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tent, most onensiv most productive Of discomfort
and most liable to . variety of dangerou and dis
tressing complications.
Thousands are annually fastened to a prema
lure grave from 1T. pernicious effects, and doub
thousands are at this moment slowly perishina
under Its fatal influence, ignorant OF the carse O
their declining health. 1t was, in fact, the de
structive influence Of tkis disease and Its aarmin,
prevalence that first attracted the writer's atten
ton, and it is with pardonable pride that ne refer
to the fact of having been the first physician who
made this disease special study, and originated
system Of treatment calculated to effect radica,
and permanent cure.
Catarrh manifests itself bya discharge from the
head. varying In its nature in different cases, and
even in the same individual at different times II
may be thin, colorless; acrid fluid, or d glary,
starch-like substance; generally, however, 1t is
thick, purulent, or murco-purulent matter, either
greenish-yellow or deep green tint, occasionally
streaked or hecked with blood. So copIOus and
offensive is the discharge in many cases that the
patient feels as though the whole head was In a
state Of corruption. --...-.
Much ofthe discharge passes backward into the
throat or collects tough, viscid phlegm behind
and above the soft palate, in the passage between
the throat and head, creatinga constant and al
most irresistible desire to obtain relief by .hawk
n.y." characteristic practice of catarrh, and a
embarrassing to the one affected as 1t is dsagreea-
BILE to those around. Often the phlegm is so tena-
cious that the most persistent and exhaustive eff.
forts fail dislodge it until some food or stmulapt
is swallowed.
Again the offensive matter deposits itself in the
nasal cavities In the shape Of dry, hard crusts,
which, in some cases, accumulatest to such an ex-
tent as to form regular plug, obstructing breath
ing and producing serious discomfort. This condi-
ton is Indicative Of liberation, which in time may
destroy the bony structure of the and produce
its subsequent hattening.
The breath is always tainted, and sometimes is so
revoltngy offensive render the sufferer an OBJ
ject Of disgust to himself well as to others, and
cases occasionally met with in which the stencil
is really overpowering, and sufficiently fetid to
poison the atmosphere Of whole room. Thus a
person affected with Catarrh lives continually in an
impure atmosphere of his own surrounding, and
inhales poisonous eniuvia with every breath.
In many cases the nose is stopped up, sometimes
on one side, sometimes on the other, and
often on both, giving rise to a disagreeable
''stufy'' sensation in the head, accompa-
MED by occasional violent Z and prolonged
sneezing. Again distressing feel
ing Of fullness compression is experienced above
and between the eyes, pain manifests itself in
the face, forehead or temples, or on the top or
back Of the head sometimes Of so severe a charac-
ter that it is mistaken for neuralgia The OF
smell is generally blunted or entirely lost and taste
may become similarly affected.
The voice is husky or of nasal character, while
oftimes thereis a continual hoarseness, accompa-
MED by more less cough, excessive debility and
emaciation. Indeed in: some instances the loss of
flesh is so considerable and progressive as to sug-
gest the existence of tpbercular disease, and not
few cases Of Catarrh that have come under my
treated by unwary or inexperienced practitioners.
Catarrh is one of the most frequent causes Of deaf
ness. Scarcely any one afflicted with this disease
for any length of time retains a normal acuteness
Of the hearing power. With some the hearing
suffers at first only by spells, while in others the
hearing grows indistinct without the appearance Of
any premonitory symptoms, the deafness increas-
ing gradually until all useful hearing is lost.
Noises in the head of every conceivable description
often add materially to the existing distress.
As the disease fastens itself upon its victim, one
after another of the vital powers give away. The
patient loses flesh and strength is languid, unable
perform mental or physical labor with the usual
facility, is depressed in spirits, and inclined to
drowsiness and sleep; the memory is weakened and
Its permanent impairment seriously threatened.
The mucous membrane becomes morbidly sensi-
tive, and In spite of the utmost care becomes af-
fected the slightest that atlast even
BREATH ofwind upon the lining of the throat
becomes productive of cold. and gives rise to ser
Gus disturbance Of the respiratory organs. The
patient is subject to frequent and repeated colds,
each one ssgrava.inE the disease by giving IL new
Impulse, and attacking larger extent ofsurface
than Its predecessor. In this manner the Catarrh
spreads from organ to organ, until 1t snally reaches
The lungs and produces Consumption. It would
indeed be a blessing to humanity II every one
vould learn and rememberthe lesson which s1-a
perience teaches us daily. THAT TO SfeLrcr TIE
rRoPrn rnxArxrsr OF CArARRH Is TO DE WITH
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Tha. the timid and dissp ointed may feel the ut
most assurance and confidence in the skin and good
faith of On. HARTLEY. he generously offers to at
tend all persons, rich or poor, free Of arse until
the best evidence and most convincing proofs OF
success have-been realized from his treatments
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