The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-24
NASAL CATARRH
AND IT'S EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

rrh'consIsts Of in1amnation beginning
behind and n little above the veil OF the pal.
and air cavities OF the face. 1t creates per
petual desire to swallow, and causes a 1eel-
Ing as II something was sticking in the up
per and back part of the throat. AS the dis
ease becomes chronic the matter cOncretes
into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
becomes purlform, the breath Is offensive
and the voice assumes nasal twang, while
on rising in the morning, great effort is re-
0niretI 10 a. ear the head and throat. There
Is often a feeling OF pressure across the lower
part of the forehead, causing headache, diZ.
illness, and confusion OF thought and loss oi
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 throh-
bIng. huInming or ringing noises In the ear
In sleep the Catarrhal matter is unc0n-
sciousIy swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the stOm1ch and impn1rH digestion
causing dyspepsia and multiplicity OF dis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the fact that every breath OF air drawn
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that 10 neglect
C;atarrh Is 10 inuiLc Consumption.
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
mt the present day, with which the young
and mfddIe-Rged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
is first "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic CataTrh, from W htch the su .ect
feels nc alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
Tie better than blind experiments.
With every incentive TO enjoyment ana
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
diving in the morning OF life, OF CCnAump-
tiOn, who can look back six months, a year,
or longer, sthe case may be, 70 time when
when C1ToperLy treated cure was possible,
silently and almost imperceptibly 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
TFy10 IL
life forces one by one are ebbinS away, the
mind turns mOurnfully backward to ''wha,
might have been, ana trembNnS!y lOIW'UU
Ia what soon must be-
COESROUEECES OF REGLECr.
Those who indOrse the stupid assertion
that ''CatnrTh will get well OF itself" or Is
durable by snu1hng or 1nhaling Tue nos
truus in common use, Will do well TO re-
member that the local disease depends al
IVaYsupOn Preventative condition Of The blood.
,aTrH as a simple local Inflammation, and
both It's Importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive put a
DaSSing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely predsposes TO
Consumption as does the day precede the
disease in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; poo
Dle resort to such means as always lall' then
SnrabIe. and settle into a sort OF mental
apathv encouraged by the beIef that the
family physician knows all that is known
on the subject and thus matters stand, White
the disease progresses until hope isdead, and
life becomes q mockery, when comes Lne
siereotVped and hackneyed advice of "a
visit TO the country, "a change OF climate," ,"
"a sea voyage" ga return OF health IN the
sprIng," ETC.; but; alas the country reierIed
~ is hat W rich lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring Is tnat
season which blooms eternal When lHes III
Let those who donbt this portrayal OF Ca.
tarrn question the poor consumPtlve, wnoSe ilteI1
its nroeTess upon those who neglect It's time
10 and iudiciouS treatment. A little While
and we miss their coming; youth and healtn
nave faded from lips and cheek: the llgnt
from the eye has gone out, the hands are
foldedly peaceably over the still heart-theS
are gone,