Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-04-26
N. YORK ADVERTISEMENTS.
EAR AND EYE.
DEAFNESS, TOTAL OR PARTIAL
ENTIRELY REMOVED.

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DR. ALSOPHERT begs leave to call the
~ attention of those suffering under a par
tia or total loss of the sense of hearing, to the
following facts:
He treats diseases of the middle and internal
ear with medicated douches, such as is prac-
tised in the Infrmaries of Berlin, Liepsic, Brus-
sells, Hamburg, and st. Petersburg; and lately
by most distinguished London Aursts, with
the most wonderful success indeed, it is the
only method that has been universally sue
cessful.
The best proof of the efficacy of this treat
ment will be a reference to nearly nine hundred
names. residents Of the United States, Canada,
New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, who have
been restored to acute hearing, and not single
solitary case, to our knowledge, did we fail TO
effect either partial or total restoration of the
hearing, when our advice and instructions
were carefully adhered to- Many, who could
not hear the report of pistol at ARM length
can now hear watch beat at the distance of
four feet. In ease of mucus accumulation to
the Eustachina tube and tympnum, inhama-
ton of the mucus membrane, nervous affections,
diseases of the membrane tympani, called the
"drum,' or, when the disease can be traced to
the effects of fevers or colds, the use of qunine
OF prercurial medicines gathering in the ears
in childhood, &C., this treatment stands pre-
eminent When the auditory canal is dry and
scaly, with little or no secretion; when the deaf
ness is accompanied with noise in the ear, like
falling water, chirping of insects. ringing of
bells, rustlng of leaves, continual pulsations,
a discharge of matter, or, when STOPPING, q
sensation is felt as if a rush of blood to the
head had taken place when the hearing is less
acute in dull, cloudy weather, or when cold
has been taken, this method of treating the
disease is infallible. In deaf and dumb cases.
my experience warrants me in saying that If
the hearing was good at any time, much can
be accomplished. In the deafand dumb schools
at LeipsIc, out of class of fourteen, sue
ceeded in restoring four to acute hearing.
DR.. A.. begs explicitly to state that in those
cases he undertakes, he guarantees successful
result-complete restoration of the sense, or
such a marked improvement as will be perfectly
satisfactory, if his remedies are faithfully APP
piled and directions adhered 70.
Applicants will please state their age, dura-
ton of the disease If matter issues from the ex-
ternal passage il there are noises in the cars.
state of general health, and what they suppose
to have been the cause of the deafness. When
the hearing is restored, it is expected that those
in easy circumstances will contribute literally.
ALL DISEASES OF THE EYE
Successfully treated by the application of
INDICATED VAPORS, &C., in infallible and
painless treatment for diseases Of the EYE,
acute or chronic--cataracts specks, inflama-
ton, film, and weakness OF vision, graduation
Of the lids, liberation of the lachrymal glands.
&c. To the astonishing and gratifying effects
Of this treatment, the child, the youth, those
Of mature age, as well as thosefar advanced in
life, all bear testimony to the wonderfully rem
oyating healing and soothing effects
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