Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-24
OTORRHEEA
Discharge from thu =
IT'S CAUSES, BFFEoTs AND n,,-.
ME disease Is not eonstltnt.,

This disease is not constituted b.
discharge, which only shows thu LIZ
produced by disease of either thee
or middle ear, and is not only disa,..-
In its nature, but endangers the no.
and is more or less pernicfous 10 IN.
eral health. Acute or sub-acute fDe..
ton of the external or middle EARN
cases terminates with discharya s,.-
uRfrequently is caused by the evil a~.I
of Scarlet Fever, but IS a. ameDsfJ.
judicious treatment as ifbroughtabo-.,
any other cause. At hrst the diseb,-..
usually very mild In its character s,.-
not checked will run into a chronic -.
become prefuse, and at times vsr-
and irritating, and frequently as.B,,.-
an odor that Is SO very offensive tB...-
patient is summed by his OF her les
friends. In many cases Of Dl5elgr7s -.
the Ear, that have been presented n.
for treatment, 1 have found that -ls ~
ease had attacked the bony strue-u-. -,
the ear, destroying the tympanis NO.
brane, Idrumheadi producing partial ..
complete deafness. Parents cannot me-.
too vigilantly fOrsthe first appearance d,
this disease in their offspring, for,ff,,..
taken In time It viii surely prove grs,.
evil to the child, if 1t does not destror f..
hearing altogether. Neither can thew.
too careful to whom they apply for a5q4,.
in such cases. Parents are often told d,
many of the medical fraternity that ,s.
discharge is caused by some bad huue--
the system, which has selected the ea.sa,-
and most natural course TO escape, and.
checked would endanger the life Of ,ss
child, thus putting that delicate organ .,
a very dangerous use. The disease de-.
not confine itself TO mere external d.
charge, but frequently extends i.z4s
through the opening Of the vestibule,sta
the labyrinth and attacking the nerros.
structure, produces a neuralgic painiat54
head and face and many other nervousts.
engagements, and the parents frequeutr
get the comfortable assurance, that fnor..
ing is done to remedy the discharge itv.s
in time exhaust itself. But / think Their
cords will be searched in vain to find az
instance where the disease, when q wei
defined case, ever terminated benefcisrr
without the assistance of a systematical7
instituted treatment, and in all cases tia.
have been presented to me for advice,
have invariably discovered that the d.
charge continued to increase and become
more profuse, or If IL had dried up witAou.
the necessary aid of remedies, then In f1.-
" two-thirds of the cases so affected &
perforatiOn of the drumhead of the ca
was the result, and that the discharge w4,
not checked at all, but was passing inward
through the peroration and conducted 70
the throat by the custodian tube, causing
permanent deafness. Also, the interaa
carotid artery, the largest artery Of tit
head, is in great danger, being in clos.
contiguIty with the labyrinth and til,
bOny canal through which it runs, AID
should this be attacked by an ulceratiro
process that would reach the artery, fats
hemorrhage would be the result.
This disease has never received tie al
tention at the hands of the medixal nr,
fessiOn generally, which it should have re
ceived, for its slow, insidOuss course i.
productive of much evil, and great
amount of suffering and distress could
have been saved had they devoted = prop
er attention to II in ITS arst stages.
would, therefore. caution. all persons
afflicted with any disease of the ear heth-
er it be slight or severe, to have a care hos
they place themselves, or their children.
in the hands of the regular practitioner 3.
he is not supposed to be as well qualified
to treat these particular diseases as the
physician who has made them a special
study, and forsuch diseases always consult
a physician who has made that branch OF
has profession speciality.
s. w. SMYTH. NJ. d.
BARDNELL HOUSE, Rutland. a
april nth, 1873,