Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-01-11

uiowl e sine nose or by persistent
hawking, efforts extremely tisagrecable
To the one affected and those around
him. There Is always greater difficult
ty experienced to clear the head In the
morning than At Any other time. be-
cause during the night the discharge is
allowed to accumulate more extensive.
~. With some the necessary efforts at
that time have to be so powerful and
persistent IA to induce vomiting or in
/ tense headache, while others do not
succeed at all until after swallowing
some t00d or stmulant. The !Ugcible
and repeated blowing OF the nose is
not free from danger, for il is apt to
strain the lungs, or cause the rupture
?. of n blood vessel, and not unirequcntly
results in injury to the middle ear.
A hacking cough, or one of a more
troublesome nature, generally accom-
panics the affection, and a disposition
OF frequently clearing the throat, by
scraping or swallowing, Is generally
present. On examination, shreds
stringy mucous may often be seen hang
ing down the throat from behind the
soft palate, ard the mucous membrane
may be coated with brownish secru-
ton, or covered with garnulations. \
feeling OF soreness in tho throat, eS-
Iecia!ly in the region behind and above
the soft palate, is not unfrelncntiy cX-
perienced in the morning. The breath
assumes an excessively fetid and sick
ening odor, rendering the patient an
object of disgust to himself rs well rs
to others. This is especially the case
when the disease is complicated with
liberation, which produces a stencil
really overpowering and enough to
poison the atmosphere OF Whole
room.
Pain, more or less acute, or distress
ing feeling of weight or pressure, is
usually experienced over the eyes and
above the nose; also pain on top or
back of the head, or in the face, closely
resembling neuralgia, for which it is
very often mistaken. The distress in
the head frequently Injuries the memo
ry, aud produces Il moroscncss and irrit-
ability of disposition.
The sense of smell is usually bluntcd
from the very commencement of the
disease, becoming sometimes entirely
lost. The same effect, though less fire.
quently, is produced on taste. The
eyes are apt to become weak aud irriiu-
bic aud disposed to water on exposure
to cold, or after slight eNertons. The
tear passages become occasionally oh
structed, aud the tears, not being allow
mel, gather in the eye and overflow the
checks, giving the eye an appearance
rs of weeping, hence the name of the
affection Of weeping eyc.' The hear
ing is apt to become impaired, causrd
by the extension Of the Inflammation
to the Eustachian tubes ( channeis hy
which a communication is established
between the throat and ears. While
blowing the nose bubbiing or crack
= ling noise i'm the head is very often
- heard, occasionally followed 10y Il sud
: den stoppagc Of hearing. The deafness
: thus produced is but temporary at first,
/ being removed spontaneously, during
= the act of sneezin@, gaping, or cough
= ing, with something Ikea Swapping
, sound. This phenomenon happens frc,
, qucntly, but the oftener il occurs, the
, longer are generally the intervals be,
tween thr loss of the hearing and its
restoration, until finally the usual re-
: lief ceases to appear, and hearing rc'
= mains permanently INJURED. In other
: cases hearing is lost very gradually
= and without any of the indications
above described, so that II considerable
degree of deafness may exist before th'
individual is aware of the fact. Boll
t conditions are often accompanied hJ
} noises in the head, of every conceivahl,
description, adding materially to the
: distress Of the sufferer.
The stomach Is generally more or less
, affected, partly because the discharge is
, occasionally swallowed, and partly cn
account of the altered secretion Of the
~ capricious and languid, and nearly
always had in the morning.
The system soon exhibits signs OF
weakness and cncrvation 10y a DISPOSE
ton to sleep aud drowsiness, Il constant
feeling of fatigue, and an aversion to
either physical or mental exerti0n.
These effects are produced by the pro-
fuse and constant Catarrh discharge,
( which is nothing but II consumption OF
: the blood and the attending nervous
irritation. Both, in time, are capable
of undermining the strongest constitu-
ton.
The frequent distractions Of the nose
interfere with nasal respiration, and
Oblige breathing through the mouth.
On that account individuals affected
, with catarrh generally sleep with the
mouth wide open, producing the un-
pleasant noise of snoring. The practice
of breathing through the mouth is very
deleterious 10 health, as the air not be-
ing previously warmed and pur' fed by
passing through the nasal passage
enters the lunga in an unfit condition,
and materially weakcns those organs,
The thickened condition of the mem
brane lining the mir passages has also II
tendency to interfere with free and
healthful respiration, and to strain tho
lungs.
The mucous membrane becomes NOR
bidly sensitive TO unftvOrable intluc;-
cra. and, in spite Of the utmost care, be.
comes affected from thesiightest causes,
so that ut last a breath Of wind upon
the lining ofthe noseor throat, becomes
productive of Il cold, aud gives rise to
serious disturbances of the respiratory
organs. Thus, the patient is subject to
frequent and repeated colds, each attack
aggrayating the disease, by giving it u
new impulse, and involving Il larger eX
tent OF surface than its predecess Jr. In
this manner the difficulty spreads from
organ to organ, invading the throat,
larynx, tracl,ea, and bronchial tubes,
until, cncrouching further ana further,
it reaches the finer ramiications OF the
brcncIi. when but slight impulse il
required to send ii to the lungs, produc-
ing that most fatal Of all diseases, som
sUnytion." The fact is acknowledged
by all authorities, that in fully two
thirds OF the cases OF consumption, ca
tarrh is the primary cause, and, consid-
ering the dcictcrioGs influence which,
almost from its commencement, it
brings to bear upon The lungs, the result
il not the least surprising.
The symptoms OF caturrh vary con-
I sidciably in different individuals, tho
degree OF their severity depending upon
constitutional idiosyncra-ies and vari-
Gus Observation-Disclosures With some the
! complaint may continue for a number
OF years in a mild form, and apparently
without causing any Of the injurious re-
Psults above described, while with others
/ all -Ie worst effects are produced in Il
short space OF time, aBd cases of the
nildest character may, through impru-
/ dent exposure, adlitiNia! cold. or unta-
/ vorabie changes OF the weather, suddcn-
! lyfexliibit all the violence and ma
! iignity which characterzcs the scverest
ones.
Rose-Cetsrrh and Eav-Perar