The times., 1897-05-29

inflaIned 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 utoisten his
throat, and that during the ight his
throat felt dry and parched. IL you
watched him carefully for several days
he would tell you that most OF the sore
ness had left his throat, that the throat,
no longer felt dry. but that now he was
called upon to make an effort to remove
a nasty, sticky discharge that was con-
stantly forming In the throat. He would
tell you that when he retired for the ght
and fell asleep he would be awakened after
a time by dropping in the back part of his
throat, which felt as IL it had fallen from
the back part OF his nose. and this he had
to hawk 10 and expel ut frequentintervals
He would tell you that every morning
on arising he was compelled to hawk and
spit up lot OF uucus which had collected
IN his throat during the nj ght
If you follow this case still further you
will notice after a month or 80 that one
evening the young mans voice has become
husky and the next morning you VIII notice
that he is quite hoarse- Long about noon
you VIII find his hoarSeness has grown less
marked, that he is quite thirsty. that he Is
making repeated efforts 70 clear his throat.
and that toward night his hOarseness re-
turns, only it is more marked than it was
in the morning. The next morning he will
tell you OF restless sleep, Of difficulty to
breathe, and OF such tickling sensation in
the throat that he is compelled to use violent
effort to free it. and thisirrtates the throat.
makes it feel very sore and inflamed and
brings on cough that is quite violent in
character. and he will tell you that after
severe fit of coughing that 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 hoaFseness will gradually disappear.
and he will only complain of sli ght tickling
in the throat and a moist cough that
comes on whenever he inhales any dust or
irritating material from the air.
If 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 a violent change OF weather
you wouid notice that he had begun to
lose flesh and strength and that he waa
troubled with a very severe cough that
plaques him most every night when ha
first retired to bed and as soon as he
arose in the morning. You would notice
that the violent spells of coughing would
bring up a white. frothy material or mucus
mixed with yellow pus. He would tell
you that he felt sore through the chest
as a result Of the coughing. and that he
had a pain behind the breast bone, and
possibly under his shoulder blade In
about week or ten days he would inform
you that when he went to bed he would
fall off to sleep only to awake with a
choked-up feeling and tightness 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 Dy the coughing fit and bathed
in persDiratiou from the effort to free his
chest, he would fall asleep again only
to be awakened to another fit OF cough
ing These fits Of coughing would con-
tinue till toward morning. breaking his
slumber. robbing him OF restful sleep. and
he woEld arise not one bit refreshed, but
feeling more tired than when he went to
bed