Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-26
SOME EAR TINEERING.
CAUSES OF DEAFNESS NOT
READILY DISCOVERED.
Treatment Must 10 individual, not
wholes Diseases OF the
Ear Arise From Catarrhal
Affections.

lie in regard TO diseases OF the ear in
their mild. acute or chronic form,
said DIR. E f. Sattler to Times Star
reporter. They have almost no idea
OF the causes OF deafness. A patent
remedy advertisement steals upon
them ere they are aware but not
with a mild and healing sympathy.
1t is a well known fact among the
physicians who hold their profession
in respect that advertised remedies
ior ear troubles are worthless not be-
cause they are not made or prepared
with relation TO diseases OF the ear
The remedies are mostly artificial ear
drums and in some exceptional cases
they are beneficial as, il the deafness
is stationary and caused by defect OF
the ear drum which an artificial ar
| rangement can remedy 10 certain OK
tent BY helping collect the sound
! We know OF cases where deafness is
caused by other means and Just
as to-day we have ear specialists where
the family physician WAS wont 70 al.
| tend to diseases Of the ear. so aur.sts
| look upon each case a. an individual
| and Just as a ) Ioemaker cannot repair
any and every defect Of shoes by half
! selling them. an aurist cannot make
| every ones hearing good by inhis-
crimtnately furnishing ear drums
Not only that but II the disease is one
Of the drum and Is making Roadway
| an artificial ear drum Is one Of the
worst things that can be used for the
disease Is forgotten whom the hearing
seems to be restored and. after awhile
the hearing becomes worse physt.
clan is consulted and it Is found that
the drum has been eaten away. No
doubt good many people are deaf
from this cause and though many fine
| people are enlightened in this matter,
the general ignorance Is as dense as
ever and It Is sad 10 relate that deaf,
ness Is on the increase. More people
are nervous in large cities than used
to be- tho case and the nerves connect
ing with the ears may bp diseased
The sound collecting apparatus may
be in excellent condition the tym-
ponum healthy and ia this case
no amount Of artificial ear drums
will assist the hearing. People do
not realize the trouble that may come
from within as we'll as from without
There Is tube which Leads from the
tympanum roughly speaking To the
back OF the nose, the mucous Nom.
brane OF which surrounds the opening
OF this little channel which Il about
ono aud half inches long The NJ.
stachian tube as ii Is called ID Tor tho
purpose Of admitting air into the inner
ear. There Il pressure OF fifteen
! pounds 70 the square inch upon tho
, tympanum from tho outer afr and II
! the air admitted through the custach-
. inn tube did not balance tho pressure
! from the outside. the tympnuum would
! be pressed inward and the hearing
impaired In some cases 81 inAnma.
ton Of the mucous membrane OF the
nose the opening Of The tube i closed,
! no air admitted and hearing becomes
difficult This Is what makes persons
! instinctively when they have d cold
swallow 90 relieve what seems 81
them iulluess Of the ear This Is
because the tube orihcc Il closed and
) ia swallowing tits opened slightly By
] certain muscles simple as this seems
| have TO explain very often why do
not always treat The ear from tho
! outside. Then / talk OF eustnChian
tubes Mucous membrane and catarrhal
I troubles to set matters right In fact
: two thirds OF tho diseases Of the ear
arise from catarrhal troubles which
have been allowed to grow uncared
for a person gets cold lii the head
and second cold. Upon this comes
another cold till he has catarrh which
in time becomes chronic The Eus.
tachian tube in time becomes swollen
and people hear buzIing ringing and
= whi5tLtng in their ears. Deafues.
!. follows What good would an arti.
= ficial tympanum do in these cases
The only treatment Of this deafness /,
J curing the caturrh. Sometimes these
patent remedies include medicines
z which are harmless catarrhal sprays
n Catarrh Of the head Is caused by ire
2 quent careless washing of the scalp
Y one OF the most injurious habits 0
y civilized man The head should b,
y wet only about once every couple o
u months when IL should bo cleaned
n thoroughly and that too. before re
p tiriny for the night Besides cntarrh
c bad tooth may cause car trouble
n By reflex nervous action the pain II
. the tooth may be communicated to tn
n nerve Of the ear II can discover NJ
defect in the ear OF patient who's
ear troubles him, send him forth
with TO a dentist
r Many cases OF our trouble ar
1t chronic Parents ignorance mnls
Y, children accursed. Scarlet fever
n measles, etc, often leave what
p known as running OF the ear TIL
ie parents say that the children will OH
e. grow IL. They will not IL get
ID worse the drum is punctured and eat
er en- away. This case could have b. e
a stopped in early childhood but il
hit allowed to grow Till there is no cure
al An old saying runs When you do NJ
IS know what IL the matter with cry n