Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11
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DR.. s. W. SMYTH
CATARRH:
ITS .SYMP TOMS, EXPECTS AND
CURE.

The term Catarrh is popularity applied
TO peculiar disorder of the nostrils and
adjacent parts, which prevails to an
alarming extent, and is productive ofvery
serious consequences. The earliest and
most prominent symptom is a discharge
from the head of a morbid secretion, va
rying in its nature in different cases and
even in the same individual at different
times. 1t may be thin, colorless, acrid
fluid, or a glary, starch-like substance.
Again, it is ropy, gluey and transparent,
like the raw white of an egg, or may re-
semble melted cheese in color and con-
sistency. Generally, however, IT is a thick,
Opaque, viscid, purulent or muco-puru-
lent matter, either ash colored, greenish-
yellow, or OF deep green tint, OCCASION
ally streaked or tiecked with blood. This
discharge collects in the nostriIs and adj
joining cavities of the head, causing great
annoyance by dropping into the throat,
and necessitating frequent blowing of the
nose or expectoration, and often both. SO
copious and offensive is the discharge, in
many cases, that patients feel as though
their whole head was in a state of rotten
ness. In others
A TOUGH, VISCED PHLEGm
Collects behind and above the soft palate,
in the passage between the throat and
head, adhering to the parts with glueish
tenacity. Its Judgement embarrasses res
piration, and creates sensation of irrita-
ton and uneasiness, which gives rise to a
constant and almost irresistible desire to
relieve the discomfort by drawing the mu-
Gus into the throat so as to eject by the
mouth. This practice, popularity known
tarrh, and proves as embarrassing to the
one affected rs it is disagreeable to those
around him. Again,
TEgE OFFENSIVE MATTER HAIR
DENS
And deposits itself on the mem brane in
the shape OF dry, hard crusts, which, in
some cases, accumulate to such AN extent
as to form regular plug in the nose, OBJ
discomfort. Fragments of these morbid
connections occasionally pass into the
throat, but most generally they are blown
from the nose with considerable violence,
in pieces from one to two inches in length,
either solid or tubular, and often bearing
the exact shape of the nasal cavity. Their
is not untrequently followed by
b eeding from the nose. This condition is
indicative of liberation, which, in time,
may destroy the bony structure of the
nose and produce a subsequent f1attening
of that organ.
Cases are occasionally met with in which
a thick, viscid, Shiny secretion coats the
membrane of the nasal cavities and then
putrefies, giving rise to stencil which is
really overpowering, and sufficiently fetid
to poison the atmosphere of whole room.
and there are others in which all secre-
tons of the membrane are suspended,
an unpleasant feeling of dryness,
heat, and feverishness in the head and
nose-a condition popularity known as
Dry Catarrh."
The greatest am cunt of discomfort is al
ways experienced in the morning when
often such violent and persistent efforts |
ire necessary to relieve the head that the |
chest becomes strained and sore ; nausea, |
and even vomiting ensues, and |
or dizziness not unusually aug
nents the general distress. In some cases |
wen the most powerful efforts fail to re- |
move the tenacious secretions, until some |
God or stimulant is swallowed, after
which it is dislodged .more.readily.
THE NASAL MEMBRANE is
s6 THICKENED
Ind congested, causing the nose to be
topped up. sometimes on one side, some
lines on the other, and often on both,
living rise to disagreeable, stuffy sensa-
ion in the head, and occasionally to vio-
ent and prolonged paroxysms of sneezing,