Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-07
And al the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
sYMPTOMs OF cATARRH.


The first sensation Is usually q feeling
of dryness and heat in the nose, and a fse.
quent inclination TO sneeEing. 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, excoriating the nos
trils, and edges oE the lips, which become
red and somewhat swollen. Alter a few
days the discharge becomes thick, yellow
lsh, extremely frequent, and continues n
be marked feature of the disease; and a
source Of much danger and the greatest
annoyance. After more or less time, If
becomes purulent, highly offensive, and as
sumes an extremely fetid oior. IT..
usually so profuse as to require, Ehen CON
lined to the nose the frequent application
OF the handkerchief or, if it drops into
the throat, which is more psrticnlsrlv tha
case while the body Is in horizontal DO
slton, constant expectoratian, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by a sensa-
ton Of choking caused by the presence of
the discharge IN the throat. Owing to the
heat IN the head, the watery part of TIE
secretion often evaporates andI sssuufn,
a condition of solidity is deposited oDo9
the membrane of the nose and uy,rer Isrt
OF the throat, in the shape of crusts or
hardened Jumps. The aeeumulation ~
these incrustatiOns produces a feeling of
discomfort, and nsrroWs the nasal passages
so as TO embarrsss respiration. Therefore
IfequenL eHUrts nuYU 60 10 InauB L0 0f6diof6
them, either BY forcibly blowing the nose,
or by persistent hswking-s practice as
disagresable 70 the ono AassGsd- ss- fS Is 70
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 dislodgmeD.. During
sleeep these incruststions accyimulste more
rspidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the pOrning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear tie throat are futile IN.
til after breakfast or after something warm
is swallowed, Some patients state that
they are rot successful until they have
swallowed some whisky or brandy. The
discharge, which is at 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 IS to render the
patient an object Of disgust to himself a.
well as to others. liberation Of the M
cous membrane of the nose takes place T re-
quently, sometimes even attacking the
bones, when small particles Of that sub
stance will occasionally be found Jnivad
with the discharge The accumuls zion of
the discharge, together with the tb Lckened
condition Of the mucous M snbrane.
renders respiration through the JIasal pas
ssges very difficult, and oftenti nes inpos-
sibIe, necessitsting respiration principally
through the mouth, method very delete
rious to the general health, bat moro psr-
ticulsrly so to the lungs, IS will be shown
hereafter. The unpleasant noise produced
during sleep, known as snoring, originstes
from the same cause. The voice looses its
musical quality, and assumes discodant
harsh, and nasal character; the Pense Of
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
lost, and the same effect, though less frs-
quent, is produced on the se.ise 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 snsppiuc
sound. This phenomenon is usually re-
peated until, st one TINA, hearing docs 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 50 gradually that
considerable degree of deafness may exist
before the person is really aware Of ne
fact. The eyes are apt to become weak.
irritable, and disposed TO water OF. exp5,s-
ure to cold and wtud, or afser the sligIstest
exertion. A pain, more or less acut4. N a
distressing feeling of pressure, is experi-
enced over the eyes, and sometimes OF, the
top or back Of the head, and al,o pain in
the face, closely resembling n,sursigis, for
which it is very often mistaE an. The dis.
tress IN the bead weskens ae memory and
produces irrit8bility and uoroseness Of
disposition. The stomar b generally su5srs
more or less, is weak AZ Id ifPitsble: the s,,-
petite Is capricious, a 'ad Is nearly aiWsys
BAD IN the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes Zee ole and prostrated, and
here is an sversF IN or inability to other
physical or men al eEertion. Not unfre-
quently catarrTl proves fatal, either by de-
bihtstng the fIystem and wearing out the
patient or b,y travelling downward and
producing throat affections, bronchitis. and
hnally eo7asitnlption. It may be safely
asserted mat after hereditary predisp,si-
noni easarrh is the n .ost frequent and I'M
Portant cause of this fstal complaint. Z !.
Oatsrrh has bes'l considered an incurs-
bic disease, and IN the strength of that
ssppositlon has been neglected BY both,
the profession and the public. As t il the
exciting oaw,e In full half the cases Of
Deafhess J1Ts. Lighthil have for wears
past maze its proper treatment fheir
special study, and have BY their SUD esees
fully es'tablshed the curahflity of thiS Of
fensive complaint. -4=-..szsss
DR.. L1aHTHr1 is now at RusssIps For. !.