Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-04-17

f.,r- From the Athens Mensngef.f
As ExrRAoaDgxzRr cuRE ros REAr-
sxss.--ED MEsszseER-W viii yoa please
publish the inslossd remedy for deaf
ness for the benefit Of The public. -
Ny wife's hearing hsd been seriously
affected for more than thirty years.
and By The kindness Of cur family phy-
stefan, she was furnished with this REM
edy; commenced its use late last fall
and continued IL for about three months.
During thai time she became more and
more deaf and fearing that her hearing
would be entirely destroyed she ceased
the application; and regarded herself
as almost hepslessly deaf: bat after the
lapse Of . few weeks. while reclining
on-her bed. hard Substance, ,haziaga ..
somewhat bloody appearance. come
from her ear, and she Immediately
heard the ticking Of the clock. and 9TH
er sounds that she had not heard for
years. and TO her astonishment and
great JOY soon found herself capable Of
hearing conversation in an ordinary
tone OF voice, and now hears without
Inconvenience. 1 have no doubt but
that the 'Sulphuric Ether loosened up
and brought from the ear the hard sub
stance, which had caused her deafness.
CALVARY MORRIS.
Athens, Ohio, Aug. 99, 1861.
"A new discovery, made not long
since in Paris, excites q great deal Of
attention, not merely on account Of its
intrinsic importance. but because Of the
melancholy result Of it to the discover
er. 1t appears that Mdle. Cleret, a
school mistress, had been for many
years very deaf. but one day she bought
some thread. which was wrapped in q
leaf from some work on geography
which had fallen still born from the
press, and had been sold as waste pa
per. She read on it that certain peas
ants would cure themselves of deafness
by exposing their ears to certain emana-
tions. She forthwith began to make
on herself-guided to diff
ferent objects not by chemical knowl-
edge but simply by accident. After
having used the most painful substance
she now uses, and experiencing the
good effects OF it on herself, she ap-
piled it to her pupils. Twenty-nine
were attended by her, and in
every instance advantageous results OBJ
tanned. Two children, declared by ap-
proved medical men to be incurably
deaf and dumb, were completely cured
By her, under the supervision Of a COM
IHittee; these children were completely
deaf and dumb. All of them, after
her attentions for eight or nine months,
evidently greatly improved.
But Mdle. Oleret was poor-ex-
Lremely poor-and she wrote to the
Minister Of Public Instructions, announ-
ling her discovery and asking the State
% assist her in making it known. Doc
df Behier was appointed to examine
profoundly in to Mdle. Cleret's method.
The committee appointed consisted Of
Mons. Lelut, Gerard, Georges Ritz,
Valpau Gadle. Rapet, Pillet, and DR..
Behier. It met in October, 1856, and
every three months thereafter. to ex-
anime the state of the children conf
ded TO Mdle. Cleret's care. While
they were in the midst of this. study,
the poor schoolmistress went mad
The contrast between her excessive
poverty and independence of fortune
between the obscurity of her position
and the fame given by her cure were
200 much for her wits. She is now in
Iunatic asylum.
The medical means used by Mdle
Cleret was 'sulphuric ether. poured d.
-ectly into the ear, in a dose of four or
i've drops day. Usually this agent
produces only slight degree Of sensi-
DiIity or pain. After it has been used
fifteen or twenty days the operator may
suspend its use for several days, 10 re.
ain its energy better, and then resume
is use. The application may be con-
inued, II not indefinitely, at least for
/ very long period of time. The COM
nittee further says: The innoeuous-
less of this substance (sulphuric ether)
s more than demonstrated by the nu-
nerous experiments we have witnessed.
I is said that the cure has not yet
allied in any Of the numerous cases in
which it has been applied