Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-21

SONOOWa uION
Does not begin. as people generally think
with 4 cough Or sorenesa Of the lungs. buI
SSsssS s o1 S Sss Tss %os
and most fatal form Is that In which tuber
clea are deposited In the substance OF the
lunes. These are small cheesy kernels, thai
ususlly lie dormant for many months. even
for years, showing their presence only BY
shortening the breath and weakening the
frame, aud inducing languor and inability
TO walk fast. or far. or work hard.
The young wife, settling inso decline,
leans more heavily ON the husband 3 arm
Once she walked lightly with him step for
step; now she leans, ane complains that he
walks 90 fast. and puts her all out OF breath.
She gets better for u " ollie In brighter wealth.
er. and then 'withou evident cause sinks
lower than before; and thus rises aud sinks.
perhaps. many times before the. tubeEcles
fipen and rot the tissues around them, when
she coughs. at first and perhaps for long
Time dry. hacking congh; then It becomes
yellow or ssltish. and perhaps offensive 10
The taete, or II may be frothy or glairy. like
the white of an egg. II Is usually looked
upon - Of no great account, but treated a. a
S "a svs0 family Ga
II he Il called he IL apt 10 make light OF II,
and advise some simple thing. The patient
waits aud hopes but y annoyed TO find she
does not set rid Of III thinks II bad cold,
before; coughs worse evenings and morn
inRs. and fears she has caught more cold,
but cannot aocount for 1t.
The following are the more com
First. lsssItude. Or languor, Or shortness Of
breath, with disposition to gasp or sigh or
catch for breath. At this stage II Ii easily
cured. II the patient tries the sper0meter
he finds that he cannot breathe an average
moi fhsf fha tm1ee,cia. All ~ mnrh snscs h,,t
that they weaken the power Of Imitation and
expulsion of air. Young girls, at this stage,
are prone to loan on the parasol In walking,
as n for q cane to support. and are disposed
them out Of breath They like 70 reclins
on the sofa, or lounge in q rocking chair.
They relinqulsh many OF their previous and
more active pleasures, and voluntarily with
draw from the dance, or skating. or amuse-
ment, aud prefer 10 look on. rarely dreaming
that the time Is last approaching when they
shall even look ON no more, and the dance
aud the skates will 50 on Just as mefrily
carefully examined with the proper instru-
ments 1t this stage they sound dull under
the hammer, and give no sound ct all
through the stethoscope over some one spot,
more commonly over the middle lobe q The
haalthy sound, Il Is changed into creaking
called crepitation-butv very faint.
This sound cannot be detected through the
garments, nor through any OF them, nor can
the hammer. There isno resort in the prao-
tice Of medicine moreabsurd and pernieious
than that of pretendfngto examined the lungs
with the nngers OF one hand drumming on
those Of the other over the chest; and what
makes It still more worthless is the
would utterly obscure much louder sound
than TIL. one for which the practitioner Is
supposed to be listening. Such examina-
tions dnsssie The s until the disease
STILL up 10 this time the ordinary
duties OF life are carried on ~ usual only
with an increasing Disposition. to rest and
sit down while q work TILL the patient is
II application be made 70 a physician In
common located PRACTICE, he declares after
one of those shiftless, faulty examinations
with his angcrs. that the lungs are all right;
SSnly httls Irritation q ne snpe. , On
comforted, and tries, perhaps, some cough
drops or expectorant TO loosen the cough,
aud begius TO ralss the 'sphlegm" much
more easily; but after while complains Of
when hunsry--t6e early symptoms Of dys-
pepsia, brought on BY the depressing cough
drope, or tr0chea, or eKpectOr4nts, which
are All made Of some drug, which taken In
larger doses produce etcknoasa t the stomach
pectorants hasten on the disease ct much
ncceleFated rate; and complicRte Il with
others that make 1t much more difacult to
cure But even q this stage, BY : judicious
I'd q 81 ~ q ai nso
under control. We cannot too deeply CON
denim and deplore the free use Of tr0ches.
coHeh drops, and expectorants Of all kinds.
They hurry many 70 the grave, and IN 9TH
hay asthma and other troubles indicativeof
peryerted tone Of the mucous membrane.
In the succoedtng stAges OF the disease the
symptoms of the preceding ones are greatly
aggravated. ana 2 these ere commonly sd.
woman the monthly discharges cease or be-
Oone scanty the mind becomes, 30 TO say.
capricious, the h0pek being at one moment
gnduly eiated. and perhaps the next more
Cd sie disposition 70 she'd tears over souchins
scenes and stories, and to laugh heartily At
the slfghtest absurdittes or witticisms; the
emotions become very sensitive and tender,
and this 10 most Observable at night, when
Z cold, clammy sweat awakens the patient
from unquiet sleep, and gives reinl to the
widest fancies. The lips gotten observed
10 be purple or black and dry; hush fire.
quenty appears on the cheek; the white Of
the eye becomes S cn 81 ds mosnsfoaPss5, sR
from morning till night, and from night till
even fonetimes continuing
through sleep that brings httlerefreshmeut;
the spit or sputa IL salt and yellow and Of
time to time, when the patient Is said 70
catch cold the voice becomes husky or hol-
low, or unduly sonorous; the periods Of ex-
eroise grow shorter with the shortening
bEssth, and lsss Ard less :, frequently 3 TIE
fatigue; the chest becomes tender. even to
& alirht percusafon, and It Is now generally
CONCEDED that the patient Is IN decline,
or wasting fever, or perhaps the bold werd
Con sss & ssa aa ~ e esss s
who says consumption caunot b cured
Ipcognj1ea the foe with which he
has 30 long been dealing, and advises
codliver oil, or the super'phoephatss, Or
folly In the treatment Of this dread disease,
and perhaps ! change OF air 70 the pouth,
and probably sanctt0n1 plaster to the
chest OF between the shoulders, or covers
these part, With cr9tcn pii OF tsrtarised an
lessness at such : time. the last precious
days In which there may Be ground for
hopei This soon passes the patient Lies
LATER aud later from day 70 day TIL nnally
cough i 80 harrassing and the discharge 50
copfous that the nurke holdsup the patients
head that the sputa may be thrown into q
cup or bowl; tie appetite becomes very
oapricious, the stomach feeble; probably
the tuberclos ripen and slough In the bow
els. giving Rise 70 persistent and exhausting
though mild diarrhAa. There Is constant
sense OF want OK breath that IL sometimes
called being tired and weary and Ia attrfbu-
ted to the cough. Even at this late stage the
patient will sometimes sit up in bed and
write words Of love and hope 70 some dis
tant friend, and make promises OF viHits and
talk OF worldly affairs; If awoman, will
speak OF what she Is to wear when she gets
well, and how she viii dress her hair, ETC.,
and the nett minute may be found In tears,
why follow this declining life into the deep
darkness to which 1t so swiftly and surely
tendsf All ground for hope Ii long since
gone. II took years, perhaps, to- do the
work, but Y T. done. The reason consump-
oGnixed till its work IL 30 far advanced
Pnysicians close their eyes 70 It till too late
to master It, or having accidentally cured 1t,
get credit for what they have done.