The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-08
NASAL CATARRH
AND ITs EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.

Catnrrh'consisIso so1intiammation beginning
behind ard n little ABOVE the veil of the pal
ME, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities Of the face. 1t creates per
nctual dCsile to swallow, and causes n Ieel-
ing as II something was sticking in the up
per and back part OF the throat. AS the uis-
ease becomes chronic, the matter cOncrcleH
into hardened Jumps, tho matter Recreted
becomes puTlfOrm, tho breath is offensive,
and the voice assumes "A nasal lWnng, while
on rising In the morning, great'efiOrt Is re-
Uuired 10 ear the head ana throat. ihere
Is often a feeling OF pressure across Tho lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache, diZ-
illness, and confusion OF thought anu lOSs OF
The sense of smell becomes impaired, the
ewes nre weak, and, as the Inflammation eX-
tends uD the euStnceiHn tubes into the intel
NIL car there is partial deafness with throh-
bling. humninG or ringing noises IN Inc ear.
in sleep the Catarrhal matter iS uncon-
scIouLly swallowed, which, III time, de-
ranges the tOmach ami impairs digestion.
causing dyspepsia and multiplicity OF as
cOIdanj symptoms, which are often mtT-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
ndd the fact that every breath OF air drawn
into the lungs Is drawn over the diseased
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who cnn deny the assertion that TO neglect
CatarIh is to invite 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 1t
IL first "a cold III the head which resolves
into Chronic CataIrh, from W hich the Su Get
feels Z o alarm, until, step by step, it reaches
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tie better than blind experiments.
with every incentive to enjoyment anu
usefulness, there are hnndIeds al 1founu us
ton, who can IoOk back six months, year,
or longer, as the case may be, to Il time when
II was "GHt CHtOrTh." Neglected nj uInc
when (pTOpcTIy LTCuteC) n cure was possible,
silently and almost lmperceptibly IL has
transformed tho bright, ruddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan liStleSSneSS or pre-
mature age, MS 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 Que arc ebbing away, the
mind turns mOUrn1ully backward TO whaI
might have BEEN" ana tremOllngIy fol ward
To what soon must be,
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indOrse the stupid assertion
that ''CatnrTh Will get well OF ITSELF or Is
curuOle by suu1llng or inhnlng the ncs-
trumS III common use, Will do wei 10 re-
member that the local disease depends al
ways upOn Ec17nCIliTtir6 condition GI The Lt00d.
Medical writers are wont to speak OF Cn,
tarrh AS n simple local Inflammation, and
lOIh its importance and rational treatment
arc either wholly ignored, or receive but a
nilsslng notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely pTedisPoSes TO
Consumption as does the day pTecede the
night, and is in fact the prelude I" that
disease in eight cases ont OF ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; pco-
pie resort to such means MS always fall. then
give heed to the popular fnllacy that it is in
Curablc, and settle into a sort OF mental
apRthy, encouraged by the belie1 IhaC the
family physician knows all that IL known
on the subject, and thus mRtterHstRnd while
the disease progresses until hope isdead, and
life becomes a mOckery, when comes the
stereOtyped and hackneyed advice of -
visit 10 the country,''''a change of climate,
Ia sea voyage" "a return of health in the
sprinR" oic; but, alas ! the country referred
10 is that which lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and tho spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES tit-
fuI fever is over.
Let those who doubt this portrayal of Ca
tRrrh question the poor cOnsumptiVe, whose
snm OF life is going down at noon, or watch
Its progress upon those who neglect its time
Iy and judiciOuS treatment. A little while
and we miss their coming; youth and health
have fnded from lips and cheek. the light
from the eye has gore out, the hands are
NOIdedIy peaccaUly over tho still heart-they
are gone.