Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
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osly = s~sy su41 percentage II Dsa %
soLen use the gigac ear ~ the sslspA0Ee.
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c~nlY come late pFO5sl lasHe= a. = uledlcal
progsslLiea and unless ths scientist. ara
mistaken tas bRlk of men aud women
xGo use LAe ss-eph0As, Sithln a E=~ ysars
ua@s ca vset 20 naa themselves ratasr bard
of hearing la the i-rE ear lhIs : OSc4us.
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AID EsTse II tas ear - strained % catch
TIE fsinLsst o. aGd frOas Jas person speaking
a. the ctEes end. and Ia some VI lie ear
hospitals today patients are being treated
tor deafness ia the left car. caused Gy
the use OF the tslep1oss. DIR Uliyer
W Moore, the smiss1J sys and ear
specialist. wss ssksd the other day II he
naa heard OF any cases OF dssfness from
tie telephone.
''it = rather dificalt 20 state exactly"
ne replied. II have seen where the repeated
sound " an instrument, or the repetision
Of any sound has caused dearnrss. feie-
graph opsr.tor. are la danger OF iHJGrirg
shsir sense Of hearing BOils ls<-m4kers
often suffer from deafness In the con
strucsion OF boilers H 10 necessary for Que
man Tn - INSIDE OF the boiler and the
other outside, snd the incessaas noise
caused by tho riyering Of the boiler
always causes either deafness or affec-
tion II ths ear. As 10 the telephone IL no
/ -. In -. II
aud reasonsbk- 90 suppose that
person listening for sound,
aud not knowing Lhc exact moment when
i W will come may inIars the membrane Of
tho ear. aud In time this might Affect she
hsarfng power"
This brought up In a general way the
question Of deafness and It's cure. | drew
the attention OF DR.. Moore TO the fact that
one of the most frequent advertisements
seem ia he daily newspapers Is that deaf
aess can be cured | asked him II it were
ku-. and he replied:
The IN ost common cause of deafness is
/ caoarrh. YAe next most common il a dis
ease which IS the result OF zrariet fever or
measles. These two Diseases give rise 10 n
great deal of deafness. Deafness can be
cured It Is "a popular fallacy however
/ that all ear,iisease should be let alone
and the patient will get better; especially
I 4, this true Of running ears. No greater
mistake could be made than this. In
eases where the auditory nerve has been
I destroyed, or chronic Inflammation of the
drum head has been developed deafness is
/ tncarabie."
lis deafness on the increase -
There arc more people treated to-day
/ Chan ever before for the reason that the
/ popular idea OF letting things slide is Civ
I ing way before the onward march of an
/ educated public. and the advances in med
ical science have made it possible for Us 10
treat disease more fully. and TO achieve
| greater results than formerly.
People who dive or who indulge during
/ the hot summer weather In surf bathing
! are apt To njure their hearing, the danger
/ not being 80 much the taking in OF water
through the canal OF the ear through
she mouth and nose. People often invol-
unfairly take water into the mouth while
bathing. which Is transmitted from the
/ mouth into the ear. producing yirulent in
Illumination: so much SO that death has
/ been known to occur as the result of this ear
trouble Care should slsp be taken against
catching cold by the proper regulation OF
clothing. The feet and neck should AL
]
I pec.ally people who are already subject to
catarrhal affections or children with run
/ ning ears. A curious fact about catarrhal
/ deafness il that those suffering from it
4 hear better in "A noise In a crowd they
/ will hear the finest whisper, whilst in
room they cannot hear ordinary sounds.
! This is a well-established fact. Those suf-
( fering from nervous deafness hear better
/ in quiet places. The generally accepted
/ explanation of the former pnenome-
nou by the medical profession is
/ that the intense noise has stimulating
effect upon the drum % the ear. causing it
"a contract or tighten up, and thus convey
/ the sound vibrations tea the auditory nerve
Another affection OF the ear il accunu-
latiOn o. wax secrsted by the glands
I Many people have the bad habit of picking
/ the ears with picks, hairpins and other
things. which * very injurious and dan
/ gerous Nothing smaller than ones ell
I bow should ever be put in the car. Even
I physicians should never attempt to ex-
tract foreign substances. without frst ex-
I amininz the ear and observing them with
the proper instruments. The only proper
way OF cleaning the ear il by means Of a
syringe and water. IL you do not accom-
plish your object with this. then consult
] aurist
Are any Of these instruments that are
sold as aids 10 hearing Of any usei"
The ear drums which are sold and sd
vsrtised so extensively today are for the
/ most part fraud. They are nothing more
f than piece of rubber about three eighths
81 an inch ia diameter. They are Of nc
value whatever. except Ia cases where
thsrs - perforation. and in such cases only
very rarely. Que ia lve hundred 6eiug hen
edted" CEABIEs II. BROWN.