The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-12-02
.THE KAlSER'S EAR.
Is the Real Cause Of His Pres
ent IndispOsitiOn.
His Old Ailment Returns With Re-
newed Violence
And May Result Fatally at Al
most Any Time.

Said That the Disease IL of q CancerOus
Nature aud That 1t WIN Finally Reach
the Brain-It Was While SUFFERING with
Terrible Pain from the Disease That lie
Made Some of Those Remarkable
Speeches which Have Exposed Him to
So Much Criticism.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-The correspondent
of the International Telegram company
sends from Berlin information gathered
by him concerning the nature of the
emperor's present indisposition and its
connection with the chronic disease OF
the emperor's ear. Theirs 10 little doubt
that the ''cold' from which Emperor
William suffers at present Is the renewal
of the trouble with his ear. This trouble
was supposed to have been allayed for
some time by the beneficial effects of
the emperor's whaling voyage. 1t has
appeared again, however, with increased
violence.
From Berlin physician who has
close relations with several members OF
the court the correspondent to the In
ternational Telegram company has as
certained these particulars concerning
the emperor's ailment. The physician
in ordinary to his majesty admits only
that the emperor suffers frSn otorrhea.
The emperor, as is customary with
victims Of this disease. shows often
symptoms of great cerebral irritation,
lasting for few days, and then passing
away entirely for some time. During
these periods of the disease the emperor
has attacks of dizziness and severe pains
on that side of the head nearest the
affected ear.
The emperor's physicians say that the
tyInpanum of the eInpeTor's ear is the
seat of protected suppuration. By
constant care the court physician Is
able to give the discharge from the ear
free egress. BY this means an occasional
treatment to relieve the pains the en-
peror's physician declares all serious
| danger to the patients health is avoid
ed. Nevertheless, the course of treat
ment is insufficient to prevent all local
pains, and periodically the emperor is
Nervous and Irritable,
and in this condition he has made some
of the remarkable speeches which evil
| disposed persons have attributed to ex-
cess of wine or aspirations to despotlsm.
The informant of your correspondent
says, however, that while the emperor 8
| physician has made these admissions,
| men of higher scientific reputation, who
|
/ the last two years. do not believe in this
| theory of benign illness, but recognize
| the existence of malign disease OF the
ear. In such case, any inattention to
the discharge or suspension of treatment
| at a critical time may place the emperor
| in the gFayest peril. The membrane
may at any time thicken over the tym-
panuln aud a peTforation of the mem
hrane be followed by fatal results. The
emperor is believed by men opposing
the theory of benign illness to b. suffer
ing from humorous or
CanCerpus Affection,
and, "a the former is more common,
d they incline to the belief that the disease
is cancerous. This conclusion is partial
IN justified in view of the present en-
peror's inheritance from his father EN-
poror Frederick, WHO died of cancer Of
the throat.
Concerning the nature of the emperor
present illness no exact information Ii
{ attaip2ble, but apparently he has only
! one of his periodical attacks, accom-
panied by the symptoms already de
seribed. During such attacks he ab
J stains from work as much as posi- bl'
and avoids the cold. Otherwise, he !
! able to follow the daily routine OF IN
life