The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-25
NASAL CATARRH
AND IT'S EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.

CatsIThconslsis sofInilammatIou OF beginning
oehlnu Aiu u little above the Veil of the ma
ATE; ana extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face IL creates :, reT.
petual dt size TO swallow, and causes n iet,l-
Ing as u something was sticking in the up
per and back part of the thrnAt- As the, lis
ease becomes chronic. the matter concieIea
INTO haruened Jumps, the matter RecretntI
becomes puTiform, the breath is offensive,
ana tue voice assumes n nasal IwauS while
on rising In the morning, great effort Is re.
quiTed lo ear the head and throat There
part OF the forehead, causing headache. diZ-
LlnetSi ana cnutuStou OF thought and loss OF
memory.
The sense OF smell becomes Impaired, the
eyes are weak, and, as the inflammation ex-
tends mp the eustnceian tubes into the inta,-
nal ear there Is partial deafness with thrOb-
oIng, huinming or ringing noises in the ear
IN sleep the Catarrhal matter Is uncon-
Sciously swallowed, which, IN time de-
Ianses tne stoLnach anu inpairs digestion,
canning dyspepsia and a multiplicity OF dis
coIdRnt symptoms. which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the fact that every breath OF air GrAHn
into the lungs Is drawn over the diseased
suTfacs, fostering with Catarrhal matter and
Who can deny the assertion that 10 Neglect
CAtaTTh is TO IiTtifc Consumption:
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
At the present day with which the youuk:
aud lniddle-aged Ile: And yet very seldom
ls tirst "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic CltRrrh, from W whicn Ihe sIl ect
iees no alarm, UNI, step by step, it reaches
Ile better than blind ex xpeTimentH
Win every incentive TO enjoyment and
Usefulness, lnere are hundreds all around us
dying IN the morning Of IIie, or Consume
IIun. who can IOOk back six months. n wear.
or longer, as the case may be, 10 a lime when
when (pT0peTty tTeGtcdl n cure WAS possible,
SiieutlS aud almost impeIceptIbly IL has
transformed The bright, Enddy features OF
yOnth INTO the dull, wan listlsSsneSS OF pre-.
mature age, HS II has drunk up the vitality
from The blood and fluids Of the wasted
frame, and now, when hope is dead anu the
life forces one by oLe are ebbing away, the
mind turns mournfuIly backward TO ''What
might have been." anu tIemDlIngly forward
10 what soon must he.
COasEQUESCES OF REGLECr.
Those who indOTSe the stupid assertion
that '.CatnrTh Will get well OF ILselT,'' OF is
tTuUs in common use. will do well to re-
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon q JCTInentdtIue condition OF the bLoOtL
Medical writer's are wont TO speak of Ca
taTrn Hs n simple local Inflammation, and
TO III It's Importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored. or receive but a
passing notlcs from the general practitioner;
and thus LHtSuTn as surely prIdispoSeS 10
Consumption aS uOes the day preCeie the
night, ana Is in iacL the prelude to that
disease In eIgnt cases out of ten.
The disease Is everywhere prevalent: peo.
pie resort 70 such means as always fail. then
give heed TO the popular LRlIRcy that II Il In
curabie, and BeItls into n sort OF mental
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
on the sub jecI, and thus matIerS stand while
the disease PROGRESSES until hope is dead, and
life becomes Il TnOckery, when comes the
sIereOIyPed and hackueyed advice OF "a
visit To the country, ,''"A change OF climate y
"a. sea voJ age, "a return OF neaItn in the
spIIug,' eIc.; out, alas the country referred
10 Is InAI wEich lies beyond the confines OF
the festerlng grave, and the spring Is that
season wnicn blooms eternal wuen lies tt.
IuI lever kOver-
LEI those who donbt tlilI portrayal OF Ca.
taITn question the poor cOusumptiVe " hose
sun OF lie Is going down ut noon, or watch
It's progress upon those who neglect It's time
Iy and JudiclOus treatment. a little wnIIe
ard We miss their coming; youth and health
have IauSd 1rOnI lips and cheek the light
nom the eye mas 'goi q ont, the hands are
foidedly peaceaDly over tie sill hearI-they
are gone.