Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-07
CATARRH.

CATARRH.
The term Catarrh is applied to a peculiar dig
order OF the nostrils and adjacent parts, which
prevails to an alarming extent, and is product.
i've OF very serious consequences.
The most prominent and characteristic fea-
ture is morbid discharge from the head, vary
there is an almost constant flow of clear. acrid
fluid, but oftener an offensive, purulent, or
muco-purulent, greenish-yellaw matter is se-
creted, which accumulates in the nostrils or
drops into the throat, necessitating its frequent
removal by blowing the nose or expectOration,
and often by both processes Sometimes pa
uents feel as though their whole head was in q
state OF rottenness, SO great is the amount of
matter discharged and so fetid is its odor. The
patient is greatly annoyed by the constant drop
ping into the throat of the morbid matter from
the head, and as recumbent position natur-
ally favors the flow downward, his rest is fire.
Quently disturbed from this cause Many safer
erf are obliged to lie with the head very much
elevated in order to sleep with some degree
of comfort.
In others, a tough, viscid and offensive phsegm
collects behind and above the soft palate, in
herring to the parts with gluish tenacity. Its
Judgement embarrasses respiration and creates
sensation OF irritation and uneasiness in the
affected locality, which gives rise to a constant
and almost irresistible desire to relieve the dis
comfort by drawing the mucus into the throat,
so as to eject it by the mouth. This practice,
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istic of catarrh, and proves as Embarrassing to
the one affected as it is disagreeable to those
around him.
Again, the offensive matter hardens and de-
posits itself on the mem brane in the shape of
dry, hard concretions, which are discharged by
way of the nostrils or throat in Jumps or frag-
ments of deep green tint. In some cases
these incustrstions accumulate to such an ex-
tent as to form regular plug in the nose,
which obstructs breathing and produces serious
discomfort So firmly do these incrustations
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moval usually requires the most violent efforts;
not unfrequently they have to be torn from the
membrane. Occasionally a solid cast of nota-
ly traces of blood, but in some cases the cast
presents a tubular appearance, being of exact
shape of the nasal cavity. This condition is in
troy the bony structure of the nose and produce
subsequent f1attening of that organ.
Cases are occasionally met with in which
thick, viscid, Shiny secretion coats the mem
brane of the nasal cavities, and then putrifies,
giving rise to a stencil which is really Overpow-
eIing and sufficiently fetid to poison the atmos
which all the secretions of the membrane are
suspended, causing an unpleasant feeling of
dryness, heat and teverishness in the head and
nofs-,s Hossus condition popularly known as DRY
The disease speedily extends to the air cavi-
ties of the bones of the forehead and face CIV
ing rise to distressing sensation of heavy
weight or compression over the forehead, espe-
cially in the region above and between the
eyes, and to feeling of fullness, heat, irrita-
tion, soreness, or pain in the nostrils near the
root of tine nose, as well as in the UPPER part of
the throat, above and behind the soft palate.
Sometimes there is pain obstinately fixed in
some. particular part, as in the temple, on the
top of the head, at the back of the neck, or be-
hind the orbits, and occasionally pain mani
tests itself in the face of SO severe character
that it is frequently mistaken for neuralgia.
sumes an exceedingly fetid and sickening odor.
In some cases it becomes SO revoltingly often
sive as to render the sufferer an object of dis
gust to himself as well as to Others
The nasal membrane is thickened and con-
gestec, causing the nose to be stopped up, some
times on one side. sometimes on the other. ana
stuffy sensation in the head, and occasioning
violent and prolonged paroxysms of sneezing.
The voice is weak, indistinct and husky, or OF
a nasal character, displaying sort of shifting
quality. Oftentimes there is continuous
hoarseness and digcOrdauce. There is also
sense of irritation in the throat, and frequent
attempts to clear the parts of phlegm, produc-
ing the sound men, more or less forcibly In
some cases patients complain of an uncomfort-
able feeling of fullness, or a choky sensation in
the throat, and in others of distressing and al
of which they have to swallow frequently.
Others again, speak of constant bad or nause-
GUS taste in the mouth or throat.
The stomach generally suffers more or less,
and becomes weak and irritable, the appetite is
capricious, and nearly always bad in the morn
ing. The patient is languid, unable to perform
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is nervous, depressed in spirits at times fearful
timid, agitated and inclined to drowsiness and
sleep, the memory weakened and permanent
impairment seriously threatened.
The mucuous membrane soon becomes NOR
bidly sensitive to unfavorable influences and in
spite of the utmost care becomes affected from.
the slightest causes, SO that breath OF wind upon
ductive of a cold and gives rise to serious dis
turbances OF the respiratory organs Thus the
patient is subject to frequent and repeated
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giving it a new impulse, and involving a larger
extent Of surface than its predecessor. In this
manner the difficulty spreads from organ to Or
gan, invading the throat, larnyx, trachea and
bronchial tubes, until, encroaching further and
further, it reaches the finer ramiicatiOns of the
bronchi, when but slight impulse is required
does, affect other organs in the body, especially
those containing a mucous membrane, such as
the stomach, bowels, kidneys. etc.
By the employment of proper inhalations ant
Compoun Oxygen treatment in the form OF
medicated vapor mot steam or spray we are
able to produce immediate and direct action
the nasal passages, for air will find its way
into the remotest and intricate cavities, where
it is utterly Impossible to make fluid applics,
tions. By thtse means eFery case cen be cured
Persons desiring treatr. .ent by this system oi
practice can use the remedies at home as vel
as at our Office, and which will cause no incon
venience or hindrance from business whatever
have seen SO many OF these cases cured tina
| do not consider any case hopeless, unless botf
lungs are seriously involved Even then the
inhalations aid us in dissolving the mucus and
| in contracting and healing the cavities, which
| nothing can do with the same success
The very best reference from those already
| cured.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Those who desire to consult with me in regard
to their cases had better call at the Office fol
sible to do so, can write for q copy OF my
Medical Treatise, containing a list of questions
| Address
NJ. HILTON WILLIAMS, N. D.,
HoLLENBECK BLOCK.
Corner Second and. Spring sts.. Los Angeles.
Office houn-e: 30 A. n. to $50 p. N.