Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-15
THE NATURE OF CArARRg.
No. 1928 ] street, Sacramento,
Rooms II, IL and Is.

Among the list OF chronic diseases which affect
the human frame, Catarrh is the most prevalent,
most offensive, most productive of discomfort, and
most liable to variety of dangerous and distress
ing complications. Though popularity supposed
to be a mere local complaint of the nos.
trils, it is in reality deepseated, complex
and often malignant disease. 1t is one of the most
important and frequent causes of consumption, and
so often productive Of Deafness that high medical
authority recently affirmed that were it not for
Catarrh there would be but few cases OF impaired
hearing. 1t infames and weakens the eyes, i'm.
pairs destroys the senses of smell and TASTE gives
rise to the development Of Bronchitis and Asthma,
affects the mind and nervous system, renders the
breath impure and offensive, and thus often isolates
the sufferer and renders him object of disgust to
himself and others. Occasionally, it spreads from
the cavities of the head and to every organ of
the human body lined or enveoped by the
mucous membrane, and may thus in time affect
'hc btontdCu, INSAs DoNetst
and uterine organs. 1t was this important char
acter OF Catarrh and its alarming prevalence that
first attracted my attention and induced me to give
the subject my special attention. In 1855 1 first
published the result of my investigations, and ever
since then it has been my special object to familiar
ize toe public mind through lectures and the medi-
UNI of the piess with the nature, tendency and de-
sructive consequences of Catarrhal disease, and to
awaken that interest in regard to its timely and
judicous treatment which its importance demands.
DISCHARGE FROM THE HEAD.
Catarrh manifests itself by discharge from the
head varying in its nature in different cases, and
even in the same individual at different times.
1t may be thin colorless, acrid fluid, or glairy
starch-ke substance; generally, however, it is a
thick puruent matter either greensh-yellow, or of
deep green tint, occasionally streaked or fecked
with blood So copious and offensive the discharge
in many cases that the patient feels as though his
whole head was in a state Of corruption.
Much of the discharge drops into the throat neces
stating frequent expectorGtion, or collects as a
tough, viscid, tenacious phlegm behind and above
the soft palate in the passage between the throat
and head, embarrassing respiration ard creating
constant and almost irresistible desire to draw the
mucous into the throat so as to eject tby the mouth
This practice, popularity known as "hawking," is
characteristic of Catarrh, and proves embarrass
ing to the one affected it disagreeabe to those
around.
Again. the offensive matter depositsiteefin the nasal
cavities in the shape of dry incrustatons, which, in
some cases. accumulate to snch an extent as to form
an actual plug in the nose, obstructing breathing
and producing serious discomfort often accompanied
by foul, fetid, putrescent discharge from the
head and the expulsion by the nostrils and throat
OF large masses OF offensive matter or fakes Of in
crustatlons greenish yellow in color, purulent in
character, and of an indescribably fetid and dis
gusting odor. Ulcerations are sometimes met with
in such cases, which, ii unchecked, may attack
and destroy the bony structure of the nose result
ing in serious Disagreement Of the face.