Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-01-26
About Catarrh and BrOnchitis-Sim-
pie Remedies

The general prevalence of catarrhal
affections is indicated by the great num-
Der of advertisements of nostrums for
their "sure cure" There is, perhaps,
more money 1CaSted for quack medicines
Of this kind than for almost any other
class. Many of the ailments of people
are imaginary, and in such cases any
inert medicine, or one simply stimu-
liant, if puffed strongly enough to enlist
the fatA of the purchaser, will often
prove effective. A catarrh is an actual
disease, requiring something more than
| faith in nOstrum.
Catarrh is a disease character
lied by an increased production or Sc
cretion of unhealthy mucus fluid in the
mucus membrane. So we may have ca
tarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the IL
testines, of the bladder, of the throat, or
lungs, or it may be confined to the nasal
passages. Most diarrheas, and frequent
ly dysenteries, are merely intestinal ca
tarrhs.
Catarrh is often the result of general
weakness or debility, arising from any
cause, such as insufficient food, mental
anxiety, foul air, ETC.; also of taking
cold, or exposure to dampness,. sudden
changes in the weather, OF an unusual
season.
From the above it will be readily un-
derstood that the best preventive, and
o1ten the best remedy, is to secure
vigorous condition of the whole system.
by nourishing food, exercise, pure air,
and, if need be, by braciDg up with
simple tonics, as quinine.
Nasal catarrh, which is popularity un-
darSfood nxy be
the mucus Inflammation of the air pas
Sages extending through the nose over
to the throat. At first it affects only the
direct openings, and is easily remedied.
If long continued, or suddenly severe,
the numerous bony cavities between the
eyes and in the middle of the forehead,
where it is more difficult to reach, and if
construed long, it destroys the bony
structure.
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR CATARRH AND
BRONCHITIS.
1t is now generally known that Car
bolic Acid is strongly disinfectant, and
very usefully applied to putrid sores or
purulent wounds. Wood CreoSote is
similar, is decidedly antiseptic, and quite
volatile. 1t is therefore natural to sup
pose it would be useful when applied to
catarrh and bronchial affections which
arise from diseased or putrefying mu-
Gus. 1t can do harm, is simple, and is
eminently worthy of trial, both for tenn
porary and chronic affections.
For BRoNCHITIs.-Get from the drug
gist's a little good Wood CreosOte. Put
two drops of it into bottle holding a
pint or so. Pour in little more than
half pint of clear water, and shake it
well; also shake well dil0dyS before
using it. Take a mOuthful of this, throw
the head back, gurgle it sometime in the
throat, and then swallow it. Repeat
this every two hours, more or less, so as
to use up the liquid within "a hours. =
For each subsequent "a hours use three
drops of the Creosote in to gills of
water. This three drops day may be
continued as long as any bronchitis ap-
pears. Two to four days is usually
enough, though it may be continued in
definitely without harm.
For CATARRH.-Preparet the Creosote
water as above, in any amount, at the
rate of one drop of Creosote to one gill
of water a drops to the pint. or little .
more water if the Creosote be very
strong and the water too irritating.
Make fresh mixture once in two or
three days, and as much Oftener as more
is needed. Take handful of this wa
ter, previously well shaken, and snuff it
through the nose into the mouth, and
eject it. A little going down the throat
will do no harm. Do this two or three
times, and repeat it at bedtime, in the
morning on rising, and, if need be, oeca-
sionally during the day. In fact, keep
the nasal passages washed out with the
Creosote water. Its vapor will even pen
citrate the bony cavities, and also be
drawn into the lungs with useful results.
1t destroys the purulent mucus, and
tends to prevent its further secretion
1t is useful for any discharges from the
nose or lungs produced by colds or gen.
eral weakness.
For bronchitis, and especially for ca
tarrh, good rare cooked beef or other
nourishing food, and quinine if needed,
to obtain and retain vigorous system,
are capital aids to the Creosote or any
other mediclue.
A PHYSICIANS OPINION OF THE ABOVE.
To insure accuracy, as usual in such
cases we sent a prOOf-slip of the above
to a very competent regular physician,
who returned it without correction or
addition, except as follows: "Ths above
is valuable and entirely reliable, and
should be widely read. Nine-tenths of
the people who take nostrums for ca
tarrh have no such disease, but have
been made to believe they suffer from it
by the quacks who sell their useless and
poisonous stuffs for the cure of eatarrh
at an immense profit. A common cold
is an acute catarrh, and properly treatel
is soon well. Chronic Catarrh of any
part of the mucus tract is not so easily
cured, but fortunately is much more
rarely seen by physicians even than peo-
pie usually think. Orange Judd, in