The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-07-09

called, "a slight cold in the head" ConSunap-
ton is constitutional in but few cases. It's
starting point generally is Catarrh in mild
form. If the patient inherits any scrcfulous
Tendencies from his parents, it greatly aggra
Yates Catarrh, and unless arrested before it
becomes chronic, or before it works its way
down the Bronchial ta6es into the Lungs, in
i nine cases out of ten it will prove fatal. As
many people think that Catar. h is confined
merely to the nasal organs and consists sim
ply of insduous discharges from the nostrils,
will give 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 fer number of years. while with
others it creates serious constitutional de-
rangements 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 a feeling of pain or fullness in the
forehead. The nostrils become indamed, The
mucus lining is thiclzened to such an extent
that it almost, if not quite, fills up the nasal
passages and renders respiration difficult or
almost impossible
In many cases 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
with the rapidity of thought in paroxy ms
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 Cotarrh de-
velopes its strength.
| In ordinary cases the disease is accompa-
MED by discharge OF mucous which eth er
passes out of the nostrls or drops down over
| the soft palate into the throat and has to be
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 matter,
| incrustations streaked with blood, causing in
| some cases the most offensive cxhalations
general debility and emaciation-it passes in
| to the bronchial tubes and through them into
the lungs. The air cells become filled 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
complicated with chronic Bronchitis it caus-
es tenderness Of the epigastrium, loss of appe- !
tite, frequent headache and a feverish condi-
ton of the system. In other cases it alta cks |
the eustrachian tube-a tube connecting the |
throat with the middle ear-and the patient |
is troubled with noises in the head of every
description and a partial loss of hearing. I'm
pairment of taste, sense of smell siaht and
memory, arc unmistakable symptoms of ca.
taTrh. liberation and enlargement If the
tonslis, elongation of the uvula Tor soft pal
atte) and when the disease has reached the
larynx and CLOTHS. loss of voice or boarsen ess
is often the result. Now, since every breath
of air that passes to the lungs passes over
diseased surface of the mucous membrane. it
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 v
all disea es-Consumption. - ,
CatarFh is generally considered incurable by
the medical profession, and according to the /
old method of treatment which prescribes the
taking offs snuff, installation of water, fiery Iiq
u'ds, &C., up the nostrils-it is incurable, but
according to the new method Of treatment !.
which have adopted, by the use Of nv Hy- d
prothecOn. experience confirms the conclusion I
that not more than one case out of an hun. a
dred can be considered beyond the reach of
radical and permanent cure. IL