Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-05-12
DIR. DILIENRACK.
On CHRONIC CATARkH, ITS RELATIONS TO SORE
THROAT, BRONCHITIS, AND CONSUMPTION.

On CHRONIC CATARKH, ITS RELATIONS TO SORE
THROAT, BRONCHITIS, AND CONSUMPTION.
LETTER No. Ill.
To the Editor of the Worcester Spy
There is disease in the entire catalogue OF hu-
man inirmites that is SO universally common and
that has been so little understood, as Chronic Ca
tarrh 1t has only been within the few past wears
That the subject has been prominently brought be-
fore the public mind and that it has received in any
degree the attention its importance demands. AS
have so fully described in my former letters the
symptoms which characterize this disagieeabe afec
uon, shall pass on to notice briefly its progress
and the ultimate and fatal results which attend it as
well us point out the only rational and successful
means of cure.
The first indications of this disease are such. re-
mark, as excite little apprehension of evil in the
mind of the patient Perhaps a slight dull pain is
felt above the eyes, with sensation of fulness about
the nostrls the sensation of smell and taste fire.
quently impaired and also the organ of hearing may
be affected, rendering the patient quite deaf. But
the disease is seldom long confined to the head 1t
silently and steathy creeps down, and the depraved
and unhealthy secfetiOns from the head drOppag
down behind the soft palate, cause constant sense
of uneasiness in the throat, and almost incessant
and uncomfortable desire to hawk and spit. The
long continued diseased action i'll the throat not
frequently causes an eongation of the uvula which
i'll itself is capable of producing the most mschiey-
GUS results, and always requires early attention
One indication by which this difficulty may he read
lily recognized is disposition the part of the pa
tent to frequently close his mouth and simultae-
ously making nn attempt to swallow. AS the dis
ease advances, we next find degree of hoalseness
or roughness of the voice, with some cough and ex-
pectoIauoni particularly IN the morning. tnow
takes the name of ClergyDenS Sore Throat tl4aryn-
gitis)i and if allowed TO pass down into the air
pipes of the lungs ii takes the name of Bronchitis
A point worthy Of particular attention in this CON
nection is, that when the mucous lining of the nose
and throat are in morbid condition, secfetng
yscous putrd matter it is only reasonable to sup
| pose since these organs are the only channels
through which the air reach the lungs, that il
| must become Initiated, and mbibe the most.poson-
Gus qualities from the diseased mucous surfaces
| which it continually passes This seems to as ra
tonal conclusion, and may be assigned one of the
| causes why Chronic CataIrh frequently ends in
| Consumption Another point deserving most seri
Gus attention is that of the multitudes who annual
ly consult me in more or less advanced stages OF
Consumption, when Intercepted in regard to their
early symptoms, they have almost invariably inform.
| ed me that their disease commenced with Catarh
~ NE had followed By Sore Throat and s attendant
symptoms Reader, If you would cut oifthe chances
| OF Consumption, do not neglect "Coldn or Sea.
iarrh IN the head" venture to say that thousands
in this city and the surrounding country are at this
moment suffering from stage the other of this dis.
ease, who might be readily saved by judicious
course OF treatment but in the neglect of which will
serve TO swell the mourniul tide that il annually
] carrying down to COnsumpyeis grave so many
thousand victims In reference to the treatment OF