Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18
RAVAGES OF CATARRH
II AFFECTS The ENTIRE system.
Attacking the hucus Surfaces
and the Vital Parts A Brief
Lecture Showing the
Dangers Of the
Disease.

The advertising Of the physicians OF she
Copeland Mediea. iustiflEe has eeea rrYela-
ton % the people Of 9rand Rapids. a. !
Shown b Tie iAeE thar more people have been
treated al that Institute cuFing the past three
weeks than have ever GENE ua,ier the psAel4ee
Of any physicians IA tais city.
On OF the advantages Of tails system OF ad
yvftislns is that the pB5lie Is instructed Ia a
popular manner in the phases Of various ais
eases. ana in this NAY Deeome familiar ~lth
medical matters whieh theY shoaa by All
means KNOW something aboat. TIE pils slelaas
4 THIS Institute are popular educators Ia
medicine we'll as practical eXp9ne2ts o.
the healing art
The following brief lecture on cAtarrh Will
be OF int est % everybody vbo suffers from a
disease OF the nose. throat or lung:
Course OF Catarrh,
III those persons familiar with the anatomy
OF the upper paTl Of the throat. IN bacS por
uon % the nose, TIE middle ear and eye sno
Us appendagss. would remember how the
delicate mutus lining membrane enNelops
THESE ograns continuously. and how iniiam-
nation OF this membrane extends from one
part 10 another by what is known 10 phNs
clans as continuity and cont guit3 OF tissue,
they would atty nnde stand aud appreciate
now simple catarrhal cOrg stion or lri~ai-
nation starting At its ouglnai point al the
Junction o! the back portion Of the nose aid
upper part OF the throat. right back OF the soft
palate extends upwards Into the ear through
the eustacnisn lube, causing roaring. buzz ng
and ringing noises. partial or complete deaf
ness. earache. discharges. etc. Moving on Up
10 the eye and It's appendages through the
lachrymal duet. IL causes the most intense
pam AZ tim :. Intolerance TO light graduated
sore lids. caniunctiyitis. cornitis. sclerotitis.
mus etc. often ending IN severe liberation
ana destruction OF the parts.
The starting Point.
IL has been stated above that the original
mo- Of s.rF ipaFn .a1lia fsv
OF the soft pa ale al The junction of the back
portion OF the nose and upper part OF the
throat. All experienced nose and throat spe-
cialists know this 10 be "a fact. and there Is a
atho logical reason for this. The two mucus
surfaces at the bend lie in close contact with
each other. and thus collect and connne the
Secretlons dropping from the upper and back
part OF the head until they dry up Into little
nodu!es and pStTify causiog a foul odor and
considerable irritation of the surrounding mu-
Gus membrane. Patients verify this by con
stantly hawking and gagging 10 disiodge these
seeretons. From THIS point the catarrhal IN
nammatlon so often extends downwaTds 10
windpipe. bronchial tubes and the lungs. caus-
ing on its Nay. according 10 the parts affected.
aryngitis. with hoarseness and partial or
complete loss OF voice. bronchitis or chronic
cough. asthma. consumption. etc.
Other Symptoms.
The alimentary tract. consisting of the
mouth. eSophagus, stomach ana bowels also
frequently part cpates in the catarrhal extern
sion, producing dry and assured tongue, and
mouth. dyspepsia. indigestion. heartburn,
water-brash. palpitation, alternate diarrhpa
and constipation. loss Of flesh. etc. aud. liz
consequence OF the debilitiated condition of
the body. a long tral n of nervous troubles such
AS an "A l-gone" feeling. trembling of hand
ana limbs. aching over whole body. hot and
coid hashes; des ondency, etc. etc. 4
As catarrh then Is found to affect at differ
ent times and in more or less aggravated and
complicated cases the whole mucus tract Of
the body producing in turn long train of
a rnn .f..alD OF
the stopped-up condition of the nostris 10 the
complete breaking down of the system. as N
consumption or utter nervous prostration
from general debiit;. the futllity oil any other
mes nod OF treatment than a combined local
ana internal one IS apparent. This is the
method OF treatment the physic ans of the
Copeland Medical Institute are following. and
the large army OF grateful patients they are
raising up testify 10 its curative results.