The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-26
NASAL CATARRH
AND ITS EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM.

Catarrh consists stsofinflammatIon OF beginning
behind and a little above the veil OF the pal
and air cavities of the face. It creates per-
petual desire TO swallow, and causes q 1eel-
Ing as II something was sticking in the mp
per and back part of the throat. AS the dis
ease becomes chronic, the matter concretes
into hardened Jumps, the matter EeCreted
becomes puriform, the breath is offensive,
and the voice assumes nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
Quired to c ear the head and throat. There
Is often a feeling of pressure across tho lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache, diz-
illness, and confusion of thought and loss OF
memory.
ewes are weak, and, as the Inflammation eX-
tends up the eustaceian tubes into the inter-
nal ear there is partial deafness with throb-
binR hummlng or ringing noises in the car.
in sleep the Catarrhal matter 1a uncOn-
sciously swallowed. which. in time. de-
ranges the stomach and lmpaIrS digestion,
causing dyspepsia and Il multiplicity OF dis
cOrianL symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
ndd the fact that every breath or air drawn
into the lungs is drawn over the diseased
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that to neglect
Catarrll Is TO invite Consumption:
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and mfidIe-aged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
ls first "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic CatRrrh, from W hich the su;ect
feels no alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
the lungs, when all attempts At cure are lit
With every incentive to enjoyment and
usefuIneES there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morning OF lie, OF ConsumP-
lion who can look back six months, Il year,
or longer, as the case may be, to a time when
IL was ''6tlt cdtdrTh." Neglected at a time
when (1)TOpeTLy tTenteCD cure was possible,
siientlY and almost imperceptlbly it has
transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan listleSSness OF pre-
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
rom the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame, and now, when hope is dead, and the
life forces one by ore are e6olng away, tne
might have been," ana tremD1ngIy forward
TO what soon must be-
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse- the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF or Is
curablet by snu1ing or 1nhRltng the nos
trnmH in common use, will do well 10 re-
member that the tocGt disease depenaas pei a9oI, al
WAYS upon IeTnIe1ltGtiUe condition Of The bLoOd
Medical writer's are won't TO speak OF "a
tarrh as a simple local Inflammation, ana
hOIf its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but
passing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely predlspoSes 70
Consumption as does the day, precede the
night and Is in fact the prelude 10 thAL
disease in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease is everywhere Prevaleni; peo,
give heed to the popular fallacy that II rs IN
curable and settle into a sort OF mentaI
apathy encouraged by the Delie1 that the
family physician knows all that Is known
on the subject, and thus matters stand, WhlIe
the disease progresses until nope lSueAu' anu
lie becomes a mockery, when comes the
stereoiyped and hackneyed advice OF "a
20 sea A. VOYAGE, ;" "a return of health in the
spring." ETC; but, alas the country referred % q
10 is that wnich lies beyond the connnes o! o.
Seeson Se which Blooms eternal when 1Ifc's Mt.
fuI fever Is over. - r..
tarrIi Ouestion the poor consumptiVe, whose
sun of life is going down at noon. or watch
lis progress upon those who neglect It's time
10 and iudicious treatment. a little While
and we miss their coming; youth and health
have faded from lips and cheek, the ilgnt
from the eye has gone out, the hanos tat, are
are gone.