Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
HINTS ON CARDIAC D1sEAsE-NO.

Congestion is also aprolifc cause of heartdropsy.
charge of of the London city hospitals in his
port for June and july 1851 gives cases OF
six months causing dropsy of the heart most
Congestion of the engine OF circulation is always dan
fatal it leaves anmpression behind which leads fatal
disease Mongeson OF the lungs Is often the prelude
where the lungs are not permanently erected the
PericaditiA often cause of dropsy of the heart,
and in chrAnic and acute form is not uncommon 1t
is caused sometimes from constant oyer-eXertlon-
from excessive heat and perspiration followed by It's
sudden suppression The symptoms are sharp pains
short and ditcuit respiration Treatment results in
permanent relief; the heart becomes dropsical and
the patient dies. strain will often produce perica
ditis. In one case young man while skating was
down upon the ice py 1ro1en on 1Tg p
had snapped or slight muscle gwen way nee 5ee ing
casional pains. From hearty and robust condition
he yisibly declined and weakened. During the follow
heretofore noteddizzness cold feet suffocating SEN
sations about the heart horness OF BREATH ETC., and
ton Showed the heart surrounded with water. Peri
cardis be cured in its earlier stages and by the
Thick or impure blood is cause Of heart disease.
The heart is designed to do certain amount OF work
under favorable conditions Now II the conditions are
untayorabe, the amount of work cannot pc done
without oyertaxing the member. II the blood be too
thick more power must be eXerted to force 70 tne
extremties OF the system This extra effort results III
fatal disease In time the heart becomes unequal TO
the demand made upon it. and the consequence IS that
the blood lows in small and sluggish stream depos-
which form tumors, tubercles, eruptions, ulcers,
cancers, assesses, swellings, and various other
are. often treated locally, and when dislodged
strike the heart, and death follows. Local
should be sought and removed, and then the
%9gd m e the f9 OF
Gulaton and in this way remove the impure l9qg
plan of treatment the disease is cured proper and
philosophical principles: DR.. VIM. Hoster. former
fcine, that might soon expect kill Canada
thistle by cutting off the top to permanently cure
cancer by cutting Lleutand OF Paris, says that the
of the knife for the cure of tumors and cancer
will generally disappont the patient and practitioner
Prof Parker, of New York, opposed tho use of the
knife In removing an ovarian tumor, but was over
decd When too late it was admitted that if she had
been let alone she would have survived many years.
This is blood complaint and manifests itself on the
surface. 1t is natures effort TO get rid ofinterna de-
skin which tends to remove and cure the trouble
III a49 era 9 me If
elias treated with cauteriZaton that extent that
disease eEed Ta po gGae
and his early demise expected After year had
passed my attention attracted ts his by acct
dent. directed my of treatment so as to aid
nature to throw the disease upon the surface again and
relieve the heart Although it was work of time and
drew largely upon my patience. ultimately succeeded
am now satisfied that if the proper course had been
taken in many extreme of chronic disease
might have been wrought where only failure has been
the result BY treating the seat or cause of disease
all the recuperative forces of nature encouraged
and come to the physicians aid favorable result
pursued. Here is case in point: man wealthy and
influential was lying in monetary expectation OF
dying in one of the wards of London hospital sew.
eral years ago, he last stages of consumption. One
night there appeared tumor under the clavicle As
it increased in size pressed hard upon the wndppe
until there great likelihood that he would sutfo
cate During this time the patients lungs worked and
painted violently. Finally the tumor all at began
to subsde and the patient sank into comatose state
from which the attending physician said he would
never emerge. In four or five days he began to re
vve, had less fever less cough gradually improved
and in few weeks became comparatively well man.
The physician after had another of he
redtary consumption. After careful examination
he told the patient that he had passed into the third
stage Of consumption and that his malady was incura
be but also the history of the above related
and its satisfactory termination After consulting the
the physician TO try an experiment silver
band with ivory ball attached passed
around his neck and drawn tightly. and after
the patient had become accustomed to it the
ivory ball was pressed down harder and the
band drawn more closely until the person was nearly
suffocated The lungs by this experiment were yio-
lently exercised Finally the ulcers in the lungs
broken and great quantity of matter was discharged.
The pressure was relieved and increased from day to
day until the lungs greatly enlarged and the ul-
Gers broken up. The patient finally recovered. The
physician treated the of the disease, and
eeeded. The experiment enlarged the lungs and
cured the consumption.
To be continued by n. S. Dodge, M. D.