Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-22

CONsUM PTIoN

with cough or soreness of the lungs, bu
usually with debility weakness. lsnsuor
and most fatal form is that In which tuber
Giles are deposited In the substance OF til,
lungs. These are small cheesy kernels, tina
ususlly lie dormant for many months. ever
for years, showing their presence only b,
shortening the breath and weakening the
frame, and indu ing languor and inabilit,
to walk fast. OF far, or work hard.
The young wife, settling ln'o a decline
leans more heavily on the husband y arm
Once she walked lightly with him step fol
step; now she leans. ano complains that ht
walks so fasi. and puts her all out OF breath
She gets better for a while In brighter wealth
lower than before; and thus rises and sinks
perhaps, many. times before the tubercles
rfpen and rot the tissues around them, when
she coughs. at first and perhaps for a long
time. dry. backing cough; then y becomel
yellow or saltish. and perhaps offensive e
the white Of an egg. 1t Is usually looked
upon a. OF no great account. but treated as a
common GOLD. the patient not deigning Ia
call in even the family PHI sicIan. But even
II he 10 called he 10 apt to make light OF It.
and advise some simple thing. The patient
waits and hopes, but is annoyed TO End she
does not get rid Of IL; thinks II bad cold,
before; coughs worse evenings and morn
ings, and fears she has caught more cold,
but cannot account for II.
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First,. lsssitude. or languor. or shortness OF
breath, with disposition TO gasp or sigh or
catch for breath. At this stage 1t Is easily
cured. II the patient tries the sperometer
amount. perhaps BY forty or atty inches
not that the tubercles ill so much space, but
that they weaken the power OF imitation and
expulsion Of air. Young girls, at this stage.
are prone 70 lean on the parasol in walking,
to loll and sit at ease, Tor any exertion ''puts
them out OF breath" They like TO recline
on the sofa, or lounge In a rocking chair.
They relinquish many Of their previous and
draw from the dance, or skating. or smuse
ments requiring lively or vigorous move
ment. aud prefer 70 look on. rarely dreaming
that the time Is fast approaching when they
snail Ky even s4ok on no more ana me osnee
perhaps without them. II the Lungs be
carefully examined with the proper instru-
ments at this stage they sound dull under
the q hammer, and give no sound e. all
more commonly over the middle lobe OF the
right lung; or instead Of absence OF the
healthy sound. it IL changed int a creaking
called crepitation.but very faint.
This sound cannot be detected through the
garments. nor through any OF them. nor can
the dullncss be detected through them with
the hammer. There isno resort In the prao-
tice of medicine more absurd and pernfolous
with the fingers Of one hand drumming On
those of the other over the chest; and what
makes 1t still more worthless Is the
doing of II over garments that
WOULD utterly obscure much , louder sound (.
supposed to be listening. suoh examina-
tons beguile the patients, until the disease
Il 20 deep as to pass all hopes Of recovery.
still, up TO this time the ordinary
with an increasing disposition to rest and
sit down while at work, till the patient Il
oftsn considered more lazy than sick"
II application be made 70 a physician In
o one oi those s sSitless fsty ess%inssions s
with his fingers, that the lungs are all right;
only . little irritation Of the tubes. Oh,
this fatal blindnessi The patient returns
comforted, and tries, perhaps, some cough.
and begins to raise the "phlegm' much
more easily; but after while complains Of
some nausea after eating, and hollovncss
when hungry--the early symptoms Of dys-
drops, or tFoches. or expectorants, which
are all made Of some drug, which taken In
larger doses produce sickness ct the stomach
~ Bquills, ipecac. lobeile, etc. These ex-
accelersted rsse; and ccmplicase i With
others that make Il much more difficult to
cure. But even ct this stage, BY . judicious
system of inhalation, proper diet, habits,
TONES and change Of air. y Is easily brought
under control. We cannot too deeply con-
denim and deplore the free use Of tfoches,
cough drops, and expectorants Of ali kinds.
They hurry many 70 the 81 ave. and in 9TH
ers induce dyspepsias rose catarrh or fever:
. psTverted tone Of the mucous membrane.
In the succeeding stages Of the diaease the
symptoms oil the prec< ding ones are greatly
aggravated, and 70 these are commonly sdd
I'd some or all q the following. 10 The
come scanty: the mind becomes, 30 TO say.
capricious, the hopes being at one moment
unduly elated, and perhaps the next more
depressed and moody, and there 10 mark
scenes and stories, and TO laugh heai tily at
the slightest absurditfes or wilticisms the
emotions become very sensitive and tender,
and this is most observable at night. when
from unquiet deep, and gives reins to the
widest fancies. The lips are often observed
to be purple or black aud dry; fiush fire.
quently appears on the cheek; the white OF
the eye becomes Of . mother.of-PeaIl aP-
from morning till night. and from night till
morning. even sometimes continuing
through sleep that brings little refreshmeut;
the spit or sputa IN salt and yellow and Of
time 10 time, when the patient is said 10
catch cold the voice becomes husky or hol-
low, or unduly sonor0us; the periods Of ex-
ercise grow shorter with the shortening
breath; and less ana isss :. f 2 , the
fatigue; the chest becomes tender, even to
q slfght percussion, and Il is now generally
conceded that the patient is In = decline,
or wasting fever, or perhaps the bold word
time the careless exszk ineS-the physician
who says consumption caun0t be- cured
recognizes the foe with which be
has 30 long been dealing, and advises
WHY and cream. or the pi last isshionsbIe
folly 10 the treatment Of this dread disease.
and perhaps change of air to the south,
and probably sanctions plaster to the
chest or between the shoulders, OF covers
these parts with crcton oil or tsrtarised an
timony. oh, i 10 pitifult I, see such help
lessness at such q time, the last precious
days In which there may be ground for
hope! Tins SOON passes; the patient lies
the whole day Is spent il Sed; and now the
cough Is so HARVESTING and the discharge 70
copfous that the nurse holds UP the patients
head that the sputa may be thrown into a
cup 81 ;sebis vsy
the tubercles ripen and slough in the bow
els, giving rise to persistent and exhausting
though mild diarrh0a- There is n constant
sense Of want Of breath that is sometimes
ted TO the cough. Even at this late stage the
patient will sometimes sit up In bed and
write words OF love and hope TO some dis
tsnt friend. and make promises OF visits and
talk OF worldly AFFAIRS; II woman, VIII
speak OF what she Is 70 wear when she gets
well, and hox she will 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 It 20 swiftly aud surely
tendsf All ground for hope is long since
work, but it Is done. The reason consump-
ton Is so seldom cured Is that IL ID not rec
ognixed till Its work 10 so far advanc cd.
Physicians close their eyes to 1t TIL too late