The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-07
THE SYSTEM.

Catarrh consists sofinf1ammation of beginning
behind and a little above the veil OF the pal:
ate, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities of the face. 1t creates per-
petual desire to swallow, and causes ieel-
ing az 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 a nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great effort is re-
quired 10 Gear the head and throat. There
Is often feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache, diz-
illness, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
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 throb-
In sleep the Catarrhal matter is uncon.
sciously swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the :tomach and 1mpairs digestion,
causing dyspepsia and multiplicity or dis
cOrdant symptoms, which are often mis-
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
CatarTh is to fJ1UiLe Consumption:
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
and middle-aged die: And yet very seldom
is first "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic CataTrh, from W hlch the su eCt
feels n 10 alarm, until, step by step, 1t reaches
the lungs. when ali attempts at cure are lit
tie better than blind experiments.
With every incentive to enjoyment and
dying in the morning OF Lie. of ConAump-
tiOn, who can IOOk back six months, a year,
Er fi Was "iH ~ eataTTG TT SeSseted at Tine
when (E1rOpeTly tredted) cure was possible,
silently and almost lmperceptibly 1t has
transformed the bright, ruddy features of
youth into the dull, wan listlesshess OF pre-
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
fa
life forces one by Que are ebbing away, the
mind turns mournfuNy backward to "what
might have been." ana tremblingly forward
to what soon must be,
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
curablc by snufflng or inhaling the nos
trums in common use, will do well to re-
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon Preventative condition Of the 6to0d
Medical writers are wont TO speak OF Ca
tarrh as simple local Inflammation, and
both Its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but q
passing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely pred1spoSeS 10
n as IS Goes @ the the qay rSnde go tSat
disease in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease Is everywhere prevalent; peo-
pie resort to such means as always tail then
give heed to the popular fallacy that 1t Is in:
Curable, and settle into sort OF menIal
apathy, ENCOURAGED by Inc bele1 tnaL tne
on The subject, and thus matters stand, while
the disease progresses until hope isdead, and
sisre0Iyped and hackneyed advice of "a
visit to the country" "a change OF climate"
ga sea voyage" "a return OF health in the
to is that which lies beyond the confines of
the fostering grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES ht-
full fever Is over.
Let those who donbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor consumptive, whose
its progress upon those who neglect its time
ly and judicious treatment. a little while
and we miss their coming; youth and health
nave faded from lips and cheek. the Light
from the eye has gone out, the hands ara
foldedly peaceably over the still heart-they
are gone.