Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-31
DOCTORS DISAGREE
Three Theories About Oatarrh
Is Cararrh a Local, Constitutions
or Systemic Dissasss
Discussed in . Lecture by Dr.. 5
B. Hartman ~ the Surgical
Hotel, Columbus, o.
reported for the Press


There are three distinct theories held
by the medical profession as % the na-
tuTe OF the disease known as eataF!h-
Each CT them Is believed and iaasht
~ different PHYSICIANS al eEiasfee
and eqnsl learning. Briefly stated,
they are - follows:
tlTst-Ihat chrome catarrh - Il local
| disease. TINS tiieory denies that Ca
sarsn Is eaus d either by any derange-
nieut OF the system or by any eons1stG-
| tional taInt, bat - soseiy limited 10 the
part or parts which are ylsbly affected
| The practitioners who hold To TINS
| theory treat every case OF catarrn
cine internally. Ny opinion is. how
! ever, that local appaicat!ons can never
cure eAronicc ca .srfh. The various kinds
and modes of LEGAL application, such
as spsays. atomLers, douches. inhal-
antz, funiigations, creams, olntments,
! lotions, gargles, ETC., have IN many
eases a soothing effect on the inflamed
surfaces. aud are sometimes useful To
/ ASSIST cure; bat neither OF them nor
all OF them together ever Sid or ever
| will cure q case OF catarrh. These
| things may give temporary relief, but
| ID Is useless TO expect cure OF them.
Cstarrh is not local disease, hence
can not be cured by local treatment
The second theory of the nature OF
! ca,arrh Is. that II Is constitutional or
blood disea Sc. Those who believe thls
theory TO bc the true one treat chrome
catsrrh only with blood medicines,
hoping. by cleansing the blood, to
eradicate the disease Taus 1t IS that
! we iind certain class of physicians
| hoping to cure catarrh by the use or
/ siTsapar!llas, alternatives, and various
other compounds to cleanse the system.
! While IT l. no doubt true that many
cases of chronic catarrh are asso-
| GATED with or complicated by conststu-
tiona, diseases, such as scrofuIa, cry
sipelas. syphilis, etc, yet oatarrh IS dis.
tinct from them snd can not be cured
by blood medicines. VI course 1t ls
sometimes necessary III cases where
the catarrh Is complicated by constltu-
t.onsl disease TO first cleanse the sys-
tenn; but even after this is done Their
oughly the catarrn remains the same
as ever unless some specific for the ca
tarrh itself is used to complete the
cure. Catarrh Is not . blood disease,
hence can not be cured by blood medi-
cines.
systemic disease, and therefore requires
persistent internal treatment, some
times for many months before per-
manent cure is effected. believe this
theory 10 be the correct one. The mu-
cous lining OF the cavities OF the head I,
throat, lungs, ETC., are made up
OF network of minute blood
vessels called capillarics. The
The capillaries are very small, elastic
tubes, which, III all cases OF chronic
catarrh, are cougested or bulgei out
with blood so long that the elasticity Of
the tnbes is entirely destroyed. The
nerves which supply these caplliaries
with vitality are called the "vasa-
motor" nerves. Any medicine 10
reach the real difficulty and exert the
slightest curative action i'll any case OF
catarrh must operate directly on
the yasa-motor system of nerves.
As soon rs these nerves become
strengthened and stimulated by the
action Of a proper remedy they restore
To the capillary vessels OF he various
mocous membranes OF the body their
normal elasticity. Then, and only then,
will the ca,arrh be permanently cured.
Thus it Will be s9en that catarrh is not
blood disease. AS many suppose, but
rather a disease of the inocous blood
vessels. This explains why 1t is that So
many excellent blood medicines utterly
fail 20 cure catsrrh.
The only hope of success in the per-
malent cure of 2 case of chronic Ca
tairh is to devise some remedy that Will
stimulate the nerves which supply the
capillary blood vessels. know ot but
one remedy tina. has this most de irahie
J effect. and that remedy is Pe-ru-ns
, This remedy strikes at once the root .!
the catarrh by restoring to the capillary
vessels their healthy elasticity. Peru
ma Is not temporary palliative, but
, radical cure.
III the chronic catarrh be of mild
character, take q tablespoonful OF
Pc-ru-na before each meal and at bed
time, and continue it without the leas,
: interruption until = perfect cure is ef.
! fected. But If the disease is of long
, standing, and there is much hawking
) and expectoration, begin with the
above dose ana gradually increase
tho dose to two tablespoonfuls
, before each meal. IL the chronic
catsrrh is of the atrophlc variety (tha,
|. is, forming large. dry scabs in the nose
or when the breath is very offensive
from the liberation going on under the
scabsl, the dose should be increased 10
three tablespoonfuls before each meal.
In this and all other chronic diseases,
; should the bowels be dry or consti-
: pated. take a sufficient dose of Mama.
lin at bedtime TO produce one natural
passage of the bowels each day.
Anyone desiring further particular,
should write The Pe-ru-ua Drug Manu-
featuring company of Columbus, O.,
for free copy of The Family Physician
No. "a most admirable treatise OF
acute and chronic cstarrh, coughs
colds, Ia grippe. aud ali other climatic
diseases of winter.
Dr Moods Norwav pine Svrun rtfres