The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-26
NASAL CATARRH
AND ITS EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

Catarrh consists tsofinflammation of beginning
behind and n little above the veil Of the pal
ate, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face. 1t creates per
netual desire to swallow, and causes a feel
ing ~ II something was sticking In the up
per and back part OF the throat. AS The dls-
ease becomes chronic, the matter concretes
becomes purlform, the breath Is offensive,
and the voice assumes nasal wang, Whlle'
ON rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
Uuired TO Gear the head and throat. There
IL often a feeling of pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache, dlZ-
ziness, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
Tho sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
ewes ara weak, and, as the Inflammation eX-
tends up the eustaceInn tubes into the inter-
nal ear there is partial deafness with throb-
bing. humming or ringing noises IN tne eHF.
sciously swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the stomach and impairs digestion,
causing dyspepsia and muIt1pllclty OF o1s-
cOrtlant ayInp plOms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add tho fact that every breath OF air drawn
into the lungs is drawn over tho diseased
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that 10 neglect
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and mfIdIe-Rged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
ia first "R cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from which the Sill oct
feels no alarm, until, step by step. 1t reaches
H.
lie better than blind experiments.
. With every incentive TO enjoyment anu
usefulness, there are hundTeds az aG0uI19 us
ton, who can IOOk back six months, year,
or longer, as the case may be, TO q time when
when (0r0peTly tredtetD cure was possible
silently and almost impercepubly 1t has
TRANSFORMED tho bright, Tuduy features ,o Oh
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted ted
frame, and now, when nope ~ uesI; Ian, anu ~
mind turns mOHrn1ully back TO w naI
might have been" and trenDllnSIy lolwafu
10 what soon must be,
Those who Indorse the stupid assertion
that "CatarIh will get well OF lLselI, or Ii
curable by Bnufilng or inhaling the nos
trums In common use, Will do Weu 10 re-
member that the local disease depends al
WAYS upon Je77le1ltGttre condition J me OEo0tt
Medical writers are Wont 10 speak OF "a
tarrh ms n simple local Inflammation, ana
n0Ih its importance and rational treatment
arc either wholly ignored, or receive put
passing notice from the general pLaCItIoneI u;
COnsum ptiOn does the day precede the
night and is in fact The prelude 10 thAt
disease in eight cases ont OF Ten.
The disease Is everywhere prevalent; peo-
nle resort to such means as always Ia!!' tnen
xivo heed to the popular 1a1lacy tnat ~ ls IL
snrafle and settle into a sort OF mental
omaiEv encouraged by the belief that tho
family physician knows ali mat Ii hn0HIn I
on the subject, ana thus teIs sLauu WHY i
iife hec0meS n mOckery, when comes the
stereotyPed sttS d and hackneyed advice OF =. :;
visit 10 the coumtrya change gItb OF Gmat9, fI tho
snring. eic.; hut, alas the country referred
to is that which lies beyond the confines o, ot
the fostering grave, and me spring is tttHt -;
season which blooms eternal when lies nt'
full fever Is over. r ~,
Let those who donbt this portrayal OF Ca ca.
tarrh question the poor consunPuVe, VIII MdruSo eT9
snn OF life Is going down at noon, OF WhtcIl
ifs progress upon those who neglect It's time
" and jndlcious treatment. A little iItS Whue
lave faded from lips and check. the light
from the eye has gone out, the hands t, are
foldedIy peaceably over the still heaFt-theS
are gone.