The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-01
WHAT ARE CHRONIC DISEASES?

W hal AhE CdhONlC DloEAS ES
Chronic Diseases are habits Everybody
is aware of the force of habits; how endur-
ing they are, how difficult to change them
THIS is why parents so constantly inculcate
upon their children habits of order. clean
illness, truthfulness, obedience, etc. The
constant repetition of an action forms this
powerful, persistent, we'll nigh unchange-
able characteristic that is termed habit ;
just in the same way, in the physical frame,
does the deceased organs, when the abnor
NAL state is long continued, assume this
diseased action as its habits. 1t has its
origin, like habit, in continuance of un-
healthy action; it acquires the Intense hold
and grasp of habit, and thus, at length, pas
SEES into the very character of nature itself
diseased nature. And now, remedies
which, In the acute stage would have been
sufficient, are found utterly inappropriate
and inefficient. From tais necessary brief
statement it will be seen that the treat
ment of Chronic Diseases may well consti-
tute a special branch of the medical pro-
fesion, as the surgeon is distinguished from
the physician, Chronic Diseases are pc
culiar in their obscurity and obstinacy,
therefore their diagnosis and treatment
are peculiar; and hence there must be a
corresponding peculiar sagacity, springing
from natural endowment, sharpened by
careful study, and instructed by long
and widely extended experience, to dis
Germ rightly the source from which these
Chronic Complaints have arisen, the
course they have run. and the essential
features of the stage at which they have
arrived.
TO CURE CHRONIC DISEASES.
Many suppose that all chronic diseases are a mere
local difficulty which can be easily removed by the
use of any Of the various Remedies" put up in
bottles and so extensively advertised everywhere
Tor the cure Of an almost endless number of dsea-
SEES ~ gteater or more unfortunate mistake can
possibly be made than to suppose such quack mix
lures will cure anything ike disease On the other
hand, the efectua removal of all chronic diseases
require ekillful and systematic treatment admins
tered by those qualified for the task by education
and the necessary experience.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH
To give summary of these for convenience we
mention-heat and yness of the Inning of the nose
pain in the frontal sinues closing of the tear Ct
Inflammation of the eyes, and disturbance of the
sight, affections Of the EustaChan tn be and dulness
of hearing discharges OF offensive matter from the
nose, and running from the ears loss of smell and
taste bronahial irritation, aud finally consumption
The Stomach and Kidneys often affected feeble.
ness OF memory may be noted. 1t units children
for obtaining an education. in many cases causino
eruptlons on the face, glandular arrangements etc
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OF the most scientific practitioners than this disease
t-Catarrh.
CARD TO THE CITIZENS OF ROCK ISLAND.
| AS there has been many travelling medical men
| who could not perform the cures they repre- sent
they could, propose to throw aside all foreign
testimonials, and use only home test mcnials from
the cities of Rock Island, Moline and Davenport.
and not use testimonials from Geneseo or from
towns IN other states, as have fifty cases in Rock
Island and Davenport and Moline
| Read my testimonials:
TESTIMONIAL FROM MOLINE.
DR.. +. d. HALL,-Dear SRI have
been afflicted with Chronic wet Catarrh
for the last ten years. and have been under
great many treatments, among them
were DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, whose
remedy | used for two months: also San
ford's and rumb for about the same length
of time. and having been under your treat
ment for the last week. I cheerfullv saw
that have met with wonderful change
and experienced a great relief, much great.
er 10 the one weeks treatment from vou
than from all others chat I've ever taken.
and feel satisfied IN my own mind that /
shall receive permanent cure from vour
treatment, aud do heartily reocommend
it to all who are afflicted with this terrible
disease. STEPHEN Z. WALKER.
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