Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-21
DR.. Robert Hunter, of New York, on the
Causes and Cure Of cstarrh.


KuntER TWO.
To tie Editor ofthe Viryiaian.
! Sal now come 70 the consideration Of Ca.
tarrh:
From the frequency Of catarrhal affections as
| f,rcfunners Of genuine tubercuiar consumpto.
the relationship between colds, coughs, and con
sumption" Ia nnquestionably that of cause and
effect. Too much attention cannot be given TO
! this fact.
BY "Catarrh." commo. " called "a cold in the
! head" mean an infammatory affection 81 tie
mucpu. membrane that lines tho nose. Thi-
membrane extends downwards. lining alsa The
throat, lurnyx. windppe. and bronchial tule-.
We breath through the nose; hence that part of
the mucous membrane which lines the nasal pas
suges, first receives injury from sudden changes
If temperature in the air. or from any irritating
matter 1t may contain. There are two kinds uf
Latarrh acute" aud chronic"
the symptoms OF ''acute Caiarrah" nrc first, n
sen.e Of heat and stufing IN the nose. You find
II impossible to breathe through the nosrils, nj.
though there is no secretion-th membrane is
dry" II you could now examine the lining #
the nostr YOU would find it read, swollen, in
creased il thickness and very irritable. Try TO
inhac the cold air through it, and the attempt
cltc- "saeezing."
This irritation may extend from the lining If
the nose to the frontal sinus; when We have "r,iS'
over the FOREHEAD" il may also extent through
The achrymnl canals, which convey the tears from
tHeiu up rs " mas uOHe '1t u sc.
Ia that event the secretion Of tears will be in.
creased, and in consequence Of the closing
81 the tear PASSAGES, will run over the
cheeks. Tho skin is hot. the pulse is
Increased in frequency. and . ShiverinS or
chilIness is felt over the body. After time. n
clear irritating water is ssercted in large qunnr-
ties by the infamed membrane. and almost runs
from the and eyes. producing reduces and
rmarting wherever it comes in contact with tie
skin. Gradually this acrIi water becomes thick
or, md less irritating of straw color, and then
yellow. As this change takes place, the Iria
ton suf'Nies tho oostlls again become FREQ
The stufns in the heal ynssess of. and the setrc-
ton dun .nlshes until the health Of the patient ia
luy ,e-",tnhishcd. This is tho usual course 4
what IL cdllela -. COLD IN THE HEAD or Ca
r,GRn.' when confucd to Tho nose. Bat it may
md to the throat involving the iauces. tom
sis and uvnln, and then it is called n SORE
THROAT It the tunss swell very much, the
disease j. called "QuINcY" A simple cold in the
head may nlsn proceed nlo'.g the enstnchian tubes
Il the ear, and ,ucause DEAFNESS :" or down the
sulirt t. tho stomach, dernhging Digestion. -
The m1st common course oi catarrh, however, Is
To creep insidiously down to the lungs, when it
is popularity know ns u cold IN TuF CHEST and
professionally by the name of BRONCHITIS !"
Chronic Catnrrh follows the "acute" form, and
- generally the direct consequence Of leaving
simple cold to cure itself 1t is met with in
several forms. In the "ffst" we have merely
discharge If ye!luw or straw colored mucous which
accamnlates IN the posteIor nar"e, or nbove aud
/ behind the soft palate. which in "hnwkcd' and
/ ccal ed out from time to time during the day. Ia
j tie "-er ,nh' there are small sorss formed on The
lu,ls of tie nose, and tho ,ecrctinns become dry
/ MI hard, rrqu'rng almost constant Rttrnti II 10
I X 'rp the 80 free, In the third" a false mem.
! braue is SORTED from the diseased lining. which
/ the Jaiiont removes from time to time. In the
"innrt," the secretion from the head" drops
al tnn hn ma Nv
/ observed u "snuF up aud hawk" OiIr the
MUCOUS membrane he, ONES liberated, and the
! alseharga il then thin, yellow and like "uus. -
! L. this firm, too. there is ufen loss Of smell, AMI
the Discharge has m Offensive odor-especlaliy l.
this tie when the liberation eats throu IA tn"
membrane IT, the bone. | have several such case
, NV under treatment, aud among them little
, e'l ONLY six years old. Generally, during he
.Gmmcr molih-, tho active symptoms OF Chrunlc
/ taiunh become mild, hut regularly return in an
aggravated form on tho approach of winter
Tne-e suffering from Chroulc Calnrrh urc very
sui Get To taxi cold, and will have one more
attacks every winter,
Consumption has several stages 1t ha. II st,
or forming" stage, amiddleo or "confrme, stage;
and u lao, or "uleern,ed' etage. The lungs do
not become immediately stuffed with tu"rercles.
"r curroced by foul ulcers. 1t is only after months
aud often years, of irrtntion-ol slow i,~idious
trogrrss--irom the Sigh, "ca,arrh" to the ,ea'rd
'h,onchisis.' from bronchitis to the FIST ,e,,osi
,ipn of \ little speck Of 'tuherclous matter" in
u SINGLE lnbule from the first depositi.ns OF
tnhercie to the filling NJ OF whole lobe or u
w',o!e lang, with this matter and its fostering and
hurroWiu. among the delicate air cells, un il the
whole If the lung diseased becomes reduced IL Il
mas %, hopeless ds0rguni zaion-that thi. dread.
G ma|ady renchcs its last aud final STAGE The
err ~ ia" wide spread among the people. and TOO
general even among physicians. to regatd con.
sumption ms dlaseas. marked not ONLY hy
H..
"hcrtr fever nj ghts sweats" and wasting ut
| neNhnnd strength In other words to apply the
| name consumption only IL tho last stage If tho
! di>caSc. We're th,s otherwise we should not
have 10 listen, with feelings Of pity and SORROW Ia
such expressions as, ''its only catarrh," "the
al-raSe Is an IN the throat or. it is "y "a
: slight bronchial affection" Mas there are few
who suffer From these affections, trifing ard uun
r'rtant asthry may seem do not, sooner or llter,
FL "a cpnsumpti'e'S grave,
= TnrArNE\r.-thronjc Cntarrh like Asthma and
Consumption, has hitherto had remedy II remains
u stain and reIroach on the page of medicine. Nor
has ture resulted from the want OF MEANS of rail-,
within onr reach or from the of the disease o,
TIE MALlGNrY orts nature; for we can reach the dis
ered puts hy all The forces of the Matcru Medica-
s"!s dn ANA gassespua the lisea Sc itself is on =
! simple chronic inflammation. Physicians have fail
i ed because they have srlycn to succeed earnrs
atd ralonail! The. have generally been satisfied
ia WIN squirting lttiie WARN WATER up the nose aud
III prescribing nm Alternative, by the stomach. which
OF course does no good Catarrh is rarely found rs
disease of the nose alone, but is generally accompani-
ed by more or less hoareness showing that the rri-
aiion which exists IN greatest intensity in the mas Il
membrane nlSo involves the larynx and lining Of the
windpipe. We cannot, therefore, hope to remove /,
10y Applications to the nose only. The course haye
pursued with almost invarah success is as toll ows.
Amid "stingent vapor is directed to be inhaled two
or three times day, from the inhaling instrument in
: s'rbe in my Treat se-the paten being careful 10
Nv II.