The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-11-26
Pulmonary Consume tion--By DR.. Price
Gan CONSUMPTION be Cured 2


Can Consumption be Cured 2
This is truly question of great Importance
When we consider the lungs as vital organ,
and their close proximity to the heart. their
delicate structure, the important Office they
have to perform-in a state of disease and
ulcers forming upon them that the very at
mosphere we lnhale contributes most essen
TALLY to increase diseased action upon them,
it could not be surprising that this disease
should be considered ahso ely incurable.
It is a well c It .bilsned fact that cases are
now On record in which Consumption has
positively been cured in the confirmed and last
stages, as proved by dissection of individuals
who have died of some other malady,-These
eases are not two or four, but many; aud we
refer TO every physician for the truth of this
statement. This being the case, does it not
prove, beyond the mere shadow ofdoubt, that
there may be-nay, there is cure for the
disease. If one has been cured, why not am
other? If two, why not four? and if four, why
not many? The man that says it is incurable
takes heavy responsibility upon himself;
before he can make this assertion free from
-
that he become acquainted with every medi-
cal substance upon the face of the globe, and
their various effects upon the human system,
when administered; that he understands min
utely every method by which disease is engen-'
dered, as also the restorative process to remove
such disease; that he knows the chemical
character of the urls producing and support
in hQf
universe of matter its counteracting agent,
that he knows the composition and effects of
every medicine offered as remedy and knows,
not from theory or prejudice, but from posi-
tive facts, that the disease never has been,
and never can be cured.
Had there never been a cure recorded, in
which the consumptive patient had been re-
stored to health, then we might with some
degree of reason say it has been invariably
mertal; but one single cure breaks the fatal
link, and not only shows the possibility of
restoration, but proves that the disease can
be cured. Cures are also on record where
persons 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 per-
formed by one lung, the other having become
dried or useless.
Pulmonary Consumption is disease of the
lungs; and the question arises how and why
they are affected, end the nature of the af-
fiction. We distinguish two distinct charac-
ers of disease upon the lungs, one prod ing
what are termed tubercles, the other open
ulcers. Tubercles are small round substance
which are formed in the air cells of the lungs
and are composed of lime, phosphoric acid.
and carbonic acid, glued together by mucus,
When they become sufficiently large they
irritate the lungs, produce inflammation which
terminates in small ulcers, frequently cover
ing a large portion of the mucous membrane
OF the lungs. Sometimes their accumulation
go on for years, and the hugs become in
measure flied with them, the patients at the
same time enjoying tolerable health; but |
eventually gradually sink under it. The |
lungs may become diseased and liberated
without any formation of tubercles in them |
whatever, and is the most general way in
which lungs become diseased. When from |
any cause the blood becomes impure and Of
an inflammatory character, that oagau Oft the |
human body which is the weakest will be |
first attacked by the morbid matter with |
which the blood is charged. This not unfre-
quently happens to be the lungs, in conse- |
quence of the arduous office allotted to the N |
to perform in the animal economy, and their |
constant exposL-'e to an atmosphere upon |
their surface of so variable character as ours |
differing at least 100 degrees in temperature |
between summer and winter. The yenous
blood at every pulsation of the heart is thrown
to the lungs, where it comes in contact with |
the atmospheric air inhaled in to the lungs. |
The oxygen of the atmosphere there united |
with the carbon in the blood, forming carbon
ic 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 re-
turned from the lungs back again to the |
heart.
The above illustration is sufficient to give |
the reader an idea of Office of the lungs. If |
then, the lungs, from any cause whatever,
become 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 inevitable: consequently blood would ac-
cumulate in the blood vessels of the Inngs |
distending them to larger size, that the |
lungs become partially gorged with blood.
the distentien of the blood vessels of the |
lungs would irritate them and produce cough;
this irritation would be followed by inflam-
nation which soon would terminate in ulcera-
ton. Much difficulty of breathing would
likewise arise from the enlargement of the
lungs. This character Of Disc ase of the Lungs
is very different from tubercular affections,
and requires treatment OF a far different ma
ture which we snail more particularly de-
scribe ia our next letter.
Persons observing the gradual progress of
this disease to state past recovery, cannot
but see the. Importance of resorting to the
right treatment the very moment they OBJ
serve disturbance about the throat or chest |
a slight hacking or hemming on first arising
in the morning, or if they have in them by
transmission from parent predisposition to
this disease. 1t cannot be expected that if |
allowed to go on till the organs are dis
gained, that cure can be effected. All dis
eases are soonest cured when ofrecent origin;
they gain strength by delay.
A long acquaintance with medicine, and a |
close application of many years to the histo,
ry and operation of diseases of long standing, I
have enc bled us to treat successfully every |
variety Of chronic disease.
have made my visits regularly for years
and viii be for consultation upon all diseases
of the lung, throat, heart, nerves, blood, ETC..
on my next visit, at Kenosha, Halliday's Hotel |
during Saturday the 10th of December.
DIR V CLARENCE PRICE
Lancaster county, Pa, boasts a chestnut |
tree twcnty-seven feet in circumference, with |
cherry tree growing from one gifts branch