Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-20
OZTNA.

Ozoena is the professional or technical name
given to an advanced form of catarrh, in which
liberation has eaten through the mem brane
llning OF the nose to the cartilage OF the hone non
naturally scrofulous The discharge takes
place through the nostrils. or through the
gree nish-yellow color, frequently tinged with
blood, and almost always attended with an
onAnsive 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 cases pieces of bone become separ.
aIed and slough Of, leaving deep, unhealthy
extremely dificult to heal.
l After 0zoena 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 eustachian tube to the internal ear
Pains in the head and over the frontal sinuses,
impairing memory, and even insanity FREE
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 lungs In most cases of pulmonary
disease catarrh is present to some degree, and
in many cases 1t causes large share Of the
patients discomfort.
which are liable to spring from scrofulous
catarrh or ozoens, there are others which, ii
less dangerous, are sufficiently unpleasant.
It 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.
1. A single application gives immediate
comfort and relieves at once the most dis
tressipg and painful symptoms.
2. The hardened secretions are s0ftened and
removed causing the greatest amount of relief
to the sufferer.
g. The liberated surface Is deodorized, every
unpleasant smell ts removed, and the breath is
restored to its natural purity and sweetness.
a. The poisonous action of the disease upon
the throat is neutraltzed and arrested and
threatened consumption averted, and last of all
complete and radical cure fully established.
at home with perfect success and without In
reference with diet or business.
g. In all cases of catarrh, where the system
suffers from the deleterious effects of scrofula
or other vitiated condition of the blood, local
treatn ent is Invariably conjoined with consti
tutiOnal remedies
Persons desiring treatment by this system of
as at our office, and which will cause no incon-
venieuce or hindrance 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 diss0lving the mucus and in
contracting and healing the cavities, which
The very tast of references from those al
ready cured.