Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-31
ON ASTHMA.

IT Is A COMMON ERROR to suppose every
disease which 70 attended by oppressed breath
| ny 10 By ASTHMA or PiirHIsIc. We hays short
ness Of breath In Consumption. bronchitis aud
Pneumonia, Just as we do In Asthma, only l..
these dlseases IL II always present, whereas In
| Asthma 1t occurs In paroxysms.
Asthma Ia spasnlotie diseass Of the lungs,
which manifests itself In periodic attacks or
fts." 1t coales on suddenly, and Il attended
with great difficulty OF breathing while Il lAsts
but when the attack IL over the patient breAthes
almost AZ well as in health.
The Asthmatic tit n, y come on at any time,
day or night. but most commonly occuu alter
| midnight and before morning. The patient Is
suddenly awakened BY difficulty Of breathing,
feeling u We ght, or constiiciiJn Of the chest
y feols as though Is were bound. He sits up In
calls fos the doors and ~indows 70 be thrown
open. Precipitation stands out iu large drops On
the forehead, the face looks hsggards the lips
are hvid, the extremities cold, and the heart
Persons badly afflicted with this disease are.
dudag the at. insensible TO everything save the
desire for air. l have known them 10 rush 70
the open window ahd hang over the sill for hours
The feeling = precissiy thst Of impending suas-
cation, and the poor sufferer endarcs tor tiDne
81 the agony Of DRowNDiSa or slow sTRANd-
But happily for the patient. his coniadeses
never deserts him. Iic feels that Il will soon b.
over, and then he will get RELIEF. Afser logger
or shorter perivd. according 70 the severity u
the cAse--generally fsw hours-the TiGhf-
breathing becomes deeper. tbs patient can
SPEAK and COUCH without diinrnliy aud be-
aims to expsctorAte freely. AZ length. worn out
BY tho intensity Of his suRerngs. he falls asleep.
NERVOUS, HUMID and DRY ASTHMA are
names given 10 different forms Of this disease.
EMPMisENAis Is anotker aud more inveterate
kind q Asthma, while nay Fever " Rsse cold IL
certain season eI the year. Each VI these formB
OF dissase differ somewhat from the ethers In
symtolns, but practically the - didinctions are
Of very little yHlue. u dos MT matter to ths
suHerings are the same in all. In one case the
expectoraiion becomes yellow, and we call 1t
bronchial. In another 1t 10 light. and We cali It
dry. When he coughs up clear water, With
white frsth on the surface. We say he hes hum0r-
81 asthma. In nervous asthma there IL very
little expectoration Of any kind. Hay fever al
ways begins ~ q crying cold In the head OF in-
auenza, and clear wafer runs from the moss
and the eyes fot some time before the Asthma
tt CONES sn. inlsnphysom 2 tn. expec4orAtioa
IL keneExlly thick, AID continues % y the inter-
vel between the Hts, while the Hhortness of
breath y Increased on the slightest exertiou
fhers i no rule which can be said 70 be uni
iosn In Asthma. II one person the disease Will
entirely pass Oh after . single attack. and re-
main we'll Tor weeks II another there will be
several fits ID succession. With only shoFt inter
vais between them, anA shea the patient escapes
Lady ct stated tisass. So9e ssthmAtics breath
best In the 0 u, while osllgs cannot pass night
in town without snfesisg ~ attack. One .Prs-
iers tho low land - plsce Of rssidepcs, And A.
iss. s.ess s. S = az o% 3" s iii" dss MAJ. sss
ence, and hara known people who cs I'd alesp
on one dido ef . street aud not on Tie opposies
1he smell Of hay rose: and even Of ~ ssAbie.
Some caasot drive behind horscs, or endure .
cAt IN The nnne ROOM 7 ias|I
All this must seem strasrs and almost absurd
70 those who know nothing Of the disease by ex-
perisnce, but those who are afflicted with if ue-
20 that Thy cannot entsr = drug store where
tpsncuanA. u k.pt without experimenting an op
preston In breathing.
Arh.a depends aors on Atmosphsric causes
bnne 10 morbidiy SENSITIVE 70 every change In
the air. In the excess OF dsnciescy Of its ogone--
In the presence 1t smoke OF dust: In II teunpsrar
tn!e, humidity. Or even imprssnanee With the
people have any idea OF the powerful influence
exeftsd for good or III by what We Iutals. 1hs
air y the great source from whence we contrAct
,nost dissasss and L 10 only by employing II -
b cur-d. This is peculiarly the case with all
dissas's q Ne air passsss and lungs. Of none
more 20 tAsn Asthma.
q = f9elsh eoncsit q many psopls Y Be.
oonsumption. Ths truth = the very opposite-
rhsy are more liable - tall Into coDsumptiou
because they have Aslhma. Another idea is.
that Asthma itself = no4 dangerous disease,
cssy pssss q n hSA8iAns q mortality for this
bs. lose thsls Lives even ysas ne.-- =
without courage md peEusvsEance nothing Il
cnrabls. But with these. aided By proyes snd
skillfnn trsatmset. AsfhnA can gsas1hlk Be
cured eveussffef he hngs ~ s1iladvsly Dis
esked. And this can only - dnas hy Tie proper
use of Nedicatsd InhaIAtioas wkicA Ranch svsxy
part Of The deassAssd surfaces, thus rsadsrinx
iuag diseases = annenabIs % tse1eusnt and e
essiiy cured y any other class Of diseasss.
N. HILTON wILLIANs, n D.,
us North Main Street, Las Angeles. Cal
P.a.0rricE Houss. from 10 A. Z. to ss.n.:
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