Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01
HOW DEAFNESS IS CAUSED
Why Doctors II, the Past Have
Failed to Cure.
The Mccoy Discovery Described-Why
1t Invariably Restores Lost Hear
ing-The Length of Time Required
for u Cure.

1OE u lure.
What is necessary for the people to know In re-
gard TO ear trouble is, first that deafness and
roaring and buzzing sounds heard In the head come
from disease that begins within the head and
back part Of the throat. They must understand
that the disease that causes these conditions is
situated deep down and back Of the drum. and
that no treatment that Is applied from the outside
can reach It deafness rid the pa
TENT of the annoying sounds that accompany this
condition.
functions of the tube that leads to the drum from
the outer air; anything that interferes with the
free passage Of air through the tube that leads
from the throat to the drum; anything that inter
feres with the drum itself anything that Is
detrimental to the nerves Of the ear. causes I'M
parment Of the hearing, deafness or noises heard
In the heed.
Acute Hearing
Is only possible whore the drum stands up
straight and has q free current Of air ever passing
In front Of 1t and pressing back of 1t.
The little tube which leads to the from the
throat Is lined with q sort of velvety structure
called mucous membrane. This is continuation
Of the membrane lining the throat. When
disease Of any sort has attacked the mucous MEM
brane OF the throat 1t Is liable to extend into the
Eustachian tube and up into the ear.
1t Is like this cold is ntracted and neglected.
Unframed. and the Inflammation Is aggravated by
particles of dust and germs from the air. this COIL
d.tlon the disease to spread up into the
tube that leads the
And Infla nmation that affects the lining OF the
E,lstachan 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 condition little ulcers sometimes form in the
diseased membrane, and the discharge from the
ulcers. not being able to escape into the throat on
account of the obstruction due to the swollen
mucuous membrane. presses against and in time
ruptures the drum, then out through the outer
ear, causing the disagreeable condition Known as
DischarRinR Ears.
In my experience l do not remember n single
case OF dei fness that had been present for any
length Of time that got Well of itself The
tendency of deafness Ia always to get worse. and
the 1t gets worse Is that the Eustachian
tubes become END tightly closed the
Inflammation extends further along the membrane
which lines them. In only will
be affected by deafness, in others both are
involved
The people do not understand why 1t is that the
doctors fail to catarrh after 1t has extended
into the and caused deafness. The Is
an extremely simple one. The doctors have not
been able 10 devise treatment that would reach
and cure the disease In the deepseated of
the Unless the disease Is reached directly and
cured the deafness and noises in the never
removed Taking medicine alone will not cure 1t
any more than taking medicine will remove n
cinder from the eye or thorn from the hand.
The fact Is that no treatment ever dIscov-
cred that did reach the seat Of deafness and 80
cure II until made the discovery that has worked
such revolution in the ent Of ear diseases
a discovery that has already
Given Back Hundreds Their Lost
Hearing.
Tha tbi
the disease; that ii reaches it frem within and
drives it cut and banishes it.
This treatment cures because It is healing and
Soothing and quieting and because in removing the
disease 1t does AWAY with the swelling and in
hImmatlon that blocks the tubes in the ear and
prevent the entrance Of air behind the ear drum.
The new treatment 81 deafness is simply a matter
OF science. coupled with the laws Of the higher
mechanics combined with common, ordinary, every
day
or coarse. there are In which the drums of
the ears destroyed ard where the nerves of the
ear are dead, and in such pos
sible under any plan of treatment. Such cases,
however rare.
/ have found the
Length of Time 1t Takes
to cure deafness varies all the way from one week
TO six mcntis. hut L would not pronounce a case
hopeless until the treatment had been continued
faithfully over period long a year.
very peculiar thing In the treatment Of deaf
ness is that the hearing is rarely restored little
at Il time. but that when the docs come dur
ing course Of treatment It VII be noticed that 1t
returns suddenly All once the patient notices
that he ca hear as well he ever could aud does
not know just when the hearing returned. The rea-
son for this is simple. for no hearing is improved
urtl the EuStachian tube opens up 10 that the air
can pass into IL and press on the drum, and the
moment this occurs the hearing IL restored TIL.
new Treatment opens the tube as fast as II is
brought In contact with the disease that caused it
To close up. and during the treatment 1t will he
found that the part of the tube nearest the throat
VIII be opened. while that part further away still
rcirains closed; but as the treatment continues
more ard more Of the tube will be opened until
finally the entire obstruction Will be removed end
fhen the hearing Is restored like 4 flash.
]. CsESAP Mccoy, NJ D.
Washington. July 1, 80.