Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-30
ON OATARRH-DEANEss,
And sll the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS OF OATARRH.


SYMPTOMS OF oATARRH.
The first sensation IS usually q feeling
of dryness and heat in the nose, and fire.
qusnt inclination to sneezing. There is an
inability to breathe freely, as tho nose be-
comes stopped up, sometimes on one side,
sometimes on the other.
Soon a clear, watery, scrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoristing the nos
trils, and edges of the lips, which become
red and somewhat swollen. After few
DAYS the discharge becomes thick, yellow
ish, extremely frequent, and continues TO
be a 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 as
sumes an extremely fetid odor. 1t 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-
tion of choking caused by the presence Of
the discharge In the throat. Owing to the
heat in the head, the watery part of the
secretion often evsporstes, and! assuming
condition of solidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
of the throst, in the shape of crusts or
hardened Jumps. The accumulation of
these incrustations produces q feeling OF
discomfort, and nsrrows the nasal passages
so as to embarrsss respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have 70 be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or by persistent hawking practice as
disagreeable 70 the one affected as it is to
those around him. After the removal,
that side Vi the incrustation which adhered
to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, fact which explains the
force required for its dislodgment. During
sIeeep these incrustations accumulate more
rapidly, and the feeling is therefore most
uncomfortable in the morning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear the throat are futile IN
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 SIS 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 thicksned
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sages very difficult, and oftentimes impOs-
sible, neeessitating respiration principally
through the mouth, method very delete
rious to the general health, but more par
ticulsrly so to the 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 he-
quent, is produced on The sense Of tsste.
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 q 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 30 gradually that a
considerable degree of deafness may exist
before the person is really aware of the
fact. The eyes are apt TO hscome weak,
irritable, and disposed to water on expos
ure to cold and Wind, OF after the slightest
exertion. A pain, more or less acute, or 8
distressing feeling Of pressure, is expert
enced 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 weskens the memory and
produces irritsbility and meroseness of
disposition. The stomach generally suffers
more or less, is weak and irritable; the ap-
petite Is capricious, Rud is nearly always
bad in the morning. In severe cases the
system becomes feeble and prostrated, and
here is an aversion or inability to either
physical or mental exertion. Not unfre-
duently cstarrh proves fatal, either by de-
bilitating 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, estsrrh is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause Of this fatal complaint.
Cstarrh has been considered an incura-
bic disease, and on the strength of thai
sapposition has been neglected by both
the profession and the public. As It is the
exciting cause IN full half the cases Of
Deafness, Drs. Lighthin have for years
past made its proper treatment their
special study, and have by their success
fully established the durability Of this Of
fensiYe complaint.
DR.. L1aHTHILL viii remain at RusselPs
Forest City House, Cleveland, from MOn-
day, December 5th, until Saturday,