Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-18

duced by Dr. Williams for the cure of Catarrh,
Throat Diseases Bronchitis, Asthma and Con.
over $4,000 cases treated during the past
twenty-one years.
| CATARRH.
The term Catarrh is applied to a peculi ar 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 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-yellsw matter is Sc
creted, which a % accumulates in the nostrils or
| removal by blowing the nose or expectoration,
and often by both processes Sometimes pa
tients feel as though their whole head was in q
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
ally favors the flow downward, his rest is fre-
Quently disturbed from this cause. Many suffer
| erf are obliged to lie with the head very much
elevated In order to sleep with some degree
| OF comfort.
In others, tough, viscid and offensive phlegm
the passage between the throat and head, ad-
herring to the parts with gluish tenacity. Its
Judgement embarrasses respiration and creates
| affected locality, which gives rise to constant
and almost irresistible desire to relieve the dis.
comfort by drawing the mucus into the throat
popularly known as ''hawking," is Chai acter.
istic of catarrh, and proves as embarrassing to
the one affected as it is disagreeable to those
Again, the offensive matter hardens and de-
posits itself on the membrane 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 incustrations accumulate to such an ex-
tent as to form regular plug in the nose,
discomfort. So firmly do these incrustations
adhere to the point of attachment that their re-
moval usually requires the most violent efforts;
| not unfrequently they have to be torn from the
membrane. Occasionally solid cast of nota
BILE size is expelled, on which there are general
ly traces of blood, but in some cases the cast
shape of the nasal cavity. This condition is in
dicative of liberation, which, in time may des-
troy the bony structure of the nose and produce
| a subsequent fattening of that organ.
Cases are occasionally met with in which
| thick, viscid, Shiny secretion coats the mem
brane of the nasal cavities, and then putrifes,
giving rise to a 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 secretiOnB of the membrane are
| suspended, causing an unpleasant feeling of
dryness, heat and teverishness in the head and
nose-s 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-
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-
tests itself in the face of so severe character
that it is frequently mistaken for neuralgia.
The breath is always tainted and at times as
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-
gested, causing the nose to be stopped up, some
times on one side. sometimes on the other. and
often on both, swing & rise & to disagreea6le,
violent and prolonged paroxysms OF sneezing.
| The voice is weak, indistin ct and husky, or of
displaying sga1ss sort Of shifting
hoarseness and discordarce. There is also
sense of irritation in the throat, and frequent
attempts to clear the parts Of phlegm RrEdpe
| some cases patients complain of an uncomfort-
| able feeling of fullness, or choky sensation in
most constant dryness for the temporary relief
| OF which they have to swallow frequently.
Others, again, speGk of a 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
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 and permanent
impairment seriously threatened.
The mucuous membrane soon becomes NOR
bidly sensitive to unfavora BILE influences and in
the slightest causes, so that breath Of wind upon
the Innings of the nose or throat, becomes pro-
ductive OF cold. and gives rise to serious dis
turbances OF the respiratory organs Thus the
patient is subject to frequent and repeated
colds, each attack aggravating the disease by
giving 1t a new impulse. and involving larger
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 ramifcations OF the
bronchi, when but slight impulse Is required
to send it to the lungs. Catarrh may, and often
does, affect other organs in the body, especially
those containing a mucous mem brane such as
! the stomach, bowels, kidneys. etc.
By the employment of proper inhslations and
Com pound Oxygen treatment in the form OF
medicated yapor mot steam or sprayl we are
| able to produce immediate and direct action
J upon the diseased surface in the larnyx and
the nasal passages, for air will find its way
, it is utterly impossible to make fluid applica
tions. By those means es'ery case cen be Cared
Persons desiring treatr ent by this system Q
practice can use the remedies at home as wei
as at our office, and which will cause no incon
/. yenience or hindrance from business whatever
have seen so many of these cases cured tina
. do not consider any case hopeless, unless botl
D lungs are seriously involved. Even then tn
Limitations aid US in dissolving the mucus an,
in contracting and healing the cavities, whic
. nothing can do with the same success.
The very best reference from those alread
cured.
= Those who desire to consult with me in regar
to their cases had better call at the office fc
| consultation and examination, but If inpo
sible to do SO, can write for copy of m
Medical Treatise, containing list of question
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