The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-29

inflamed at times. feeling as though sand
was busted on it or that a horse hair
had lodged in it. He would tell you that
he had TO drink water 10 uOISten his
throat, and that during the nj ght his
throat felt dry and parchcI II you
watched him Carefully for several days
he would tell you that most of the sore
ness had left his throat: that the throa5
no longer felt dry, but that now he was
called upon TO make an effort 20 remove
a nasty. sticky discharge that was CON
stantIy forming in the throat. He would
tell You that when he retired for tn nj ght
and fell asleep he would be awakened after
a tiIle by dropping in the back part Of his
throat. which felt as If it had fallen from
tie back part Of his nose and this he hiI
to hawk IN and expel at frequentintervaIs
He would ten you that every morning
on arising he was compelled 10 hawk and
spit ~ lot OF muCus which had collected
IN his throat during the nj ht
If you follow this case still further you
wild notice after a month or so that one
evening the young mans voice has become
husky and the ne X morning You viii notice
that he il quite hOaTse Long about noon
you win find his BDarsenesS has grown less
marked. that he is quite thirst =. that he IS
making repeated efforts % clear his throat.
and that toward night his EOarseness re
turns, only il is more marked than il was
in the morning The next morning he viii
tell you Of restless sleep, OF difficulty to
breathe, and Of such tickling sensation in
the throat that he is compeIleI to use violent
effort 10 free il. and this iTritates the throat.
makes it feel very sore and inflamed and
brings on a cough that is quite violent IN
character. and ne will tell you that after a
severe fit Of coughing that a very little
mass Of tough, sticky material is brought
up and spit out In about a weeks time,
or possibly in two or three weeks time
the hOarseneSs will gradually disappear
and ne will only complain Of slight tickling
in the throat and moist cough that
COMES on whenever he iuhales any dust 81
irritating material from the air
II you folio wed this case during the
summer yOu would find that his general
health would improve and that most of
his symptoms would disappear, but IN
the fall during violent change Of weather
you would notice that he had begun 70
lose flesh and strength and that ne wds
troubled with very severe cough that
plaques him most every night when ha
first retired TO bed and as soon as ~
arose IN the morning. You would notes
that the violent spells OF coughing would
bring M q white, fr0thy material OF mucuI
mixed with yellow pUs. He would tell
YOU that he felt sore through the chest
as a result Of the coughing, end that he
had pain behind the breast bone, and
possibly under his shoulder blade In
about "a week or ten DAYS Ee would inform
You that when he went 10 bed he would
fail off TO sleep only to awake with
ChOked-up feeling and tightueSs in his
chest that would bring on violent fits
Of coughing, and that he would cough
until his throat became raw and sore
Tired ont ny the coughing fit ard hatheI
in perSDiratiOn from the effort to free his
Crest. he would fan asleep again only
e be awakened to another fit Of cough
ing These fits Of coughing would con-
tlnue TIL toward morning, hreaSing his
siumber. r0bbing him Of reSUful sleep. and
ne world arise not one bit refreshed. but
feeling more tired than when he went 10
bed