing at least 100 degrees
| in temperature bstween summer and winter
che svenous blood at every pulsation OF the
heart is thrown to the lungs, whore it comes in
contact with the atmospheric air inhaled into
united with the carbon in the blood, forming
| carbonic acid gas, which is constantly exhaled
| from the lungs, the blood in the lungs is then
changed from venous to arterial blood. After
this change of blood in the lungs, it is returned
| from the lungs back again to the heart.
| The above illustration is sufficient to give the
reader all idea of the office of the lungs. If
| then, the lungs, from any cause whatever, be-
| come weak, what must necessarily be the effect
upon them? would not their debility render
them incapable of returning the blood from them
| back again to the heart as fast as the heart
threw it to them? This conclusion is inevita-
/ BILE, consequently blood would accumulate in the
| blood vessels OF the lungs, distending them to
| larger size, SO that the lungs become partially
gorged with blood The disteution of the blood
| vessels of the lungs would irritate them
and produce cough. This irritation would be
| followed by inflammation which soon would ter
/ inmate in liberation. Much difficulty of
breathing would likewise arise from the enlarge
ment of the lungs. This character of disease of
the lungs is very different from tubercular affecs
tons, and requires treatment of far different
nature which We shall more particularly describe
in our next letter.
J Persons observing the gradual progress of this
! disease to a state past recovery cannot but see
the Importance of resorting TO the right treatment
the very moment they observe disturbance
: about the throat or chest, a slight hacking or
? hemming on first arising in the morning or il
!, they have in them by transmission from parent
| q predisposition to this disease. 1t cannot be
expected that If allowed to go till the organs
D are disorganized, that cure can be effected
- Ali diseases are soonest cured when of recent
origin--they gain strength by delay.
J. long acquaintance with medicine, and
3 close application of many years to the history
and operation of diseases of long standing, have
enabled us to treat successfully every variety o
}, chronic disease.
# | am for consultation upon all chronic disease
= at Kenosha, on my next visit. during Friday
y NoYemt er 18th Office at the City Hotel.
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