Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-19
ON OATARRH-DEANEss
And all the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.

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ouent 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.
Soon clear, wstery, scrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoristing the nos
trils, and edges of the lips, which become
red and somewhat swollen. After q few
DAYS the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish, extremely frequent, and continues to
be 8 marked feature of the disease; and
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 eXpectoratian, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by senss-
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
secretion often evsporates, 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 or
hardened Jumps. The accumulation Of
these incrustations produces q feeling OF
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
90 as TO embsrrass respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have TO be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or by persistent hawking practice as
/ disagreeable to the one affected as it is to
those around him. After the removal,
that side of the incruststiOn which adhered
TO the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, 8 fact which explains the
force required for its dislodgment. During
sIeeep these incrustations accumulate more
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore mos
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear the throat are futile IN
til after breakfast or after something warn
is swallowed Some patients stste ths
they are not successful until they hay'
swallowed some whisky or brandy. Tht
discharge, which is at first without smell
assumes, in the progress Of the complain
an excessively fetid odor, the breath par
ticipates in this, and becomes occasionsll.
so revoltingly offensive as to render tn
patient an object of disgust to himself q
we'll as to others. liberation of the mu
cous membrane of the nose takes place FIRE
ouently, sometimes even attacking tn
bones, when small particles Of that sub
stance will occasionally be found nike
with the discharge The accumulation Q
the discharge, together with the thickene
condition of the mucous membrane
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sages very difficult, and oftentimes impoe
sible, necessitsting respiration principal
through the mouth, method very delett
rious to the general health, but more pal
ticularly so to tie lungs, as will be show
hereafter. The unpleasant noise produce
during sleep, known as snoring, originate
from the same cause. The voice lOOses il
musical quality, and assumes discordan
harsh, and nasal character; the sense {
smell becomes much impaired or entirel
lost, and the same effect, though less frt
uuent, is produced on the sense of tast
Occasionally, while blowing the nose,
cracking or bubbling sound will be hear
in the ear, and hearing viii be foun
quite thick and stopped up, but return sue
denly with something like q snsppin
sound. This phenomenon is usually II
peated until, at one time, hearing does NJ
| return, and remains permanently injured
Noises in the head Of every conceivsbl
= description will make their appearanC
and add to the distress Of the sufferer, an
hearing may be lost 80 gradually that
1 considerable degree of deafness may ext
: before the person is really aware Of Il
, fact. The eyes are apt to become veal
irritable, and disposed TO water on expo
, ure to cold and wind, or after the slighte
exertion. A pain, more or less acute, or
distressing feeling of pressure, is exper
: enced over the eyes, and sometimes on Il
top or back of the head, and also pain
the face, closely resembling neuralgia, f
> which it is very often mistaken. The di
tress in the head weakens the memory an
!. produces irritability and meroseness
disposition. The stomach generally suffs
more or less, is weak and irritable; the a.
petite is capricious, and is nearly alws,
: bad in the morning. In severe csses Il
system becomes feeble and prostrsted, an
there is an aversion or inability to eth
physical or mental exertiDn. Not unfr
!, quantity catarrh proves fatal, either by
bilitsting the system and wearing out Il
8 patient or by travelling downward 81
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!. finally consumption. It may be safe
asserted that after hereditary predispO:
ton, catarrh is the most frequent and il
} portant cause Of this fatal complaint
Catarrh has been considered an incur
:, ble disease, and on the strength of tn
sapposition has been neglected by bot
the profession and the public. As it is Il
exciting cause in full half the cases
: Deafness, Drs. Lighthill have for yes
:, past made its proper treatment the
special study, and have by their sucee
fully established the durability Of this
fensive complaint. =
2 DR.. LIaHTHILL will remain at Russel
d Forest City House. Cleveland, irom Mo
!, day, December 5th, until saturds
December 10th, 1854