The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30
LETTER NO. WI
o N OZGNA,
BY DR.. IAMESA. HUNTER.
IbAs Editor:

liberation Of the mucus membrane ma
become extensive, aud the bones Of the
nose involved in the disease, The dis
charge at this stage becomes quite PuFu
Lni OF greenish color, frequently Hinged
with blood; and with an odOr generally
more or less disagreeablc, or intolerabll
offensive, In the language Of DF. G. d
Wood, Of Philadelphia; "This form Q
MedissGss iisOac cftkcm most Obstinate and di'a
grecaBlc affections which de physician has Z
encounter. In some instances he breath d III
patient is 50 rsrOhiagly offensive as 10 alnos
Isolate hin from society, and TO readcr him a.
object Of disgua, cusa TO hialSeG"
In many cases Of OzGna the liberation
Of the bony parts becomes SO extensive
that pieces come away with the pus, am
plaaie erulations in the form OF large solil
fakes or masses Of excessively offensive matte
are discharged from he head, The dis
charges Of bone may take place, and tn
resulting ue''Fuc'."" u ''e nA'I pI ~.
knowledge Of the patient, as the littl'
fragments are so enyelOpedand Disguise
by the matter which escapes with then
that he fails to recognize their character
AS result OF 'nese losses = "',,o"V1 "
the organ soon i"ioW'' thM u's'o'Ay'
Is generally merely sinking VI Wv
bridge OF the nose, and may also Decom'
quite extensive before discovery Dy e'''el
the patient or his friends, Us II 'aAe'
place gradually even slight lne'lha'lo'
toone side will escape attention ior som'
time But III the liberation Is not cheeEeu
it progresses until the nose Is Sunkenlo
level with the cheeks, and features una
were once classical" may assume u ma
eonsness ropplsiye to all beholders. a
shrill whistle or offensive "snuilie" &C
ours ut each inspiration, and the eyes art
wntery, and their corners drawn down
ward and inward.
The sense Of smell and faculty oil mem
Dry are impaired, the former frequently
entirely lost, and alterations OF the mind
caused by the extension Of the intlamma
ton To the base Of The brain, very offer
occur.
Ina large and active practice, many
cases presenting all the symptoms herein
described, have come under my obserya
tion, and II the public possessed more In
formation uponthc nature and symptoms
Of these distressing diseases they would
also recognize them more frequently
All neutrality-suspicious. are predlsposed
TO chronic caiarrh, and are almost certain
to contract it early in life unless they take
more than ordinary care OF themselves.
iectit Is not right to close my descrlp
ton Of the nature and causes oil this dis
ease without stating one oil the most I'M
portant facts concerning II, although IN
doing so | may state an unwelcOmc truth
to many, Imay refer to the fact that
many cases Of catarrh are Of the after II
feels Of lOathsome "diseases.of licentious-
ness"-One Of the sins Of the fnther-thai
not only renders the latter days Of his
own life painful, but is visited upon
his children, "even unto the third and
fourth generation" Some Of the most
hideous distortions OF the features that
ever came under my observation were
produced by the ravages oil SyphIthlt
OtHna. In most cases this disc ase will
be followed by catarrhal affections, unless
its poison Is thoroughly eradicatcd from
cd, as the disappearance ,, Of the prt%or !,
md nbvsteion IN holievs ,bo disease 4
tn,,J and Jivcon,irno ,lI romo,lio, A,
n rcsull, ofter nm clnn.o offrom two 10 five
veors, .ymn,om. NJ c,,arrh arJ o,mrn