Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-08
CONTRADICTION

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Does not begin. As people generally think,
dyspepsis, or catarrh. The most common
and most fatal form 10 that In which tnber-
cles are deposited In the substance Of the
usual y He dormant for many months, even
for years. showing their presence only BY
Shortening the breath and Weakening the
frame, aud inducing iansucr and inability
The young wife, settling inio decline.
loans more heavily ON the husband ; arm
Once she walked lightly with him step for
walks so fast. and puts her all out OF breath.
she gets better for " ALIEN brighter wealth
err, and then withou evident cause sinks
lower than before. aud thus rises aud sinks.
perhaps, many times before the tubefcles
rIpen and lot the Tissues around them. when
she coughs. at hfst and perhaps for long
time. dry, hacking cough; then 1t becomes
moist and softer, and she raises matter either
sss. :. s u may S be I sisry is
the white OF an egg. II 10 usually looked
upon as OF no great account, but treated a.
IN sy sSd AZ s H1s 70
ifhe u called he 10 apt to make light Of II,
and nd wise some simple thing, The patient
waits and hopes, but y ennoyed !? And she
| fhst hangs on worse than any she ever had
before; coughs worse evenings and morn
ings, and fears she has caught more cold, 4
but cannot account for IT.. taifo i y
mon ssS sG " ss,s i osm u %sa Ss
First lsssitude, or lsnguor. or shortness Of
breath. with disposition to gasp or sigh or
catch for breath. AT this stage II is easily
he finds that he cannot breathe an average
amount, perhaps BY forty or nifty inches
not that tbs tubercles Ill 30 much space, but
that they weaken ne power o. infi isa. and
are prone TO lean on the parasol In walking,
as II for a cane to support, and are disposed
20 loll and ST at ease, Tor any exertion puts
on The sofa, or iounge IN 4 rocking chair.
They relinauish many OF their previous and
more actiye pleasures, and volu ntarily with
draw from the dance, or skating. or amuse
msni. aud prefer 70 look on, RARELY dreaming
that the time Is fast approaching when they
shall even look on no more. and the dance
and the skates will go on Just ss meirily
carefully examined with the proper instru-
meuts at this stage they sound dull under
the hammer, and give no sound at all
throug the ststhoscoPe over "a, soIn con one spot
right lung e or instead Of absence Of the
healthy sound, Il 10 changed into breaking
-cslied crepftation-.butvery faint. q,
garments, nor through any Of them, nor can
the dullnsss be detected through them with
the hammer. There Is no resort in the prac-
tice Of medicine more absurd and porpiciOus
with the fngers Of one hand drumming On
those Of the other over the chest; and what
makes II still more worthless il the
doing Of Z over ssrmsnts that
than the one for which the practitioner ID
supposed 70 be fastening. Such examina-
lions beguile the patients, until the disease
s.i ~ deep a 70 pas shs Al hopes o. rsco,ysry
duties Of life are carried on a. usual only
with an increasing disposition to rest and
ait dow n while at work, till the patient Is
ofa be ms Is q hoR
common located practice. he declares sfter
one Of those shiftless, faulty examlnations
with his fingers. that the lungs are all right;
this fatal blindnessi rhe patient returns
comforted. and tries. perhaps, some cough |
drops or expectorant to loosen the cough,
and begins 10 raise the ''phlegm" much |
more easily; but after while complains OF
some nausea after eating. and hollowness
when hungry-the early symptoms of dys-
pepsia, brought on by the depressing cough
drops, or troches or expectofauts, which
are all made Of some drug. which taken in
larger doses produce sickness at the stomach
A. sQuills, ipecac lobelia, etc. These ex-
pectorants hasten on the disease at . much
others that make Is much more difleult to
system Of inhaisffon, proper diet, habits,
tonics and change OF air, 1t is easily brought
denim and deplore the free use Of troches,
cough drops, and expectorants Of all kinds
They hurry many 70 the gave, and In 9TH
ers induce dyapepsiA. rose cstarrh or fever:
q perverted toas of the mucous membrane.
In the succeeding stages OF the disease the
symptoms Of the prece ding ones are greatly
aggravated, and 70 these are commonly add
woman the monthly discharges cease OF be-
come soanty: the mind bec0mes, 80 to say,
caprfcfous, the hopes being at one moment
unduly elsted. and PERHAPS the next more
Cd SSisposition 70 sSsd tears over souchins
scenes and stories. and 70 laugh heal thy 81
the slightest absurditfes or wftticisms; the
emotions become 10Y .en .n snetender
= cold. clamny sweat swakens the patient
widest fsnciss. fhe lips are often observed
ss Rgps On ss %
pearance; the cough deepens aud extends
from morning tin hight and from night TIL
through sleep that brings little rsfreshment:
the spit o. sputa II salt and yellow and OF
bad taste, and fncroases In quantity from
time 10 time, when the patient Is said to
catch oolds Abe voice BECOMES husky or hcl-
srcise nov shorter with the shorte ming
breeth. and less and less frequently, the
walk Of few rods being sufficient TO induce
fatigue; the chest becomes tender. even %
slight peroussion, and II IL now generally
conceded that the patient Is In decline,
or wasting fever, or perhaps the bold word
time the eArelssa sxaminer-the physician
who says consumption caunot be cured,
recognizes the foe with which he
has 90 long been dealing, and advisss
whisky and cream. or the isst isshionsbIs
folly In the treatment Of this dread disease.
and perhaps change Of afr TO the south.,
and probably sanctions . plaster to the
s Ss psrts e With croton I'll Or tsrtiri.sd a.
timony. Oh, 1t 10 pitifui t, see such help
lessness at such time, the last precIous I
days In which there may be ground for
later and later from day 70 day, till eanaIiy
the whole day Is spent In bed; aud now the
cough IL 50 harrassing and the discharge 20
Sopiogs that he nurse ho,ds ~ the patients
cup or bowl the appetite becomes very
capricious, the stomach feeble; probably
the tubercles npen and slough in the bow
though mild disrrhns. There ID . constant
sense OF want OF breath that Is sometimes
called being tired and weary and Is attribu-
ted to the cough Even at this late stage the
write words Of love and hope 20 some dis
tsnt friend. and maize promises Of Visits and
talk OF worldly afairs; II q woman, viii
speak Of what she Is TO wear when she gets
well, and hos she win dress her hair, ETC.,
and the next minute may be found In tears.
as she suspects she may never recover. But
why follow this declining life into the deep
darkness to which II so swiftly and surely
tends? All ground for hope Is long since
gone. It took years, perhaps, TO do the
| work, but Il Is done. The reason consump-
| ton Is 90 seldom cured 10 that IL is mot rec
ognised till Its work Ia so far advanced,