Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-05
OZCENA.

.ozena is the professional or technical name
given to an advanced form of catarrh, in which
liberation has eaten through the membrane
lining of the nose to the cartilage of the bone.
Any case of catarrh msy end in oaana, but it
most frequently occurs in those WHO are
naturally scrofulous The discharge takes
throat. and is generally OF yellowish or
gree nish-yellow color, frequently tinged with
oiooo, ana almost always attended with an
ofensiye smell. In the language OF DR.. Wood,
OF Ph1ladelphia, the disease Is the most obdur-
ate ana disagreeable which the physician has
70 encounter. In bad cases the breath of The
patlent becomes so revolving as to isolate him
from society, and render him an object of uis-
gust even to himself.
aseo and slough IF, leaving deep, unhealthy
ulcers, which secrete bloody matter and are
extremely difficult to heal
After oz9ns has continued for some time the
sense OF smell becomes impaired and often
lost.
Deafness is one of the most comm on conse.
quences, and results from its extension through
the eustachfan tube to the internal ear
Pains In the lead and over the frontal sinuses,
impairlng memory, and even insanity fire.
quently springs from Its extension to the brain.
The greatest danger, however, because the most
common, is that 1t will extend downward and
Affect the e lungs In most cases OF pulmonary
IN many cases It causes large share OF the
patients discomfort.
t; sesldes ;ah tne,e 5;s grave consequences all Of
catarrh or ozoena, there are others which, if
less dangerous, are sufficiently unpleasant
1t occasions great unhappiness to thousands
Of both sexes by isolating them and prevent
ing their settlement in life. An offensive run
ming at the nose, with foul breath is about
as great a calamity as can befall young people.
Every disease of this kind can be cured by our
new system of practice
The following are the Distinguishing features
OF our mode of treatment.
/. A single application gives immediate
comfort and relieves at once the most dis
tressing aud pain full symptoms
2. The hardened secretiOns are sOftened and
emoved causing the greatest amount OF relief
r the sufferer.
8. The liberated surface is dc odorized, every
unpleas ant smell is removed. and the breath is
restored to its natural purity and sweetness.
a. The poisonous action of the disease upon
the throat is neutrabZed and arrested and
threatened consumption averted, and last of all
a complete and radical cure fully established.
5. The spplics tions employed can be made
at home with perfect succete and without in
terfeTence with diet or business.
6. In all cases of catarrh, where the system
suffers from the deeterious effects of scrofula
or other vitiated condition of the blood, local
treatm ent is invariably conjoined with consti-
tutional remedies
Persons desiring treatment by this system of
practice can use the remedies at home as well
as at our office, and which will cause no incon-
venieuce or hindraDce to business whatever.
l have seen SO many of these cases cured
that do not consider any case hopeless. un-
less the disease has advanced the chest and
both lungs are seriously involved. The in
haiations aid us IN dissolving the mucus and in
con tracing and healing the cavities, which
nothing else can do with the same success.
The very best of references from those al
ready cured.