The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-05
THE SYSTEM

EHH - L - I'I1-ENAs
Characteristics contamination beginning
behind and little above the veil OF the pal 1c
ale. and extending upward into the nose
and air cavities OF the face. 1t creates q per-
netual desire to swallow, and causes q feel-
ing as II something was sticking IN the W
per and back part OF the tnroat; As Tue az
into hardened Jumps, the mater secfSt te
becomes puFiform, the breath 1s onenslVe'
and the voice assumes na Saot rt % re-
0uired 10 c ear the head and throaL. ineIe
Is often feeling OF pressure across the lower
no RI Of the forehead, causing headache, dir
Einess and confusion OF thought and loss OF
memory. ,.,., ,,,,,,oJrad tho
ewes are weak, and, as the Inflammation e1-
tends up the euStRCeian tubes into tne lnLeI-
nal ear there Is partial DEAFNESS with thfoD-
In sleep the Catarrhal matter Is uncon-
sciouslv swallowed, which, in time, de-
csnsing dyspepsia and a multiplicity OF lis
cordant symptoms, which are oiten ms
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 mat 10 neglect
Consumption Is the one prevailing disease,
Mt the present day, with which the young
do dot the lungs receive the primary shock 1t
| is first "a cold in the head" whlch resolves
into Chronic CataITh' from Wnion t T. su nts
the lungs when all attempts at cure are lit
lie better than blind experiments.
With every incentive to enjoyment and
uSefuIness, there are hundreds all around us
dying in the morptng OF lie, OF ConEumP-
ton, who can iOok back six months, year,
or Longer, asthe case may be, to q time when
| II was '6tt cdtdrTh." Neglected at time
when properly treated a cure was possible,
silently and almost lmperceptibly it has
transformed the bright, rnddy features of
youth into the dull, wan nstlessneSs OF Pre-.
mature age, as II has drunk up the Vlta Itdy3,
| frame and now, when hope Is dead, anu the
| lie forces one by Que are ebbing away, the
MIND t5Gn rs hssn anS tTembIinsIy forward
| to what soon must be.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT.
Those who indOrse the stupid assertion
that .'Catarrh will get well OF ltselt, or Is
durable by snuf1ng or 1nhalIng the nos
| trums in common use, will do well to re-
member that the local disease depends al
WAYS upon Preventative condition Of the blood.
MedicaI writer's are wont to speak OF Ca
| tarrh as q simple local Inflammation, and
| both Its importance and rational treatment
are either wholly ignored, or receive but a
passing notice from the general practitioner;
and thus Catarrh as surely predisposes to
night, and is in fact the prelude to that
| disease in eight cases out OF ten.
The disease Is sVerywae a fai tSen
| give heed to the popular fallacy that 1t is In
Durable, and settle into sort OF mental
| apathy, encouraged by the belie1 that the
| family physician knows all that Is known
on the subject, and thus matters stand, while
the disease progresses until hope isdead, and
| life becomes a mockery, when comes the
VisIt 10 the country change OF climate, -
"a sea voyage" "a return OF health in the
spring." etc; but, alas the country referred
| to is hat witch lies beyond tho confines OF
the fostering grave, and the spring Is that
season which blooms eternal when lies Mt
Lei those who donbt this portrayal of Ca
tarrh cues ton the poor cOnsump11Ve. whose
ann Of life ia going down at noon, or watch
lis progress upon those who neglect its time
" and judicious treatment. a little while
and we miss their coming; youth and health
have faded from lips and cheek. the ught
from the eye has gone out, the hands are
foldedly peaceably over the still heart-they
are gone.