Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-22
he CAN BE CONSULTED AS
USUAL.
ON CATARRH-DEANBss
And ell the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
SYMPTOMS oF oArARRH.

OF dryness and heat IN the nose, and ire
queut 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. Il
Soon clear, watery, scrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoriating the nos
trils, 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 a marked feature of the disease; and q
source Of much danger and the greatest
annoyance. After more or less time, 1t
becomes puTulent, 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, OF, if It drops into
the throat, which is more particularly the
case while the body is in q horizontal po-
sition, constant expectorstisn, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by q 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 e7aporates, sndi assuming
q condition Of solidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
of tho throat in the shape of erusts or
hardened Jumps. The accumulation of
these incrustatioDs produces feeling of
discomfort, and nsrrows the nasal passages
50 as 10 embsrrass respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have 70 be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or by per= stsnt hawking-a practice as
dissgreeable 70 the one affected as it is to
those arc. III him. After the removal,
tbSt side Of the incrustation which adhered
to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, q fact which explains the
force required for its dislodgment During
sieeep these incruststions 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 fstid odor, the bTesth par
ticipates in this, and becomes occasionally
so revoltingly offensive as to render the
patient an object of disgust to himself as
we'll 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 thickened
condition of the mucous membrane
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sages very difficult, and oftsntimes impos-
sible, neeessitstiBg respiration principally
through the mouth, method very delete
gious to the general health, but more par
ticulsrly 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 q discordant
harsh, and nasal characters the aense OF
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
lost and the same effect, though less fire.
quent, is produced on the sense of taste.
Occasionally, while blowing the nose, q
cracking or bubhling sound will be heard
in the ear, and hearing Will be found
guile thick sid stopped up, but return sud
denly with something like 8 swapping
sound. This phenomenon is usually re-
peated until, st 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 20 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 Viud, CT Gfter the slightest
exertioa. 4 pain, moro or Less acute, or q
distressing feeling of pressure, is expert
eneed 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 Wesksus the memory and |
produces irriability and meroseness of |
The stomach generally suffers !
more or less, is weak and irritable; the sp-
petite is capricious, ard is nearly always |
bad in the morning. In savere cases the |
system becomes feeble and prostratsd, and !
here is an aversion or inability to either !
physical or mental exsrtiOn. Not unfre- |
quently cstsrfh proves fatal, either by de- |
the system and wearing out the !
patient, or by travelling downward and |
producing throat anectlons, bronchitis, and I
finally consumption. It may be safely |
asserted that after hereditary predisposi- |
ton, catsrrh is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause Of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an incura- l
5la disease, and on the strength of that
has been neglected BY both I
the 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 /
special study, and have by their success
fully established the durability of this Of !
Iensive complaint
Dr.. LIGHTHILL Will remain ct RusseUs /
Forest City House. Cleveland, lrom MOa-
nay, December 5tn, until SATURDAY.,
10th, 1854.