Evening star., 1897-04-01

to it, and molding this picture on the nerves. the
sense Of sight is made manifest through the brain.
The eye cannot mold OBJECTS except by the aid of
light. The ear. consisting il does Of tubes and
sounding boards. fix and hold sounds
cept when these tubes are free and contain air.
As We have seen air only enters soInd
through tube that passes from the throat up be
hind the ear drum. oh. wise provision Of nature.
thus to have the air Lat tn. ear that
delicate Of all human organs. from point
where no duSt dirt may enter with IT. and where
the air has already been heated that the internal
ear only receives warm air The is usually de
ranged by cold in any form. and the drum
shuts OF all cold air from without.
How Deafness .is Caused.
What a lesson this should be to every having
ear disease. or earache. A lesson which practice
and experience shows most plainly namalf. that
n all painful affections of the ear heat applied in
the form of warm water injected into the outer
tube OF the ear or hot bags Of salt rubber tass
filed with hot water when applied to The ex-
ternal give almost instant relief such pain
full affections. 1t is needless say that any dis
ease OF the inner parts OF the intcrf.r.s with
the hearing and in time produces deafness. Nearly
all cases of deafness result from disease blocking
up the tubes that lead from the throat, or the
disease interfering with the drum OF the middle
ear. When, from any cause. air is shut from
the inner parts of the the hearing Is inter
fered with. and the first sign that a person has
warning him tha. his hearing is failing is that he
roticcs that he hears slowly. then sounds become
mufiied, become indstinct and gradually are lost
! altogether. With this there are often heard an
noying sounds of steam escaping. of bells
ringing. OF water falling which irriiate and
annoy during the day time and prevent sleeping at
night. Such a sensitive structure the ear guard
| ed as carefully nature could guard IL against
accidents and disease, is still quite subject dis
which impairs its fWction Careful statistics
show that person out of every three is more
or less deaf result OF accident disease. The
closure by disease Of the tube which leads from
| the throat to the middle ear is what produces
nearly all cases of deafness, and the reason why
| SO many remain deaf has resulted from the in
ability to reach the disease in the deep parts of
the head with anything that could It, and at
the same time would do harm to the ears.
For centuries the doctors have tried in vain to ac-
complish this result. They have devised all man
ner of aparatuses and instruments to open up the
closed tubes, but the majority OF those with az
fected cars who have submitted to the doctor
! measures have suffered considerable torture have
but in few instances obtained benefit, 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 fs Accom- pl lished.
| All this talk about the ear, while very interest
| ing and instructive. would amount to but little
| did II not tell that there has been found n wa,
at last Of removing the of lost hearing anc
| Of restoring in the majority Of cases the lost
| sense of sound In approaching this part of tn.
| subject do with all that degree OF hesitanct
| which a man must feel in speaking OF his owl
| work Still, I am compelled to state the facts
fairly and clearly. / wish to shy that the treat
] ment which 1 have arranged consists entirely OF