New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-13
HOW TO CURE EAR DISEASE.
HARMLESS ANTIsEP-Ic TREATMENT RE-
PLACES SURGICAL.
,.o,,,,, n,xcrps OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or
ANrIsEPrIc METHOD BY DR. BUCK
AND DR. BoTELER

ANTIsEPTIC METHOD BY DIX. BUN
AND DIR. BoTELER
Despite the proverbial sense III WIN" Wv
represented as an open channel, out VI WHY" "''
that enters passes easily as 1t came Ill., '''e "
oor y, hearing Is q Guide SIC. and one, 100 ""''
g. ,,or many conditions. most difficult Of expiora-
ton and direct treatment.
EspecIally is this true In the case OF oDS''"a'e
sunnuration Of the middle ear. when 1t Is wei-h's"
impossbe to reach all Of the suppuratihe 'rac' o'
any local agent Accordingly. surgery has oee'' 'e'
sorted to. in many cases with disastrous ai'e'
ococ,s Even IN the mildest form Of the use OF the
Instruments such az the removal OF VIVA ~ WV
ears by the digging out process, the ympahun' u
ear drum NAV be perforated and irremediaDe III
jury accomplished.
Many OF these dangers now removed by INC
employment Of a new agent for the ciea"''ie ".''
healing OF the suppurating tracts as well as TOT the
softening and dissolving Of all waste matter i" ''
ear This agent IL hydrozone. which Is powerful
vet absolutely harmless. concentrated soiu''oh u
peroxide Of hydrogen. always on STRAIN 10 urea"
up into water and nascent oxygen near 70 Inc con'
dition Of ozone II has therefore. the same won
derful antisepte properties OF this latter c""''N
element of the atmosphere, and, IKE H. - pee
tratlve 70 a most remarkable degree
The fact that II can be forced through the osse'
OTIS siuuses without danger highly commences us
use In treatme II OF these difficult diseases OF inc
middle ear.
The importance Of the use OF this antlseptlc rem
edy may be gathered from the statement OK W
Albert II. Buck OF New-Yora. the distinguishes
biologist who writes In 1.-The Twentieth century
Practice OF Medicine that Ito this drug peroxiao
Of hydrogen more than to any other ~ oue .i'e
credit for scores Of which nothing snort Oh
radical operation could have Effected
Dr. William Clarence Boteler. OF Kansas CNy'
No. gives a specific illustration Of the truth OF ~,
Bucks statement. The following Is condehseo
account OF a case treated By him with hydrozone;
THE mans face was terribly deformed; swell
ing the size Of one-haf OF an ordinary loai VI
bakers bread occupied the usual location Oh '"e
ear and the surrounding muscles The part was
found intensely tender. and deep pressure ihVoheu
expressions Of excruclating pain lchorous, 'etio
mis- was slowly exuding from almost imper-
ceptible meatus. After laborious effort, succeeded
in introducing a small Eusachian catheter into 'he
external meatus. Through this. with email nara
rubber syringe I infested four times daily ABOUT
one-half all ounce OF hydrozone allowing IL 'a'e' u
drain away advising hot lamentations In twenty
four hours after the treatment was commenced the
intensity Of the odor amount and character OF the
discharge had manifestly lessened. the swennS
was reduced and the patient feeling better. now
recommended the injection OF hydrozone through n
catheter Of large calibre every hour requiring the
head kept turned TO the opposite side TOT ten
minutes 70 allow the percolation Of the hydrozonc
deeply possible into the middle ear. before
rcver'n the position to allow drainage con-
tnued this treatment for week. the mans recov-
cry progressing with remarkable rapidty his pain
and constitutional symptoms having disappeared
about the third day. AT the end Of eight days the
Ind dgcap arpd
again normal and he expressed himself as per-
fectly well. The rapidty with which the disease
yielded the introduction Of hydrozone through
the catheter into the middle ear impressed me with
the wonderful value Of the preparation; for strus-
Cling with such cases during practice OF seven
teen wears have never seen its efficiency equalled
by any medical or operative procedures "-tPhiia-
dephia Medical Bulletin.