The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-08
NASAL CATARRH
ANDIT5 EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

Catarrh consists sofinhammatlQn beginning
behind and little above the veil OF the pal
ate, and extending upward INTO Tie nose
and air cavities OF the face 1t creates per-
ing as II something was sticking In the mp
per and back part of the throat. AS the dis
into hardened Jumps, the matter Eecreted
becomes puTtform, the breath. is offensive,
and the voice assumes nasal wang. while,
on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
Quired 10 Gear the head and throat. There
Is often q feeling OF pressure across the lower
part OF the forehead, causing headache, dlz-
1ineSs and confusion OF thought and loss OF
The sense OF smell becomes impaired, the
ewes are weak and, as the Inflammation ex-
tends up the 0ustaceian tubes into the inter-
nal ear there Is partial deafness with throb-
bIng. humming or ringing noises In the ear.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter is uncon-
seiouEly swallowed, which, in time, de-
ranges the -tomach ana lmpalrS digestion'
causinH d dyspepsia and multiplicity OF dis
cordant sym ptomS, which arc often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
add the fact 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 70 neglect
Catarrh is TO inUiLe Consumption.
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
do the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
Is inst "a cold in the head,' which resolves
into Chronic CataIrh, from W nich The ku rect
feels no alarm, until, step by step, II reaches
the lungs, when all attempt at cure are lit
tie better than blind experiments
With every incentive TO enjoyment and
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morD1ng OF lie, OF ConAump-
ton, who can Iook back six months, year,
or longer, as the case may be- to time when
IL was "but cdtdTTh." Neglected at a time
when (prOpeTLy tTedtedD a cure was possible,
silently and almost tmperceptibly IT has
transformed the bright, rnddy features of
youth into the dull, wan lstleSsness OF pre-
mature age, as II has drunk up the vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame, and now, when hope Is dead, and the
life forces one by one are ebblng away, the
mind turns mournfulIy backward TO 'what
might have been," and trenIbliugly forward
TO what soon must be.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indOrse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well of Itself,'' or is
curable by anufnng or inhalIng the nos
truns in common use, will do well TO re-
member that the local disease depends al
yvays upon IeTnIE7LttCe condition Of the blood.
Medical writer's 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
pasginR notice from the general practitioner;
and thus ORtarrh as surely prediSpOSes TO
Consumption as does the day precede the
night, and is in fact the prelude to that
disease in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease Is everywhere pre- evalent; peO-
ple resort to such means as always fall, then
RiVe heed 10 the popular 1allacy that II Is In
durable, and settle into a sort of mental
apathy, encouraged by the BELIEF that the
FAMILY physician knows all that is known
on the subject, and thus matterSstand, Whlle
the disease progresses until llnOpelhuedu'A anu
lie becomes a mockery, when comes the
stereOtyped and hackneyed advice or "a
t:a sea VOYAGE" ga return OF health in the
sprinR, " etc.; hut, alas the country referred
TO is that which lies beyond the confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring is that
Season which blooms eternal when LIES IT.
full fever lS over.
Let those who doubt this portrayal OF Ca
tarrh question the poor consumptiVe, whose
ann of life is going down at noon, or watch
its progress upon those who neglect its time
ly and 1udIcious treatment. 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
foldedly penceably over the still heart-they
are gone.