Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-06
ON DEAFNESS DISCHARGES FROM
THE BAR, AND oATARRH.
And all the various diseases of the Ear
Throat snd Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF OKTARRH

The fret sensation Is usually feeling
of dryness and heat in the nose, and ire
uuent inclination TO sneezing There IS an
inability to breathe freely, as the nose be-
comes stopped up sometimes on one side,
sometimes on the other.
Soon a clear, watery, scrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoristing the nos
trils, and edges of the lips, which become
red and somewhat swollen After g few
dsys the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish, extremely frequent, and continues 70
be q marked feature of the disease; and
source of much danger snd the greatest
ANNOYANCE. After more or less time, 1t
becomes purulent, highly offensive and as
sumes an extremely fetid odOr. 1t Is
usually so profuse as to require, when con-
Aned to the nose, the frequent application
Of the handkerchief, or, if it drops into
the throat, which is more particularly the
case while the body is in 8 horizontal po-
sition, constant eIpectorstisn, and some
times both
Sleep is frequently disturbed by senss-
ton of choking caused by the presence OF
! the discharge in the throat. Owing TO the
heat in the head, the wstery part of the
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q condition of solidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
Of the throat, in the shape Of crusts OF
/ hardened Jumps. The accumulation OF
these incrustations produces feeling OF
| discomfort, and psrrows the nasal passages
go as to embsrrass respiration. Therefore
/ frequent efforts have 10 be made TO remove
~ 4re=- Iyr
or bv persistent hswkins--a practice as
/ disagreeable TO the one affected Is it Is to
those arcrl.d him. After the removal,
| that side Of the incrustation which adhered
to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, a fact which explains the
| force REQUIRED for its dislOdgment. During
sleeep these incruststioRs accumulate more
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear the throat are futile IN
til after breakfast or after something warn
is swallowed. Some patients state ths'
they are not successful until they have
swallowed some whisky or brandy. TIT
discharge, which Is at first without smell
assumes, in the progress of the complain
an excessively fetid odor, the breath par
teipates in this, and becomes occasionally
so Tevoltingly offensive as to render tn
patient an object of disgust to himself a
well as to Others. liberation Of the mn
cous membrane of the nose takes place fre
uuently, sometimes even attacking tn
bones, when small particles of that sub
stance viii occasionally be found nike
with the discharge. The accumulation o
the discharge, together with the thickene'
condition Of the mucous membrane
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sages very difficult, and oftentimes imPos
sible, necessitsting respiration principal.
through the mouth, q method very delete
riOus to the general health, but more par
tieuIarlv so to the lungs, as will be show
hereafter. The unpleasant noise producei
Iduring sleep, known as snoring, originate
from the same cause. The voice looses II
musical quality, and assumes discordani
harsh, and nasal character; the sense Q
smell becomes much impaired or entirel
lost, and the same effect, though less FIRE
ouent- is produced on the sense Of tastt
| Occasionally, while blowing the nose,
cracking or bubbling sound will be hear
in the ear, and hearing will be foun
quite thick and stopped up, but return sud
denly with something like snaPPin
sor1nd. This phenomenon is usually II
peated until, at one time, hearing does nc
return, and remains permanently injured
Noises in the head Of every eonceivabl
description will make their appearance
and add TO the distress of the sufferer, an
hearing may be lost 50 gradually that
considerable degree of deafness may exis
before the person is really aware Of Ii
fact. The eyes are apt to become veal
Irritable and disposed to water on expo
ure TO cold and wind, or after the shghtes
exertion. A pain, more or less acute, or
distressing feeling of pressure, Is e1perl
enced over the eyes, and sometimes on tn
top or back of the head, and also pain i
the face, closely resembling neuralgia, fC
which it is very often mistaken. The dis
tress in the head weskens the memory an
produces irritsbility and mcroseness {
disposition. The stomach generally sutfel
more or less, is weak snd irritable; the 81
petite is capricious, and is nearly eiws5
bad in the morning. In severe cases th
system becomes feeble and prostrsted, sn
here is an aversion or inability TO eithe
physical or mental eKertion. Not unfr'
] ouently catarrh proves fatal, either By d
Irritating the system and wearing out th
patient, or BY travelling downward an
producing throat affections, bronchitis, an
, fnally CONSUMPTION 1t may be ssfel
. asserted that sfter hereditary predispOs
( ton, catsrrh is the most frequent and in
portant cause of thia fatal complaints
] Catsrrh has been considered an incurs
; bic disease, and on the strength of thi
sapposition has been neglected by bot
. the profession and the public. As it is th
exciting cause in full half the cases {
/; Deafness, Drs. LighthilI have for .yeal
past made its proper treatment the
special study, and have by their sueee
. | flHy established the durability Of this 0
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