The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-29
"A Interesting Account of the Rise and
Progress Of a Powerful Enemy.

At no period of life is the system ex.
empt from rheumatic attack 1t is
painful, wearing and facilitating dis.
ease. 1t incapacitates for labor, consumes
the sufferers time, robs him of his money.
1t is mainly a disease of northern
climates with their excuses of cold, heat
and moisture, and rapid changes of tenn
perature. 1t sometimes attacks the mus
cles only. At others the joints. And a
still more dangerous form involves the
stomach, liver, heart, kidneys and internal
organs.
Direct causes of rheumatism are First,
exposure to cold and damp; rest, after
violent exercise, in moist cool places
shade, a damp room; drenching wet
tings, insufficient clothing, sitting in
drafts, working in sunless places, living
IN malarial regions.
Second, weakened health from over
exertion; poor blood from insufficient
food.
Third, too free use of improper food
and stimulants.
Fourth, hereditary tendencies, and
some kinds of previous or existing dis
eases.
Excessive or improper food begets
acid dyspepsia, a stomach disease. This
acid is absorbed into the blood and finally
deposited in the line of muscles and about
joints. Uterine troubles and tardy men
situation, in females, tend to acid, and
consequently, rheumatic conditions.
Stimulants, hot, rich foods, malarial poi
sons, congest the liver, alter the blood,
and end in rheumatism.
Muscular rheumatism NAV attack any
muscle or group ofmuscles. In the back,
it is lumbago. In the chest, it is inter
costal neuralgia. In general, the part of
the body attacked gives it name. 1t
may come suddenly. 1t may also grow
gradually and become fixed. It's symp-
toms are intense pain and disin ciination
TO Use the muscles = -.
Acute inAamma 81 OF the joints is
another form OF rheumatism. Its symp-
toms are headache, chiiliness, high pulse,
ieyerishness, for hours in advance. Then
toe, knee, or other joint, suddenly be-
comes red, swollen and terribly painful.
Another joint is attacked, and still
another, till few escape.
Chronic rheumatism is the result of
postponed or improper treatment of an
acute attack. The general health may
be good. The joints are enlarged, stiff,
and painful 1t is a stubborn form.
Without proper treatment, the bones
become involved, the stiffness increases,
and permanent disability ensues, hard
nodules forming in the joints after time
Rheumatic govt is an insidious form
of rheumatism. At first a joint, say of
toe or finger, enlarges and stifiens; a
muscle aches; a sore spot comes in the
flesh. Neuralgia twitches are felt in head,
back or legs. The sufferer feels old,
requires a shaking up after rest, feels well
one day but not the next, puffs and
wheezes when walking fills about the
throat, perhaps coughs little lacks
appetite and does not digest well, has
frequent bilious spells, pain in stomach,
palpitation, rushes of blood to head,
fears apoplexy. The joints enlarge,
chalk stones form. Then may come a
sudden equity attack on one point, with
quick movement to others; sometimes to
the heart, when it becomes dangerous
Its leading cause is the thickening OF
tissues and the failure to eliminate waste,
which come with advancing years and
Discrimination to exercise.
1t is wonderful how easy rheumatism
begins, how tenacious its grip, how insid-
iously If grows in the system, till one is
startled by its appearance in acute or
chronic form.
Can it be cured ? Yes. Every con-
dition leading to it can be changed.
Permanent distortion of body cannot be
removed, but its pain and inconvenience
can be. The disease need never get into
chronic or equity shape. Athlophoros is
the supreme remedy. 1t is destructive
of rheumatic conditions in the system
Nature works the rest.
Athlophoros has been universally sue
eessful in curing rheumatism and neu-
ralgia. Testimonials of its wonderful
efficacy come from all parts of the country.