The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23

tion IL will be seen that this impor-
tant organ is quite u complicated ma
chine, and like all other complicated
apparatus may readily get out Of or
der, which, experience shows, it often
does. Yes, great deal oftener than
people usually imagine. A little in
vestigatiOn will convince any one that
there is ample reason why il should.
when it is remembered that the heart
is but hollow muscle, and by far the
most wonderful and important in the
body, and that it works necessarily
from the beginning TO the end of life.
Day and night it labors without rest,
performing such an enormous amount Of
aCOrb as to be almost beyond belief.
Psychologists inform us that with each
'pulsatiOn, or contraction, of the heart,
it cXertS 80 pounds of force. which
amounts to $500 a minute, 2l6,000 an
hour, and the incOnceivable number
of 5,1S4,000 in single dayi Now, it
is necessary that all this vast amount
Of labor should be done, and well done,
every day. If not, the health will
surely suffer in consequence of the
least failure on the part of the heart
to perform its duties.
When it is remembered that the
lungs are often weak, as are the eyes,
stomach, liver, kidneys, and in fact
every organ, is it at all surprising that
such hard worked organ as this one
should also become weak or diseased?
Again, is it astonishing that when in
jured by overwOrk, when exhausted by
the use of coffee, tobacco and other
heart stimulants, or by tight clothing,
which interferes with its expansion,
rendering its labOrs more difficult, or
Tt han l.nf el,N I.,
given, would space permit, that the
heart becomes weak or diseased? Nor
is it strange that, when thus weakened
and exhausted it should suddenly give
out in consequence of any undue men,
tai or physical strain, and the posses
sor drop dead. This can perhaps be
intelligently explained by comparing
it with the eye.
Contrary to the general supposition,
heart disease is as readily benefited by
judicious treatment as disease of any
other organ. When people learn to rec
Ognize the symptoms of this dread de-
stroyer, they will then readily discover
that there are as many defective
hearts as there are eyes, lungs, stom-
achs, kidneys and wombs. 1t there
fore behooves everybody to carefully
investigate this interesting and i'm
portant subject.
There are two classes of heart dis
ease: First, the nervous or functional.
Second, the organic, those in which
the form or substance of the heart is
changed These two classes are not,
as the majority of physicians suppose,
separated from each other.
The nervous class is according to Dr.
Niles extensive experience in treating
heart disease, often only the first stage
)f the organic class. Or, at least, ner-
vOus heart troubles, are so frequently
followed, in the course of time, by the
worst and most fatal forms of disease
Is TO show that nervous affections
strongly prediSpose to form the first
stage of the disease. DR.. Miles has
Sept for years careful record of the
,ases treated by him, 1t includes in
lerited tendencies and the very first
of weakness of the heart
Observed by the patients. OF thous-
lnds of cases thus recorded by the
Doctor, most of the worst ones began
With the nervous symptoms, which
physicians decided were merely due
% the stomach or liver.
All who experience any of the fol-
owing symptoms should promptly Sc
,ure relief
Shortness of Breath, Fluttering or
oalpitation, Pains in Left Breast,
side, Shoulder or Arm, Neuralgia or
Pains, Oppressed Feel
ng in Chest, Choking Sensation in
Throat, Weak or Hungry Spells,
Dreaming or Nightmare, Smothering
spells, Difficult or Asthmatic Breath
ng, Swelling OF the Feet or Ankles,
'tc., etc.