Prophylaxis in rhinitis sympathetica / by S.O. Richey.

  • Richey, Stephen Olin.
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Prophylaxis in rhinitis sympathetica / by S.O. Richey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    is less frequent among women, because they perspire less and less frequently. In the usual course of things my opportunities for obser- vation of this affection are very limited as compared with those of others, being confined to those in whom it has caused tubal catarrh^ whose impaired hearing could not be properly improved without removing the cause—the imme- diate cause being the rhinitis, producing congestion of the lining membrane by extension to the tube; the mediate cause being a disturbance of the spinal circulation. Laborers, especially in the country, in the midst of pollen., are less liable to have this trouble, for, being accustomed to constant healthful exercise, they have a more stable circulation, which is not so easily thrown out of balance. While eight or ten cases are too limited a number to establish a theory, yet when taken with the fact that no one of them has failed in getting relief by counsel in the item of dress, they make this subject worthy of consideration. It is not my object to discuss the treatment of symptoms, or the surgical management of nasal structural changes resulting from the persistence of this affection. Let me ask, only, if it is best to suppress these peripheral manifestations by the use of cocaine, or the thermo-cautery ? May not the affection, in such event, indicate its presence in some other and more serious way: in petit mal, for instance.'' Is it not more exact and more scientific to find and remove such basal cause? Washington, D. C.