The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-20
NEGLECTED COLDS.
The Reason That so Many People Die
Of Consumption, Which Kills About
Nine Out of Ten who Die Of Disease.
TWo-rhird, OF the Deaths from Lung
TFoubls Might DO Avoided If tho Ca.
tarrhal Conditions which Tend to it
Were Treated and Cured-Hssd the
Warning slgus,

Hardly a day passes IN which DrS Copeland,
Bell and Davis are rot brought in contact with
one, two, three or more cases III the last stages
Of consumption, and many OF them so affected
with the disease that they arc beyond relief
nspcn less euro,
The history OF tho majority Of these cases Is
somewhaiR as follows; Some say that at some
time q other they had measles, which induced
bronchial trouble and persistent cough, OIheFa
said that NJ one umo OF another they contracted
cold, followed by cough aud expectoratlOn, bell
ter n summer, worse IN winter, attended by n
gradual loss OF tesh aud strength, Other, give
history OF Ia grippe, aud say that since the dis
ease they have been subject TO cough aud rising
Of mRtieIY phlegm, shOTtness OF breath, gradual
loss Of flesh aud OF strength, and occasional
night SWeah,
ISCIPIEST on PRRMoNITARY sYNPToNS
oIhen again arc unable to assign any cause
for theiE III health, say their ASt symptoms
were a slight cough, generally dry and hacking,
followed by the raising OF thin mucous, which
~ tim, becomes opaque and 6treaked with
blood, Ut umel wandering pains IN the upper
portion Of the chest and between the shoulders,
dislike Of iatIy food, dyspOptic symptoms, grad
that the family Doctor IN attendance assured
them II wu4 only little cold or bronchial
trouble, or dyspepsia, or general debility, from
which they would In time recover
SECONDARY on ALARAlSG SYMPTOMS,
Whom recovery or even Improvement IN these
cases failed TO show ilEoli aud the patient had
lost nearly third In weight became pale and
deblllIatod, the chest had lost either lis power
Of expansion or contraction, the collar bone,
ribs and bones Of the shoulder Joint became
prominent the night Sweats TEollSe and weak
entng, the stomach symptoms distressing the
cough persistent aud harassing, the mucuI
purulent, tho voice husky, tho fingers clubbod
aud the mind abuormRlly hopeful. the family
and friends realize the situation, tho true ia.
ture OF tho dlieaso call IN another doctor ex'
perlenced III Ghost troubles, who prOnOunees II
| an unmistakRbl0 case VI consumption, He
assures tho family that in that stage cure Is hope
less, and advises them 70 resign themselves "
the inevitable,
The foregoing statement fairly represents tho
history aud decline Of the average c1nsumptive,
II Is needless ~ say that II the true nature Of the
case were IN tlmo correctly diagnosed, and NC.
cordingly treatUd as In tho case If Mr.. Stewart,
| given below. the last and hopeless stage Of the
disease would not have been reached
In Wow Of our advanced knowledge OF tho
different forms Of consumption aud Of tho
different changes that take place In tue lungs
With the different stAge' Of each form. and Of
the inventions and discoveries male 10 arrest
the progress Of these changes, there Is no excuse
for permitting this class OF patients 10 paSs Into
| y helpless decline