The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-17


ease more prevalent more universally offensive,
more productive of discomfort, or more liable
10 give rise to a variety of distressing and dan
gerous complications than Catarrh: In its pro.
gressive stages of development, the senses of
smell and taste are frequently lost, hearing and
sight often suffer severe injury. Throat Alice
lions, Asthma and Bronchial Complaints are
SUCCESSFULLY introduced and Consumption is
almost its inevitable result.
CatalTh usually manifcsts itself at first in the
cavity of the nose, but spreading beyond lts
primary seat, it soon penetrates int every coll,
creyice and cavity Of the head with which the
nasal passages communicate, and Mt length be.
comes ditfused over the entire extent of the
muco pulmonary tract.
The earliest, most prominent and character
istic features of Catarrh is a discharge from the
head consisting sometimes of clear acrld huld,
but oftener of a thick purulent yellow of green
ish yellow matter, which is usually sccreted in
excessive abundance, and assumes very ietld
odor. This purulent substance Is discharged
az n thick offensive fluid, or in hard lakes
through the nostrils or throat and frequently
by both channels.
In many instances the discharge is of very
tenacious or gummy character, adhering to the
diseased membrane with glue.like tenaclty, anu
is removable only with great diihcuity. ms
the morning, because during sleep the purulent
secretion hardens and acCumulateS with greater
facility.
Tho efforts to relieve the head, at those times
by hawking or blowing the nose are, therefore
frequently most distressing to the one Affected,
and most disagreeable to those around him.
Often they have 10 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,
tress. In some cases even the most powerful
efforts may fail to clear the head, until some
food or stimulant is swallowed, and after which
the viscd secretion becomes somewhat soitened,
and is then discharged more readily.
Again, the offensive matter concerts into dry,
hard misses or crusts which obstrnct breath
ing, and are very difficult TO detach, their dis
Judgment often requiring the most nolent
efforts. Sometimes these incrustations come
away in small hard Jumps, or fragments of a
deep green tint, but occasionally broad and hat
casts of notable size are expelled, on which
traces of blood may ut times be Observed This
condition Is very liable to run on 10 serious
liberation involving loss of the bony struc.
turc of the nose and n subsequent tlattening OF
that organ.
In cases where the discharge is CcpicUs, and
of n loose and fluid character it frequently dis.
turbs the sufferers rest by the necessity OF fire.
ouent expectOration, because the purulent iluid
Is naturally more ap; TO run iGtO the throat
when. as during sleep the head is thrown back.
should c, pcctOration be neglected, rs may coca.
sionallv happen during heavy sleep, the invalid
IA startled ir1In his rest by sensation of ChOk.
inc, caused by tho filing up of the throat with
the accumulated secretion from the head.
The nasal membrane is usually very much
tbickened and congested, causing the nose to be
stopped up sometimes on one side, and some
times on the other. and often on both giving
rise to q disagreeG BILE stuify sensation i'll the
head and occasionally to violent paroxysms 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 so affected
TO breathe through the open mouth, practice
very deleteiious at all times, but more particu.
larly so during sleep, which, under such circum.
stances is always restless and accompanied by
a heavy snoring sound.
A feeling of fnllness, heat, irritation, soreness
or pain is generally experienced in the nostrils
near the root of the nose as well as in the upper
part of the throat above and behind the soft
palate and headache is rarely altogether absent.
A distressing sensation of heavy weight or com
preston Is usually complained of over the fore
above and between the eyes. Sometimes pain
is ebstinately fixed in some particular part as
in the temple, on the top OF the head, at the
back of the neck or behind the orbits and occa-
sionally pain manifests itself in the face, OF so
severe character that il is frequently mistaken
for neuralgia.
The voice is generally affected and becomes
hoarse. muffied, weak or uneven, and assumes a
nasal character, OF an unpleasant shining qnal'
ity. Cough of variable severity Is not unfre;
Quently one of the symptoms and results OF
Catarrh
The breath is usually tainted, and assumes
at times. an exceedingly fetid and sickening
odor. In some cases it becomes 20 revoltngly
offensive as to render the sufferer an object OF
disgust to himself As well as to Others.
The sense of smell is usually blunted or en-
tirely lost in Catarrh, and a similar effect on
taste may be occasionally observed. The eyes
are ant to become irritable, and disposed
10 water excessively on exposure to the cold or
wind and a sense Of WEAKNESS OF sight Is usu-
ally experienced after slight exertions. Hear
Ing moi unfrequently becomes more or less i'm;
paired, and noises in the head very often add
materially to the existing distress.
The stomach generally suffers more or less
and becomes weak and irritable; the appetite
is capricious and is nearly always bad in the
morning.
The patients generally complain Of lassitade
and fatigue. an inoapacity for either physical or
mental exertions feeling Of weight and dis
comfort in the region of the stomach, and
constant disposition 10 drowsiRess and sleep.
The mental faculties are also sometimes slightly
affected, loss of memory being mere or less
present.
Catarrh may prove fatal, either by de oilitating
the system and wearing out the patient, or by
travelling downward. and producing consump-
ten. This fact has been 50 repeatedly noticed
that all experienced practitioners now look upon
Catarrh as one of the most frequent and impOr-
tant causes Of this complaint, but according TO
eur extensive observation, Ii should always be
regarded as premonition, and one Of the very
earliest manifestations OF Consumption.
A systematic, judicious and well directed
course of treatment such rs we have for years
employed in our practice, is sure TO be followed
by permanent cure. nov30-MW,F.