Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-10-29
OZENA.

.Ozena is the professional or technical name
gwen 70 an advanced form of catarrh, in which
lining OF the hose to the cartilage of the bone.
Any case OF catarrh may end in ozepa, but it
most frequently occurs in those who are
place through the nostrils or through the
throat, and is generally of a yellowish or
gree nishyellow color, frequently tinged with
blood and almost always attended with an
offensive smell. In the language OF DR.. Wood,
of Philadelphia, the disease is the most obdur.
ate and disagreeable which the physician has
to encounter. In bad cases the breath of the
patient becomes SO revolving as to isolate him
from society, and render him an object of dis.
gust even to himself.
In some asses pieces of bone become sonar.
ated and slough eff, leaving deep, unhe aithy
ulcers, which secrete bloody matter, an d are
extremely difficult to heal.
After OZpna has continued for some time the
sense OF smell becomes impaired and often
lost.
deafness is one of the most common conse.
quences, and results from its extension through
the custodian tube to the internal ear
Pains in the head and over the frontal sinuses,
impairing memory, and even insanity fire.
quently springs from its extension to the brain
The greatest danger however, because the most
common, is that it will extend downward and
affect the lungs In most cases of pulmonary
disease catarrh is present to some degree, and
in many cases it causes large share of the
patients discomfort.
BESIDES these grave consequences, all Of
which are liable to spring from scrofuous
catarrh or ozene, tuere are others which, il
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 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.
l. single application gives immediate
comfort and relieves at once the most dis
tressing and painful symptoms.
q The hardened secretions are softened and
removed causing the erestest amount of relief
0 the sufferer.
g., The liberated surface is deodorized, every
unpleasant 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 neutralized and arrested and
threatened consumption averted, and last of all
complete and radical cure fully established
5. The applications employed can be made
at home with perfect success and without in
reference with diet or business.
6. In all cases OF catarrh, where the system
suffers from the de]eterious effects of scrofula
or other vitiated coDdit on of the blood, local
tent is invariably conjoined with consti.
tutional remedies.
Persons desiring treatment by this system of
practice can use the REM dies at home as well
as at our Office and which will cause no incon-
venience or hindrance to business whatever
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.
contracting and healing the cavities, which
nothing else can do with the same success.
the very best OF references from those al
ready cured.