Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-07
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USUAL.
ON CATARRH-DEANEss
And sll the various diseases of the Ea
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF oATAREH.


The first sensation Is usually a feeling
of dryness and heat in the nose, and q fire.
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. ,-I
Soon a clear, wstery, scrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoriating the nos
tTlls, and edges of the lips, which become
red and somewhat swollen. After 8 few
days the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish, extremely frequent, and continues to
be marked 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. It 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 expectorstian, and some
times both. .r
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
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 embsrrass respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts hAve 70 be made 70 r5ruUve
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or by persistent hawking practice as
disagreeab,e to the one affected as it is to
those around him. After the removal,
that side of the incrustation which adhered
to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, a 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
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 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 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 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 thiekened
condition of the mucous membrane.
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sages very difficult, and oftentimes impos-
sible, necessitatiDg respiration principally
through the mouth, method very delete
rious to the general health, but more par
tieulsrly 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 fre-
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 Is usually re-
pested 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 |
exertiOn. A pain, more or less acute, or
distressing feeling of pressure, is expert
eHced 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 irritability 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 prostratsd, and
there is an aversion or inability TO either
physical or mental exertion. Not unfre-
quently cstarrh proves fatal, either by de-
the system and wearing out the
patient or by travelling downward and
throat affections, bronchitis, and
finally consumption. It may be safely
asserted that after hereditary predisposi-
lion, catsrrh is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an incurs-
ble disease, and on the strength of that
has been neglected by both
he 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
pecisl study, and have by their success
ully established the durability of this Of
ensive complaint.
DR.. Lighthil will remain at RnsselPs
Forest City House, Cleveland, until Thurs
lay evening, November 10th.