The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-17
NASAL CATARRH
AND ITS EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.

Catarrh' consists tsofinfiammatIon beginning
behind and little above the veil OF the pal
ate, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities of the face. 1t creates per-
potual desire to swallow, and causes feel
Ing as II something was sticking in the up
per and back part of the throat, AS the dis
ease becomes chronic, tho matter concretes
into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
becomes puTl1orm, the breath Is offensive,
and the voice assumes n nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort is re-
Quired 10 clear the head and throat. There
Is often q feeling OF pressure across the lower
part of the forehead, causing neadacne, dlz-
illness, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
memory. ,, ,,., a.,
eyes are weak, and, as the Inflammation ex-
tends up the eustaceian tubes into the inter-
nal ear there is partial deafness with throb-
bing. huInming or ringing noises in the ear.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter is uncon-
Sciously swallowed. which, in time, de-
causing dyspepsia and a multiplicity OF dis
coriant 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, ana
who can deny the assertion that to neglect
Catarrh is to i1lIitc Consumption:
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and mfidle-aged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock IL
is 1rst 80 cold IN the head Whicn @ resolves
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 lie. of ('nnAump-
tion, who can look back six months, a year,
or longer, as the case may be, to n time when
It was "GtH catd1Th." Neglected at Time
when (prOpeTIy treated a cure was possible,
silently and almost impercept!bly 1t has
transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan listleSSnesS 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, ana me
E0rDn INTyn aiming
mind turns mourn1ully backward 10 'Wnat
might have been." and tremblingly forward
TO whRtEOon must be.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well of itSelf,".' or Is
durable by snutilng or inhaling the nos
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon JeT"nIETltdttTe cO1dtttOn OF tIte Otood
Medical writers are wont to speak OF Ca
tarrh as a simple local inflammation. and
both It's importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive Dnt
passing notice from the general pracLlLIOneE.
and thus Catarrh as surely predtspoSes TO
Consumption as does the dag, precede the
night, and is in fact the prelude 10 that
disease in eight cases out of ten.
The disease is everywhere preValenti pco-
pie resort TO such means as always 1ai!, then
give heed to the popular Eallacy that1t Is in
curable, and settle into a sort OF mental
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
nn ihs sRu6Iect. and thus matters stand, while
the disease progresses until hope Is sdeau, anu
life becomes mockeFy, when ,1na SGrneS er te !se
WiS,t n the country" "a change of climate"
"a sea Voyage" ia return OF health ognIt9 IN the
spring" etc; but, alas the country referred
tEe festering grave, and the spring is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES 1T
Let those who donbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor consumptive, whose
sun OF life is going down at noon: or Watch
iy and judlcious treatment. "A little while
and we miss their coming; youth and health
from the eye has gone out, the hands are
foIdedIy peaceably over the still henrt-they
are gone.