Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-22

THIS - q chronic affection Of the mucus MEM
Irritation OF ANN on and stse nded by more
OF .ess L'scharge. Ii a one Of the most common,
most disgusting, aud, hnaIly. most destructive Of
diseases Incident TO the variable climate Of our
northern latitude.
In it's early stages Catsrrh often fails to attract
the patents attention, go insidious is its ap-
preach. This is an snfortanste circumstance,
because the most favorable period for treatment
thus usimproved and because Of the peculiar
frontal siLuses, backward through the Eustachian
tutes TO the middle ears, and downward through
tie Iaryn1, trschis, and brOnchs to the air cells
Of the lungs.
The discharge from the affected parts at first a
clear auld, which may escape observation, unless
II chance to be OF more than usually acrid char
seter. As time goes on, this gives place to a fluid
that is thicker. and Of syelIow or yeIIowsh green
color and stI laser this may be succeeded by thick
fakes or scales.
II ell the more advanced stages the discharges
ere generally Of an Offensive odor, causing great
annoy aECe to ones friends and to the patient
himself while hi. sense Of smell remains This
annoy snce from the odor becomes almos st beyond
endurance, when, as sometimes happens the deli
osts bones of The nose become diseased
Some cases early assume the character Of Dry
Cstarrh. There is then a feeling Of unea-ine.s,
heat, and Stiffness in the nostrils, which are often
zone or both OF iAsra closed by tb Ios Mig Of r
mucous membrane, aud thus a dilhcu!ty of breat.-
ing bee mes prominent Gym ptom.
On examining the nostriis in chronic Catarrh.
with instruments specially sdsytsd t. that sur.
peso. ve nd It's lining nenibranc ehickzrei and i,
doeseT color thar in lesltn. There are seen
little ysiLts Of liberation, upon which the secre-
ti"n becomes hardened ard forms crrsts. When
tEese are picked OF, the diseased surface il irri
t>ted, and often bleeds profussIy.
each case of Catar.ah the prominent symp-
toms sre determined by the direction ia when the
eisease extsucs If this te upvsrd there may be
pain over and between the pes, obstruction Of the
Iaehrymai ducts. causing the tears ts iow over the
cheeks, and. possibly, o3hthsImis. IL backward,
there will be thiekening Of the walls Of the Eus-
taohian tubes and consequent tendency to their
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ripg sounds in IT, heal, and impairment Of hear.
iUR. When the extension is downward the veice
becomes hoarse or whispering aud unmsnagabIe;
cough come. on, with expeetoratisD an emacia.
toD, 70 t. allowed, TOO often, BY Uo1sump,ion and
death
In cases where the bones Of the nCss become
cistsssd, net only is the oden>iveness Of the
brealh Increased ut there liz bility to serious
personal defor1rities among which is f4ttening OF
the nose.
Tie swallowing OF Catarrhal secretions derauces
the functions Of the stomach, causing indigestion
and Of appetite Debility, psleress Ias-itude.
hesdache aud disturbance Of miEt soen follow.
In some instances the mental affection is one Of
irritsbIi,y, the patient Leins uuduly annoy ed BY
all the little perpIe1ities Of life. IN others the
prominent feeling Is that Of melancholy or dspres-
s.or Of SPIRITS, vhen tie invalid csr see 10 hope
fer himself, and none for hrs affairs.
ADusion has been made to the extension u Ca
tsrrh by continuity Of surface along the natural
sir-ps-sases to the substance ~ the lungs, thus
causing Consumption and desth. In this con-
neetonit should also be remembered that the air
which enters the lusgs OF q Catarrhal paiisut is,
.very breath of it, poisoned by e1haIstions from
the foul secretisns ef the diseased surface. BIZ
such air the blood cannot he properly purified
and made at to impart healthy vigor in lis IN
encing circuit to all and every part Of the animal
mechanism. One would suppose that this con
sideratieu alone would pe sufi cient TO iriuce
every person thus afflicted to Nake early apyi..
tiOr for relief
The treatment Of Catarrh is in part con.titu-
tioual, whereby the energiss OF the whole system
ere called 10 aid in expellins its destructive en-
eny It's in part local. whereby the discharge is
- whereby the liberated surface is healed and
Testored 10 its normal condition.