The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-24

tnIouen lt-it Is stuffed up bY the membrane bona
sweled-the sense Of smell is altered or lost; the
part ts red tender and irritabe the contact of air
litte colder or less pure than common excites
Sometimes when the disease is severe there IL a
slight chiliEess, and towards evening hit fever.
After the dry ness, the membrane secretes a thin l.
watery fluid, winch by degrees becomes thick r ,
the swelling OF the membrane diminished, aud tue
inflammation subsides, q IS less raw; the secretion
resumes its natural quality, and s reduced In quaD-
tltY, and the membrane again IS in ITS natural state
Such Is the general course OF a cold in the head.
When the Inflammation goes down INTO the lungs,
IT 10 SAID to bo a cod in the chest IL sometlm 3
travels IRON ono part OF The membrane TO another,
into the wlndpipe and lungs. When a person has
such GO d there Is dly cOugh-more or less oifi
cultv OF Dreatmng- -tometmes degree OF pain or
oppression across the chest slight fever and thirst
ara INN white coat upon the tongue, WIN ch is not
frequently bottle Of Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup
al box Of schenck's Mandrake Pills, iIeey taken,
Will carry of q cold Of this lind. In every case
where person has taken what is called a fresh cold
they shoulu take a dose Of Sohenck's Mandrake
Pills, or something that will act upon the liver mot
ca ofne) ard phys the siQmacnj then, with the
AID OF the Puimonic Syrup, q is carried ohnot like
lhe ordinary remedies that are used for cold, or o
check cough, which Is lefs in ihe system to break
out again. worse than before at the slightest change
OF tre weather, II this course was followed, even
to take o good dose of Schenck's Mandrake Pills
without the Pumonic SYRUP, and phYsic the
bowels well, hundred, yes, thousands, won escape
folm iheir duty it is difficult to take cold, or, in
fact, any otner disease Iyphoid, bilious or chil,s
proI er condition. How often persons go out in cold
rainy weather, get wet feet perhaps, and expect to
take severe coo, ana yer receive no inconvenience
posUre, they take a severe codl The reason is the
LIVER is Inactive the gall llbadder Is locked up, the
llood nas not its natural calculation, and the sys.
tenn is IN condition TO catch ANYTHING An ulce-
rated throat, canker catarrh is caused by acdIty
OF the stomach; q coated tongue, bad breath and
sick headache are from the same cause and they are
all easily removed by using Scnencks Pulmonlc
syrup, Seaweed ronlc, and Mandrake Pills accord
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BRONCHIAL CONSUMPTION
Is the consequence, generally, OF neglected cold. At
frst the symptoms resemble those OF an ordinary
cold or catatrh, the expectoration being toLGh,
thick and opaque, but not yellow, containing small,
preylsh Jumps, which sink in water AS tine disease
advances the cough increases, ana this tough mucus
or phlegm becomes more and more mixed with
yellowish fluid resembling pus or matter, and often
slightly streaked with blood. In many instances the
expectoration is ofa whitish appearance, resembling
am, and sometimes Rreenish yellow color, which
readily sinks in water. AT Iirst the pulse becomes
slightly accelerated and tense towards evening, and
the heat of the surface OF the body varies in the
course OF the day being sometimes above and some-
times below the natural standard Partlai sweats
occur IN the head and breast at night. rhe thirst is
generally considerably increased; the urine IS
highly colored and deposits o cOpious reddish sedi.
ment; sense OF soreness IN the chest with an occa-
sonal transient stitch in the side, occurs IN ma
jor1ty OF instances, but there is very rarely any
fixed pain IN the chest. 7 he cough IS usually Sc
vere particularly on rising out Of bed in the morn
ing, at which hme the breathing more or less
wheeling, and attended with cling OF tightness
in ihP breast.
II the disease continues, the expoc.oration bs-
comes puIulent and extremely copious. Debility
and emaciation lpcrease rapidly; the fficuliy OF
breathing and sense OF weight and ttghtnes5 across
the chest become IN ore and more distressing. The
pulse now genera ly very frequent beng seldom
under one hnnared and twenty IN minute In the
oeep tlu:h OF one or both cheeks IS commonly
observed towards evening. The tongue becomes
clear, and in many instances 1t assumes alarm
appearance and Is redder than in health There
are gecerally proiuse and exhausting night-sweats
at this advanced stage OF the disease; and un'ess
relief found, swelling of the ankles ana darrh9a
supeTvene, and death closes the Gene
"LARYNGTTIs," OR CLERGYMAN's SORE THROAT.
There IS a modification OF this form OF Consump-
ticn which q terror to the clergy and the members
of the bar; and tnat parl of the mucous membrane
lining the larynx, giving lise to the clergyman's
sore throat Consumption.
he disease is often eXtre nelly ipsidious at the
commencement, and Its progress is so tardy, that
great deal, and often irIepaIabe mischief is done
before any alarm Is taken by tho patient or he
An uneasy sensation, and in some cases pain, is
ie in the arYnX and extends over that organ, and
at other time restricted to SINGLE spot; usually
tickling sensahoneNiss, whichproy yokes caution at
tended with feeling IN the throat as If there
were something III the throat that oHght to be
removed, and feels raw The pain is increased by
cough0g, speaking, inspiring cold arr or upon pres
sure beng made upon the larynx The voice De.
arrests the attention OF the patent. 1t Is at hrst
weak, then becomes hoarse and may suddenly or
gradually be entirely lest, amounting to complete
aphena The cough IN the first instance, is dry,
but Is afterwards accompanied with the eXpectoIa-
tion OF mucus mixed occasionally with pus OF blood
often there paroxysms OF difficulty OF breathing.
The general health eventually begins to suffer.
Emacianon, hectic, night sweats, and often midi
cations of tubercles occur as the disease advances
and the latter stages dropscal swelling which in
creases until death
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION.
This arises from cold settling the substance o
the lungs which Is attended with a cough and singh
eXpectoraton, ana which, If neglected, will termi
nate in tins form of Consumption.
The commencement OF the disease is marked by
slight aching pans with sense of hghtness IN some
parts OF the chest and short dry cough, which Il
readily excited by muscular emotion, The breathing
| is shorter and more frequent. These symptoms
! gradually become more conspicuous, and at Length
slight fever towards evening, and the respira
ton and pulse continue TO be somewhat aece GRATED
| throughout the whole day. fit OF csugmnl
usually occurs in the morning aud the patient rise
out of bed IN relaxed and feeble condition. There
is extreme liability to take cold on the slighte
exposure. BY degrees the cough becomes
more frequent and troublesome, particularly
IN the evening or morning or at nigh nigh
advances the skin, lips tongue and lauces become
dry in 1.-The afternoon, slight chills regularly Oceu
! towards evening, followed by fever during which
one or both teks become suffused with circum
scnbed flush dry, burning heat is felt in the palm
of the hands and soles OF the teet the breathing I
| very quick and short and the pulse very frequent
| small, quick, and tense. These tebne paroXysm
continue tl towards midnight. Shen they tenn
nate in more or less profuse preparation, which
| continues until morning leaving the sufferer eX
| hausted, languid, and depressed Frequently, pre-
HlOuS TO tne occurrence OF tDlS tTa1n OF symptom
the expec'oration becomes thicker, and not unire
| quentlY mixed with blood. The feeling OF a load IL
| the chest ana emacIatiOn continues, attended witt
| incrt aslnR failure OF strength.
Toward the unlsvorable termination OF the disease
swelling of the feet and diarrhea almost invariably
come on, accompanied with u weak and hoars'
voice, difficulty of swallowing, and sometimes ulce
rated soar throat unul Death relieves the sufferer.
DYsPEPTIC CONSUMPTION.
| When Bronchial Consumption is complicated will
| hepatic disease ian occurrence by no means uncOm
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