The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-25
NASAL CATARRH
AND ITS EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.
AND 1Ts EFFECT UPON

Catarrh consists sofinhammatlon OF beginning
behind and q little above the veil of the pal
ate, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face. It creates per
ing as II something was sticking in the up
per and back part of the throat. AS the dis
ease becomes chronic, the matter concreteE
into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
becomes purIfOrm, the breath is offensive
and the voice assumes nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
Quired 10 G ear the head and throat. There
Is often a feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache, dlz-
illness, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
The sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
eyes are weak, and, as the Inflammation ex-
tends nm the euStRceian tubes into the inter-
nal ear there is partial deafness with throb-
bing. humming or ringing noises In the ear
sciouSly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the stomach and impairs digestion,
causing dyspepsia and multiplicity OF dis
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the fact that every breath OF air drawn
into the lungs is drawn over the diseased
suTfacs, fostering with Catarrhal matter, ana
who can deny the assertion that TO neglect
Caiarrh is TO inUite Consumption:
at the present day, with which the young
and mlddle-aged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock IL
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the sulect
feels no alarm, until step by step, It reaches .e
the lungs, when AL attempts piStS AZ cure are hI-
With every Incentive to enjoyment and
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morning OF lie, OF Consump-
lion. who can Iook back six months, a year,
or longer, as the case may be, to a time when
IL was "btlt cdtdTTh." Neglected at time
siientIV and almost imperceptibly it has
transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
youth into the dull wan nstessness s OF Pre-
from the blood and fluids OF tho wasted
frame and now, when hope Is dead, and the
NE forces one by one g are eR1agd t yw6a
might have been." and tremblingly forward
to what soon must be-
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT:
Those who Indorse the stupid assertion
that ''Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF" or 1s
durable by snufhng or tnhal'ng the nos
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon Preventative condition Of the ot0od
tarrh as a simple local Inflammation, and
boil its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but
and Illus Catarrh as surely predisposes TO
Consump mption as does the day precede the
night, and is in fact the prelude to that
disease in eight cases ont OF ten.
The disease is everywhere pre- evalent; peo-
ple resort to such means as always fa1l, then
give heed to the popular 1al!acy tnat u s m
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows all thai Is known
on Ihe Subject and thus matt ers stand, while
the disease progresses until hope 1sdead, and
lie becomes a mockery, when comes the
and hackneyed advice OF "a
yiSit To the country, )" "a change of climate" !"
"a sea voyage, ,""a return Of health o,t6e IN the
IF is that which lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES Mt
ct those who doubt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor consumpttve, whose
sun of life is going down at noon, OF Watch
iy and iudicious treatment. A little while
ard we miss their comIpgi youth and heaILn
have faded from lips and cheek; tne ngnt
foidediy peaceably over the still heart-they
are gone.