The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-03

CONSUME TlOI
Cure Of Catarrh Comn.s. =
Perfection Of the Copeland Practice
of Of Experience-H Is by This Treatment That
Cured Consumption Prevented.
Relation Of Catarrh
to CONSUMPTION.

9NO1eo eAVAA VI SeS osSe -
to Consumption.
There 10 today nothing Of such
vital Importance t. the people 81
this country ~ the prevention Of
consumption. There Il nothing that
90 prepares the system for the en-
trance and development Of the seeds
Of consumption n does oatarrA.
There IL nothing that VIII 30 so0n
RID humanity Of the most insidious
and terrible Of dlseases-consunD-
tion-As Will the cure Of catafrh.
There II mo- disease that 90 uni-
catarrh. The discharge from the
disease runs down the bodily
strength 20 that it becomes IN easy
prey TO disease. Consumption does
not begin In the lungs Of One In per-
feet health any more than throwing
. lighted match In . pail Of water
Will start . IRE. Anything that will
rum down the bodily strength Vail
allow the seeds Of consumption TO
gain foothold In the lungs. II the
people were only alive to the fact
that ~ they attended TO their throat
and bronchial tubes and allowed
those skilled In the treatment OF
these parts to cure them, there
would be hat few eases Of c0nsump-
tion.
While catarrh does not cause all
cases Of c0nsumptiOn, IL IL also true
that ALI those who have cOnsump-
ton have been subject to catarrh.
All consumptives were catarrh VIC
Tins. They took cold, catarrh had
prepared the way Tor consumption.
Tubercular consumption ever -
aulres . break In the membranes
which llne the breathing tubes. Ca
tarrh furnishes the broken places In
the form Of raw spots. The germs
Of consumption from the air can
only enter the system when they md
q raw. sore, dlschnrging susface.
Catarrh creates just such . surface.
Every eatarrh suAerer 10 i'm danger
Of contFactinG consumption when
ever he or shc breathes the air that
has Just been breathed ont by one
who has tubercular consumption.
While NO Intelligent or self-re-
specting doctor Of today claims that
all cases Of consumption are OF
catarrhal character, still. IL the his
tory Of every case Of consumption
was written. 1T would he found to
consist Of the story Of frequent colds
that were left uncured; colds that
did not get well themselves, colds
that came every spring and got bet
ter In the summer, hut came hack
worse I'm the fall and winter, colds
that were followed by catarrhal
aympt0ms-a discharxing from the
nose. sore and inflamed throat.
hawking Of mucus. with coughing
and splitting. A. II we'll known, the
fatal form Of consumption m com.
mon in our midst II due to the en-
trance into the blood Of tubercle
bacillus. which settles In the lungs
and sets mp lung disease.
The expelled air OF q cOnsumpti
frequently contains the seeds Of the
sumptives cough mp also contains
these germs, which, after having
dried In the air. are blown around
and inhaled by other persons II IL
seen ne once that those who live In n
section where consumption IL prcva.
lent would be very particular TO
keep their bodily health at . high
standard and never allow them.
selves to have = catarrh-a6ected
sore. innamed. discharxinx nose.
throat or bronchial tubes, through
which the consumptive germs may
gain admission to the system. The
most potent element that can be
used tn bsnish consumption IL the
cure Of catarrh, the disease that
makes the development Of consump.
ton possible.
When catarrh has existed In the head
ana upper parts OF the throat for any
iehstn OF time. the patient living in dis
tr,cf whsre people are subject 10 catarrhal
Affections. and the disease has been left
uncufed. the cstarrh almost invariably ex-
tends from the throat down the windpipe,
and 'hanee into the bronchial tubes. These
tuDes convey the air into the different parts
o. The lungs The pain which accompanies
this condition Ia OF a duh character, fel. in
the chest behind the treastb bone or else IL
Is present under the shoulder blade The
cough that occurs at this time in dry.
comes az yarytrk intervals. is hacking In
character. and Is usually most Troublesome
in the morning upon arising or on going 10
bed al night This peculiar Character Of
the cough Is often the first evidence that
catarrhal disease Is extending into the
lungs
Az this stage OF the trouble In some cases
there VIII be found streaks OF blood MIXED
wsth the mucus that Is expelled by the
cough. In certain other cases small masses
Of cheesy-iike substances are spit m.
which when presses; hetween the fingers
emit very unpleasant; odor This last ts
a very serious symptom In some cases
cafsrrh viii extend from the throat into
the lungs In very few weeks. Ia other
cases II may be months. and even wears
before the disease paases from the shrnst
Into the lungs. Du-ing the night FOLLOWING
the presence OF these symptoms there l.
liable 10 be profuse night-swea.Ing Al
this period OF the disease further ex.en-
SION Is ever induced by a fresh cold and
the fresh cold At this time may be an snae
ID needed 20 develop rapid CONSUMPTION
To SHOW what can be done in the way os
preventing consumption nothing In so CON-
yinclng AZ this: Among the hosts that
Doctor Copeland every year treats scarce