The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-03
NASAL CATARRH
AND IT8 EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

CatarrhconsIsts tsofInflammauOn 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. 1t creates per-
petuaI desire 10 swallow, and causes ieel-
ing as II something was sticking in the up
pcr and back part of the throat. AS the dis
GAso becomes chronic, the matter concrcteS
into hardened Jumps, tho matter secreted
becomes puTIform, the breath is offensive
and the voice assumes nasal tWang, while,
on rising in the morning, great e0Ort Is re-
Uuired 10 c ear the head and throat. TneTe
Is often a feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing neadacne, az
xIne6S, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
The Sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
owes nre weak, and, as the Inflammation cX-
tends up the eustaceian tubes into the inter
nal ear there is partial deafness with throb-
hing. humm1ng or ringing noises in tie ear
IN sleep the Catarrhal matter Is uncOn-
srIOuAly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the atomach and iInpairs digestion.
canEinE dyspepsia and multiplicity OF u!s-
COrSlanL symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To tho foregoing,
udd the fact that every breath OF air drawn
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that 10 TeDtcct
Catarrh is TO inIIte Consumption:
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
At the present day, with which the young
and middle aged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
is firBt "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic CRtarrh, from " hlch the Get
feels no alarm, until, step by step, IT reaches
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 look back six months, year,
or longer, as the case may be, to n limo when
IL was "bIn cdtdrTh." Neglected at time
when (prOperIy treated a cure was possible
HIlently and almost imperceptlbIy 1t has
transformed tho bright, ruddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan liStloSsneSs OF pre-.
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame, and now. when nope Is deao, anu tte the
mind turns mOurn1ully backward to ''What
might have been." and tremblingly forward
to what soon must be.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that .'CatarTh will get well OF ITSELF" or Is
curable by Bnufnng or inhaltnB the nos
trums in common use, will do well TO re-
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon a. JcTzeIItGttLe cOIlditL0n J Lhe oto0tE
Medical writer's are wont to SPEAK OF Ca
farTh ag n simple local Inflammation, ana
both It's importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but a
and thus Catarrh as surely predisposes 10
Consumption as does the day precede tAe
night, and is in fact the prelude to that
disease in eight cases out OF ten.
THE disease Is everywhere prevalent; peo-
DIe resort to such means rs always 1a1l, then
give heed to the popular fallacy that II Ii m
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows all that Is known
on the subject, anu Inub mHtlSls stttnu' mt'tt I
the disease progresses until hope Is dead ana
stereoiyped @ and hackneyed advice OF "a
visit TO the country, ""a change OF climate" !"
EnrInp {" etc.; but, alas the country referred
TO is that which lies beyond tho confines Of
tie fostering grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when lies ht'
Let those who donbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrn question the poor consumptiVe, whose
sun OF life is going down at noon. or watch
It's progress upon those who neglect It's time
IY and judIcious treatment. A little while
have faded from lips and cheek. the light
from the eye has gore out, the hands AFRO
NOldedIy peaceaDly over the still heHrt-they
arc gone.