Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-23
USUAL
ON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TAnd all the various diseases cf the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.


quent inclination to sneezing There is an
inability 70 breathe freely, as the nose be-
comes stopped up sometimes on one side,
sometimes on the other.
Soon clear, watery, acrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoriating the nos
triis, 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 q marked feature Of the disease and a
source Of much danger and the grestest
annoyance. After more or less time, if
becomes purulent, highly offensive and ss-
sumes an extremely fetid odOr. II is
usually 50 lrofuse 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 expeetorstisn, and some
times both.
Sleep Is frequently disturbed by a senss-
ton of choking caused by the presence of
the discharge in the throat. Owing TO the
hest in the head, the watery part of the
secretion often evapOrstes, andi assuming
81 condition of solidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
Of the throat, in the shape of crusts OF
hardened humps. The accumulation of
these incruststions produces q feeling Of
|, discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
so as to embsTrsss respiration. Therefore
/ frequent efforts have TO be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or BY persistent hawking practice as
dissgreeabln 70 the one affected as It Is to
those arOund him. After the removal,
! that side Of the inorustation which adhered
/ to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, q fact which explains the
! force required for its dislodgment. During
sleeep these incrust8tions accumulate more
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes
slb efforts to clear the throat are futile un-
til after breakfast or after something warn
is swallowed. Some patients state thst
/ 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 rs TO render the
( patient an object Of disgust to himself IS
well IS to others. liberation of the mu-
cous membrane of the nose takes place fre-
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, necessitsting respiration principally
through the mouth, method very delete.
rious to the general health, but more 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 8 discordRnt
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 the sense of taste
Occa sionslly, while blowing the nose,
cracking or bubblng sound viii be heard
in the ear, and hearing viii be found
quiIethick and stopped up, but return sud
deniys with something like swapping
sound. This phenomenon is usually re-
peatsa 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 he
fact. The eyes are apt to become weak, |
irritable and disposed 10 water on expos |
Vre 10 coid and Tsud, or sitter the slightest |
exertion. A pain, more or Less acute, or a |
distressing feeling of pressure, is expert !
euced over the eyes, snd sometimes on the J
top or back Of the head, and also pain in 4
the face, closely resembling neuralgia, for /
which L ia vory oftsE mistaken. The dis \
tress in the head weallens the memory and |
produces irritsbility and moroseness Of !
disposition The stomach generally suffers
more or less is weak and irritable; the ap-
petite is eapricious, and is nearly always |
bad in the morning. In severe cases the l
system becomes feeble and prostrsted, and |
here is an aversion or inability TO either
physical CT mental eKertiOn. Not unfra-
quently cstsrrh proves fatal, either by de-
blitating the system and wearing out the
patient, or by travelling downward and
producing throat affections, bronchitis, and
finally consumption. It may be safely
asserted that after hereditary predisposi-
ton, catsrrh is the most frequent and in
portant cause of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an incura-
ble disease, and on the strength of that
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
July established the durability of this Of
lensive complaint.
Dr.. LIsHTHILL will remain ct RusseIPs
Forest City House, Cleveland, rom Men
day, December 5tR, until saturday,
december 10th, 1884, !