Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-04-20
Z STITCH IN TIME
Cases In Which Medical Aid L. OF Most
Value In the Early Stages.


progress of the affection and secure a
return to health by change of climate
and of habits of life, together with
wisely directed diet, exercise and hy
giene generally. But this stage is
often permitted to pass without any
serious attention being given to it by
the patient or his friends. One reason
of this is the unreasonable hopefulness
that is a mental characteristic of most
consumptives. Besides the insignifi-
cant cough and slight symptoms of de-
teriorating health. which are often only
to be noticed and given their true value
by the experienced physician. do not
carry with them any such degree of
alarm as they merit. When a profuse
hemorrhage occurs the feeling of Sc
curity may give way to the alarm that
has been felt before. Any persistent
cough should be attended to before it
is too late to do good. AS in all dis
eases depending upon special cause
or micro-organism. consumption is not
to be cured by drugs alone. 1t is pos
sible that. as the late Prof Flint taught.
it may be disease that has tendency
to recover of itself. bur if it is .self-lim-
ited," it can only be so under the best
possible sanitary and hygienic cond-
tons.
An ordinary malarial fever Is not, as
a rule. dangerous to life. But any case
of ague may develop into pernicious
(cOngestive) intermittent or remittent
fever at any time. This it is that rem
ders prompt arrest of the common ague
OF such great Importance. For this
reason also treatment by nOstruns and
domestic remedies too often results in
an attack which no form of medication
will be competent to cure. The per-
nicious attacks are almost invariably
preceded by ordinary chills. so that
when the ''congestive" paroxysm does
come on no one can say that there was
any excuse for calling the doctor too
late. Even if pernicious attacks are
not developed. the subject of long con-
tinued ague becomes broken in health,
is pale. sallow and full of pains of u
neuralgia character that makes lif
miserable; and the longer the disease
persists without interruption, the mort.
difficult it is to stop its progress and to
cure the results of chronic malaria
poisoning.
A large proportion of cases of valvu-
lar diseases of the heart originate in
acute rheumatism. This disease at
tacks the joints and such organs a.
most resemble them in structure The
{ heart from its continual movements
and the white fbrous materials from
which it is lined and covered bears II
very strong resemblance to large
joint. In rheumatic fever Gnfamma-
tory rheumatism) the main danger
arises from the tendency the inflamma-
ton shows to attack the covering OF
the heart or the valves to be found be.
| tween the cavities and at the entrance
Of the great artery that takes the
blood to distribute it all over the body.
: Experience has demonstrated that the
i best method to prevent the disease
, from attacking the heart is to Civ,
!, large quantities of alkalies-the bicar.
. Donates of sodium and of potassium
q being the best-until the acid material
n which appears to be at the basis OF
+ rheumatism, is fully neutralized Thi.
). is saown by the secretion of the kidney,
becoming alkaline in reaction. As lona
us this is not done and kept up per
sistently there is danger of heart
trouble setting in at any moment. The
: younger the patient the greater thu
danger of these complications. Henc
the necessity. in every rheumatic case
of prompt and rational treatment.
:, In nervous sensitive children. slight
!. causes are sufficient to bring on an at
, tack of commissions. Thus, some hard
i. indigestible material swallowed, or the
4 presence of worms in the digestive
tube. is often enough responsible fol
y these always alarming symptoms. II
o the cause can be removed, of course
!, this should be done. and the sooner the
: better. One very cogent reason for the
. last remark is the fact that after con.
: WILSON'S have occurred number oil
;, times morbid habit becomes estab
; lished in the nervous system, which i.
= strong enough by itself to produce q
. return or the spasms, even after the
J.. original exciting cause has been thor
: oughly removed. When the fits re-
h return from time to time without ap.
# parent reason, we say that the patient
i has epilepsy, one of the most intracta-
Bile of diseases. 1t is in cases of this
! description, where the cause of the con-
l. vusions can be removed, that the ply.
stefan should not be called too late. Il
Y consulted sufficiently early lifetime
5 of misery, ending in insanity. perhaps,
:. might be changed into one of useful
ness.
J. There are many surgical affections
h which exemplify the warning this arti
: Gle is intended to convey. Of these
, cancer and sarcomas afford the best
4 examples. When small. and before