The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-10-18

gArARsH is a disease Of The Alucous. mem
brane OF the nasal passages and those cayl-
ties Of Tie head communicating with them.
Insignificant as II appearsin its first stages, !
IL IL apt vi its progressto become Astru-
mental in causing the loss or impairment
OF smell, taste, hearing, and sight and IN !
creating Aerious coiistitntional ftierTiige-
ments, not nnfrcquently terminating I'M
tiH Iii
AZ tho acommeheement Of the maiady, tIiel
symptoms are those of an ordinary .o0h. A
feeliug,of Irritation, scnsitlyenesa heat or
pain Is experienced in the nose, the edges
OF which are red aud swollen, and which Is
stopped up sometimes on one side. some
times on the Othefs aud occasionally ON
both, rendering respiration through iteither
dl0icultI or impossible. This condition
Is accompanied by a frequent desire to
sneege, and discharge Of, at first clear,
aerid water Afterwards Of n profuse thick,
yellowish and extremely Offensive matter
This secretion becomes purulent and in
creased In quantity rs the complaint pros
gI'essef, assumes an exceedingly fetid oddrI
and forms one OF the most characteristic
features of the disease. and source Of theI
greatest annoyance aud danger. IL escapes
not only by The nose. but passes into the
Throat. producing by its lodgmeut local
tion, hawking, or scraphg for lts removal
As It's passage into thc throat IL very much
lAcilitnted by y horizontal position Of the
body, sleep Is frequently disturbed by n
shnsatiou Of choking In consequence, and
rpnuy are obliged to He) In a semi-recum-
lent posItionto ohtinheeT@iS repose.
owpig 60 the Inflammation aifl HEAT IN the
lead. the Natery portion OF the discharged
often cyaporatos. and the rest. assuming a
Of solidity, Is deposited upon the
membrane OF the nose and ilpper part of
lie throatin the shape ol cllsts or hard
elicd Jumps. The aeclunulationof of these in
C1'Ilstations produces feeling of discon1
lbrt, and narrows the nasal passages So as
to enbarrhss respiration, therefore. fire.
ducnt efforts are required tO remove them,
either by forcibly blowing tile nose or by
persistent hawking, practice rs Disagree
able to the one affected rs 10 is TO those
around him. That side of the ,incrustaton
Which adhered to the mucous membrane.
Will, after its removal sometimes be found
lloOdy, n fact which explains the force re-
duirel for Its dislodgment. During sleep.
hese ilierustAtionS accumulate more rap
lilly, aud the feeling Is therefore most lli-
deinfortable i'm the morning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear the throat are futile mn
ti after break fast. or after some stiniulant
has been swallnvctl. liberation of the
mucous membrane of the nose takes place
frequently, sometimes attacking the hone,
When small particles OF this substance will
occasionally I've found mixed with the dis
dlMrge. i 5
'Phe breath assuming an excessively fetid
aud sickening odor, and becomes OCCASION
ally SO offensive as to render the patient ar
object of disgust to himself as well IA to
others. Al
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The accumulation of the discharge. to-
| deLher with the thickened condition OF the
mucous membrane, renders respiration
| through the nasal passages very ditlienlt,
and oftcntimcs impossible, ueccssitating
respiration principally through the mouth
! Ia method very deleterious to the general
| Bcalth, bat more particularly 20 to the
lungs " hieh become weak and irritable,
| The voire loses its musical quality, and as
! sumes n tliscOrdant. harsh, and nasal ehar-
deter; tlle sense of smell becomes much
4 impaired or entirely lost, and the same Of
| feet though less frequent is produced on
taste Occasionally, while blowing the nose
4 crackliAg or bubbling sound Is heard in
the ears. and hearing becomes quite thick
Or stopped up but returns suddenly, with
| something like a swapping sound. This
! phenomenon may be repeatedseveral times
| until hearing does not return, but remains
| permanently injured. III other cases hear
| hg is lost 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
! b. tho head of every conceivable descrip-
| tion materially increasing the distress of
| the sufferer,
| | Theeyesare aptto become weak, irritable,
and disposed to water on exposure to cold
and wind or after the slightest eKcrtiOn.
| A pain, more or less acute on distressing
! feeling OF pressure Is experienced over the
eyes ana sometimes on tha top or back OF
the head aud also pain In the face, closely
| resembling neuralgia, for which IL is very
| often mistaken. The distress In the head
! Neakens the memory and produces irrta-
! bility and moroseuess OF disposition. The
stomach generally suffers more OF Less, and
/ becomes weak and irritable; the appetite
\ Is capriciots sud nearly always bad In the
| morning. In severe cases the system
| becomes feeble and prostrated. This. is
manifested by a disposition 10 drOwsiness
and sleep aversion to either physical or
mental exertion, and feeling Of fatigue
| and weakness. r
| Not mfrequently 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, nnalfy, CONBUhFTIOS. IL
may bc safely asserted that after heredita-
/ ty predisposition, catarrh is the most
/ frequent and important cause of this fatal
complaint, rr.5-r
| I The symptoms of catarrh vary consider
hbly in different individuals, the degree of
| their severity depending Upon constitutions
/ al idiosyucrasies and various external in
/ huenccs. With some the complaint con-
/ tinues for a numbero Of years in mild form,
aud without causing any OF the injurious
results above described, while with others
all the worst effects are produced ina short
\ space Of time, and cases apparently most
harmless may, through imprudcnt expo
sure, additional cnld. or uuiavorable
changes OF the weather, sll,denly exhibit
| nll the Violence and inalignhy whieli chaf-
hcterza the seYerest ones.
/ With some persons this disease becomes
periodical, attacking them regularly at GER
\ lain seasons each year a. in the early part
| bf spring when the roses are In hleetn, and
Illeuce its name "Tose catarrh - or In mid
summer during haying time, when IL Is
known ~ "hay-catarrh,N Some claim 30
be able % predict the exact day aud even
Ihourofthe attack. They usually consider
themselves entirely relieved Of the tlillicnl-