St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-19
Why Asthma Can BE Cured.

why Asthma Tan De CuTeus
The chief reason for believing that Asthma
can be cured is found in the nature Of the dis
ease itself. It lacks many conditions that
are present in diseases cassed by all author
tiles as incurable. There is in Asthma no ir-
reparabe waste OF tissue or OF substance, as
IN pulmonary consumption, or in various
other forms of atropny There is no IRENE
dlabe enlargement Of a vital organ, nor Is
there change of structure, as in Justification,
or the transformation of muscle into bone.
Post mortem examinations of aSthmatlc SUBJ
1ects usually reveal 4 normal condition OF the
lungs and lower respiratory passages. Where
Asthma is uncompica ed with other diseases,
the usual testimony of patients Is that, eX-
cept when suffering from paroNysms, the
the same regularity and comfort as in reason
able health. Appetite, digestion and sleep
follow III their appointed succession, and IN
harmony with the laws Of human existence.
1t Is only when the disease thrcttles its sub
)ect, and compeis 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 ascrbed to the the fact that physi-
clans misapprehended its true character.
They did not reflect upon the absence OF those
but, finding it obdurate against common REM
edies and their methods OF application, they
assigned it place among those maadies for
which nothing better than palliation could be
hoped. In this error their patients shared.
They regarded themselves AS beyond cure,
accepted 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
Asthmaa as susceptible of thorough, complete
eradication. Patient investigation has been
rewarded by the discovery that difficulty Of
lungs, is not merely local disturbance, but
the visible sign OF a disease that has its origin
elsewhere. This knowledge gained, it be-
came evident that inhalanls, and all form Of
local medication, were wrong in principle and
fruitless as to permanent results. The next
step in investigation led to q comparison Of
the blood cons ltuents OF asthmatIc persons
with those of persons in health. Here mi
croscopic science was called upon for aid and
revealed unerringly a yitiated condition OF
blood in all subjects OF Asthma. Attention
drawn in this direction, remedial agents
We're sought to effect restoration or the
proper blood elements. The search was te-
dious and discorraging, but never abandon
ed. The true cause Of the disease having
been found, it was argued that there must be
in the treasury of nature its antdote. That
faith has been justified. Asthma has been
conquered and forever taken from the cat
egory of incurable Affections.
The reasons for believing that Asthma can
be cured, it will thus be seen, are deduced
from the facts that the disease itself presents
no evidences Of incurabiiity; that erroneous
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 medical
discovery.
| These reflections have been suggested
! through the success that has attended the
treatment of Asthma by Cones Asthma Con-
| queror. Its efficacy in cases Of notable OBJ
stnacy and supposed incurability mas ELECTED
much interest and comment, Doth among
| subjects of the disease and men OF acknoWl.
| edged skill in medical science. The evidence
adduced in behalf OF the remedy is so yolu'
minous and Of SO respectable character as
| to force conviction OF its merits and its power
to accomplish all that is promised. Hence
this matter has been deened worthy more
than usual comment.
valuable treatise relative to Asthma ant
the diseases with which it is often complicat'
| ed will be found interesting to the afflicted.
/ may be had, and advice by letter in cases o
special difficulty, by addressing the Cone
Asthma Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.