Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1889 — What is Catarrh? [ARTICLE]

What is Catarrh?

Catarrh is an inflammation of the mucous membranes, and may affect the head, throat, stomach, bowels or bladder. But catarrh of the head is the moat common, often coming on so gradually that it has a firm hold before the nature of the trouble is suspected. Catarrh is caused by a cold, or succession of colds, combined with impure blood. Its local symptoms are a sense of fullness and heat in the forehead, dryness ln_ the nose and back part of the throat, and a disagreeable discharge from the nose. When the disease gains a firm hold on the system, it becomes cnrontc.and is then exceedingly treacherous and dan gerous, liable to develop into consumption. Fortunate is it that we have in Hood’s Sarsaparilla the remedy for this ever increasing malady. It attacks at once the source of the disease by purifying and enriching the bipod, which in passing through the delicate passages of the mucous membrane soothes aud rebuilds the tissues.giving them tendency to health instead of disease, and ultimately curing the affection. At the same time Hood’s Sarsaparilla builds up the whole system and makes one feel that he has taken a new lease of life. Many a runaway match has ignited from an old flame.