Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-05-04

tation Of poverty.
Strange as i may appear, the same
causes are active among the children Of
the rich. Cooped up for at least twenty
hours out OF twenty-four in hot ill-ven-
tilated nurseries, instead Of spending
half their time exercising In the open air
they are fretted by tedious operation
of dressing TO be sent out with Bridge.
for stately walks in fashionable thorough
fares. Being so finely dressed, they
must not play: master Charles must
not rub his gloves along the wall" ''Miss
Eta must not walk in the dirt"-and
this is what they call air and exercise.
The food, though plenty, is, nevertheless,
pernicious in quality. Inste9d of being
kept to plain, nutritious diet, they are
too often indull.ed in all the varieties OF
the table, and their digestion impaired
by candies, sweet meats, and cakes. The
clothing, although expensive, is often de-
ficient in comfort; the bare arms and
legs, which imperious fashion exacts, are
direct calses of almost all the groups,
colds, and infamations with which chill
dren are attacked. Consumption does
not usually manifest itself in children by
active symptoms; wasting is the most
prominent. When we fipd conjolned
with this sores behind the ears, swelling
of the glands of the neck, running of the
nose. erupt;ons on the face, chapped lips.
and puffy eyelids, or weak eyes with
dread OF the light, causing the child to
bury its face in the pillow, we may sus-
pect the presence OF tubercles in the
lungs. with deep-seated disease i'm the
general system.
Although the. causes just enumerated
will develop consumption in any child
long enough exposed to them, yet there
is wide difference in the susceptibility
of different children to contractit. Very
intellectual children with ardent affect
ions and loving dispositions, are remark
ably prone to such pulmonary decay,
and the expression constantly used with
regard to them, that ''they are too wise
or too good.to live long" is also to fire.
quentIy verified. A pale, pasty COM
plexion, or a large head with a narrow
chest, indicates the same fatal predispo.
sition.
The symptoms Of consumption in chill,
dren are veiy mild; there is no splitting
of blood, the paroxisms of coughing are
not urgent or distressing, and the matter
coughed from the lungs is mostly swal
lowed, and causes no alarm. Night
sweats exist only about the neck and
brow. The Hectic fever is slight, and
generally attributed to worms, or de-
rangcment of the stomach. Diarrhea is
usual attendant, and the child NOV ~
and starts up in its sleep with fever.
With all this, gradual wasting of the
body and strength is constantly present.
Change of air or diet may arrest the
provement is only temporary. Soon the
fearful symptoms return with more vio- |
lence; the face becomes pallid and car ).
worn, the little body is racked with pain,
and diarrhea or fever terminates the suf-
fering.
Very respectfully
N. B. WOLFE, M. d.
148 Smith St., Cincinnati, o.
In referring to DR.. Wolfe, and his
mode of treatment, the Evening Record,
of Adrian, Mich, says: He is physician
of large learning and of twenty-five years
of successful practice in Cincinnati, in
Loss of Voice, Bleeding from
t'l0 duu hlu II 0u uioedSc6 VI bU0
respiratory Organs. Though he has
been continuously located in Cincinnati,
O., since 1857, he has prescribed for, and |
cured Thousands of sick people living il
all parts of the United States and Canada,
many of whom had previously been given
up by friends and physicians as incur
able. Tho7e who live at distance and |
wish to consult him. but can not visit
him in per. on, should first write for his
circular Of print' d questions. By writ
ing answers to these, any one can send |
as truo statement of his condition as if |
be made his report to the doctor in person.
From this circular statement the doctor
c" accurately diagnose the disease and |
prepare inhaling remedies for it's removal.
This with the inhaler he sends quickly
by express. with instructions for using
them, to all parts of the United States
and Canada. His address is 146 Smith
Street, Cincinnati, o.