The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-25

The following we extract from little book on
Chronic Diseases, by r. V. Pierce, NJ D., of
Buffalo, N. Y. Our readers can receive this
interesting and useful little book, post paid,
by enclosing one postage stamp to the doc
tor.
Catarrh.
SYMPTOMS. In the early stages of the
disease the patient may be annoyed
with "only u slight dropping in the
throat, rs many express it, the amount
of discharge from the air passages of
the head at this stage of the disease be-
ing only slightly in excess Of health
Ia some cases the discharge is thick,
ropy and tough, requiring frequent and
strong effort in the way of hawking,
blowing and splitting to remove it from
the throat, where it frequently lodges.
In other cases, or IN ether stages of the
same case, the discharge is thin, watery,
acrld, irritating and profuse. The nose
may be stopped up from the swollen
and thickened condition of the lining
mucuous membrane, so as to necessi-
tate respiration through the mouth, Civ
ing to the voice u disagreeable nasal
tWang. The disease sometimes assumes
a dry form, there being very little or no
discharge. In some cases the patient
suffers from headache a great portion
OF the time, or may experience dull,
heavy, disagreeable fullness or pressure
in the head, with confusion of his ideas,
which renders him quite unfit for bust
ness. especially such as requires deep
thought and mental labor. Memory
may be more or less affected, and the
disposition of those who are otherwise
amiable is often rendered irritable, or
morose and Respondent. The mental
faculties suffer to such extent in some
cases as to result in insanity. The
sense of smell is in many cases i'm
paired and sometimes entirely lost,
and the senses of taste and hearing may
be more or less affected.
The secretion which is thrown out in
the more advanced stages of Chronic
Catarrh becomes SO acrid, unhealthy and
poisonous, that 1t produces severe iTri-
tatlOn and inflammation, which are fol
lowed by excorlatiOn and liberation of
the delicate lining membrane of the
air passages III the head. As the ul-
ceratIon eats its way up among the
small bones the discharge generally
DNbcIl4Co I'ioIIAot anu oiUch tACcDSlNblS
fetid, requires the frequent use of the
handkerchief, and renders the poor
sufferer diSagreeable both to himself
and those with whom he associates.
Thick, tough, brownish incrustations
or hardened Jumps, are many times
/ formed III the head by the evaporation
OF the watery portion af the discharge.
| These Jumps are sometimes SO large and
! tough that it IS with great difficulty
that they can be removed. They are
usually discharged every day or two,
but only to be succeeded by another
crop. 1t is painfully unpleasant tC
witness the rayages of this terrible
disease, and observe the extent to which
it sometimes progresses. Holes are
eaten through the roof of the mouth,
and great cavities excavated into the
solid bones of the face, and III such
cases only the best and most thorough
! treatment, both local and constitutions
al, will check the progress and fatal
! termination of the disease
Onlya few of the large number OF
! symptoms which | have described as
common to the different stages of Ca
| tarrh Will be likely to be manifested at
one time in a single case. Although
/ they are all common to the disease. in
! some OF It's stages, yet thousands of
cases annually terminate in consump-
! ton or insanity, and end in the grave.
without ever having manifested one,
| half OF the symptoms above enumera-
| ted.
AS the disease progresses, or fire
quCntlv IN it's earlier stages the throat
| Is apt to become affected. 1t becomes
/ dry, sore or raw, or studded with very
small ulcers, which, as seen through
the mouth, look like small pimples or
"canker sores" for which thew are
! often mistaken. The voice NAV be
more OF less affected, especially on ex-
poSure to cold, or over-exertion and a
hacking cough is not unfrequent.
Creeping along the continuous lining
mucous membrane of the air passages,
/ the disease gradually extends to the
! tuiYnC, and by the same process of ex-
tension the bronchial tubes, and lastly
the substance OF the lungs, in their
! turn, are diseased, and Bronchitis and
| consumption firmly established Tight
| ness III the chest, with difficulty OF
| breathing, soreness, darting sharp or
! dull heavy pam, or prickly distress
ing sensation, accompanied with more
OF less cough and eXpectoration, are
/ become affected, and should admonish
the sufferer tt0t he is R03U StoRdinq ~
on the &teppjRg- stone to CONSUMPTION,
! over which thousands annually tread
IN their slow, yet sure juourney to the
grave.
! TREATMENT OF CATARRH.
II you would remove an evil, strike
| ct itsrOOt. This is the "oommon-sense.
or rational way to treat Catarrh. As
the predlspOsing or real cause of catarrh
is, iii the majority of cases, some weak
ness, impurity or otherwise faulty con-
ditlon OF the system, which invites the
disease, and needs only the irritation
| produced In the nasal passages by an
| attack OF cold to kindle the flame and
! establish the loathsOme malady, in at
| tempting to cure 1t our chief aim must
be directed tothe removal of that cause.
| The more ] see of this Odious disease,
| the more do | recognize the import
ance and necessity of combining, with
the use of local soothing and healing
application, a thorough internal use of
fD1oOu-Cltdhhlug anu STRENGTHENING med
icine, If we would successfully treat the
| disease
| As local application for healing the
| diseased condition in the head
DIR. sAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY.
Is beyond all comparison the best
preparation ever discovered 1t il,
mild and pleasant to use, producing no