Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-02
ON OATARRB-DEANEss,
And sIl the various diseases Of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH-

AOAAo VI
The first sensation Is usually feeling
of drvness and heat in the nose, and fre-
ouent inclination TO sneezing There Is an
inability to bresthe freely, as the nose be-
comes stopped up, sometimes on one side,
sometimes on the other.
Soon q clear, watery, Gcrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoristng the nos
trils, and edges of the lips, which become
red and someWhst swollen After few
DAYS the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish. extremely frequent, and continues to
be a marked feature Of the disease; and q
source OF much danger and the greatest
ANNOYANCE. After more or less time, 1t
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.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by senss-
ton 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 evsporstes, and assuming
a condition of solidity IS deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
of the throat, IN the shape of crusts OF
| hardened Jumps. The accumulation O
these incruststions produces feeling O
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
80 as to enbarrsss respiration Therefor'
fraguant efforts have 10 be made TO remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose
or bv per-i istent hawking practice q
dissgreeable to the one affected as 1t is 4
those erc,.ad him. After the removal
that side of the incrustation which adhered
TO the mucous membrane will sometime
be found bloody, fact which explains tn
force required for its dislodgment- Durinl
sleeep these incruststions accumulate NOR
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore mos
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometime
all efforts to clear the throat are futile un
| til after breakfast or after something war1
is swallowed. Some patients stste tina
they are not successful until they hay
swallowed some whisky or brandy. Tn
discharge, which Is at nrst without smei
assumes, IN tho progress Of the complain
r an excessively fetid odor, the breath pa
! ticipstes in this, and becomes occasionaH
so revoltingly offensive as to render th
l. patient an object of disgust to himself
, well IS TO others. liberation Of the mi
= cous membrane of the nose takes place fl
ouentlv, sometimes even attacking II
a bones, when small particles of that sui
a stancs will occasionally be found mixe
: with the discharge. The accumulation
:, the discharge, together with the thickene
condition of the mucous membrsn
renders respiration through the nasal pa
sages very difficult, and oftentimes impo
si6le, necessitating respiration principal
> through the mouth, method very delet
! rious TO the general health, but more pa
- ticularly so to tie lungs as will be snow
y hereafter. The unpleasant noise produces
l. during sleep, known IS snoring, original
from The same cause. The voice lOoses
p musical auslity, and assumes r discordaI
g. harsh, and nasal character the sense
Y smell becomes much impaired or entire
d lost. and the same effect, though less fl
ID quent, is produced on the sense OF tas'
eff Occasionally, while blowing the nose,
q cracking or bubbling sound will be hea
in the ear, and hearing will be foul
of quite thick and stopped up, but return su
at denly with something ike 8 snspPil
D. sound. This phenomenon Is usually
O. peated until, st one time, hearing does I
rs return, and remains permanently injurt
h | Noises in the head of every eonceivat
% descriptjon viii make their Rppesran
and add TO the distress of the sufferer, a
o hearing may be lost 60 gradually that
& considerable degree Of deafness may ex
2 before the person is really aware of {
fact. The eyes are apt to become we'
irritable, and disposed to water on exp
ure 10 cold and Wiud, or after the slight
N exertion. A pain, more or less acute, o.
distressing feeling of pressure, is expe
enced over the eyes, and sometimes on
F.! ton or back of the head, and also pain
the face, closely resembling neuralgia,
/, which it is very often mistaken. The
"a tress in the head Weakens the memory q
produces irritability and mcroseness
disposition. The stomach generally sufI
more or less, Is weak and irritable; the
NJ petite is capricious, and Is nearly alwi
81 bad in the morning. In severe cases
system becomes feeble and prostrated, q
4 p here is sn aversion or inability TO cit
physical or mental exertion. Not uni
?, ouently catarrh proves fatal, either by
~ ~, Initiating the system and wearing out
lot patient, or BY travelling DOWNWARD
TO producing throat affections, bronchitis, {
70, finally consumption It may be SAT
oct asserted that after hereditary predisp,
ton, cAtarrh ia the most frequent and
"a, portant cause Of this fatel complaint.
Catsrrh has been considered an incu
.et bic disease, and on the strength of t
ss- sspposition has been neglected by b
tho profession and the public. As it is
exciting cause in full half the cases
: : Deafness, Drs. Lighthin hsve for yt
past made its proper treatment Z
- special study, and have by their sue
~ fully established the durability of this
y fensive complaint
- Dz. L1eHTHILL will remain at Russ
-sry Forest City House, Cleveland, rom N
Snd md day, December 5tn, until saturd
OeeaBbeF 10th. 1884.