The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-27
DR.. ST. JOHN ON CATARRH.

dies and treatments have failed in sue
cessfully coping with it.
ITO begin with, Catarrh is a disease
that often invades the entire system.
Wherever 1t starts, whether it be in the
head or throat. it tries to extend fur
ther, and If not cured it is liable to pass
into the lungs. If Catarrh starts in the
stomach it often passes into the Bowels
and Liver. If Catarrh starts In the Kid
neys it interferes with the action of these
organs, and often extends into the Blad-
der There is no disease that attacks the
parts of the body so generally as does
Catarrh. There is no diseases that
causes so much harm in the body as Ca
tarrh.
There Is No Disease SO Badly Treat
ed as Catarrh.
"Catarrh is disease of the mucous
membrane that almost invariably starts
with IA cold. 1t is like this: The cold IL
taken, it is stubborn and refuses to get
well, and while the membranes lining the
Nose and Throat are still inhamed, Ca
tarrh attacks them and becomes seated.
From the Nose, where Ctarrh usually
begins. 1t spreads to other localities
along the breathing apparatus. Some
times 1t passes down the Throat and into
the Lungs, like the spread of a prairie
fire. Oftener its course is slower travel
ing by degrees through the Nose to the
Throat, then a fresh cold is taken in
the Throat and the Catarrh passes on to
the Vocal Chords. A new cold is taken
and the Catarrh extends into the Wind
pipe: another cold is taken and the Ca
tarrh uasses into the Bronchial Tubes
| and Lung Cells.
II have found that Catarrh is liable to
attack any mucous surface of the body.
| The lining membrane OF the Stomach the
| lining of the Bowels the lining of the
Gall Tubes in the Liver and the lining
| of the Bladder, are each composed of just
| the sort of membrane that Catarrh lives
! on. So a cold that settles in the stomach
| may produce Catarrh and when such oc-
| ours there will be
Dyspepsia and Sore stomach
and nausea, and often gaggng and vom-
| iting in the morning. When the cold
! settles in the Liver there viii be Liver
! Disease, and often when a cold settles
| in the Bowels there will be gripping pains,
! rumbling and roaring in the Bowels, fol-
lowed by Diarrhoea When the cold set
ties in the kidneys and Catarrh begins
| its course in these organs, there Will be
| pain in the back and the urine will be-
| come scanty and high colored. When d
| cold is taken and settles in the Bladder
| there will be Catarrh OF this organ and
| there win be frequent desire to pass
| water, with smarting pain along the
water passage | have found that be-
| sides the symptoms which are so gener-
| ally recognized as belonging to Catarrh
that the disease makes serious inroads
on the general health, undermining the
system,
In the formulation of the Homoeo-
| pathic treatment for Catarrh | discoy-
cred that the disease as it affects the
different organs and parts of the body,
acts in entirely different ways and that
! to cure IL there was needed a specially
devised course of treatment for each
part that was affected. Thus, while md
ing that one plan would cure Catarrh in
the Throat, found ii required something
entirely different to cure CaIarrh of the
Stomach, and still something entirely
different again to cure Catarrh OF the
Kidneys and of the Bladder.
"Al this | have recognized and pre-
pared my treatment accordingly"