The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-26

i tuGtHbthns 81 TIC hiAnhl pitEankcn hun lhpss
cavities OF the head communicating with
then. insignificant as 10 appears ia It's
first stages, II is apt ia It's progress 10 be-
eeme instrumental la causing ths loss on
impairment Of smell, lasts, hearing. and
sight, aud ia creating serious constitution
al arrangements, not upfreauentiy ter
minating Ia consumption.
| Al the commencement OF tbs complaint
| the symptoms are those Of an ordinary
cold. feeling OF irritation sensitive
| ness, heat, or pain II experienced ia the
nose, the edges of which are red and swoil-
en, and which II stopped up sometimes on
one side, sometimes on the other, and oe-
easionaliy ON both, rendering respiration
| through IL either diffiGult or impossible.
| This condition IL accompanied by Il FREE
auent desire 10 sneeze, and discharge of,
at first, Glear, aefid water, aftsrward OF "a
pfofuse, thick. yeilowish, aud extremely
offensive matter. This secretion becomes
| pufnient and Increased la quantity as the
complaint progresses, assumes AN exceed
| ingly fetid edor, ana forms one OF the most
characteristic features OF the disease, and
a source Of the greatest annoyance aud
| danger. II escapes not only by the noae'
| but passes into the throat, producing. by
/ itA l4ItAA anu NNAhAANN
| frequent expeetoratton, hawking, or scrap
| Ing for it's removal. As ita passage into
the throat il very much facilitated by
horizontal position of the body, sleep IL
frequently disturbed by sensation Of
| choking in consequence, and many are
Obliged 10 lie In "A semisreeumbent position
| 20 obtain the necessary repose.
| owing 10 the inflammation and heat In
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charge often evaporates. and the rest. as
Stunning "a condition OF soiidity, h deposit
| ed upon the membrane OF the nose aud
upper part OF the throat In the shape of
eruhta or hardened Jumps. The aoeumula.
| ton OF these inerustations produces feel
Ing OF discomfort, and narrowa the nasal
| passages so as TO embaFraAs respiration
Therefore, frequent efforts are required 20
remove them. either by foroibiy blowing
the nose or by persistent hawking, n prac-
tioe as disagreeable 10 the one affected ms
| IL Is TO those around him. That side of the
| ineruatation which adhered to the mucous
membrane, will, after It's removal. some
times be found bloody, "a fact which ex-
| plains the force required for It's dialodg-
ment. During sleep. these incrustations
accumulate more rapidly, nnd the feeling
IN, therefore, most uncomfortable In the
morning. Sometimes all efforts 10 clear
the throat are futile until after breakfast,
or after some stimuiaut has been swallow
| cd. Liberation of the mucous membrane
| OF the nose takes place frequently, some
times attacking the bone, when small par
tielea Of this substance VIII occasionally
| be found mixed with the discharge.
| the breath assumes an excessively fetid
| and aictening odor, and becomes oeca-
| sionaliy 30 Offensive aa 20 render tho pa
| tient an object OF disgust 70 himself as well
| as to others.
The accumulation OF the discharge, to-
| gether with the thiclkened condition OF the
mucous membrane, renders respiration
| through tho nasal passages very dinicuit,
and oftentimea impoaaibie, neeesaitating
| respiration principally through the
month-a method very doieterious 10 tho
| general health, but more particularly so
| TO the lungs, which become weak and irri-
| table. The voice loses its musical quality,
| aud assumes a diacordant, harsh. and nasal
| character; the sense OF smell becomes
| much impaired or entirely lost, and The
same effect, though less freq uent, II pro-
! dueed on taste. Occasionally, while blow
| Ing the nose. cracking or bubbling
sound In heard In the ears, and hearing
| becomes quite thick or stopped up, but re-
| turns suddenly, with something like n
anapping sound. This phenomenon may
| be- repeated several times, until hearing
does not return, but remaina permanently
| injured. In other cases hearing In lost so
| gradually that n considerable degree OF
| deafness may exist before the person IN
really aware of the fact Either condition
" often accompanied with noises In the
head OF every conceivable description, ma
| toriaily increasing the distress of the suf-
| ferer.
| The eyes are apt 10 become weak, irrita-
| BILE, and disposed To water on exposure To
| cold and wind, or after the slightest exer-
ton. pain, moro or less acute, or a dis,
tresslng feeling OF pressure Is experienced
over the eyes ana sometimes on tnH Yep
Che face, closely resembling neuralgia,
| for which H. IL very often mistaken. The
| and produces irriIability aud moroseness
OF disposition. The stomach generally
| suffers more or less, and becomes weak ana
| irritable; the appetite Is capricious and
nearly always bad In the morning. In SO.
| we're cases the system becomes feeble ana
| Frustrated. This IN manifested by dispo-
sition To drowsinesA and sleep, nm aversion
! 10 either physical or mcntnl eNertion, ana
| n feeling of fatigue and weakness.
not 'bn M sSta 6e lPysc and
| wearing out the patient or by travelling
| downward and producing throat aiiec-
| lions, bronchitis, and finally consumption.
| II may be safely asserted that after hered-
| itary predispoaition, oatarrh is the most
| frequent and Important cause OF TINS iatnl
| complaint.
| Tie symptoms OF catarrh vary consider
| ably In different individuals, the degree OF
| their severity depending upon constltu.
| uonnl idiosyncrnsies and various eNternaI
| Influences. With some the complaint
| continues for u number OF years IN 2 mild
| FORM, and without causing any OF the ln-
| furious results above described, whlle with
| others all the worst effects prN produced In
short space of time, and, cases appar-
| emily most harmless, may, through impru-
Ident exposure, additional cold, or unfn-
| vornblo changes OF the weather, suddenly
ovinco all the violence and mnlignity
which charaeterizcs the seveTest ones.