The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-22
NASAL CATARRH
AND ITS EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.

C,atarrll- consists tsofinfammatiOn OF beginning
behind and a little above the Veli OF the pal
ate and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities of the face. 1t creates per-
petuaI desire TO swallow, and causes feel
ing Rs II something was sticking IN the up
peP and back part OF the throat. AS the dis
ease becomes chronic, the matter concretes
into hardened Jumps, tho matter secrGted
becomes puIifOrm, the breath Is offensive,
and the voice assumes a nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort tS re-
Ouired TO c ear the head and throat. There
r. oiten a feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing ncadacne, az
. illness, and confusion OF thought ana loss OF
The sense of smell becomes impaired, the
ewes are weak, and, as the Inflammation eX-
tends up the eustaceian tubes into the inter
nal ear there is partial deafness with throo-
bling. hummIng or ringing noises In the ear
scionsIy swallowed, which. in time, de-
ranges the stomach and lmpalrs ulgesLlon,
causing dyspepsia and a multiplicity OF uiS-
IaiIen for other diseases. To the foregoing.
add the fact that every breath OF air drawn
snTfsce. festeFing with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that TO neglect
Catarrh is TO invite Consumption:
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and middle-aged die. Ana YET very seluoin
do the lungs TeGelve @ tHe a tUIic tesoves
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the ku!ect
FEELS n alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
the lungs, when all attempts nj cure are III
tie better than blind experiments.
With every Incentive 10 enjoyment and
usefulness there are hundTeds an 1founu US
ton who can IOok back six monthS'a year,
or longer, as the case may be, TO Time when
when (prOperIv treated a cure was possible,
silently and almost 1mpercepLDly IL mas
transformed the pTgnI, IH1iHS ~ 1ret
mature age, aS II has drunk up the VltAlHS
from the blood and fluids OF the Wnsteu
frame, and now, when hope Is uean. anu me me
life fOrce4 one by one are ebbinR away, the
mind turns monrnfulIy backward 10 'whnt
might have been. ana trehOHng'S lol""i"
TO what soon must he,
CONsRQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that ''Catarrh will get well OF itself" or IL
durable by snufiing or inhal,ng tme nos
member that the local disease depen!ls al
IVsys upon Ie7ne7ltdtire condition Of the blood
Medical writer's are wont TO SPEAK OF Ca-
tarrh as a simple local Inflammation, and
hOfh It's i'm mportance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive nut IL
naSSInR notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh surely predispoSeS 10
ConsumptIon as does the day precede the
night and is In fact the prelude 10 IhaL
disease in eight cases out of ten.
The disease Is everywhere prevalent; peo-
pie resort to such means rs always iaii' ttGn zen
curable and settle into sort OF mental
APATHY, encouraged by the belief that Tue
FAMILY physician knows all that Is known
M Ihe subject and thus matt iers stand, while
the disease prORTcSSes until hope lBdeau, anu
life becomes m0cKery: %aca:vs1 %1ea adVIce or IN
UIS,f t6 tho country, ,'"a change of climate,
"a sea xoyage return Of health retnrIn In the
SPIS Nat W nich lies beyond tho confines OF
The Sestering grave, and the spring is that
sesson which blooms eternal when LIES Mt
.et those who donbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor COnsumptiVe, whose
sun OF life is going down at noon. or Walch
itG nr0press upOn those who neglect It's time
iy and judiclous treatment. A little while
and We miss their coming; youth and healtn
nom the eve has gore ont, the hands are
foidediy peaceably over the still heart-they
are gone.