The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-12
NASAL CATARRH
ANDITs EFFECT UPON
IHE SYSTEM.

H HI - I SLHIMI-
CaLarrh consists contamination OF beginning
behind ard "a little above the veil OF The pal
atC, nud extending upward into The nose
and mir cavities OF tue lace. IL creates per
pctuHl dCSiIC to swallow, and causes 4 Iecl-
ing AZ II komcthinE was sticking IN the up
pcT and back part Of the throat AS the dls-
ease becomes chronic, the matter Concrctct
into hardened Jumps, the matter Secreteu
becomes purl1OTIn, the breath IS offensive
and the voice assumes 1, nasal wang. whlIc,
on rising i'll the morning, great cNoTt Is re-
quired to ear the head and throat. There
is often Il feeling OF pressure across the lower
pRrt OF the forehead, causing ncadHche dl|.
zincEl, and confusion OF thought anu loss "I
memory. ,, .,
'The sense OF smell becomes impaired tho
eyes are weak, and, as the lnilahmRlloh t3-
tends I'M tie custncean. lubeS into the inteT-
mai ear there is partial deafness Win throb-
bln2 hunmIns or ringing moses III tlle ear
III sleep the Catarrhal matter Is Uncou-
sciousIy swallowed, which, III time, Dc
ranges the -tOmach ana lmlinlrS digestion,
CanhinE dyspepsia and mulilpIlclty Oh uls-
COrdAnt symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. TO the foregoing,
aid the tact that every breath OF AR drawn
into the lungs Is drawn over the uiS.a"ed
surface, fostering with CRtarTIa! mailer, ana
who can deny the assertion that to nCDhct
CntnrIh Is to iHuite Consumption.
Consumption Is the one ITai!lnE disease,
and middlc-Rgen die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive tho primary shock 1t
il first "R cold in the head which resolves
into Chronic CA;arrh, from W hiCh the su cct
I ccis no alarm, until, step by step, it reaches
tho lungs, when all attempts nj cure are Ilt-
tie better than blind experiments.
with every incentive to enjoyment anu
usefulness there nre hundreds all around us
dying III the morning OF Ike, or Tons umi,-
lion, who can look back six months, Il year,
or longer, RSthe case may bcr 10 a time when
II was "Gtt cTtGrT,Ii." n eG!"ct"d at time
when (I,rOpcrly TcUtCClt Il CuTe was possible,
silently and almost impcTCeptibly it has
transformed the bright, rnddy features Oi
youth into the dull, wan liStlcsSncss OF pre-
IL l. 1fIsI1 I
from the blood and fluids OF tie wasted
Frame and now, when nope is dead, ana ile
life forces one by Que are eDDlnG away. ihe
mind turns mouTninLy BACKWARD 10 WIN,
might have been. ana tTcmblInEly forward
Ia what soon must be.
CONHE0UENCES OF EEGLECT.
'Thosc who indOrse tho stupid assertion
that ..Cnt:trTh will get we'll of ITSELF or Is
curnbIC by Enuillng or inhalng the nos
truTus IN common use. Will DO wen 10 re
member that the I""Hi diSCnN" depends M
WAY n uDOn II J,1Tne Htutire COIdHt"n "I IN" htJr"t
Medical writers are wont 10 speak OF Ca,
tRrrh us u simple local Inflammation, ana
both Its importance and ratlnnA! ifchLuchi
are either wholly Ignored or receive hul u
'piISsinG notice from the genera pracuttohCfi
and thus CHtarrh as surely PrtdiSI"SeS t.
Consumption aS does III" day preccic Inc
,i,nt and Is in fact the prelude to that
disease III eight cases out of ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; :H"'
nile resort TO such means HS always IHli, tNcu
give heed to the popular EdllHcy that II ls i'll,
durable, and settle into sort OF incni;L
apathy, encouraged by the belief mat tht
family physician knows all that is known
ON Iho subject. and thus matters stand whlit
the disease progresses until more Is ueAu, an"
NE becomes IL mOckeTy, when comes the
si"reoIyped and h4ckneyed advice OF :.
visit t0 the country, "a change OF GiiLiatG; i
..u StA VOYAGE" "a return OF health III ll'
srring,' cic; but, alas the country reicTi',
To- Is that which lies beyond the confines o
the fostering grave, and The spring Is tnn
season which blooms eternal when NfcS lit
ful fever Is over.
Let those who dOnbi ILLS portrayal OF Ca
IuTrn question the poor CGnsumpliNc, WhnN
Euu of liz. is going down nt noon, or wHtcl
Its progress upon those who neglect It's time
Iy and iuhiCiOuS treatment. ~ little while
have faded from lips and check: the llSh
from the eye has Ror" out, the hands ar.
fuIdedIy ponccAbly over the Sill heHTl-thcN
are gone.