The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-13
NASAL CATARRH
THB SYSTEM.

C'atarrlI.cOnslsts tsofinfiammationb OF beginning
behind ard II little above the veil Of the pal
ate. anu extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face. 1t creates per-
pcIunl uCSiIe 10 swallow, and causes y ICel-
ing HS II something was sticking in the up
per and back part OF the thrnnt. AS the dis
ease becomes chronic, the matter COncrcteE
into hardened Jumps, the matter sGcreLed
becomes puTIfOrm, the breath is offensive,
and the voice assumes II nasal tWanG, while,
on rising i'll tho morning, great effort IL re-
uuirtri to ear the head and throat. There
Is often Il iCcling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing head ache. tiiZ-
illness, and confusion of thought and loss Ol
memory.
The sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
eyes are weak, and, ms the Inflammation eX-
| tends up the custaCeian tubes into tho inter
| nal ear there is partial deafness with thrOh-
bng humnInE or ringing noises in the ear.
| in sleep the Catarrhal matter ~ uucOn-
SinuSly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the tOInaCh and iInpHirH digestion,
| causing dy spcpSIa and IL multiplicity OF dis
COTdant 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, fest ering with Catarrhal MATTER and
who can deny The assertion that TO nCyic"f
| CutarIh is To iHUitC Consumption.
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
| at the present day, with which the young
and middle aged die. And yet very seldom
| do the lungs receive the primary shock IL
| IL tir6I IA cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic CAlaIrh, from W hicn the Su .cct
feels 10 alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
! tie BET ter than blind experiments.
with every incentive to enjoyment anu
! usefulness there are hundreds all around us
| dying in the morning of lie, or CGnhump-
| ton, who can IOOk back six months, IL year,
or longer. AS the case may he, TO Il Time when
! II was "bHt CGiUTTh." Neglected at & time
| when CIrUpcrLY tTeUtcCi) cure was possible,
| silently and almost lmperceptibly II has
| transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
| youth into the dull, wan liStleSSueSS or 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, and the
life forces one by ore are ebbing away, the
mind turns InOurnfully backward to ''Wllat
might have been" ana tremblingly forward
| TO what soon must be-
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indOrSe the stupid assertion
Curable by Snu1llng or lnhallng the nos
trums in common use, will do well TO re-
member that the local disease depends al
ways pom fern, Htdttre condition Of the blood.
Medical writers are wont To speak OF Ca
tarrn as Il simple local Inflammation, and
TO, II its Importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but a
passing notice from the general practitioner;
Hmd thus Catarrh as surely predispOSes to
COnSUm ptiOu as does the day precede the
night, and is in fact the prelude 10 that
disease in eight cases out OF ten
The disease Is everywhere pIevalent; peo-
give heed To the popular 1AlIHcy thAL IL III IN
curablc, and settle into sort OF mental
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
CinIily physician knows all that is known
on the subject and thus matt ers stand, while
the disease progresses until hope is dead, and
life becomes a mOckeTy, when comes the
stereOlyped and hackneyed advice of "a
visit TO Ihe country, ,''"a change of climate"
ga sea voyage" "a return OF health in the
spring c;c; but, alas the country referred
to is that W uich lies beyond the confines of
the fostering grave, and the spring is that
season which blooms eternaI When llIe y NJ
Iul fever is over.
Let those who lonbt this portrayal of Ca.
tarrh question the poor cOnsumpiiTe. whose
4 SNf IN iG
It's progress upon those who neglect its time
ly and judici Gus treatment. A little while
ard we miss their coming: youth and health
from the eye has gore out. the hands are
iO!dedIy peacefully over the still heHrt-they
arc gone.