The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-18
THE SYSTEM

| Catarrh.consIsts of finfiammatio ion beginning
| behind ard Il little above the veil OF the pal
| ate, aIu extending upward INTO the nose
| and air cavities of the face. IT creates per-
pctunI deSle to swallow, and causes a feel
| Ing II something was sticking IN the up
| per and back part of the throat. AS the dis
| ease becomes chronic, the matter cOncretCs
into hardened Jumps, the matter EecreLeCl
! becomes purlfOrm, the breath IL offensive,
and the voice assumes n nasal twang, while,
| on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
| QuiTtd To c ear the head and throat. There
| Is often IA feeling of pressure across the lower
| part OF the fOTeheAu causing headache, diZ-
| ZineSS, anu confusion OF thought auu loss OF
| memory.
The sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
| eyes are weak, and, Hs the Inflammation eX-
| tends up the euStaCeiHn tutTeS into the inter
! nal car there is partial deafness with thrOb-
bing. hummlng or ringing noises in the ear.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter Is uncOn-
SCiOusly swallowed, which, i'll time, de-
| ranges the :tOmHch and impnlrE digestion.
| causing Il YSpep pSiR and IL multiplicity OF dis
| cOTdauI 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
| Aurfacs, fostering with Catarrhal NATTER aud
who can deny the assertion that TO neglect
| CaIArIh is TO inuIkF Consumption:
| Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
At the present day, with which the young
ana middle-aged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock II
| is first "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the Su oct
| feels no alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
| the lungs, when all attempts At cure are lit
| lie better than blind experiments.
| With every incentive TO enjoyment anu
| usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
| dying In the morning OF lie, or COnAump-
ton, who can look back six months, n year,
| II was slut cni0rThl." Neglected at a time
| when (prOpcrLy trEULCC) n cure was possible,
silently and almost lnpercept1bly II has
| transformed tho bright, rnuuy 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
| when hone
life forces one by OEe are ebbln2 away, the
mind turns nOurntnlly back ward to what
might have been.' and tTcmDLngly forward
| to what soon must be,
CONSEOUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who intlorse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well of ITSELF" or Is
| curHDIe by Enu1llng or inhRlIng the nos
| trunS i'll common use, Will do well to re-
member that the local disease depends al !
ways upon condition Of the blood.
| Medical writer's are wont to speak OF Ca
tATrh nS IA simple local Inflammation, ana
bO:h its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but a
passing notice from the general practitioner;
| and thus Catarrh as surely prGdiSpOSeS 10
COnsum pit IN 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 prevalent; peO-
| ple resort to such means AS always fa1l, then
| give heed to the popular fallacy that 1t Is In
| curable, and settle into Il sort OF mental
apathy, encouraged by the belief that the
| family physician knows all that IL known
on the subject, and thus mntlerss stand, Whlle
the disease progresses until hope isdead, ana
| life becomes Il mOCkery, when comes the
stere0typed and hackneyed advice OF -
visit to the country" change OF climate, "
spring" eIc; but, alas the country referred
to is that W nich lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and The spring IL that
season which blooms eternal when LIES Mt
ful fever Is over.
let those who doubt this portrayal of Ca.
| tarrh question the poor consumptiVe, whose
| sun OF life Is going down at noon, or watch
It's progress upon those who neglect Its time
| ~ and iudIciOuS treatment. a little while
have faded from lips and cheek: the light
from the eye has gore out, the hands are
| fOldedly peaceably over the Still he"rt-they
are gone.