New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-03-09
Your Health
How to Keep It.
Causes of Illness
by DIR. MORRIS FISilBEIN
Editor journal Of the American
Medical Association and of Hygcia,
the Health Magazine.

/ The proper care OF the ears ordi-
the nose and throat.
When infected. the infection us
n&!iy comes from the nose or throat
by the way Of the rustaChian tubes
keep the air pressure equalized on
both sides of the hearing apparatus
AdonoidS growing near the openings
Of these tubes sometimes shut them
off, preventing them from draining
and encouraging infection.
The wax in the car is a normal
substance if it is sccretcd in ordi-
/ nary amounts. Sometimes it seems
10 develop in excess and it may
cause sufficient blocking to produce
deafness. Almost any specialist in
diseases of the car can reCitc num-
"rous instances in which persons
deaf from five to thirty-five years
have been instantly healed ny the
removal Of hardened wax.
Easy TO Clean
l Iif t'lll'l vi lIl' ttil lIjlN Ht
cleaned by carefully Swinging ii
with warm water. wiping the walls
! later with a bit of cotton. On the
I other hand. III" best advice is never
TO put anything into the ear smaller
than ones fist.
! The use of hairpins car spoons,
or other homemade instruments
should be dcpro Gated because of
possible damage 10 the lining of the
external ear canal or to the car
drum. If he lining is damaged in
lection may occur ana one Of the
most irritating. the m"anest, and
the most difficult OF infections is a
boil in the internal ear.
Small tahies are likely to put
playthin'r into the ear. These
SHOULD he removed by an expert,
since awkward attempts result in
laceration. Insects sometimes fly
into the canal and become fixed in
The ear wax. An incident is record
ID i'll medical literature in which a
man carried cockroach in the in
ternal ear FOR tweuty-four years,
during which period he was com
pl"t"ly deaf in that car. Washing
out rcsul, ed in immediate improve
ment in hearing.
Babies who are too small to in
dicate the place Of their pains
sometimes develop high fever and
other serious symptoms because OF
infections of the ear. a competent
physician can determine the pres
cnce of such infection by the in
spection OF the ear drum with suit
able instruments. If infectious ms
,erial has developed in the internal
ear and it is under pressure, it gains
its release by bursting the oIt drum
or through having the ear drum
opened hy instruments.
May Cause Mastoid
II the opening is made promptly
and carefully, it heals a. once
without detrimcnt to the hearing.
II the opening is not made prompt
~, the infectious material may bur
row its way into the mastoil which
lies behind the ear. An infection Of
tn" mastoid requires surgical opcr-
alton with chiseing away of the in
frctcd bone. Unless this IS done
promptly. there is u possibility of
secondary infection of the brain.
More and more physicians are
giving attention TO the possible
relationship of the wear and tear on
the human body from noise to both
mental, and physical disturbances.
lnqucStionably noise uses up hu-
man energy. The reSttul effects Of
harmony and soothing sounds cam
not be gainsaid. Properly used, the
sense OF hearing is one of the most
valuable factors in the human body
improperly used it may be a dctri-
ment.