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On the influence OF Cold
IN THE
Production of Diseases of the Lungs
AND ON THE
COMPARATIVE MERITS
Different Plans of Treatment.

Different Plans of Treatment.
DY M. HILTON WILLIAMS. NJ. D., NJ. C. P.
ID 8. o., specialist in diseases of the Head,
Throat and Chest, including the Eye, Ear and
Heart.
directly on the mucous lining of the nasal pas
sages, throat windpipe, bronchial tubes and
air-cells of the lungs. Sudden changes in the
temperature of the air are Immediately felt over
the whole OF this extended surface. Goodness
and humidity render the air irritating to the
mucous membrane, irritation ends in conges
tion, and congestion is the first stage of infiam-
matiOn-the parent of all those chronic catarrh-
al affections of the nose, throat and bronchial
tubes, which ultimately end in consumption.
Nearly eighty per cent. of the cases OF con-
sumption begin by congestion of the mucous
membrane OF the nasal passages, throat and
bronchial tubes produced by colds. To that
extent, therefore, consumption springs directly
from the damp ana ohangeabe weather. 1t is
inhammatory and purely local in its early stage
quite as much so as inf emmstion of the eyes
or quinsy OF the throat, and must be treated in
the same direct manner
It is a rule of medical practice. established by
ages OF experience, that every disease which is
local-that is to say, has its seat in any one
organ or part of the body-requires for its cure
he direct application of the remedies TO such
or part. When this can be done, the
disease is generally durable. and when 1t can
not be done it is, il SERIOUS, generally fatal The
same mucous membrane is spread over the
globe of the eye. lines the tear passage ana 1n-
ternal surface of the nose, covers the throat,
passes down the windpipe, and becomes the
lining of the delicate and innumerable air cells
of the lungs. When cold produces inhamms-
ton of the eye in one person and acute catarrn
of the head in another, the cause, the disease
and the membranes affected are alike in every
respect. When cold produces a sore throat IN
one person and congestion OF the lungs IN
sno her, there is no difference in the diseased
action of the two cases, or In the principles OF
treatment required for their cure. IL is mu-
cous membrane that is involved in both cases.
But many treat these similar diseases OF same
membrane widely different, and, as conse-
quence, cure one and fail to cure the otoer'
For the eye they apply eyewashes and oint-
ments directly to the infamed parts and are
generally successful In the nose IS applied
nothing to the diseased parts ana cstarrh Pc
comes seated and is thought to be incurabie
For an infiamed throat they prescribe gargies
and applications to the throat and generally
cure For the same disease ntiie lover lover d1wn
make no direct application, but dose the pa
tient's stomach, and, as a consequence often
fail to cure Would it not be foolish to pretend
10 cure an inhamed eye or q sore throat by dos
ing the stomach? Well, it is just as great a
mistake to treat eatarrh and diseases OF the air
passages of the lungs by dosing the stomach
The fatality of lung diseases is not due, as
many people suppose, to the maligu1ty OF their
organs. 1t is the inevitable result of gross neg
lect of the means of cure within the reach of
all. Properly treated by direct medication,
lung diseases are as durable as other malgdies.
If any satisfactory result were attained by
constitution treatment alone in lung cases-u
they cured considerable proportion OF such
cases-it might reasonably be doubted whether
the direct treatment of inhalation could accom-
plish better results. But the fact is they do but
very little good. Even in hospitals, where the
Diet exercise and general habits, as well as
their medical treatment, are entirely under the
control OF physicians very few well defined
diseases OF the lungs can be shown to have been
cured by the stomach treatment out Of every
thousand cases so treated. 1t has been SO uni
iormly unsuccessful that most people have
come to regard consumption as equivalent to
the hand OF death! In giving 1t up, therefore,
those having lung diseases abandon nothing,
SAVE @ the certainty of an earthly grave for hope
Now, look at the results attained by the direct
treatment of the lungs by inhalation. In all
orulnary cases OF cRtarTh, bronchitis and
asthma, improvement Immediately takes place,
anu anu they go on to complete cure. In consump-
uon the disease is more obstinate, but these
cases ultimately get we'll. Even in desperate
eases benefits always result from inhalations,
ana We can point to hundreds of such cases
winch were given over to die and pronounced
nopeless, and YET recovered and are now living.
lhese E facts are easily certified to by thousands
OF ilving witnesses at the present day.
NJ. hilton WILLIAMS, NJ. D., NJ. G. P. So,
HoLLENBECK BLOCK.
corner Second and Spring Sta, Los Angeles.
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