The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-10
NASAL CATARRH
AND ITS EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.

Catarrh consists OF In fRmmaton beginning
behind and little above the veil OF The pal
ate, and extending upward into the the nose nos
petuRI desire to swallow ana causes q ieel-
ing as II something was sticking In the up
ner and back part of the throat. As The dis
ease becomes chronic the matter concretes
into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
becomes puTiform, the breatn ls onenslXe.
and the voice assumes nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
duired TO Gear the head and throat. There
Ii often a feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache, diz-
illness. and confusion OF thought and loss or
memory. a.,
ewes are weak and, as the Inflammation eX-
tends up the euRtacelRn tubes into tne inter-
nal ear there is partial deafness with throb-
binR. huInming or ringing noises in the car.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter Is uncon-
scIously swallowed. which, In Time, de-
ranges the stOmach and impairs digestion.
causing dyspepsia and n multiplicity OF dis
corClRnt symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add The fact that every breath OF air drawn
into tho lungs Is drawn over tne ulSeased
surface, fostering with CataIrhai mater, and
CatArrh Is to iTltiLe Consumption:
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and middIe-aged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock IL
Is first "a cold In the head, which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the EIl 'cct
feels no alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
the lungs. when all attempts at cure are lit
with every incentive TO enjoyment and
usefulness there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morning OF NE, OF -. EonSuinP- iaas
or longer, as the case may be, to a time when
II was "6tlt cdtdTTh." Neglected at a time
when (ITOpeTIU treGte0D a cure was possible,
silently and almost imperceptibly 1t has
transformed the bright, rnduy features OF
youth into the dull, wan nstiessness mes 3t Pre- Pre-,
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame and now, when hope is dead, ana the
mind turns mournfully backward to "what
might have been" and trembl1ngly forward
to what soon must De'
CONBE0UERCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that ''Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF or Is
durable by Bnunlng or 1nhaling the nos
trums in common use, VIII 90 wen 70 re-
member that the local disease depends al
WAYS upon IeTmlE1Itdttue condition OF Lhe Ot0Od
Medical writers are wont TO speak or "a
tarrh as simple local Inflammation, ana
hOth lis importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive Dut
passing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus C0tarrh as surely predlSpOSeS 10
Consumption as does the day precede tne
night and is in fact the prelude to that
dISeaEe in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; peo-
ole resort to such means as always fail, then
give heed to the popular 1allacy thaL IL ls m
6nrahIe and settle into a sort of mental
annthy encouraged by the belief that the
FAMILY physician knows all that Is known
on the subject and thus %a1 an1
lie becomes mockery, when comes the
stereotyped and hsckneyed adVlce ~ St,,G,a 0b "a 9!
"a e sea a. voyage" 10Y "a return OF health In the
spring" etc; but, alas the country referred @ "a
~ is That W Which lies beyond the connneS OF
iHe festerinE grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES ht-
'"f At those who donbt this portrayal of Ca.
tarrh question the poor conSumptiHe, whose
sum OF life Is going down at noon, or watch
itg progress upon those who neglect Its time
ly and judicious treatment A little while
and we miss their coming; youth and healtn
have faded from lips and cheek; the lgnt
foldediy peaceably over the still heart-they
are gOno.