The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-15
NASAL CATARRH
ANDIT5 EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

Characteristics of inflammation beginning
behind and 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 u H s0mean9 na1i f T tbe thEoat the dis
ease becomes chronic, the matter concretes
into hardened Jumps, the matter Secreteu
becomes puHifOrm, the breath Is offensive,
and the voice assumes a nasal twang, while,
on rising in the morning, great eflOrt is re-
0nired 10 Gear the head and throat. There
n often a feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache dl"-
illness and confusion OF thought and loss OF
The sense OF smell becomes impaired. the
eVea are weak, and, as the Inflammation eA-
tends up the eustaceian TUBES INTO Lne ihLeT
bing. hummIng or ringing noises IN the ear.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter IL uncon-
ranges the stomach and tmpairs digestion.
causing dyspepsia and multiplicity OF dis
cordant symptoms. wnich "a are bs of6Ge 1oTpgoms 's
add the fact that every breath OF air drawn
into the lungs Is drawn over the diseased
gurface fostering with Catarrhal matter, and
who can deny the assertion that 10 neglect
Catarrh Is TO inVite Consumption;
Consumption is the one prevailing % disease.
and mfddle-aged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
is first ''a cold in the head,' which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the su,cct
FEELS alarm, until, step by step, It reaches 1,
the lungs. when all attempts at cure are lit
Win every incentive to enjoyment and
usefulness, there are hundreds all around US
diving in the morning of lie. OF Conhump-
tion who can look back six months, n year,
or longer, as the case may be, TO a time when
1t was "6tt cGt1rrh;" Neglected at .ItiL!a diine
silently and almost lmperceptibly 1t has
transformed the bright, ruduy features OF
youth into the dull, wan liStlessness OF Pre-.
mRture age as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame, and now, when hope Is dead, ana the
life forces one by one are ebb1ng away, tne
mind turns mournfulIy backward TO ''what
might have been" and tIembllngly IoIWaru
TO what soon must BE-
CONRROUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well OF ltSelI,' or 1s
curable by BnutNng or 1nhaling the nos
trums IN ot comeh the ,ocai uS disease defends al
WAYS upon q JeTTIe7ItdhUe cO1ldtAO1l C Lhe Otood'
Medical writer's are wont TO speak or Ca
10th its i'm portance and rational treatment
are either wholly Ignored or receive put n
passing notice from the general practltionef;
and thus Catarrh aR surely predtsposes TO
COnsump ption as does the day precede inc
nisht. and is in fact the prelude to that
disease in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; peo-
pie resort to such means as always 1ai!' theh
give heed to the popular 1allacy LhaL IL IL ~
Snrable and settle into a sort OF mental
Snathy. encouraged by the belief that tho
family physician knows all that is known
the diSease progresses until hope Is dead, ana
lie becomes mockery. when comes the he
atereOtVped and hackneyed advice or "a
~IS,1 tG he country, ,""a change OF climate"
"a Dae sea a. voyage" "a return OF health IN the
spring," " eic.; but. alas the country referred
The fostering grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES Mt
lei those who doubt this portrayal of Ca.
tarrh question the poor consumPtive, whose
sun OF 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; tne Isnt
foldediy peaceably over the still henrt-they
are gone.