Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-13
THE EAR.
DEAFNESS AND EAR DISCHARGES,
A FEW REMARKS ON DISEASES
OF THE EAR.

1t is well known fact that diseases Of ths
ear are among the most frequena and Yaost -.
dious affections to which the haman sV stap l.
exposed; and thet deafness or impairment ~
the hearing is lamente5Ie misfortune is All.
mitted by the public generally. EspecialIv ~.
fortunate is the loss of hearing to mothers.
VINO nave charge OF the moral training Of their
onspring, and to that offspring in after life.
thus cut on from the principal source through
which both moral instruction and intellectual
developments are conveyed. And yet this
FUNCTION OF HEA ARING-the most usefIll
ana pleasure-giving of all our senses-is fra
quently SACRIFICED BY WANT OF ATTEN-
@ @iION 70 the early symptoms OF disease. when
Juqlclous treatment could readily effect q cure
In these cases treatment is often deferred
because tnere Is no manifest pain, and hence
no danger Is anticipated; or because Datiepts
gre s taugnt oy physicians to believe that their
olsease Is not remediable; or because this de-
partment or medicine has been neglected and
pRyscians, though skilled in otnar denarf-
InenIs, knew but little of aural surgery; ara
nence patients are generally advised anot "a
tam per with such q delicate and inportant o.
gan as the ear =
In our increased and extended anatomicas
anu paIhologlcal knowledge ali Just grounds
Tor want OF confidence now have entireIv
ceased to exist, as no department in medical
science is more thoroughly understood ana
more successfully treated than is this branch
by DR.. Aborn.
The number of ear patients is constantly in
creasipg with the increase Of population. as
tney t are caused by so many diseases incident
" cnnonVua, such as measles, scarlet fever,
ete,
These diseases are particularly prone TO give
rise 70 directions OF the ear. Among the most
!rouolescme (oesides impairment OF hearipgl
Is one called otOTrh0d q ''rupnina from flse
ear" not strictly disease, but symptom Of 4
diseased condition, which Cftea becomes exr-
ceedinely offensive, and if neglected difflcult
Of cure.
II this discharge continues without limit.
whlch It is prone to do, it is liable to DESTROY
the DRUM and delicate ossicles of the ear
ana Anally to produce carries of the bony walls
dne popular notion that stopping this dis
charge endaDgers some other organ, or thelire
OF the patienE. should be corrected as a popu-
lar error. There is far more peril in letting il
alone than in curing it. While it Confines tia
discharge is a constant drain upon The eonszi-
tuition but the health, on the contrary is vast.
ly improved by its eradication Its pers5stenea
often indicates scrofulous diathesis in fhes
lively required. =
Certainly IL is safe to change that morbid
condition; to improve the general system ara
tsnlose stnl tne cause OF disease, and the eject
tne cure OF otorrhoea, as in ozsena or a run
ming from the nose, the eOnSumptiye tencerrv
IS also cured. Thus rational cure never sub
stleuees one dlSease Tor another-neser COM
promise the laws Of life.
Now, In order to eradicate this common pre-
Judlce anu dlsprove the false conceptions Of
both patient and physician, DR.. born has re-
peatedy published, during series Of wears
certificates of cures of otorrhcea and deafness
from persons of high social. clerical and po-
lltlcal standing, &C so many in0lsputabIe facts
of the success OF bis improved method OF
treating cases of ear disease often Of seemingly
hopeless character.
DR.. ABORN'S OFFICE HOURs-e:s0 4 \
70 2. ~ 4'sQ g and g ?: \.