Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-10
CATARRH.

CATARRH.
The term Catarrh is applied to peculiar dis
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 a 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- yellow matter is Sc
creted, which accumulates in the nostrils or
drops into the throat necessitating its frequent
| removal by blowing the nose or expect0ratiOn,
tents feel as 81 though their Whole head WAS ip
| state of rottenness, SO great is the amount of
matter discharged and SO fetid is its odor. The
ping into the throat Of the morbid latter from
the head, and as a recumbent position natur.
ally favors the flow downward, his rest is fire.
erf are obliged to lie with the head very much
elevated in order to sleep with some degree
of comfort.
collects behind and above the soft palate, in
the passage between the throat and head ad-
herring to the parts with gluish tenacity. Its
Judgement embarrasses respiration and creates
! a sensation of irritation and uneasiness in the
affected locality, which gives rise to constant
and almost irresistible desire to relieve the dis
comfort by drawing the mucus into the throat,
SO as to eject 1t by the mouth. This practice
popularly known as "hawking," is character
| 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-
posts itself on the membrane in the shape of
dry, hard cOncretions, which are discharged by
way of the DOstrils or throat in humps or frag-
ments of deep green tint In some cases
which obstructs breathing and produces serious
discomfort: So firmly do these incrustations
adhere to the point of attach ment that their re-
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 tubular appearance, being of exact
shape of the nasal cavity. This condition isin-
dicative of liberation, which, in time may des-
troy the bony structure of the nose and produce
| subsequent f1attening of that organ.
Cases are occasionally met with in which a
brane of the nasal cavities and then putrifes,
giving rise to stencil which is really overpow-
ering and sufficiently fetid to poison the atmos-
phere of whole room; and there are others in
which all the secretions of the membrane are
suspended, causing an unpleasant feeling of
dryness, heat and ieverish1ess in the head and
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The disease speedily extends to the air cavi-
ties of the bones of the forehead and face Civ
ing rise to a distressing sensation of heavy
weight or compression over the forehead, espe-
cially in the region above and between the
ton, soreness, or pain in the nostrils near the
root of the 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
that it is frequently mistaken for neuralgia
The breath is always tainted and at times as
sumes an exceedingly fetid and sickening odor.
| 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-
gested, causing the nose to be stopped up, some.
| times on one side. sometimes on the other. and
often on both, giving rise to disagreeable,
stuffy sensation in the head, and occasioning
violent and prolonged parOxysms of sneezing.
The voice is weak tndistinct and husky, or of
a nasal character, displaying sort of shifting
hosrseness and discordauce. There is also a
| sense of irritation in the throat, and frequent
| attempts to clear the parts of phlegm, produc-
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, speSk Of a constant bad or nause-
GUS taste in the mouth or throat.
and becomes weak and irritable, the appetite Is
capricious, and nearly always bad in the morn
ing. The patient Is languid, unable to perform
mental or physical labor with the usual facility,
Is nervous depressed in Spirits at times fearful,
| timid, agitated and inclined to drowsiness and
sleep, the memory weakened ana permanent
impairment seriously threatened.
The mucuous membrane soon becomes NOR
bidly sensitive to unfavorable influences, and in
SseatS Of wnd npon 1Sm
the Innings of the nose or throat, becomes pro-
| ductive of cold, and gives rise to serious dis
patient is subject to frequent and repeated
colds, each attack aggravating the disease by
giving 1t a new impulse, and involving 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
bronchi, when but slight impulse is reauired
| to send 1t to the lungs. Catarrh may, and often
does, affect other organs in the body, especially
| the stomach, bowels, kidneys. etc.
By the employment of proper inhalations and
Compound Oxygen treatment in the form of
| medicated yapor (not steam or spray) we are
able to produce immediate and direct action
upon the diseased surface in the larnyx and
the nasal as passages for air viii nd its way
it is utterly impossible to make fluid spplica-
tions By these means etery case cen be cured.
pefsons assiring @ i1eatT ent BY this system Of
| as at our office, and which will cause no incon.
venience or hindrance from business whatever
no se oi these cases cured that
lungs are seriously involved. Even then the
inhalations aid US in dissolving the mucus and
nothing can do with the same success. "AA'N
The very best reference from those already
cured.
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| to their cases had better call at the ONCE fo
consultation and examination, but II inpoe
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