The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-12
NASAL CATARRH
AND IT'S EFFECT UPON
THE SYSTEM

Catarrh consists of inflammation beginning
behind and a little above the veil OF the pal
ate, and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities of the face. 1t creates per-
petual desire to swallow, and causes a 1eel-
ing as II something was sticking in the up
per and back part OF the throat, AS the dis
Into hardened Jumps, the matter secreted
becomes puriform, the breath is offensive,
and the voice assumes a nasal tWang, while,
on IisinR in the morning, great effort is re-
Quired to Gear the head and throat There
Is often feeling OF pressure across the lower We.
illness, and confusion OF thought and loss OF
memory. ,,, A.,
ewes are weak, and, as the Inflammation ex-
tends up the eustaceian tubes into the inter
nal ear there Is partial deafness with throb-
binR humming or ringing noises In the ear.
In sleep the Catarrhal matter ls uncon-
sciously swallowed, which, In time, de-
ranges the stomach ana impair, aigeStiS09n'
cOrdant symptoms, which are often mis-
taken for other diseases. To the foregoing,
into the lungs is drawn over the diseased
surface, fostering with Catarrhal matter ana
who can deny the assertion Gn,,d tnat 10 me0'ec1
Consumption is the one prevailing disease,
at the present day, with which the young
do the lungs receive the primary shock. 1t
Is first "a cold in the head" which resolves
into Chronic Catarrh, from which the sniecL ci
the lungs, when all attempts at cure are lit
lie better than blind experiments.
With every incentive to enjoyment anu
usefulness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morning OF lie, OF ConAump-
ton. who can look back SIX months. year,
IL was "G1Lt cdtdTTh." Neglected at a time
when CproperIy treGteCD a cure was possible,
transformed the bright, rnddy features OF
youth into the dull, wan listessness OF pre-
mature age, as II has drunk mp the vitality
frame, and now, when hope 1s dead, and the
life forces one by one are ebblng away, the
mind turns mournfulIy backward to what
might have BEEN" and tremblingly forward
10 what soon must be,
COR6EQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indOrse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well OF ITSELF, or is
durable by RnufnnR or inhalInR the nos
trums in common use, Will do well TO re-
member that the local disease depends al
ways upon IeT7le1ltGtiEe co'ldittO'l Of NE 0toott
Medical writer's are wont to speak OF Ca
tarrh as q simple local Inflammation, anu
both Its importance anu IatlonAt , tteaIn9ut Ie IL
are either wholly ignored, or receive put
pasSing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh 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 eVerywheTe PIeVaienI' Sen PeS
give heed TO the popular 1allacy that 1t III IN,
curabIe, and settle into a sort OF mental
aDathy encouraged by the belief that the
family physician knows all that is known
on the subject, and thus matters stanuI ~nIIS
tho disease PROGRESSES until nope 1bueAu' atnu
Ife hecOmes a mockery, when comes the
stereotyPed and hqckneyed adyics ~ OF "a
VISIT TO the country."a change g OF GIimate; tI5 ,e
snrinR," etc.; but, alas the country referred
70 is that W nich lies beyond the confines OF
season which blooms eternal when LIES fit-
full fever Is over.
Let those who Cionbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh question the poor consumptiHe'rwhoSe
ann OF life is going down at noon, or watch
its progress upon those who neglect its time
Iv and iudiciOuS treatment. A little while
and we miss their coming; youth and health
have faded from lips and cheek: the light
from the eye has goUo out, tho hands are
foidedly peaceably over the still heart-they
are gone,