The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-02-04
DR.. S. B. HARTMAN,
OF the Surgical Hotel, CoIunn-
bus. o.. Lectures on Catarrh.
Catarrh a Prolific Source Of
Diseases Innumerabls.
Catarfh Capable Of Destroying Four
Ont Of the Five Senses.
A Radical and Permanen. Cure Dis
cussed.

body to perfectly adjust itself to its sur
roundings lenvironment). In hot coun-
tries the body must adjust itself to crest
and continued heat or die. In cold
countries the body must adjust itself to
low temperature or perish. In so
called temperate countries, where the
depressing heat Of the tropics prevails
part Of the season, and the piercing cold
of the arctics the other part, the human
system must somehow adjust itself to
these fluctuations or disease and death is
the result The change from Geld to
heat which occurs in the spring tends to
produce diseases of the blood add nervous
system, while the change from warm to
cold which takes place in late fall or
early winter tends to the production Of
catarrhal diseases.
Catarrh is the source Of a frightful list
of diseases II is silent and insidious in
its ravages, but it pervades nearly every
household and hovers like a pestilence
over every hamlet and city in our land.
Catarrh-and its legitimate consequences
has desolated more hearthstones, made
wretehed more happy lives, and ended
more brilliant careers than all other dis
eases combined. Catarrh may end in
deafness, blindness, loss Of smell. loss Of
taste, or the entire loss Of voice Diph-
liberia, bronchitis, pneumonia, consump-
ton and pleurisy begin almost al ways as
the result of catarrhal attack. The
worst forms of dyspepsia and Brights
disease ofthe kidneys are also the direct
consequence of neglected cases Of acute
catarrh. Even when the victims Of acute
catarrh escape all of the above mentioned
liabilities, there remains the great prob
ability of its ending in chronic catalrh.
1t is beyond the descriptive powers Of
language to portray the peculiar misery
of a subject of chronic catarrh While
these patients do not suffer the acute
pain Of rheumatism or neuralgia, or the
indescribable anguish Of diseases of the
nervous system, yet it would be very
difficult to over-paint the picture Of woe
which usually befalls the sufferer from
chronic catarrh.
THE FIRST STAGE OF CATARRH
or acute catarrh Is commonly known
as "a cold" Catching cold" is the or
binary phrase for an attack of acute
cutarrh. It may begin with a slight
cough, or hawking and splitting mucous
from the throat, or running at the nose,
or watery eyes; but these symptoms, in
a large per cent. of cases, continue to
grow worse until grave or fatal disease
sets in. Of course some cases recover
without treatment, but it is extremely
dangerous and foolish to run such risks
If no attention is paid to the acute stage
it either sets up diphtheria, pneumonia,
consumption, OF some other disease, or de-
velops chronic catarrh, or at least leaves
the mucous surfaces of the head and
throat especially liable TO another attack
at the slightest exposure.
As soon as chronic catarrh has become
established. the victim as never free from
a list of disgusting and troublesome symp-
toms which are sufficient to make life
almost uncomfortable If the chronic ca
tarrh is of the humid variety an inces-
SAINT splitting, hawking and blowing Of
the nose is kept up, TO the great annoy
anee of the patient and others The
thickened membranes of the nose and
throat produces snoring, watery eyes and
deafness.
If the chronic catarrh takes the form
of the dry (astrophiel variety the thinned
mucous membranes allow free breathing,
but there is a continual raw feeling in all
of the air passages, sometimes extending
into the bronchial tubes and lungs.
There is also a very offensive breath, dry
scabs in the nose, more or less loss Of
smell and taste, and other symptoms
too numerous to mention.
It would De, indeed, folly for me to de-
scribe in detail this exasperating disease
unless l had in view some relief or cure
for those people who are so unfortunate
as to be afflicted. It is no longer a
question in my mind as to whether Pc
ru-na can be relied on to cure all such
cases. During the many years in which
Pe-ru-na has been put to test in all forms
and stages of acute and chronic cstarrh,
no one year has put this remedy to great
er test than the past one, especially the
winter of 1890 La Grippe spread from
ocean to ocean like a devastating fire,
leaving in its trail catarrhal affections Of
every conceivable variety in such num-
bers as was never before known in this
country. Pe-ru-na being well known as
the best catarrh remedy yet discovered,
the demand for it was so great that the
manufacturers could scarcely i'll the or
ders for it that ceme pouring IN from all
parts of the United States.
Pe-ru-na was so invariably successful
in the cure of the thousands of cases in
which it was used that a great number of
old cases of catarrh who had given up
all hope of cure began to use it, with
such astonishing results that it leaves no
room for doubt that every catarrh, how
ever long standing and difficult of cure,
can be permanently cured by the use Of
Pe-ru-na
TREATMENT.
In acute cases, which come as a severe
cold, winegIassful taken in hot water,
followed by a teaspoonful every hour or
tablespoonful every two hours. as is
most convenient to the patient, should
be taken. In ordinary colds or catarrhal
attacks it will be sufficient TO take this
remedy as directed on the bottle.
In old cases Of catarrh, whether Of the
humid or dry variety, it is only necessary
to take Pe-ru-na exactly as directed on
the bottle. Any persons using Pe-ru-na
who do not realize the benefit they ought
from its use should write to me, giving
description Of the circumstances, and |
am usually able 10 discover the reason Of
the failure and help them to a speedy
cure. But it is only necessary in the great
majority Of cases to follow the direction
on the bottle and cure is certain.
For complete treatise as to the use Of
Pe-ru-na in the various stages, varieties
and complications OF catarrh, send at