The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-11
AND IT'S EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.

Catalrh.c0nsIsts CONTAMINATION beginning
behind ara II IItlle above the veil of the pal
ate, ana extending upward into the nose
and air cavities of the face. 1t creates Il per
uetual desire to swallow, and causes a 1eel-
ing as II something was sticking in the up-
per and back part OF the throat. As the dis
GnSe becomes chronic, the matter cOncTeteS
into hardened Jumps, tho matter Eecreted
becomes puTiIorIn the breath is offensive,
and the voice assumes a nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
Qulred 10 ear the head and throat. There
Is often a feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF Tue forehead, causing hcauache, az
illness, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
memory.
The sense Of smell becomes impaired, the
eyes are weak, and, ms the Inflammation eX-
tends up the eIIsIaceian tubes into the inter
nal ear there is partial deafness with thTOb-
bing. Eulnlning or ringing noises in the ear.
N sleep tho Catarrhal matter Is uncon-
ScICusly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges tho t0mnch and impaiTS digestion,
causing dyspepsia and IL multiplicity OF dis
Curdant symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add 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 10 neglect
CutarIh is TO iuCie Consumption:
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which The young
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
is first "a cold i'll the head which resolves
feels alarm, until, step by step, it reaches
tho lungs, when all attempts at cure arc lit
tie better than blind experiments.
with every incentive to enjoyment anu
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morning OF life, OF ConAump-
or iopSeE' as the case may be, TO a Iinie When
IL was "bltt COtuTrh." Neglected at a time
when (propeTlV tr6ufeCD cure was possible,
silently and almost lmpeTceptlDly II has
transformed the bright, Tnddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan liStleSSneSS OF pre-
from the blood and fluids of the wasted
frame, and now, when hope is dead, and the
life forces one by OUc are ebbtn& away. the
mind turns mournfuJy back ward 10 ''WnaI
might have been" ana tremblingly forward
To what soon must TIC.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF or is
cur,.hle by anuGlng or inhnl ny the nos.
nuns i'll common use, will do we'll to re-
member that the IOcILL disease depends al
WAYS upon 4 JCT7NS iliutiUc condition Of The GtOOd
Medical WrItclS are wont 10 speak OF Ca
tnTrh an a simple local Inflammation, and
bOIh its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but a
| and thus Cnt9rrh as surely predispOscs TO
| Consumption as does the day precede the
| night, and IS in fact the prelude TO that
| disease III eight cases out OF ten.
| The disease is everywhere prevalent; peo-
PIE resort 70 Such means tth ~ SLiI I
| durable, and SeItI" into sort OF mental
| apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
! family physician knows all that IS known
ON the subject. and thus naticrsS tand, while
! the disease progresses until nope lSdead, ana
| lie becomes Il mOclIery, when comes the
| stereoryped and hackneyed advice of "a
visit to the country, '"a change of climate"
"a sea voyage" return OF health in the
spring e;c.; nut, alas the country referred
| to is That wnich lies beyond tho confines OF
| the fostering grave, and the Spring Is that
.eaE0n which blooms eternal when life's tit.
| IuI fever Is over.
| Let those who donbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor cOnsumpiive, whose
! sun OF lie is going Gown mt noon. or wAtch
It's progress upon those who neglect its time
| ly and judICi GUS treatment. A little Whlle
! n l,II we: miss their coming; youth and health
! have faded from lips and cheek the light
| from the eye has gone out. The hands are
| foIdcdIy penceably over the still heart-they
are gone.