Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1875 — The strange Disease. [ARTICLE]

The strange Disease.

Like the thief at night, it steals in upon us unawares. The patients have pains about the chest and sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especially in the morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load on the stomach, sometimes a faint, all-gone sensation at the pit of the stomach, which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold and feel clammy. After awhile a cough sets in, at first dry, but after a few months it is attended with greenish-colored expectoration. The patient feels tirecl all tlie while, and sleep does not appear to afford any rest. After a time he becomes nervous, irritable and gloomy, and has evil forebodings: There is a giddiness, a sort of whirling “sensation iu tlie head when rising up suddenly. The bow,els become costive, the skin is dry and hot at times. Tlie blood becomes thick and stagnant, the whites of tlie eyes become tinged with yellow, the urine is scanty and high-colored, depositing a sediment after standing. There is frequently a spitting up of the rood, sometimes witli a sour taste and sometimes a sweetish taste. This is frequently attended with palpitation of the heart. The visidn becomes impaired with spots before the eyes. There is a feeling of treat prostration and weakness. All of hese symptoms do not make their appearance at one time, but during the various stages they are in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our population has this disease in some of its varied forms. It has been found that medical men nave mistaken the nature of this disease. Some have treated it for liver complaint, some for dyspepsia, others for kidney disease, etc., etc., biit none of these various kinds of treatment have been attended with success. It is found, however, that the Shaker Extract of Roots (not a patent medicine), when prepared properly, will remove the disease in all its stages. Care should be taken to procure a good article. Sold by A. J. White, General Agent, 319 Pearl street, N. Y. Agents wanted.