Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-27
oArARRu AND CATARRHAL DEAFNESS.

Among The catalogue ofdiseascs with shich humanity
suffers there is perhaps complaint so common so
troublesome offensive dangerous in Its ultimate
results, or unskuly treated by physicians in gen'
eral, is Catarrh. The truth is, physicians in this
country educated to doctor At the bedside and not
to treat special diseases Many physician who OBJ
tans signal and msrited reputation in the treatment of
evers for which he is educated talk of the ncura-
bty Of caarrh perhaps eign to ignore its very
stence simply for the that he has not given the
disease that careful attention which its nature and i'm
portance demands for medical men, and the public as
we'll have yet to learn that the relation of caarh to
assumption is simply that of cause and Gfect and while
the former is amsnable to rational treatment, for the
Ia ter there IS no possible cure.
LOCATION.
AbJve the bony arch which forms the roof of the
mouth there little windngs passages and
cavities channslsd intothe base of the SKULL known
as the ethmod and spencid cells-the frontal snuses
ittle cavities the eyes and the eustachian tubes
passages the middle carr all ofwhch lined with
mbrane, which in state Of chronic infiam
nation liberation is what constitutes Catarrh.
SYMPTOMS.
The symptomSof Catarrn, they apply to persons of
different temperament and at different stages of the dis
ease arc pain and between the eyes weak eyes,
dizziness neuralgia of the facial nerves. closure Of the
tear passages, confusion of memory loss of smell,
Of the eustachian tubes, with partial deafness
singing HolScs Ill SAAs OF
and decayng of the teeth; constant secretion of
copurent matter from the and throat; and last,
but least, Offensive and poisonous breath. Not
that all these symptoms apply to each individual
but they are the symptoms OF the disease they APP
ply to difeiont cases, differing only in degree.
TREATMENT.
Physlologists and medical authors wont to s eak
of Caarfh simple irritation Of the lining membrane
of the nose both its and rational
ment either wholly ignored receives but passing
notice the hands of The general practitioner. For
this reason this asrmingy prevalent and dangerous
complaint has hitherto been left almost entirely the
mercy of the mercieIs in the hands of the eppiric
who with dstrfHgeRt ponder and caUStte solations
plays upon the credLty and misplaced confidence Of his
victims who in their anxiety for relief try and
over and again the remedies, under variety
Of names the patient turns bed not be-
cause it's so cool this side hut it's hot that
HYDRoKONIA.
Hydrokonia is a wor derived from hydro, wqtcr and
konum spray and signhes, as pronounced by an emf
nent French author, rdter-duSt Alone the word
but little but associated with the unique and
beautiful apparatus designed and employed by DR. Pratt
the local applications for Deafness ard Catarrh it
signifies entirely original method for the safe anu eff
cient treatment OF this class Special Disorders.
To physicians, we'll as to many to whom past ex-
perlence proves the faacy Of snutng, injecting,
and inhalng for Caarr your attention hetsn invited
to Method treatment based upon the immutab e
laws of chemical science and in keeping with the most
familiar and best established principles of medical prac-
tice
Tors ms suffering from any disease arrangement of
organs special may command the profession
n services of Drs Pratt Smedley wi hOut the chagrn
ratification of seeing their names and diseases
raded in the public newspapers. The many patients in
daily attendance will Of their own pleasure at all times
bear that testimony, to which we will respectfully
submit. DIR. y. CLESsON PkATT,
Principal of fremont Eye and Ear Institute,
1873 fremont street.