The morning times., 1896-08-30

IN regard to ear trouble is, Inst, that deaf
hess and roaring and buzzing sounds heard
In the head come from a disease that begins
with 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 ear drum, and that
no treatment that is applied from the out
side can reach 1t or ever cure deafness or
rld the patient of the annoying sounds
that accompany this condition.
Anything that interferes with the health
ana functions of the tube that leads to the
drum from the outer air; anything that in
terferes with the free passage Of al through
the tube that leads from the throat to the
drum; anything that nterferes with the
drum itself, or anything that is detrimcn-
TAI To The nerves OF the ear, auses impair
nent of the hearing, deafness OF noises
heard In the head.
Acute Hearing
is only possible where the ear drum stands
up straight and has u free current OF air
ever passing in front OF 1t and ever press
ing back OF it.
The little tube which leads to the ear
from the throat is lined with sort OF
relvety structure called mucous mem brane.
This Is continuation OF the mucous mem
brane lining the throat. When disease Of
any sort has attacked the mucous mem
brane OF the throat IT is liable to extend
into the Eustachiantube and up into he ear.
1t is like this: A cold is contracted and
neglected, other colds re taken, the throat
becomes sore and infiamed, and the in
rlammation Is aggravated by particles OF
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 Eustachian tube causes the membrane
to swell and swell, until finally the tive
sides come together, and the tube becomes
entirely blocked. When such is the case
deafness always results. With this condi-
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 and liz time ruptures the drum, then
runs out through the otter ear, causing the
dsagrceable condition known as
Discharging Ears.
In my experience l do not remember a
single case OF deafness that had been pres
ent for any length of time that ever got well
OF itself. The tendency of deafness is al
ways to get worse, and the reason 1t gets
worse is that the Eustachian tubes become
more and more tightly closed as the in
Illumination extends. further along the
membrane which lines them. In some
cases only one ear will be affected by
deafness, in Others both ears are involved.
The people do not understand why it is
that the doctors fail to cure catarrh after II
has extended into the ears and caused deaf
ness. The reason Is an extremely simple
one. The doctors have not been ableto
devise u treatment that would reach and
cure the disease in the deep seated recesses
OF the ear. Unless the disease is reached
directly and cured the deafness and noises
in the ears are never removed. Taking
medicine alone will not cure it any mere
than taking medicine Will remove cinder
from the eve or a thorn from the hand.
The fact is that no treatment was ever
discovered that did reach the seat OF
deafness and so cured 1t until 1 made the
discovery that has worked such revoiu-
ton in the treatment Of ear diseases-a
discovery that has already
Given Back Hundreds Their Lost
Hearing.
The reason this treatment cures is that
il reaches the disease. that IL reaches II
from within, aud drives 1t out and ban
ishes it.
This treatment cures becau use it is heal
ing aud soothing and quoting, and be-
cause in removing the disease 1t does away
with the swelling and inflammation that
block the tube in the ear and prevent the
entrance of air behind the ear-drun- The
new treatment of deafness is simply
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, however,
are rare.
l have found the
Length of Time 1t Takes
to cure deafness varies all the way from
one week to six months, but would not
pronounce case hopeless until the treat
ment had been continued faithfully over
period as long as year.
A very peculiar thing in the treatment
OF deafness is that the hearing is rarely
restored Il little at time, but that when
the cure does come during a course OF
tratment ii will be noticed that it returns
suddenly. All at once the patient notices
that he can hear as well as he ever could
and does not know just when the hearing
returned The reason for this is simple,
for no hearing is improved until the Eusta-
chan tube opens up so that the air can pa IS
into it and press on the drum, and the mo-
ment this occurs the hearing Is restored.
The new treatment opens the tube as FAST
as 1t is brought In contact with the disease
that caused-it to close up, and during the
treatment 1t will be found that the part
of the tube nearest the throat will be
opened, while that part further a way still
remains closed, but as the treatment con-
tipues more and more OF the tube will be
opened, until finally the entire Obstruc-
ton will be removed, and then the
hearing is restored like 4 flash.
J.CRESAP MCCOY, II. D.
Washington, D. c. July /, 1896.