Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-10
TIE ssrueE OF cArARRw.
No. 1928 J street, Sacramento,
Rooms II, u and 10

Among the list of chronic diseases which affect
most offensive, most productive OF discomfort and
most liable to a variety of dangerous and distress
ing complications. Though popularity supposed
to be mere local complaint of the nos.
trils, it is in reality deep-seated, complex
aud 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 inf lmes and weakens the eyes, i'm
pairs or destroys the senses of smell and tase gives
rise to the development of Bronchitis and Asthma,
affects the mind and nervous system, renders the
breath impure and offensive and thus often isolate5
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 enveloped by the
mucous membrane and may thus in time affect
the stomach, liver, kidneys. bowels, bladder
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 nay special attention. In 1855 l first
published the result OF my investigations and
since then i. has been my special object to fam lar
ize the public mind, through lectures and the med-
UNI Of the press, with the nature tendency and de-
structive consequences of Catarrhal disease, and to
awaken that interest in regard to its timely and
judicious treatment which its importance demands.
DISCHARGE FROM TIE 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. coorless, acrid fluid, or glary,
starch-like substance generally, however, it is q
thick, purulent matter, either greenshyellow or OF
a deep green tint, occasionally streaked or leeked
with blood So copious and offensive is the discharge
in many cases that the patient feels as though his
whole head wac in a state OF corruption.
Much OF the discharge drops into the throat neces-
stating frequent expector4tion, or collects as a
tough, viscid, tenacious phlegm behind aud above
the soft palate, in the passage between the throat
and head, embarrassing respiration and creating
constant and almost irresistible desire to draw the
mucous into the throat to eject it by the mouth
This practice, popularity known as Hawking" is
characteristic of Catarrh and proves as embarrass-
ing to the oae affected as it is dsagreeable to those
around.
Again, matter depositsitzefinth this nasal
cavities in the shape of dry incrustations which, in
some cases. accumulate to such an extent as to form
an actual plug in the nose, obstructiDg breathing
and producing serious discomfort, often accompanied
by foul, fetid, pntrescent discharge from the
head and the expulsion by the nostrils and throat
OF large masses of offensive matter or fakes Of in
crustatious, greenish.yelow in coor, purulsnt in
character, and OF an indescribaby fetid and dis
gusting odor alterations are sometimes met with
in such cases, which, if unchecked, may attack
and destroy the bony structure Of the nose, result
ing in serious Disagreement of the face.