The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-06-24
CURE FOR SNORING.
"A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A soBER
PHILANTHRoPlsT.

4 Terrible aud ut Present 1ncurabie Dis-
ease Thai irea.. yp Homes aud Dcstro'I
Lifelong Ftiendships-A Cure For T.is
would BE "a Boon.
Several years ago. when that best Of
table companions, Don Piatt was alive
we had arranged To have little dinner
together at ga ~ town cafe. was on
time. but piair1. late. Whom he dii
come. he looked grave and said in the
low aud well mol,l5tci voice SO memo
rable.
81 avn sorry. but the simple truth is !
discover th4tI ail afflicted with ~ al.
ment that win not yield to trca mont
one indeed for which G,o00 years Of med
ical science have not been able 60 tind
cure"
Though always on myguard for joke
the sadly solemn face Of my friend ab.
solved him this time, and with all tho
sympathy could throw into my words
| | exclaimed:
"Nhy my dear Piatt, don't you be.
lieye it! What Is this malady;"
ALAS, old age! set out TO walk here
| It was too mach Of an undertaking.
The tjmDl aes8 Of this reference to the
| iuGrinitcs of r.t tuccentuatn1 by sew.
erll important cs..,in court tat hav,
depended upon the iucurability of snor
ing. This We .ious afilictiun to whic.
the human family is heir has increase
In this country with alarming rali 'it1
since the advent Of In grippe. It's changed
character is recognized by progressive
physicians, and no definitions found IN
the dictionagita .rc now admitted TO b,
quite wide OF the mark. Webster init
mates clearly, by tracing the ctymology
of the word, that Che nose is the impor
tant organ in producing the noise during
sleep.
This belief must have been general il
the last generation. for we all know thai
clothespiu was the remedy best thought
of in practice. That treatment was Il,
more severe Ian cupping and far NOR,
direct in application. But during tn,
past five or .iSy years, or since the Frcncl
form Of Influenza fastened upon us, thor,
has been amarked and alarming incrcas,
in the nun her Of people addicted t,
snoring. 1t is pecuharity Of this NAL
ady that the sufferers are not confined {,
: those attacked. Like the dclirium tire
mems, the co. .ct habit and other obnox
ious forms Of nervous unrest, snorini
awakens un antagonism in the human
breast that mere medicine is powdrles
to subdue.
Those who fail to agree with me as t.
the gravity, the seriousness or the time
y liness of these remarks are requested +
communicate by mall and they will b
made acquainted with case in poin
70 that will amply convince them.
. An acquaintance living on West En-
r avenue is now suffering from the mos
y thoroughly dey loped case Of snorin
IL that has appealed TO medical science i
recent times. His life up to the pas
year has been exemplary, but it is tn
plain, unvar'iishel truth to say that i
now looks upon himself as u victim {
y the inadequncy of medical science {
reach his case. His wife has left hin
taking the children with her, and Will
l. it is unlikely that the case in Wi
consin will be taken as precedent fC
Il procuring divorce there can be Il
ii doubt that the couple are irrevocabl
u separated. That husband was deeply a
$. tachcd to his wife. He took the best
v medical advice. He even visited TIN
/ city of physicians, Philadelphia, III Il
,s hope Of restoration to a normal mcthc
e of sieeping.
His medical experience was extensiv
He began w II anodyne and ended wit
n a serious contemplation of deadly strycl
nine He t. ed oxides and bromide
nerve foods and antifats, lactics al
laxatives, iodides and chlorides, aci,
10 and alkalis, oatmeal and cornmeal. A
nj ternating with these he took beer, bat
III and blisters. Knowing that belladonl
made large the pupils of the eyes,
searched for medicine that would ha
e the effect of u mydratio upon the nC
trils. Then he went to DR.. Curtis al
had the cartilage of his nose remove
Somebody told him about the Prince
Wales being cured of insomnia by t
VI use Of hop pillow, and he tried that
'rs without effect. His case was incurab
er He grew desperate. He resorted TO
n. rophine, camphine, benzine-bombazil
ric At this stage his wife left him. and o
,er by one the servants in the house gave I
Is, tice.
US Thus was household wrecked
ali cause the head Of it snored.
ie, We all regard with serious appreh,
ric sion the threatened approach Of c
or denies from the old world and we
OGO member that from the same old wo
gu was brought the sad, sad inhrmity
snoring-a gift that we could have dc
no without and would have been happ
had tl'ey kept at home.
Now that recognition Of the depl
lot able seriousness of snoring is forthco
ing l would soberly suggest that SO
philanthropy It offer a prize for the 5
IT'S cihc that will antagonize and destroy I
sunderer Of homes and destroyer of IA
piness The remedy must be real q
6ng the cure effected permanent.
ne ei Snoring must be removed from
ves category Of incurable Affections. Jul
Chambers in New York Recorder.