Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-05
IE CAN BE CONSULTED AS
USUAL
ON CATARRH-DEANRss
And all the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages
SYMPTOMS oF CkrAERB.

The first sensation Is usually 8 feeling
of dryness and heat in the nose, and a fre-
quent 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 q clear, wstery, aerid 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
source of much danger and the greatest
annoyance. After more or less time, il
becomes purulent, highly offensive, and as
sumes an extremely fetid odOr. It Is
usually so profuse as to require, when con-
fined to the nose the frequent application
Of the handkerchief, OF, if it drops into
the throat, which Is more particularly the
case while the body is in horizontal po-
sition, constant e1Pectorstian, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by sensa-
Gion 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, andj assuming
a condition of solidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
Of the throat, in the shape of crnSts or
hardened Jumps. The accumulation of
these incruststions produces feeling of
discomfort, and rsrrows the nasal passages
90 as to embarrGss respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have 70 be made 10 remove
them, either 0y fOroibly blowing the nose,
or by persistent hawking practice as
| Il scg-oao Mo tn tho ono ffao4 al 20
those srourl him. After the removal,
that side Vi the incrHstation which adhered
to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, fact which explains the
force required for its dislO6gment. During
sleeep these incrustations accumulate more
raDidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes
all efforts TO clear the throat are futile un-
I'll 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 fstid 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
well as TO others. liberation of the mu-
cous membrane of the nose takes place fre-
quently, sometimes even sttscking 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 tine mucous membrane,
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sages very difficult, and o4entimes impos-
sible, necessitsting respiration principally
through the mouth, a method very delete
rious TO the general health, but more par
ticulSrly SO to the 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, and nasal character; the sense of
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
lost, and the same effect, though less fre-
duent, is produced on he sense of taste.
Occasionally, while blowing the nose, q
cracking OF bubbling sound win be heard
in the ear, and hearing viii be found
quiUe thick and stopped up, but return sud-
denly with something Ike 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 VIII make Tnelr appearance
and add 20 the distress of the sufferer, and
hearing may be lost 30 gradually that a
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 TO water on expos
ure to cold and wiud, or after the slightest
exeTtion. A pain, more or Less acute, or
distressing feeling of pressure, Is expert
enced over the eyes, aud sometimes on the
top or back of the head, and also pain in
the Gce, closely resembling neuralgia, for
which It is very often mistaken. The dis
tress in the head weakens the memory ana
| produces irritability and moroseness Of
| disposition The stomach generally suffers
| more or less, is weak and irritable; the sp-
petite is capricious, ard is nearly always
bad in the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes feeble and prostrsted, and
here Is an aversion or inability to either
physical OF mental exertiOn Not unfre-
auently cstarrh proves fatsl, either by de-
| bilitsting the system and wesring out the
patient or BY travelling downward and
/ producing tbrost affections, bronchitis, and
| finally consumption. 1t mSy be safely
asserted that after hereditary predsposi-
ton, catarrh is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause Of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been congidered an incura-
BILE disease, and on the strength Of thst
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
DR.. LIsHTHHL will remain at RusselPs
Forest City House Cleveland, rrom Mon
day, December 5In, until Saturday,