The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-05
Mel LURE HOUSE,
NASAL CATARRH
THE SYSTEM.
AND ITS EFFECT UpoN

Catarrh consists tsOfin1lammniIon of beginning
behind and a little above the veil of the pal
ME, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face. 1t creates per
pelual uCsiIe 10 swallow, and causes 1eel-
Ing as II something was sticking In the up
per and back part OF the throat. AS The dis
case becomes chronic, the matter concTctes
into hardened Jumps. the matter Secreted
becomes puFiIOrIn, the breath Is offensive,
and tue voice assumes q nasal iWang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort is re-
quITed to ear the head and throat. There
Ii often feeling o! pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache. diZ-
illness, and confusion Oh thought ana loss OF
memory.
eyes are weak, and, AS the Inflammation eX-
tends up the euStaceiRn tubes into the inter
nal ear there is partial deafness with ilrOb-
bling. hulnntng or ringing noises IN Tie ear.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter IS uncon-
EciOusly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the tOmach and lInpnlTS digestion
causing d dyspepsia and multiplicity OF dis
cOrdRnt symptoms, which are often mis-
tnken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
ndd tile TACT that every breath OF air drawn
INTO The lungs is drawn over the diseased
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that 10 neglect
CntarIh IL to inUite Consumption.
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and middle-ageu die. And yet very seldom
Is first "a cold In the head" which resolves
into Chronic CRtaTrh, from W which the sU cct
feels no alarm, until, step by step, 1t renclIG5
the lungs, when all attempts nj cure are lit
lie better than blind experiments.
With every incentive TO enjoyment anu
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the mOrhing OF lie, OF Conhump-
tinn, who can IOOk back six months, Il year,
1t was "GI't cntdTrh" h Heg!ected at time
when (IropCrly treated n cure was possible
silently and almost lmpercepubly 1t has
transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan listleSSneSs OF pre-
mature age, as IL has drunk up tho vitality
mn
life forces one by OUe are ebbtnE away, the
mind turns mournfulIy backward TO "what
might have been, and tTeInDlluBIy lO1Wafu
to what soon must be.
CONSTITUENCIES OF NEGLECT.
Those who IndoTse the stupid assertion
that "CatarIh will get well OF ITSELF, or Is
trunB in common use. will do well to re-
Inomber that the local disease depends al
ways upon q aJCr7leIttGttIe condition Of the blood
Medical writers are wont TO speak OF Ca
tarrh as a simple local Inflammation, and
both It's Importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but
passing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely predispoSeS TO
Consumption does the day precede the
night, and Is in fact the prelude to that
disease III eight cases ont OF ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; peo-
pie resort to such means MS always fall, then
give heed TO the popular fallacy that IT Is in
curable, and settle into sort OF mental
apathy encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows all that Is known
on Ihe subject, and thus matter stand, while
the disease progresses until hope Sdead, anu
stereoiyped aud hackneyed advice OF "a
VISIT TO the country, ""a change of climate,
"a sea voyage" "a return of health in the
spring" cic.; but, alas the country referred
to Is that which lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring IL thht
season which blooms eternal when LIES Mt
Hul fever Is over.
Let those who donbt this portrayal OF Ca
tarrh question the poor consunptlEe, whose
Snn ri life is going down at noon, or watch
lis progress upon those who neglect It's time
Iy and judicious treatment. A little while
and we miss their coming; youth and health
have faded from lips and cheek. the light
from the eye has gore out, the hands are
IOIdedIy peaCCably over the still heHrt-they
are gone.