The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-03

CArARRH Is n disease of the mucous mem
brane OF the nasal passages and those cavi-
ties of the head communicating with them.
Insignlheant a. it appearsin its first stages.
it is apt In its progress 10 become instru-
mental In causing the loss or Impairment
of smell, taste, hearing, and sight and IN
creating serious constitutional derange-
ments. not unfrequently terminating in
consumption.
At the commencement OF the malndy, the
symptoms are those of an ordinary cold. A
feeling OF irritation, sensitlveness heat or
pain Is experienced In the nose, the edges
otwhich are red and swollen. and which Is
stopped up sometimes ON one side. some
times on the other, and occasionally on
both, rendering respiration through iteither
difficult or impossible. This condition
is accompanied by frequent desire to
sneeze, and discharge of ut first clear,
acrid water, afterwards of profuse thick,
yellowish aud extremely offensive matter.
This secretion becomes purulent and in
creased In qhantity as the complaint pro-
gresses, assumes an exceedingly fetid Odor
and forms one OF the most Characteristic
features of the disease, and q source of the
greatest annoyance and danger. 1t escapes
not only by the nose. but passes into the
throat, producing by its lodgment local
irritation, and requires frequent expectora-
tion, hawking, or scraping for its removal
AS its passage into the throat Is very much
facilitated by horizontal position of the
body sleep is frequently disturbed by n
sensation of choking in consequence, and
many are obliged TO lie in semi-recum-
bent position to obtain necessary repose.
| Owing 10 the Inflammation and heat in the
head, the watery portion of the discharge
often evaporates, and the rest. assuming n
condition OF solidity, is deposited upon the
membrane of the nose and upper part of
the throat In the shape OF crusts or hard
ened Jumps. The accumulation of these in
crustations produces feeling of discom-
fort, and narrows the nasal passages so as
to embarrass respiration, therefore, fire.
quent efforts are required TO remove them,
either by forcibly blowing the nose or by
persistent hawking, a practice as disagree
able tU the one affected as IL is to those
around him. That side of the incrustation
which adhered to the mucous membrane.
will, after its removal, sometimes be found
bloody, a fact which explains the force re-
quired for its dislOdgment. During sleep
these incrustations accumulate more rap
idly, and the feeling Is therefore most nm
comfortable In the morning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear the throat are futile un-
til after breakfast, or after some stimulant
has been swallowed. liberation of tile
mucous membrane of the nose takes place
bOthchliltS the bone.
when small particles of this substance will
occasionally be found mixed with the dis
charge.
The breath assuming an excessively fetid
and sckening odor, and becomes occasion
ally so offensive as to render the patient an
object of disgust TO himself as well as to
others. If.r..
The accumulation of the discharge. to-
gether with the thickened condition of the
mucous membrane, renders respiration
through the nasal passages very difficult,
and Ottentimes impossible, necessitating
respiration principally through the mouth
"a method very deletcriots to the general
health, but more; particularly so to the
lungs which become weak and irritable
The voice lAeas its ntnsical quality, .inI as
sumes discordant harsh. and nasal char
acter; tile sense of smell becomes much
impaired or entirely lost, and the same Of
feet though less frequent, Is produced on
taste. Occasionally, while blowing the nose,
a cracking or bubbling sound Is heard I'm
the ears, and hearing becomes quite thick
or stopped up, but returns suddenly, with
something Ike swapping sound This
phenomenon may bcrepeated several times,
until hearing does not return, but remains
permanently Injured. LII other cases hear
ing Is lost 50 gradually that a considerable
degree of deafness may exist before the
person Ia really aware of the fact. Either
condition Is often accompanied with noises
in the head of every conceivable descrip-
tlon, materially increasing the distress of
the sufferer. At
Thceyes are apt to become weak. irritable
and disposed to water on exposure TO cold
and wind, or after the slightest exertion.
A pain, more or less acute ora distressing
fna n Ia arin
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 distress in the head
weakcns the memory and produces irrita-
bility and mOrOseness of disposition The
stomach generally suffers more or less, and
becomes weak and irritable; the annette
is capricious aud nearly always bad In the
morning! In severe cases the system
becomes feeble and prostrated. This IL
manifested by n disposition 10 drowsineas
and sleep, aversion TO either physical or
mental exertion, and a feeling of fatigue
and weakness. T.H "a AZ
Not unfrequently catarrh proves fatal. |
either by debilltating the system and wear
ing out the patient, or by travelling down |
ward and producing throat affections |
bronchitis, and, finally, CONSUMPTION IL |
may be safely asserted that, after heredita-
ry predispOsition, catarrh Is tho most
frequent and important cause of this fatal
complaint '.A''
The symptoms of catarrh vary consider
ably in different individuals, the degree OIL
their severity dependingupon constitution
al idiosyncTasies and various external In
fluences. With some the complaint con-
tinues for a number of years IN mild form,
and without causing any of the injurious
results above described, while with Others
all the worst effects are produced in short
space of time, and cases apparently most
harmless may, through imprudent expo
sure, additional cold, or antavorable
changes Of the weather, suddenly exhibit
all the violence and malignity which char
aeterize the severest ones. ' 'al ~
With some persons this disease becomes
periodical, attaokingLhem regularly At GER
tain seasons each year, as In the early part
OF spring when the roses are la bloom, and I
hence It's name "rose catarfh - or in mid
summer during haying time, when il is
known ~ ''hay-catarrh.n Some claim To |,
be able to predict the exact day and even
hour Of the attack. They usually consider
flatnoqi antfralV rnliayad Of tI,a ,l;aa.,.l