Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-08
And all the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS oF cATARRH.

SYMPTOMS oF CATARRH.
The first sensation Is usually feeling |
of dryness and heat in the nose, and fire. |
quent inclination to sneezing There IS an |
inability to breathe freely, as the nose be-
comes stopped up, sometimes on one side, |
sometimes on the other
Soon clear, wstery, acrid discharge
makes its appearance, eIcoriating the nos
trils, and edges of the lips, which become
red and somewhat swollen After few
days the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish, extremely frequent, and continues to
be a ked 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 expectorstisn, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by sensa-
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, andE assuming
condition of solidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
of the throat, in the shape of crusts OF
hardened Jumps. The accumulation of
these incrustations produces feeling of
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
so as to embarrsss respiration. Therefore
! frequent efforts have TO be made to remove
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| or by per- lent hawking-a practice as
| disagreeable TO the one 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 the
force required for its dislodgment. DuriV.g
sleeep these incrustations accumulate more
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore most
! uncomfortable in the morning. Som stines
| 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 brItndy The
| discharge, which is at first without smell,
assumes, in the progress of the complaint
an excessively feLid odor, the breath par
| ticipates in this, and becOmss occasionally
so revolhngiy offensive as TO render the
| patient an object of disgust to himself as
| well as to others. liberation of the mu-
! cous membrane of tne 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 dischar ge, together with the thicl1sned
condition of tine mucous membrane,
renders aspiration through the nasal pas
sages w ry difficult, and oftentimes impos-
sible, N Uecessitating respiration principally
thrOug h the mouth, method very delete
riOus to the general health, but more par
| tic;0larly 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 a discordaIt,
harsh, and nasal character; the sense OF
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
lost, and the same effect, though less fire.
uuent, is produced on the sense Of taste
Occasionally, while blowing the nose, =
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 so 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 wind, or after the slightest
eNertion A pain, more or less ACUTE or q
distressing feeling of pressure, is expert
epeed over the eyes, and sometimes on the
ton or back of the head, and also pain in
| the face. closely resembling neuralgia, for
which it is very often mistaken. The dis
tress in the head weakens the memory and
produces irritability and meroseness of
disposition. The stomach generally suffers
more or less, is weak and irritable; the ap-
: natite is capricious, and is nearly always
had in the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes feeble and Prostrated, and
! there is an aversion ar inability to either
physical or mental e9ertion. Not unfre-
| oNentlv eatsrRh proves fatal, either by de-
81 Mating the system and wearing out the
nat lent, or by travelling downward and
| nrod Iseing throat affections, bronchitis, and
SneIIy consumption. 1t may be safely
| ssserfe d that after hereditary predisPosi-
ton, %, tarrh is the most frequent and i'm
1 norfant ,,aHse Of this fatal complaint.
Cstarrb hss been considered an incura-
bls disease and on the strength Of that
srTnosition has been neglected by both
tba nrofessicn snd the public As it isthe
Using cause in full half the cases OF
Deafness. Drs. Lighthill have for years
mast made its proper treatment their
isnecisl study, and have by their success
f5Ilv established the durability Of this Of
fensive complaint
DR.. Jsgh thill will remain at Rnssells 8
Forest Citv House, Cleveland, until Thurs
day evening, November 10th.