The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-14

| II Is apt In Its progress to become inRtru-
mental In causing the loss or impairment
of smell, tasto, hearing, and sight, and In
creating serious constitutional dcrange-
ments, not unrequently terminating In
consumption.
! At the commencement of the malady, the
symptoms are those of an ordinary cold. A
feeling of irritation, sensitiveness, heat or
pain 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 ltelther
difficult or impossible. This condition
Is accompanied by a frequent desire to
sneeze, and a discharge of at first clear,
acrid water afterwards of a profuse thick
| Iy3llOwish and extremely offensive matter.
This secretion becomes purulent md in-
creased In Quantity ns the complaint pro-
! grcsscs assumes an exceedingly fctid odor
aud forms one of the most characteristic
features of the disease, and n source of the
| greatest annoyance and danger. lt escapes
not only by the nose, but passes into The
throat, producing by It's lodgnent local
irritation, and requires frequent eXpectora-
tion, hawking, or scraping for its removal.
As Its passage into the throat Is very much
facilitated by u horizontal position of the
body, sleep Is frequently disturbed by n
sensation of choking in consequence, and
many are Obliged to lie In scmi-reCum-
bent position to obtain necessary repose.
| Owing to the Inflammation and heat In the
head the watery portion of the discharge
often cVaporates, 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 humps. The accumulation of these in
lcrustations produces feeling of discom-
fort aud 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, practice as Disagree
able tO the one affected MS 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, fact which explains the force re-
quired for Its dislodgmeut. 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 Im-
Gil after breakfast, or after some stimulant
has been swallowed. liberation of the
mucous membrane of the nose takes place
frequently, sometimes attacking the bone,
when small particles of this substance will
occasionally be found mixed with the dis
charge.
The breath assuming an excessively fctid
and sickening odor, and becomes OCCASION
ally so offensive rs to render the patient an
object of disgust to himself rs well us To
Others.
The accumulation of the discharge, to
gether with the thickened condition of the
mucous membrane, renders respiration
through the nasal passages very difficult,
and oftentimes impossible, neccssltating
respiration principally through the mouth
"a method very dcetcrious to the general
health, but more particularly so To the
lungs which become weak and irritable
The voice loses Its musical quality, aud as
sumeS q discordant, harsh, and nasal char
acter; the sense of smell becomes much
impaired or e1tircly lost, and the same eff
feet, though less frequent, Is produced on
taste. Occasionally, while blowing the nose,
n cracking or bubbling sound Is heard IN
the ears, and hearing becomes quite thick
or stopped up but returns suddenly, with
something like n swapping sound. This
phenomenon may be repeated several times,
until hearing does not return, but remains
permanently injured. In other cases hear
ing Is lost so gradually that considerable
degree of deafness may exist before the
person Is really aware of the fhct. Either
condition Is oiten accompanied with noises
IN the head of every conceivable desCrip-
tion, materially increasing the distress of
the sufferer,
Theeycs are aptto become weak, irritable, |
and disposed to water on exposure 10 cold |
and wind, or after the slightest cNertion. |
A pain, more or less acute, or distressing |
feeling of pressure is experienced over the |
eyes, and sometimes on the top or back Of
the head and also pain in the face, closely |
resembling neuralgia, for which IL Is very |
often mistaken. The distress In the head |
weakens the memory and produces irrita-
bility and morOseness of disposition. The |
stomach generally suffers more or less, aud |
becomes weak and irritable; the appetite
Is capriclous and nearly always bad la the
morning. In severe cases the system
by disposition to drowslness
and sleep, aversion to either physical or
mental exertion, and feeling Of hltigue
and weakness.
Not unfrcquently catarrh proves fatal,
either by facilitating the system and wear
ing out the patient, or by travelling down
ward and producing throat affections.
bronchitis, and, finally, CONSUMPTION. lt
may be safely asserted that after hcrcdita-
ry predisposition, catarrh is the most
frequent and important cause of this fatal
Inc symptoms Oi catafrh vary consider
ably In different individuals, the degree oil
their severity depending upon constitution
nj idiosyncrllsies and various external in
nuenccs. With some the complaint con-
tmues for 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, aud cases apparently most
harmless may, through imprudent expo z
Iure, additional cold, or unfavorable
'hanges of the weather, suddenly exhibit
Ill the violence aud malignity which char
Icterize the severest ones.
With some persons this disease becomes
periodical, attacking them regularly at eor-
ain seasons each year, as In the early part I
If spring when the roses are in bloom, and
renee It's namO "rosc catarrh :" or Ia mid =
ummer during haying time, when it Is :
.nOwn rs "hay-catarrh.n Some claim 10
,e able 10 predict the exact day and even 5
iour of the attack. They usually consider
themselves entirely relieved Of the dinlcul-
y during the intervals but we have rea-
ON TO suppose that symptoms of the COM
'laint are constantly present In some mild =
Drm or other, which are reused Into actiV-
LV bV the OuOr peculiar tO certain 'nlauia =