The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-07

Among civilized communities there is no dis
ease more prevalent more universally offensive
more productive of discomfort, OF more Liable
TO give rise to a variety of distressing ana dan
gerous complications than Catarrh. In us pro
grsssiye stages of development, the senses o.
smell and taste are frequently lost, hearing and
sight often suffer severe injury. Throat Ahec
tious, Asthma and Bronchial Complaints ar
successiyely introduced and Consumption Il
almost its inevitable result
Catarrh usually manifests itself ut first in the
cavity of the nose, but spreading beyond Us
primary seat, IL soon penetrates into every coll
| crevice and cavity of the head with which TIT
nasal passages communicate, and at length be
comes diffused over the entire extent OF the
mucO-pulmOnary tract.
The earliest. most prominent and character
istic features of CatarTh is q discharge from The
head. consisting sometimes of clear acrid fluid
but oftener of thick puruent yellow OF green
| ish yellow matter, which is usually secreted in
excessive abundance, and assumes very ietid
odor, This purulent substance is discharged
"a a thick offensive fluid, or in bard flakes
| through the nostrils or throat, and frequently
| by both channels.
In many instances the discharge is OF a very
| tenacious or gummy character adhering TO the
| diseased membrane with glue-like tenacity, and
| il removable only with great difficulty This
| fact is more particularly noticed on rising In
| the morning, because during sleep the purulent
secretion hardens and accumulates with greater
| facility.
! The efforts To relieve the heNd, at those times
| by hawking or blowing the nose, are, therefore
| frequently most distressing To the one affected
and most disagTeeable 10 those around him
Often they have to be so violent and persistent
! that the lungs and chest become strained and
sore, nausea, retching, and even vomiting en-
sues, and severe headache or dizziness not unu
sually fOllOws and augments the general dis
| tTess. In some cases even the most powerful
efforts may fail 10 clear the head, until some
food or stimulant is swallowed, and after which
! the viscid secretion becomes somewhat softened
and is then discharged more readily.
| Again, the offensive matter concerts into dry,
! hard masses or crusts which Obstruct breath.
! iRg, and are very difficult TO detach, their dis.
lOdgment often requiring the most dolent
efforts. Sometimes these iDcrustations come
away in small hard Jumps, or fragments of a
deep green tint, but occasionally broad and flat
casts of notable size are expelled, on which
traces Of blood may at times be observed. This
condition is very liable to run on 10 serious
/ liberation, involving lOss Of the bOny struc.
ture of the nose, and subsequent lattening Of
that organ.
=
Of loose and fluid character il frequently dis.
turbs the sufferers rest by the necessity Of FIRE.
quent eEpeCtOrati0n, because the purulcnt fluid
ia naturally more apt 10 run into the throat
when, as during sleep, the head is thrown back.
Should eXpectOTatiOn be neglected, a. may coca.
sionally happen during heavy sleep, the invalid
is startled from his rest 10y sensation OF chok
ing, caused by the filling up of the throat with
the accumulated secretion from the head.
The nasal membrane il usually very much
thickened and congested, causing the nose to be
stopped up sometimes one side and ssmo.
times on the other and often on both, giving
rise to a disagreea bic stutfy sensation in the
head, and occasionally to violent ParoNysms Of
sneeZing
The thickened condition Of the mucous mem.
brane, and the collection of the purulent matter
in the nasal canals interferes with respiration
through the nose, and Oblige persons 80 affected
10 breathe through the open mouth a practice
very deleteIiO us at all times, but more partiCu.
larry so during sleep which, under such ci cum
stances, il always restless and aecOmpi nj d by
heavy snoring sound.
A feeling Of fnllncss heat irritation, soreness
or pain is generally experienced in the nostrils
near the root of the nose. well as in the upper
part Of the throat, above and behind the soft
palate and headache ia rarely altogether absent
4 distressing sensation of heavy weight or com
preston is usually complained Of over the fore
head, and especially in the II giOn Immediately
above and between the eyes. Sometimes pain
is ebstnately fixed in some particular part, a.
in the temple, on the top OF the head at the
back Of the neck or behind the orbits, and coca
siOnally pain manifests itself in the face, Of 70
severe character that II Is frequently mistaken
for neuralgia.
The voice Is generally affected and becomes
hoarse mutied weak or uneven, and assumes a
nasal character, or an unpleasant sniffing dual.
ity. Cough Of variable severity IL not unfre-
quently one Of the symptoms and results Of
CatarTh.
The breath is usually tainted and assumes
at times, An exceedingly fetid and sickening
OdOT. In some cases IL becomes 20 reyOltingly
offensive a. TO render the sufferer an object OF
disgust TO himself a. well as to others.
The sense Of smell il usually blunted or en-.
tirely lost in Catarrh, aud a similar effect on
taste may be occasionally observed. The eyes
are apt 20 become irritable and disposed
To water excessively on exposure 70 the cold or
wind, and a sense Of WEAKNESS Of sight il usu.
ally experienced after slight eIertiops Hear.
ing not unfrequently becomes more or less i'm.
paired, and noises in the head very often add
materially TO the eIistiRg distress.
The stomach generally suffers more or less.
and becomes weak and irritable; the Appetite
i cspricious and il nearly always bad in the
morning.
The patients generally complain Of lAssitade
and fatigue, an incapacity for either physical or
mental eIertious, . feeling Of weight and dis
comfort in the region Of the stomach, and q
constant disposition TO droEsihess and sleep
The mental faculties are also sometimes ali Ehtiy
anectes, loss Of memory being mere OF lees
present.
CAtarrh may prove fatal, either b. de oilitstinE
the system and weaBing out the patient, or by
travelling downward, and producing oOnsaDP !
ten This fact has been 80 repeatedly noticed
that all experienced practitioners now look npos
CAtArrh a. one Of the most frequent ano lnP,a
tant causes Of this complaint, but aoo9ras
eur extensive observation, il should
regarded - premOnition, and ons y. '-0
earliest manifestations Of ConsumPu"A-
4 systematic, judiciCus and vel oreeted
ooarse Of treatnent such - re have Tor jean
employed In our practice, Il sare . % Followed