The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-04
NASAL CATARRH
AND IT5 EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

arIh'conslStS contamination in beginning
behind ard n little above the veil Of the pal
ate. ;Inu extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face. II creates Il per
uciual uC sire to swallow, and causes n leeI-
ing as II something was sticking IN the mp
per and back part Of the throat. AS inc DIS
ease Incomes chronic, the matter cnnCreteS
into hardened Jumps, the matter hecrttcd
becomes purIiOrID, the breath is offensive,
and the voice assumes a nasal twang, while,
on rising IN the morning, great effort Is re-
Vuircd 10 ear the head and throat. There
i, often Il feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing hcAuache, ul%-
ZintES and confusion OF thought ana loss OF
'Tnc sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
ewes are weak and, rs the Inflammation eN-
tends up the CuStaCeiun tubes into the inteI-
nal ear there Is partial deafness with thTOb-
bling nummIug or ringing noises in the ear.
in sleep the Catarrhal matter Is uncon-
S,iOusly swallowed, which, In time, de-
ranges the tOmHch ana lmpalrs digestion,
causing Il SSpcpsiA and "A multiplicity OF dis
cuTdKnI symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the tact that sveIy breath OF air drawn
surface. fostering with Catarrhal matter, ana
who can deny The assertion that 10 HtYtcct
CatarIh Is TO nrte Consumption.
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and Iniddle-aSed die. And yct very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
rs first "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic CataIrh, from W hIch the su Get
feels 70 alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
tie better Than blind experiments.
with every incentive to enjoyment ana
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying III the mOrGinS OF lie, Of t0hsumP-
ton, who can IOuk back six months,a year,
or longer, RS the case may be, to Il time When
IL was ''LJu CItIrrh.' Neglected at time
when LtT0Ucriy frcGtCd) a cure was possible,
silently and almost lmPeTceptibly 1t has
transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
Noutn into the dull wan liStleSSneSs OF pre-
mature age AS IL has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame, and now, when hope is dead, and Inc
life forces one by oLe are ebOinH away the
mind turns mOurntuIly back ward To "wh",
might have been" ana tTemblinSly forward
to what soon must be.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF or IS
durable by Snutllng or lnhaInS tne nos
4rurrs in common use, will do well to re-
member that the lOrHl disease depends al
ways upon II JernIJ JIt1tire condition gl me bt0Cd
Medical writers are wont 10 speak OF CA1
tarrh as II simple local Inflammation, anu
both it's importance and rational treatment
are. either wholly ignored, or receive put a
paS-lng notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Iatarrh as surely predispOSeS TO
COnsum ptiDn as does the day PIecede the
disease. in eiS ut cases ont OF ten
The disease is everywhere prevalent; peO-
plc resort to such means as always iall, then
1--WE heed to the popular taIlacy that 1t Is In
curable and settle into a sort OF menia!
apathy encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows all that Is known
on ihs SuGieci and thus matt ers stand, while
the disease progresses until hope Is dead, and
life becomes a Inockery, when comes the
slerpuiyped and hRckncyed advice OF "a
yISII 10 the country, "''st change of climate" "
"a sea voyage" "a return of health i'll the
spring" cic.; hut, alas the country reicrTcd
to is that wnich lies beyond the cOhnhes OF
the fostering grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when llfcs Mt
fuI fever is over.
let those who donbt this portrayal of Ca.
tarrh question the poor COnSUmptlNe, whose
sun OF life is going down at noon, or watch
it's progress upon those who neglect ltS Time
ly and IuIIiciOuS treatment. little Whllc
ard we miss their coming; youth and health
have fIdcd from lips and cheek the llSht
from the eye has gore out. lhe hhhhA arc
iuIdeuly penCcanly over the still heart-thcy
are gone.