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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs
From 1883 Nicholson family health pamphlet sponsored by Burdock Blood Bitters:
The Common Cold
Symptoms:Those common troubles are so well known that they need but little description; fever, chills, sneezing, etc.
Causes: We daily hear remarks about people taking cold, yet few can tell when they took it. The fact is that atmospheric influence has much more to do with cause of colds than most people believe. While the condition of the blood and secretory organs affecting the general health greatly influences the system to a susceptibility to colds, doubtless when the germ theory of disease becomes better known, it may be proven that certain miasmatic germs are at the bottom of the mischief as is already asserted in the case of diphtheria, catarrh.
We are free to declare that the peculiar state known as cold is oftenist induced by getting overheated, going suddenly from a hot atmosphere near a fire without admitting the hot air gradually into the lungs. Hence the mouth should be kept closed and breathing be done in the natural way through the nostrils to admit the outer air at a proper temperature into the lungs instead of letting it rush in great volumes by mouth.
Treatment: As every case of consumption commences with what appears to be a light cold, and as colds are so often the foundation of many serious and fatal diseases, people cannot be too careful to prevent serious consequences by early and proper remedies. (Here they list the Burdock remedies available).
Asthma, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Croup
Disturbed Condition of the Vital Fluids
Inflammation, Congestion,
Blood and Constitutional Diseases
Scrofula, Erysipelas, Rheumatism
Diseases of the Digestive System
Dyspepsia, Biliousness
Summer Complaints
Cholera, Morbus, Cramps, Colic, Diarrhea, Dysentery
Women's Complaints
Hysteria is a nervous condition peculiar to females and manifests itself in various ways according to disposition and temperament; paroxysms of laughing and weeping alternately, screaming, gasping for breath, trembling, clenching the hands and teeth and other apparently alarming symptoms are common and often needlessly frighten the friends of the patient. It is not necessarily dangerous, but rather a symptom of some nervous irritation or organic excitement, and is often a frequent attendant of uterine troubles.
Treatment: Bromide of potassium is five to ten grams does, in peppermint water, three times a day, is a favorite prescription of the schools for this sort of nervous irritation. A tea of lady slipper root, blue vervaine, valerian and similar herbs are highly praised by the botanic profession.
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