Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-27
DR.IIGHTHILL


The first sensaticn is usually feeling OF
! dryness and heat in the nose, and frequens
inclination to sneeziDs. There is an Inability
| to breathe freely, as the nose becomes stopped
| up, sonstimes ON one side, sometimes on the
! other.
| Soon clear watery, acTid discharge masses
| Its appearance, exceristfag the nostrils, and
edges of the lips, which becomes red and son1--
what swollen. After few days the dischargs
becomes thick, yeI,owish. extremely frequent,
and continues to be marked feature OF ne dis
ease, and a source of much danger and the
greatest annoyance. After more or less time,
1t becomes purulent, highly offensive, Ind as
sumes an extremely fetId oaor. 1t Is usually
so profuse as 10 require, when confined to the
nose, the frequent application of the handksr-
chief or if it drops into the throat, which is
more particularly the case while the boiy is in
horizontal position, constant expectoration,
and sometimes both.
0Gleep is frequently disturbed by sensation
of choking. caused by the presence of the dis.
charge irthe throat Owing to the heat in the
head, the watery portion of the discharge often
eyaporates, and assuming condition of solid
ity, is deposited upon the membrane OF the
nose and upper part of the throat, in tho shape
OF crnsts or hardened Jumps. The accumHla-
ton OF these incrustations produces feeling Of
discomfort and narrows the nasal passages so
as 10 embarTass respiration. Therefore. fire.
quent efforts have to he made to remove them,
either by forcibly blowing the nose, or by per-
sistent hawking-a practice as dtsagreeabIe TO
the one affected as it is to those around him
After the removal, that side Of the incrusSation
which adhered to the mucous membrane will
sometimes be found bloody, a fact which px-
plains the force required for its d,sloigmaut
TlJ1rn ell fhcso inn
more rapidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes all
efforts to clear the throat are futile until after
breakfast or after something warm is swat
lowed Some patients state that they are not
successful until they have swallowed some
whisky or brandy.
The discharge, which is at first without smcH
assumes IN the progress OF the complaint an
excessively fetid color, the breath participates
in this, ard becomes occasionally SO re Voting
iv offensive IS to render the patient an object
OF disgust to himself as well as to others. III
ceration of the IN ucous membrane of the nose
takes place frequently, sometimes even attack.
ing the bones, when small particles of that
substance will occasionally be found mixed
with the discharge. The accumulation of the
isCharge, together with the thickened condi-
ton OF ii e mucous membrane, renders respira-
ton through the nasal passages very difficult,
ard often mines impos ihie. necess itating ras.
TiratiCn pin cipally. through the MOUTH
method very deleterions to the general health.
butmore particularly so to the lungs, as will
be shown hereafter. The unpleasant noise
produced during sleep, known as snoring,
originates from the same canse. The voice
loses its m usical quality, and assumes a dis
oordant, harsh and nasal character; the sense
of smell becomes much impaired or entirely
lost, ard thu same effect, though lass frequent,
is produced on the sense or taste. Occasinnaliy.
while blow ing the nose, a cracking or buhhiing
sound will he heard in the ear. and hearing
will be fonnd quite thick and stopped up, but
retuQs suddenly with something like a snap
pineUcund.
This phenomenon is usually repeated until
at o!e time. hearing does not return, and
remains permanently injured. Noises IN thu
head Of every conceivable description will
make their appearance and add to he distress
OF the e'er, and hearing may be lost 80
gradually that n considerable ee Of deaf.
ness may exist before the person is really
aware OF the fact. TIE eyes are apt to become
weak, irritable, and disposed to water on ex-
posure to cold and wind, or after the slightest
exertion. a pain, more or less acute. dis
tressing feeling Of pressure, is experienced
over the eyes, and sometimes on the top or hack
of the head, and also pain in the face, clio ely
resembling neuralgia, for viii ,hSst Is very often
mistaken. The distress in the head week.-mrs.
the memory and produces irr ability and
MOI osepHss Of disposition. The STOMACH gen.
orally suffers more or Iefs, il weak and irri-
table; the appetite is caprtcioua. ard is nearly
always bad III the morning. In severe cases
the system becomes fcetse and prostrated, and
there il an aversion o. inability TO either phys
icai or mental TxeItion Not untreguently
e8ta1h proves fatal, either By dehilibaIng the
system and wearing out the patient, or by
travelling downward and producing throat
affeC lions, bronchitis, and finally consumption
1t may be safely asserted that after hereditary
pTedisposition, catarrh IS the mot frequent
ard important cause of this fatal complaint.
Dr.. LIGHTHILL can be consulted at the
EBEITT House, WASHINGTON, from Monday
morning, February 90. until Saturday evening,
March S, on Catarrh, DaatneG, and ali diseases
of Tire Ear, Throat, and Air passages. fet6 eo3 "