The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-04
r III E E Y E,
DR.LIGHTHILL
ON CATARRH.


Among civilized communities there Is no dis
ease more prevalent more universally offensive,
more productive OF discomfort, or more IaoIe
" ~ ~ onyonI;rations than Catarrh In its pre-.
sct tosi9o .tPras of develonment the senses of
sai o, t"sts are frequently lost hearing and
sihOil "siH 49, NJ IS -, ;,;nrx Throat flee.
slght often suheI Sc 1to Can,nIaints ara
tlOns, Asthma anu G IN SnaSiruntior ia
successNeiS In.l SS1,,. --'
almost us lneN''io'' ios''''
CatarTh usually maniicsts ltsell al hIot IN S.o
cavity of the nose but spreading OeSonu ~ ~
primary scat, 1t soon penetrates lHt9 eNs!S III,
CreviCe and cavity Of the heau Win WHICH tuo
nasal passages communicate, ana NJ lehgtn Ve.
''NO
Tho earliest most prominent and character
istic features of Catarrh is'a discharge from the
head Consisting sometimes of a clear acrid fluid,
but oftener of a thick purulent yellow of green
ish yellow matter which is usually seCreted in
excessive abundance and assumes n very fetld
OdOr. This purulent substance IL ulschargeu
as thick offensive fluid, or in hard Makes
through the nostrils or throat, ana frequently
by both channels.
In many instances the olscharge ~ . Vi 'e eis
is removable only with great difficulty. This
fact ia 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 head AT those times
by hawking OF blowing inc nose are, .nST r9'
frequently most UNDRESSING " INC ouc HnoS'cu'
0s,or H., bsTs 70 he so vioffaan0sse aIounu nm
that tbe Innga and chest become straises AM
sues; ana severe headacne OF olLhlness NOT un nv.
sualIy ioHo"s' anu @ slo ~
ttSss. IN so tn1 t - H. %.aJ NIL sona
chorus may IAN W CIo"I lno Ho@' s. So
1000 OF summary - ;" gu, anu 81
InS LUIS Lii
anu 40
ASILh .iio 49, hs.,, hroatI
n" ni'sa " ~ JisSid,It 80 dtacb ,bair IA.
inS, GU S,,,, aaI,Si,, ,be n,ost yiolent
~ ,,a,i,,, tIasa7 i,,,r,statyn,s come
~. 4, I'LL bsrd inyn.s mr. fragments of a
III .; hroad ord dat
ueeP slSon .,nI, ouU n,,SyIiaJ o., bjcb
oaSOS VI nIT iHo 49, ~ oI'D,ni ,TIi
IIAoSs vi inS ~ IN. ~, q, aaros
ture of the nose, and subsequent fattening of
that organ.
A.. !. h., :; ,,,i.., -
IN cases WEI tnS ulS,.l. H. 80 oulioi, anu an
ol Ioyse anu ,,,,u s, a., r. - go
tuiDs tmo ~ s.T ,b r,,int anid
,at,,rdIi,, 49, an, 20 ru, into tbe tbroat
,9ba% a. DIR inc sIsep the head il thrown back
S.i'; aS ,;P h. octsJ s no., 80
W. -. soen tba nUoi;J
ia startled from bis rest by a sensation of chok
inc caused nv the filling mn of the throat with
the accumulated secretion from the head
The nasal membrane is usually very much
thickened and congested, causing the rose to be
stopped ND sometimes on one side, and some
rise to disagrees ole stuny sensation IN tn nc
mead, ana occasionally 10 'Ioioh' P3'oAS An'9 VI
Sneezin8'
The tliokeued condition of the mucous mem.
brane and the colIeqtiop of the purulent matter
in the nasal canals interfsres with respiration
tbrongb fine nose and oblige per,ops 40 affected
IN brestbe tbron0b the omen month a prartice
very deIete, ions Al Ali times but more particu.
stances, is always Testless and accompanied by
a heavy snoring sound
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