The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English; or, medicine simplified / by R.V. Pierce.

  • Pierce, R. V. (Ray Vaughn), 1840-1914.
Date:
1891
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    blowing the nose, experiences a crackling sound in. one or both ears, and hearing becomes dull, but returns suddenly, ac- companied with a snapping sound. This may be repeated several times, until, finally, hearing does not return, but remains permanently injured. In other cases, the hearing is lost so gradually that a considerable degree of deafness may exist be- fore the person is really aware of the fact. Either condition is often accompanied with noises in the head, of every conceiv- able description, increasing the distress of the sufferer. The delicate bones of the ear are sometimes detached from their articulations, the drum is ulcerated and perforated, and through the orifice thus made, the bones or small spicula, may escape with the thick, purulent, and offensive discharge. Closure of the Tear Duet. The lachrymo-nasal, or tear duct, or passage, which, when in a healthy condition, serves to convey the tears from the eye into the nose, may be closed by the same inflammatory and thickening process which we have already described. This condition is usually attended with watery and weak eyes, the tears escaping over the cheeks, and sometimes producing irritation and excoriation. The nasal branch of the ophthalmic nerve sometimes participates in the ulcerative process going on in the head, so that the eyes are sympathetically affected. They sometimes become congested or inflamed, and sharp pain in the eyeballs may be experienced. Symptoms. Dull, heavy headache through the temples and above the eyes, indisposition to exercise, difficulty of think- ing or reasoning or concentrating the mind upon any subject, lassitude, indifference respecting business, lack of energy, ob- struction of nasal passages, discharges falling into the throat, consisting of profuse, watery, acrid, thick, and tenacious mucus, or purulent, muco-purulent, bloody, putrid, offensive matter are the most frequent symptoms of catarrh. In the most severe cases, a dryness of the nasal passages, dry, watery, weak, or inflamed eyes, ringing in the ears, deafness, discharge from the ears, hawking and coughing to clear the throat, ulcerations, death, and decay of bones, expectoration' of putrid matter, spicula of bones, scabs from ulcers, a constant desire to clear the nose and throat, nasal twang, offensive breath, impairment or total deprivation of the sense of smell and taste, dizziness,