The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-05
THE SYSTEM

Catarrh consists ofinfiammatIon OF beginning
behind and a little above the veil OF the pal
| ate, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face. It creates per-
petual desire 10 swallow, and causes a feel
ing as II something was sticking in the up
per and back part OF the throat: AS the dis
into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
becomes puTlfOrm, the breath is offensive,
and the voice assumes nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort is re-
quired 10 c'ear the head and throat. There
Is often 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 up thS,eustaceian tubes into the ter
| nal ear there Is partial deafness with throb-
In sleep the Catarrhal matter is uncon-
| sciOusly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the stomach and impairs digestion,
causing dyspepsia and a multiplicity OF lis
cortlant symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the fact that every breath OF air drawn
| surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that to neglect
Catarrh is TO inUite Consumption:
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
do oI the iInss 4eseiVe the % pfiHsry yGs sSocK Il
ls first 80 cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the suiect
feels no alarm, until, step by step, 1T reaches
the lungs, when all attempts at cure are lit
tie better than blind experiments.
With every incentive to enjoyment and
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morning OF lie, OF Consump-
tiOn, who can Iook back six months, year,
II was "G1t cdtdTTh." Neglected at time
when (11rOpeTLy tredted) cure was possible,
silently and almost impereepti6ly it has
youth into the dull, wan listleSShess of pre-.
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame, and now, when hope is dead, and the
life forces one by ore are ebbing away, the
mind turns mOurnfulIy backward 70 what
might have been" ana tremblingly forward
to what soon must be,
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who Indorse the stupid assertion
that "Catarrh will get well OF itSelf' or Is
durable by snufting or inhaling the nos
trums in common use, Will 90 well 10 re-
ways upon Preventative condition Of The blood.
Medical writers are wont to speak OF Ca
tarrh as simple local Inflammation, and
both its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but
passing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely predisposes TO
Consumption as does the day, precede the
night, and is in fact the prelude TO that
disease in eight cases out OF ten.
Pile resort to such means as always 1a1lI then
give heed to the popular fallacy that 1t Is In
curable, and settle into sort OF mental
aDathy, encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows all that is known
on the subject, and thus fnoIterSstanu' Wnlle
the disease progresses until hope isdead, and
life becomes a mOckery, when comes the
stereoIyped and hackneyed advice OF "a
visit to the country,""a change @ Of climate, s e.
spripg," etc; but, alas the country referred
TO is that which lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring ls that
season which blooms eternal when LIES Ut
Let those who donbt this portrayal OF Ca
tarrh question the poor consumptiVe, whose
sun of life is going down at noon, or watch
its progress upon those who neglect Its time
Iy and tudicious treatment. a little while
have faded from lips and cheek: the light
from the eye has gore out, the hands are
fOldedly pe0Ceably over the still heart-they
are gone.