Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-18
he CAN BE CONSULTED AS
USUAL.
ON CATARRH-DEANEss,
And all the various diseases of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
sYMPTonfs OF cArARRH.

of dryness and heat in the nose, and q fire.
quent 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 a clear, wstery, acrid discharge
makes its appearance, excoriating 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 marked feature of the disease; and q
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 tbs 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-
sitiOnt constant expectoratian, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by senss-
ton of choking caused by the presence of
the discharge in the throst Owing to the
heat in the head, the wstery part of the
secretion often evaporstes, sndi assuming
condition of sohdity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
Of the throat, in the shape of crusts or
hardened lamps. The accumulation of
these incruGtations produces 3 feeling of
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
so as to embarrass respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have TO be made to remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose
or by persistent hawking-s practice as
disagreeable to the one affected as it is to
those sroU'- him. After the removal,
that side of the incrustation which adhered
to the mucous membrane will sometimes
be found bloody, fact which explains the
force required for its dislOdgment, During
sleeep these incrustations 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 fetid odor, the breath par
ticipates in this, and becomes occasionally
so revOltingly offensive as to render the
patient an object of disgust to himself as
wen as to others. liberation of the mu-
cous membrane of the nose takes place fire.
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 tine mucous membrane,
renders respiration through the nasal pas
sages very difficult, and oftentimes impos-
sible, necessitating respiration principally
through the mouth, method very delete
rious to the general health, but more par
ticularly 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 discordant,
harsh, and nasal character; the sense 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,
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 a swapping
sound. This phenomenon is usually re-
peated until, at one time hearing does not
fetuELli aAu Ieluains PS4AlaHehIg AyuTeu-
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 80 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 10 water On expos
ure to cold and wind, or after the slightest
exertion. A pain, more or less acute, or
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 lace, ciosely resembling neuralgia, ior
trnss l..sf in tbe he besd wesIens the memory and
produces irritability and moroseness of
disposition. The stomach generally suffers