The times., 1897-03-25

the ear drum. On, wise provision of ma
ture. thus to have the air that goes
to the ear, that most delicate OF all hui
man organs, come from point where no
dust or dirt may enter with it, and where
the air has already been heated so that
the internal ear only receives warm ar
The ear is usually deranged by cold IN
any form, and the ear drum shuts off
all cold air from without
How Deafness Is Cured.
What a lesson this should be to every
one having ear disease, or earaehe!
lesson which practice and experience
show mos plainly, namely. that In all
painful affections Of the ear heat applled
In the form OF warm water Injected INTO
the outer tube of the ear or hot bags OF
salt or rubber bags filled with hot water
when applied to the external ear give al
most instant relief to such painful aifec-
tionS. IL is needless 20 say tnat any ms
ease OF the inner parts or the ear inter
feres with the hearing and in time pro-
duces deafness. Nearly all cases or dear
ness result from disease blocking up the
tubes that lead from the throat or me
disease Interfering with the drum OF the
middle ear. When, from any cause. air IS
shut out from the inner parts or the ear
the hearing is 1nterfeTed with, ana the
first sign that a person has warning him
that his hearing is falling is that he no
tices that he hears slowly, then sounds
become muffled, become indistlnet and
gradually are lost altogether. With this
there are often heard annoying sounds as
OF steam escaping. or OF bells ringing, or
during the day time and prevent sleeping
at night. Such a sensitive structure as
the ear, guarded as carefully as nature
impairs its function. Careful statistics
could guard IL against accident and dis
ease, is still quite subject To disease which
show that one person out OF every three
is more or less deaf as the result or acct
dent or disease. The closure by disease or
the tube which leads from the throat 10
the middle ear is what produces nearly all
cases OF deafness, and the reason why so
inability TO reach the disease in the 'ieep
parts OF the head with anything mat
could cure it, and at the same time would
do no harm TO the ears. For centuries
the doctors have tried in vain TO accom-
piish this result. They have devised al
manner or apparatuSes and Instruments
to open up the closed tubes, but the ma
jority OF those with affected ears who
have submitted TO the ear doctor meas
ures have suffered considerable torture.
have but in a few instances obtained ben
eft, while the experience OF most sufferers
has been that the treatment, instead OF
doing good has caused them To grow
worse, and has increased the deafness.
How the Cure Is Accomplished.
All this talk about the ear, while very
interesting and Instructive, would amount
to but little did 1T not tell that there has
been found a way at last of removing the
cause OF lost hearing and OF restoring In
the ma ajority OF cases the lost sense OF
sound In approaching this part of the
subject | do SO with all that degree of
ing or his own work Still am compelled
to state the Facts fairly and clearly: |
wish to say that the treatment which
have arranged consists entirely OF medl-
Gated vapors containing properties which
enable them to penetrate the closed tubes,
and, by their healing action, removing the
obstruction and allowing the air TO pass
freely into the middle ear, when at once
the imprisoned sense OF sound Is set free,
! This is the first treatment for deafness
that is absolutely mild and painless, that
is based on natural laws. It frees the OBJ,
structcd ear tubes as vapor OF alcohol
frees a water pipe OF its frozen contents.
it thaws out the concealed and torpid sense
or sound. Underlts use thousands have re-
gained their hearing, persons who have
been deaf for 81 decade nave been made to
hear ordinary conver sation, and, more mar
yelous still, several deaf mutes have been
made useful members OF society and have
been brought TO realize what God give en-
blessing is the restored sense OF sound to
silent human ears.
Copyright, 1897
j CRESAP Mccoy.