The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-21
NEGLECTED. COLDS,
The Reason That So Many People Die Of
Consumption, W-hlch. Kills About
Nine Out often Wh0Dfe "a
Of Disease.
Two.ThlrdF oftho Deaths From Lung
Trouble Might be Avoided II the Ca
tarrhal Conditions which Tend to1t
We're Treated and cursa:: Heed lee the e,
Warning Signs. er9ma1 aag

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Hardly day in which Din. Copeland aud pa,
viSGre not brought in contact With one Two.
thrcO or more cases IN the last stages OF
ton and many OF them so affected With the dls;;
ease thai they arc beyond relief, much less cure.
The history Of tbs majority 81 these cases y
somewhat as follows: Some say that :at some
timeor another they had measles, which In,
duccd bronchial trouble and Persistent cough,
Others say that at one time or another they con;
tracted cold, followed by cough and exrGetora'
ton, bcttcr III summer worse IN winter. attend
ed By u gradual loss OF flesh and strength Others
gave history Of lagrippc and say that SINCE the
disease they have been subject to cough aud rts'
ing OF mRttery phlegm. shortheSstof breath,
| gradual loss OF flesh and of strength, ana ocea'
| SionRl night GWeAtG OtherS again Arc unRbic 70
assign any cause Tor their 1T health, say their
| tBt symptoms were a slight cough. gencfnuy
dry and hacking. followed hy'the raising OF
thin mucus, which IN limo became OPAQUE an ~
StreAked with blood. at times wandering pains IN
| the upper portion Of thochcGt and betweon the
shoulders, dislike OF fatty food, dySpeptlc synp'
toms, gradual decline. IN flesh and strongth
They tell us that the family doctor ID AtiS,nq; 3
ance assured them II was onlyn little cold Or
| bronchial trouble, or dyspepsia OF genetal uei
| blllty, from which they would IN time recover.
| When recovery or even improvement III thesc
CAsel lAkua 10 SHOW luAI Auu tNS V1blsut HNa SSs
nearly third In weight became pale and deeil'
itRted the chest had lost either itS power OF eX'
| pansiou or contraction, the ColRr bone, ribs and
! bones Of the shoulder Joint became prominent.
the night Swelts protlse and weakening, the
stomach symptoms distressing, tho cough per-
sistent and hHrrRSSlng the tnucus puru lent, lhe
| voice husky, the Gmgers clubbed and tue MUD
lbnornally hopeful, the family and irienuS
realize the situation the true nature OF the dis.
ease call in another doctor experienced In chest
troubles, who pr0nounccs II an pnpiSt9Eao!e
case OF consumption Measures the family that
| In that age cure is'hopeless. and advises them
| 10 resign Themselves 10 the inevitable.
The foregoing statement fairly represents INC
history and decline Ofthe average C0nSumptiye'
II Is needless to say that the true nature Of tho
case were in time correctly diagnosed, and 40;
| cordlngly treated, the stand hopeless stage OF
| the disease would not have been reached. -,
In Wow OF our advanced knowledge Of the dit'
| ferent forms OF consumption and OF the several
changes that take place In the lungs with the
different stages Of each form. md Of the inYen'
tons and discoveries made 10 arrest thOprogresS
| OF those changes there Is no excuse Tor permit
ting this class Of patients to pass tnto hopeless
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