Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-10
CATARRH.

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
| ing in its nature at different times. In some
| there is an almost constant flow of clear, acrid
fluid, but oftener an offensive, purulent, or
| muco-purulent, greenish-yell)w wv matter is Sc
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
| tients feel as though their whole head was in a
of 50 great sid h the he
| 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
eievaIed IN order to sleep with some degree
In others, tough, yiscid and offensive phlegm
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,
popularly known as ''hawking, is chaf 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
ments OF deep green tint. In some cases
these incustrations accumulate to such an ex-
tent tent "a as to form a regular plug in the nose,
| which obstructs breathing and produces serious
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 nots-
BILE size is expelled, on which there are general
presents a tubular appearance, being of exact
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 produ e
subsequent fattening of that organ.
Cases are occasionally met with in which a
thick. viscid, Shiny secretion coats the mem
| giving rise to stencil which is really oyerpow,
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 teverishness in the head and
nose-a condition popularity known as "Dry
The disease speedily extends to the air cayi-
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 the nose, as well as in the uprer 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 1t is frequently mistaken for neuralgia
The breath is always tainted and at times as
sumes an exceedingly fetid and sickenfng odor
In 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, giving rise to disagreeabie.
| htuffy sensation in the head, and occasioninp
Vi9ient 3ha @ ana prolonged garoxysms Of sneezing.
nasal character, displaying a sort OF snifing
quality. Oftentlmes there is continuous
sense OF irritation in the throat, and freament
attempts to clear the parts of phlegm, produc-
ing the sound men," more or less forcibly. In
able feeling of fullness, or choky SENSATION in
| the throat, and in others of distressing and al
most constant dryness for the temporary relief
Others, again, speak of a constant bad or nanse
Gus taste in the mouth or throat
The stomach generally suffers more or less
and becomes weak and irritable the annette Is
capriclous, and nearly always bad in the morn
ing. The patient is languid, unable to nerform
mental 70 OF physical labor with the usual facility
Is nervous depressed in spirits at time fearf,il
timld, ag1tated and inclined to drowsiness and
sleep, the memory. weakened and permanent
impairment geriously threatened
The mucuous membrane soon becor,as nov
pioly sensitive to unfavOrable Influences :and in
SPITE OF the utmost care become es affected from
the gine 90 G SO tnat breath
auctlve OF cold and gives rise to serious dis
turDances OF the respiratory organs Thus tho
patient is subject to frequent and reneated
colas, eacn attack aggravatng the disease by
giving 1t new Impulse, and involving q jarpeI
extent OF surface @ than its predecessor. In this
manner the dificulty spreads from organ to or.
gan, invading the throat, larnyx. trsches and
bronchial tubes until, eneroachipg further and
further, 1t reaches the finer lamifcations Of The
proncni, Wnen put slight impulse is required
does, affect other organs in the body esneciaIiv
those containing mucous membrane sucb a. |
tne stomach, bowels, kidneys etc 80
= BY the employment of proper iph alations q nd |
wom ,ndltS pouna oxygen treatment in the form of
able to produce immediate and diract mv oet;nn s,
upon the diseased surface in the isrnvr and |
tne nasal passages, for sir will Ana its ,wav
INTO the remotest and intricate cavities ~hara
~ Is utterly impossible to make fluid ann1jco
'iJns. ny sns se means fery case ccr be erred
PERSONS desiring treatT.ent by this svstern ri |
practice caa use the reiaedies al hom y. ue,i al
as at our Office, and which will rs rsa ~ s H. v
Venience or h1ndrance from business ,yhetayn-
nave seen so many Of these casen cnref that
nos uv sos consiaer any casa hopeless unless both
inhalatons aid us In dissoivine the NJ, nes .ns
IN contracting and healing the cayities whicb ac
notn1ng can do with the same Success "N1cn
o,; Inc very best reference from those already
CONSULTATION FREE.
Those who desire to consult with M - -s,.ra |
W sneH cases nad better call at the office for
sible TO DO so, can write for a COM ~ rss1pos- ~
Medlcal treatise, containing list Of 9uestinns
M. HILTON WILLIAMS. M n
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