The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-10-09

OF smell, taste, hearing, and sight, and In
creating serious constitutional dcrangc-
ments, not unfrequently 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, tho edges
OF which are red and swollen, and which Is
stopped mp sometimes on one side, some
times on the other, and occasionally on
both, rendering respiratioIfthrOugh itether
difficult or impossible. This condition
Is accompanied by frequent desire 10
sneeze, and discharge Of at first clear,
acrld water, afterwards of profuse thick,
yellowish and extremely offensive matter.
This secretion becomes purulent and in-
creased In qhantity as the complaint pro-
gresses, assumes an exceedingly fetid odor
aud forms one of the most characteristic
features of the disease, and source of the
greatest annoyance and danger. II 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 u horizontal position of the
body, sleep Is frequently disturbed by a
sensation Of choking IN consequence, and
many are obliged to lie in a semi-rccum-
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 a
condition ofsolldlty, Is deposited upon the
membrane of the nose and upper part OF
the throat In the shape of crusts or hard
encd humps. The accumulation of these in
crustations produces n feeling of discom-
fort, and narrows the nasal passages so as
to embarrass respiration, therefore, fire.
quent efforts are required 70 remove them,
either by forcibly blowing the nose or by
persistent hawking, a practice as Disagree
able to the one affected rs 1t Is to those
around him. That side of tho lncrustation
which adhered to the mucous membrane,
VIII, 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 un-
comfortable in the morning. Sometimes
all efforts to clear tho throat are futile un-
I'll aftor breakfast, or after some stimulant
has been swallowed. liberation of the
mucous membrane of the nose takes place
frequently, sometimes attacking the bono,
when small particles OF this substance will
occasionally be found mixed with the dis
charge.
The breath assuming an excessively fetid
aud sickening odOr, and becomes OCCASION
ally so offensive as TO render the patient an
object of disgust TO himself as well AS to
others.
The accumulation of the discharge, to-
gcther with the thickened condition of the
mucous membrane, renders respiration
through the nasal passages very difficult,
and oftentimes impossible, necessitating
respiration principally through the mouth
"a method very deleteriOus to the general
health, but more particularly 80 to the
lungs which become weak and irritable.
The voice loses its musical quality, and as
sumes Il discordant, harsh, and nasal char
aoter; the sense of smell becomes much
impaired or entirely lost, and the same eff
feet, though less frequent, Is produced on
taste. Occasionally, while blowing the nose,
a cracking or bubbling sound Is heard In
the ears, and hearing becomes quite thick
or stopped up, but returns suddenly, with
something like 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 fact. Either
condition Is oiten accompanied with noises
In the head of every conceivable descrip-
tion, materially increasing the distress of
tho sufferer.
Theeyes are aptto become weak, irritable.
aud disposed TO water on exposure to cold
and wind, or after the slightest exertiOn.
A pain, more or less acute, or n 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
neuralgia, for which II IL very
often mistaken. The distress in the head
the memory and produces irrita-
bility and mOroseness of disposition. The
stomach generally suffers more or less, and
becomes weak and irritable; the appetite
is capriclOus and nearly always bad in the
In severe cases the system
becomes feeble and prOstrated. This Is
by a disposition to drowsiness
and sleep, aversion TO either physical or
mental exertion, and feeling OF fatigue
and weakness.
Not unfrequently catarrh proves fatal,
sither by deblitating the system and wear
ng out the patient, or by travelling down
ward and producing throat affections.
and, finally, CONSUMPTION. ID
nay be safely asserted that, after heredita-
" predisposition, catarrh is tho most
frequent and Important cause of this fatal
complaint.
The symptoms of catarrh vary consider
IDLY Ia different individuals, tho degree of
heir severity depending upon constitution
II idiosyncrasies and various external in
lnences. With some the complaint con
inues for number of years in mild form.
md without causing any of the injurious
'esults above described, while with Others
III the worst effects are produced in short
pace OF time, and cases apparently most
harmless may, through imprudent expo
ure, additional cold, or unlayorable |
,hanges Of the weather, suddonly exhibit |
III the violence and malignity which char |
Icterize the seyerest ones.
With some persons this disease becomes |
attacking them regularly at Ger |
ain seasons each year, as in the early part |
If spring when the roses are IN. bloom, and /
lencc its name ''rOse catarrh ;"Or in mid
nmmer during haying time, when il Is
Known as "hay-catarTh." Some claim 10 /
10 able TO predict the exact day and even
lOur OF the attack. They usually consider |
themselves entirely relieved OF the difficult
y during the intervals hut we have rea-
ON 10 suppose that symptoms OF tho COM
Ilaint are constantly present in some mild
orm or other, which are reused into activ-
ty by the odor peculiar to certain plants
With which the atmosphere Is impreRnated
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