The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-03
.McLURE HOUSE.
NASAL CATARRH
THE SYSTEM.

Catarrh oonsists Of Inflammation beginning
behlnd and little above the veil Of the palate
and sStenyd Inn upWATs into ne nSsS anna Az
sire 70 swallow and causes feeling a. II sumo.
thing WAS sticking In the upper and back part
Of tho throat. A the disease beoomes ehrsatc,
The, matter ooneretes into hASiened lqmpa the
matter secreted becomes purfcrm, the breath
lis otfensive and the voice assumes nasal twang
while, on rising In the morning. great effort 10
required 20 clear the head aud throat Thers 10
ofttn feeling Of pressure across the lower part
Of The forehead, causing hcadache diffincss,
and confusion Of thought and less o. msngfy
The sense Of nnsl becomes impaired. the
eyes are weak, and, As the Inflammation e1tends
up the eustAceian tubes into the internal car
there II partial deafness, with throebapE hum
ming or ringing noise in the ear. In acep the
Catarrhal matter is uneonseiensly sS a.o S e., ca.
pairs digestion, causing dyspepsi. and m9iu'
ifcity OF disoordAnt symptoms which are OFTEN
snlstaken for other diseases. To the isreseing.
add the fact that every breath Of air drawn tste
festssias With Catarrhal matter and who eau
deny the assertion that 90 neglect CAtarrh h to
inuits Consumption. I'll. .H...
Consumption u the one prevailing disease, 81
the present day, with which the young ana
mid aged die. And yet very seldom do the
lungs rcceiyc the primary shock. 10 Is hrst a
cold An the head which resolves into Chronie
Catarrh from wlhch the subject fsols no alarm,
until step by step, 10 reaches tho lnngn when
al attempts al cure are little better than hnnd
experiments.
win every incentive % enjoyment aud uss
fulnoss. there are hundreds al around ps dying
IN the morning OF life, OF Consumption, who can
lsOk back six months, year, or longer "a tne
case nav 10, 10 time when 10 was 'nothsAg egf
oatarTk.h Neglected nj time when Iyrcpe's
treated care was possible, slenty and Almost
i'm perceptibly IL has Transformed tho bright
ruddy features OF youth into the dun. wan list.
lessness of prematare age, NJ 10 has drank up
the vitality from the blood aud faids Of the
wasted frame and now, when hope 10 dead, and
the life forces one by one are ebbing away, the
mind turns mournfully backward 20 what
might have been" and trembhugly forward TO
what soon must be.
C0NsRQUENCRs OF NEGLECT.
Those who indorso tho stupid assertion thai
"CAtauh will got well Of itself, or Ia ourabls
by snu1ing or iDhaling the nostrums In common
| use will do well 70 remember that the local dis
| ease depends always upon feTJnsnidiive o0ndi
| h0R Of the blood
Medical writers arc wont 10 speak Of CAtArrh
| As a simple local Inflammation, and both Ia I'm
| portance and rational treatment arr either
/ wholly ignored. or receive bat passing sotioe
from the general practitioner and thus Catarrh
a. surely predispOses 10 Consumption - doeA
| the day precede the night, and Ia Ia fact the
prelude 20 that disease In eight cases out OF ten.
| The disease ~ eNeryNhefo preNaiehI peop's
resort 10 such means as always fail, then give
heed to tho popular fallAcy that IL ~ ineuTable,
and settle into a sort 81 mental apathy. enoOur.
aged by the belief that the family physician
knows all that II known on the sHbjscti and
| thus matters stand, while the disease PROGRESSES
until hope In dead, and life becomes noeksry
when comes the stereotypod AEd hacknsyed cd.
| vice Of "a visit 20 the country, "a change OF
climate" "a sea voyage" "a return Of boAlth
IN the spring eto.I but alas tho country re-
ferTcd % Ia that which lea beyond tho con anes
Of tho fostering grave. and the spring II that
fever IL over
Let those who doubt this portrayal Of CatArrh
question the poor coRsumptive, whose sun Of
life Is going down al noon, OF watch itA progres.
upon those who neglect TIA timely and Judicious
treatment. A little while and we mias their
cOmingi youth aud health have faded from lips
and cheek, the light from the eye has gone out,
the hands are folded peacefully over the stu
heart-th.y ~" gone