Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-21
ON CATARRH-DEANEss
And all the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.

of dryness and heat in the nose, and fre- !
auent inclination to sueesing There is an
inability to breathe freely, as the nose be-
comes stopped up, sometimes on one side,
sometimes on the other.
Soon clear, watery, acrid discharge
makes its appearance, excOristing 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 a marked feature of the disease; and q
source of much danger and 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-
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 eKpectoratian, 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
secretion often evapOrates, sndi assuming
condition of sOlidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
of the throat, in the shape of crusts or
hardened Jumps. The accumulation of
these incruststions produces q feeling Of
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
go as to embarrsss respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have TO be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or BY persistent hswking-s practice as
| disagreesble to the one affected as it Is TO
those arorn 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 incruststions 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 at first without smell,
assumes, in the progress Of the complaint
sn excessively fetid odor, the breath par
\ ticipstes 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-
eous membrane of the nose takes place fire.
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
sages very difficult, and oftentimes impos-
sible, necessitsting respiration principally
through the mouth, method very delete
rious to the general health, but more par
ticularly 50 to tie lungs, as will be shown
hereafter. The unpleasant noise produced
during sleep, known as snoring, originates
from the same cause. The voice lcoses its
musical duality, and assumes a discordsnt
harsh, and nasal character; the sense of
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
lost, and the same effect, though less fre-
quent, is produced on the senss OF taste
! Occasionally, while blowing the nose, a
cracking or bubbling sound will be heard
in the ear, and hearing will be found
quite thick and stopped up but return sud
denly with something like q swapping
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 make their appearance
and add to the distress of the sufferer, and
hearing may be lost 30 gradually that 9
considerable degree of deafness may exist
before the person is really aware of The
fact. The eyes are apt TO become weak,
irritable, and disposed 10 water on eXpos-
ure to Geld and wiud, OF after the slightest
ezertioa. a pain, more or Less acute, or q
distressing feeling of pressure, is expert
| enced over the eyes, and sometimes on the
top or back of the head, and also pain in
the face, closely resembling neuralgia, fol
which it is very often mistaken. The dis
tress In the head Weakens the memory and
produces irritsbility and meroseness Of
disposition. The stomach generally suffer-
more OF less, is weak and irritable; the sp-
petite is cspricious, and Is nearly always
bsd in the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes feeble and prostrstsd, and
there is an aversion or inability to either
physical or mental exertiOn. Not unfre-
auently catarrh proves fatal, either by de
bilitating the system and wearing out the
patient, or by travelling downward and
producing throat affections, bronchitis, and
finally consumption It may be safely
asserted that after hereditary pFedisPosi.
ton, catarrh is the most frequent and i'm.
portant cause of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an incura-
bic disease, and on the strength of that
sHpposition has been neglected by both
the profession and the public. As it is the
exciting cause in full half the casez oi
| naofpaQu Dra Ti0bthil1 have for voars
past made its proper treatment then
special study, and have by their success
fully established the durability of this Of
fensive eomplsint-
DR.. LIGHTHLL will remain at Russelp'
Forest City Hoase, Cleveland, rom Mon.
day. December 5th, until saturday,
December 10th, 1884.