Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-22
ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS AND DAysEz,

This disease Is not constituted by ST.
discharge, which only shows the ehsss
produced by disease OF eitherthe extern
or middle ear, and is not only disagrsaa
in its nature, but endangers the Asar-g
and is more or less pernicious to the gz.
eral health. Acute or sub-acute iu1aual
ton Of the external or middle ear 81 most
cases terminates with a discharge, antaaI
unfrequently is caused by the evil efs1
Of Scarlet FeUer, but IS as amensbls iol
judicious treatment as # brought about b.
any other cause. At first the discharge
usually very mild in its character, and q.
not checked viii run into a chronic stat
become profuse, and at times very aeE.
and irritating, and frequently as,um--
an odor that is SO very offensive tRstt-
patient is stunned by his or her neEs7
friends. In many cases Of Discharge n
the Ear, that have been presented 70 -f
for treatment, have found that the l-
ease had attacked the bony structure O.
the ear, destroying the tympanie ns-.
brane, Ldrumheadl producing partial
complete deafness. Parents cannot wEi-
too vigilantly for,the first appearance q
this disease in their offspring, for ifslG
taken in time it viii surely prove s gEs,
evil to the child, If it does not destroy il
hearing altogether. Neither can the! d
too careful TO whom they apply for adFia
in such cases. Parents are often tod 4
many of the medical fraternity that i-'
discharge is caused by some bad humoE-
the system, which has selected the easiss
and most natural course to escape, aaal
checked would endanger the life Of -
child, thus putting that delicate organ 10
very dangerous use. The disease dos
not confine itself 10 mere external q
charge, but frequently extends l.s'-
through the opening OF the vestibule IDS
the labyrinth and attacking the nerves
structure, produces a neuralgia pam N W.
head and face and many other nervous
rangements, and the parents frequea-.
get the comfortable assurance, that ifnFF
ingis done to remedy the discharge itT-
in time exhaust itself. But taninkt their
cords will be searched in vain TO find
instance whore the disease, when a VI
defined case, ever terminated benea
without the assistance of a systenaii9A.
instituted treatment, and in al cases y.
have been presented to me for adTl'a'
have invariably discovered that the u
charge continued to increase and oeeo-
more profuse, or if it had dried up Willg-'
the necessary aid of remedies, then -A.-
ly two-thirds of the cases so ahee'e~
perforation of the drunhead Of the @
was the result, and that the discharge W
not checked at all, but was passing lnss-'
through the pertoration and condue's-"
the throat by the eustachian tube, cal'-5
permanent deafness. Also, the inter-
carotid artery, the largest artery =" ~
head. is in great danger, being Ii '
contiguity with the labyrinth ana =
bony canal through which it runs -
should this be attacked by an uleeIe-s
process that would reach the artery ''
hemorrhage would be the result.
This disease has never received Nv
tention at the hands of the medical p
fession generally, which it should ha's
ceived, for its slow, insidious eouis.
productive of much evil, and =,
amount of suffering and distress -
have been saved had they devoted P'''
er atteation to 1t in its first stages
would, therefore, caution all per-.
afflicted with any disease fthe ear'"
er it be slight or severe, TO have ears'o'
they place themselves, or their e1' DO
in the hands of the regular praep. .ioneE,I
he is not supposed to be as W. ii qus1hs
to treat these particular diseases IS
physician who HAS MAJ them sPs'l
study, and fQrsueh aiy eases always eoH'-
phyaisian who b. - made that brans-
hls professions specially.
S. W. sMYTH ~ D
BABIJwELL HOUSE, Rutland,
April 18th, 1873.