Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-08-11

ANU Oitcu cACCSSiNOiy ASeiuS AOiuiiSo
the frequent use of the handkerchief,
and renders the poor sufferer disa-
greeable, both to himself and those
with whom he associates. Thick,
tough, brownisn incrustations or
hardened Jumps, are many times
formed i'm the head by incorporation
of the water portion of the discharge
These Jumps are sometimes so large
and tough that it Is with great diffi>
Guilty that they can be removed
They are usually discharged every
fourth, fifth or sixth day, but only to
be succeeded by another crop. Por-
tions of cartilage and bone, or even
entire bones, often die, slough away
and are discharged, either in large
flakes of blackened, half decayed,
and crumbly pieces, or, as is much
more commonly the case, in the form
of numerous minute particles that
escape with the discharge and are
unobserved. 1t is painfully unpleas-
ant to witness the ravages of this
terrible disease and observe the ex-
tent to which it sometimes progresses.
Holes are eaten through the roof of
the mouth and great cavities exca>
waited into the solid bones of the
face, and in such cases only the best
and most thorough treatment will
check the progress of the disease.
All of the above symptoms. as well
as some others, are common to the
disease in some of its stages, or COM
plications, yet thousands of cases
annually terminate in consumption
or insanity, and end in the grave,
without even having manifested one
half of the symptoms which I have
enumerated.
Catarrh in its various stages is lia>
BILE to become complicated by an ex-
tension of the disease to other parts
beyond the air passages of the head.
The acrid, irritating and poisonous
discharge which, In some stages of
the disease, almost constantly runs
down over the delicate lining MEM
brane of the Pharynx Tor throat) is
liable to produce in the lining MEM
brane diseased condition similar to
that existing in the air passage of the
head. The throat may feel dry, hus-
ky, and at times slightly sore or raw,
or, from the o-purulent discharge
that is almost constantly dropping
down over its surface, the patient
may feel very little inconvenience
from the disease of the throat until it
is far advanced-the moistening and
lubricating effect of the matter that
drops on the surface tending to blunt
the sensibility OF the parts. The
back of the throat may be pale, or of
a dark red color. In the advanced
stages its surface will be studded
with very small ulcers, which, as
seen through the mouth, look like
small pimples or "canker Sores" for
which they are often mistaken. The
patient may at times experience a
tickling sensation in the throat, with
perhaps slight cough. The voice
may be more or less affected, especi-
ally on exposure to cold or over exer-
ton.
l have already detailed the manner
in which the throat becomes affected !
from Catarrh. By the same process
of extension, the bronchial tubes,
and testify the parenchyma or SUBJ
stance of the lungs, in their turn, are
diseased, and Bronchitis and Con-
sumption firmly established. Tight
ness in the chest, with difficulty OF
breathing, soreness, darting, sharp
or dull heavy pain, or prickly, dis
tressing sensation, accompanied with
more or less cough and expectoration,
are evidence that the bronchial tubes
have become affected, and should ad-
monish the sufferer that he is now
standing upon the stepping stone to
Consumption, over which thousands
annually tread in their slow, yetsure,
journey to the grave.
BY means of q small canal called
the eustachian tube, an air passage
and communication between the
throat and middle ear is formed
This passage is lined by continue
ton of the mucous membrane which
lines the throat and nasal passages.
The Catarrhal inflammatory process,
by continuity of surface, follows the
mucous membrane, thickening its
structure, until the eustachian tube
is closed, and the beautiful mechan-
ism of the internal ear ID rendered
useless. While the thickening of
the lining mucous membrane is go
ing on, and the passage is gradually
becoming closed land this process
sometimes extends through several
years., the patient will occasionally,
while blowing the nose, experience
cracking sound in one or both ears,
and hearing becomes bull, but returns
suddenly, accompanied with q snap
ping sound. This may be repeated
many times, until finally hearing
does not return, but remains perma-
nently injured. In other cases hear
ing is lost so gradually, that consid-
cradle. degree of deafness may exist
before the person is really aware of
the fact. Either condition is often
accompanied with noises in the head,
of every conceivable description, in
creasing the distress of the sufferer.
Physicians and patients have here
tofOre sought in vain for correct
theory of the nature and cure of
Chronic Catarrh, no medical work
axtant containing If No n,adiooI