Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-09
And all the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF cATARRH.


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 siIe,
sometimes on the other.
Soon clear, watery, aGrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoriating the nos
! triis; and edges of the lips, which become
! red and somewhat swollen. After q few
days the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish, extremely frequent, and continues TO
be marked feature of the disease; and a
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. It is
usually so proflse 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 expeotorstisn, and some
times both.
| Sleep is frequently disturbed by a sensa-
tion 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 eyaporates, Rndf assuming
a 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 embarrsss respiration. Therefore
! frequent efforts have TO be made to remove
/ them, either by forcibly blowing the nose
| or by persistent hawking practice as
! disagreeaJie 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. During
sleeep these incrustations accumulate more
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes
! sll efforts to clear the throat are futile un-
| til after breakfast OF 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 feLid odor, the breath par
| ticipates in this, and becomes occasionally
( so Tevoltingly offensive as to render the
| patient an object of disgust to himself as
1 well 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, necessitating respiration principally
| through the mouth, q method very delete
rious TO the general health, but mora par
| ticulsrly 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 discordant,
harsh, and nasal character; the sense Of
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
| lost, and the same effect, though less fire.
quent, is produced on the sense 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 swapping
sound. This phenomenon ia usually re-
peated until, at one time, hearing does not
return, and remains permanently injured
Noises in the head of every conceivable
description will mAse 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 he
fact. The eyes are apt to become weak,
irritable, and disposed to water on expos
ure to cold and wind, or after the slightest
exertion. A pain, more or less acute, or
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, for
which it is very often mistaken. The dis
tress in the head weakens the memory and
produces irritsbility and moroseness of
disposition. The stomach generally suffers
more or less, is weak and irritable; the ap-
petite is capricious, and is nearly always
bad in the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes feeble and prostrst5d, and
there IL an aversion or inability to either
physical or mental exertion. Not unfre-
quently catarrh proves fatal either by de-
ibilitsting the system and wearing out the
patient, or by travelling downward and
producing throat affections, bronchitis, and
finally consumption. 1t may be safely
asserted that after hereditary predispOsi-
tion, catarrh is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause Of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an incurs-
Bile disease, and on the strength of that
supposition 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.. LighthiIl will remain at Russelps |
Forest City House, Cleveland, until Thurs
day evening, November 10th.