Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-07-15

with cough or soreness of the lungs, but
usually with debility, weakness, languor,
o. ba he mSs ssS
Giles are deposited III the substance OF the
lungs. These are small cheesy kernels. that
usually 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 INFO decline.
leans more heavily on the husband 3 arm
Once she walked lightly with him step for
step; now she leans, anu complains that he
walks so fast, aud puts her all out OF breath.
She gets better forawnlle in brighter wealth
er, and then withou evident cause sinks
lower than before; and thus rises aud sinks,
perhaps, many times before the tnbercies
ripen and rot the tissues around them, when
she coughs. at first and perhaps for a long
time. a dry, hacking cough; them II becomes
moist and softer. and she raises matter either
yellow or saltish. and perhaps offensive to
the taste, or IT may be frothy or glsiry. IKE
the white Of an egg. Il Is usually looked
common cold, the patient not deigning TO
call 10 even the family physician. But even
II he Is called he Is apt to make light OF II,
and advise ns some sS,mps thing TIE patient ssa
does not get rid OF II; thinks IL a bad cold,
that hangs on worse than any she ever had
before; coughs worse evenings and morn
,nSs and fears o she Pas caught more cold
The following, are the more COM
mon signs of this form OF consumption:
First. lassitude. or languor, or shortness of
breath, with disposition to gasp OF sigh or
cured. II the patient tries the sperometer
he finds that he cannot breathe an average
amount perhaps by forty or nfty inches
not that the t1bercles al so much space, but
expulsion of air. Young girls, at this stage.
are prone to lean on the parasol In walking,
as II for cans to support, and are disposed
q loll and sit At ease, for any exertion .puts
on the sofa. or lounge in rocking chair.
They relinquish many Of their previous and
more active pleasures, and voluntarily with
draw from the dance, or skating. or amuse
ment, and prefer 70 look on, tely dreaming
that the time Is fast approaching when they
shall even look on no more. and the dance
and the skates viii go on Just as merrily
carefully examined with the proper instru-
ments at this stage they sound dull under
the hammer, and give no sound at ali
through the stethoscope over some one spot.
right lung; or instead of absence OF the
healthy sound, 1t Is changed int creaking
called crepitation-but very faint
This sound cannot De detected q s through the
the dullness be detected through them with
the hammer. There IL no resort in the prac-
tice of medicine more absurd and pernicious
with the the'S fingers o. one hand drumming On
those Of the other over the chest; and what
makes 1t still more worthless Is the
doing of 1t over garments that
than the one for which the he'll practitioner i Is
supposed to be listening. Such examine
lions beguile the patients, until the disease
IL so deep as to pass all hopes of recovery.
dmt.es ~ life ara carried on a. usual aniy
win an increasing disposition to rest and
sit dow n while at work, till the patient is
often considered more lazy than sick"
II application be made to physician In
one Of those shiftless, faulty examinations
with his fingers. that the lungs are all right;
only little irritation of the tubes. Oh,
this fatal blindnessl fhe patient returns
drops or expectorant TO loosen the cough,
and begins to raise the "phlegm" much
more easily; but after while complains Of
when hungry-the early symptoms Of dys-
pepsia, brought on by the depressing cough
drops, or troches. or expectorants, which
are all made of some drug, which taken in
as squills, ipecac, lobelia, etc. These ex-
pectorants hasten on the disease at much
accelerated rate; and complicate Il with
others that make 1t much more difficult to
cure. But even At this stage, by iudicious
system of inhalation, proper diet, habits,
tOntcs and change of air, it Is easily brought
under control. We cannot too deeply con-
denim and deplore the free use OF troches,
cough drops. and expectorsnts Of all kinds
They hurry many to the grave. and in 9TH
ers induce dyspepsia, rose catarrh or fever.
hay asthma aud other troubles indicative of
9 perverted tone Of the mucous mem brane.
symptoms Of the preceding ones are greatly
aEgrRvafed and to these are commonly add
ID Some. or all Of the following: In the
womai, the monthly discharges cease or be-
come stanty: the mind becomes. 20 TO say,
capricious, the hopes being at one moment
unduly e1sted, and perhaps the next more
depressed and moody, and there is mark
ed disposition 10 shed tears over touching
the slightest absurdities or witticsms; the
emotions become very sensitive and tender,
and this Is most observable at night. when
a cold, clammy sweat awakens the patient
Widest fancies. Re lips are often observed
to be purple or black and dry; flush fire.
quently appears on the cheek; the white of
the eye becomes Of a mother-of-pearl ap-
from morning till night. and from night till
morning, even sometimes continuing
through sleep that brings little refreshment;
the spit or sputa Is salt and yellow and of
time TO time, when the patient Is said to
catch cold; the voice becomes husky or hol-
low, or snduly sonorohs; the periods OF ex-
ercise grow shorter with the shortening
walk OF a few rods being sufficient to induce
fatigue; the chest becomes tender, even to
slight percussion, and It is now generally
conceded that the patient is in decline,
Consumption Is used, and by or before this
time the careless exaAiner-the physician
who says consumption caunot be CURED
recognizes the foe with which he
eodiiver oil, or the supef'phosphates, or
whisky and cream, or the last fashionable
folly In the treatment OF this dread disease,
and perhaps change Of air to the south,
chest or between the shoulders, or covers
these parts with croton oil or tartariKed an
timony. oh, II ia pitiful t3 see such help
lessness at such a time. the last precious
hopei This soon passes; the patient lies
later and later from day to day, till finally
the whole day Is spent In bed; and now the
cough Is so harrassing and the discharge SO
eopious that the nurse holdsup the patients
head that the sputa may be thrown into
cup or bowl the appetite becomes very
eapricious, the stomach feeble; probably
the tubercles ripen and slough In the bow
els. giving rise TO persistent and exhausting
though mild diarrh@a. There is a 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
patient viii sometimes sit up In bed and
write words OF love and hope 70 some dis
tsnt friend, aud make promises Of visits and
talk OF worldly affairs; If woman, will
speak Of what she is to wear when she gets
well, and no v 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 1t so swiftly aud surely
tendsY 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 30 seldom cured is that IL 10 not rec
ognixed till its work Is SO far advanced.
Physicians close their eyes to 1t till too late
TO masterit, or having accidentally cured Ii,
get credit for what they have done.