The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-11-24
Pulmonary 0onaumptiol.---By DR., Price.
Gan Consumption be Cured 2

heart theif, deiicata structure, the important
offioe they have 90 pertorm-n state o
disease ard ulcers T1rm ng upon them
thar the very atmosphere we inhale con
tributes most essentially 10 increase diseased
action upon them. Il could not be surprising
that this disease should be considered alb.
soluteiy incurable iAt4 ~ C5A
It's b welisestah .shrd fact that cases are
now on record ln whch Consumption has
last Stages, as proved by dissection of in
dividuals who have died of some other
maiady-These cases are not two or four,
but. many and I'VE refer to. pyery physician
tor the t, ain of this statement. This being
the case, does it not prove, beyond the
mere shadow OF doubt, that there may be-
lay, there IS a cure for The disease. II one
has been cured, why not another? II two,
why not four? and if four. why not. many ?
The man that says it is Incurabie. takes a
heavy responsibility upon himself before
he can make this assertion free from folly,
interest or ignorance, tits accessory that he
hecom" acquainted with every medical sub.
stance upon the lace oftne glope, aud their
various effects upon The human system, when
Administered /; that he understands minutely
every method by which diseases IL engendored
a. also tie restorative process to remove
such llS-ase ; tn4t he knows the chemical
character of II he agent producing and support
ing the disease, and hat it has not. in the
universe of matter its counteracting agent,
that he knows the composition and effects OF
every medicine offered as remedy and
knows, not from theory or prejudice, but
from positive facts, that the disease never
has been, and never can be cured.
Had there never beena cue recorded, in
which fhe 'consumptlve patient had been re-
stored to health, then we might with some
degree Of reason say it has been invariably
mortal but one single cure breaks the
fatal link end not only shows the possibility
of restoration, but proves that the disease
can be cured. Cures are also on rscord
where persons have lived with but one lung,
the other having been DESTROYED by the
disease, which was prevented from further
mischief by proper remedies in fact, we can
point out such cases in different parts of the
county, wherein the functions Of respiration
areperfornied by one lung. the other having
become dried or useless.
Pulmonary Consumption is q disease of The
lungs aud the question arises how and why
they are affected, and the nature of the
affections We distinguishtwo distinct char
acters of disease upon the lungs. one pro-
ducing what are termed tu6ercles, the othor
open ulcers Tnbercles are small round
substances which are found in the air cells of
the lungs, and are composed of lime, phose
phorc acid, and c.arbOnic acid, glued to
gether by mucus. WheE they becom
sufficiently large they lrritate the. lungs,
produce infla mation which TERMINATES in
small ulcers, frequently covering a large
portion of the membrane ofthe lungs Some
nc hair Iafi oY1C ord
the lungs become in measure filled with
them, the patients at the sane time enjoying
tolerable health but eventually gradually |
SINKS under it. The lungs may become dis
eased aud liberated without any formation
0 Gubercles in them whatever, and is The
most generalway in which lungs become
diseased. When from any cause the blood
becomes impure and of an iuflammatory
character, that organ of the human body
which is the weakest will be first attcked byI
the morbid matter with which the blood is
charged This not unfrequently happens toll
be the lungs, in consequences of the arduous
office allotted to them to perform IN thej
animal economy, and their constant ex-l
posture to an atmosphere upon their surface
Of SO varia Bile q character rs Ours differing at
least 100, degrees in temperature between
summer and winter. The yenous blood at
every puisaton ofthe heart is thrown to the
lungs, where it comes in contact with the
/ atmospheric air inhaled in to the lungs. The
oxygen of the atmosphere their United with
The carbon in, the, blood, fol ming carbonic
lcld gas, which is constantly eXhaled from
he lungs /; tile, blood IN the lungs Is then
changed from yenous to arterial blood. a fter
his change of blood in the lungs, it is re-
urned from the lungs back again to the
leart. - -
The above illustration is sufficient to give
he reader an idea of the Office OF the 1uuge,
t, then, the lungs. from any cause wha tever
'ecome weak, what must necessarily be the
fec upon them would not their debility
"nder tkem inca pable Of returning the blood
rom them back again to the heart as fas+
IS the heart threw it~ttO them This con-
lusions is inevitable; consequently blood
would accumulate in the blood vessels of the
ungs' oistending them to Large size, SO
hat the lungs become partially gorged with
blood The distention of the blood vessels
If the lungs would irrita e them and produce
cough /; the irritation would be followed by
which soon would terminate in
liberation. Much difficulty of breathing
you'd likewise arise from the enlargement
II the lungs. This character of Disease of
he Lungs is very different from tubercular
Injections, and requires treatment of a far
different nature which we shall more partic-
iIarly describe in our next letter
Persons observing the gradual progress Of
his disease to state past recovery, cannot
Tut see the importance Of resOrting to the :
light treatment the very moment they OBJ
erye disturbance about the throat or chest
slight hacking or hemming on first arising
y the morning, or if they have in them by
from parent predispositon to
his disease. 1t cannot be expected that if
Flowed to go on till the organs are disor-
canized, that a cure can be effected. All
diseases are soonest cured when of recent
,rigin they gain strength by delay.
4 long acquaintance wlth medicine, and q
lose application OF many years to the hlsto
y and operation of diseases of long stand
ng, have enabled us to treat success{ul
very yarity ofchrouic disease
/ have made my visits regularly for years,
nd Will be for consultation upon all diseases
# he lung, throat, heart, nerves. blood, etc,
N my next visit, at Kenoshs, Halliday
House, Saturday the nth of December.