Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-15
nr Rnrf ana llafarrh. Gc.

And all of the various diseases Of the
Ear, Throat, and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS or CATARRH
The first sensation is usually feeling
Of dryness and heat in the nose and
frequent inclination to sneezing. There
is a inability to breathe freely as the
nose becomes stopped up, sometimes on
one side, sometimes on ths other.
Soon clear, watery, acrid discharge
makes it's appearance, excerating the
nostrils and edges Of the lips, which be-
come red and somewhat swollen. After
a few days the discharge becomes thick,
yellowisb, extremely frequent, and con-
tinues 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 assumes an extreme
" fetid odor. It is usually so profusp.
as to require, when confined to the nose,
the frequent application Of the handker-
chief, or, If it drops into the throat,
which is more particularly the case while
the body is in horizontal position, con-
slant expectoration and sometimes both
Sleep is frequently disturbed BY SEN
satien Of choking, caused by the pres
ence Of the discharge in the throat.
Owing TO the heat in the head the
watery portion Of the secretion often
evaporates, and assuming a condition Of
solidity is deposited upon the membrane
Of the nose and upper part of the throat
in the shape Of cIusts and hardened
| Jumps. The accumulation of these in
crustations produces a feeling Of discom-
fort, and narrows the usual passages 80
as to embarrass respiration. There
| fore, frequent efforts have to be made
TO remove them, either by forcibly blow
ing the nose, or by persistent hawking
"A practice as disagreeable to the one
affected rs it is TO those around him.
After the removal, that side of the in
crustation which adhered to the mucns
membrane will sometimes be found
bloody, fact which explains the force
required for its dislodgement During
| sleep these incrEstations accumulate
more rapidly and the feeling is there
| fore most uncomfortable in tha morning
| Sometimes all efforts to clear the throat
are futile till after breakfast, or after
something warm is swallowed Some
patients state that they are not success
lul until after they have swallowed some
whisky or brandy. The Discharge, which
is at Grst without smell assumes in the
progress Of the complaint, an excessive
Iy ietid odor, the breath participates 10
this, and becomes occasionally so re.
votingly offensive as 10 render the pa.
tient an object Of disgust to himself as
we'll as 70 others liberation Of the
mucus membrane Of the nose takes
place frequently, sometimes even at
lacking the bones, when ANAL particles
of that substance will occasionally be
found mixed with the discharge, togeth-
err with the thickened condition of the
mueus membrane, renders respiration
through the nasal passages very diff
cult, and often times impossible, neeessi
,ating respiration principally through
the mouths method very deleterious
. | W kAN ENAAAa a. AAhAAHf UAN flVia HNEkANA-
larly so to the lungs, as will be shown
hereafter The unpleasant noise pro-
duced during sleep, known as snoring,
originates from the same cause. The
voice looses its musical quality, and as
sumes discordant harsh, and nasal
character; the sense Of smell becomes
much impaired or entirely lost, and the
same effect, though less frequent, is
produced on the sense Of taste.
Occasionally, while blowing the nose,
cracking or bubling sound will be
heard in the ear aud hearing will be
found quite thick and stopped up, but
return suddenly with something like a
swapping sound. This phenomenon is
usually repeated until at one time, hear
ing does not return, and remains per
maneutly injured. Noises in the
head Of every conceivable description
will make their appearance and tend to
the distress Of the sufferer, and hearing
may be lost graduxliy that 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 exposure to
the wind, or after the slightest exer
ton A pain, more or less acute, or q
distressing feeling of pressure, is exper
fenced over the eyes, and sometimes on
the back or top Of the head, and ais,
pain in the face, closely resembling neu
T ralgia, for which il is very often mistak
4 en-. The distress in the head weaken
e the memory, and produces irritabilii
and moroseness of disposition. Tn
stomach generally suffers more or less
/ If weak and irritable; TIE appetite
capricious, and is nearly always bad il
the morning. In severe cases the syster
r becomes feeble and Frustrated, and Their
y is an aversion or inability TO eithe
= physical or mental exertion Not ut
" frequently catarrh proves fatal, eiths
a by facilitating the system and wearin
out the patient, or BY travelling dow
y ward and producing throat affections
Al bronchitis, aud finally consumption.
may be safely asserted that after hered
tary predispositions, catarrh is the mo
to frequent and important cause Of Il
fatal complaint
be Catarrh has been considered on incu
It's able disease; and on the strength of tn
BIT superstition, has been neglected By DO
ct the profession and the public. As it
tn the exciting cause in full halt of the ca
es of deafness, De- Bort has, for yea
ed past, made its proper treatment h
be special study, and has by his succe
IS, fully established the durability of Il
ad offensive complaint This is no me
,er assertion, and will be readily compr
he hended By the annexed testimonials fro
Ia highly respectable persons who have be
nd uoder his care.
A Case of CdtarrA of Ttcenty-t
red Years Standing Cured in 70
the Weeks
BRocKPoRT, Jan. 10, 1864.
y" DR.. BoRT - Dear Sir: As you &
i'y' aware, I called on you for consulate