Evening star., 1897-04-03

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 it does Of tubes and
sounding boards, cannot hx and hold sounds
cept when these tubes are free and contain air
As we have seen, air only enters sound
through tube that passes from the throat up be
hind the ear drum. oh, wise provision of nature.
thus to have the air t;at goes the ear, that
delicate OF all human organs, come from point
where no dust or dirt may enter with II. 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 ear ,irum
shuts OFF all cold air from without.
How Deafness is Caused.
What lesson this should be every ona ha, ing
ear disease. earache, A lesson which practice
and experience shows most plainly. namal! that
In all painful affections Of the heat applied IN
the form of warm water injected into the outer
tube of the ear hot lags OF salt or rubber bags
hlled with hot water when applied to the ex-
ternal ear give almost instant relief 10 such pain
fu affections. II is needless to say that any dis
ease of the inner parts OF the interf.r,s with
the hearing and in time produces d.afn,4ss Nearly
ali cases OF deafness result from disease bio, king
up the tubes that lead from the throat. OF th.
disease interfering with the drum OF the middle
ear. When, from any cause, air is shut out from
the inner parts OF the the hearing Is inter
fered with, and the first sign that "A person has
warming him tina: his hearing Is failing IS that he
poticcs that he hears slowly, then sounds become
muinei, become indistinct and gradually lost
altogether. With this there are often heard an
noyiIg sounds as of steam escaping, OF bells
ringing. of falling which irrirate and
annoy during the day time and prevent sleeping at
night. Such sensitive structure the ear guard
ed carefully nature could guard 1t against
accidents and disease, is still quite subject To dis
ease which impairs its function Careful statistics
show that one person out OF every three is more
or less deaf as result OF accident disease The
closure by disease of the tube which leads from
the throat TO the middle 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 cure it. and at
the time would do no harm 10 the ears
For centuries the doctors have tried in vain TO ac
camplish this result. They have devised all man
Of apparatuses and instruments To open up the
closed tubes but the majority Of ;hcse with az
fected ears who have submitted the ,fr doctors
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 is Accomplished.
All this talk about the ear, while very inter. St
ing and instructive. would amount but little
did 1t not tell that there has been found n WAY
at last of removing the Of lost hearing and
of restoring in the majority OF the lost
sense Of sound. In approaching this part of th.
subject / do with all that degree of hesitarr.y
which must feel in speaking ot his own
work. Still, / compelled 10 state the facts
fairly and clearly. l wish to Say that the treat
ment which have arranged consists entirely Of