The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-01
NASAL CATARRH
.D,r, I'M, r,u1,,,,vr rDOny
AND ITS EFFECT UPol
THE SYSTEM.

Catarrh consists sOfin1ammatIon OF beginning
behind and little above the veil OF the pal
ate, and extending upward into the nOS(
and air cavities OF the lace. II 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 cOnCretel
into hardened Jumps, the matter secretet
becomes puTifOrm, the breath Is offensive
and the voice assumes n nasal twang, while
on rising in the morning, great effort is re
Quired 10 ear the head and throat. Ther'
Ii often feeling OF pressure across the lowe
part OF the forehead, causing headache, diZ
illness, and confusion OF thought and loss o
memory.
Tine sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
ewes are weak, and, as the in1lammRIlOn eX
tends up the eustaceIan Iuhes Into the inteE-
nal ear there Is partial deafness with throb
bling hummptng mn or 5ng5ng nEsGs IN IN Ie n9, ear
Hciouk1y swallowed, which, IN time, de.
ranges the stomach and impairs digestion
causinE dyspepsin and u multiplicity OF d Is,
cordant symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other dlEeaseS. To tho foregoing
nIld the fact that every breath OF air Drawn
into the lungs is drawn over the diseased
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny The assertion that to neglect
Catarrh is to inTite Consumption.
Consumption is the one prevailing disease
at the present day, with which the young
and middle-aged die. AND yet very seldom,
is nrSt "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from which the Eu 'cci
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 10 e1j enjoyment ann no
dying in the morning OF life, OF Ccnsump-
tion, who can Iook back six months, year,
II was .:Gut cdfarTh." Neglected at time
when (11rOpcTky treGteG) a cure was possible
silently and almost imPercepubly 1t has
transformed the bright, ruddy features Ol
youth into the dull, wan listlesSne6s 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 one are ebblng away, inc
mind turns mournfulIy backward 70 ''Wna
might have been" ana tremDllnSly IOIWaIu
TO what soon must De'
CONSEQUENCES cF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that 'Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF, or Is
curable by snufllng or tnhaling the nos
Lrums in common use, will do wen 70 re-
member that the local disease depenus al
ways upon Preventative cO'dttto1l cJ tne Otood
Medical writers are wont TO speak or C0.
tarrh as a simple local Inflammation, ana
h0ih its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but a
nasSing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely predlsPoseS u
Consumption as does the day precede the
night, and liz in fact the prelude 10 LhAt
disease In eight cases out OF ten.
The disease Is everywhere PreVaIenti Peo-
pie resort TO such means as alwaysiaii. u then ts
curabIe, and settle into SORT OF menial
QnathY encouraged by the belle1 thaL inc
family physician knows all that 1s KNOWN
on The subject, and thus matters stand, while
the disease progresses until hope Is ueau' anu
lie hecOmes a mockery, when comes the
stereotyPed and hackneyed advise ~ St,r6 OF ,o - =
visit TO the country,a change an gb ot Gnate fn tSe
snrinz. " etc.; but, alas the country refe1ed
70 ia that witch lies beyond the confines o.
seeson Which Blooms eternal when LIES tit
Let those who donbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor consumptlVe, WhosS
ann OF life is going down at noon, or WaCcn
~ progress upon those who neglect It's time
ly and judicious treatment. a Ilttle WINS WIN
and we miss their coming; youth and heaitn
nave faded from lips and cheek. the llgh'
rom the eye has gone out, the hands ats
foldediy peaceably over the still heart-theS
TegOne.