Ellsworth American., 1868-11-05
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eedny letter made few brief remarks
upon tie cause. symptoms and cure OF ca
tarrh. wish now to make few more
observations upon that disease, and then
proceed 10 name some of its unhappy con-
sequences.
There are many thousan Is in this State,
who are at this moment suffering from
Chronic Caa,74s and its unhappy conse-
oueuces, who are not aware of the danger
to which they are exposed. The symp-
toms of this disease are usually so mild at
first as to excite little or no attention on
the part of the Sufferer, and thus Il Is al
lowed to pass on from ono stage into All
other. and involving in its destructive
march more and more serious results
Reader. If you would avoid the dangers OF
seated Consumption. do not neglect
"Cold or '.t atarrh in the head.
That this disease is so fatal in its tenden-
cy and productive OF such unhappy conse-
ouences no one will be surprised to learn
! il he will but reflect that every breath OF
air that is inhaled into the system by those
suffering from Chronic Catsrrh must pass
over an unhealthy and diseased membrane,
and the air. in passing over these putrld
aud liberated surfaces, must of necessity
imbibe the most noxious and deadly prop
critics, and in this manner every breath of
air you take into the lungs is converted
! into poisonous agent of death. There IS
~ sr,ff. e lttrr, an
! Ills the treatment of which has been so
much neglected and perhaps so little un-
dcrstood as Chronic Catarrh. and hence
l,fo,u the practice ordinarily adopted by
the profession there is little to hope.
CHRONIC SORE THROAT.
We find on examining the throat of per-
sons who have =. tfrrcd from Chronic Ca
tarrh tor any considerable length of time.
that the mucous membrane presents i
rough and uneven surfsce. studded with
elevated points or granulations, 'aryln. III
size from "A pins head 10 that OF 4 pea
Those points are not unfr"quently hIied
with puriforui matter, and as the disease
advances are literally destroyed by uicer-
alton. leaving small pits OF depression up
on the membrane. which can be readily
seen by any one who will take the trouble
10 make a careful examination. ms coh-
dition of the throat is known under the
name OF Follicular Inflammation.
These mucous iollicics, or small glands
in the throat. in a healthy condition secfetc
a bland. mucilaginous fluid which serves
to lubricatc the parts aud shield the mem
brane Fl ON the various sources of irrita-
ton to which il is constantly exposed
But when disease they pour out an acrid
Irritating secretion, causing that incrseant
henaning, hawking and splitting. so uniser-
sally common in all persons suffering from
these disasreeabie maladies. And II the
disease is allowed u ,ress the mem-
braue investing the vocal chords becomes
thickeacl. the Voice becomes hu,Hy and
loses its natural ring or tone, and finally
when liberation of the vocal chords takes
place the voice j. hoPelessly lost.
BRONCHITIS. BRONCHIAL coSsCMrTioS.
The term Bronchiti, has not unircqucnt-
ly been applied to disease of the throat.
1t will he seen that this Is a mistaken idea.
4 the windpipe Al its entrance into the lungs
+ is divided into two branches. Now these
/ branches are III. beginning of the bron-
chiAl tubes, one entering the right lung.
the other the left and each snbdividcs
into inuumerable smaller tubes, no. unlike
the branches OF tree. When we speak
of bronchitis therefore, we speak of dis
ease located in the lungs, and not in the
throat, as has been too commonly suppos-
ed. There are various forms of bronchitis
which We have neither time nor space TO
dscdss. Suffice il 10 say that bronchiti,
consists essentially of an inham nation OF
the membrane lining the bronchial tubes,
or air pipes leading TO the lungs.
Stew persons seem 10 realize The import
ance of early attention to these difficult
ties. They think so long as they can at
tend TO their business, 90 about and feel
comfortable, that all Is well. They try TO
console themselves with the idea that the
irritation is only in the throat their cough,
hoarseness and other unpleasant symp-
toms are only the Le.ult OF ii. Int cold
) and will soon pass off and thu. they neglect
themselves from day to day, ever hoping
that they will grow better, while the dis
ease by stealthy steps is making deeper
and deeper inroads upon the system.
FIom extensive observation and expert
ence, and from having made this depart
ment Of medicine an object of special at
tention for the past seventeen years we
feel amply justified in the remark that In
halation is the patients only ground OF
hope. 1t is in this way only that thu
whole extent of the diseased surface car
be reached, not only the liberated surfaces
of the head and throat, but the entire ex
tent of the respiratory tubes, including al
the smaller air cells and saes in the lungs
where solids or fluids cannot ent or.
And thus we have successfully combatcd
not only Chronic Catarrh. Sore Throat
and the more deep seated Bronchial Affcc-
tions, but we have had the happiness o
restoring to health and strength many ol
, the most hopeless cases of Consumption
when all the ordinary remedies adopted
by the profession had utterly and signal,
; failed
Persons at n distance treated by letter.
CuAs. MORSE, NJ. D.. Physician for Dis
eases Of the Throat and Lungs, 70 Ere
7. ST., Portland, Me.
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