Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11


after Slight visual exertions. Hearingi be-
comes, frequently, more or less impaired,
and discs in the head very often add ma
terially to the existing distress.
PAINFUL SENSATIONS.
The disease speedily extends to the air
cavities of the bones of the forehead and
of heavy weight or compression over the
forehead, especially In the region above
and between the eyes, and to feeling of
fullness, heat, irritation, soreness or pain
in the nostrils near the root of the nose,
as well as in the upper part of the throat,
above and behind the soft palate. Some
times there is pain obstinately fixed in
some particular part, as in the temples, on
the top of the head, at tho back of the
neck, or behind the orbits, and, occasion
ally, pain manifests itself in the face of so
severe character that it is frequently
mistaken for neuralgia.
COUGH FVARIABLE SEVERITY
Is frequent result of Catarrh. Some
times it amounts merely to a raking eff
fort, productive either of no expectora-
ton at all, or simply of pellet of blueish-
looking mucus, but occasionally the cough
is severe and harassing, and the expecto-
ration either alarmingly copious or so
tenacious as to necessitate almost con-
slant Efforts for its removal AS natural
result of this condition, there ensues loss
OF appetite, excessive debility and enact
alton. Indeed, in some instances the loss
of flesh is so considerable and progressive
as to suggest the existence of tubercular
disease, and not a few cases of Catarrh
that came under my notice have been re-
garded as Consumption, and so treated by
unwary and inexperienced practitioners.
THE BREATH Is ALWAYS
TAINTED
And so revoltingly offensive in some cases
as to render the sufferer an object of dis
gust to himself as well as to others. Thus
the patient lives continually in an impure
atmosphere of his own surrounding, and
inhales the poisonous effluvia with every
breath. Being deprived of the necessary
supply of fresh and wholesome air, the
lungs become weak and delicate, and the
blood loses its vitaIizing power. The
stomach becomes weak and irritable, re-
suit scarcely to be wondered at, when we
reflect upon the large amount of offensive
secretion from the head and throat which
is continually being conveyed to it by the
food and drink, or passes down during
sleep, yltiating the gastric juice and inter
fering with digestion.
EFFECTS UPON THE SYSTEM.
The pernicious influence of Catarrh upon
the system soon manifests itself The pa
tient loses flesh and strength, is langui d,
unable to perform mental or physical la
Dor with the usual facility, Is nervous, de-
pressed in spirits, timid, sgitated, and in
clined to drowsiness and sleep; the mem
DRY is weakened and permanent impair
ment seriously threatened.
The mucous membrane becomes NOR
bidly sensitive to unfavorabIe influences,
and in spite of the utmost care becomes
affected from the slightest causes, so that
at last a breath of wind upon the lining Of
the nose or throat becomes productive of
cold, and gives rise to a serious disturb
ance of the respiratory organs. Thus the
patient is subject to frequent and re-
peated colds, each attack aggravating the
disease by giving it a new impulse, and
involving larger extent of surface than
its predecessor. In this manner the diff
Guilty spreads from organ to organ, invad-
ing the throat, larynx, trachea and bron-
chial tubes, until, encroaching further and
further, it reaches the finer notifications
of the bronchi, when but a slight impulse
is required to send it to the lungs.
Thus Catarrh becomes the starting point
of consumptive development, the disease
being eventually transmitted to the lungs
both by nervous connection and continu-
ity of surface.
So frequently has this course been no
ticed, that we now look upon Catarrh as
premonition and one of the very earliest
manifestations of Consumption.
ITS CURE.
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