n. The gradually
increasing emaciation and loss of strength render perpetuity of the
organism impossible.

The fulfillment of the fourth indication, to relieve local symptoms, and
the complications with other diseases, is often attended with no little
difficulty.

_The Cough_ is a secondary symptom, arising from the irritation caused
by the tubercular deposits. Medicated inhalations may give temporary
relief, but cannot cure it. They strike at the branches of the disease,
while the root is left to flourish and develop new branches.

Expectorants have been employed to a great extent, and the theories,
which have been advanced in favor of their use, are sometimes very
ingenious. That they modify the cough, we do not attempt to deny; but it
is usually at a great expense, for they derange the stomach and
interfere with digestion and assimilation.

Improvement of the general health is always attended with amelioration
of the cough. If the patient did not cough at all, the lungs would soon
fill up with broken-down tissue, and death from suffocation would
result. Irritation of the nerves supplying the lungs sometimes occurs,
and causes the patient to cough immoderately, when it is not necessary
for the purpose of expectoration. This condition is readily controlled
by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which exerts a decidedly
quieting and tonic influence upon the pneumogastric nerve, which, with
its ramifications, is the one involved. An infusion of the common red
clover, in tablespoonful doses, will also be found a valuable adjunct in
overcoming this condition.

_Hoemoptysis_. Hemorrhage from the lungs is generally sudden and
unexpected in its attack, though sometimes preceded by difficulty of
breathing, and a salty taste in the mouth. Although it _very rarely_
destroys life, it often occasions alarm. Common table salt, given in
one-fourth to one-half teaspoonful doses, repeated every ten or fifteen
minutes, is generally sufficient to control it. Ligatures applied to the
thighs and arms, sufficiently tight to arrest the circulation of blood
in the veins, but not tight enough to impede it in the arteries, is a
useful proceeding. Ergot, in teaspoonful doses of the fluid extract,
hamamelis, and gallic acid, all are valuable for this purpose.

_Night-sweats_ can only be regarded as a symptom of weakness, and are to
be remedied by an improvement of the general health. Bathing in salt
water is sometimes attended with goo