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why Asthma can ne Cured.

The chief reason for believing that Asthma
can be cured is found in thenature OF the dis
ease itself. IL lacks many conditions that
arc present in diseases ciassed by all author
tiles as incu able. There is in Asthma no ir-
reparabe waste OF tissue or OF substance. as
in pulmonary consumption, or in various
other forms OF OtrOphy. There is no irremp-
diabe enlargement OF q vital organ, nor is
there change OF structure, rs in OsstiCatiOn,
or the transformation OF muscle into bone.
Post norton examinations Of aSthmatic SUBJ
Jets usually reveal a normal condition of the
lungs and lower respiratory passages. Where
Asthma is unCOmplicaied with other diseases,
the usual testimony Of patients is that, eX
cept when suffering from paroXysms, the
ordinary functions OF life are performed with
the same regularity and comfort as in reason
able health. Appetite, digestion and sleep
follow in then appointed succession, and in
harmony with the laws Of human existence.
1t Is only when the disease throttes its SUBJ
ject, and cOmpels distressing and violent ef-
forts for that air without which he must die,
that he is made alarmingly conscious Of the
difference between himself and others.
With cessation Of the attack there is re-
sumption Of normal physical conditions.
Failure in the treatment Of Asthma hither-
to may be asCrlbed to the the fact that physi-
clans miSauprchended its true charaC err.
They did not r. fleet upon the absence fthose
manifestations usual in lnCuraOle diseases,
but, finding it obdurate against common rem
edies and their methods OF application, they
assigned it place among those maladicS for
which nothing better than palliatOu could he
hoped. In this error their patients shared.
They regarded themselves as beyond cure,
acCe pied such treatment as afforded tempO-
rary relief, and resigned themselves to the
conviction that their ills must be borne to the
close OF life.
The medical knowledge Of to-day rejects a
conclusion so devoid Of hope. 1t regards
Aslhmaas susceptible of thorough, complete
eradication. Patient Investigation has been
rewarded by the discovery that difficulty Of
breathing, or a closing Of the passages to the
lungs, is not merely local disturbance, but
the visible sign OF disease that has It's origin
elsewhere. This knowledge gained, it be-
came evident that inhalanls, and all form of
local medication, were wrong in principle and
frWtleSs as to permanent results. The next
step in investigation led to a comparison OF
the blood cons ituents OF asthmatic persons
with those Of persons in health. Here mi
croscupc science was called upon for aid land
revealed unerringly Initiated condition OF
| blood in all subjects OF Asthma. Attention
| drawn in this direction, remedial agents
| we've sought to effect a restoration oil the
! prouer blood elements. The search was te-
! diOlls and discOVruging, but never abandon.
ed. The true cause of the disease having
! been found, 1t was argued that there must be
| in the treasury of nature its antldOte. Thai
faith has been justified. Asthma has been
| conquered ana forever taken from lnt cat
egOry of incurable Affections.
The reasons for believing that Asthma car
! be cured, it will thus be seen, are deduc.C
from the facts that the disease itself presents
no evidences ofncurability; that erroneou,
theories of its causes have been abandoned
that its origin has been clearly discovered
and last, that medical science has combined
| remedial agents whose effects are in harmO.
ny with the latest developments in medica
discovery.
These reflections have been suggested
| through the success that has attended tn
treatment OF Asthma 10y Cones Asthma { on
| Queror. Its efficacy in cases Of notable OBJ
stlnacy and supposed ncurability has elicitet
much interest and comment, both amon
subjects of the disease and men Of acknowl
edged skill in medical science. The eydenc
adduced in behalf OF the remedy is so You
| minous and Of so respectable character Il
to force conviction OF It's merits and its pOwC
to accomplish all that is promised. Henc
this matter has been deemed worthy NOR
than usual comment
A valuable treatise relative to Asthma an
the diseases with which it is often cOmpicat
ed will he found interesting to the atil luted.
may be had, and advice by letter in cases c
special difficulty, by addressing the Con
Asthma Company, Cincinnati OHIO.