The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-24
NASAL CATARRH
AND IT'S EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

Catarrh'consIsts contamination OF beginning
behind and a little above the veil OF the pal
and air cavities OF the face. 1t creates per-
petual desire to swallow, and causes 1eel-
Ing as II something was sticking IN the up
ease becomes chronic, the matter concreteE
Into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
and the voice assumes nasal twang, while.
on rising in the morning, great effort Is re-
quired 10 clear the head and throat. There
Ia often a feeling OF pressure across tho lower
port OF the forehead, causing headache, diz-
niness, 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 e1staceian tn6es into tne ,hr 1nIeI
binE humming or ringing noises IN the ear.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter is uncon-
ranges the stomach and impairs digestion.
causing dyspepsia and a multiplicity OF dis
cordant symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To tho foregoing.
add the fact that every breath OF air drawn
Into the lungs is drawn over the ulseased
who can deny the assertion that 10 neglect
Catarrh is TO invite Consumption:
at the nresent day, with which the young
and mfddle-Rged die. And yet very seldom
do the lungs receive the primary shock IT
Is hrst so cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from W hich the sulect
feels no alarm, until step by step. 1t reaches I,,
the lungs When Pi1d n sE Sufe Afe
with every incentive to enjoyment and
usefnIness there are hundreds all around us
diving in the morning OF life, OF CGuhump-
lion, who can look back six months, year,
or longer, as the case may be. 70 time IN when lnaa
it was "bt1 ctGrTh HegLec.99 aa at nassib;e Iie
silently and almost 1mperceptibIy 1t has
transformed the bright, ruddy features OF
mature age, as II has drunk up the Vitality
from the blood and fluids OF the wasted
frame, and now, when nope IS aeao. anu ti,e tne
mind turns mournfuDy backward 70 WnhI
might have been," anu tremOltngly Toward
TO what soon must be.
CONRROUENCES OF HEGLECE.
Those who indorse the stupid assertion
that :'Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF or is
cTrable by Bnufflng or inhaltng the nos
u5emher uens n that the local disease depends al
ways upon Preventative condition OF NE 0to0tt
Medical writers are wont 10 speak OF Ca,
tarrh "a a simple local Inflammation, and
bOIh It's importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive put
nassinp notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely predisposes to
COnsumpti as does the day precede the
night, and is in fact the prelude 10 Ihht
dISease in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease is everywhere prevalent; reO-
ple resort to such means as always fnil, tnen
give heed a9d to sns settIe into sort OF mental
apathy, encouraged by the benet tnaL tne
family physician knows al that ls ~ knnWh HOWL
On tha subject and thus matters stand, Wnue
the disease progresses until hope Is sdead, anu
life becomes mockery, when com comes the ne
WIS,t ~ fhe country" :" "a change OF climate,
"a Ale sea a. voyage, return Of health in the
spring." etc; but, alas the country reierIed at
Inc festering grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when LIES ht-
4ui Let ct those Who donbt this portrayal OF ca.
tarrh question the poor cOnsumptiVe, whose
sun OF life is going down at noon, or Watch
its proaress upon those who neglect Its time
" and iudicious treatment. A little while
and we miss their coming; youth and ID heaittt dtit
Trom the ave has gone out, the hands ara
foidediy peaceably over the still heart-they
are gone.