The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-14
NASAL CATARRH
TIE SYSTEM.

Catarrh consists of ofinnammation beginning
behind and little above the veil OF the pal
ate, anu extending upward into the nose
petual OeSile 10 swallow, and causes 1eel-
ing as II something was sticking In the up
per and back part OF the throat. AS the dis
care becomes chronic, the matter cOncreteE
into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
becomes purlfOrIn, the breath is offensive
aud tue voice assumes a nasal twang, while
on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
quired TO ear the head and throat. There
Ii often feeling of pressure across the lower
p"rt OF the forehead, causing headache, diZ-
zineEs and confusion OF thought and loss OF
memory.
The sense of smell becomes impaired, the
eyes are weak, and, as the Inflammation eX-
tends up the eustaceian tubes into the inter-
nal ear there Is partial deafness with thrOb-
bling hummIng or ringing noises in the ear.
in sleep the Catarrhal matter Is uncon-
scIoukly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the tOmach and lmpatrs digestion.
causing dyspepsia and q multiplicity OF dis
cOrdanL symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the TACT that every breath OF air drawn
into the lungs is drawn over the diseased
surfrc=, fest ering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny The assertion that to neglect
CatArrh is 10 inCite Consump ption.
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and middle-ageu die. And yet very seldom
is first ga ccid in the head" which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the su ect
feels LO alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
tie better than blind experiments.
With every incentive to enjoyment and
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the NOR. ing OF lie, OF COnsump-
tion, who can look back SIX months, q year,
or longer, as the Case may be, TO time when
II was "6ut cdt01Th" r eglected at time
when (proDerIy treated cure was possible g,
silently and almost lmpercept1bly 1t has
transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan listleSsneSs of pre-
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids Of the wasted
life forces one by one are ebbtng away, the
mind turns mournfuIIy back ward to ''what
might have been." ana trembllngly forward
to what soon must BE-
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that 'Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF" or Is
curable by snuthng or lnhalInE the nos
trums in common use, will do well TO re-
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon Preventative co'ldttton OF me 6Lood
Medical writer's are wont TO speak or Ca
tarrh as a simple local Inflammation, and
DO b It's importance and rational treatment
pas>ing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely pred1sposes 10
Consumption as does the day precede the
night, and is in fact the prelude to that
disease IN eight cases ont OF ten.
The disease Is everywhere prevalent; peO-
pie resort TO such means as always faii, then
curable, and settle into sort OF mental
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows all that ts known
on the subject, and thus mat, ers stand, while
the disease progresses until hope sdead, and
stereoiyped and hackneyed advice OF a
visit 10 the country, ,""a change of climate" q"
"a sea voyage" "a return OF health in the
to is hat " Itch lies beyondthe confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES 1T
Let those who doubt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor consumptive, whose
sun OF lie Is going down at noon, or wAtch
Iy and judicIous treatment. a little while
ard we miss their coming; youth and healt
rom the eve has goI out, the hands arc
foidediy poaceably over the still heart-they
are gone.