The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-11-17
Why Asthma Can BE Cured.

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can be cured is found in the nature OF the dis.
ease itself. 1t lacks many conditions that
are present In diseases classed by ell author.
tiles as Incur able. There is in Asthma no ir.
reparable waste Of tissue or Of substance. as
In pulmonary consumption, or In various
other forms of atrophy. There 10 no IRENE.
liable enlargement of vital organ, nor Is
there change Of structure, as in 0ssifcatiOn,
or the transformation of muscle into bone.
Post mortem examinations OF asthmatic sub.
cts usu4 ly reveal q normal condition Of the
lungs and lower respiratory passages. Where
Asthma is accomplished with other diseases,
the usual testimony Of patients Is that, ex.
cept when suffering from paroxysms, the
ordinary functions Of life are performed with
able health. Appetite, digestion and sleep
follow In their appointed succession, and In
harmony with the laws Of human existence.
1t is only when the disease thrOttles ito sub.
tect, and compels distressing and violent eff
forts Tor that air without which he must die,
dinerence between himself and others.
With cessation of the attack there IL 70.
sumption Of normal physical conditions.
Failure in the treatment of Asthma hither.
to may be ascrlbed to the the fact that physi.
clans Inexperienced It's true character.
They did not reflect upon the absence OF those
mani estations usual In incurabie diseases,
OutS uuuAn& ltVOOul 0lC 0S0IuSI CVAAuUu ICu1e
edies and their methods of application, they
assigned it place among those maladies for
which nothing better than palliatiOn could no
hoped. In this error their patients shared.
They regarded themselves rs beyond cure,
accepted such treatment % Afforded tempo.
rary relief, and resigned themselves to the
conviction that their ills must I've borne to the
close OF life.
The medical knowledge Of to-day rejects
conclusion 90 devoid Of hope. 1t regards
Asthma rs susceptible of thorough, complete
eradication. Patient investigation has been
rewarded by the discovery that difficulty Of
breathing, or closing Of the passages t. the
the visible sign OF . disease that has lis origin
elsewhere. This knowledge gained, it be.
came evident that inhalanls, and all form Of
local medication, were wrong iu principle and
fruitless as to permanent results. The next
step in investigation led to comparison Of
the blood cons .ftuents Of asthmatlc persons
with those Of persons In health. Here mi.
crOscopic science was called upon for aid, and
revealed unerringly vitiated condition Of
blood In all subjects Of Asthma. Attention
drawn In this direction, remedial agents
weIe sought to effect . restoration OF the
proper blood elements. The search was 70.
diOus and discouraging, but never abandon.
ed. The true cause VI the disease having
been found, it was argued that there must bo
In the treasury OF nature Its antldOte. That
faith has been justified. Asthma has been
conquered and forever taken from the cat.
egory Ut incurabls Affections.
The reasons for believing that Asthma can
be cured, it will thus be seen, are deducsd
from the facts That the disease itself presents
theories of its causes have been abandoned;
that its origin has been clearly discovered;
anu last, that medical science has combined
remedial agents whose effects are in harm0-