Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-30
DEAFNESS
AND NOISES IN THE HEAD.
CATARRH
One Of its Principal Causes.
LETTER NO. FROM DIR. L1aHrHIIL.
NOISES IN THE HEAD.

Warrington. March o. 1891.
Mr. Editor: The nasal passages in direct commu-
ncaton with the middle By of canals (caled
the Eustachan tubes) situated immediately behind the
nostrls and level With the floor of the nose OK.
tending directly into the drum cavity 30 direct the
connection thus formed that some anatomsts consider
the middle ear ms sztsnson Of the cavities of the
nose.
One Of the deporabe features Of catsrrh 10 the
readiness with which spreads through thsss Eusta-
chan tubes to the importans structure Of the middle
ear. and. By s dsorsanizns Effects impairns or de-
stroying hearing This unfortunate result takes place
90 frequently that in nearly every case of deafness
which presents itself for treatment the diculty can
be clearly traced to the effects Of catarrh and even In
the few cases which originate from other the
presence of catah seriously asgrsvates the sural dis
ease and renders permanent recovery impossible
until the cstarrh il removed.
The invasion of the by the catarrhal disease il
usually characterized by feeling Of funess and OBJ
structicn in the ear and BY an occasional bubbng or
cracking sound in the ear while swallowing mast-
eating food At such tnes the passage of air the
ear is also occasionally felt. sensation expe
rienced when the is in normal condition. During
an attack Of fresh cold feeling Of pressure IL often
felt in the ear, together with or dull pain and
. sensation Of numbness over the affected sids
In some the approach of deafness 50 nsdous
that it is almost impossible to NJ the time when tho
difficulty first commenced. In others the deafness at
first comes only by spells. especially during an
attack Of fresh cold after snsezing blowing the
nose At such times the hearing will be found sud-
denly obstructed and will - suddenly return, with
something Of q swapping sound and sometimes with .
loud startling report the whole process giving an
idea of valve in the head which closes and opens the
avenue to hearing By Degrees however, these spells
of deafness oftensr and last longer until
nent deafness is the result. In all Of catarrhal
deafness is unfortunate feature that the culty
grows slowly but steadily worss until the hearing IL
seriously impaired or entirely destroyed. Noises In
the head Of every description apt to
make their appearance during the progress Of the dis
ease. adding materially to the existing distress.
Formerly the middle ear entirely inaccessible
to local treatment, because any liquid even the least
possible DROP entering therein resulted in violent ear
ache and severe Inflammation. often destructive to
hearng but my recent invention has changed matters
completely. BY . mechanical continuance Of my own
any liquid medicine is instantaneously converted into
vsporous consistency very fine that 1t passed
through the Eustachian tubes and brought in direct
contact with the tympanc cavity without the slightest
pain or danger and thus the middle be reached
with the proper remedy easily the nasal passages
and deafness from the above causes heretofore con-
sidered hopeless, now be treated with positive
success.
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