The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-07-16
Symptoms of Catarrh
BY E. RYERsoN sMYTH. NJ. d.

small endeavor to give you plain, practi-
cal and concise statement, studiously avoid
ing the use of technical terms as far as posi-
bic, in order that all classes of persons can
fully. understand the dangerous nature of this
disease, without being mystifed with vol
ume of technical terms which only profession
al men are expected to understand, and which
can be of no earthly use to the suffering
thousands to whom particularly address my
self
Catal1A is one of the diseases most preva-
lent in northern climate, subject as we are,
to the many atmospheric changes. 1t is very
disagreeable at all times, occasionally quite
painful, and in its latter stages it leads to ia
tai consequences. Consumption, in nearly
three-fourths of its victims, has had its be-
ginning in catarrh, or, as it is sometimes
called, ga slight cold in the head" Consunap.
ton is constitutional in but few cases. Its
starting point generally is Catarrh in mild
form. If the patient inherts any scrofulous
tendencies from his parents, it greatly aggra-
Yates Catarrh, and unless arrested before il
becomes chronic, or before it works its way
down the Bronchial tubes into the Lu,aqs, in
nine cases out of ten it will prove fatal. AS
many people think that Catarsh is confined
merely to the nasal organs, and consists sim
ply of insiduous discharges from the nostrils
1 will give a diagnosis which will more clear
ly declare its nature and fix its symptoms.
Catarrh is not alone disease of the nasal
organs it is not alone confined to the head.
but may affect the entire mucus membrane of
the human system, the cavities of the head.
throat, bronchial tubes, lungs, stomach, &c.
In some cases it is confined to the cavities of
the head for q number of years, while with
others it creates serious constitutional de-
engagements in short space of time, and not
unfrequently terminates in Consumption.
Catarrh usually makes its first appearance
as the result of an ordinary cold 1t is attend
ed with feeling of pain or fullness in the
forehead The nostrils become infamed. The
mucus lining is thickened to such an extent
that it almost, if not quite, fills up the nasal
passages and renders respiration difficult or
almost impossible
In mary C Uses extreme dizziness of the head
| follows, producing loss of all mental powers
Neuralgia in the pupil of the eye, in the
| curved bones of the nose and in the frontal
cavaties, causing the acutest pains to rush
with the rapidity of thought in paroxysms
through the entire head, face, teeth, and even
down the cords of the neck to the shoulders
and sides. Neuralgia gives its bitterest ex
perience to life in prop ortion as CatarrA de-
velopes it's strength.
In ordinary cases the disease is accompa-
MED by discharge OF mucous which eth er
passes out of the nostris or drops down over
|
hawked up and spit out, practice very dis
agreeable both to the patient and those around
him but if this is not done, it passes down
the back part of the throat and lodges round
the larynx, causing hoarseness until the
throat is cleared of the discharge. At this
stage of the disease it has assumed one of its
worst forms, because if the throat is not con-
stantly kept clear from the discharges-such
as frothy mucous, hardened Jumps of m after,
| ncrustations streaked with blood, causing in
some cases the most offensive eXhalations,
general debility and emaciation-it passes in
to the bronchial tubes and through them into
the lungs The air cells become filed with
mucous and the patient is rapidly passing in
to the last stages of Consumption. Not unfre-
| quently the disease passes into the lining of
the stomach, leaving the gastric mucous
membrane in an irritable condition and when
complicated with chronic Bronchitis, it caus-
es tenderness of the epgastrium, loss of appe-
tite, frequent headache and feverish condi-
ton of the system. In other cases it alta els
the eustrachian tubc-a tube connecting the
throat with the middle ear-and the patient
Is troubled with noises in the head of every
description and partial loss of hearing. I'm
paIrinent of taste, sense of smell, sight and
memory, are unmistakable symptoms of Ca.
| tarrh. liberation and enlargement of tho
tonsils. elongation of the uvula Tor soft pal
atte) and when the disease has reached tho
larynx and CLOTHS, loss of voice or hoarseness
is often the result. Now, since every breath
of air that passes to the lungs passes over
diseased surface of the mucous membrane. if
is in reason to suppose that if the disease is
not removed. it sooner or later will inevitably
reach the lungs, and produce the most fatal of
all diseaes-Consumpti
Catarrh is generally considered incurable by
the medical profession, and according to the
old method of treatment which prescribes the
taking ofsnuh, Insulation of water, fiery liq-
uids, &C., up the nostrils-it is incurable, but
according to the new method of treatment
which I have adopted, by the use of my IN
droftecon, experience confirms the conclusion
that not more than one case out of an hun.
bred can be considered beyond the reach of a
radical and permanent c,,re Il