Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-11
USUAL
oNOATARRH-DEANESs
And all the various diseases Of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF CATAREH.

The first sensation Is usually a feeling
OF dryness and heat in the nose and fire.
quent inclination to sueezing. There Is an
insbiIity to breathe freely, as the nose be-
comes stopped up, sometimes On one siae,
sometimes on the other.
Soon 3 clear, watery, scrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoriating the nos
trils, and edges Of the lips, which become
red and somewhat swollen. After a few
days the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish, extremely frequent, and continues to
be q marked feature of the disease; and
source of much danger and the greatest
annoyance. After more or less time, it
becomes purulent, highly offensive, and as
sumes an extremely fetid odor. 1t is
usually so profuse as to require, when con-
fined 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 horizontal Po-
sition, constant expectorstian, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by q senss-
ton of choking caused by the presence of
the discharge in the throat. Owing to the
heat in the head, the watery part of the
secretion often evsporates, and assuming
a condition of soidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
of the throat, in the shape of crusts or
hardened humps. The accumulation Of
these incruststions produces feeling Of
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
SO as to embarrsss respiration. Therefore
FREQUENT efforts have TO be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or BY persistent hawking practice as
dissgreeable to the one affected 80 it is to
those around him. After the removal,
that side of the incruststion which adhered
to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, fact which explains the
force required for its dislodgment. During
sleeep these incrustations accumulate more
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear the throat are futile un-
til after breakfast or after something warm
is swallowed. Some patients state that
they are not successful until they have
swallowed some whisky or brandy. The
discharge, which Is st first without smell,
assumes, in the progress Of the complaint
an excessively fetid odor, the breath par
ticipates in this, and becomes occasionally
so revoltingly offensive as to render the
patient an object of disgust to himself as
we'll as to others. liberation Of the mu-
cous membrane of the nose takes place fre-
quently, sometimes even attacking the
bones, when small particles OF that sub
stance will occasionally be found mixed
with the discharge The accumulation Of
the discharge, together with the thickened
condition OF the mucous membrane,
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sa9es very difficult, and Oftentimes imGOs-
sible, necessitatiDg respiration principally
through the mouth, a method very delete
rious to the general health, but more par
ticularIy so to tie lungs, as will be shown
hereafter. The unpleasant noise produced
during sleep, known as snoring, originates
from the same cause. The voice lOOses its
musical quality, and assumes discordant
harsh, snd nasal character the sense of
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
lost, and the same effect, though loss fire.
uuent, is produced on The sense Of taste.
Occasionally, while blowing the nose, a
cracking or bubbling sound will be heard
in the ear, aud hearing will be found
quite thick and stopped up, but return sud
denly with something Like snspping
sound. This phenomenon Is usually re-
peated until, at one time hearing does not
return, and remains permanently injured.
! Noises in the head of every conceivable
description will maze their appearance
and add TO the distress of the sufferer, and
hearing may be lost so gradually that a
considerable degree of deafness may exist
before the person is really aware Of he
fact. The ewes are apt to become weak,
irritable, and disposed 20 water on expos
ure to cold and wind, or after the slightest
exertion A pain, more or less acute, or a
distressing feeling Of pressure, is expert
enes1 over the eyes, and sometimes on the
ton OF back Of the hesd, and also pain in
the Mce, closely resembling neurslgia, for
which It Is very often mistaken. The dis
tress IN the head weskens the memory and
produces irritability and moroseness Of
disposition. The stomach generally suffers
more or less, Is weak and irritable; the ap-
petite is capricious, ard is nearly always
bad in the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes feeble and prostratsd, and
there is an aversion or inability to either
physicsl or mental exertiOn. Not unfre-
auently eatsrrh proves fatal, either by de-
bilitatfng the system and wearing out the
patient, or by travelling downward and
producing throat affections, bronchitis, and
finally consumption. 1t may belssafely
asserted that after hereditary predisposi-
ton, eatarrh is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause ofthis fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an ineura-
bic disease, and on the strength of that
sapposition has been neglected by both
the profession and the public. As it is the
exciting cause in full half the cases of
Deafness Drs. Lighthill have for years
past made its proper treatment their
special study, and have by their success
fully established the durability of this of
fensive complaint. 81 f-
Dr.. L1eHTH1LL viii remain at RusselFs
Forest City House, Cleveland, rom Mon