The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-10-27

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ties Of the head communicating with them
! Insignificant as II appcarsin It's first stages,
II Is apt In It's progress to become lnstru-
mental In causing the loss or impairment
| of smell, taste, hearing, and sight, aud In
creating serious constitutional derange-
ments, not unlrcquently terminating In
consumption.
! At the commencement of the mnlady, the
symptoms are those Of an ordinary cold. A
| feeling of irritation. sCnsltiyeness. 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 iteither
! difficult or impossible This condition
Is accompanied by frequent desire TO
snecze, and discharge Of at first clear.
acrld water, afterwards of profuse thick.
| yrllowish and extremely offensive meter
| This secretion becomes purulent and in
creased In quantity as the complaint pro-
| gresses, assumes an exceedingly fetid odor
and forms one Of the most characteristic
| features Of the disease. and u source of the
1 greatest annoyance and danger. II escapes
not only by the nose. but passes into the
throat, producing by Its lodgment local
| irritation, ANA requires frequent cXpectora-
| ton, hawking, or ,craping 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 a semi -recum-
bent position 10 obtain necessary roposc.
! Owing to the Inflammation and heat In the
| hcad the Watcry portion OF the discharge
oncn cvaporatcs and the rest. assuming
condition Of solldity, Is deposited upon the
membrane of the nose and upper part of
u NNtass. A ..l...
encd Jumps. The accumulation of these in
/ crus'atons produces feeling of discom-
/ fort, and narrows the nasal passages so as
| to cmhnrras2 respiration. therefore. FREE
Qucnt efforts are required to remove them.
either by torcibly blowing the nose ar by
| persistent hawking. n practice as disagree
able tu the one affected rs Il IL to those
around him. That side Of the incrustatiOn
| which adhered to the mucous membrane
will, after il removal, sometimes be found
bloody, fact which explains the force re-
quircd for its dislodgmcnt. During slcep
! these incrustatiOns accumulate more rnp-
idly, md the feeling is therefore most I'M
comfortable in the morning. Sometimes
all efforts TO clear the throat are futile lm-
! I'll after breakfast. or after some stimulant
hats been swallowed. liberation of tho
mucous membrane of the nose takes place
frequently, sometimes attacking the bone.
when snail PARTICLES of this substance will
occasionally be found mixed with the dis
charge.
The breath assuming an excessively fctid
and sickruing odor, and becomes occasion
ally SO offensive ~ Ia render the patient an
object Of disgust TO himself rs well MS to
others.
The accumulation of the discharge, to-
gcther with the thickencd condition Of the
mucous membrane, renders respiration
through the nasal passages very difficult,
and ofrntlmcS impossible necessitatinp
respiration principally through the mouth
Ia mcthod very dcletcrious to the gencral
health, but more particularly so TO the
lungs which become weak and irritable.
The Voi,o loses its musical quality, and as
etlncs discordanl, harsh, and nasal char
artrr; hc sense Of smell becomes much
impaired or entirely lost, and the same cf-
feet, though less frequent Is produced on
taste. %. rasionally. While blowing the nose,
cracking or bubbling sound II heard i'm
the ears. and hearing becomes quite thick
on stopped up but returns suddenly. with
sometliD% like a swapping sound. This !
phenOu, son may he repeated several times, |
until hearing does not return, but rcmainsl
permanently iuIGred. In other cases hear
ing Is lot 50 gradually that considerable |
degree deafness may exist before the |
condition Is often accompanied with noises |
in the head of every conceivable descrip-
tlon, materially increasing the distress oil
the sufferer
Theey are aptto become weak, irritable, |
and disp sed Ia water ON cXp XpOsure to cold |
and wine or after the slightest eXerion. !
\ pain, ltpre or less acute, or distressing
feeling @ pressure is experienced over the
eyes, ant sometimes on the top or back Ofl
the head aud also pain In the face. closely
rcscmbli neuralgia, for which II l. very |
often mis- lkcn. The distress in the head
weakens he memory and produces irrita-
bility anI morOseuess of disposition. The
cnerally suffers more or less, and
becomes weak and irritable; the annette
j. capricl lous and nearly always bad IN the i
morning In severe cases the system
becomes feeble and prostratcd. This is
4 by Il disposition to drOWsincss
and sleep aversion to either physical or
mental c> 'rtion, and a feeling of fatigue
and weak less.
Not un reqnently catarrh proves fatal,
either by lebilitating the system and wear
ing out q patient, or by travelling down
ward ~ ! producing throat affections.
jronchiti and, finally, CONSUMPTION. n
may DE s, tely asserted that. after herpdita-
~ pred poslion, catarrl Is the most
fequrnt al Important callsc of this fatal =
complain
The syl ptom, of catarrh vary consider
tbly in III lerent individuals, the degree OIL
heir sew, uy depending constitution
II idiOsyl Tasies and various external in
lucnccs. with some the complaint con ,
iuues for numberof years in mild form.
lni without causing any of the Injurious
'csults above described, while with Others ,
VI the worst effects are produced In a short
pace of Ame, and eases apparently most o
larmles, may, through imprudent expo !,
ARE, nd itional cold, or untavorable
hangcs the weather, suddenly rNhlbitl J
III the yin 'nco and malignity which char 4
IctnriZC u scYerost ones il
With some persons this disease hecomesl
periodical, attacking them regularly at Ger
ain seasons each year, as in the early part
# spring when the roses are IN bloom. and
renee its name "rose catarrh :" or in mid
ummer during haying time, when II Is In
lnown as "hay-catarrh.n Some claim 10
sc able 10 predict the exact day and even
lour of the attack. They usually consider
entirely relieved of the dinicul- y
y during the Intervals; but we have rea- y
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