New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-03

cribed must entirely regulate the treatment that II
would be utterly impossible to lay down general rules
in all instances have TO examine whether there
may not be constitutional states which p.oduc
i've Of various alterations in the economy rendering
the much more difficult Of treatment THAI they
otherwise would be. TIE more striking affections o.
the Ear TO depend upon the greater constitutional
yigor of the individual than Nature is capable Of
tanning or OF such alterations the structure Of the in
terror OF Tho organ o. Hearing leads 20 change in
their constituent parts or 30 It's becoming productive Of
sympathy in the surrounding portions Foi oil these
saried obstacles the auTst must be prepared. and he
must bear In mind tina. almost every requires df
rent mode Of treatment and that it is quite out Of the
question to attempt to lay down general laws.
It has been justly said: That man without bearing
IS fit for nothing not 20 so TO church Ho who
once has been deaf and has recovered his herring will
best appreciate such On observation, and most parcu
ariy if he should belong to the class Of individuals de-
pendent er;rely for their daily Substance upon the
hearing with which nature has endowed them oT their
varied pursuits.
The obec. of my consideration is to point out the
means by which the diseases Of the Earwhcihcr they
are Of thing or OF an aggravated chaTaoter-Inay be
wooded for would not be productive Of benefit TO tie
esder TO the surgeon simply TO state wha; IS 10 be
lone when the malades present, but TO show what
precautions may be taken 10 prevent their approach
The old adaco-" Prevention is better than cureis az
malicious it is necessary and II We cannot from our
habits OF LIE. pay much attention 10 inness IN the
.sr or little discharge difficulty In hearing. we
nay nevertheless remember how much OF good is TO be
derived from and immediate attention. and how
bitter is the suffering when the Hearing is entirely lost
Indeed upon due observance and proper management
If the organ Of which tFea. depends. in greater
II less degree. the general health Of the human
BODY and tie integrity OF all its different functions
By early attention is easy arrest those diseases OF
lronc character whose progress toward fatal terlni
as.ion is certain aud inevitable and irm which there
IS but slender chance Of escape from being completely
leaf H. is a theme which has occupied the Pea Of III
uerous writer's and given origin to multitude Of
books Indeed the saljsc Of treating Deafnoss seems
% be almost ine.haustble Theory heaped theory
doctrine upon doctrine; but axe too often apt to for
get tina: c, pcrience and practice far sDrcr laws by
which to be guided than all the theory and al tie doc
.rine that was ever preached.
1t is very curious circumstance the; dcafness 10
uuch more frequen. in male: than in females which Il
in violation Of the ordinary lev that the poweT Of
formation is weaker in the female fptns than IN the
male 40 are the deficiencies frequent. Nj. Nny.
The director of the Deaf and Dumb School IN Ncnni,
stated that the proportion % deaf boys 20 gsls was as
ur 70 one Congen.a deafness does not appear 10 be
hereditary most Of tho parents OF deaf children have
40 defect Of their organs; and It is rare circumstance
TO NEE: case Of deaf child who was tie fruit u pa
tents either one or both Of whom were similarly o.,
nc.ed o. the other hard. several children Of one
family will be thus affected without any known cause
while the others viii remain perfectly healthy Kramer
relates singular instance Of aan and BIS vile. o. the
uame Of Hagtaess both Of them healthy end having no
hereditary predsposton to ~ disease Of tic Ear IN
heir family OIL either side who have lse daughters and
,i1 sous Tic latter were u born dea.Gnd Dumb VINO
he daughters without exception head pcflecty wen
This confirms what before stated, that the more s'fk
,ng affections Of the Ear seem TO depend upon TIE
greater constitutional y.gor Of TIC individual
L. it's pathology the Ear does not diter from oho
structurcs. From this general conclusion lcihel''
may BE- excepted IEsrigaaton Of wax IN tie maui
Ne cxac. analogue Of that secretion not beng et'
Yhere found inflammation therefore IS tie affection
10 which for the most part Ills organ Is oOho-oub'
md "a .h,s disease is modified in It's progress in II.
ymptoms and ia Its effects. by the structures "moH
+, stteelsby the local rrelispos.iion Il tie organ
sIected-by tie general constitution Of tie Individual
-bv he causes which may excite thy tic external
Circumstances or conditions which accompany l'-so
nave tin affections Of the EaF been arranged under
Inflammation aud It's consequences. As in al c.hei
organs Of which the seat Of tho function IS III ~ c1
landed nerve the Ear IS Likewise subject 10 Oh
euasshe,.c affection dependc4t on some hidden moiDd
condition and occasionally inflammation, otAer Of
The acoustic nerve OF those parts Of Tie BRAN III
connection with the organ. The br1in IA c0nse
ouence Of its vicinity 70 the Ear often participates IL
M diseases and accidents u that organ, and tue re-
,ese Is frequently sed Of dsesec extending from
Inc Ear % tae b.ein OF szGn. Lazy the accidental
troducton OF foreign bodice into the satef, the rup
ure by bow or OtLeYws-e, OF the membrane tHPaHh
as been esteemed peculiar 20 the Ear bnt perhaps
leIdly with Justice as rtarlr similar accidents al
net with IN the nasal and visual organs
Catil within few years. tie .cis connected win TIC
Gl 10 scattered and tie conclusions deducea 90
yasne the disc ases were 20 little understood nnc 80 maj
susn6ed tLst tic tenn caracnc was oQlied 10 ever!
"a 'ase Of which the symp.oms were very evident
lAough Tie case remained Ia obscliy Cases have pre-
'ented Themselves to me in which haze had occoaon
10 fnd the general practitioner not accurate in Tic
diagnosis a. nc should be. from the carcesness with
ah.ch be has been accustomed 10 treat the Dseaf Of
he Ear The consequence Of this has been that they
laye mistaken diseases Which demanded the simplest
treatment Cor others which must be more cyelv met
the system will succumb. II is true sincc Sir Bcnla
rn Brodic has Ia his mastery treatise explained some
VI the phenomena attendant upon diseases Of TIC Ear
hat more just estimates have been formed Of the ma
re Of hoEe Affections 10 which tie Ear is subject aud
lie real cause oftbe diseases precisely aned
y tia! Is demanded Is thorough knowledge Of vlsl