Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-27
ON ASTHMA.

IT Is A COMMON ERROR to suppose every
disease which Is attended by oppressed breath
ng 10 be ASTHMA or rIIrIsIsic. We have short.
meas Of breath In Consumption. Bronchitis and
Pneumona, Just ~ we do In Asthma, only !
these diseases It Il always present, whereas In
Asthma II occurs In paroxysnis.
Asthma IL spas,notia diseass Of the lungs,
which maiifests Itself in periodic attacks or
with great d,fienlty Of breathing while It lasts
hut when the attack IL over the patient breathes
almost as we'll ~ In health
The Asthmatic ft m y come on At any time,
dav or night. but most commonly occurs alter
midnight aud before morning. The patient is
suddenly awakened BY difficulty of bresthing,
feeling Of weight, or constitution of the chest.
II feels a. though IL were bound. He sits up In
beu pants or gasps fof breath, and. 10 bad cases.
calls for toe doors and ~indows 10 be thrown
open. Perspimtion stands out In large drope on
the forehead, the face looks haggard. the lips
are livid, the extremities cold, and the heart
beating violently.
Persons badly afflicted with this disease are.
during the 1t. insenslble to everything save the
desire for air. have known them to rush to
the open window aud hang over the sill for hours
Ia mid winter, utterly regardless at the cold.
The feeling is precisely that of impending suao-
catl.', and the poor sufferer sndures for z time
all the agony Of DROWNDfNG or slow STKAN0-
hut happily for the patient, his CONFIDENCE
never deserts him. He feeis that II will soon be
over, and then he will get relief. After longer
Or shorter period According 70 she sevssIly 1u% q
NESS At the bott, ,m Of the chest felaxss the
breathing bocolnes deeper, the pstient can
SPEAK and COUGH without di1iruIty and be-
Gins to sxpectorAte freely: AZ length. worn out
by the intensty OF his suderinRs, he fasls Aslecp,
II; NERVOUS, HUHiD and DRY ASTHMA are
names given 10 different forms Of this disease
EAPMisEMA Is smother and more invetsrate
kind Of Asthma, white Hay Fever o. Rsse cold Is
. peculiar variety Of Asthins which occurs at >
certain season OF the year. Each Of these forms
OF disease differ somewhat from the others In
symtoins, but practically these distinctions are
81 very little value. u DOES MT matter 10 the
patient which form Of Asthma he has since his
expectsration becomes yellow. and we call i
bronchial. In another Il il light, and We cali Il
dry. When he coughs up clear wAter, With .
white lrsth on the surfAtc. We nay he has humor-
little expectoFation 0f ANY klad. Hay fever al
ways begins y q crying cold In the bead or In
huenxA, and clear water runs from the nose
and the eyer Tor some time before the Asthma
d gsnernly thl.k. aud contiauss 20 In the inter-
val between the. its. while the shortnes Of
breath is increased on the slightest exertion.
There u no rule which can be said 10 be uni
form IN Asthma IN one pereon the disease will
-sntirrly pass Oh after single attack. and re-
main well for weeks. In another there will be
several fts in succession. With only shoft inter
vals hetween them, and then the patient escapes
Tor llnges peri,d. In some the its occur regu-
lAsly vt stated time-. Some asthmatics breath
best in the city, while others cannot pass night
Ia town without suffering an attack. One pre-
fers the low land as place VI residence, and an
other can only sleep on high ground. particu-
lar exposure of . room will often make diher-
snce, and have known people who g uld sleep
On one side 81 street and not oa the oppQsite
Tho smell Of hay, roses and even Of the stabie,
with many il suiicient IA bring on Z pAfoxysm
Come cannot drive behind horses, OF endure .
cat In the same room.
All this must seem strange and almost absurd
TO thoas who know nothing Of the disease BY ex-
psrisnce, hut those who are sniictsd With Il uB-
dsrstAnd the matter. Se sensitive are some peo-
pie that they cannot enter drug store where
ipecscaanha is X pt without experiencing an ep-
Asthma depends more on atmospheric causes
than other lung diseaaes. The mucous mem
braBs u moTbidly sensitive TO every change in
tue air, In the exusas OF deficiency Of its ozone
in the presence II smoke Or dust; la it, tempera-
snre. humidity. or even i'nprsgnanee with the
delicate fragrance Of flowers and plants. Few
people have any idea Of the powerful influence
exertei for good OF III by what we inhele. The
AIR u the great source from whence we contract
most disease. and i is only BY employing il ~
Be cured. This II peculiarly the case with all
diseas-s Of the air passage and lungs. Of none
more 90 than Asthma.
1t is : foolish conceit Of many people to be-
lieye that II they have Asthma they cannot get
consumption. Tbs truth is the very opposste
They ars more liable 70 fall into consumption
because they have Asthma. Another tdeA IL,
that Asth,aa Il elf b not dahgt rous disease.
ana yet the published bills OF morality for this
city prove 70 ell who read them that great mum.
han loue tbsis hvss AssFy year
Without courage and perBevsrNsss ->tbi.g !.
cnrable But with these. aided by proper ard
skillfuIl treatmsnf. Asthma can generally be
eAsed. And this cAn only be done BY the proper
use of nsdi1atsd InhAiations which reach every
part of the deAssased surfaces. thuz rendering
lung dlseassa - AmenAbIe % treatment and -
easily CURED - any other class Of diseases.
n. HILTON WILLIAMS, N. D.,
275 North Main Street, Las Angeles. Cal
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