Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-22
CATARRH.

twenty-one years.
CATARRH.
The term CatarIh is applied to 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 yary-
ing in. its nature at different times In some
fluid, but oftener an offensive, purulent, or
muco-purulent, greenish-yellaw matter is Sc
creted, WHICH accumulates in the nostrils or
drops into the throat, necesstating its fre Quent
| 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
the head, and as recumbent position natur.
ally favors the flow downward, his rest is fire.
quently disturbed from this cause. MANY suffer-
erf are obliged to lie with the head very much
of comfort.
In others, tough, viscid 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. It's
Judgement embarrasses respiration and creates
sensation Of irritation and uneasiness in the
affected LOCALITY, which gives rise to constant
and almost irresistible desire to relieve the dig
comfort by drawing the mucus into the hroat.
SO as to To- eject it BY the @ mouth. This practice,
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 mem brane in the shape of
dry, hard concretions, which are discharged by
ments of a deep green tint. In some cases
these incustrations 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
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
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 stencil which is really Overpow-
eling 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 ieverishness in the head and
nose-s condition popularly known as DRY
The disease speedily extends to the air cavf-
ties of the bones of the forehead and face, CIV
ing rise to distressing sensation of heavy
weight or compression over the forehead. espe-
cialIy 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-
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 fetid and sic odo
| 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
stufy sensation, in the head, and occasioning
violent and prolonged par0xysms of sneezing.
The voice is weak, indistinct and husky, or of
a nasal character, displaying q sort of shifting
quality. Oftentimes there is a continuous
hoarssness and discordauce. There is also o
sense of irritation in the throat, and frequent
Ing the sound .snem," more OF or | less forcibiy In
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, 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
mental or physical labor with the usual facility,
is neryous depress sed in spirits at times fearful
timid, agitated and inclined to drowsiness and
| impairment seriously threatened.
| The mucuous membrane soon becomes NOR
bidly sensitive to unfavorable infiuences,:and In
| spite of the utmost care becom es affected from
the slightest causes, so that breath ofswnd upon
the Innings of the nose or throat, becomes pro-
% turbances Is Of 1.-THE the respiratory organs % Thus the the
patient is subject to frequent and repeated
colds, each attack aggravating the disease by
giving it 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 Iamiticatons of the
| b-onchi, 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 mucous membrane, such as
the stomach, bowels, kidneys. etc.
By the employment OF proper inhalations and
Com pound Oxygen treatment in the form OF
medicated vapor (not steam or spray we are
able. to produce immediate and direct action
upon the. diseased surface. in the larnyx and
| the nasal passages, for air will find its way
| into the remotest and intricate cavities, where
| it is utterly impossible to make fluid applica,
tons BySasse means east cry case cen be cured
practice can use the remedies at home as well
as at our office, and which will cause no incon
o ~ fhao
do not consider any cass hopeless, unless both
lungs are seriously involved Even then the
luudldtlOus dlu US IL ulbsOlVlu8 Jne mucous anu
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
consultation and examination, but If impos
sible to do so, can write for copy Of my
Medical Treatise, containing q list Of questions
Address
M. HILTON WILLIAMS, M. d.
HoLLENBECK BLOCK,
Corner Second and Spring sta.. Los Angeles.
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