Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-11-23
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Catarrh.
SYMPTOMS. In the early stages Of the
disease the patient may be ANNOYED
with ''only slight dropping in the
throat, as many express it, the amount
of discharge from the air passages of
the head at tins stage OF the disease be-
ing only slightly in excess of health
In some cases the discharge is thick.
ropy and tough, requiring frequent aud
strong effort III the way of hawking,
blowing and splitting to remove it from
the throat, where 1t frequently lodges
In other cases, or in other stages OF the
same case, the discharge is thin, waterv,
acrld, irritating and proiuse. The nose
may be stopped up from the swollen
and tlickened condition of the lining
mucuous membrane, so as to necessi-
tate aspiration through the mouth, Civ
ing to the voice a disagreeable nasal
twang. The disease sometimes assumes
a dry form, there being very little orno
discharge. In some cases the patient
suffers from headache great portion
OF the time, or may experience a dull,
heavy, disagreeable fullness or pressure
in the head, with confusion of his ideas,
which renders him quite unfit for bust
ness, especially such as requires deep
hought and mental labor. Memo ~
may be more or less affected, and the
disposition of those who are otherwise
amlable is often rendered irritable, or
morose and Respondent. The mental
faculties suffer to such extent in some
cases as to result in insanity. The
sense of smell Is III many cases i'm
paired, and sometimes entirely lost,
and the senses Of taste and hearing may
be more or less affected.
The secretion which is thrown ont in
the more advanced stages Of Chronic
OathaTh becomes so acnd. unhealthy
and poisonous, that ii produces severe
irritation and inflammation, which are
followed by eXcoriatiOn aud liberation
of the delicate lining membrane of the
il passages III the head. As the ulcera-
ton eats its way up among the small
bones the discharge generally becomes
profuse and often excessively fetid re-
quires the frequent use of the hand
kerchief, and renders the poor sufferer
dlsagreeable both to himself and those
with whom he associates. Thick,
tough, brownish lncrustations or hard
ened Jumps, are many times formed in
the head by the evaporation OF the
watery portion of the discharge These
humps are sometimes SO largeand tough
that it is with great difficulty that they
can be removed. They are usually dis
charged every day or two, but only to
be succeeded by another crop. 1t is
painfully unpleasant to witness the ray
ages of this terrible disease, and OBJ
serve the extent to which it sometimes
progresses. Holes are eaten through
the roof of the mouth, and great cavi-
ties eXcavated into the solid bones of
the face, and in such cases only the
best and most thorough treatment,
both local and constitutional, will
check the progress and fatal termination
of the disease.
Only few of the large number of
symptoms which | have described ms
common to the different stages of Ga
tarrh will be likely to be manifested at
one time in single case. Although
they are all common to the disease, in
some of It's stages, yet thousands OF
cases annually terminate in consump-
tion or insanity, and end in the grave,
without ever having manifested one
half of the symptoms above enumera-
ted.
AS the disease progresses, or fire.
quently in It's earlier stages, the throat
Is apt to become affected. 1t becomes
dry, sore or raw, or 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 voice may be
more or less affected, especially on OK
posure to cold, or over-exertion, and n
hacking cough is not unfrequent.
Creeping along the continuous lining
mucous membrane Of the air passages,
the disease gradually extends to the
ldrynr, and by the same process Of ex-
tension the bronchial tubes, and lastly
the substance of the lungs, IN their
turn, are diseased, and Bronchitis and
consumption firmly established Tight
ness in the chest, with difficulty of
breathing, soreness, darting, sharp or
dull heavy pain, or prlckly distress
ing sensation, accompanied with more
or less cough and cxpectoration, are
evidence that the bronchial tubes have
become Affected, and should admonish
the sufferer Muthc is NOR staaliag up |
on the stcpping-stonc tn Concentration, /
over which thousands annually tread
in their slow, yet sure, journey to the
grave.
TREATMENT OF CATAERH.
If You would remove an evil, strife
utits rOO1 This is the common sense, " /
or rational way to treat Catarrh. As
the predisposing Orreal cause Of Catarrh
Is, in the majority Of cases, some weak +
ness, impurity or otherwise faulty con