Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-18
USUAL.
on CATARRH-DEANEss,
And all the various diseases Of the Esr
Throat and Air Passages.


SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.
The first sensation IS usually a feeling
Of dryness and heat IN the nose, and fire.
qusnt inclination to sueezing. 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, wstery, 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 70
be a marked feature Of the disease; and 8
source of much danger and the greatest
annoyance. After more OF less time, it
becomes Purulent, highly offensive and as-
sumes an extremely fetid OdOr. It IS
usually so profuse IS 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 expectoratian, and some
times both.
sleep is frequently disturbed By s senss-
tion 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 evaporates, and 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 incrustations produces q feeling Of
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
so as TO embarrass respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have 70 be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or by persistent hawking-R practice as
disagreeable TO the ons affected as 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 tina
force required for its dislodgmenk During
sleeep these incrustations accumulate moro
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
an excessively fetid odor, the breath par
ticipates in this and becomes occasionally
so revoltingly offensive as to render tha
patient an object Of disgust 70 himself ua
vel as to others. liberation Of the mu-
| eous membrane Of the nose takes place fre-
auently, 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, neeessitating respiration principally
| through the mouth, q method very delete
rious to the general health, but more par
| ticularly so to the lungs, as viii 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 a discordsnt,
/ harsh, and nasal character; the sense Of
smell becomes much impaired OF entirely
| lost, and the same effect, though less ne
quent, is produced on the sense Of taste
| Occasionally, while blowing the nose, q
cracking or bubbling sound viii be heard
in the ear, and hearing will be found
quite thick and stopped up, but return sud-
\ denly with something Like 8 swapping
sound This phenomenon Is usually re-
pested until. at one time hearing does ROs
return, and remains permanently injured.
| Noises in the head Of every conceiyabls
description viii make their appearance
and add to the distress Of the sufferer, and
hearing may be lost SO gradually that q
1 considerable degree Of deafness may exist
before the person il really aware Of the
fact. The eyes are apt 10 become weak,
| irritable, and disposed to water on expos
ure to Geld and wind, or sfter the slightest
exertion. A pain, moro or less acute, or &
distressing feeling of pressure, IA expert
eneed over the eyes, and sometimes on tho
top or back Of the head, and also pain in
the face, closely resembling neuralgis, for
which it is very often mistaken The dis
tress in the head Weskens the memory and
produces irritability and moroseness OF
I disposition The stomach generally suffers
more or less, is weak and irritsble; the ap-
petite is capricious, and is nssrly always
bad in the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes feeble and prostratedi and
/ there is an aversion or inability TO either
physical or mental exertiOn. Not unfre-
quently catarrh proves fatal, either By de-
bilitating the system and wearing out the
Datieut or by travelling downward and
producing ihfOst affections bronchitis, and
hnaIly consumption. 1t may be safely
asserted that after hereditary predisposi-
sion, catarrh Is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an ineura-
BILE disease, and on the strength Of that
sspposition 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 It's proper treatment their
special study, and have BY their success
fully established the durability Of this Of
fensive complaint.
DR.. LIoHTHLL win remain at Russelll
Forest City House, Cleveland, rom Mon
day. December 5th, until Saturday,
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