Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-01
ON OATARRH-DEANBss,
And sll the various diseases Of the Ear
Throat and Air Passages.
svNrpro,rs oF nATApRH

The first sensation Is usually q feeling |
of drvness and hest in the nose and fre- !
ouent inclination to sneezing. There is an /
inability to breathe freely, as the nose be-
comes stopped up, sometimes on one side, !
sometimes on the other.
Soon clesr, wstery, acrid discharge |
makes its appearance, excoriating the nos
trils, and edges of the lips, which become |
red and somewhat swollen. After a few
| days the discharge becomes thick, yellow
| ish, extremely frequent, and continues to
| be marked festure 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-
| fned 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 a horizontal po-
sition, constant expeotorstisn, and some
times both.
Sleep is frequently disturbed by a 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 evaporstes, sndl assuming
q condition of solidity is deposited upon
the membrane of the nose and upper part
of the throat, in the shape of erusts or
hardened Jumps. The accumulation Of
these inerustations produces q feeling Of
discomfort, and narrows the nasal passages
so IS to embsrrass. respiration. Therefore
frequent efforts have 70 be made TO remove
them, either by forcibly blowing the nose,
or BY persistent hswking-a practice IS
dissgreeable to the one affected as it Is to
those aro~nI him. After the removal,
that 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
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 st first without smell,
assumes, in the progress of the complaint
an excessively fetid odor, the breath par
ticipstes In this, and becomes occasionally
so Tevoltingly offensive az 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-
ouently, 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 tAickened
condition of the mucous membrane,
renders respiration through the nasal pas
gages very difficult, and oftentime impos-
sible, necessitating 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 8 discOrdant
harsh, and nasal character; the sense Of
smell becomes much impaired or entirely
! lost, and the same effect, though less fire.
! uuent, is produced on the sense of taste.
J Occasionally, while blowing the nose, 8
cracking or bubbling sound will be heard
IN the Gar, and hearing will be found
quite thick and stopped up, but return sud
denly with something ike 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 viii make their appearance
and add to the distress of the sufferer, and
: hearing may be lost 50 gradually that q
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 csid and Wind, or after the slightest
> exertion A pain, more or less acute, or g
distressing feeling of pressure, is expert
enced over the eyes, and sometimes on the
top or back of the hesd, 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 irritability and moroseness Of
disposition. The stomach generally suffers
more or less, is weak and irritable; the ap-
petite is capricious, and is nearly always
I bad in the morning. In severe csses the
system becomes feeble and prostrsted, and
here is an aversion or inability to either
physical or mental exertion. Not untre-
ouently catsrrh proves natal, either by de-
/. biIitating 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 aftaF hereditary predisposi-
ton, cstsrrh is the most frequent and i'm
portant cause of this fatal complaint.
Catarrh has been considered an incura-
; bic disease, ana on the strength Of that
sapposition has been neglected by both
the profession and the public. As it is tho
exciting cause in full half the cases OF
Deafness, Drs, Lighthi1 have for years
past made its proper treatment their
: specisl study, and have by their success
fully established the durability of this Of
feusive complaint
DR.. LIeHFHILL will remain st RusselPs
Forest City House, Cleveland, rom Mon
dnr necnmner SIN. until Saturday.