The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

insignificant as It appears In It's first stages
IL is apt In Its progress to become instru-
MENTAL In causing the loss or Impairment
fsfncll, taste, hearing, aud sight, and In
creating serious constitutional derange-
ments, not unffcquently terminating inI
consumption.
At the commencement of the malady, the
lsymptoms are those OF an ordinary cold. A
feeling of Irritation, sensitiveness, heat or
lpain Is experienced In the nose, the edges
OF which 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 itcither
| difficult or impossible. This condition
/ Is accompanied by frequent desire to
sneeze, and discharge of az ilrst clear,
\ acrid water afterwards Of a profuse thick,
X yellowish and extremely offensive matter.
/ This secretion becomes purulent and i'll
creased IN quantity rs the complaint pro-
gresses, assumes an exceedingly ietid odor
II aud forms one of the most characteristic
features of the disease, and a source OF the
| greatest annoyance and danger. IL escapes
not only by the nose, but passes into the
throat, producing by its lodgment local
| irritation, and requires frequent cXpectora-
ton, hawking, or straping for Its removal.
| As its passage into the throat Is very much
[ iaeilitatcd by horizontal position of the
body, sleep is frequently disturbed by a
n
many are obliged to lie in a semi-recum-
| bent position to obtain necessary repose.
\ Owing to the Inflammation and heat in the
head, the watery portion of the discharge
often evaporates. and the rest. assuming
condition of soldity, ia deposited upon the
| membrane of the nose and upper part of
The throat In tile shape OF crtlsts or hard-
ened Jumps. The accumulation of these in-
crustatiOns produces a feeling of discom-
/ fort, and narrows the nasal passages so ms
| 10 embafrass respiration, therefore, fire.
quent efforts are required TO remove them,
| either by forcibly blowing the nose or by
| persistent hawking, n practice rs Disagree
| able TO the one affected as it Is to those
! around him. That side of the incrustation
| which adhered to the mucous membrane,
| viii, after its removal, sometimes be found
! bloody, u fact which explains the force re-
quired for its dislOdgment. During sleep
| these incrustations accumulate more rap
idly, and the feeling is therefore most un-
! 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 the
| mucous membrane of the nose takes place
frequently, sometimes attac king the bone,
when small particles of this substance will
occasionally be found mixed with the dis
charge.
The breath assuming an exc essively fetid
aud sickening odor, and becor nes OCCASION
ally so offensive rs to render the patient IN
object of disgust to himself az well as to
others.
The accumulation of the dis, ,harge. to-
gether with the thickened condi tion of the
mucous membrane, renders respiration
through the nasal passages very difficult.
and ofteiltimes impossible, nee essitating
respiration principally through tue mouth
la method very deletcrious to the general
health, Lut more particularly 50 10 the
lungs which become weak and irritable.
/ The voice loses its musical quality, und as
sumes n 'iscordant harsh, and nasal char
acter; th" sense of smell becomes mAch
impaired or entirely lost, and the same eff
feet, thor gh less frequent, is produced on
taste. Dec lsionally, while blowing the nOse,
n cracking or bubbling sound is heard IN
the ears. and hearing becomes quite thick
or stoppol up, but returns Suddenly, with
something like II swapping sound. This
phenomei on may be repeated several times,
until hearing does not return, but remains
permanently Injured. In other cases hear
ing is losl so gradually that considerable
degree of deafness may exist before the
person Is really aware of the fact. Either
condition Is often accompanied with noises
In the head of every conceivable descrip-
ton, materially increasing the distress oil
the sufferer.
Theeyes are aptto become weak, irritable.
and disposed to water on exposure to cold !
and wind, or after the sli ghtest exertion |
A pain, more or less acute, or Il distressing |
feeling of pressure Is exp erienced over the |
! eyes, and sometimes on & he ton or back of
the head and also pain In the face. closely |
resembling neuralgia, for which Il Is very
often mistaken. The di stress In the head |
weakeiis the memory and produces irrita- |
| hiIiIV and nf Ifa.,aotffnV, hat
stomach generally suiie rs more or less, and |
becomes ~ eak and irritable; the appetite |
Is capricious aud nearly always bad ia the
morning. In severe cases the system
becomes feeble and prostrated. This is
manifested by a dispos ition TO drowsiuess
and sleep, aversion 10 either physical or
mental exertion, and a feeling Of fatigue
and weakness,
Not nntiequently catarrh proves fatal,
either by facilitating the system and wear
ing out the patient, or by travelling down-I
bronchitis, and. finally, CONSUMPTION. It
may be safely asserted that after heredta-
ry predisp position, ca tarrh Is the most
frequent AID important cause of this fatal |
complaint.
ably in different individuals, the degree ofI
their severity depending upon constitution
al idiosyncrasies and various extern nj in
flnences With some the complaint con-
tinues for a number of years in mild form,
and without causing any ofthe injurious
results above described, while with others
all the worst effects are produced la n shOrti
space of time, and cases apparently most
harmless may, through imprudent expo
sure, additional cold, or unfavorable
changes Of The weather, suddenly exhibit
all the violence and malignity which char
acterize the seyerest ones.
With some persons this disease beeomesI i,
periodical, attacklngth regularly at GER
tain seasons each year, as In the early part
Of spring when the roses are In bloom, and {
hence is name 'rose htarrh - or In mid
summer during haying time, when Il Isl .
known as "hay-catarrh." Some claim 10
be able 20 predict the exact day and even
hour of the attack. They usually consider
themselves entirely relieved OF the difflcul-
ty during the intervals; but we have rea- \
son 20 suppose that symptoms of the COM
plant are constantly present In some mild
form or other, which are reused into activ- !
ity by the odor peculiar TO certain plants