Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-11

The nrst sensation usually feeling Of dryness
beat In the nose and frequent inclination sneerng
nels AZ inability &c breathe freely, 90 the nose Be
comes stopped up, sometimes side and sometime
on the other.
Soon clear. watery, scrsa DISCHARGE makes its an
psarsnse eseo.ns the nO.irls. and cages Of The lips
days the discharge becomes thick yeo.ish extremely
frequent and continues 20 be marked feature sf IN.
disease and source Of much danger and the create
annoyance. Aner more or Less tine II becomes puru.
lent highly offensive, and assumes an extremely fetid
odor II usually 50 profuse ~ 10 require when con-
lined TO the the frequent application Of the hand
kerchief IL IL drops into the throat which Is more
particularly the While the body Is in Pc
on as during sleep, pectorstion and
Sleep sfrequeuty dstarbe by sensation Of choking
caused BY the presence Of the discharge In the throat
Owing TO the hestn the head the wsery portion Of the
sodity Is depOsed upon the membrane Of the nose sns
upper part Of the throat In the shape Of eruss or hard
ened Jumps The .ecunulation OF these inerustatOns
produces feeling Of discomfort and the usual
passage so as 10 enesrras respiration Therefore fire.
euent efforts have TO be made remove them either b.,
practice a. disssree.be to II. one areeted as s 20
those around him. After the removal that side Of III,
incrustation which adhered to the mucous membrane
the force required for its dislodgment During sleep
these incrustatons accumulate more rapidly and the
Keeling 10 therefore most uncomfortable in the morn
sometimes all Efforts TO clear the threat futile
until after breakfast something warm Is swallowed
Some patients state that they successful until
tney nave swaHosed some whisky or brandy. The dis
charge, which 10 FIRST without smell In the pro
sress OF the complaint excessively fetd odor the
breath in this and becomes occasionally
onensse as to render the patient an object Of
disgust TO himself as well to others liberation Of the
mucous membrane Of the nose takes place frequently
sometimes evsn attacking the bores when smA pArti-
ess OF that substance will occasionally be found mixed
with the discharge The accumulation Of the discharge
together with the thckened condition Of the mucous
membrane. renders respiration through the nasal pass
age very difficult and oftentimes impossible necessta-
ting respiration principally through the mouth method
very deieiereus TO the general health but parc
ulsrly so to the lungs, will be shown hereafter. The
unpleasant noise produced during sleep, known as
snoring, originates from the same cause The voice
loses its musical quality and assumes dscordant harsh
and nasal character; the Of smell becomes much
impaired or entirely lost, and the effect though
less frequent. produced the Of 0cca
sonay, while blowing the uose cracking or bubbng
sound viii be heard in the ear and hearing will be found
quite thick and stopped up, buSreturn suddenly with
something Ike snapping sound. This phenomenon IL
usually repeated UNTIL at time hearing does
head Of every conceivable description makes their ap
psarance and adds TO the distress Of the sufferer, and
hearing may be lost so gradually that considerable de-
gree OF deafness may exist before the person really
aware Of the fact The eyes apt TO become weak IL
rtaoe and disposed to water exposure the cold and
wind or after the slightest exertion pain more OF
less scue or distressing feeling OF pressure is expert
enced over the eyes, and sometimes the top back
OF the head and also pain face closely resembling
neuralgia for which il is often mistaken The dis
tress IN the head weakens the memory and produces rr
liability and moroseneSs OF disposition. The stomach
suffers generally less and weak ard irrable
the appetite is caprcous, and nearly always bad the
morning. In severe the system becomes feeble
and PROSTATE, and there Is aversion or inability 10
either physical or mental exsrtion. Not unfrequepy
catarrh proves fatal either by facilitating the system
and wearing out the patient by travelling downward
and producing throat affections, bronchitis, and finally
1t may be safely asserted after her
tary predipositen catarrh is the most frequent and
portant cause Of this fatal complaint
Catarrh has been cons dered incurable disease
on the strength Of that supposition has been neglect
by both the profession and the public As II is the
citing In full half the Of deafne Drs Light
bill have for past made its proper their
special study and have by their fully established
he durability Of the offensive complaint That this IL no
mere assertion, be readily proved by the
from highly respected parties who have
been under their treatment for this complaint.
From Rev Nelson Essw ood Pastor OF the First Baptist
Church Of Dexter, Mich.
DFrRofr. Nov H. 1864.
On. L6nrHmL-Dear Sir: would respectfully inform
to the progress Of since under your
reatmen Mt during your Iast visit.
when then consulted you had been seriously aflic
d about fourteen years with Casrh in its worst FORM
accompanied with deafness. am now much improv
ID and my general health very much betterso remark
IDLY so-that cheerfuly tender you the Of my
reference, shoud you have occasioa to need IT,.
heartily recommend you the public generally
have already done so to my more intimate friends.
Please accept this slight testimonial OF your skill