The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-25
THE SYSTEM
AND IT'S EFFECT UPON

Catarrh'consists sofinfIRmmation beginning
behind and n little above the veil OF the pal
ate, anu extending upward into tho nose
and air cavities OF the face. II creates a per-
ueIual desire to swallow and causes a ieeI-
ing as II something was sticking IN the up
per aud back part of the throat. AS The dis
ease becomes chronic, the matter concIeteS
into hardened Jumps, tho matter secreted
becomes puTifOrm, the breath Is offensive,
and the voice assumes nasal twang, while.
on rising in the morning, great effort ts re-
uuired TO C ear the head and throat. There
Is often q feeling of pressure across tho lower
psrL OF the forehead, causing headache, diZ-
ziness, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
memory.
the sense of smell becomes impaired, the
eyes are weak, and, as the 1nhaInm alton eX-
tends mp the GustaceiHn tubes into the inter
nal ear there Is partial deafness with thrOb-
bling hunmlng or ringing noises IN me ear
Scioukly swallowed. which, in time. de-
ranges the stomach and 1mpa1rs digestion,
causing dyspepsia and InulL1plclty OF dlh-
cortIanL symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the iact that every breath OF air drawn
intn IIIC lungs liz drawn over the diseased
SuTGtco, fees! cTing with Catarrhal matter, nnd
who can deny The assertion that 10 neglect
CutuTIh iB TO inTiie Consumption:
consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
nj the present day, with which the young
and middle ageG 1ie; ;,, Ana yet very seldom
Is Inst "a cold i'll the head" which resolves
INTO Chronic Catarrh, from which The su Get
feels DO alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
the lungs, when all attempts nt cure are lit
tie be;Ier than blind ex periments.
with every incentive 10 enjoyment and
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morning OF lie, OF COnhump-
ton who can IOOk back six months, a year,
~ i; vas ..E,T ctttaSTG." Il epIscted at a time
when property treGteCD n cure was posSib'e,
silently and almost imperceptibly It has
transformed the bright, rnddy features or
youth into the dull, wan listlesSneRs OF pre-
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF tho wasted
n M Ia hEs
mind turns mo1rnfulIy backward 10 ''what
might have beens" and tremDlIngIy foIWard
10 what soon must be.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indOrse the stupid assertion
that ''Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF" or Is
durable by snu1hng or inhalIng the nos
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon PREVENTATIVE condition Of The blood.
Medical writer's are wont TO speak OF Ca
tnrrh as a simple local Inflammation, and
bO: n its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or TecelVe but
and thus Catarrh as surely predispOses to
Consumption as does the day precede the
night, and Is in fact the prelude 10 lhaL
disease IN eight cases ont of ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; reo-
pie resort to such means as always fall, then
give heed to the popular faliacy that It ls In
cnrable and settle into a sort OF mental
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows All that is known
on Lhe subject, and thus matters stand, while
the disease progresses until hope Is dead, and
nfe becomes n mockery, when comes the
stereoIyped and hackneyed advice OF "a
visit to the country" ""a change OF climate,
"a yea voyage" "a return OF health in the
spring" etc; but, alas the country referred
10 is that which lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring Is that
seaEon which Blooms eternal when lies Mt
ful fever Is over.
Let those who doubt this portrayal OF Ca.
iRrrh question the poor consumptlVe' WhoSe
It's progress upon those who neglect It's lime
Iy and judici ous treatment. A little whiie
nave faded from lips and cheek; the light
from the eye has gone out, the hands are
rOIdedIy peHceably over the still heart-lhey
are gone.