The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-29
Chronic and Acute Catarrh.
As Discussed by World-Renowned
Physician.
Selection from Lecture by DR.. s. B. Hart
man Delivered at tina Surgical Hotel,
Columbus, Ohio,
REPORTED FOR THE PRESS.

There is no other disease more CON-
mon, more neglected, and often more
difficult to cure than catarrh. 1T IL
common, because all alike are expos
ed TO sudden changes in temperature:
neglected, because it Is rarely severe
enough at first to interfere with bust
ness; and difficult to cure, because ii
is usually allowed to become chronic
before treatment is begun.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.
The symptoms vary according to
the stage and exact location of the
disease. The first stage OF catarrl OF
the nose and head frontal sinuses)
produces discharge from the nose,
sneezing, pain in the eyes and fore
head, weak, and sometimes watery
eyes, occasionally loss OF memory. In
the last stage the discharge ceases,
and dry offensive scales form in the
nose; polypi growths sometimes form
in one or both nostrils, and the pain
in the head and eyes is less intense.
II the catarrh is principally in the
throat it produces raw feeling, max
ing swallowing painful, and the ton
sis become inflamed at the slightest
touch. The mucous membrane of the
throat is thickened, red and frequent
ly liberated. Hawking with difficulty
stringy mucous out Of the throat, gag
ging and splitting, are symptoms more
or less constant, according to the Sc
verify of the case.
In the last stage the thickened and
swollen membrane became thin and
shiny and the sputa thick and of a
very offensive odor. As soon as this
dreadful disease reaches the larynx
hoarseness and weakness OF voice
manifest themselves. Unless some
thing is done to prevent, the catarrh
will follow the mucous membrane in.
to the lungs, where it will be followed
by cough, night sweats, rapid loss OF
flesh. and the other dread symptoms
of consumption; or the catarrh may
pass through the nsophagus to the
stomach and produce dyspepsia. with
all its attendant horrors. In my ex-
tensive practice of medicine | have
treated vast number of cases of ca
tarrh in all stages of its progress from
its first appearance as a common cold
to the last stage of consumption.
When the catarrh is located in other
organs it produces symptoms due to
a deranged or suspended function of
Nll6 VI uAVSlTd.
TREATMENT OF CATARRH.
With the foregoing explanation any
one can understand that catarrh is
the same wherever located, the differ
ent symptoms being due to the part
affected rather than difference in
the disease. Catarrh Is everywhere
and always passive congestion of
the capillary blood-vessels of some
mucous membrane, due to flabbi-
ness of these little vessels. Is there a
remedy known to man that will oper-
ate to strengthen the coats Of the
weakened vessels and restore them to
their wonted elasticity? / believe
there is one, and only one. 1t is call
ed Pe-ru.na. Pe-ru-na operates di-
rectly on the vasa-motor system OF
nerves, which give the smaller arter-
les (arterioles) their elasticity.
Pe-ru-na il applicable to catarrh OF
any mucous surface Of the body and
in all stages. From the slightest ca.
tarrhal attack, or cold. to the most
pronounced ease of the hypertrophic
form, Pe-ru-na Is a specific. Its oper-
alton is, primarily, on the mucous
surfaces, by giving to each capillary
vessel its normal elasticity, thus
reaching the cause. Whenever the
catarrh Is located where it is conven-
lent to make local applications, they
undoubtedly assist Pe-ru.na in COM
plotting cure, but this is not always
the case, and Pe-ru-na can be relied
on to perfect cure without any local
treatment whatever. Catarrh of the
kidneys. bladder, uterus, larynx, bron-
chial tubes, lungs and frontal sinuses,
arc ii! beyond the reach Of effective
local treatment, and internal treat
ment Is the only hope. pe-rg-ga il
equal to the task: Ii cures catarrn
wherever located by removing the
cause.
pe-ru-na is comparatively new
remedy in many localities, and is thus
unknown to many druggists
and tAyS,ciana. have used it con-
tinuously for ihisiy-htc years, and it
is already household ~ord in Tens
of thousands of homes Each bottle
is accompanied with directions for
use, and it can be ordered of any ex-
elusive wholesale drug house in the
Unite! States, and is kept by IA ma
jority CT .sl~tials.
For a complete treatlse SA Grtarrh
send for The Family Physician No. 2.
Sent free by The Peruna Medicine
Company, Columbus, Ohio