The evening times., 1896-07-13
HOW DEAFNESS IS CAUSED
Why Doctors in the Past Have
Failed to Cure.
The Mccoy Discovery Described-Why
1t Invariably Restores Lost Hear
ing-The Length of Time Required
for q Cure.

III regard to ear traible is. first, that deaf
ness and roaring anu buzz ing sounds heard
In the head come from Il disease that begins
with the head and backtpart OF the throat.
They must understand that the disease that
causes these conditions is situated leep
down and back of the ear drum, and that no
treatment that Is applied from the outside
can reach IT or ever cure deafness or rid
the patent OF the annoying sounds that
accompany this condition.
Anything that iIterferes with the health
and functions OF the tube that leads to the
drum from the outer air: anything that III
terferes with the free plssa ge of air through
the tube that leads from the throat to
the drum; anything that interferes with the
drum Itself, or anything that is detrimental
to the nerves OF the ear, causes impairment
OF the hearing, deafness or noises heard IN
the head.
Acute Hearing
is only possible where the ear drum stands
up straight and has free currentof air ever
passing IN front Of it and ever pressing back
of it.
The little tube which leads to the ear from
the throat is lined with sort of velvety
structure called mucous membrane. This is
continuation of the mucous membrane lin
ing the throat. When disease OF any sort has
attacked the mucous membrane of the throat
it is liable to extend into the Eustachian
tube and up into the ear.
1t is like this: A cold is contracted and
neglected. other colds are taken, the throat
becomes sore and inflamed. and the inflam-
nation is aggravated by particles or dust
and germs from the air: this condition causes
the disease TO spread up into the tube that
leads to the ear.
And Inflammation that affects the lining
of the Eustachan tube causes the membrane
to swell and swell, until finally the two
sides come together, and the tube becomes
entirely blocked. When such is the case
DEAFNESS always results. With this cond
ton little ulcers sometimes form in the dis
eased membrane, and the discharge from
the ulcers. not being able to escape into, the
throat, on account of the obstruction due to
the swollen mucous membrane, presses
against land in time ruptures the drum. then
runs out through the outer ear, causing the
disa greeable condition knuwnas
DischarSinS Ears.
In my experience i do not remember a
single caseof deafness thathad been present
for any length OF time that ever got well of
itself. The tendency of deafness is always
TO get worse and the reason 1t gets worse is
that the Eustachian tubes become more and
more tightly closed as the inflammation
extends further along tie membrane which
lines them. In some cases only one ear will
lie al etufu ~ deafness, in others DUtn e1ES
are involved.
The people do not understand why IL is
that the doctors fan to cure catarrh after it
has extended into the ears and caused Gelf-
ness. The reason is an c3 tremcly simple ole
The doctors have nor teen able TO devise
treatment that would reach and cure
the disease in the decp-seatcd retcsses Of
the ear. Unless the disease is reached di
rectly and cured the de1fncss and noises
in the ears are never removed. Taking
medicine alone will not cure it any more
than til king medicine Will remove a cinder
from the eye or thorn from the hand.
The facts that no treatment was ever dis
covered that did reach the seat Of deafness
and so cured it until l made the discovery
that has worked such a revolution IL. the
treatment OF ear discusses discovery that
has already
Given Back Hundreds Their Lost
Hearing.
The reason this Treatment cures is that
it reaches the disease; that ii reaches 1t
from within, and drives, il out and ban
ishes It, .r
This treatment cures because it is heal
ing and soothing and quieting, and be
cause in removing the dispase it does Il way
with the swelling and Inflammation that
| block the tube in the ear and prevent the
| entrance OF air behind the ear drum. The
| Eew treatment OF deafness is simply a
| matter of science, Coupled with the laws
| of the higher mechanics, combined with
| common, ordinary everyday sense.
or course, there are, cases in which the
| drums OF the ears are destroyed and where
| the nerves of the ear are dead, and in
| such cases cures are not possible under
| any plan of treatment. Such cases, how
ever, are rare. t.rs
| have found the
Length of Time 1t Takes
| ocurc deafness varies all the way from one
| week to six months, but l would not pro
| nounce case hopeless until tie treat
| ment had been continued faithfully over
period as long as year.
| very peculiar thing in the trcatman
| of deafness is that the hearing is rarely
restored a little 1T a time, but that w,eI
| the cure does come during 4 course o.
| treatment it will be noticed that it return.
| suddenly All at once the patient notice
| that he can hear as well as he ever conlt
! and does net know Just when tile hearin,
| returned. The reason for this is simple
| for no hearing is improved until the Eusta
| chian tube opens up so that the air can pas
| into it and press on the drum, and the mo
| meDt this occurs the hearing is restored
| The new treatment opens the tube as fast 4
| it is brought in contact with the diseas,
| that caused it TO close up, and during th
treatment it will be found that tie par
| of the tube nearest the throat will he opened
while that pal further away still remain
| closed; but as the treatment continues NOR
and more of the tube will be opened, unit
finally the entire obstruction will be re
moved, and then the hearing is restores
| like q flash.
| ]. CRESAP Mccoy, MD,